Max Payne
Max Payne is a BAFTA Award–winning[1] third-person shooter video game developed by Finnish developers Remedy Entertainment and published by Gathering of Developers in July 2001 for Microsoft Windows. Ports created later in the year for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and the GameBoy Advance were published by Rockstar Games. A Macintosh port was published in July 2002 by MacSoft in North America[2]and by Feral Interactive in the rest of the world. There were plans for a Dreamcast version of Max Payne, but they were canceled due to the discontinuation of the console.[3] The game was re-released on April 29, 2009 as a downloadable game in the Xbox Originals program for the Xbox 360.[4]
The game features a gritty neo-noir style and uses graphic novel panels (with voice-overs) in place of cutscenes to narrate the game. Max Payne is heavily influenced by the Hong Kong action cinema genre, particularly the work of director John Woo,[5][6] as well as hard-boiled detective novels by authors like Mickey Spillane.[7] The game contains many allusions to Norse mythology, particularly the myth ofRagnarök, and several of the names used in the game are those of the Norse gods and mythos. Max Payne received very positive reviews from critics and was praised for its exciting gunplay and use of noir storytelling devices. As of 2011, the Max Payne franchise has sold over 7.5 million copies
Gameplay
Max Payne is a third-person shooter in which the player assumes the role of its titular character, Max Payne. Almost all the gameplay involves bullet time-based gun-fights and levels are generally straightforward, occasionally incorporating platforming and puzzle-solving elements. The game's storyline is advanced by the player following Max's internal monologue as he iterates what his next steps should be. Several of the game's levels involve surrealistic-symbolic nightmares and drug-related hallucinations of Payne.
Initially, the player's only weapon is a semi-automatic pistol. As the player progresses, access to other firearms is given, including melee and hand-thrown weapons. Some of the game's weapons can be dual wielded. Max regains health by taking painkillers, which the player collects. The game's AI is heavily dependent on pre-scripted commands: most of the apparently intelligent behavior exhibited by enemies (such as taking cover, retreating from the player, or throwing grenades) is pre-scripted.
The gameplay of Max Payne revolves around bullet time, a form of slow motion — when triggered, the passage of time is slowed down to such extent that the movements of bullets can be seen by the naked eye and enables Max to perform special moves. Although Payne's movement is also slowed, the player is still able to position the aiming reticle and react in real time, providing an advantage over enemies. Occasionally, when the last character of an enemy group is killed, the viewpoint switches to a third-person view circling his falling body. Likewise, the camera may follow the path of a bullet fired from a sniper rifle.
The "Dead on Arrival" game mode limits the player to only seven saves per chapter, and the "New York Minute" mode forces the player to complete each chapter before the allotted time — replenished by killing enemies — is exhausted. Upon completing the game on "Dead on Arrival", the player unlocks "The Last Challenge" ("End Combat" or "Final Battle" in the different versions), featuring a fight in perpetual bullet time against 20 "Killer Suit" hitmen.
| SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS | |
| MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS | |
| MINIMUM | |
| Pentium or AMD 450MHz processor | |
| 96MB RAM | |
| 16MB Direct3D compatible graphics card | |
| 3DMark 2001 Score of 900 | |
| DirectX 8.0 | |
| Sound Card | |
| RECOMMENDED | |
| Pentium or AMD 700MHz processor | |
| 128MB RAM | |
| 32MB Direct3D compatible graphics card | |
| 3DMark 2001 Score of 2200 | |
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