Can we have a talk about this game?
>>343332567
IT'S PAYNE
Clunky and repetitive as shit
>>343332567
"I had a dream of my wife. She was dead, but it was alright."
>>343332567
wack him off!
WHACK HIM
Love it. Only played it this year and it's one of my favourite PC games ever, love the writing, gameplay is repetitive but still pretty fun. It's just charming, really.DON'T ANSWER THAT
Someone who's played all three games rank them please.
I want your opinions.
>>343332567
.mirrorS arE morE fuN thaN televisioN
>>343332912
faggot
>>343333070
1>2>>>>>>>3
>>343333130
Mah nigga!
Then the spook (racist) house.
>>343333347
Nigger, of all my senpai.
2>1>3
>>343332567
There was a kid in my school named Max Payne.
1>3>2
>>343333616
Could he Bullet Time?
If not, did you cause him max payne?
>>343333880
I'm sorry, but
xDD
It's a shame we don't have more cop shooters everyone just spams muh warfare as if comfy small scale street shooting was a taboo.
>>343333070
1 > 2 > 3
>>343334297
I think Hardline tried to focus on cops vs robbers shit. Can't talk about it though, never played it.
>He was trying to buy more sand for his hourglass.
>I wasn't selling any.
>>343335367
OMG o.0 you love chinese cartoons too?! They are so funny and random! :D My favourite show is Tenka Senka Ching Chong Desu IV and what is yours?
>>343332567
best fucking lines in gaming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K70wRs81QRY
>>343334297
True. I always wanted to get a game where you played as a renegade cop kicking criminal ass.
True Crime: Streets of LA came close but not quite.
When did Max say that ''the only part I took seriously is the fact that he takes it seriously'' line?
The truth was like a green crack through my brain. Weapon statistics floating in the air, glimpsed out of the corner of my eye. the repetitious act of shooting, time slowing down to show off my moves. The paranoid feeling of someone controlling my every step. I was in a computer game. Funny as Hell, it was the most horrible thing I could think of.
>>343333070
2 > 3 > 1
>game
My lord!
I still to this day say "Kung Fu fightin' video game" like Rico Muerte, pissing my best friend off anytime he brings up his many fighting games
He even stopped playing Mortal Kombat on the ps3 a week after getting around me because of it
"Hey anon you want to play some Tekken?"
"Two mad dog killers like ourselves..."
"Nevermind"
He still hasn't got the reference
>>343332567
pretty shit and overated as fuck t b h
>>343333482
Absolutely fucking kill yourself immediately
1>=3>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2
The truth is:
1 = 3 > 2
Unless you're a casual shitter or nostalgiafag you realise 2 did nothing but dumb down and casualise the the series.
Anyone who thinks 3>2 has serious brain problems.
2 wasn't as good as 1 but you'd have to be shooting up Valkyrie to think that 3 is anything but shit in all departments except gameplay. Hell even the gameplay turns to shit in the last quarter of the game.
>>343336607
Before killing Jack Lupino
>Third person shooters will just be cover-based, over the shoulder shooting bullshit
>We'll never get another third person shooter with stylish, John Woo style gunplay.
>>343332709
"FREAKING FED! Y-YOU CAN'T JUST COME IN HEAR AN WAVE YOUR PIECE LIKE IT MEANS SOMETHING!"
where is the
>>343333333
get
>that nightmare level
>that slim line of blood that you had to walk without falling
>THAT FUCKING SCREAM IF YOU DID
Why the hell did I play that as a 12 year old,I still carry the trauma to this day
Getting lost and finally seeing a hallway only to realize it's the entrance instead of the exit is a fate worse than hell.
They don't make em like they used to.
>>343339078
There's no 3. It's a completely different kind of game and shouldn't be brought up in these threads.
No Lake, no Payne.
>>343333070
1>2>3
they're all great, though
>Max Payne 1 and 2 don't work on 8.1
fug u too ms
>>343332567
Classic
>tfw new games will never have that feel
Threadly reminder that this is a thing, and a brilliant thing it is.
>>343339041
Why do people shit on 2 anyways? 1 has worse nightmare levels and spongey enemies.
Also every Max Payne thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt7MGof_QTw
>>343341151
Are you sure? I have 7 but they should work on your machine.
>>343341268
I'm sure. I could just be retarded as fuck, but I tried a bunch of different methods, but neither of them will actually launch on it.
First and the second are still one my favourite games of all time which I still play through in every couple of years.
The third one was complete ass though. Boring gameplay and shit story with even worse dialogue.
>>343339041
How can one man be this pleb?
