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whats with the hype?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: February 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game was horrible! Sure, everyone says that the writing and acting were bad but that doesnt quite capture the feeling you get when you play. Through most of the game I had to mute the TV because it was so painful to hear people talk - Max Payne never shuts up! He is not a character you like or even root for, I grew to hate him by the end of the game and enjoyed watching him get killed. It would be someting else if the writers knew how bad it was but I got the distinct impression that they thought the writing was really grity and noir and oh so cool. Pathetic! Some say that the action makes up for it. Well, the gaming is okay, it was fun most of the time if you cant hear anything but who wants to play that way? In my opinion the horrible writing and acting destroy any fun this game could have offerd. Where do they find these actors!

boring

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: May 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Hours of useless dialog. Bullet time gets boring after two or three tries and the game never changes.get obi wan or halo.

Don't believe the hype

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: March 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Max Payne was a success for one reason - the outlandish amounts of media coverage it received prior to it's release. It received such feverish attention for one reason - Bullet time. But as it turns out, Max Payne [is bad]- for many reasons.

Bullet time is a gimmick that is cool for the first 10 minutes, but almost seems designed as a coverup for the otherwise awful gameplay. Add this to the absurd level design (bad trips and tightropes, anyone?), shoddy graphics, those ridiculous comic-book cutscenes, the contrived plot... Max Payne is garbage. And to think, the ripoff that they call an ending leaves the door open for a sequel. Lord help us.

Very bad

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: November 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The mouse is to sensitive, can't aim good.

Graphics?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

There was no effort made to port this game to xbox. It does not utilise any of the advanced graphics made available by xbox. The game could probably run on an ancient 200MHz Pentium, with SiS graphics... I would not recommend this game on xbox. Looks like the publishers realised it too, which is why it now sells for less than half of original price. (still not worth it).

this game will turn your kids into serial killers

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 21
Date: July 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i recently rented this game for my son and i immediatly took it back when i saw how much blood and gore there was. incredible. how can people play a game where you just kill people. also, since my sons brain is just developing these ideas of killing people would have affected his brain development if i hadnt taken it away sooner. all in all, this game teaches you to be a serial killer, and i believe that all the kids who play this game excessivly will turn out this way. DONT BY THIS GAME!

matts review

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: September 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I think this game is meaningless, and has no piont but to just go around killing people. Every level is baseckly the same level over and over again. It ends up getting being extremely boring by the 3rd level.

I'd rather drink cyanide than play this again.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: July 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I believe the title spells it out people. This game is the worst game ever. I'm a 17 year old and playing this was like torture. I love killing things and blowing them up as much as the next guy, and prolly a little more. But come on now! EVERYTHING IN THIS GAME DIES!

I was a little annoyed after watching those junkies kill his wife and kid, and i said, ok maybe this is just the beginning. I played it until just after entering the bank through the subway, (for those of you who haven't experienced the misfortune, thats like the 2nd section of the 1st level) and by the time I got there I took it out of my XBOX, broke it, and through it away. I wouldn't even pawn this on another gamer because it was so bad! Crappy gameplay, script, graphics, story, everything. Bullet Time was OK, except he seems to dive everywhere, he can't just stand in one spot and shoot, but that coulda been just me.

If you are one of the few people who haven't played this game, be VERY happy! AVOID IT! I wish I could take back the few minutes I played on it, because they were completely wasted and I think i got dumber from playing it. (Not to mention disgusted as hell)

THE WORST GAME EVER

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: June 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is the worst game I believe ever made by rockstar games. Not only is the beginning terrbile but it just gets worse. With the exception of the matrix move I call it this game is the worst ever. What kind of sick mind would make a game where your wife and child dies in front of your eyes. What human being wants to see this. I tell you what I sure as hell dont.

-JIM

Rockstars Biggest Letdown

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: July 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I heard about this game and i thought it was cool also by seeing the commercial. So i reneted it and i hated it. First all max payne does is talk talk talk. I played it for about 10 minutes then i just stopped and brought it back. Also who wants to se you wife or daughter die right in front of your eyes...if you want this game rent it so you can see how much of a disappointment it is.

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