15:28 in a recent interview (in which he was promoting Alan Wake 2) Sam Lake mentioned that he's always drawn or written stuff in real life and then photographed and put into the games. All the whiteboard scribbles in Control and [REDACTED]'s crazy theory whiteboard was his hand-writing. He then mentioned that he did fake children's drawings for Max Payne 2 that were hung up in the hospital. There they are
23:35 Dark Justice was one of the names Remedy was considering for the game, Max Payne, VERY EARLY in development. Gotta imagine this is in reference to that
Max Payne 2 is so fucking good... My first Remedy game and hooked me on Poets of the Fall. Heartwarming to see that collaboration is still strong 20 years later... Hope you enjoy/enjoyed it!
16:55 yep, that's Sam Lake lol. That might've been his voice yelling in fear, too. He got demoted from being Max Payne's face model 🤨. Not to worry tho, he landed a nice gig(s) on the telly
Glad to see you revisiting Max Payne again Mapo👍 MP1 and MP2 were so much fun and part of my childhood, so I hope you finish off this amazing series with Max Payne 3. Btw, a very useful tip to remember is that Bullettime has been upgraded in this game. Try not to get caught in groups because you can die quickly. Its best to reload in bullettime for matrix style reloading while in intense shootouts. The more enemies you kill in bullettime, the more the hourglass fills up and turns yellow. Whats interesting is that the more enemies you kill in slowmotion, the faster you move while they start slowing down more. If youre on a killing streak, eventually youll see cinematic 360 reloads. Its pretty sick man😎
Oh, man.. Twin Peaks The Return is such a good season! Can't wait to hear what you have to say about it haha! Also - Can't wait to see how Remedy will recreate all the TV shows for the remake!
I was hoping for either this or Dishonored 2 to be starting up next, so I'm a very happy camper right now. This game is incredible. Replayed it again this summer (on an ultrawide monitor no less and it worked really nicely) and it was just as good as I remembered.
1:09:29 I like that Remedy was already playing with these concepts for a real long time, we can basically say that Alan Wake 2 is indeed a culmination of everything they made until then.
A dn good suprise on the refresh... This is the only game of the series I played and my childhood basically with 3rd person shooters. This and the Syphon filter games. Can't wait for the full play through and your experience with it.
Aaah it's so weird!! I played and replayed this game hundreds of times in my childhood without understanding a single word spoken, and watching this now feels so nostalgically weird!! Love it! 🤘
Played the living shit out of Max Payne 1 back in the day but only got around to the sequel in 2022. It was a blast, aged pretty well. Remedy touch in full force, and some amazing GOAT tier levels. May you enjoy just as much, GLHF. PS : mirrors are more fun than television.
Thank God it's a PC version. Console ports are simply subpar and don't do these classics justice. There's not a lot of tweaking needed to get PC versions running smoothly on modern rigs. While MP3 might be mechanically superior and features a great soundtrack, nice story, and atmosphere, MP2's tone and atmosphere are still very striking and highly enjoyable. And that main theme is one of the most iconic of all time. This will be a fun ride!
If you're having trouble in gunfights, the bullet time mode (where you activate it and you aren't diving) is good if you keep moving, it allows you to run out into the open and have much more control if you get shot and you don't have to worry about standing back up/being vulnerable on the floor. If you activate it and stand still, it does literally nothing for you. You can also use it as a panic button in the case of an ambush, but again, don't stand still.
I've been waitinggggggggggggggggg for you to (hopefully) enjoy this one! MP2 is wonderful, Remedy is fun, and I'm all about waking up to see these episodes every few days now. hahaha
You seem to thrive playing several of these older games. As a kid growing up in the 90's, seeing you play Max Payne, Dino crisis, Splinter cell and of course Metal Gear Solid really warms my heart. I do have a few games I would love seeing you play, though I find it rather unrealistic expecting you to do so. Still nice to just share my thoughts though. Ape escape (PS1, preferably the PAL version as the voice acting is better) - Not the greatest game but has a ton of charm and is one of, if not the very first, game to require the dual shock making it quite groundbreaking. Also has no good let's plays at all and the franchise is weirdly enough connected to Metal Gear Solid. Medievil (PS1/PS4) - Again, not the greatest game but also has an abundance of charm. Lots of neat little details along with fun simple gameplay. Final Fantasy IX - Considering how fond you are of FF7 you have probably played this already. My all time favorite game only tied with Hollow knight. Just amazing all around. The Thing (PS2) - An absolute gem of a game. How this is so unknown is beyond me. The way it plays of the movie (which is amazing as well) is so good, and I enjoyed every minute playing through this game. None of these games would gather much of an audience I'm afraid. But it certainly would be fun to watch.
