The story of the original Max Payne from 2001 follows Max Payne, a former NYPD detective, as he hunts down the masterminds behind the slaughter of Payne's wife and daughter, whom he failed to rescue during an attack on their residence, three years prior to the game's main part. The player themselves can fill their health again by consuming pain-killers found in various places. Bullet-time is limited, and its 'meter' can be filled by shooting down AI enemies. The third game, however, presented mostly animated cutscenes using Rockstar's RAGE engine, as well as several 'motion-comic' moments.Ī key feature in the franchise's gameplay is the ' Bullet-time' influenced by 1990's The Matrix, Bullet-time allows the player to slow down time, which in return allows the player to increase aim and reaction time. In the original game and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Max' story was presented with dark comic-like cutscenes, featuring still images and dialogues the second game also featured several animated cutscenes. The first two games allowed the player to hold several weapons at the same time, while Max Payne 3 allowed to hold only two 'light' guns and one 'heavy' weapon at the same time. The Max Payne games are presented from a third-person view, and focus on heavy gunfights and shootouts, with the player being able to hold several weapons from various classes, including handguns, sub-machine guns, assault rifles and shotguns.
The games, however, had moderated commercial success, despite managing to sell more than 7.5 million copies since the release of the first title.
The franchise enjoys critical acclaim from reviewers, with each of its main games holds scores of high 80s on MetaCritic. The different premises follow the life of the titular protagonist, Max Payne, a man with a history full of tragedies. The franchise is well-known for its shooter gameplay and complex storylines in a film noir style. The first two games were developed by the third-party company Remedy Entertainment, with Rockstar being the franchise's publishers the third, and so far, last game in the series was developed by Rockstar's own studio, Rockstar Vancouver. Max Payne is a series of third-person shooter videogames and a franchise of third-person action games, owned by Rockstar Games.
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