Max Payne was a true 10/10

Max Payne = Matrix
Max Payne 2 = Matrix 2
Max Payne 3 = Matrix 3

Best one in the trilogy

they hired real actors and it became soulless

souls aren't real in the first place

Attached: 1588303848197.jpg (479x720, 34.04K)

>those nightmare segments
>dying in them

Me and my brother played Max Payne when we were kids and to this day it's a running gag among us to say "max payne" when you hear a crying baby somewhere.

The romance angle was pretty shit yeah. The best part of II was the apartments. 1 overall had the aesthetics and the noir at its finest.

Max Payne 2 had the worst story and narration

you're just a faggot. While 2 isn't as good as 1 by a mile, the TV show playing in the background as you progress through the level is pure kino in how it always mirrors Max's situation and peaks with the theme park where the narratives truly start to merge.

dumb take, 2 is a lot funner than one, especially since headshots work. only problem is you're literally invincible in bullet time now, still very fun. if you really hate it, at least you can finish the game in one sitting, it's like 4 hours, it's a breeze.
i'm also a fan of max's retarded new anime reload spin in bullet time, underrated
i kinda like max's actor in 2, it's such a weird choice. they were going to use him in 3 but that was dropped pretty early on

Agreed.

Attached: PxBsaP9.jpg (311x501, 82.5K)

I still look up that Late Goodbye song on youtube from Max Payne 2 every now and then.
Make me sad that such great games can never be made anymore, seeing as everything is about scoring woke points now.

>the TV show playing in the background as you progress through the level is pure kino

Fucking this. I can still feel Address Unknown with the rain beating on the hospital window.

this is john mirra

welcome to the next level

ITS PAYNE

mIRrOrS aRE MoRE fUN tHAn TElEviSion

Same thing happened with me when playing the Mass Effect trilogy.
Was hyped to finally get to 3 and see what my mods can do but after i finished 2 i played a bit of 3 and took a week off of it.
Just burnt out after playing 1 and 2 its better to rest your mind on it and then when u finally play it you get that energy back.
finished it recently with the JAM ending and the Citadel Epilogue Mod and good god was it the best ending of the that game.

Yeah, binge playing is often not the best idea, especially when the games themselves are designed to dial down the tension and reset the narrative/gameplay elements for the next chapter's beginnings.
I could even advocate that doing that is harmful for the overall experience, as you get no time to sit down and enjoy the fruits of your labour.

I thought they did use him for 3?

Attached: mp2-to-mp31.png (626x652, 391.44K)

i was actually going to bring that up but looks like you found it
early promo pics from the beta and promotion art use timothy gibbs (max payne 2) face, but the final product uses james mcaffrey. i know people like sam lake's face the most, but i think james's face is max payne, one of the rare times where the voice actor looks like the character

THE FLESH OF FALLEN ANGELS

>He was trying to buy more time for his hourglass
>I wasn't selling any.

I fucking loved how goddamn confident Payne was during the whole Punchinello Manor part. Pure, unfiltered KINO.

Attached: 1399743908122.jpg (147x266, 14.22K)

2001 was the pinnacle of PC gaming and Max is center stage