I remember playing this game and constantly dying because I would hit caps lock instead of tab to take a painkiller. Also, I tried a few times back in the day to get through Twin Peaks, but I never could. I always ended up confused and losing interest. Maybe I'll give it another go one of these days, but my watchlist is sooooo long.
Cry Payne and let Slip the Detectives of Noir! Really Thrilled to see you play this. Small tip beating the Game on the hardest Difficulty changes the Ending slightly, not sure if its worth beating the game multiple Times but surely watching.
You should be using the right click slow-mo more as that is where all the cool gunfights are at and how the game was designed. The dive is for last resort to get to cover or for last bit of bullet-time as it's so limited. Time slows more as you stack up kills during the right-click slow-mo. I hope you haven't played the whole game like this already 😂
Listening to McCaffrey narrate Max's hard-boiled lines with such sincerity and grit gives me so much joy, but also makes me sad now. Those remakes just ain't gonna be the same without him :/ I imagine they'll recast the role, which honestly is a good choice. If the story is mostly the same, they could probably just re-use his performance from this game. At least have that option (listen to the original VO or the new one). Better to recast and have a new actor give their spin on the role, while paying proper tribute to the original actor's performance instead of using shoddy AI to crap out a cheap, soulless imitation of McCaffrey's performance.
It wont work to remake such an old game and keep everything the same without a single addition to the script. It's not the good type of remake, no matter how good the original game is. And there is an interesting potential to expand the script in this particular case where the original maker is still in the company after so long. So that is a possibility that has to be explored imo.
Caution, Alan Wakr 2 spoilers in this video. I quickly had to jump through some stuff here. I hope that this is not how the whole series goes. Apart from that it's a great video though.
I’m all honestly if they remake max payne, which I believe they are, they should keep the new max face. It’s unique and I don’t think based on anyone. Gives him his own face not Sam lakes. Nothing wrong with same lake I just don’t think his face fits on a remade max Payne.
All Max Payne faces are based on real-life people. Sam Lake in Max Payne. Timothy Gibbs in Max Payne 2. James McCaffrey (the voice of Max Payne) in Max Payne 3. Also, if there is one thing that Alan Wake 2 proves... it is that Sam Lake's face + McCaffrey's voice is STILL a solid fit. But ofc, I imagine they're gonna get a new voice actor for the remakes. It is the best course of action. And then maybe keep an option to toggle the original VO. As for the face... The best case scenario would be an option for the player to pick one of the three faces at will. But I suppose we shall see.
I was youngish when this came out and to me it just wasn't Max Payne. Whoever this new dude was, I didn't like him. Still haven't gotten round to playing any of the sequels.
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Widescreen fix is applied from the next episode :)
Please also apply a fix where the video frame at the end does not cover patrons' names, Mapo.
I was gonna message about it the millisecond It turned to gameplay XD
Ah, no more Fat Payne... good.
Disappointed to be losing the Max Payne x The Dwarves crossover, though.
Rest in peace James McCaffrey
And thanks for playing this game mapo and appreciating his acting
If only TV was that interesting in real life. I had completely forgot the amount of cool little details this game has.
AINT NO WAY This was the most awaited video of yours for me. You made my day dude
15:28 in a recent interview (in which he was promoting Alan Wake 2) Sam Lake mentioned that he's always drawn or written stuff in real life and then photographed and put into the games. All the whiteboard scribbles in Control and [REDACTED]'s crazy theory whiteboard was his hand-writing. He then mentioned that he did fake children's drawings for Max Payne 2 that were hung up in the hospital. There they are
23:35 Dark Justice was one of the names Remedy was considering for the game, Max Payne, VERY EARLY in development. Gotta imagine this is in reference to that
Max Payne 2 is so fucking good... My first Remedy game and hooked me on Poets of the Fall. Heartwarming to see that collaboration is still strong 20 years later... Hope you enjoy/enjoyed it!
16:55 yep, that's Sam Lake lol. That might've been his voice yelling in fear, too. He got demoted from being Max Payne's face model 🤨. Not to worry tho, he landed a nice gig(s) on the telly
Regarding the Max Heat commercial on the TV, Max Heat was the original name for Max Payne before they changed his last name to Payne
15:42 fun fact: those child drawings were made by Sam Lake himself
Glad to see you revisiting Max Payne again Mapo👍 MP1 and MP2 were so much fun and part of my childhood, so I hope you finish off this amazing series with Max Payne 3.
