On the other, the actual gameplay is derived from Hong Kong action cinema: bloody gunfights accentuated with lots diving through the air while firing guns akimbo in Matrix “bullet time,” a technique as flashy as it is impractical. On the one hand, each game is archetypical Noir: a cynical anti-hero set against the gritty, grimy underworld who wryly waxes poetic via internal monologue.
The Max Payne series has always been about contradiction. Platform: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Windows PCĪuteurs Attached: The Houser Bros.
