Max Payne
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Max Payne (2001)

by Remedy Entertainment, 3D Realms, Feral Interactive, Gathering of Developers, MacSoft Games, Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive
Platforms:
Android, iOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3
Genres:Shooter
Themes:Action, Thriller
Game modes:Single player
Story:
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Max Payne is a relentless story-driven game about a man on the edge, fighting to clear his name while struggling to uncover the truth about his slain family amongst a myriad of plot-twists and twisted thugs in the gritty bowels of New York during the century's worst blizzard. The groundbreaking original cinematic action-shooter, Max Payne introduced the concept of Bullet Time in videogames. Through its stylish slow-motion gunplay combined with a dark and twisted story, Max Payne redefined the action-shooter genre.
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One of the first games I played which was not like colors and sunshine, it was dark, had an adult story. Used to play with by cousin we had so much fun shooting people, accessing secret places and the slow mo jump. Would love this game gets preserved in GOGbiswassudipta05
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One of the first games I played which was not like colors and sunshine, it was dark, had an adult story. Used to play with by cousin we had so much fun shooting people, accessing secret places and the slow mo jump. Would love this game gets preserved in GOG
I love Max Payne. I remember spending so many hours on it when it first came out. I had it on PC, The controls were so much easier on Pc than any other platform to play. Somewhere the baby was crying. LOL I miss this game. GOG you have to get it for us.
What makes it special to me is that i was playing it as a kid on my dads Toshiba laptop which had corrupted game files so after every PC shutdown i had to play it over and over but i still had a huge smile on my face every time because it was so awesome to play :D
One of the finest shooter games I have played in my childhood. The shooting mechanics is still unique to this day with the slowmotion and jump and all that . It also has a killer narration for the title character and a great music too
Max Payne is a game that you must at least play once in your life. From it's cold noir New York to it's at fourth wall breaking interactions. It is a game to be perserved and kept working on modern systems.
My first fps on pc, I watched its trailer on a cd which came along with a pc magazine. Let alone gameplay, even its pause menu is magnificent. I have played it multiple times, my friend (who is also a max payne fan like me) and I still remember all the great one liners from the game even after 25 years. That is something. It would only be fitting to get this up and working on modern day pc platform with all its glory and some needed refinements. In Max's words it would be "Death almost conquered me through time, but life, like pain, returns when you least expect. I didn't know what GoG is, but I would pay a visit"
My memory of Max Payne is that when I look at 'Similar games on GOG', I don't see anything even remotely similar to it. It had unique gameplay for its time, a great atmosphere, and of course, that jaw-dropping bullet time effect
Max Payne has one of the best modding communities of its time, but unfortunately the vast majority of the community's work has been lost. If we do some day see GOG get Max Payne, I really hope there is some effort to also incorporate the mods that still exist as well. I don't think I need to explain why this game is a classic, but I do think the modding community is something that should be remembered.
This was a game that was handed in secrecy at the school yards due to its content of revenge and depiction of violence. And both things are true with this game. Another thing a lot of people will point out will be the bullet time mechanic in this game that was one of its staple elements. But for me the thing that made me play the game multiple times, again and again and again over the years was the multi-layered storytelling, the self-awareness of being a video-game, the references and love-letters to pop-culture (especially the ones to David Lynch's Twin Peaks) and the artistry the team and developer made out of the need of restraint and budget by finding workarounds that just added to the games narrative and aesthetic. Every time I played it over I notice more prominent the clunky, annoying and sometimes frustrating game-play but DESPITE of it, It is for me one of the games that effortlessly demonstrate how games can be pure art. With a story and narration that can stay on equal ground with film and literature but using the medium of a video-game. It is a game that needs to be preserved, its ART. Please make it happen friends!
This is an old but very good crime game. It was the first game to feature slow-motion during shootouts. But I’d love to see a remastered version of it.
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