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In December 2001, as New York City is enduring the tail end of the worst snow blizzard in the history of the city, Max Payne, a renegade DEA agent and former NYPD detective, is standing at the top of a skyscraper with a sniper rifle in his hands, smiling, as police units arrive on the scene to arrest him. He then experiences flashbacks from three years ago and the last two days he experienced. Three years earlier, on August 22nd 1998, Max was working as a regular NYPD detective, having just finished his day's work. His longtime friend and DEA agent, Alex Balder, invites him to transfer into the DEA, but Max declines the offer, wanting to focus on his full-time life with his wife, Michelle, and their newborn daughter, Rose. As he returns to his house in New Jersey, he finds that a trio of junkies had broken into his house, all addicted on a brand new designer drug, Valkyr. Max receives a call from a mysterious woman who seems pleased at the trouble in the house and refuses to call for help. Max rushes to aid his family and kill the junkies, but is too late as he finds his wife shot dead, and his daughter slaughtered. After his family's funeral, Payne accepts Alex's offer, and transfers to the DEA at his own request to stop the spreading of the drugs.

Max Payne

Single player

Shooter

neo noir

murder

drugs

death

insanity

action-adventure

noir

steam

bullet time

building

crime

revenge

snow

torture

easter egg

slow-motion

dreams

one-man army

comic book

digital distribution

train

male protagonists

voice acting

protagonist's name in the title

polygonal 3d

breaking the fourth wall

game reference

cults

launch titles

original soundtrack release

white noise

non-player character

profanity

playstation plus

sniping

melee

real-time combat

wilhelm scream

female antagonist

quicksaving

quickloading

unreliable narrator

dynamic narration

vending machine interaction

cheat code

addiction

non-linear storytelling

interactive environments

film noir

anti-hero

disorientation

games on demand

e3 2000

banter during gameplay

meme origin

women in refrigerators syndrome

comic book cutscene

crime fighting

dual wielding

character models based on actual people

cutscene menu

waking up captured

satanism

dream sequence

vigilante

trilogy

tragic hero

dynamic difficulty

greatest hits

ps2 classics

exploring yourself

novint falcon support

pc to console port

framing

realistic ballistics

metafiction

british academy video game awards

femme fatale

infinite pockets

games on which movies are based

elevator music

e3 2001

e3 1999

e3 1997

xbox 360 backwards compatibility

rogue cop

fate

xbox originals

shooter game

PC (Microsoft Windows)

PlayStation 2

PlayStation 3

Xbox

Xbox 360

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Android

PlayStation 4

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Third person

Max Payne, gritty ex-cop and titular hero of this third-person shooter, sets out on his own to take revenge on those who murdered his wife and child, only for the plot he's involved in to get deeper and deeper. As his guilt and trauma build, Payne finds himself in more and more impossibly unfavourable and astounding situations, which challenge his methods, his worldview, and even his existence.

Action

Thriller

Personal survival story loosely based on real events set in western Ukraine.

Back to School: My Worst Day

Santego Special Unit continues the story of Shepard from Half-Life: Opposing Force.

Santego Special Unit

half-life

First person

Santego Special Unit is a mod for Max Payne 2: The Fall Of Max Payne based on Half-Life: Opposing Force.

Science fiction

The Real World

The creators of ‘MAX PAYNE: Kung Fu Edition 3’ and ‘Katana’ join forces to deliver THE most explosive and complete mod to ever grace the Max Payne engine! Combine a massive arsenal of lightning-fast punches, kicks, and cool signature takedown moves to devastate your opponents with style! Run along walls, dodge bullets effortlessly, and flip off walls, objects and even people! The rules are yours to bend and break, as you relive some of the Trilogy's most memorable scenes, including The Lobby, Dojo, and The Burly Brawl!

