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Ok, I've done a review and little "1st Impressions" thread, but now I've been at it all weekend near enough (band and the lady not withstanding).
Does my initial impression of it hold up?
Not at all.
I can say, hand on heart, that this isn't probably the best game I've ever played.
It is without a shadow of a doubt, the single best game I have played on any platform, ever.
Why?
Polygon blah, frame-rate yadda yadda, adjustable difficulty talk talk talk.
Forget that geek talk, it's pointless with Max Payne.
It boils down to one and one thing only:
The is the coolest game you will ever play.
Ever.
So howcome?
Well, imagine you were a games designer, and you sat round with your mates and said "What game do we want to play?"
"How's about one with slo-mo stuff like The Matrix? You could burst into a room with 6 people, hit the button and everything slows to allow you to get around and shoot them!"
And, praise the lord, this is what they have done.
But it's not just that feature, although it does set it amongst god-level for me.
These guys have watched John Woo movies, Hong Kong action flicks, every single cool Manga cartoon and taken the bits that you and me love and stuck them in a game to play around with.
It has a narration for the cut-scenes (done in graphic novel style), and ANY game that has the main character say "I made like Chow-Yun Fat and took that place apart" gets my vote.
And a game where one character has to offer a password to get into a laundry?
"What's the password?" "John." "John what?" "John Woo"
This rocks, and you know it.
The slo-mo/bullet-time.
Ok, you can use it whenever you want to, you just have to shoot villains to earn it (hourglass thingy).
But you will use it a lot, simply because it is an incredible effect.
Two people round a corner waiting for you?
No problem, jump right and hit the right mouse button.
Time slows and you fly out shooting.
You can see your bullets moving towards them, see their shots coming at you, hear the whistle as they pass..see the trails left in the air.
Absolutely stunning stuff, I have never had so much fun leaping into a room.
My personal "I goddamn rock!" moment?
A steep staircase in a hotel, leading down to the lobby.
3 guys in the lobby waiting for me.
What to do? Sneak down and toss a grenade?
Nope.
You leap from the top stair, hit slo-mo and shoot as you fly OVER the balcony/
Firing with an Uzi in each hand, you can see their shots coming at you and going past you as you hit the floor and roll to your feet, still shooting.
Then hit backwards and right mouse, time slows down and you leap backwards across the lobby, still shooting as the last man falls to the floor.
Payne comes into normal time once more, does a back roll and ends up standing, still alive, pictures hanging from the walls in tatters.
If you like action movies, if you liked The Matrix, if you like John Woo, if you thought Crouching Tiger was cool, basically if you want to play something so totally original it will leave you with a stupid smile?
Buy Max Payne and love every single second of it.
Does my initial impression of it hold up?
Not at all.
I can say, hand on heart, that this isn't probably the best game I've ever played.
It is without a shadow of a doubt, the single best game I have played on any platform, ever.
Why?
Polygon blah, frame-rate yadda yadda, adjustable difficulty talk talk talk.
Forget that geek talk, it's pointless with Max Payne.
It boils down to one and one thing only:
The is the coolest game you will ever play.
Ever.
So howcome?
Well, imagine you were a games designer, and you sat round with your mates and said "What game do we want to play?"
"How's about one with slo-mo stuff like The Matrix? You could burst into a room with 6 people, hit the button and everything slows to allow you to get around and shoot them!"
And, praise the lord, this is what they have done.
But it's not just that feature, although it does set it amongst god-level for me.
These guys have watched John Woo movies, Hong Kong action flicks, every single cool Manga cartoon and taken the bits that you and me love and stuck them in a game to play around with.
It has a narration for the cut-scenes (done in graphic novel style), and ANY game that has the main character say "I made like Chow-Yun Fat and took that place apart" gets my vote.
And a game where one character has to offer a password to get into a laundry?
"What's the password?" "John." "John what?" "John Woo"
This rocks, and you know it.
