Max Payne

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Summary: Great technology...but.....
Review: Okay....the bullet-time stuff is awesome, but it can get old after a while. With all of the realism in this game, you think they would have made the bullet hits more real. Shoot someone in the back of the head with a shotgun....sure there's some blood, but the head is still intact. I guess I was expecting to see a little more of "soldier of fortune taken to the next level" type of action. I'm also bothered by the third person perspective, which is really required for the bullet-time feature, but it would have been nice to have a first person option (a la Hitman). When I aim at a bad guy, the site line is blocked by Max. Just very difficult to move around and avoid the bad guys.....other than that, the weapons, the sound and the scenery is great. The story's okay...just a little to linear for me.

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Summary: A truly awsome game
Review: This game has afforded me the most fun since Jedi Knight. The bullet time thing is absolutly awsome, and is the meat of this game. You'll hear people moan about linearity, repitition, length and such. Hey, they say the same about everything, right? The game is a little short (10-15 hours), but that's only because it's so much fun. If it was awful, everyone would say it was too long. So there you have it. Yea, $... is a little high, you may wanna get it used, or wait till it drops, but if you have the extra cash, be a 1337 gamer and go get it. You'll have fun, no matter what they say =P

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Summary: I wasted my money on this!!!
Review: First off before I get started, some people will see my two star rating and think I'm one of the those people that hate this game because it was so hyped up and everybody is going to like it. And A lot of people will probably be angry at my review. I was one of those hyped up people. I've been looking forward to this game for a year and a half. I've read nothing but good reviews and praise saying this game is the most original game and most even dare compare it to Half-Life which is just wrong. I played this game for an entire day. I kid you not. I played for hours. Why? Not because I liked it but because I was trying real hard to like. I just couldn't, it is very boring to me. Okay, first off the good stuff: The graphics are good, nothign spectacular in my opinion but they are very good. Max looks awesome except for that goofy look he always has on his face. The writing is flat out excellent. Max in a way is a poet with his words, although a very very dark poet. His words are very gloomy. He is also pretty clever at saying the right thing to somebody to smart off to them. The comic book looking cut scenes are pretty neat as well. The effects are awesome, watching bullets impact the head of a thug in slow motion "Bullet Time" is pretty neat. The sounds are very good. Once again in bullet time hearing a bullet shoot past your head and hitting the wall behind you, hearing pieces of the wall hit the ground is awesome. The story is very good as well. Once again very dark and gloomy. But you wouldn't want to play a happy game would ya? Now on to the bad stuff. First off the gameplay. BORING. I read this had some of the most original gameplay of any game. I must be playing the wrong game because all I did was run from point A to point B and kill all bad guys in between. That is it. I know the slow motion thing is new and it is pretty neat but after using it a few dozen times it get's old really fast. Some games can pull off the "run from point A to point B kill all" formula by putting interesting stuff in between A and B. This game has nothing interesting. It's supposed to be somewhat realistic. How about not realistic at all. Except YOU can die with one shot. Here is an example at how unrealistic this game is. I'm in a room, I'm next to a doorway, the door is closed. it opens, I'm on one side, a thug is on the other, I take my pump action shotgun , I figure this door is wood and is pretty old and barely on it's hinges, I'll shoot through the door and kill the thug. So I shoot, the shot gun blast's pieces from the door, but none of the bullets go through the door. Hmm, that is odd. Okay, I hit the slow motion button and jump in front of the thug, I shoot, I see each individual shotgun pellet, one hit's the thug right in the forehead, another hit's him in the chest, another in the stomach, and shoulder. Slow motion wear's off and I am moving like normal, I turn around, the thug is still alive and he shoots me once and kills me, even though I had a lot of energy left... The thug was not wearing any armor, just pants and a plain old shirt. He took bullets in his head, stomach, and chest and still lived. Another time I was shooting a bartender with his pants down to his ankels in every body part, head, crotch, butt, stomach, chest, arms, legs. Nothing killed him. It took me forever to kill this guy even though I shot him over and over again in the head.... I expected a lot more, something original and I didn't get it. For gamers who want to just blow stuff up and kill people, this game is for you, but I need just a little bit more. If I want mindless killing and that's all I do I'll play Unreal Tournament. Yeah, this game has a story but that still doesn't save it. This game does have it's high points, graphics, sound, "Bullet Time"(before it gets old), and good story. But the bad boring gameplay just destroys everything for me.

