As a die-hard fan of Treatment Leisure, the primary two Max Payne video games are unquestionably classics that I like to recommend to followers of third-person shooters.
With information that the corporate will probably be remastering these video games, I believed it might be fascinating to offer my tackle what Treatment might do to make these video games actually distinctive.
In spite of everything, it’s been over 20 years because the launch of the unique Max Payne in 2001, and there was a lot innovation within the medium of video video games as an entire since then.
MORE STREAMLINED GAMEPLAY
The primary Max Payne recreation remains to be a variety of enjoyable even after 20 years, nonetheless, there are moments within the recreation the place it may really feel a tad rusty. Corresponding to the ultimate boss within the first recreation, the place it’s important to shoot two wires from a distance to loosen a radio tower after which shoot the radio tower with a grenade launcher to make it fall onto a helicopter.
If you happen to didn’t have the ammo for the grenade launcher, you needed to reload a earlier save file and decide up ammo for that weapon. On high of that, except you knew to do that, it’s unlikely that you’d have the ability to determine this out in your first strive.
The sport doesn’t maintain your hand and let you know find out how to do the whole lot, which I recognize, however there’s acquired to be a option to inform the participant what they need to do with out placing an enormous glowing checkmark on high of no matter it’s important to attain.
Different additions to the gameplay might be a canopy system that’s extra attuned to Uncharted than Max Payne 3.
I beloved Max Payne 3. It was my Sport Of the Yr for 2012. The most important blemish, nonetheless, on high of this stellar recreation for me was the duvet system. It required you to face up and threat getting shot earlier than going to a different cowl. You couldn’t simply go from cowl to cowl like within the Uncharted video games.
Add to this a weapon wheel like in Grand theft Auto 5, the place you’ll be able to cycle between a load of weapons whereas the sport slows down, particularly given Max Payne’s bullet-time perform, this has the potential to be a masterpiece.
MORE STUFF TO DO
The primary Max Payne recreation was primarily a shooter with little to do exterior of taking pictures folks. There have been some psychedelic dream sequences the place you needed to navigate by a maze of blood and moments the place you needed to discover key playing cards to open up doorways, however apart from that, there wasn’t a lot else.
It might be cool if the sport gave you enjoyable collectibles to accumulate and challenges to perform like in Max Payne 3. Possibly even have non-compulsory duties that you might full, akin to accessing part of the sport that you simply often wouldn’t, rewarding you with weapons and ammo
You could possibly have a bit the place you’ll be able to attain sure balconies by taking pictures down platforms on high of them. The primary two Max Payne video games featured a very good dollop of platforming throughout rooftops and balconies, so perhaps the remakes might have sections that reward the participant for pondering creatively.
BETTER BOSSES
As enjoyable as the primary two Max Payne video games have been, a lot of the bosses have been simply bullet sponges exterior of some exceptions.
In Max Payne 3, the builders at Rockstar acquired a bit extra artistic in how you might dispatch enemies. One among my favourite boss fights in that recreation was a struggle towards an enemy who was coated by a waste-high barrier.
You needed to shoot the tiles above his head; this, in flip, would trigger them to fall on high of him and ultimately get him to poke his head from out of canopy so you might shoot him straight.
A couple of extra artistic boss fights would positively do these remakes good.
A DEFINITIVE ANSWER TO WHAT HAPPENED TO MONA SAX
In Max Payne 2, Max’s love curiosity Mona Sax, will get murdered by the sport’s principal unhealthy man Vladimir Lemm.
As tragic as that is, there’s a option to save her. If you happen to beat the sport on the best problem that you simply unlock after beating the sport as soon as, then you might be handled to an alternate situation the place she survives.
To today, Max Payne followers are torn on this, as neither of those endings has been declared official by the dev crew.
In Max Payne 3, throughout a stage the place you might be at a cemetery, you’ll come throughout tombstones for all of the characters who have been killed within the earlier video games, all besides Mona Sax.
I’m unsure if Rockstar did this to maintain issues ambiguous, nonetheless, it’s been virtually 20 years since that recreation’s launch, and I believe a correct reply to Mona Sax’s destiny is owed to longtime followers.
Possibly have a cutscene going down instantly after the ending the place she lived, displaying what occurred to her and the place she went.
That will clarify why she wasn’t in Max Payne 3. I simply need closure for this character whose destiny has been left in limbo for almost 20 years now.
No matter what Treatment chooses to do with their IP, I belief that the way forward for this franchise is in good arms.