Max Payne 2 press release - Page 2

theHunted · 05-13-2003, 01:37 PM

since i'm austrian (which means german speaking) i might be wrong, but i just dont get why everyone connects "the fall" with "dying".
couldnt the title also somehow mean, the fall as in, the complete waste of his life, becoming some drug junkie, crying for his family 10 hours a day. just trying to pass each single day without having any meaning nomore?

something like that? thats what makes sense to me and would allow a heroic comeback in mp3 if there will ever be.

bopper · 05-13-2003, 02:11 PM

What's the difference?
In any case he'd no longer be a viable hero.

Joe Siegler · 05-13-2003, 02:20 PM

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Originally posted by Champ32:
Hope it comes out on consoles, too. It'll be late for 'em if they are though. Oh well, Enter the Matrix should tide me over for a bit!

Read the press release. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

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How is 3D Realms involved in this version of Max Pyane? I didn't see any mention of them in the press release.

We're involved exactly the same way we were with the first one. No change at all.

[quote]Originally posted by X-Vector:

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Originally posted by George Broussard:
[qb] Gonna. Be. So. Cool.

That's what you guys said about the first one - once bitten, twice shy.

And it was cool. Number 2 will be even better. Baskinator will be well pleased. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

Thriller · 05-13-2003, 04:24 PM

I have to agree. Max Payne was more than cool to me. Beyond words..
I get bored to death with most games, but not Max Payne - it sucked (*) me right in and woudnt let me go. But I had no expectations of it, something I do have for the sequel.

Edit:
* Dont quote that [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

[ 05-13-2003, 05:27 PM: Message edited by: Thriller ]

sawn_off · 05-13-2003, 08:20 PM

I don't like the title. You never include a character's name in the title when it is the title.

The Baskinator · 05-13-2003, 09:08 PM

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It would be a shame to lose you before we get to experience the zany fangirl antics you undoubtedly (sp?) will pull when the game is out.

Oh, it's going to be such fun. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

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The Fall of Max Payne could mean he slipped in the shower and broke a hip.

Be careful about saying "Max Payne" and "shower" in the same sentence around me. Then I really will explode. [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]

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Baskinator will be well pleased.

. . . *explodes*

I love the title. It's really epic, sort of like the Star Wars movie titles. Max Payne - Episode 2: Return of the Junkie! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

NetDisruptor · 05-13-2003, 11:05 PM

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Originally posted by sawn_off:
I don't like the title. You never include a character's name in the title when it is the title.

I have to agree here that name sounds corny as hell.
How about:

Max Payne II
The Fall of Payne

I'm just guessing but this must mean Max
Turns Vigilante even more so.

Bushido · 05-14-2003, 12:42 AM

Hey Remedy, excellent news! Fall 2003 is much better than that brutal 4 year wait for the first one (the old fans know what I mean). Just thought I'd let you guys know again that Max Payne is just incredible! The best action game I've ever played.

...i recently upgraded to a 3.06ghz beast of a computer and I'm playing Payne with every detail at full in 6x anti-aliasing and 16x anistropic filtering...it's...just...gorgeous! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

j · 05-14-2003, 03:37 AM

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Originally posted by The Baskinator:
I love the title. It's really epic, sort of like the Star Wars movie titles. Max Payne - Episode 2: Return of the Junkie! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

Other than epic, it's really bad, sort of like the Star Wars movie titles. Sure, a nice movie reference, but I always thought of Max as an AAA-class action movie, not a B-movie.

But then again, with a skitload of games like Dead to Rights & co. coming out from every developer, maybe they should've just called it Attack of the Clones. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

biXen · 05-14-2003, 05:48 AM

AAAAAAAAAH, now I get it. The Fall of Max Payne only refers to that it comes during the fall of 2003, hehe, I'm so smart... [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

Jade · 05-14-2003, 06:32 AM

It's the fall in love [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

biXen · 05-14-2003, 06:44 AM

I'm still hoping it starts out with a zoom in on Max's face, really constipated like in Max Payne 1, then zooming out and we see him sitting on the can taking a dump, haha, that would be killer [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

Jade · 05-14-2003, 06:51 AM

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Originally posted by biXen:
I'm still hoping it starts out with a zoom in on Max's face, really constipated like in Max Payne 1, then zooming out and we see him sitting on the can taking a dump, haha, that would be killer [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

He just looks cute like in MP1. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

Joe Siegler · 05-14-2003, 09:52 AM

Actually, there was some discussion about calling the game "Max Payne II: Run! It's Baskinator", but it was decided to go something more conventional.

biXen · 05-14-2003, 10:12 AM

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Originally posted by Joe3DR:
Actually, there was some discussion about calling the game "Max Payne II: Run! It's Baskinator", but it was decided to go something more conventional.

