max payne 1 and 2 any good?

Cairnsey · 26 Dec 2007 at 23:34

Why can't people grasp the fact that the MAX-FX engine was used to replicate a scene from the Matrix for a benchmark called 3DMark01 made by MadOnion who later became known as Futuremark?

KNiVES · 27 Dec 2007 at 00:55

Cairnsey said:
Why can't people grasp the fact that the MAX-FX engine was used to replicate a scene from the Matrix for a benchmark called 3DMark01 made by MadOnion who later became known as Futuremark?

Because they are silly, silly people.

point decay · 11 Jan 2008 at 02:29

my god this game doesnt like vista does it? .. after reading the thread thought id give the original a blast for old time sake. 1, spat the dummy when i put the disk in, eh ok, try it from the setup.exe, eureka!!. 2. installed and time to play, what do you mean not compatable?, trawl the net find the 1.05 patch, install, play.. woohoo, eh wait a minute, have i gone deaf?. 3. trawl the net again for creative alchemy so i can whip two of the files from it to give me sound. Done, finally after 90 mins i can sit back and have a game. Better be as good as i remember after all that.

Dreadi · 11 Jan 2008 at 02:49

played 1 on the ps2, was awesome, never played 2 though.

m4cc45 · 11 Jan 2008 at 06:55

The only one downside is that it needs finishing. There has to be a Max Payne 3 to put the story to bed.

I hate how games, such as Max Payne, Half Life 2, etc. don't finish off properly at the end of the game. This means, to me, that if they do run into financial difficulties then you may not ever end the series.

M.

Random Guy · 11 Jan 2008 at 08:48

The games are decent entertainment. More popcorn than anything else. The mod scene on them was supposed to be quite good as well (there was a Kung-fu mod that was supposed to be quite entertaining).

Bizarre · 11 Jan 2008 at 09:22

m4cc45 said:
The only one downside is that it needs finishing. There has to be a Max Payne 3 to put the story to bed.

I hate how games, such as Max Payne, Half Life 2, etc. don't finish off properly at the end of the game. This means, to me, that if they do run into financial difficulties then you may not ever end the series.

M.

Remedy sold the Max Payne franchise to Take Two, but it was nothing to do with financial difficultys. They'd been working on mp for five years and were wanting to focus on another project, which is now known as Alan Wake.

The official spiel from Take Two (taken from pc zone 2004) is they'll only make another Max Payne if / when they find the right developer to do it. So who knows? My guess is it'll be released in the same month as Duke Nukem forever.

Great games though, proper PC classics imo.

Rezident · 11 Jan 2008 at 11:01

Yes. One of the few series of games I've gone back to and replayed from start to finish.

helmutcheese · 11 Jan 2008 at 12:23

The Max Payne movie is still on the cards for 2008 AFAIK.

chrissss · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:06

Max payne 1 is amazing.

Max Payne 2 is one of my favourite sp games of all time. The story, the way of storytelling, the effects, the music, etc.

though it is a bit old now, it is still great. It has some kick a** mods for it also, matrix mod, cinematic mod2.0, Mission impossible etc

D.P. · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:17

MP1 was awesome, one of my favourite games. Im not a pC gamer anymroe, ahevn't been for years, but I was glad I was when MP1 was released to be apart of it.
Awesome gfx for the time. Great story and level design, a lot of detail, very polished.

poopots · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:23

I played the first one through over 5 times, loved it to bits. I bought the second one about two years ago, but i've never got round to playing it properly, i'd install it and then go off it after the first level or so. I think i'll give it another go after my exams.

MookJong · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:24

Stand out games, that are not really like anything else out there in their styling and grittyness. They very much like have a feel of the film SinCity.

point decay · 11 Jan 2008 at 15:43

I never played the second Max Payne, so out of interest why did they change the characters appearance?, is it a different character or set years after the original or something?

cheers

RossG · 11 Jan 2008 at 17:14

Years after the original.

Mobius 1 · 20 Jan 2008 at 00:41

i just picked MP2 up for 6 quid. im up to the bit where i in the chiefs office and just thrown a plant pot on the floor, now im exploring the police station.

great game. the graphics are very good to say how old it is! and this game don't half run smooth even on maxxed settings.

Tombo · 20 Jan 2008 at 08:36

Baked said:
I never played the second Max Payne, so out of interest why did they change the characters appearance?, is it a different character or set years after the original or something?

cheers

Mainly because back when Max Payne was released, the budget wasn't big enough to have a hired actor \ model, so one of the game developers was the model, with 2 they cold afford an actual actor \ model so that's why his appearance changed, He's still Max Payne and it's very probable that he is quite a bit older.