Max Payne
About Max Payne
From the archive
This is the original PS2Home fact sheet for Max Payne, preserved from the early-2000s archive. Details reflect the PAL release as catalogued at the time.
Official fact sheet
Max Payne is a stylish, urban, revenge driven action game based in New York Citys grimy underground. A groundbreaking rendering engine allows for heart-stopping, photo-realistic visuals and breath taking movie quality effects as Max Payne fights his way to uncover the truth. Max Payne is a dark, searing tale of corruption and murder which combines the most popular elements from todays biggest box office action thrillers with the latest in videogame technology to deliver what promises to be one of the most original gameplay experiences this year.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, and now hunted by cops and the mob. Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for a new breed of deep action game. Prepare for pain…
- Bullet-Time Gameplay – A first in gaming.
- Make Your Own Levels – Auto-adjusting gameplay, another first in gaming. You want the action will be challenging and intense, but not unfair and frustrating–the games’ self-adjusting difficulty keeps you in the sweet spot of gameplay bliss.
- Play It Your Own Way – The most powerful, easiest-to-use game editor ever released is in you creative hands, with WYSIWYG-style editing (PC version only). Even recreate your house or workplace!
- More Realism – Painstaking attention to detail, bullets even modeled accurately resulting in realistic and cinematic gameplay unlike anything you’ve seen.
