Everything is dynamic, so your opponents will actively react to yourĪctions. Overall the AI is pretty good, as enemies will take cover, surround you, and attack in packs. Unsuspecting goon to walk past, but all in all the camera work was some of the best I've ever experienced in a third person shooter. I did occasionally block the camera with my character's shoulder when I was crouched in a corner waiting for an The camera was stuck in a wall, or angled so I couldn't see the action. Third person shooters have traditionally been plagued by awkward camera work, but the view in Max Payne was handled really well, and I never encountered a time when The job done, especially when you're using the ever-satisfying double Uzis. Whileīullet time helps, it's Payne's impressive arsenal - which includes close-range weapons, pistols, shotguns, sub-machine guns, an assault rifle, a sniper rifle, and explosives - that really gets Three or four foes at once, which would make the game extremely difficult if it wasn't for bullet time - and at times the game is still damn hard, even on the easiest difficulty level. The use of bullet time comes in very handy during the game as you'll rarely run across just one gun-toting thug at a time, and more often you're up against I'm personally getting tired of shooters running out of steam and just becoming tedious to complete, and Although the game will take the average gamer about a dozen hours to complete, it's a non-stop thrill-ride the whole way through, and you never go for more than aįew seconds without seeing a gangster who's ready to take you down with extreme prejudice. Overall the effect is very well done, and super-cool to boot. You can actually see moving past you in slow motion. In keeping with the John Woo style, Max can jump out of the way of oncoming bullets, that It is, and sets it apart from the slew of other action shooters that we're all too familiar with by now. Being able toĬontrol your aim in real time while everything - including yourself - is slowed to a snail's pace not only adds to the over-the-top cinematic feel of Max Payne, but really makes the game what Although it is used a lot in the game, it's a very innovative approach to a shooter, and it's a substantial part of what makes Max Payne so good.
To be completely honest, when I first sawīullet time back in the Max Payne preview days, I thought it was just going to be a stupid gimmick inspired by The Matrix that would be completely useless and overused in the game. A lot of the action in the game revolves around "bullet time," a slow-motion state where Max gains super-human reflexes. The story elements are handled through a variety of means, presented through in-gameĬutscenes, conversations during gameplay, and narrated graphic novel-inspired panels that fit the game perfectly, and really add a lot of style and character to the game in the Thugs, heavies, Mafia Dons, junkies, hookers, and other members of my family that you'll interact with. In following with the story, you have a rag-tag group of It would be like calling Dom Deluise husky. To say the story in Max Payne is intense is an understatement. Seeing as how you don't have much left to live for, you go after the Mafia drug syndicate where you've been working as an undercover mole, exacting justice on the people you think are responsibleįor your family and friend's deaths. Within the first 20 minutes of the game, your wife, baby, and boss are dead. Something the folks at Remedy have no qualms about admitting since they scattered Woo references throughout the game. The story is so well told and so involved that it's like you're playing a John Woo action film on your computer. So gritty it almost made me sick at times - but I mean that in a good way. The game itself is a third-person shooter that recounts a dark and dirty flashback of undercover DEA agent Max Payne. Gotten a lot of media attention - but I can honestly say that, after playing it, Max Payne lives up to the hype. Originally slated for a Spring 2000 release, Max Payne has been in development for a while, and has You know Max Payne.you've been hearing about it for years now. "If this is what Payne feels like, then I'm a self-proclaimed masochist.
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