What The Hell Happened To Max Payne?

Upon release, Max Payne was pushing the boundaries of modern game mechanics. With the Noir setting, bullet time sequences, and overall grit that Max Payne explored, it's a shock that the series didn't last as long as developers thought. With each Max Payne sequel, it seemed there was interest, but sales numbers told a different story. So what the hell happened to Max Payne after all these years?
#maxpayne #maxpayne3 #nerdstalgic
Written by Ash MItrano
Edited by David Sadvari

[@LCCreole]

How the hell did Max Payne 2 do horrible? That game was awesome!!

[@thefearofg0ds758]

Terrible marketing. It was pretty much announced right before it came out(and not very well). The few diehard fans of the franchise at that point caught wind of word of mouth of how insultingly short it was. A friend of mine who was looking forward to it chose to just rent it and he beat in one sitting in about 5 hours and though he enjoyed it was grateful he didn't buy it because of the length and lack of replay incentive.

[@P1T4Bot]

Literally one of my most played games, it rocked back then

[@flemit35]

@@thefearofg0ds758 I can't remember it being short.

[@tommiaijala2732]

I think on big critic MP2 got at the time was that it was too short 6-8h of gameplay, this was still the era when people expected at least 20-30h of gameplay even in single player campagins. I always thought MP quality 8h gameplay beat the 30h mediocer streched out gameplay every other game was pushing at the time, but rest of the world didn't agree.

[@thefearofg0ds758]

@@flemit35 yea if the first Max Payne had the same length as MP2 it would have stopped right around when you kill Boris Dime(on the ship level). I have no idea how the script was "double the size of the first game" yet it's like 3 hours shorter. That always confused me.

[@xMACHOxMANx]

Max Payne is in my top 5 of games of all time. The story, The voice acting, the gameplay, the grit. I LOVE it. I have a max payne poster in my room! Going to get all 3 games graded and encapsulated soon.

[@gregor2833]

My top 3: Mafia 1, Far Cry 3, and Max Payne

[@viraldoshi2940]

hey, what do you mean by graded and encapsulated??

[@imbadewaykimbi4623]

@@viraldoshi2940 I think he might have high quality copies of the game like no damage or unopened so he might get their value tested

[@viraldoshi2940]

@@imbadewaykimbi4623 ohhh thanks!

[@gregor2833]

@@viraldoshi2940 i mean that i have 200 gameson steam and max payne is in my top 3. this is so weird, there are so many games but i never played anything same as max payne

[@Crushenator500]

I never understood why the third game sold so poorly, it was fun as hell. I honestly had no idea the second one sold poorly too, I only ever played the demo of it (I was a poor kid) but it was phenomenal.

[@troypowers750]

The third game was pretty divisive because of the direction Rockstar, not Remedy, was taking the story in. It was an odd choice going back to a retread of events with an iconic character forgetting the lessons he learned from the 2nd installment and going back to rock bottom doing dumb shit. 2012, as okay of a year as it was, also had seen a lot of copycat COD multiplayer games that ended up sticking poorly with most people regarding first impressions, regardless of anyone's opinion of the actual multiplayer. What can I say? Rockstar sucks at marketing. They could've eased players into the setting and given a better reason for Max's departure from the NYPD in their prologue comic, but they didn't. As for the second game, it was also another retread for some of the fans. Remedy tried to fix up loose ends, but in the end, who was really asking for a sequel?

[@bradley4385]

People don't like good games..... Dead Space 1 and 2, BioShock - Those games didn't sell either. ESPECIALLY in 2010 - 2013. All anybody cared about was "muh multiplayer"..... Crappy twitchy bro - shooters....Not much has changed in the past decade - 99/100 "gamers" only play garbage like Fortnite, COD and Apex legends. ....Filthy casuals doing what filthy casuals do - Throwing hundreds of dollars at low budget dumpster fire cash grabs.

