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Fri 27/07/01 at 19:42
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I'll do a proper review tomorrow (trying to cram in some gaming before I away to lady's place)

Ok, you remember in The Matrix when Neo and Trinity go to the gov building to rescue Morpheus?
When they walk into the lobby and proceed to shoot everything? Flipping about and stuff? The slow-mo that followed?

Well, Max Payne let's you do that yourself.
You control the bullet-time and it's the most incredible thing you will ever see.

A room with 4 baddies in?
No problem, run towards the door, hit slo-mo and you go leaping in, leather coat flying behind you as you unload duel berrettas at them, turn in mid-air to face backwards, still shooting, come out of bullet-time in a roll and voila!
All dead.

Being chased? Hit slo-mo, press backwards and Max flips in the air, faces the villain and flies backwards, guns blazing as he does so.

Absolutely stunning.
If you own a PC with the spec, get this game, I promise you will never, ever play anything like it for a long time.

Ok, I'm off to fly around the subway in slo-mo and shoot people.

This game rocks.

HURRAH FOR QUALITY GAMES.

Max Payne IS the future of gaming people
Fri 27/07/01 at 19:42
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I'll do a proper review tomorrow (trying to cram in some gaming before I away to lady's place)

Ok, you remember in The Matrix when Neo and Trinity go to the gov building to rescue Morpheus?
When they walk into the lobby and proceed to shoot everything? Flipping about and stuff? The slow-mo that followed?

Well, Max Payne let's you do that yourself.
You control the bullet-time and it's the most incredible thing you will ever see.

A room with 4 baddies in?
No problem, run towards the door, hit slo-mo and you go leaping in, leather coat flying behind you as you unload duel berrettas at them, turn in mid-air to face backwards, still shooting, come out of bullet-time in a roll and voila!
All dead.

Being chased? Hit slo-mo, press backwards and Max flips in the air, faces the villain and flies backwards, guns blazing as he does so.

Absolutely stunning.
If you own a PC with the spec, get this game, I promise you will never, ever play anything like it for a long time.

Ok, I'm off to fly around the subway in slo-mo and shoot people.

This game rocks.

HURRAH FOR QUALITY GAMES.

Max Payne IS the future of gaming people
Fri 27/07/01 at 19:52
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"MJ:Newbie Hunter!"
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Sounds great Goatboy........I would get it now if I had a good enough PC>

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Fri 27/07/01 at 19:54
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I saw a clip of it on Game Network.

My first impression?

A PSOne game.

The graphics were ugly, the music sounded poor and the sound effects were musty.

The gameplay might be good though (as Goatboy described).

If so, it just goes to show that first impressions aren't everything...
Fri 27/07/01 at 20:06
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Shutup Strafex, you clearly dn't know what you're talking about if you think the graphics look like it could be running on a PSone. Chances are you downloaded a crappy vid of the net that used all kinds of compression methods and was recorded at something stupid like 320x200 and was running in full-screen on a 1024x768 monitor!
Goatboy! You've got it?! I looked everywhere for it today but couldn't find it! Did you get it from Special Reserve? Please tell!
Fri 27/07/01 at 20:56
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Dan, everything looks crap on Game Network.

And I would have expected a bit more of a constructive approach.

Which makes me glad that I fired you.
Fri 27/07/01 at 20:56
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If you listened carefully enough...

I SAW IT ON GAME NETWORK.

The TV channel.
I had seen plenty of PC/PS2/DC/GC titles before an after it which all looked a lot better.

Perhaps the video portrayed an unfinished version.


Still, I thought that it was very good for a PSOne game...
Fri 27/07/01 at 21:21
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Posts: 3,279
Goatboy wrote:
> I'll do a proper review tomorrow (trying to cram in some gaming
> before I away to lady's place)

Ok, you remember in The Matrix
> when Neo and Trinity go to the gov building to rescue
> Morpheus?
When they walk into the lobby and proceed to shoot
> everything? Flipping about and stuff? The slow-mo that
> followed?

Well, Max Payne let's you do that yourself.
You
> control the bullet-time and it's the most incredible thing you will
> ever see.

A room with 4 baddies in?
No problem, run towards the
> door, hit slo-mo and you go leaping in, leather coat flying behind
> you as you unload duel berrettas at them, turn in mid-air to face
> backwards, still shooting, come out of bullet-time in a roll and
> voila!
All dead.

Being chased? Hit slo-mo, press backwards and
> Max flips in the air, faces the villain and flies backwards, guns
> blazing as he does so.

Absolutely stunning.
If you own a PC with
> the spec, get this game, I promise you will never, ever play
> anything like it for a long time.

Ok, I'm off to fly around the
> subway in slo-mo and shoot people.

This game rocks.

HURRAH FOR
> QUALITY GAMES.

Max Payne IS the future of gaming people.

Wicked! I can't wait to get it and try bullet time!
Fri 27/07/01 at 21:29
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Ok, I've just sent 2 screenshots to Grix.

I have NEVER played anything like this before in my life.
Dan, are you a mentalist?
You must've seen a different version mate, or do I detect sour grapes?

"Well I haven't got it so it's crap"

Yabooh to you, sourpuss, it rocks BIG time mate.
Fri 27/07/01 at 21:37
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"Want a cd key.."
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I might buy this game but what are the minimum specs that you need to actually enjoy the game?

I was disappointed to find that Operation Flashpoint needed at least a 400mz to run!
Fri 27/07/01 at 21:43
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Goatboy wrote:
> Ok, I've just sent 2 screenshots to Grix.

I have NEVER played
> anything like this before in my life.
Dan, are you a
> mentalist?
You must've seen a different version mate, or do I
> detect sour grapes?

"Well I haven't got it so it's
> crap"

Yabooh to you, sourpuss, it rocks BIG time mate.

Glad to hear that you're having fun with it.

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