I bet Take 2 objected, those bastards [img]graemlins/tinyted.gif[/img]

Wrathstalker · 05-14-2003, 12:27 PM

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Originally posted by Joe3DR:
Actually, there was some discussion about calling the game "Max Payne II: Run! It's Baskinator", but it was decided to go something more conventional.

I would've liked that better! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

nielsv · 05-14-2003, 01:13 PM

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Originally posted by MarkusRMD:
Thought people may be interested.

Why did you think so? [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

P.S.: Don't raise the system requirements too much, please!

EDIT: just noticed this: maxpayne2.com
Not much to see there for the moment, though.

Rat Nukem · 05-14-2003, 01:44 PM

it seems that rockstar games is jealous of 3drealms......i mean....how can max payne sink lower if hes lost his family/ his job/ his best friend/ and hes in jail.

well unless he gets caught working 4 the russian mafia ( cos of his new Russian friend ) and that old guy bails him out for another mission....

its going to b kinda hard to explain how max payne can fall neways .....

but still......it does sound kool and i also cant wait till it comes out....( but y isnt it mentioned on the 3drealms game releases? )

Warmaster129 · 05-14-2003, 02:54 PM

Looking at www.maxpayne2.com it looks like he "falls" by falling in love. Think Star Wars.

Co11 · 05-14-2003, 03:04 PM

NOOOOooooOOOOooo... max falls in love with Baskinator... [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

hemlock_0 · 05-14-2003, 05:14 PM

I don't understand this...people are told right from the start that Max Payne 2 will be out in late 2003, and when there isn't a huge amount of news, they assume that the work isn't being done?! I guess I'm one of few who are not surprised to see Remedy do what they said they'd do all along, not needing constant reassurance of their efforts.

Still, where are my screenshots? I can't live without screenshots...and they had BETTER be of Sam Lake...

-A

Crim · 05-14-2003, 06:38 PM

Originally posted by sawn_off :

"I don't like the title. You never include a character's name in the title when it is the title."

I agree 100%. When Max Payne was announced, the title referred to two things : maximum pain and as well as the protagonist's name. Now its kinda screwed up and I dont wanna even talk about it. Imagine this, Jar Jar Binks : The fall of Jar Jar Binks..on a second thought, dont...
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bopper · 05-14-2003, 07:01 PM

Everyone's right about this.......this is no way to title something.

It should be something like: Mona's Return - The Fall of Max Payne

........or something

theHunted · 05-15-2003, 04:41 AM

sit back, grab a beer and try to chill.
it's kinda funny how everybody judges the game by its title. that simple piece of written characters doesnt tell us anything about the quality of the game at all. if you dont like "the fall of max payne" just call it "max payne 2".

Mad_Max · 05-15-2003, 09:53 AM

Great news!! The sub-title seems somewhat corny, but there's no doubt that it will be a great game nonetheless. I still think that "Max Payne 2: New Yorker" and "Max Payne 2: Electric Boogaloo" were great titles. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

There's gotta be a reference about Baskinator somewhere in the game. That'd make everyone's day here. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Jade · 05-15-2003, 12:20 PM

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Originally posted by Mad_Max:

There's gotta be a reference about Baskinator somewhere in the game. That'd make everyone's day here. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Sorry if I'm too courious...but why Baskinator seems so deeply involved with the game...? [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

RollingBrass · 05-15-2003, 01:12 PM

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Originally posted by Mad_Max:
I still think that "Max Payne 2: New Yorker" and "Max Payne 2: Electric Boogaloo" were great titles. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

"Max Payne 2: New Yorker" was my awful suggestion. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

And there should be a reference to ME, DAMMIT! If anything, however, we should still get a long-awaited "WHAT ABOUT MOVING?!" reference. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

The Baskinator · 05-15-2003, 04:30 PM

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Actually, there was some discussion about calling the game "Max Payne II: Run! It's Baskinator", but it was decided to go something more conventional.

