Max Payne (2001)
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4.09 from 3126 ratings
7186 members have it in their collection · 92 playing now · 1781 backlogged · 590 wish listed
How long? Main story 9h · with extras 8h · 100% 12h (from 46 logged playthroughs)
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Max Payne is a relentless story-driven game about a man on the edge, fighting …
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Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Max Payne is a relentless story-driven game about a man on the edge, fighting to clear his name while struggling to uncover the truth about his slain family amongst a myriad of plot-twists and twisted thugs in the gritty bowels of New York during the century's worst blizzard.
The groundbreaking original cinematic action-shooter, Max Payne introduced the concept of Bullet Time in videogames. Through its stylish slow-motion gunplay combined with a dark and twisted story, Max Payne redefined the action-shooter genre.
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Details
- Developers
- Remedy Entertainment
- Publishers
- 3D Realms, Feral Interactive, Gathering of Developers, MacSoft Games, Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive
- Genres
- Shooter
- Themes
- Action, Thriller
- Franchises
- Max Payne
- Series
- Max Payne
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Jul 23, 2001 (Full Release) (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Jul 27, 2001 (Full Release) (Europe) PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Dec 06, 2001 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 2
- Dec 17, 2001 (Full Release) (North_America) Xbox
- Jan 11, 2002 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation 2
- Mar 14, 2002 (Full Release) (Europe) Xbox
- Jul 16, 2002 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Mac
- May 22, 2003 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation 2
- Apr 27, 2009 (Digital Compatibility Release) (North_America) Xbox 360
- Apr 27, 2009 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Europe) Xbox 360
- Apr 12, 2012 (Full Release) (Worldwide) iOS
- Jun 14, 2012 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Android
- May 01, 2013 (Digital Compatibility Release) (North_America) PlayStation 3
- May 02, 2013 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Europe) PlayStation 3
- Apr 22, 2016 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 4
- Apr 22, 2016 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation 4
- Nov 15, 2021 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Worldwide) Xbox One
Also available on
- Max Payne (2003) · GBA
Related
Bundled in
- Max Payne Bundle (Jan 2008) · PC
Remakes
- Max Payne · PC, PS5, XSX
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Rating distribution
5 stars
1148
4 stars
1248
3 stars
609
2 stars
101
1 star
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Community All Reviews Statuses
Status LeoKings777 Oct 16, 2023
My brothers had the game lying around and I decided to give it a try, what a cool game I will play the sequels
Status mephisto_waltz Jul 29, 2021
The sun went down with practiced bravado. Twilight crawled across the sky, laden with foreboding
This game, always. What a brilliant way to set the tone, I could play the prologue "American Dream" forever...
Status timebias Sep 29, 2020
As I'm thoroughly enjoying RDR2 at the moment, I've gotten increasingly curious about all the Rockstar games that I'm yet to have played (which is most of them).
I picked this up in the Rockstar Games Humble Bundle back in February 2018, and finally installed it today, modded with the Max Payne 1 (Complete) Fix Pack, v1.2020.2 by darkje (default …
As I'm thoroughly enjoying RDR2 at the moment, I've gotten increasingly curious about all the Rockstar games that I'm yet to have played (which is most of them).
I picked this up in the Rockstar Games Humble Bundle back in February 2018, and finally installed it today, modded with the Max Payne 1 (Complete) Fix Pack, v1.2020.2 by darkje (default settings) as recommended on PCGamingWiki. My wife was a fan of this game back when it was first released (almost twenty years ago!), but I missed it, having been primarily a Dreamcast & Gamecube user who wasn't much into shooters at the time.
Looking forward to delving into this on an appropriate evening this week!
Status LauraMFrench Mar 13, 2020
This was a really fantastic game. I may not be the best judge of a game like this since I barely ever played shooter games until recently, but from a casual/amateur perspective I guess, I really enjoyed it. Of course being nearly 20 years old, the graphics are that wonky early 2000s deal that makes you cringe and laugh a …
This was a really fantastic game. I may not be the best judge of a game like this since I barely ever played shooter games until recently, but from a casual/amateur perspective I guess, I really enjoyed it. Of course being nearly 20 years old, the graphics are that wonky early 2000s deal that makes you cringe and laugh a little, but as far as gameplay there was a good mix of action and problem-solving and I liked exploring the environments in each stage (albeit mostly in my desperate searches for painkillers to heal with).
I was happy with the range of weapons and the plot was decent, nothing to blow you away but the comic-strip style cut scenes were charming. I had a lot of unanswered questions at the end but I'm planning on playing the sequel next so maybe they will be answered. Lastly, the slow-motion dodging mechanic was kind of cool but I didn't end up using it much. But maybe that's just me not being very tactical.
It may not be perfect but it did have me coming back every day because I genuinely enjoyed playing it, unlike other games I just trudge through because I feel like I want to finish what I've started. I also feel motivated to get more out of it with the extra parts I unlocked by finishing the story mode. I'd probably give it a little more than 4 stars if I could but I want to reserve my 5s for the games that are really mind-blowingly good or close to my heart lol.
Status maeday Feb 13, 2020
So I've been playing Max Payne a lot, and one of the reasons was because I've never played the franchise, despite it being fairly well received, but I REALLY loved Alan Wake and I knew Sam Lake wrote both of them, so I wanted more of his writing to chew on. Well, throughout the first act of Max Payne I …
So I've been playing Max Payne a lot, and one of the reasons was because I've never played the franchise, despite it being fairly well received, but I REALLY loved Alan Wake and I knew Sam Lake wrote both of them, so I wanted more of his writing to chew on. Well, throughout the first act of Max Payne I was thinking to myself "Jesus this is...so...regular. Hard to imagine these came from the same guy..."
And then act 1 ends with a potentially demonic cult being involved and act 2 starts with you in a horrifying maze like House of Leavesesque dream sequence where you can hear your baby crying and wife screaming and you're following a trail of blood through absolute darkness.
And suddenly I thought, "Ah, THERE it is. THERE'S the Sam Lake I know and love."
