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  Max Payne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Max learns that psychotic V test subjects were sent to the Payne address in New Jersey; these are the junkies who killed his wife and infant child.
Max chases after her all the way to the top of the building, where her helicopter is attempting to make a permanent get away.
Max Payne's character also seems to have some basis on the Marvel comic book character * The Punisher, a cop whose family is murdered in a mob hit gone awry and goes on a one man killing spree against the criminals who were involved with the hit (and later ALL criminals).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Max_Payne   (6050 words)

  
 Max Payne - Some stunning 3d effects and action that follow the story line to the awsome game Max Payne.
Max Payne - Some stunning 3d effects and action that follow the story line to the awsome game Max Payne.
The story starts with as Max Payne stick man returns home one night only to find his family was taken away from him.
Now, his job and his freedom, former NYC cop Max Payne stick man dedicated himself to one thing and one thing only: Uncovering the truth at any cost in order to punish the guilty.
max-payne.freeonlinegames.com   (137 words)

  
 MaxPayne_Xbox
Max Payne casts the gamer as a renegade cop out to avenge the death of his family, which is told in the game’s elaborate opening setup sequence.
Max Payne is a long and involving title but keeps the momentum, and players’ interest alive thanks to its exceptionally well done scripting.
Payne’s urban feel is enhanced by dark, moody visuals that effectively capture a bleak atmosphere which feels as foreboding in its realism as many monster titles do in their fantasy realms.
www.the-laser.com /maxpayne_xbox.htm   (1819 words)

  
 "MAX PAYNE"/ a game review from Christian Spotlight
Max Payne is a New York City cop who arrives home one day to find his wife and baby brutally murdered by drug junkies.
Max is forcibly injected with Valkyr twice, and the hallucinations that follow, his overpowering sense of horror and rage that he could not stop the murder of his family are played out in a surreal nightmare.
Max has a dream in the game (i won't go in depth in case anybody actually wants to play max payne) which literally gave me nightmares.
www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/games/2002/maxpayne.html   (1866 words)

  
 AVault | PC | Max Payne Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Max Payne draws inspiration from the hard-boiled detective novelist Dashiell Hammett, Hong Kong film director John Woo, and the Wachowski brothers of The Matrix fame.
The main character, Max Payne, is a mixture of Sam Spade and action star Chow Yun Fat, with elements of Keanu Reeves' character Neo (all "whoas" aside).
Payne's no-nonsense attitude and actions drive the gameplay, but unlike the one-dimensional Duke Nukem, Payne has an interesting and storied past that even comes back to haunt him.
www.avault.com /reviews/review_temp.asp?game=payne   (589 words)

  
 ActiveWin: Max Payne - Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It was to be like nothing anyone had ever played before, with the gamer as Detective Max Payne, an undercover agent who was being framed for the murder of his partner and being chased by both the cops and by the mob, all set in the gritty underbelly that is New York City.
Max enters the room, and passes the charred, smoldering remains of his would-be enemies, where a laptop computer lies on the conference table.
I found Max Payne to be like a watching good action movie, where I enjoyed playing it the first time, and I'll enjoy playing it again a few months down the line-and I can't wait for the sequel.
www.activewin.com /reviews/software/games/m/max_payne/maxpayne.shtml   (2254 words)

  
 CNN.com - Review: 'Max Payne' turns gaming world on its ear - August 10, 2001
The hero, Max Payne, is a composite of every action-movie hero of the last 60 years.
Payne's gruff narration is convincing, even if the script is laughably overwritten ("The cops arrived, sirens singing in the off-key harmony of a manic-depressive choir.").
Max's gruff narration is the main sound effect, and it fits the game's mood perfectly, though it's a time zone or two on the melodramatic side.
archives.cnn.com /2001/TECH/fun.games/08/10/max.payne.idg/index.html   (561 words)

  
 Max Payne for PC video game review and cheats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Max Payne thrusts you into the middle of a John Woo movie in a game as fun to play as it is to watch.
Payne is one of the most robust, innovative and intense shooters to hit the market since the original Tomb Raider.
Max Payne is kind of a combination of Half Life and The Matrix – cool moves and “bullet time” which has to been seen.
www.gamezilla.com /reviews/m/maxpayne.asp   (910 words)