[@bradley4385]

​@@troypowers750What kind of an asshole cares about marketing??? A good game is a good game ... I'll never be able to wrap my head around this..... Cyberpunk spent 130 million marketing Cyberpunk - and like 70 million on actual development - This industry is a sad pathetic joke. The game sells 8 million day one - and then an additional 12 million BEFORE any bug fixes..... Gamers get what they deserve. 20 million people willingly bought a game they knew for a fact was completely unplayable. It's no wonder the general public thinks of gamers as social degenerates. They are.

[@Medroizz]

Because it was announced a time where gta 5 was supposed to come out.

[@ricoransom2001]

Sad but true..max payne was more of a cult classic...so rockstar shelved it bc it didnt sell like they wanted it too...thats why a year later they dropped gta and they're still milking tf outta that game bc it pulled a casual crowd and made a ton of money...sad to say we will probably never get another max out of rockstar...only games they will release from here on out is gta and you'll maybe get another Red Dead from them since it sells well

[@maitreyajambhulkar]

I just completed Max Payne 2 for a 1000th time. The game series is addictive. There is no in app purchases, no upgrades only best story. Gameplay is superb. The interaction with environment and details are best.

[@JayJay-vo4vn]

Did you know Max Payne 2 to has an alternative ending to get the alternative ending complete the game on dead on arrival difficulty

[@maitreyajambhulkar]

@@JayJay-vo4vn yes. But it is non-canonical

[@TheSoulGage]

I literally just played through the first game last night. What a great game it still is to this day.

[@dpistons149]

On pc?

[@lukky6648]

Sucks they took it off steam from a lot of countries, i was looking foward to buying it on sale

[@mattalan6618]

@@dpistons149 i own the XBOX version

[@kabsham]

DUDE SAME I PLAYED THROUGH THE WHOLE GAME 2 DAGS AGO

[@Extreme96PL]

@@lukky6648 Check if you can buy Max Payne bundle for some reason i can buy only first game but also can buy both by buying bundle lol.

[@DjMonak]

I really loved Max Payne 2 (actually, I played the second chapter first since it was a present, and then I bought the first one) and I've listen so many time the song "Late Goodbye" of the ending sequence. I didn't know it sold so poorly!

[@miloseviczarko45]

I liked the "Lords and Ladies" cutscenes, abandoned Funhouse, Vinnie Gognitti and of course NYPD Prologue when you turn off TV to cops. 🤣

[@JordanDCGehl]

Odd one here: Each game got progressively better as the series went, and the first game was incredible! Favorite trilogy of all time, across literature, film and video games.

[@kruegerpoolthe13th]

I agree with that to a degree The core gameplay definitely got better but the quality of level design and pacing declined significantly between every game I love Max Payne 3 but it is one of the most on rails games I’ve ever played

[@MrSnake9419]

I will never forget the first time I shot the guy in the hospital in Max Payne 2 as a kid obsessed with physics in games, seeing him get blown back into a shelf and all of it crashing around him left me in awe.

[@andreszabala5877]

Oh my god I had the exact same reaction. You just transported me to my 12 year old self.

[@koolandblue]

One thing that doesn’t get enough attention was how hilarously ridiculous and over the top the mobster goons were in Max Payne 1. They were cartoonishly silly stereotypes and were the perfect contrast to the game’s gritty, depressing atmosphere. “Whack da sucka!”

[@dorkbrandon4422]

It's the genius combination that most games don't dare attempt Halo games had this awe and reverence feeling of wonder but with star wars like enemy characteristics which they stopped doing on the 4th or 5th game and everyone then hated it for being too serious

[@saschaberger3212]

Well the story ended and we are getting a remake.

[@shrekrealista5045]

This

[@bottleflaskan802]

I think the remake is in development hell, we haven't heard anything about it for a long time

[@treefiddytwoo]

@@bottleflaskan802 naw

[@mrawful4940]

@@bottleflaskan802 bro what? Remedy just literally gave an update a few weeks ago saying the game development is showing very good progress and is about to be in full production soon

[@bottleflaskan802]

@@mrawful4940 Nice, i didnt know that

[@ggioia86]

I loved Max Payne 2!!!!

