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TechGamingThese 3 features will make Max Payne 1 & 2 remakes a hitThe ‘bullet time’ gaming classics will be better than ever 20 years later - here are 3 reasons whyWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The ‘bullet time’ gaming classics will be better than ever 20 years later - here are 3 reasons why
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(Image credit: Rockstar Games)
(Image credit: Rockstar Games)
Max Payne 1 was released in 2001; the sequel, The Fall of Max Payne, in 2003. So if you’re under the age of about 35 then chances are you’ve never played these ‘bullet time’ classics (indeed the closest you may have come is the 2008 Mark Wahlberg movie - and the less said about that the better).
Now the game’s original publisher, Rockstar, has dropped a surprise bombshell: both Max Payne 1 and 2 are getting a remake, courtesy of Remedy Entertainment, for release onPS5,Xbox Series X& S, and PC.
We know what you’re thinking: “Why now, 20 years later?” Here are 3 reasons the Max Payne remakes will be a storming success.
A new game engine
These Max Payne 1 and 2 remakes aren’t going to just be higher resolution. Nope, forget about blocky graphics and textures, as there’s an updated gaming engine - Northlight Engine, which has already been used for Alan Wake Remastered - to elevate the visuals to modern standards throughout.
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This might well be the most important factor to success: because, let’s face it, Max Payne 1 was far from a long game. That’s just how things were back in the 2000s. That the sequel arrived 2 years and 3 months after shows just how quick turnarounds were back then.
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We don’t expect Rockstar or Remedy to tinker with the formula too much, so don’t anticipate hours of new gameplay. Therefore your best way to play will be using an annual console subscription.
A whole new audience
As alluded to up top: a whole generation of gamers missed out on Max Payne 1 and 2 the first time around. Who would dig into a 20-year-old 3D PC game in the present day, right?
Well, now presents the perfect chance. Both titles were really good games in their own right, with gritty storylines, never-seen-before ‘bullet time’ slow-motion epic gameplay (ripped straight from The Matrix movie, clearly), and comic book-like cutscenes and voice acting that really worked.
In their remade format the lid will be lifted for a new generation of gamers to grab that experience, albeit with a more up-to-date lick of polish to make everything appear just, well, morenow.
Gamers are hungry for new experiences - even if, conversely, those experiences are old. How long we’ll have to wait, however, is unknown right now - as no release date has been set just yet.
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