WHY WOULD HE RUN FROM ME?! I ONLY WANT TO LOVE HIM!

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There's gotta be a reference about Baskinator somewhere in the game. That'd make everyone's day here.

... Unless it involves me getting shot. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Champ32 · 05-15-2003, 05:17 PM

I think that I should be in the game, because I've been here for a whole six months! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

EDIT: Damn it, nevermind the edit

[ 05-15-2003, 06:23 PM: Message edited by: Champ32 ]

Joe Siegler · 05-15-2003, 09:44 PM

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... Unless it involves me getting shot.

Baskinator gets shot, and Max brings her back with mouth to mouth.

The Baskinator · 05-15-2003, 09:48 PM

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Originally posted by Joe3DR:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />... Unless it involves me getting shot.

Baskinator gets shot, and Max brings her back with mouth to mouth. <hr /></blockquote>Then bring on the guns! \o/

Joe Siegler · 05-15-2003, 09:52 PM

Bang.

NetDisruptor · 05-15-2003, 11:12 PM

I thought I did a great job with the title.
Says the same thing and sounds alot better.

Max Payne II
The Fall of Payne

[ 05-15-2003, 12:15 PM: Message edited by: NetDisruptor ]

Co11 · 05-16-2003, 12:10 AM

did joe just bang baskinator? [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

biXen · 05-16-2003, 12:27 AM

I have the recipe for success. Just get the motorcycle from Vice City in the game, I've been driving that thing for days now, and it doesn't stop being damn damn fun (maybe I'm easily amused) [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

Well without MP2 E3 wasn't even that interesting. Good thing is that now I have the time to get PR ready for some new media afterall. Just remind me to not post any scans of PC Gamer this year, got their lawyers on my back the last time [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

Joker · 05-16-2003, 03:49 AM

Ooh! Ooh! How about...

Max Payne II: Payne Cometh After the Fall

Eh? Eh?

...

I'll show myself out. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

Jade · 05-16-2003, 02:26 PM

Only a little question, the release date will be the same for each country or it's different?

Rat Nukem · 05-16-2003, 02:56 PM

lol......i bet this woman dies in it too.....

itz probaly anotha reason y they called it the *fall*......max payne finds 2nd love .. then sum1 kills her....that would be funny but heart breakin [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

i think the titles brilliant....it actually explains and brings peoples attention 2wards it...

Rat Nukem · 05-16-2003, 02:59 PM

the release dates is usually different.....it took ages 4 the DNMP 2 come out in uk....but on the otha hand....this is gunna b one of the top games of the yr

Raptor[X] · 05-16-2003, 11:38 PM

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Originally posted by biXen:
Well without MP2 E3 wasn't even that interesting. Good thing is that now I have the time to get PR ready for some new media afterall. Just remind me to not post any scans of PC Gamer this year, got their lawyers on my back the last time [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

Maybe you should make a secret website and unveil the screenshots to "an extremely select audience by invitation only"....

[img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

05-14-2003, 09:52 AM	#54
Joe Siegler 3D Realms Staff	Re: Max Payne 2 press release Actually, there was some discussion about calling the game "Max Payne II: Run! It's Baskinator", but it was decided to go something more conventional. __________________ Apogee / 3D Realms Employee: Dec 14, 1992 - May 22, 2009, Oct 23, 2014 - current "Lifting up the Cross to the waiting lost" - Petra \| John 3:16

05-15-2003, 09:52 PM	#72
Joe Siegler 3D Realms Staff	Re: Max Payne 2 press release Bang. __________________ Apogee / 3D Realms Employee: Dec 14, 1992 - May 22, 2009, Oct 23, 2014 - current "Lifting up the Cross to the waiting lost" - Petra \| John 3:16