Btw, a very useful tip to remember is that Bullettime has been upgraded in this game. Try not to get caught in groups because you can die quickly. Its best to reload in bullettime for matrix style reloading while in intense shootouts. The more enemies you kill in bullettime, the more the hourglass fills up and turns yellow. Whats interesting is that the more enemies you kill in slowmotion, the faster you move while they start slowing down more. If youre on a killing streak, eventually youll see cinematic 360 reloads. Its pretty sick man😎
Aw sweet, probably my favorite Max Payne! I played this so many times back in my university days.
HELL YES! I am so pumped for this lets play! Probably my favorite installment in the trilogy :)
This is definitely one of the best 3rd person shooters of all time. And it holds the test of time!
Which is very impressive for an early 00s game
I love this game much more than the first one, because this is such a great polished noir story.
the model for vladimir in the first mp game was actually the singer of poets of the fall (old gods of asgard)
It's so funny to watch when you know all the hidden items, but he doesn't find them, although they are one step away from him 😃
It's finally here! And we'll keep driving to the night...
Oh, man.. Twin Peaks The Return is such a good season! Can't wait to hear what you have to say about it haha!
Also - Can't wait to see how Remedy will recreate all the TV shows for the remake!
Two Mapocolops videos back to back on the same day? We eating good!
Mapo does that often though?
Max Payne 2 is probably my favorite game of all times, the best from the trilogy and my whole childhood. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Ayyyyy let's GOOOOOOOO! Finally, the Max Payne Train continues
Ooh that's a pleasant surprise!
I was hoping for either this or Dishonored 2 to be starting up next, so I'm a very happy camper right now. This game is incredible. Replayed it again this summer (on an ultrawide monitor no less and it worked really nicely) and it was just as good as I remembered.
1:09:29
I like that Remedy was already playing with these concepts for a real long time, we can basically say that Alan Wake 2 is indeed a culmination of everything they made until then.
One of my all-time fave's. Been looking forward to you continuing this series. Enjoy.
A dn good suprise on the refresh... This is the only game of the series I played and my childhood basically with 3rd person shooters. This and the Syphon filter games. Can't wait for the full play through and your experience with it.
Been waiting for this. I just replayed the game after watching you play MP1 and AW2.
edit: I remember the was a wide screen fix for PC
I never noticed those drawings on the window at 15:35. :D
Let's gooooo! I love this game so much 💜
Aaah it's so weird!!
I played and replayed this game hundreds of times in my childhood without understanding a single word spoken, and watching this now feels so nostalgically weird!! Love it! 🤘
I remember that Dick Justice and Cold Casey were both rejected names for Max Payne
Yea, finally ! Your in for a ride, MP 2 is epic Mapo :D
Let's go! This game is awesome , I'm sure you will enjoy it
Hell yes! More peak, feed it to me! 🤣
Played the living shit out of Max Payne 1 back in the day but only got around to the sequel in 2022. It was a blast, aged pretty well. Remedy touch in full force, and some amazing GOAT tier levels. May you enjoy just as much, GLHF. PS : mirrors are more fun than television.
Stormveil Castle music walking through the hospital
Thank God it's a PC version. Console ports are simply subpar and don't do these classics justice. There's not a lot of tweaking needed to get PC versions running smoothly on modern rigs.
While MP3 might be mechanically superior and features a great soundtrack, nice story, and atmosphere, MP2's tone and atmosphere are still very striking and highly enjoyable. And that main theme is one of the most iconic of all time. This will be a fun ride!
If you're having trouble in gunfights, the bullet time mode (where you activate it and you aren't diving) is good if you keep moving, it allows you to run out into the open and have much more control if you get shot and you don't have to worry about standing back up/being vulnerable on the floor. If you activate it and stand still, it does literally nothing for you. You can also use it as a panic button in the case of an ambush, but again, don't stand still.
RIP James McCaffrey
Back when this first came out, I thought it was the most next-gen thing I had ever played lol It was such a good experience back then.
I've been waitinggggggggggggggggg for you to (hopefully) enjoy this one! MP2 is wonderful, Remedy is fun, and I'm all about waking up to see these episodes every few days now. hahaha
This game has such great ragdolls. Max Payne 3 has even more realistic, but I think 2 has the best "gamefeel".
About time you played this :D
You seem to thrive playing several of these older games. As a kid growing up in the 90's, seeing you play Max Payne, Dino crisis, Splinter cell and of course Metal Gear Solid really warms my heart.