The world of 7th Serpent is set within the near future of modern day Earth. Advances in biotechnology and nanotechnology have allowed for biological enhancements that raise the bar for the quality of life. The government has decided to relax laws limiting cloning and intrusive surgical procedures in the interest of these advances. Serpent Industries, on the other hand, has found another application for these breakthroughs. They have developed a patented method of creating personal soldiers with distinct abilities and no remorse. The result is the perfect killing machine. Informant leaks to the media have partially exposed Serpent Industries shady projects and the public has risen in outrage against them. Constant rallies and protests have followed Serpent Industries CEO, Frank Serpent, for months, yet his only answer is that these are only false accusations crafted by rival corporations. Serpent Industries claims to be nothing more than a high-tech biopharmaceutical conglomerate dedicated to improve the quality of life for all.

The pressure is mounting on Serpent Industries as politicians start to back down to the public and introduce more restrictions in the biotech field. Violent outbreaks have taken place as the public decide to take action into their own hands, forming resistance groups. H.A.B.I.T. – Humans Against Biological Intrusive Technologies being the most radical of all resistance groups. H.A.B.I.T. wish to eradicate SI and everything they think it stands for, claiming that SI will not improve the quality of life, only the quality of death – as in the death of humanity. Nevertheless, Serpent Industries uses its massive stranglehold on the biotech and pharmaceutical markets while promising better life through nanotechnology to maintain power and control in and aging techno savvy culture.

You will play the role of Vince Petero as you awake within a mysterious underground facility and discover you have been subjected to experimental confidential military testing. The military has contracted Serpent Industries to do genetic experiments in order to create the ultimate soldier. As the 7th and most advanced serpent prototype revision, you are sent out against your will to complete a "field test" that coincidentally benefits Serpent Industries.

7th Serpent: Genesis

7th Serpent: Genesis is a Max Payne 2 modification and the sequel to the acclaimed 7th Serpent: Crossfire.

When Major Sean Dickens’ F-15 crashes over Utah, everything looks like an accident. However, as the wreck is recovered, Dickens is gone, and with him the F-15’s deadly cargo: a new generation warhead. Ethan Hunt’s mission is clear: the warhead has to be recovered before Dickens is able to sell it, and Dickens, along with the possible buyer, a former Russian general, with unknown intentions, have to be eliminated. However, all too soon Hunt realizes that things aren’t as they seem, and suddenly finds himself right in the line of fire. In his quest to gain answers, Hunt hits upon a conspiracy that puts doubts upon the trustworthiness of his own ranks, and change everything he believed in. He has nothing to rely on. And nobody left to trust. But whoever is trying to deceive him – they have obviously forgotten with whom they have to deal.

Mission: Impossible - New Dawn

When Major Sean Dickens’ F-15 crashes over Utah, everything looks like an accident. However, as the wreck is recovered, Dickens is gone, and with him the F-15’s deadly cargo: a new generation warhead.

Ethan Hunt’s mission is clear: the warhead has to be recovered before Dickens is able to sell it, and Dickens, along with the possible buyer, a former Russian general, with unknown intentions, have to be eliminated. However, all too soon Hunt realizes that things aren’t as they seem, and suddenly finds himself right in the line of fire. In his quest to gain answers, Hunt hits upon a conspiracy that puts doubts upon the trustworthiness of his own ranks, and change everything he believed in.

He has nothing to rely on.
And nobody left to trust.

But whoever is trying to deceive him – they have obviously forgotten with whom they have to deal…

It's Christmas Eve and Dinky is pissed. After returning home from his last adventure, Dinky discovers that his family have (once again) been kidnapped by the forces of evil. A mysterious trail of toys, tinsel, and wrapping paper leads into the night. Enraged and with nothing to lose, Dinky heads out to save his family from a grizzly (yet seasonal) demise.

Polar Paradise

christmas

It's Christmas Eve and Dinky is angry.

After returning home from his last adventure, Dinky discovers that his family have (once again) been kidnapped by the forces of evil. A mysterious trail of toys, tinsel, and wrapping paper leads into the night...