[@dwatts64]

Max Payne 1-3 are some of those rare games that I will pull out every year or two and run through again because they're so damn good. Honestly all of Remedy's games are like that for me. I think the only one I've never played through a second time is Quantum Break but that's because the download size is so obviously huge with the live action video sections.

[@hekmoglu90]

i literally played all 3 of the games 100 times over.Max payne was my childhood.

[@henryrosejn]

same

[@AbyssalLeporidae]

07:52 This is quite alright with me. The fact that it's Remedy and still says "concept stage" just tells me that this ought to be a real fun twist on these beloved classics. Brought to you by a large part of the team that crafted the originals. I figure they'll be much more seamless this time, the story delivered as one whole instead of two parts.

[@joelvaldez8688]

I played Max Payne 2 in the 5th grade and decided I wanted to be a cop. I legitimately did it and became a cop for awhile. That game was just a light bulb for me.

[@supermariofan03]

Did you bring pain killers and put yourself in bullet time at the Academy for training?

[@joelvaldez8688]

@supermariofan03 No but I actually got best shot in the Academy and later I tied for best shot in Boot Camp which was cool. I ended up going military (Gears of War in the 7th Grade had me pumped to serve) after LE. Money's better in the military.

[@bulletsunderpressure]

This is my favorite gaming franchise. Nothing comes close. I just hope the remakes reinvigorate peoples interest and show how a man with nothing to lose can be interesting.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

I have a fear of it being woke though...

[@bulletsunderpressure]

@@IskenderCaglarM41B441 Remedy, the developers of the series and remake, come from Finland. So it depends on how woke that country is right now. I dont think its much, but it could be because I dont live there.

[@EmKatona]

@@IskenderCaglarM41B441 It's not Hollywood

[@jokerissurprised5482]

@@IskenderCaglarM41B441 what do you mean by woke

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

@@bulletsunderpressure And then they announced alan wake 2 and guess what...

[@foxus-a113]

I hope they use Sam Lake's face again in the remakes, in my opinion he fits the role Max Payne sooo well.

[@dorkbrandon4422]

I refused to buy the 2nd game for about 10 years because they used different face for max and the graphic novel style became way too serious for its own good that it came across as pretentious unlike the first game

[@woo1878]

i agree with u. i loved his expressions in the first one. too iconic

[@foxus-a113]

@@woo1878 He looks handsome af in the 1st game's comic cutscenes as well.

[@supermariofan03]

I just hope they could find someone to capture James McCaffrey’s performance.

[@wiseass2149]

I would play a 4th Max Payne game, but I'd have to wonder what they'd do with it. MP3 seemed like a proper send off to be honest.

[@lomeu_me]

Protect Raul Passos family maybe?

[@Gunnplay]

Max Payne 3 is literally an Oscar-worthy Michael Mann film.

[@HATSUCHl]

Max Payne 1 and 2 remake on PlayStation 5 graphics and capabilities would be insane. But would probably only appeal to those old timers who enjoyed the original games. And not bring in so many new gamers to the franchise

[@johnvick8861]

I doubt everyone knows Max Payne , remedy is involved so the story will be great

[@andredmtr]

It is late december 2023 and the world just received the horrible news that James McAffrey, the iconic voice and personality behind Max Payne, has passed away. I believe our hopes of having the Max Payne remakes seeing the light of day have now officially died with James. Rest in peace legend.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Honestly I am fine with that. Max's journey ended perfectly. He's not depressed anymore and ready to move on. Why make him suffer more? I finished mp1 a year ago and it still holds up really well. Currently playing mp2 and it's still great.

[@caddilacjones2397]

The game told a story and ended wasn't milked into yearly releases it was perfect.

[@williamkeele1873]

3 was top notch. Pushed the 360 to it's limits. The story, graphics, cut scene's, online play, difficulties, unlocks were top notch everything you looked for in a game back then.

