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Max Payne 1 & 2 are some of my favorite games of all time. I love everything about them: their graphical style, the story, the general vibe, the gameplay. They

by iammjm 9mo ago

Max Payne 1 & 2 are some of my favorite games of all time. I love everything about them: their graphical style, the story, the general vibe, the gameplay. They are still very fun to play so I can recommend picking them up and doing a play through. They are easy to pick up, not long, and very rewarding at each moment

holoduke 9mo ago
You could try Alan wake. It really gets similar vibes.
- Sharlin 9mo ago
  Not entirely coincidentally, given that both are Remedy games and share some key creative staff, in particular Sam Lake [1] and Petri Järvilehto. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Lake
zemvpferreira 9mo ago
That goddamn baby level though. I could strangle the person who stuffed that messy labyrinthic pile of crap into my John Woo-esque shooter.
- dashzebra 9mo ago
  Oooh that level... I was young when I played that game, and did not see that one coming. I also fell by the side. Memory is a bit blurry thankfully, but I erred for a while trying to climb up. I think it was a bug. Caused a few nightmares...
- magicalhippo 9mo ago
  I thought that level was great. To me it really sold someone with a jumbled up mind trying to push on through. Without that level Max Payne wouldn't have been anywhere near as memorable for me.
lukan 9mo ago
"and very rewarding at each moment" Depends I would say, not the word I would use in the context of dead babies, but they were definitely great, intense games.
close04 9mo ago
Can you even buy Max Payne 1 from any store today? A while back I looked around and couldn't find a single legal source for the game.
- endominus 9mo ago
  It was available on Humble Bundle a few months ago as part of Remedy's full lineup, along with the sequel, the Alan Wake games, and Control.
- nness 9mo ago
  Both are available on Steam and GOG. (But you'll need community patches to run it on modern hardware.)
  - shakna 9mo ago
    Or run it on Linux under Wine. The support is very nearly flawless.
  - close04 9mo ago
    Interesting, I see only Max Payne 2 on Steam, and neither of them on GOG (the first place I always check).
nullify88 9mo ago
The game also had support for mods. After the first playthrough I've always played the game with the kongfu mod enabling wallrunning, kicks, additional weapons such as Sticks, and various other action orientated changes. Additionally, I believe Rockstar gave the go-ahead for work on a remake for 1 & 2. Hopefully they have James Perry McCaffrey's voice work in good enough quality. RIP.
- smusamashah 9mo ago
  I remember playing a matrix mod. It was awesome. There was this famous fight near stairs with so much bullet time and effects. Another was near an elevator with pillars.
  - epolanski 9mo ago
    It was also a part of 3d mark 2001 back then, I've used it up until mid 2010s to see the evolution of graphic cards. https://youtu.be/VQql9LqczXI?si=zWNbTaGYOQTLWjZX https://youtu.be/VQql9LqczXI?si=zWNbTaGYOQTLWjZX
nodesocket 9mo ago
I remember as a kid playing the Police Quest series (mostly III) and thinking that games had insane graphics at the time. When Max Payne released it was absolutely mind blowing to me. The story is also very well done, something lacking today even in AAA games.
kakacik 9mo ago
3 is good too, different environment but similar principle. And graphics look fine even by modern standards

by iammjm 9mo ago

holoduke 9mo ago

You could try Alan wake. It really gets similar vibes.

Sharlin 9mo ago
Not entirely coincidentally, given that both are Remedy games and share some key creative staff, in particular Sam Lake [1] and Petri Järvilehto. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Lake

zemvpferreira 9mo ago

That goddamn baby level though. I could strangle the person who stuffed that messy labyrinthic pile of crap into my John Woo-esque shooter.

dashzebra 9mo ago
Oooh that level... I was young when I played that game, and did not see that one coming. I also fell by the side. Memory is a bit blurry thankfully, but I erred for a while trying to climb up. I think it was a bug. Caused a few nightmares...
magicalhippo 9mo ago
I thought that level was great. To me it really sold someone with a jumbled up mind trying to push on through. Without that level Max Payne wouldn't have been anywhere near as memorable for me.

lukan 9mo ago

"and very rewarding at each moment" Depends I would say, not the word I would use in the context of dead babies, but they were definitely great, intense games.

close04 9mo ago

Can you even buy Max Payne 1 from any store today? A while back I looked around and couldn't find a single legal source for the game.

endominus 9mo ago
It was available on Humble Bundle a few months ago as part of Remedy's full lineup, along with the sequel, the Alan Wake games, and Control.
nness 9mo ago
Both are available on Steam and GOG. (But you'll need community patches to run it on modern hardware.)
- shakna 9mo ago
  Or run it on Linux under Wine. The support is very nearly flawless.
- close04 9mo ago
  Interesting, I see only Max Payne 2 on Steam, and neither of them on GOG (the first place I always check).

nullify88 9mo ago

The game also had support for mods. After the first playthrough I've always played the game with the kongfu mod enabling wallrunning, kicks, additional weapons such as Sticks, and various other action orientated changes. Additionally, I believe Rockstar gave the go-ahead for work on a remake for 1 & 2. Hopefully they have James Perry McCaffrey's voice work in good enough quality. RIP.

smusamashah 9mo ago
I remember playing a matrix mod. It was awesome. There was this famous fight near stairs with so much bullet time and effects. Another was near an elevator with pillars.
- epolanski 9mo ago
  It was also a part of 3d mark 2001 back then, I've used it up until mid 2010s to see the evolution of graphic cards. https://youtu.be/VQql9LqczXI?si=zWNbTaGYOQTLWjZX https://youtu.be/VQql9LqczXI?si=zWNbTaGYOQTLWjZX

nodesocket 9mo ago

I remember as a kid playing the Police Quest series (mostly III) and thinking that games had insane graphics at the time. When Max Payne released it was absolutely mind blowing to me. The story is also very well done, something lacking today even in AAA games.

kakacik 9mo ago

3 is good too, different environment but similar principle. And graphics look fine even by modern standards