The OG Max Payne still holds up brilliantly, fans enthuse

I can’t believe I’m about to say this but it’s been 22 years since Remedy Entertainment first released Max Payne.

If you haven’t yet dived into this classic title, you should. Centred around NYPD detective Max Payne, the titular sleuth must solve the murder of his family all whilst investigating a drug trafficking ring. It went on to spawn a number of sequels including Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne and Max Payne 3. It’s no secret that fans want to see the series on modern consoles. In fact, one fan even took to creating a mock new-gen version of Max Payne 2 themselves. Well, remakes of the first two games are actually in development at Remedy Entertainment - although they’re still in the early stages of production. In the meantime though, fans have been discussing the fact that the original game still holds up very well.

Take a look at the original Max Payne in action below.

Reddit user Rodeo4613 kicked off the conversation, writing, “22 years later [and] Max Payne 1 is still one of my favourite games of all time, and I really recommend you to try it if you haven’t had the chance.” Plenty of fellow fans agreed.

User eldisk wrote, “God, I'll never forget playing this game, I can't agree more OP,” while Sol1dshot added, “‘They were all dead. The final gunshot was an exclamation mark on everything that had led to this point. I released my finger from the trigger, and it was over.’ Still get goosebumps after all these years when I hear that.” The-copilot commented, “Same, the writing for this game was unreal. I still think about quotes from these games 20 [plus] years later. ‘There was a bullet shaped hole where the answers should be.’”

Smooth_Riker said, “This game had such a vibe. The snowy city itself felt like a character, much like Gotham in any good Batman adaptation. The fact that you could see the damage that the drug was doing to the city on every level, right down to homeless junkies talking about it around a trash fire. I still remember sneaking into that hotel and there's one henchman in a lobby area watching Lords & Ladies and he's super into it lol. This game is packed with all kinds of detail that rivals anything else made at the time.” Now I’m itching to dive back in.