[@doncorleone7228]

i remember playing the first entry when i was in elementary, maybe grade 2-3. i was playing it without having proper attention to the story but the mechanics of the game (bullet time, the action...) made me stuck to the game. it was so fun and i thought this is one of the best video games ever made.

[@Benfknballen]

Same this and manhunt (max Payne one came with my PS2 that my mom bought me from the pawn back I nearly 2000

[@SyncJr]

Max Payne 2 was released at the beginning of the height of piracy. Everyone I knew that had a pc was learning about bitorrent and getting into it. It’s still one of my favourite games of all time.

[@AcceptPain07]

I'm literally disappointed how max Payne 2 didn't performed good while it was the best game I've played at that time.

[@emanttnf]

Doesn’t need to be milked. Forcing another sequel would spoil its legacy and cinema-esque charm. You don’t see film buffs asking for another God Father or Reservoir Dogs sequel.

[@Hypogeal-Foundation]

Just found this channel cause I was searching what mad doc software had made, top 5 in my opinion studio. For their time they made great games. Empire Earth was the best game I played.

[@dilegox]

We don't need another Max Payne. Let the man finally rest.

[@jaymac7203]

I could never get used to that ridiculous smirk on his face 😭😭 lol 😂

[@Hoboken90]

Max Payne 2 was the last game my father bought me before dying. I remember he passed away 2 months later after he bought it. My ps2 was in his house and i always waited for friday afternoon to fisnish school and go to his house and eat pizza, watch movies, play videogames... Its unbelievable, how the rest of the games i bought in the future never had such an impact... the fact that someone gave a videogame as a present was more valuable. What i loved the most about spending the weekend in my father's house is that we did always whatever we want , I remember he even enjoyed MGS2 and Manhunt, gta games, onimushas...

[@YOEL_44]

It happened the same to Driver, they created the formula that we now know as a GTA style game, to then disapear without even being recognized (by the public anyway) by what they had created.

[@MG-wk2eh]

To be fair, that's not true. Driver 1 came out in 1998 and GTA1 came out in 1997, although it was in 2D. 3D open world games were not possible back then due to hardware limitations, but they were obviously an inevitability. I loved Driver 2, but it had a lot of issues (horrible framerate etc) because it was too ambitious for the PS1. Even then the game needed two discs. One of my favourite gaming 'what ifs' is what if Reflections had instead decided to develop Driver 2 for the PS2 instead and released it at the same time (November 2000, 11 months before GTA III came out). They could've done more with the game (like adding gunplay and ability to kill pedestrians) and because expectations for 3D open world games hadn't been set yet, it could've been a major hit that really stole some of GTA III's coming thunder. I still think GTA would've won in the end, though, because Rockstar didn't get to where they are now by luck but because they're talented and they make outstanding games. Their games go from strength to strength. Driver was finished when they fucked up DRIV3R.. the same year GTA San Andreas came out.

[@YOEL_44]

@@MG-wk2eh That is very much true, GTA would have disapeared without pain nor glory if it wasn't for the 3D, in fact they even aknoledge the rivalry in the series by introducing Tanner Two Faces in GTA 3, making a reference to Driver's undercover cop Tanner. I know the brand name came before, but those have nothing to do with the idea of a GTA game the general public has now.

[@PurgeEvilTV]

Max Payne 3 was like rockstar's prototype trying to figure out what they wanted to do with Michael in GTA V

[@Ksixstring]

Amazing game, got it for my 14th birthday. Those were the days.

[@keynanmartinez]

Part 1 and 2 need a Remake and that's it for the Franchise.

[@gregor2833]

There are hundreds games on steam, but there will never be any game like a max payne. iconic, nostalgic, dark, third person slow-motion shooter. i love this game, i have original discs cd/dvd (physical) of all 3 games + i bought them all on steam as well and definitely will buy future remakes 1,2 and hopefully mp 4 some day ;)

[@MG-wk2eh]

I love all three Max Payne games. I know MP3 wasn't made by the original devs and had a different tone, but Rockstar stayed mostly faithful to the formula, and it was a hell of a journey. I can't wait for the remakes of MP1/2 and I'm glad Remedy are back to make them, not some non-entity studio that would fuck them up. There is no direction it can go in for a sequel (or prequel) but it could be rebooted.

