Little Late MAX PAYNE For PC is Incredible

I picked up Max Payne (PC) because I had heard good things about it. It had me glued to my PC for over 4 hours last night, which for me (dad with 2 young kids) is a long time. I am usually ready for bed by 10:30PM. I was up well past midnight playing. The graphics are great. The controls are easy to learn and best of all the story kept me going. I know this game is kind of old now, but I just wanted to say that if you have not played it it is probably one of the best action games I have played. I espeically love the slo motion ability that Max has which give the game a Matrix type of feel.

Well, Xbox port of Max Payne is even better :)

The game though is little on the bland side. Bullet time is fun for a while but gets old, Max move repertuar is limited, Graphics are little blocky, and character models are too pc like, and not very interesting.

Still it have some intense action during those levels, particle effects and slo mo are great, it still fun killing multiple baddies with 2 guns blasting.

Still I wish it was better. And upcoming DTR will be all that Max Payne should have been.

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Originally posted by Dustin
I picked up Max Payne (PC) because I had heard good things about it. It had me glued to my PC for over 4 hours last night, which for me (dad with 2 young kids) is a long time.

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I'm glad you're enjoying it. I played the demo of it on Xbox and pretty much thought the game could have been named Snooze Fest 2001. Nothing in the game did anything for me whatsoever. But if you like the style and gameplay, have fun with it and like Despair said, get Dead to Rights this summer if you have an Xbox :)

- Kabuki

i love Max Payne... i've played through it twice (which is RARE for me)...

there's just something about it that keeps bringing me back... it's just so damned cool

... sure, it's repetative, but it really didn't bother me at all

Don't get me wrong, I like my XBOX and all, but the Box version of Max Payne made me want to cry. It just wasn't the same, the pc version had me playing through the game non-stop (save for sleeping and eating *silly distractions*). The action was intense, I trully enjoyed the story (despite what reviewers of the game thought), and the overall presentation blew me away. The XBox version felt slower somehow, and just seemed to lose the overall coolness of the game. Maybe I just love my trackball/keyboard too much to see that kind of game played with a controller. Either way, it's a solid game, worth every penny.

Max Payne is great. On PC anyway, I haven't played the console versions.

Somehow Remedy managed to use a lame cliched theme, add very little in terms of gameplay innovations yet still pull off a game that's completely addictive.

I've had the game for a while now, but have yet to install it. I'll get to it eventually though.

I enjoyed it the first time through. Haven't touched it since.

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Originally posted by Tain
I enjoyed it the first time through. Haven't touched it since.

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same here. i could have done without those odd, red, run in slow-mo on the veiney strip stages.