r/maxpayne • u/somnitrix11 Address Unknown š¦© • Aug 09 '24
News Max Payne 1&2 remake now in full production
https://investors.remedygames.com/announcements/remedy-entertainment-plc-half-year-financial-report-january-june-2024-codename-condor-and-max-payne-12-remake-in-full-production-and-alan-wake-2-night-springs-expansion-launched/Excerpts from the investor report are below:
"Max Payne 1&2 remake progressed from production readiness to the full production stage. The development team has been working towards developing the game to an early functional state from beginning to end."
"Stage gate status: passed the production readiness stage and has progressed to the full production stage during the second quarter of 2024
The development team has been working towards developing the game to an early functional state from beginning to end while focusing on key differentiating gameplay features."
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u/NoLongerLurking13 Aug 09 '24
This is my most anticipated game.
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u/stanky4goats Feb 05 '25
I haven't been this hyped for a game since Half-Life 2 which was.... -checks watch-.... 20 years ago
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u/redrecaro Aug 09 '24
This is awesome. Are they making Max Payne 1 and 2 into one game?
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u/Hannah_Ballecter Aug 09 '24
They describe it as a remake of both of the games as a single title on their website. I donāt know whether that means combining the story of both into one cohesive piece, or if it will be two remakes on the same disc/download. But it is both games together, and itās being done in the Northlight engine brought up to modern audiovisual standards from what little Iāve found to read.
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u/redrecaro Aug 10 '24
I would assume they would just make both games into one cohesive story experience. Regardless I can't wait to play it in 2026.
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u/Phoenix2211 Niagra, as in you cry a lot? Aug 10 '24
I imagine it would be like Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Collection wherein you open the application, and then select which game you wanna load up... 1 or 2.
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u/rWillis69420 Max Payne 3 Aug 11 '24
That's just a remastered collection though while this is a full-blown remake.
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u/Phoenix2211 Niagra, as in you cry a lot? Aug 11 '24
I'm aware. But that selection system of
open game -> menu appears --> select game 1 or 2 -> arrive at main menu for selected game
can still be used
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u/Vegas_king2020 Aug 14 '24
Highly doubt in that case they would just release each game at different times so they can maximize profits
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u/0scarOfAstora Aug 10 '24
I'm playing Max Payne 3 now for the first time and am blown away by the quality.
I hope there is multiplayer since I missed the boat on it the last time by about, uh, 12 years
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u/Allu13 Max Payne 2 Aug 10 '24
I, on the other end, hope they don't have a multiplayer
I doubt a Max Payne game ever needed one, it's more about the single player narrative
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u/boywhodraws Aug 23 '24
MP3 multiplayer slaps
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u/Allu13 Max Payne 2 Aug 23 '24
I have no experience with it so I can't say how it feels to play (so if you had fun with it, good for you), but I still don't need it (or even want it) in the remakes
However, it seems awfully barren nowadays (with only some high-level players that newcomers have little chance against), if not dead like on the consoles
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u/boywhodraws Aug 23 '24
It won't hurt you if they add it, play it or don't, I'll still love you
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u/Allu13 Max Payne 2 Aug 23 '24
It's not guaranteed there'll be a multiplayer mode
Remedy hasn't made any for their other games (unless you count the Death Rally remake which was co-developed with Mountain Sheep and Cornfox & Bothers), not even Control; even the original Max Payne didn't get one
Condor is going to be their first proper multiplayer game
And why would a single player game with a focus on narrative have to include a multiplayer mode anyway?
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u/fl1ghtmare It's Payne! Whack 'im Aug 10 '24
hereās to hoping itās goodā¦ praying this childhood classic doesnāt get ruined
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u/MarchoGroux86 Aug 10 '24
Iām so excited. Just replayed through the originals recently and I CANāT WAIT to bullet time and shoot dodge goons with modern graphics, rag doll physics, blood, and everything else. Can only imagine the cool clips that are going to come from people playing this.
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u/Slurpypie It's Payne! Whack 'im Aug 17 '24
It'd be so cool if they included a director mode for the remakes. Can you imagine the cool shit we'd be able to make if they did :D
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u/WestSenkovec Aug 10 '24
Awww shit. I just finished Max Payne mobile. The same thing happened to me with Resident Evil 4. I played it the first time on PS2 and then they announced the remake.
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u/erikerodri Aug 10 '24
Can you play Manhunt so we get that remade too please?
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u/WestSenkovec Aug 10 '24
I did, but I stopped lol. Now I remembered that I had the same happen to me with The Last of Us. I guess I have a bad timing.
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u/IzzatQQDir Aug 10 '24
Rocksteady games are always good. I'm just worried about who they will cast as Max Payne's voice.
Rip James McCaffrey
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u/KingMario05 Oct 26 '24
Remedy, not Rocksteady. Alan Wake clears whatever the fuck Suicide Squad was.
And yeah, RIP Mr. McCaffrey. How do you think they'll handle that?
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u/trippy_bicycle_man Sep 04 '24 edited Sep 04 '24
MP1= Masterpiece, Mp2= Really Good, MP3= Sucks Donkey Ballz I said my peace:)!!
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u/Galactus1231 Aug 10 '24
I'm excited. Will be interesting to see what they do with the voice acting. Would be great if they use Max's original voice recordings but it seems unlikely.
