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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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I played this game for the first time about a year ago on Steam, and it just blew me away. Such a great mix of humor and noir, equal parts John Woo and David Lynch. Fantastic gunplay and visual effects that feel so ahead of its time. Only problem was that the version of the game available was unplayable without mods, and I know that GOG would make sure to have the best version of the game possible on modern hardwareHookshot18
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user avatar@Hookshot18user avatar@Hookshot18
January 31, 2025
I played this game for the first time about a year ago on Steam, and it just blew me away. Such a great mix of humor and noir, equal parts John Woo and David Lynch. Fantastic gunplay and visual effects that feel so ahead of its time. Only problem was that the version of the game available was unplayable without mods, and I know that GOG would make sure to have the best version of the game possible on modern hardware
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user avatar@pieniek300user avatar@pieniek300
January 31, 2025
Every christmass i play this Game as fast as i can. Its my life, its my soul. Its a historic treasure and art that needs to be protected at all cost. We need to look beyond money to save art and industry that make it.
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user avatar@Christopher_C_Torruser avatar@Christopher_C_Torr
January 31, 2025
I still remember the first time using bullet time. It was amazing. I remember diving over I believe it was a sofa to get into a spot to shoot a couple of guys. Sure the graphics were a little iffy but that's what made it good. And then the second one came out. Oh I was jumping for joy to see bullet time again. And the stupid costumes that some of the characters played. I'm actually hoping they remake the first two games. Imagine, they use the graphics engine from gears of war to remake Max Payne and Max Payne too the fall of Max Payne. That would be a sight for sore eyes.
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user avatar@JackGarciauser avatar@JackGarcia
January 31, 2025
The king of action gameplay and the king of storytelling using gaming elements. I played it kind of late in my life, but still, I understood why it was so iconic for the kids in school back in the day.
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user avatar@WeirdoCorneliususer avatar@WeirdoCornelius
January 31, 2025
I bought the game on the Steam version with the intentions to play it. The game doesn't really run well on modern systems, even with a lot of mods that the PCGamingWiki provided. I'm not sure what's going on with my PC as I'm on the latest AM5 instead of AM4, but it's likely a compatibility problem. I know this game is essentially a classic, but I wasn't able to play it on a more modern platform and would love to see how it is. I've watched my friends play it and was super impressed with what I was watching.
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user avatar@gbiadeniuser avatar@gbiadeni
February 01, 2025
This one was the fisrt game that i was able to play in my native language (brazillian portuguese), the voice actors where kinda cheesy, but it was a nice felling of recognition of us brazillian gamers back then.
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user avatar@Phoenix92471user avatar@Phoenix92471
February 01, 2025
For Me it was the Noir Dialogue, Music!, Comic Book Cutscenes, & the Bullet Time Shoot Dodge! The Story was easy to follow, most the time. The PC Retail version Requires a Fan Made Patch to restore Music, Most Dialogue, weapon Sounds, & other audio! I still have the box & CD... i think.... Also Max Payne 2! And maybe Max Payne 3. All Originals. Remakes will probably be on Steam. Max Payne 1+2+3 Remastered!!!
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user avatar@xtreme-slayeruser avatar@xtreme-slayer
February 02, 2025
I need play this game on a modern PC using a Xbox 360 controller, the news generations must play that jewel what made a big change in the video games history. Please bring me back Max payne.
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user avatar@Invisible-castleuser avatar@Invisible-castle
February 02, 2025
I want to play this game again. Back in school days, I used to pirate games, and max Payne was the reason I started to pirate games. Max Payne isn't in steam gog or epic games store. I love this game and would pay for it, only if I could.
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user avatar@Craigshaw05user avatar@Craigshaw05
February 02, 2025
at this point this is seems like the only possibility to play the game on pc without having to mod the hell out of it, so many memories of the first three levels cause i was too young and really bad at it.
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