The slo-mo/bullet-time.
Ok, you can use it whenever you want to, you just have to shoot villains to earn it (hourglass thingy).
But you will use it a lot, simply because it is an incredible effect.
Two people round a corner waiting for you?
No problem, jump right and hit the right mouse button.
Time slows and you fly out shooting.
You can see your bullets moving towards them, see their shots coming at you, hear the whistle as they pass..see the trails left in the air.
Absolutely stunning stuff, I have never had so much fun leaping into a room.
My personal "I goddamn rock!" moment?
A steep staircase in a hotel, leading down to the lobby.
3 guys in the lobby waiting for me.
What to do? Sneak down and toss a grenade?
Nope.
You leap from the top stair, hit slo-mo and shoot as you fly OVER the balcony/
Firing with an Uzi in each hand, you can see their shots coming at you and going past you as you hit the floor and roll to your feet, still shooting.
Then hit backwards and right mouse, time slows down and you leap backwards across the lobby, still shooting as the last man falls to the floor.
Payne comes into normal time once more, does a back roll and ends up standing, still alive, pictures hanging from the walls in tatters.
If you like action movies, if you liked The Matrix, if you like John Woo, if you thought Crouching Tiger was cool, basically if you want to play something so totally original it will leave you with a stupid smile?
Buy Max Payne and love every single second of it.
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erm.... ok.. I think I will get it once I have upgraded my PC....
...where is my email Goatboy?
...where is my email Goatboy?
Min Spec says:
450MHZ
96MB Ram
16MB Video Card
That's about it
I'm running a 1gig Athalon, TNT Pro 64 card, 256MB Ram and it flows like runny water.
Incredible, fast, furious and, above all else, just goddamn cool.
Graphics are amazing, and when you pause it, the camera revolves like The Matrix around Max with jaw dropping detail.
And you can set all the detail levels to get it to run properly.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to leap backwards, shooting baddies with twin Berettas in bullet time.
450MHZ
96MB Ram
16MB Video Card
That's about it
I'm running a 1gig Athalon, TNT Pro 64 card, 256MB Ram and it flows like runny water.
Incredible, fast, furious and, above all else, just goddamn cool.
Graphics are amazing, and when you pause it, the camera revolves like The Matrix around Max with jaw dropping detail.
And you can set all the detail levels to get it to run properly.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to leap backwards, shooting baddies with twin Berettas in bullet time.
Goatboy.. what are the minumum specs for a PC for it to run!
I don't want another Black & White! :(
I don't want another Black & White! :(
Ok, I've done a review and little "1st Impressions" thread, but now I've been at it all weekend near enough (band and the lady not withstanding).
Does my initial impression of it hold up?
Not at all.
I can say, hand on heart, that this isn't probably the best game I've ever played.
It is without a shadow of a doubt, the single best game I have played on any platform, ever.
Why?
Polygon blah, frame-rate yadda yadda, adjustable difficulty talk talk talk.
Forget that geek talk, it's pointless with Max Payne.
It boils down to one and one thing only:
The is the coolest game you will ever play.
Ever.
So howcome?
Well, imagine you were a games designer, and you sat round with your mates and said "What game do we want to play?"
"How's about one with slo-mo stuff like The Matrix? You could burst into a room with 6 people, hit the button and everything slows to allow you to get around and shoot them!"
And, praise the lord, this is what they have done.
But it's not just that feature, although it does set it amongst god-level for me.
These guys have watched John Woo movies, Hong Kong action flicks, every single cool Manga cartoon and taken the bits that you and me love and stuck them in a game to play around with.
It has a narration for the cut-scenes (done in graphic novel style), and ANY game that has the main character say "I made like Chow-Yun Fat and took that place apart" gets my vote.
And a game where one character has to offer a password to get into a laundry?
"What's the password?" "John." "John what?" "John Woo"
This rocks, and you know it.