  
 Shacknews - Max Payne 2 Preview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This sequel, which is officially titled Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (which, let’s face it is a pretty silly subtitle, as it could just as easily apply to the first game), has been in production pretty much since the last game shipped.
The original Max Payne engine was really ahead of its time, or at least, it was when it was first announced, some four years before it was actually released.
Max Payne 2 is pretty much complete, and will be shipping for PC on October 15th, and for PS2 and Xbox in December.
www.shacknews.com /extras/e_maxpayne2   (1717 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Max Payne: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Max Payne is a fugitive undercover cop, hunted by both the cops & the mob.
Max Payne is the game where your life has fallen apart in a New York minute, and you have to get revenge before you can move on.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose--a fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, and now hunted by the...
www.amazon.com /Gathering-of-Developers-Max-Payne/dp/B00002SUOV   (2730 words)

  
 3D Realms Site: Max Payne
Developed by Remedy Entertainment and produced by 3D Realms, Max Payne is a relentless story-driven game about a man on the edge, fighting for his justice while uncovering plot-twists and twisted thugs in the gritty bowels of New York during the century's worst blizzard.
Max Payne is an original third-person 3D game based on the MAX-FX engine, and uses photo-digitized textures and radiosity lighting, resulting in one of the most realistic looking games ever seen on the PC.
Max Payne is also available for the Xbox and Sony Playstation II console systems as well as the Macintosh OS.
www.3drealms.com /max   (2201 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Max Payne: PC & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Max Payne is dark and gritty, and clever use of graphics and dream (nightmare) sequences really communicate the torment that Max is going through, and his desperate search for answers.
Max Payne is an anti-hero, a man with nothing to lose, thrown into a nightmare journey after the death of his wife and child at the hands of drug addicts, high on a new designer drug 'V'.
DEA Undercover cop Max Payne is framed for murder, possibly by the same people responisble for the death of his wife and daughter.
www.amazon.co.uk /Take-2-Interactive-Max-Payne/dp/B00005LDIU   (2051 words)

  
 Apple - Games - Max Payne
He’s the star of the new action game Max Payne, and he was built to take on the bad guys in Mac OS X, where the rock-solid stability of the OS means no interference with the action.
Max is a New York City detective living what he thinks is the American dream: a wife and child, a house in the suburbs, and a good job with room to grow.
You view Max from a third-person perspective, which means that you see him as he moves through the environment, as opposed to looking through his eyes like you would in a first-person shooter (FPS).
www.apple.com /games/articles/2002/07/maxpayne   (918 words)

  
 Action Vault - Max Payne Special Report
A third person shooter characterized by stylistic action, Max Payne is a title of which many were aware long before it was released.
Max is a man with a lot going on inside him, and this game tries to bring some of that to the surface.
Players are treated to the very first room that Max enters during the actual flashback prior to the main story arc.
actionvault.ign.com /features/reviews/maxpayne.shtml   (1340 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Max Payne for Xbox: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Max Payne's wife and baby daughter were slain by junkies hopped up on a dangerous new synthetic drug.
Payne's graphics have long been hailed as a measuring stick of sorts for the Box, and while I'll certainly agree that they're far above the standards set during the N64-PSone war, they haven't aged all that well as this generation's battles near their end.
Max Payne is fun and yet tedious; the fun is good fun but the tedium is too much.
www.amazon.com /Jack-Of-All-Games-Payne/dp/B00005RCQ5   (3502 words)

  
 IGN: Max Payne Review
Character models are also first-rate, although Max's arms do seem a bit long for his body and he always has a grimace on his face that makes him look constipated, but it certainly doesn't detract from the game.
There have been some worries about Max Payne's high system requirements bouncing around the Internet lately, but it ran well on a 600MHz machine at 1024x768 with 32-bit full detail, so I think the average gamer will be able to run it with no problems.
There's no multiplay in Max Payne -- the mechanics of bullet time would pretty much make multiplay impossible, and without it Max Payne wouldn't be Max Payne -- but those of you who want more Payne shouldn't have to wait long as the game ships with a full set of editing tools, albeit no textures.
pc.ign.com /articles/161/161645p1.html   (1800 words)

  
 Max Payne - The Movie film movie trailer review at The Z Review
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night.
For those not in the know, Max Payne is the hit game that has appeared on Playstation 2 and X-Box as well as PC CD.
The game is based around ex-cop Payne, who after the murder of his wife and baby daughter, takes the law into his own hands in order to bring their killers to justice, whilst meanwhile becoming a fugitive himself.
www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/m/maxpayne.htm   (456 words)

  
 Max pain the game - Max Payne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Max is a man with his back against the wall.
Max Payne is pretty much, Max PAIN in the *SS.
Max Payne can be a pain to finish, but it has enough redeeming qualities to make it fun for a while.
pain.sitesarea.com.cob-web.org:8888 /q/pain-max-pain-the-game.htm   (308 words)

