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The story is told in medias res and consists of three volumes: "The American Dream", "A Cold Day in Hell", and "A Bit Closer to Heaven". The game begins in the winter of 2001, as New York City finishes experiencing the worst blizzard in the history of the city. The intro sequence shows Max Payne, a renegade DEA agent and former NYPD officer, standing at the top of a skyscraper building as police units arrive. He then experiences a flashback from three years ago. Back in 1998, Max returned home to find that a trio of apparent junkies had broken into his house while high on a new designer drug called Valkyr. Max rushed to the aid his family, but was too late and his wife and their newborn daughter had already been brutally murdered. After his family's funeral, Payne transferred to the DEA. Three years later, Max Payne is employed as an undercover operative inside the Punchinello Mafia family responsible for the trafficking of Valkyr. His DEA colleague B.B. gives Max a message asking him to meet another DEA agent, who is also Max's best friend, Alex Balder, in the NYC Subway station. Max's arrival at the subway results in a shoot-out after he encounters mobsters working for Jack Lupino, a Mafia underboss in the Punchinello crime family, attempting a bank robbery by breaking through from the station. Working his way back to the surface, Max encounters Alex, who is then killed by an unknown assassin and Payne becomes the prime suspect in the murder. Additionally, the Mafia find out that he is a cop and now want him dead.

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ReleasedDec 06, 2001
DeveloperRemedy
PublisherRockstar
Players1
Co-OpNo

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Box Description

MAX PAYNE IS A MAN WITH NOTHING TO LOSE IN THE VIOLENT, COLD URBAN NIGHT.
A FUGITIVE UNDERCOVER COP FRAMED FOR MURDER. AND NOW HUNTED BY COPS AND THE MOB.
MAX IS A MAN WITH HIS BACK AGAINST THE WALL,
FIGHTING A BATTLE HE CANNOT HOPE TO WIN.
PREPARE FOR NEW BREED OF DEEP ACTION GAME.
PREPARE FOR PAIN...
SELF ADJUSTING DIFFICULTY KEEPS YOU
IN THE SWEET SPOT OF GAMEPLAY BLISS.
BULLET TIME'"LETS THE PLAYER USE SLOW MOTION
GAMEPLAY TO BRING DOWN ENEMIES.
"(MAX PAYNE) IS A TITLE YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT MISS IF YOU'RE AN ACTION GAMER." - IGN.COM
'HIGH INTENSITY. TWO-FISTED GUNPLAY WITH HONG KONG STYLE CINEMATOGRAPHY. COMPLETE WITH PLAYABLE SLO-MO
AND BULLET TIME-TN THIS GAME JUST ROCKS."- NEXT GEN MAGAZINE
MATURE
BLOOD, VIOLENCE
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Rockstar Games and the Rockstar Games logo are trademarks of Take-Two Interactive Software. mc.
Max Payne. the Max Payne 1000. 3D Realtns Entertmnntent. and the 3D Realms Logo are trademarks of Apogee
Software Ltd. Remedy and the Remedy logo are tradennrks ot Remedy Entertainment. Ltd. (c) 2001 Rentedy
Entenatnment. Ltd. and Apogee Software Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed for play on the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment systems with the NTSC U/C designation only.
'PlayStation• and the •PS' Fantily logo are registered ttademarks of Sony Computer Entertuntnent Inc . The ratings icon
a trademark ot the Interactive Digital Software Association. Manufactured and pnnted in the USA THIS SOFTWARE
IS COMPATIBLE WITH PLAYSTATION 2 CONSOLES WITH THE NTSC IDC DESIGNATION. US. AND FOREIGN
PATENTS PENDING.
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