The slo-mo/bullet-time.
Ok, you can use it whenever you want to, you just have to shoot villains to earn it (hourglass thingy).
But you will use it a lot, simply because it is an incredible effect.
Two people round a corner waiting for you?
No problem, jump right and hit the right mouse button.
Time slows and you fly out shooting.
You can see your bullets moving towards them, see their shots coming at you, hear the whistle as they pass..see the trails left in the air.
Absolutely stunning stuff, I have never had so much fun leaping into a room.
My personal "I goddamn rock!" moment?
A steep staircase in a hotel, leading down to the lobby.
3 guys in the lobby waiting for me.
What to do? Sneak down and toss a grenade?
Nope.
You leap from the top stair, hit slo-mo and shoot as you fly OVER the balcony/
Firing with an Uzi in each hand, you can see their shots coming at you and going past you as you hit the floor and roll to your feet, still shooting.
Then hit backwards and right mouse, time slows down and you leap backwards across the lobby, still shooting as the last man falls to the floor.
Payne comes into normal time once more, does a back roll and ends up standing, still alive, pictures hanging from the walls in tatters.
If you like action movies, if you liked The Matrix, if you like John Woo, if you thought Crouching Tiger was cool, basically if you want to play something so totally original it will leave you with a stupid smile?
Buy Max Payne and love every single second of it.
Does my initial impression of it hold up?
Not at all.
I can say, hand on heart, that this isn't probably the best game I've ever played.
It is without a shadow of a doubt, the single best game I have played on any platform, ever.
Why?
Polygon blah, frame-rate yadda yadda, adjustable difficulty talk talk talk.
Forget that geek talk, it's pointless with Max Payne.
It boils down to one and one thing only:
The is the coolest game you will ever play.
Ever.
So howcome?
Well, imagine you were a games designer, and you sat round with your mates and said "What game do we want to play?"
"How's about one with slo-mo stuff like The Matrix? You could burst into a room with 6 people, hit the button and everything slows to allow you to get around and shoot them!"
And, praise the lord, this is what they have done.
But it's not just that feature, although it does set it amongst god-level for me.
These guys have watched John Woo movies, Hong Kong action flicks, every single cool Manga cartoon and taken the bits that you and me love and stuck them in a game to play around with.
It has a narration for the cut-scenes (done in graphic novel style), and ANY game that has the main character say "I made like Chow-Yun Fat and took that place apart" gets my vote.
And a game where one character has to offer a password to get into a laundry?
"What's the password?" "John." "John what?" "John Woo"
This rocks, and you know it.
The slo-mo/bullet-time.
Ok, you can use it whenever you want to, you just have to shoot villains to earn it (hourglass thingy).
But you will use it a lot, simply because it is an incredible effect.
Two people round a corner waiting for you?
No problem, jump right and hit the right mouse button.
Time slows and you fly out shooting.
You can see your bullets moving towards them, see their shots coming at you, hear the whistle as they pass..see the trails left in the air.
Absolutely stunning stuff, I have never had so much fun leaping into a room.
My personal "I goddamn rock!" moment?
A steep staircase in a hotel, leading down to the lobby.
3 guys in the lobby waiting for me.
What to do? Sneak down and toss a grenade?
Nope.
You leap from the top stair, hit slo-mo and shoot as you fly OVER the balcony/
Firing with an Uzi in each hand, you can see their shots coming at you and going past you as you hit the floor and roll to your feet, still shooting.
Then hit backwards and right mouse, time slows down and you leap backwards across the lobby, still shooting as the last man falls to the floor.
Payne comes into normal time once more, does a back roll and ends up standing, still alive, pictures hanging from the walls in tatters.
If you like action movies, if you liked The Matrix, if you like John Woo, if you thought Crouching Tiger was cool, basically if you want to play something so totally original it will leave you with a stupid smile?
Buy Max Payne and love every single second of it.
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