[@anshulsingh8326]

I have completed max payne 2 5times. Yesterday I installed and fix all the problems to play on win 10. Also downloaded Pop and matix and most wanter, carbon, hot pursuit 2, duke nukem MP, Unreal tournament 2004, midnight club 2

[@hvanlalvuana07]

3:03 nice shot Max

[@dfolz1101]

I just wanna say, having never played the first 2 games, max payne 3 was amazing imo. Basically every line max had was iconic as hell and the gameplay was endlessly replayable.

[@ktriz8583]

Max Payne two I picked up when I was 9-10 yo. It was incredible and set a high standard for future games imo

[@Benfknballen]

Damn that first line was critical “almost as dead as his family in the first game” 🥶💨

[@arturobriganti7634]

I have replayed Max Payne 3 so many times and its a great game with a great story and great soundtrack and i would definitely play the remakes if they ever come out

[@junaidunar9148]

I enjoyed all 3 games equally, max payne franchise deserves a lot. I don't trust the greedy reviewers, I usually don't watch IGN etc, they just want your money and sponsership. There are tons of underrated and poorly sold games out there that are actually really good.

[@rednirabkriv5376]

The third game was solid only downside was no skippable cutscenes and game removes weapons from you time to time

[@adicristian3104]

Max Payne 1 and 2 were very good games. The third was a masterpiece. A shame they stopped there.

[@ShadowAngel-lt8nw]

Lol no. The third was a total train wreck of a mediocre third person shooter, created by a team that had no clue what Max Payne was all about and just puked out a dumb mainstream shooter for the idiotic console crowd. And it featured the by far worst cutscenes in gaming history. The people who designed those must've been completely brain dead.

[@colaguy213]

A good thing they stopped there imo, it's got the legend status now, don't wanna turn that shit to cod

[@colaguy213]

Perhaps I'm thinking too much, they could prolly give it the GTA treatment and we gucci

[@rednirabkriv5376]

Hold breath they are working on max payne and 2 remake

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

@@rednirabkriv5376 Don't want any remakes

[@Gator159]

My opinion, Max Payne 3 is underappreciated in the ending is very solid.

[@YaredYahu1212]

One of my favorite games on PS2 ever. The series was cool, and I hope they remake it. Shadows of Rome is another game that came to my mind as well.

[@ElLoGGe]

Loved every single game. Hope the remakes will happen and show we need more Payne to the max!!!

[@builttoscalevideos]

I’m really itching for the remakes but I do also hope they could maybe squeeze one more sequel out of it. Give him one last hurrah so to speak.

[@3hero_]

mp3 wrapped up max's story pretty nicely, idk how they would innovate on it enough to make a 4th game not feel like a mid sequel

[@youngconfidence8666]

@@3hero_i imagine his story to be like John Wick’s honestly. He cant, wont, shouldn’t stop until he’s dead.. Thats actual peace for Max Payne.. To be reunited with his family.. So hell yes, there’s more story to be told..

[@montysparrows]

the 3rd game ended so well. I don't think a 4th one is necessary. Can't wait for the remasters if there ever will be any.

[@newbutthunt]

I have Max Payne on Android, it's pretty damn good if you have a decent phone.

[@mr.g-sez]

losing your wife and baby causes maximum payne

[@Elerius]

I'd love to see this remastered

[@baphometazrael1892]

This game influenced me a lot as a kid and I remember being 6 when I could finally make work through the game (bout 2006) I played it off and on over the years and when the IOS port came out I flipped out, I can chill in class and play max Payne??? I recall in believe it was freshman year, we had to write a story as an assignment for English class… I took heavy inspiration from the first game and wrote multi-page story in that style and idea. Love it!!!

