Max Payne Review

Max Payne was made in 2002 by Remedy Entertainment and published by Gathering of Developers. It’s a third-person shooter action thriller video game. 
The game is about a NYPD Detective called Max Payne whose family is murdered by a group of thugs under the influence of a drug called V. The point of the game is for Max to find out who is responsible for distributing the drug and who is really responsible for his family’s murder. It is set in New York in the snow and the cut scenes are in comic book style with a voice over explaining the story. This original way of narrating a video game works well in this game and adds to the feel of the game. 
There is an aspect of this game called bullet time and slows down time so you can shoot the bad guys in slow motion. It recharges after time and was a neat aspect of the game. An example of how you use bullet time would be if you walk into a room outnumbered by the enemy you can use bullet time to pick them off one by one. When you shoot the last guy it shows a close up of him being shot in slow motion.
There is no aiming with the right mouse button, it is just point and shoot. 
The graphics are outdated by today’s standards but the game is still worth playing due to the story and gameplay. The falling snow made the game look really good a few years ago.
You can save whenever you want and to recharge your health by collecting pain killers normally located in draws or cabinets. There are many weapons to choose from including machine guns, sniper rifles and grenades. The story is very good although a bit sad. Max has a sad life. 
You can move around pretty freely in the levels, a lot of the dors you can open and explore. There closest thing you come to a boss fight is fighting one of the head honcho bad guys at the end of each chapter. 
I couple of times I got stuck in a place with no way to progress. I had to use a walkthrough to get a different perspective on things to advance. On the easy setting it was quite enjoyable to play through the story with the bullet time being the most enjoyable aspect of the game.  Once you complete the game you unlock different playing modes such as New York minute and dead on arrival.

The game was very good when it was released. It’s a bit outdated now but the story and bullet time still make it enjoyable to play.
Rated M.
7/10