Max Payne is a third-person shooter video game.

The game features a gritty neo-noir style and uses graphic novel panels (with voice-overs) in place of animated cutscenes to narrate the game, as it draws inspiration from hard-boiled detective novels by authors like Mickey Spillane. The game contains many allusions to Norse mythology, particularly the myth of Ragnarök, and several of the names used in the game are those of the Norse gods and mythos. The gameplay is heavily influenced by the Hong Kong action cinema genre, particularly the work of director John Woo, and it was the first game to feature the bullet time effect popularized by The Matrix.

Platform

Xbox

Developer(s)

Neo Software

Publishers(s)

Rockstar Games

Genres(s)

Action, Third Person Shooter

NA Release Date

December 12, 2001

EU Release Date

March 14, 2002

ESRB Rating

Mature 17+

PEGI Rating

PEGI 18

MVGL User Score

8.1 by 21 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

2.0000

Composer(s)

Kärtsy Hatakka, Kimmo Kajasto

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33 User(s)

This game also exists on:
PC PlayStation 2 Mac Nintendo Gameboy Advance Mobile Xbox 360 PlayStation 4 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X/S

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