[@kingwalk-ce7ph]

I could play max Payne over and over again

[@CrispyHulk1]

I knew of the IP but Max Payne 3 was the first I played. It was a solid game with impeccable optimisation on PC and a good art style. Played it twice

[@nikobellic737]

Max Payne 1 was my first ever PC game, and the love started there. I replay the 3 games every once in a while. Sometimes I play multiplayer with a friend. I loved all the trilogy. 3 gameplay is superb, that's why is considered the best 3rd person shooter of all time by many people. Although I'd like a new game just because I love Max, it wouldn't make much sense considering how the 3rd one ended. The only "negative" thing for me is that I use to find hard to understand the transition from the 2nd game to the 3rd. I read the comic but still, it's hard for me to understand why Max fell again, considering the "I had a dream of my wife, she was dead, but it was alright" line from the ending of the 2nd game. Max had finally accepted everything and it seemed like he was ok with himself. I would've liked to know what were the original plans for Max Payne 3 if Remedy had continued in charge of the development. Anyway, best trilogy of all time. P.S: James McCaffrey has the best voice in this world lol

[@kingslurpee6849]

All of them are great and max payne 3 is one of the best games of all time really hope they all get remastered

[@klaudiazawadka2408]

Month ago, I played - second time (since approximately 15 years) Max Payne 1. I was exctited, satisfied and think it was amazing experienced. If it will be possible I loved to play MaxPayne 4 and all remakes.

[@NiGHTSChao689]

Zero clue why MP2 sold poorly.. I thought it was absolutely incredible and was in every way what I wanted from a sequel. MP3 on the other hand was horrific... The gameplay was great but the story... Holy shit what were they thinking. It just retconned MP2 hard.

[@joseph9n6]

I loved max payne 3 :D

[@djassassinuk]

The OG game was great but Max Payne 2 is my favourite, I stil lhave it on PVC now. I never did play Max Payne 3 as I was worried that if it wasn't Remedy making the game that it wouldn't feel like a Max Payne game should. After all these years I may give it a try and see.

[@SamFisher1717]

I don't think I could play max Payne 4 knowing that James McCaffrey died :/. Without the iconic voice over it wouldn't even be close to being the same

[@Thekeyinthelock]

Tbh I really liked max Payne 3

[@Akiee98]

What the hell happened to Max Payne? Well, he got shot at a million times, he shot thousands of people dead, he drank gallons of whiskey, he took boxes of painkillers. He must be dead by now. Max Payne: Oi!

[@jbeachboy100]

keep series going

[@linhza501]

Nothing happened. A good series that know when and where to end, that's it. Max Payne himself is tired, let him rest.

[@njasra]

I really want 4th part of this Game to be come and released asap

[@GlenviewNo1]

Max Payne has stood the test of time. For the love of God if we ever get a 4th game please, please everyone buy the thing so we may get another!

[@Sora2314]

Max Payne 1 was amazing for its time. But 2 was such a big step up. It fixed alot of frustrations I had with the first game. Shame that it didn’t get the sales numbers it deserved.

[@Thrillhou]

"Hey Nerdstalgic, doesn't comedy come in threes?" N: ".....NOOOOOOoOoOOooooooooo"

[@Mateoski97]

Personally, other than a remake of the first two games, Max Payne doesn't need anymore games, the story ended just fine in the third game. Maybe a series surrounding Mona Sax up to her story in Max Payne 2?

[@tomaspardo2013]

Oh yeah Max, he's still around, great guy, nothing but good memories with him

[@PartyQuest]

working on assassins creed odyssey, going to finish it, then replay max payne 3. it's been installed for a long time.

[@paco680]

I think that the Max Payne series ended right where supposed to, we saw Max's story and his development as a character so I don't think there's need for another game

[@illWillienumber31]

I absolutely love Max Payne 3. At least the single player. It's a perfect single player experience.

