Let's Talk About Max Payne

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Published on September 4, 2021 5:47:23 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN9v-ZORGxw

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Max Payne (2001)

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Duration: 58:42

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Not yet tired of broken, revenge hungry main characters, Noah Campbell, who was once a man himself before the...… Incident, bares witness to one of video game's poster children for the archetype. Is Max Payne a third person shooter classic? Well, yeah, Noah'll tell you why.


Heads up for photosensitive people, there is a barrage of flashing lights from 0:03:45 to 0:04:33. Second Reality might take you to the next one and I and most definitely you do not want that. Also, I autocorrected Deseret News as Desert News like a gobshite.


Chapters:

0:00:00 (The Night the Pain Started)

0:00:40 (History: You Want Payne, You Got Pain)

0:13:26 (Story Recap: Something Wicked this Way Comes)

0:28:48 (Story Analysis: Do Not Cross a Man with Nothing to Lose)

0:35:04 (Presentation: You Are in a Computer Game, Max)

0:42:00 (Gameplay: The Password is John Woo)

0:48:21 (Good: No Rules, No Secret Mantra, No Road Map)

0:54:09 (Bad: It Was Chaos and Luck)

0:55:49 (Overall: A Bit Closer to Heaven)

0:56:45 (Afterword)

Links:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/12140/Max_Payne/

https://www.remedygames.com/

https://www.rockstargames.com/games/maxpayne

https://www.rockstargames.com/

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/04/magnum-opus-games-remedy-entertainment (This is the article attached to the Remedy Documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GKoitm2lEg&t=319s&ab_channel=Complex (This is the documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoHkGDu0_Hw&t=77s&ab_channel=ArsTechnica (This is the Ars Technica video, though it is mostly centered around Alan Wake than Remedy's Beginnings or Max Payne)

https://www.deseret.com/2003/7/11/19734431/10-million-suit-bewails-payne-of-losing-identity (This is the article covering the Maxx Payne lawsuit)

https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/the-history-of-max-payne/ (This is the Escapist article about Max Payne)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1184013727 (The Fix It All patch for PC Max Payne)

https://youtu.be/2BUSKI0iwPA?t=2613 (For those wondering about the My Way joke because I love the Irish lads and it's probably one of my favorite running jokes from them even though I know it's from the X7 Rock Austin promo package)

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