05-13-2003, 01:37 PM	#41
theHunted	Re: Max Payne 2 press release since i'm austrian (which means german speaking) i might be wrong, but i just dont get why everyone connects "the fall" with "dying". couldnt the title also somehow mean, the fall as in, the complete waste of his life, becoming some drug junkie, crying for his family 10 hours a day. just trying to pass each single day without having any meaning nomore? something like that? thats what makes sense to me and would allow a heroic comeback in mp3 if there will ever be. __________________ M:I - New Dawn a Max Payne 2 modification

05-13-2003, 02:11 PM	#42
bopper	Re: Max Payne 2 press release What's the difference? In any case he'd no longer be a viable hero. __________________ "Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary." - David Gilmour "You don’t know the difference between the Battle of Borodino and a tiger’s bum." - Michael Palin "Push the button, Frank." - Dr. Clayton Forrester

05-13-2003, 04:24 PM	#44
Thriller	Re: Max Payne 2 press release I have to agree. Max Payne was more than cool to me. Beyond words.. I get bored to death with most games, but not Max Payne - it sucked () me right in and woudnt let me go. But I had no expectations of it, something I do have for the sequel. Edit: Dont quote that [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] [ 05-13-2003, 05:27 PM: Message edited by: Thriller ] __________________ As a previous owner of member number 404, I obviously dont know what the hell Im talking about. -------------------- "I GOT PLASTERED!" - Drazula "I thought everyone i Sweden looked like Duke Nukem...." - GreedyFly 2001

05-13-2003, 08:20 PM	#45
sawn_off	Re: Max Payne 2 press release I don't like the title. You never include a character's name in the title when it is the title.

05-14-2003, 12:42 AM	#48
Bushido	Re: Max Payne 2 press release Hey Remedy, excellent news! Fall 2003 is much better than that brutal 4 year wait for the first one (the old fans know what I mean). Just thought I'd let you guys know again that Max Payne is just incredible! The best action game I've ever played. ...i recently upgraded to a 3.06ghz beast of a computer and I'm playing Payne with every detail at full in 6x anti-aliasing and 16x anistropic filtering...it's...just...gorgeous! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

05-14-2003, 05:48 AM	#50
biXen	Re: Max Payne 2 press release AAAAAAAAAH, now I get it. The Fall of Max Payne only refers to that it comes during the fall of 2003, hehe, I'm so smart... [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ bee-digital - my new web dev blog Max Payne fan site Alan Wake fan site

05-14-2003, 06:32 AM	#51
Jade	Re: Max Payne 2 press release It's the fall in love [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] __________________ "First you must know yourself. Then you can know others."

05-14-2003, 06:44 AM	#52
biXen	Re: Max Payne 2 press release I'm still hoping it starts out with a zoom in on Max's face, really constipated like in Max Payne 1, then zooming out and we see him sitting on the can taking a dump, haha, that would be killer [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ bee-digital - my new web dev blog Max Payne fan site Alan Wake fan site

05-14-2003, 01:44 PM	#58
Rat Nukem	Re: Max Payne 2 press release it seems that rockstar games is jealous of 3drealms......i mean....how can max payne sink lower if hes lost his family/ his job/ his best friend/ and hes in jail. well unless he gets caught working 4 the russian mafia ( cos of his new Russian friend ) and that old guy bails him out for another mission.... its going to b kinda hard to explain how max payne can fall neways ..... but still......it does sound kool and i also cant wait till it comes out....( but y isnt it mentioned on the 3drealms game releases? ) __________________ Its time to kick arse and nibble cheese!!

05-14-2003, 02:54 PM	#59
Warmaster129	Re: Max Payne 2 press release Looking at www.maxpayne2.com it looks like he "falls" by falling in love. Think Star Wars.

05-14-2003, 03:04 PM	#60
Co11	Re: Max Payne 2 press release NOOOOooooOOOOooo... max falls in love with Baskinator... [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ For all your Biscuit cleaver needs, go to www.biscuitcleaver.com

05-14-2003, 05:14 PM	#61
hemlock_0	Re: Max Payne 2 press release I don't understand this...people are told right from the start that Max Payne 2 will be out in late 2003, and when there isn't a huge amount of news, they assume that the work isn't being done?! I guess I'm one of few who are not surprised to see Remedy do what they said they'd do all along, not needing constant reassurance of their efforts. Still, where are my screenshots? I can't live without screenshots...and they had BETTER be of Sam Lake... -A __________________ -------------------------------------- If it's not Jarvi, it's not Max. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthread...lins/smile.gif

