Labrat
07-04-2003, 06:03 AM
Yeah, PC Powerplay has a good few pages on Max Payne. Some new info it has I haven't seen elsewhere...
1.) Different reload animations in Bullettime. For instance, normally Max will eject the empty clips from his Dual Berettas and manually reload them. In bullettime he'll fling the empty guns aside and pull fresh ones from his coat.
2.) The AI code has been completely recoded from scratch.
3.) There will be events where Max will have AI buddies who will take cover, return fire and chat amongst themselves, providing clues to where the enemy is. Apparently, this sequence is on par with the Half-Life 2 video.
4.) Bullettime has been improved an incredible lot. To quote the magazine: "It's tough to describe such a sight in words, but after seeing the single-most effortlessly cool and emphatically visceral minute of gameplay we've ever seen, all we wanted was more".
5.) Quotes from the new-and-improved Graphic Novels! They reveal that the trouble will start, once again, with "the death of a woman", and that after MP1, Woden keeps his word and Max emerges from the bloodbath with little more than a slap on the wrists, quitting the DEA to return to his NYPD roots. There's also a bit of a rant, with Max listing his wants.
6.) Finally, why a love story? "Because no-one has done it before", according to a certain Sam Lake.
So, yeah. Hope this clears some things up. If you want more info, grab the magazine or wait for someone to scan it or something. There are, by the way, no new screenshots.
EDIT: If I'm retreading old ground with this, feel free to ignore this post, mmkay?
1.) Different reload animations in Bullettime. For instance, normally Max will eject the empty clips from his Dual Berettas and manually reload them. In bullettime he'll fling the empty guns aside and pull fresh ones from his coat.
2.) The AI code has been completely recoded from scratch.
3.) There will be events where Max will have AI buddies who will take cover, return fire and chat amongst themselves, providing clues to where the enemy is. Apparently, this sequence is on par with the Half-Life 2 video.
4.) Bullettime has been improved an incredible lot. To quote the magazine: "It's tough to describe such a sight in words, but after seeing the single-most effortlessly cool and emphatically visceral minute of gameplay we've ever seen, all we wanted was more".
5.) Quotes from the new-and-improved Graphic Novels! They reveal that the trouble will start, once again, with "the death of a woman", and that after MP1, Woden keeps his word and Max emerges from the bloodbath with little more than a slap on the wrists, quitting the DEA to return to his NYPD roots. There's also a bit of a rant, with Max listing his wants.
6.) Finally, why a love story? "Because no-one has done it before", according to a certain Sam Lake.
So, yeah. Hope this clears some things up. If you want more info, grab the magazine or wait for someone to scan it or something. There are, by the way, no new screenshots.
EDIT: If I'm retreading old ground with this, feel free to ignore this post, mmkay?