>>343333070
I've played through all of them several times, it's one of my favorite vidya series. My ranking is unusual for the fanbase, though.
2 > 3 > 1
3 has the best and most frequent TECHNOLOGY moments, but all three of them have their share of that for their time.
2 is my favorite because it's the weirdest one (good if you're into stuff like David Lynch, probably bad otherwise) and is the most "short and sweet" -- people bitched about it being too short, but there's no bullet sponges like the first or parts that feel like boring filler. So to me, that makes it the most replayable; I see it as one of those "well polished, no fat, lean and to be played in one long afternoon/night" games.
1 is classic but the enemy AI becomes frustratingly accurate with their weapons, ready to shoot you in the face before they even see you. This might not be a problem if you suck at vidya or let yourself die enough to lower the auto-difficulty scaling, though. 1 also has bullet sponge enemies (ESPECIALLY bosses, just normal enemy AI bots with massive HP) which always felt awkward for me to fight. I still love it, but it's the hardest for me to replay all the way through just 'cuz of how long and frustrating it can be. I have a sneaking suspicion that people who suck at shooters have more fun with this one than those who don't, that's how bad the difficulty scaling can be.
3 has really interesting shooting/movement mechanics and can be very fun to play when the game lets you play it. There are a lot of cutscenes to tell a story that's basically a vidya version of Man on Fire with Max Payne in place of Denzel Washington.
>>343340050
>that kid who quicksaved by accident as he was falling off the blood line
>>343332567
>>343341598
What's the problem, buddy?
Show me where Microsoft touched you.
>>343341151
Rockstar just do not care about their older games on PC. I mean fuck, they never bothered to get rid of GFWL on GTAIV.
>>343341621
I like you.
>>343341621
>1 is classic but the enemy AI becomes frustratingly accurate with their weapons, ready to shoot you in the face before they even see you. This might not be a problem if you suck at vidya or let yourself die enough to lower the auto-difficulty scaling, though. 1 also has bullet sponge enemies (ESPECIALLY bosses, just normal enemy AI bots with massive HP) which always felt awkward for me to fight. I still love it, but it's the hardest for me to replay all the way through just 'cuz of how long and frustrating it can be. I have a sneaking suspicion that people who suck at shooters have more fun with this one than those who don't, that's how bad the difficulty scaling can be.
gg
>>343332567
Mediocre at best. Bad mechanics.
Reminder that the Max Payne 3 comics were amazing and written mostly by Sam lake.
>>343341960
ice him
>>343339067
>2 did nothing but dumb down and casualise the the series.
Glad someone else realizes this.
>>343339078
Hey, 3>2 guy here. I don't try to say that three is better, but in comparison to 1 and 3, 2 isn't that great.
There's just so many off putting things about it. Timothy Gibbs is a terrible face for Max. Sam Lake was perfect, and James McCaffery worked perfectly as an older version of Max.
The constant jabs 2 took at the first game was terrible with the TV shows, the funhouse, everything. It's like for some reason they thought the first game was in some kind of "so bad it's good" territory, and felt like they best way to "correct themselves" was to poke fun at it. 2 felt like some weird semi-parody.
Playing as Mona in a Max Payne game. These parts just drag on, and the fact that you can shootdodge and use bullet time when that's supposed to be Max's thing turns me off. I always make an effort to avoid using them when I get to those chapters.
Bullet time mechanic was fucked. Enabling it didn't even slow down time, it only slowed down after you started killing guys but there are never any areas in the game where there are so many thrown at you that it's worth it.
And then maybe it's just me put James McCaffery's narration in the second game seemed off. Can't put my finger on it though.
And fuck the fags that say MP3 isn't a Max Payne game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTwgBrUK4ng
Can someone sum up all Max Paynes after 1?
I honestly thought the main story ended with 1, after that its bullshit
>>343339343
I wouldn't be so sure about that, there's always some studio somewhere trying to make a new stylish shooter and John Woo is more stylish than cover-based.
The problem is that devs are reluctant to remove cover systems since it helps out people who have to aim with a controller and don't like aim assist, and that making stylish games is hard and so a lot of them end up sucking especially if they're low budget.
>>343333070
1>3>2 but 2 had best mods and replayability imo.
>>343342271
His loved ones were dead, they were alive.
It wasn't over.
>>343342243
>he has a max payne 3 statue on his desk
>"le sam lake only said mp3 was good so cockstar wouldn't sue him!"
>>343342368
Uhhhhh...
Why don't you guys like 2? I thought it was the best one.
>>343342390
It's called not being a complete asshole. He pretty much had no choice but be an asshole or give it his blessing by these kind of things.
