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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It'll be interesting to see how a linear shooter from back then would translate to today's time. Would it be more like Last of Us where each encounter is thrilling and tense, or would it be like Max Payne 3/Uncharted 4 where you move from one level to another with a moving plot line?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I am curious how they'd translate it myself, I recall the first game vividly as new and thinking it was awesome. Though I assume the next game wouldn't be marketed for me either. An updated drug scene would be interesting, haven't had a good one since one of the Batman games. I probably missed some drug sequences but Max Payne's was pretty effed up at the time.

[–] Supa 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's hard to imagine "tense" action with how goofy the enemies act, so I guess the second option sounds better? I've never played Max Payne 3 or Uncharted 4, so I don't really know exactly what you mean.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Me too. Max Payne 3 is like the previous entries, just a bit more focus on close range corridor shooting with cover mechanics. Similar to previous entries but with a very stylized story telling.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loved Max's look on 1 and 2. They made him a "generic game protagonist" in 3. Half of the fun was watching him grimace the whole game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Blame Rockstar for 3.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if they'll bring James McCaffrey back since he and Remedy have been working together for almost every game Remedy's made (the only one I can think of that he wasn't in is Quantum Break). McCaffrey's voice is so iconic as Max imo, it's hard for me to imagine anyone else doing it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yaaay! Max Payne! Hopefully they remaster all the janky community made Matrix mods too! 🤪

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don’t know how to feel about this one.

I would prefer Remedy expand their own IP and encourage people into thinking about Alex Casey instead.

They don’t own Max Payne, Rockstar does. They should buy it back instead of reworking this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Loved playing Max Payne so much.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hopefully a lot of the bad ass mods that really made the first couple of games even cooler get ported for the remakes. And not just the tons of Matrix mods because the game came out around the same time the movie was new and extremely popular.