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Great start to the series with some unique features. Graphics are not as good as #2 but the story and its narration is neat to watch and listen to. Price was great and delivery by Amazon supplier was super.
This game was one of my all time favorites but I couldn't find a good copy until now. Came in great condition and it plays well too. Awesome game and great graphics!!
Max Payne is a phenomenal game. I got this back in 2004 when I got my XBOX and it is truly one of the best XBOX games of all time. The series was multiplatform as it was on the ps2 but was far superior on the XBOX. Controls and graphics were a lot better on the XBOX version. Gameplay ? Thats what this game is about intense fun and never a dull moment. This is the type of game when you pick it up you do not stop playing until you beat it and thats no joke.
Sound is good enough. The story is great and thats coming from someone that is turned off by video game stories. Every approach to this game is great. From the graphics to the characters there is not much here to gripe about.
If you are going to get Max Payne 3 when it comes out do yourself a favor and go back and pick this up. You will not regret it.
You play as Max Payne, NY cop. His wife and child get murked by some drug organization. He seeks revenge. Lives are taken. Nuff said.
Maybe this explains why Max's face is forever twisted in constipation. Max Payne is a straight up third person shooter that controls like a FPS. There are no puzzles, just the occasional key you need to open the occasional locked door. The point is to go from room to room blasting fools. The one gimmick to this game is the "bullet time". At the hit of a button the action slows down which 'The Matrix' ripped off (Max Payne was already in development when the movie came out), giving you an aiming advantage. It works pretty well, you can take a bullet time dive and shoot like 3 guys in a room before you hit the ground. Playing the game buzzed makes this even more exciting.
The story is pretty lame and completely optional when it comes to enjoying this game. The only reason to sit through the cut scenes is to experience the great writing. Max Payne talks all poetic, "There was a chilling wind and the night was laden with foreboding" which probably sounds stupid read here but in the cutscenes it's pretty funny in a cheesy wannabe epic kind of way. It's dope not because it's `great writing' literally, but because it's purposely overdramatized. A good example is the moment Max has a dream that he's in a videogame, that everything that's happening is fake.
So what you're left with is an entertaining action game, with John Woo style shootouts. The graphics still look solid, the only obvious knock I can think of is that there's a couple of "bloodline" levels that are bound to tick you off. It's a dream sequence Max has, where he's in total darkness with nothing around him. All he has to stand on is a red line, supposedly a blood trail. This trail forks into different paths and you must jump from line to line trying to find your way out while hearing an annoyingly looped baby-cry. You will fall. You will start over. You will be pissed.
But aside from that, Max Payne is definitely worth whatever few bucks you can score a used copy for. I can't stress this enough: the shotgun blasts sound really nice and you'll have a good time with Max Payne and a 6 pack.
Max Payne dishes out thrills like there's no tomorrow, and is definitely one of the original Xbox's finest action titles. It may be a third-person shooter, but that doesn't mean it isn't as cool as any other shooter. WHAT THE GAME IS: You are Max Payne; a cop whose life has gone down the crapper because of the murders of his wife and baby, and now he's being accused of murder of a cop. So you must take out mafia and gang groups with a large arsenal weapons and descend into the New York underworld of crime, while solving clues and avoiding capture. GRAPHICS: Time has not been kind to this game, it was released 6-7 years ago and the graphics don't look good, but rather blocky. SOUND: Shooting, explosions, dying screams of enemies, and fairly good voice-acting. MUSIC: The music is barely present, but luckily you'll hardly ever notice this blemish because of how much adrenaline will be in your system when playing this game. GAMEPLAY: Character movement could use a little work, but the gun controls work great. Platforming is a little sticky. The gameplay is fast and feels like its on crack especially during the huge gun battles of dozens of enemies or more. This game is absolutely wonderful, though some low points are some sticky movements and the dream sequences Max Payne has are kinda difficult because they require you to go through maze-like environments. OVERALL: This game could easily be enjoyed by any fan of action titles because of the great gameplay, interesting story, comic book-style cutscenes, a great selection of weapons (molotov cocktails anyone?), and the awesome slow-motion feature which would later be used in games like F.E.A.R. THE GOOD: Fast bullet-spraying gameplay, interesting story, cool weapons, and the innovative slow-motion feature. THE BAD: Some sticky controls and platforming sequences, and ugly graphics. Though most of these problems are easily ignored.
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