You'd have to be stupid to actually think he approves of what 3 did to the characters.
>>343332567
Hey I know that guy, he's that dudebro that searches for ghosts on the Travel Channel. 2spooky.
It's on PSN. Is the PS2 version shit?
>>343342609
far inferior to pc version
>>343342609
Yes. Maps are cut into 2-3 sections, and whole areas are missing form others.
>>343342475
Only morons do. Though it's not the best one. 1 is.
3 is complete shit.
>>343341779
You know the area between your balls and your butthole? There. That's where they touched me.
>>343333070
3 > 2 > 1, all masterpieces
3 is the GOAT first person shooter aside from some mildly annoying superficial flaws
HEY UH
>>343342749
No seriously what's wrong with the game? Why won't it run? It can be a bitch.
>>343342972
It just does not start at all. The exe pops up in task manager, but nothing else happens whatsoever. I've tried compatibility modes, running on a single core and a bunch of bat files, shit just does not want to run on my machine.
>>343332567
Great series until Rockstar killed it with the third game.
Its incredible how much cringe could they fit in the last game. And they didnt stop there. The story they tell is more dull than picking your nose.
>>343342268
>Timothy Gibbs is a terrible face for Max.
Respectfully disagreed. He had the "noir detective" look down to a tee. Also, you can see the similarities between MP2 and MP3 faces.
>>343343096
Try deleting the intro video
Are you sure you don't have a problem with the crack?
Are you sure the game is patched?
Are you using any mods?
>>343333070
2 > 1 > 3 imo.
Max Payne's one of those rare series where every game has its lovers and haters.
>>343343339
Tried that, nothing
I have it on Steam
Yes
No
>>343341151
2 works fine on my 8.1, but with 1 I had to download a fan patch for the sound.
>>343341621
Can we agree that all 3 are amazing? 2 is probably one of my top favorite games.
>>343332567
anyone else having this glitch in Max 1 where instead of shootdodging Max just penguin slides on the ground?
>>343342475
Most other MP threads I've seen have people praising 2 even more than the rest, I don't know what's happening here.
I like MP2 the best because it has the best balance between gameplay, atmosphere, great characters and story. It also has aged pretty well. It also gets my respect for being one of the very few games with non-shit romances.
Why is MP1 so hard?
>dive around corner
>kill two guys
>get fucking shot to death
>google how I'm supposed to play this
>you're supposed to use proper bullet time, not the stuntman shit
>turn on bullettime
>kill two guys
>bullettime runs out
>get fucking shot to death
>>343333070
1>3>2
>>343343407
Damn.....
Tried software/hardware mode?
Tried different resolutions?
Turned off graphics options?
Tried pirating it, patching it and trying that version?
It should fucking run though. At least to the title screen. I don't know why it's not running. The game requires a sound fix for 7 but other than that it should run.
>turning people into glue
How is this possible
https://youtu.be/e8IEiwBLSxw
should I go right to 2? I suck at fps's and 1 sounds hard
>>343344303
Start with kindergarten
>>343342475
2 is my favorite one, and I've replayed it the most. It caught a lot of flak on release for being short and having a story that felt really weird compared to the relatively straight-forward storytelling of the original. Some people never forgave these things.
Personally, I appreciate the shortness (it's allowed me to replay it all the way through the most) and the strange story. Some people say it's casualized but MP1 was a massive pain in the ass if you're good enough to avoid dying most of the game, unless you enjoy playing against bots that don't even pretend they're not constantly aimbotting you (yes I know that technically all shooter NPC's "aimbot," but they're usually designed to feel like humans who take time to aim and don't know your exact coordinates on the map constantly).
>>343332567
It was a noir story that was written to be overwrought but provided an amazingly noir sequel that was properly serious and filled with awesome gameplay.
MP3 has the best shooting, but what in the hell was with that story? It's like Man on Fire done by amateurs.
>>343333070
2 > 1 > 3
all of them are great though, MP3 especially has great lines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jE04lHFdUA
>>343332567
Max Payne 1 > Max Payne 3 > Max Payne 2That goddamn bullet time reload spin is worse than MP3's unskippable cutscenes
>>343344303
MP 1 is pretty fun, though. Even by today's standards. Also, MP 1 is about as hard as 2, in my opinion.
>>343344895
>bullet time reload spin
?
MP 1 = MP 3 > MP 2
And they were all good.
>>343344303
If you suck at shooters, MP1 is easy, as the game adjusts its difficulty automatically depending on how often you die. Just make sure that when you die, you wait for the game over seen and the prompt to reload a previous save, otherwise the game might not acknowledge your death and keep ramping up the difficulty.