05-14-2003, 06:38 PM	#62
Crim	Re: Max Payne 2 press release Originally posted by sawn_off : "I don't like the title. You never include a character's name in the title when it is the title." I agree 100%. When Max Payne was announced, the title referred to two things : maximum pain and as well as the protagonist's name. Now its kinda screwed up and I dont wanna even talk about it. Imagine this, Jar Jar Binks : The fall of Jar Jar Binks..on a second thought, dont... [img]graemlins/brickwall.gif[/img]

05-14-2003, 07:01 PM	#63
bopper	Re: Max Payne 2 press release Everyone's right about this.......this is no way to title something. It should be something like: Mona's Return - The Fall of Max Payne ........or something __________________ "Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary." - David Gilmour "You don’t know the difference between the Battle of Borodino and a tiger’s bum." - Michael Palin "Push the button, Frank." - Dr. Clayton Forrester

05-15-2003, 04:41 AM	#64
theHunted	Re: Max Payne 2 press release sit back, grab a beer and try to chill. it's kinda funny how everybody judges the game by its title. that simple piece of written characters doesnt tell us anything about the quality of the game at all. if you dont like "the fall of max payne" just call it "max payne 2". __________________ M:I - New Dawn a Max Payne 2 modification

05-15-2003, 09:53 AM	#65
Mad_Max	Re: Max Payne 2 press release Great news!! The sub-title seems somewhat corny, but there's no doubt that it will be a great game nonetheless. I still think that "Max Payne 2: New Yorker" and "Max Payne 2: Electric Boogaloo" were great titles. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] There's gotta be a reference about Baskinator somewhere in the game. That'd make everyone's day here. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] __________________ In my humble opinion... well, you know the rest. Junkman Games

05-15-2003, 05:17 PM	#69
Champ32	Re: Max Payne 2 press release I think that I should be in the game, because I've been here for a whole six months! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] EDIT: Damn it, nevermind the edit [ 05-15-2003, 06:23 PM: Message edited by: Champ32 ]

05-15-2003, 11:12 PM	#73
NetDisruptor	Re: Max Payne 2 press release I thought I did a great job with the title. Says the same thing and sounds alot better. Max Payne II The Fall of Payne [ 05-15-2003, 12:15 PM: Message edited by: NetDisruptor ]

05-16-2003, 12:10 AM	#74
Co11	Re: Max Payne 2 press release did joe just bang baskinator? [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] __________________ For all your Biscuit cleaver needs, go to www.biscuitcleaver.com

05-16-2003, 12:27 AM	#75
biXen	Re: Max Payne 2 press release I have the recipe for success. Just get the motorcycle from Vice City in the game, I've been driving that thing for days now, and it doesn't stop being damn damn fun (maybe I'm easily amused) [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] Well without MP2 E3 wasn't even that interesting. Good thing is that now I have the time to get PR ready for some new media afterall. Just remind me to not post any scans of PC Gamer this year, got their lawyers on my back the last time [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] __________________ bee-digital - my new web dev blog Max Payne fan site Alan Wake fan site

05-16-2003, 03:49 AM	#76
Joker	Re: Max Payne 2 press release Ooh! Ooh! How about... Max Payne II: Payne Cometh After the Fall Eh? Eh? ... I'll show myself out. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

05-16-2003, 02:26 PM	#77
Jade	Re: Max Payne 2 press release Only a little question, the release date will be the same for each country or it's different? __________________ "First you must know yourself. Then you can know others."

05-16-2003, 02:56 PM	#78
Rat Nukem	Re: Max Payne 2 press release lol......i bet this woman dies in it too..... itz probaly anotha reason y they called it the fall......max payne finds 2nd love .. then sum1 kills her....that would be funny but heart breakin [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] i think the titles brilliant....it actually explains and brings peoples attention 2wards it... __________________ Its time to kick arse and nibble cheese!!

05-16-2003, 02:59 PM	#79
Rat Nukem	Re: Max Payne 2 press release the release dates is usually different.....it took ages 4 the DNMP 2 come out in uk....but on the otha hand....this is gunna b one of the top games of the yr __________________ Its time to kick arse and nibble cheese!!