Enraged and with nothing to lose, Dinky heads out to save his family from a grizzly (yet seasonal) demise.

Comedy

You play the role of Dinky, a polar bear who returns to his home to find his family mercilessly slaughtered by Eskimos, high on a new designer drug called Valkyr. Enraged and hungry for bitter revenge, he embarks on a crusade for justice against his family’s murderers.

Polar Payne

A modification of Max Payne that recreates scenes from the first three Matrix films.

Matrixed Reality

Katana draws you into the violent and chaotic world of an Assassin on the run: - from his Order; from the shattered remains of his past; and from the haunting screams of the countless people he's murdered. Competing for his severed head are the very people he used to work with - Mercenaries, Assassins, Ninja, and good old fashioned Psychopaths. The worst mankind has to offer.

Katana

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

Heavily influenced by popular Japanese Anime and recent movies such as Kill Bill; Katana combines Max Payne's stylish Bullet-Time with stunning, yet brutal, bladed-weapon combat. Developed by Maddieman and StratonAce, with help and support from Kenneth Yeung, Katana lifts the Max Payne engine to new heights and takes the player to new levels of pain.

Max Payne@University

"Max Payne@University" follows a young Max Payne during his time at university. One year there is a dangerous threat to the university that escalates drastically very quickly.

Colombia, South America. All agents at DEA South-American headquarters get killed in a brutal assault. The new drug gang called La Valedora stick to their aim - become the most powerful drug mafia in the area - and everybody who gets in their way is eliminated with no grace.

When standard procedures fail, the DEA send their best man.

Victor Corbet is a special mission agent, whose task is to eliminate the boss of La Valedora and destroy this drug cartel. His fellow fighters are members of Bogota Anti-drug Department - captain Carlos Enterador and lieutenant Mia Rodriguez.

Together, they need to face the drug mafia in a bloody single-winner fight.

El Matador

El Matador (Games Convention 2006 Edition)

Experience the adrenaline-fuelled danger and heart-pounding excitement in the war on organised drug syndicates. When standard procedures fail, the hardliners are brought in.

Become El Matador, a DEA special agent tasked with taking down the drug barons. A new narcotics cartel is rising across Central and South America, sharpening its claws and extending its reach. Locate the encampments, infiltrate the headquarters, and put an end to the cartel's influence. In a tale of corruption, revenge and morality, the mission brief is simple: Eliminate the threat - Ultimate justice, El Matador style.

Damon Pryce, the first genetically-engineered prototype of a covert program from a giant biotech corporation contracted by the Military to create soldiers with super-human capabilities and is now looking for the truth on who he is.

7th Serpent: Crossfire

7th Serpent is a third-person shooter modification for the Max Payne 2 game engine thrusting players into a world of corruption, secrecy and vengeance as they control Damon Pryce - the main character - who has been subjected to experimental testing and is left to his own devices in order to extract the truth from those who keep it from him.

True Matrix Total Conversion

The True Matrix TC for Max Payne converts this popular game into The Matrix, complete with new weapons, characters, and music from the hit film.

In Max Payne 2, the player controls Max Payne, a former DEA agent for the NYPD and a fugitive framed for murder of his best friend and fellow cop Alex. Two years after the events of the first game, Max has cleared his name and is now an NYPD detective. He reunites with Mona Sax, whom he met in the previous game, as they set out to resolve a conspiracy of death and betrayal, finding the Inner Circle in the center of it all.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

bink video

surprising character switches

Max Payne 2 is a third-person shooter, in which the player assumes the role of Max Payne, but also plays as Mona Sax in a few levels. Initially, the player's weapon is a 9mm pistol. As they progress, players access other weapons including other handguns, shotguns, submachine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, and hand-thrown weapons. To move the game along, the player is told what the next objective is through Max's internal monologue, in which Max iterates what his next steps should be.

"The Family" follows the young gangster Tony in an entire black and white film noir-ish world of the 1930's mafia era.

The Family

mafia

Mystery

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