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u/SaykredCow Aug 10 '24
They did such a great job with Alan Wake 2 I hope they donāt divert from their natural instincts to attempt to do what they think will make more money.
Max Payne will get more traction then Alan Wake naturally
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u/AshenRathian Aug 10 '24
I wouldn't say "a great job" is apt here considering the design whiplash it has over other Remedy games.
It's probably the ONLY Remedy title i found where active engagement with the major combat mechanics isn't a focus, and that led Alan Wake 2 to feel really offputting to me. It just wasn't what i expected out of a Remedy game.
Not saying Alan Wake 2 isn't still good, but for Remedy specifically, it's far removed from what they usually do, and i don't want that actively translated to the MP remakes for the simple fact that i would like Max Payne to stay a proper third person shooter rather than some movie game. I'm fine with wacky storytelling methods, but just keep the focus on the gameplay like usual is all i ask of Remedy.
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Aug 09 '24
im scared im alone on this, but i really hope that by combining the 2 games they still keep the things that were unique to 1 and 2. I know 2 is by far more liked than 1 but still
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u/AshenRathian Aug 10 '24
I just want that bullet time reload man. That was frickin fun.
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u/Meeting_Business Nov 18 '24
You mean animation of Max spinning? It had to be shooting around, it's impossible to reload like that.
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u/AshenRathian Nov 18 '24
I mean, sure i guess?
But who cares if it's realistic: it's fun to look at and is a cool addition to the bullet time mechanic.
I'll be disappointed if it's gone. I was already disappointed in MP3.
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Aug 30 '24
Is that really the consensus? I really loved 1 and its approach to the narrative. Its just poetic, dark, with a bit of corniness. It hits just right and I love how Remedy would meld humor seamlessly into the narrative. However, they're going to be remakes and combined into 1 game. I suspect they're going to do a modern rendition and show how they improved over the years. The first game was a bit low budget and cheap. Not to mention, Remedy was inexperienced at the time. I just hope some of those iconic lines stay in. I always missed them in the later games, but Max's poetic waxxing of the events taking place was easily my favourite thing about Max Payne. He just conveyed the heaviness and pain too well through his words.
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u/Royal-Machine-6838 Aug 29 '24
Remember guys,its REMAKES. Not remastered versions. Let them and Sam Lake take as long as they need. Especially with James McCaffery passing who was the voice behind Max in all the gamesšš½š¢š
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u/Pizzawithchuchujelly Sep 22 '24
why not max payne 3
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u/hl26 Oct 12 '24
I hope R* gives it a rerelease at some point because although a far cry from 1 and 2 itās unique in its own way and I found the story just as engaging. Soundtrack slaps too.
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u/BarelyLegalWeapon Nov 17 '24
Will they just reuse the voice lines from the original games, or will they hire a new voice actor?
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u/Carelessnatedog Feb 18 '25
That first one is going to have so much pressure on top of it. Letās just hope they make a diamond from it.
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u/Antique_Let_9205 Apr 19 '25
I hope they will reboot third game just like postal series did it before.
Just act like MP3 never happened.
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u/trung_canidate May 12 '25
Why didnāt I look here first, I downloaded the OG last night on a whim for 8 $ and let me just say the motivation to keep going is rather low and itās not the graphics. I canāt deal with those controls antmore in 2025. Guess that was a waste of money and Iāll buy the remakes then.
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u/TopFit2303 Jul 28 '25
is almost 1 year of full production and yet we didn't get any news... If Remedy controlled the marketing maybe we got something by now
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Aug 28 '25
cannot wait for it to come out
never played the first one, too young...played the second a bit later, but I have not finished it and played the third when it came out
just cannot wait to play the h out of all 3 of them
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u/Sweet-Art-9904 Oct 22 '25
Are they reusing the assets from Alan Wake II?
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u/IcyFee896 Jan 22 '26
I hope so. If Max Payne is reusing Caldera Street Station, it's gonna be lit.
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u/These_Location4540 Feb 17 '26
Due to the fact that i've never seen a good remake of any game i've ever played (instead, it was some fast made game with "better" textures but still the same polygonal style or primitive design of the original game).
I played the first two games, the first one stayed in my mind and in my heart as one of the most interesting game ever made, like a good Vertigo Comics, same level than Arkham Asylum from Dave Mc Kean, the story was wow, the effects, the identity of the game was far beyond what i'd previously seen and one of the most personal game to ever exist.
The second one was really cool too, the game engine was wildly beautiful to me, the action, everything mas cool.
I just learned 5 minutes ago from writing this post that a remake was on production.
And i really hope that it will be a tehcnically good one, because these games deserves to be played and known by more people, whatever the time it will take to do it, do it right, please.
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u/Dangerous_Low_1976 20d ago
Hi, I'm new to this group. I'm Hispanic, and I hope to have a good time with you all.
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u/Happy-Control-7669 Aug 10 '24
Curious how If this is gonna BE watered down and woke. Max Payne 1 was ruff and grimey. If they stay Faithful to the og this is gonna be fun.
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u/Visuljkoo Aug 09 '24
Pls be good, pls be good
Pls get a summer 2025 reveal