  
 Ars Technica: Max Payne - Page 1 - (8/2001)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Max Payne is your standard action/shooter in the third-person perspective.
Unlike other action games, where you shoot bad guy after bad guy after bad guy for no other reason than the fact that they are shooting at you, Max Payne offers a reason for the bad guys to be where they are, protecting their boss, their drugs or their armaments.
At one point, Max has a bad trip and thinks to himself "I was in a graphic novel.
arstechnica.com /reviews/01q3/maxpayne/MaxPayne-1.html   (809 words)

  
 Take-Two confirms Max Payne 3 - PC News at GameSpot
While Max Payne 3 is now all but officially announced, confusion has emerged over who is developing the game.
The Max Payne games had such great gameplay and stories that were so much better than anything else around that I have high hopes for Alan Wake.
Max Payne 2 is just a remarkable production, and what it lacks in length or volume it more than makes up for in quality and density.
www.gamespot.com /pc/action/maxpayne3workingtitle/news_6091123.html   (1282 words)

  
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Max Payne reminded people that 3D Realms didn't abandon their fans and gave gamers something to tide them over until the release of the Duke Nukem Forever.
Max, having "nothing to lose," goes on a vengeance spree and slowly uncovers a conspiracy involving a wide assortment of criminal and corporate entities.
Max is supposed to be a hardened, street savvy New York cop.
www.sharkyextreme.com /games/reviews/max_payne   (611 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Max Payne (Xbox Classics): PC & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
For three years, Max has worked undercover to find the source of these drugs and then, just when he's almost got it figured out, somebody ices his superior and pins the murder on him.
Max Payne has jumped from the computer screen to the TV screen, and there's going to be hell to pay.
Payne stalks subways, tenements, nightclubs and even government installations as he takes his vengeance out on a horde of gun-toting bad guys.
www.amazon.co.uk /Take-2-Interactive-Payne-Classics/dp/B00008W6QJ   (1405 words)

  
 Max Payne 2 Review
Luckily, the first Max Payne was pretty good for what it was, so more of the same isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Say what you will about Max Payne as an intellectual property (reportedly purchased for $10 million), but this is really about the gunfights.
But the world of Max Payne 2 feels less like New York and more like one big construction site stuffed with scaffolding and cardboard boxes that will eventually catch fire so you have to run out before it all blows up.
www.firingsquad.com /games/max_payne_2_review   (614 words)

  
 OnePC.NET - Games - Max Payne
Max Payne is one of the most stunning action games of all time.
What makes Max Payne such an amazing game is that it puts you in the middle of an amazing action movie, where you get to play the star and fully interact with it.
Max talks to himself and almost every character you meet, so voice acting plays a very big role in Max Payne.
www.onepc.net /index.php?view=docs&doc_id=69   (725 words)

  
 Max Payne : Gameboy Advance
Max Payne is a stylish, urban, revenge driven action game based in New York City's grimy underground.
A dark, searing tale of corruption and murder, Max Payne combines cinematic gameplay with the latest in handheld videogame technology to deliver what promises to be the most intense GameBoy® Advance experience this year.
* The classic graphic novel screens of the PC version of Max Payne return to drive this twisted story of deception and despair.
www.rockstargames.com /maxpayne/gba   (166 words)

  
 Take 2 Games - Take 2 Games Support
Max Payne 2 can be extended or modified by adding new "mods", created by users all around the world.
If you have downloaded a mod for Max Payne 2, place it into the game's installation folder (typically C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Max Payne 2), and select the mod from the Max Payne 2 start-up dialog.
This is the only information Technical Support can supply in regards to modifications or add-ons to Max Payne 2.
www.take2games.com /index.php?p=support&id=1569&product=176%2C3%2CMax+Payne+2%3A+The+Fall+of+Max+Payne%2CPC%2CRockstar_Games%2Cmaxpayne2§ion=faq   (153 words)

  
 ArtDeadline.Com ArtNet Search Engine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Ludus: Max Payne 2 - Dettagliata recensione del gioco, compresa di voti.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne - Sito ufficiale italiano del secondo capitolo della serie.
Max Payne Italia - Notizie, files da scaricare, mappe, forum, e soluzioni.
www.artdeadline.com /cgi-bin/anacondaodp.pl?passurl=/World/Italiano/Giochi/Video_Giochi/Sparatutto/Max_Payne   (131 words)

  
 Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne - PayneReactor.com
Five years ago, at the 25th of July, Max Payne was made available in stores.
A big announcement they made is that their team leader, HP has resigned from the Max Payne 2 modding community and as such the new team leader for the Rogue Ops project is imrahil.
A reliable source recently tipped me off that promotional photographs of the main actors starring in Max Payne: Payne and Redemption will be made publicly available on the film's official site within the next three weeks.
www.paynereactor.com   (992 words)

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