Time to try finally complete Max Payne 2 after two previous failed attempts. I bought the game new and for whatever reason the game never really gripped me like the first one did. The changes to how bullet time works always throws me off. #MaxPayne#MaxPayne2#PCGaming#retrogaming
Heute gibt es über den Tag verteilt meine Games of the Year. Wobei das keine Auszeichnung ist, sondern lediglich die Spiele sind, die ich dieses Jahr durchgespielt (oder zuende gespielt) habe. Dazu kurze Erläuterungen von mir. Wer nicht möchte, dass ich die Timeline vollspamme, kann die folgenden Hashtags stummschalten:
Ein Spiel, das ich aus Nostalgie noch einmal gespielt habe ist #MaxPayne. Damals galt die Grafik als herausragend, aber sie ist nicht besonders gut gealtert. In dem Spiel geht es um einen glücklosen Detektiv im Film Noir-Stil, der sich durch New York ballert. Die Atmosphäre kommt weiterhin wahnsinnig gut rüber, die Dialoge wirken mit etwas Abstand häufig zu gewollt "badass". Dennoch, ein sehr unterhaltsames Spiel, auch wenn es bei langen Sessions auf die Laune drückt.
Auch ein Spiel, das ich aus Nostalgie erneut durchgespielt habe. Die Grafik wurde im Vergleich zum Vorgänger deutlich verbessert, die Kämpfe machen mehr Spaß, es gibt coole Locations. Die Story ist vermutlich nicht so fesselnd wie im ersten Teil. Wer MP1 mag, wird auch an Max Payne 2 wieder Gefallen finden. Die Reihe beweist, dass eine offene Welt nicht nötig ist, wenn man die Aufmerksamkeit des Spielers durch klare Ziele aufrechterhält.
Since I reinstalled #MaxPayne, I can't stop playing it. 😅
Can't stop as in "I played it on a second evening where I found the time". It's still really fun and good. 🙂
Although I have two pain points that I noticed more today than the last time I played it.
Almost all of Act II is set between shipping containers. That's probably why I always forget about it.
If an enemy has a shotgun, their spread is reduced by roughly 1000%. They can snipe you from across a shipyard. 🤯 #ShareYourGames
Inktober, jour 1, Dream. C'était un rêve depuis le début, Mario ? #Inktober2023#inktober
Ça fait un moment que j'ai pas dessiné, donc bon, la technique est plus trop là. La prochaine fois, je colore, et APRÈS je trace. Nouveau carnet, en plus, donc je connais pas trop son facteur d'absorption.
Inktober, jour 4: Dodge. Ah ben oui, le bulletdodge de Max Payne, inoubliable ! #inktober2023#inktober#dodge#Maxpayne J'ai pas trop loupé la tête de Sam Lake, je trouve...
I'm not one for "New Year's resolutions", but I am one for overly ambitious projects.
For 2023, Project365 is "One New Game Per Day".
Given that I have 634 unplayed games in my Steam account and {mumble} unredeemed bundle Steam keys, there's a reason my unplayed collection is tagged "Pile of Shame".
I'll pin this to my profile, and give a brief summary here each day (or x, if I miss x days due to work or stuff).
I'll play 15-30 minutes of (at least) one new game I've never played before (or played less than 15 minutes of). I'll give every game at least 15 minutes, even if I hate every minute of it.
I'm also open to suggestions; if you reply to this thread with a game, I'll schedule it, or tell you what I thought of it.
One of the things that's come up is that I have a bunch of games that I've played once, and not touched again.
No, that is not a typo. Yes, this is the original Max Payne. No, I have never played it. Yes, this will be hard to review.
Max Payne is a... come on, you know: third-person shooter, undercover detective is framed, goes rogue to try & get his life back.
I'd started Max Payne at some time in the past, & closed it after three minutes. Possibly because it's buggy as hell.
As the game starts, "Remedy" pops up on the screen; "Wait... the people who made Control?" It added a new lens with which to judge the game.
Unfortunately, it doesn't help much. I can see why Max Payne was so groundbreaking in 2001, but almost 22 years later, it hasn't aged well.
Firstly, the face-tech that was amazing in 2001 makes Max look constipated, and that's a hard thing to get past. It makes the game feel cheesy now.
Secondly, it is quite buggy. Kudos that it still runs in 2023 (at 2K res!), but audio dropouts & random freezes make it tough to want to keep playing.
However, there's a core to the story there, and a foreshadowing of Remedy's future storytelling prowess. I can see why they're remaking it; I think I might wrestle with it for a bit longer.