[@OGdadpool]

I'll take a remake/remastered Max Payne 1 over any continuation. As someone who grew up playing Max Payne, against his parents' wishes, 2 fell because it wasn't Sam Lake's face anymore. We all felt weird because it said Max Payne but didn't look like Max Payne. While we had laughed at the weird expression of the defective detective, we grew to love and accept it. Then they changed him. It was Max Payne in story, but not in name. Like if Terminator 2 had been played by Stallone. The writing would have been there and the undertones, but not what made us love the franchise to begin with. We went through hell with Payne in the first game, we grew into him only to be ripped apart like a simease twin being ripped from us like by a cannibal. They replaced him with someone else and the story that came before was no longer connected, emotionally or visually.

[@AdamKaiser.]

Rest In Peace James McCaffrey 😢

[@josueveguilla9069]

That is an excellent question.

[@SwirlyJoe]

6:35 4,000,000 copies is only horrible to Rockstar games

[@ToeTag9899]

I would love if they added FPS mode to the remakes and VR support Max Payne games would be amazing in VR.

[@cybersoldi3r]

I bought and played all three games when they released and enjoyed them all. It's ashame there isn't a Max Payne 4. Hopefully the remake is successful

[@farisnasir9582]

made me think people dont actually enjoy the best stuff. They just enjoy what they wanna like

[@henrikkitahvanainen9276]

Sam Lake said in interview that they sold the IP so that they can invest in the future also they were already tired of making only max payne since the process had taken 7 years already. Therefor Max Payne 3 was not developed by them.

[@igg3937]

Look man, any game franchise called 'Max Payne' deserves to live forever.

[@gat1gigs782]

the noooooooooooooo part got me lmao over here hahahaha!

[@thefearofg0ds758]

4:47 It was 100% the piss poor marketing. I still remember it seemed like Max Payne 2 came out of nowhere. I was in Books A Million one day and just happened to glance over and saw "MAX PAYNE 2: THE FALL OF MAX PAYNE" plastered over the cover of an issue of Game Informer and nearly lost it with excitement. Then I discovered the game was releasing in like the next 2 months. On top of that, years later I was talking with a coworker about our favorite video games and he mentioned Max Payne was one of his favorite games and how he and his brother played the hell out of it until the disc stopped working. I then said it was a shame how people slept on Max Payne 2. He looks at me confused and tells me he had no idea there was even a sequel. This was in 2007 or 2008.

[@boringandroid]

what's music from 2:52?

[@Slyzxx76]

It had the best story line and felt like John wick

[@JellyJman]

Man are they even gonna remake it anymore? I know it’s a business and people want money but I genuinely could not play a remake without James’ voice. If it was AI I would actually hate it even more. This whole situation just sucks 😢 RIP James

[@mikewarner5583]

Max payne 3 is a masterpiece. Just need a graphics and frame boost on series x and were good!

[@haarisajmeri9811]

corrections: the first max Payne was published by Rockstar and remedy made it with 3D realms but also remedy sold the rights after the poor sales of MAX PAYNE 2 which was my favourite in the trilogy after that they sold the rights.

[@Senti17]

Ik they remaking the 1st 2 games which I look forward to as I never played the 2 games only 3 but I really do want R* to bring this back with a spin off or something ❤

[@shaiii-chan]

4:16 How did the bullets make him float?

[@mikemumper881]

I loved the first two games, especially the second. Hated the third one. I was interested when I first heard a movie was coming out, but when I viewed the cast list and found out how many of the characters were missing, I figured it was going to suck.

[@calvinmatthews1527]

Max Payne may not the worst example of a great series with squandered potential. Look at Xenosaga.

[@incurableromantic4006]

As someone who really loved the whole series: I'm not altogether sorry there won't be another game. The ending of 3 was a perfect send-off for the character, who was finally able to find peace and walk off into a sunnier future.

[@okcrlrdho6397]

Max payne 2 was dope af

[@SubhojitDey]

i see a pattern here games that didnt do well in US rocked in India. We played Vice city more than SA. We played Max Payne 2 and 3.