They were all dead. The final gunshot was an exclamation point to everything that had led to this point.
I released my finger from the trigger...and then it was over.
>>343345254
Fuck, so THAT'S why it was so hard.
>>343332912
It has quite good animations for its age.
>>343345254
so do I just play it like every other shooter of that era, standing behind corners and popping out to shoot people?
>>343344960
MP2 where you're in bullet time if you reload Max pretends he's in the matrix
Hey, remember me?
I remember playing Max Payne 2 in like 2010 and being impressed by its graphics.
>>343345867
Oh. I always just shootdodge, so I wouldn't know about that.
>>343345873
Like a bed sore that left a huge scar
>>343336571
Did you not play sleeping dogs? It's basically 2014 true crime: Hong Kong
>>343345873
I remember McCaffery showing up in it for 2 seconds.
>>343343309
I've always thought Gibbs is what Payne would look like in the first game if they had enough budget.
>>343345254
Also, never hoard meds and ammo, and keep quicksaves to a minimum. The better you do and the more you give yourself free reign with saves, the harder the game gets. The last time i played through the game, I only needed to start using saves in the last two levels that are just way too unforgiving. And I was playing on Dead on Arrival. I remember back in the day trying that with savescumming and all that, and I was getting my ass kicked on the first levels.
>>343341621
Yeah, this is my ranking too
>>343345873
Mila kunis was acting good in this flick
>>343345857
MP1 gets hard as fuck when I play it, to the point where standing behind cover and then popping out like a normal shooter gets me killed 'cuz the enemy AI immediately shoots me with pinpoint accuracy and bot reflexes. So I think good use of slow-mo is the only way to go for much of the game, so instead of taking cover from bullets you're literally dodging them.
>>343346507
Mila Kunis can act (see: Black Swan), but she's totally wrong for Mona Sax, same as Marky Mark.
>>343346364
I didn't know about the meds/ammo and quicksaving.
I guess that'd explain why even after letting myself "die properly," I still found the latter parts of the game to be ridiculously difficult. I habitually quick save often and try my best to conserve resources, even reloading a quicksave if I felt I wasted too much ammo missing in a shootout.
Maybe I'll try replaying MP1 again without quicksaving and worrying about ammo/health, maybe that'll make it flow better for me. It really is my least favorite MP just because of how painfully hard the bots get for me. Not that I don't beat the game anyway, it just forces me to play super safe in a much more boring fashion compared to how I play when instant death isn't around every corner.
>>343347020
Yeah. Mark would make a terrible Mona Sax.
Damn it, now I have to reinstall MP2. So many good memories, it was my first MP game.
>>343332567
I've only played 1 but the AI is very weird. Either they don't hit you at all or you die in 1 hit.
>>343346157
NO
YOU'RE NOT FEELING THE PAYNE
>>343348418
If you didn't play the first Max Payne before 9/11 then you don't know shit about video games.
>>343345873
No go away
>>343338692
Holy shit this is underrated post as fuck. That's hilarious.
>>343345873
>Any film featuring Mark Wahlberg.
>>343349227
It is. I laughed at it but I was too busy replying to something else.
>>343332567
I have both the PS2 and PC versions of MP1 in my backlog. Should I even bother with the PS2 port, or just play the PC version?
>>343333070
I'd say 1>3>2
1 has the best concept and atmosphere, max is an angry heartbroken cop that will go down the whole chain in command that resulted in his family getting killed
The soundtrack is very fitting and the nightmare sections are extremely good
With some color fixes and reshades you can have a game that still holds out to this day
3 had the best animations and the gameplay is also the best IF you prefer a realistic gunplay with a lot of technology and very good art direction
2 was an improvement over 1 on gameplay and graphics but the story wasn't as engaging as 1 and the innovations weren't so great
It's the only game that lets you use Mona and has a new set of animations for her, but you only use her to cover Max and move to different points to provide him more cover
>>343349615
The pc version is better in my opinion
You can aim smoother with the mouse and get yourself out of a lot of situations where you would fail on the PS2 version
>>3433426097
>tfw no MP2 on the psn store
I have both the first and the third. Why the fuck won't they just put that shit in there? It's fucked.
>>343343665
Git gud Jesus
Was Lords & Ladies kino?
>>343351998
Address Unknown was kinography
>>343333070
2=1>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>3
I have no love for 3
One of the most poorly written asinine inanity ever. Not surprised since it's done by the fucktards that write GTA
>b-but muh gameplay
what of it. It has been done before. No amount of euphoria fuckery will change that.
>>343353451
I like your opinions.
>>343353451
your opinion is shit