I do have a few games I would love seeing you play, though I find it rather unrealistic expecting you to do so. Still nice to just share my thoughts though.
Ape escape (PS1, preferably the PAL version as the voice acting is better) - Not the greatest game but has a ton of charm and is one of, if not the very first, game to require the dual shock making it quite groundbreaking. Also has no good let's plays at all and the franchise is weirdly enough connected to Metal Gear Solid.
Medievil (PS1/PS4) - Again, not the greatest game but also has an abundance of charm. Lots of neat little details along with fun simple gameplay.
Final Fantasy IX - Considering how fond you are of FF7 you have probably played this already. My all time favorite game only tied with Hollow knight. Just amazing all around.
The Thing (PS2) - An absolute gem of a game. How this is so unknown is beyond me. The way it plays of the movie (which is amazing as well) is so good, and I enjoyed every minute playing through this game.
None of these games would gather much of an audience I'm afraid. But it certainly would be fun to watch.
Oooh i love this game!
Oh shit, peak fiction incoming
This game is amazing.
Fun fact, Kevin Conroy the voice of Batman in heaps things plays a a goons in this game
Yeah! Mapo! Enjoy it! This is the Best Max payne game, im so hyped for this! ❤
Woo-Hoo! For me, this is the best of the Max Payne games
I remember playing this game and constantly dying because I would hit caps lock instead of tab to take a painkiller.
Also, I tried a few times back in the day to get through Twin Peaks, but I never could. I always ended up confused and losing interest. Maybe I'll give it another go one of these days, but my watchlist is sooooo long.
My Lord!
"There was a blind spot in my head. A bullet-shaped hole where the answers should be."
Already starting off strong with the one-liners 🫡😤
It's about time :)
Remedy is working on a remake of MP 1 and 2, combined into one game. It will probably kill everything.
bullet time!
Cry Payne and let Slip the Detectives of Noir!
Really Thrilled to see you play this. Small tip beating the Game on the hardest Difficulty changes the Ending slightly, not sure if its worth beating the game multiple Times but surely watching.
You should be using the right click slow-mo more as that is where all the cool gunfights are at and how the game was designed. The dive is for last resort to get to cover or for last bit of bullet-time as it's so limited. Time slows more as you stack up kills during the right-click slow-mo. I hope you haven't played the whole game like this already 😂
Do Quantum Break next. Its very underrated.
Listening to McCaffrey narrate Max's hard-boiled lines with such sincerity and grit gives me so much joy, but also makes me sad now.
Those remakes just ain't gonna be the same without him :/
I imagine they'll recast the role, which honestly is a good choice. If the story is mostly the same, they could probably just re-use his performance from this game. At least have that option (listen to the original VO or the new one).
Better to recast and have a new actor give their spin on the role, while paying proper tribute to the original actor's performance instead of using shoddy AI to crap out a cheap, soulless imitation of McCaffrey's performance.
It wont work to remake such an old game and keep everything the same without a single addition to the script. It's not the good type of remake, no matter how good the original game is. And there is an interesting potential to expand the script in this particular case where the original maker is still in the company after so long. So that is a possibility that has to be explored imo.
Am I crazy or his face should have been modeled after clint eastwood's? Is this some remaster or my memory is orribile?
Caution, Alan Wakr 2 spoilers in this video. I quickly had to jump through some stuff here. I hope that this is not how the whole series goes. Apart from that it's a great video though.
Lies of P when?
literally everyone has the same reaction to MP2 model... who the fuck is this dude?
I’m all honestly if they remake max payne, which I believe they are, they should keep the new max face. It’s unique and I don’t think based on anyone. Gives him his own face not Sam lakes. Nothing wrong with same lake I just don’t think his face fits on a remade max Payne.
All Max Payne faces are based on real-life people. Sam Lake in Max Payne. Timothy Gibbs in Max Payne 2. James McCaffrey (the voice of Max Payne) in Max Payne 3.
Also, if there is one thing that Alan Wake 2 proves... it is that Sam Lake's face + McCaffrey's voice is STILL a solid fit. But ofc, I imagine they're gonna get a new voice actor for the remakes. It is the best course of action. And then maybe keep an option to toggle the original VO. As for the face... The best case scenario would be an option for the player to pick one of the three faces at will. But I suppose we shall see.
I was youngish when this came out and to me it just wasn't Max Payne. Whoever this new dude was, I didn't like him. Still haven't gotten round to playing any of the sequels.