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Summary: THIS GAME IS THE BEST!!!
Review: This is the best game I have ever played in my life!It's action packed and is never boring.If you like action games play buy this game!

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Summary: matrix meats die hard
Review: wow this game is the best game i have seen in a while, the storyline is very interesting, more interesting than anyother video game i have ever played, this is unbelivable. the graphics are great, the A.I. is awesome and the bullet time (slow mo) is ridiculously sick. i mean i had an auto matic shotgun and turned a corner and pumped off six rounds and made three guys into spagehtti, it looked wicked cool. must buy..one thing i would like to see is some sort of online play but i am definately satisfied with this outcome..buy it, also there is an interseting side note to the game, a chineese technique of film making is used but if i tell you it will ruin the game.buy it!

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Summary: Hands Down, one of the greatest games of the year!
Review: A lot of games promise to put you right in the middle of the action. Max Payne actually does. Everything about this game is excellent. In addition to supporting the Geforce 3, this game has the best gameplay out of any third person computer game I have ever played. Visually, the game is very good. The sound is also extremely good (Best experienced with 4.1 speaker system). What every other third person game suffers from is "death by third person." This game gets rid of that annoying defect in these types of games. Also, I must not overlook the awesome bullet time. The bullet time effects make the game even more worth playing. This is not just your basic shooter, but it is pretty story driven. The story is very gripping and is told like a comic book. My final thoughts,..........GO BUY THIS GAME RIGHT NOW!!!!

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Summary: Best Shooter of '01
Review: I don't think I've played a game this good in years. Every promise Remedy made they delivered on and then some. The story is excellent and delivered very well, interwoven throughout the gameplay but not once getting in the way. The graphics are great, especially the texturing (incidentally an incredible NYC Subway rendition). The controls are straightforward for any FPS fan and feel just right. The game is also very stable, it's been awhile since you could buy a new game and not have to worry about crashes or lockups. And the Bullet Time system is _not_ a gimmick. I can understand if people might expect it to be, I certainly had my doubts, but it actually works beautifully as a gameplay element and will get you saying "that was so cool" almost every time.

Go ahead and order it up, its worth every penny. Kudos, Remedy!

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Summary: Max Payne is The Game of The Decade
Review: Max Payne will blow you away with it's complex storyline and awsome gun play. It starts off with your wife and child being brutally slaughtered by a couple of drug crazy mofo's, and it ends right where it starts. Although the storyline kept me playing for six hours staight, the gunplay played me for about 12 hours. Picture this: You're about to enter a room and you hear a guy cough. By pressing a button, you dive in sideways, slowmotion of coures, and see his bullets just whiz right by you as you drop him to the floor with your dual pistols. Not only does it give you a stategic advantage, it also is the COOLEST thing I have ever seen in a game. To be fair, The Opera and Action Half-life where the first games with dives, but this one makes them kickass! The Only problem I have with Max Payne is it is very short. It took me about 12 hours to beat it, but 4 difficulty modes will make it all worthwhile and it will be the most talked about action game since half-life. Do yourself a favour and go and buy Max Payne.

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Summary: one game? make it this one.
Review: This is the Game...The game for everyone, the best game ever. What do you wanna do in this game? you wanna go slow-mo and still be able to aim your guns a shoot up bad guys? You wanna be able to touch anything in the souroundings? "why put somthing in a game that you can't enteract with?",do it all. Buy this right now, its the best Action game you will ever see. Maybe forever.

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Summary: Wow!!!!!!!
Review: This is one of the best games i ever played! This game is for anyone who enjoyed the movie the Matrix. YOu can slow down time by pushing your mouse button, and the story line is gripping. If you are looking for a great game, this is it! I ran the game fine in full detail on my p3 600 with 256 ram and a 32 meg tnt2.