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Max Payne 1 & 2 remakes will ‘bring them up to modern standards and combine them into one’ | VGC

Remedy's Sam Lake describes the work involved…

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In an interview with VGC, we asked Sam Lake about the remakes, and how Remedy's initial announcement suggested it was going to be a significant undertaking.

Lake replied that the project is indeed a large one, with a lot of work involved.

"It is a significant undertaking in the sense that even if they are old games, just thinking about bringing them up to modern standards and combining them into one, you can see that it's a big, big project," he explained.

Upon being asked if he would be reprising his role as Max from the first game, Lake laughed.

"No comment!" he replied. "That's going too far."

Remedy announced back in April 2022 that it was starting work on remakes of the first two Max Payne games.

The games will be sold together as a single package and will be released on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and PC.

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

 

[Senua]

Upon being asked if he would be reprising his role as Max from the first game, Lake laughed.

"No comment!" he replied. "That's going too far."

Preorder cancelled

 

[amigastar]

I'm really waiting for new infos or footage of the game. Might turn out into something special if they succeed.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Might turn out into something special if they succeed.

??? They already are something special.

 

[amigastar]

??? They already are something special.

They are special for sure. I'm talking about the Remakes.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Cannot wait to see this. Such great memories of this franchise on PC back in the day. Dark, gritty, violent. Obviously you had Doom, quake etc. before this. But Max Payne really hit me when I was younger and probably shouldn't have been playing this, about how video games can tell incredible stories and make you really "feel" what the character is feeling.

As a parent now, even though it's a game, the narrative is a true nightmare.

Spoiler

baby scene was some haunting shit

 

[Elder Legend]

The baby scene fucked my head up as a kid at the age of 11.

 

[Mobilemofo]

I always loved the pained look on Max's face in the o.g. title. Like he was pushing a big shit out.

It's unique.

 

[Valt7786]

Alan Wake 2 using that "Dark" new york is clearly prototyping/asset creation to use in the MP remakes, so if thats anything to go by it's gonna be fuckin' stunning.

 

[Gojiira]

Oh baby one big game
Sign me up!

 

[Kacho]

EGS exclusive?

 

[March Climber]

The baby scene fucked my head up as a kid at the age of 11.

I hope they fix this sequence. It went from being impactful to being an annoying platforming sequence.

 

[KuraiShidosha]

Welp there goes any interest I had in these. Thank god for original game installs. They better sell it as a separate library entry I swear to god I hate these forced updates that ruin the legacy versions.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Really hope they get Ludacris to reprise his amazing portrayal of Jim Bravura

 

[Alexios]

Hope they only upgrade visuals and don't make them play like 3, that'd suck.

 

[DemonGamerTTT]

Modern standards?
So you mean removing any possible offensive content?

 

[Hudo]

EGS exclusive?

I don't think so since Rockstar/T2 hold the IP, so they'd have a say on publishing (and I believe Rockstar are actually also the publisher here). And both like money quite a lot.

 

[Jigsaah]

IN

 

[Connificent]

Hope they only upgrade visuals and don't make them play like 3, that'd suck.

Its gonna play like AW2 but with bullet time.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Please be good.

 

[Inuteu]

Modern standards?
So you mean removing any possible offensive content?

replacing Max with a fat black pink hair transgender woman

 

[Hudo]

Max Payne 2 is still one of my favorite third-person shooters ever. So I am both excited and afraid.

 

[Alexios]

Its gonna play like AW2 but with bullet time.

What's AW2?

 

[Elder Legend]

What's AW2?

Alan Wake 2.

 

[Alexios]

Alan Wake 2.

K... What does it play like? I thought Advance Wars 2 but figured that's not it since you can't add gameplay bullet time to a turn based game.

 

[Deerock71]

Modern standards?
So you mean removing any possible offensive content?

First thing I saw, too. Max is going to need these:

 

[IntentionalPun]

Hopefully they modernize the crazy dream sequences keeping them zany but w/ more fun gameplay.

 

[Connificent]

K... What does it play like? I thought Advance Wars 2 but figured that's not it since you can't add gameplay bullet time to a turn based game.

 

[justiceiro]

Hmm, I really hated the changes on the bullet time mechanic on the second entry, so I wonder what they consider modern. Also kinda worried if they will touch the comics.

 

[intbal]

Modern Audience Max Payne

 

[YCoCg]

Modern standards?
So you mean removing any possible offensive content?

replacing Max with a fat black pink hair transgender woman

First thing I saw, too. Max is going to need these:

Love these threads, Woke Fearing is as bad as the wokes themselves, you can't say anything these days without idiots thinking it's "woke" and screaming about replacing characters with black trangenders

 

[Negotiator101]

Alan Wake 2 using that "Dark" new york is clearly prototyping/asset creation to use in the MP remakes, so if thats anything to go by it's gonna be fuckin' stunning.

You may be on to something, the lighting technology they're using is stunning as well.

 

[bender]

MP2 is perfect as is mechanically. Color me worried about these remakes.

 

[Connificent]

Ill never get the worrying when you can still play the original.

 

[JimboJones]

EGS exclusive?

Even worse, Rockstar Game Launcher

 

[existensmaximum]

People in this thread have reminded me of the dream sequences. These parts really dragged an almost perfect game down, I absolutely hated them passionately. Anyway, really looking forward to this!

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Upon being asked if he would be reprising his role as Max from the first game, Lake laughed.

"No comment!" he replied. "That's going too far."

 

[Esppiral]

Modern standards?
So you mean removing any possible offensive content?

They will expand the story and Max Payne will reveal that she indeed is Maxina Payne, a trans non binary that identifies as black lesbian, the baby was adopted of course.

 

[adamsapple]

They will expand the story and Max Payne will reveal that she indeed is Maxina Payne, a trans non binary that identifies as black lesbian, the baby was adopted of course.

 

[TGO]

I don't think so since Rockstar/T2 hold the IP, so they'd have a say on publishing (and I believe Rockstar are actually also the publisher here). And both like money quite a lot.

Which also means physical release too

 

[amigastar]

They will expand the story and Max Payne will reveal that she indeed is Maxina Payne, a trans non binary that identifies as black lesbian, the baby was adopted of course.

 

[nkarafo]

That "modern standards" thing is always a red flag.

 

[solidus12]

Max Payne 3 was amazing, and I am a fan of the first 2 games.

Too bad it has those shitty color filters during cutscenes.

 

[Lux R7]

i replayed MP2 recently and it's still good as it is. I hope they'll do a good job with this.

 

[The_Observer]

Hot damn! With the superb Control, Alan Wake 2 and now this Remedy is on the way to be among the best gaming studios ever. Actually they already are

 

[FoxMcChief]

They will expand the story and Max Payne will reveal that she indeed is Maxina Payne, a trans non binary that identifies as black lesbian, the baby was adopted of course.

We need to know where that adopted baby came from. Like, was it also a prom night dumpster baby?

 

[ReBurn]

I recall ruminating on how quickly I finished the first two games and questioning their value for the price. I was told that if I finished them within a few hours I was playing them wrong. I still sometimes think about that and what it means.

 

[BennyBlanco]

These games are both stone cold classics. I'm fucking hyped. I hope they keep the OST.

 

[Drizzlehell]

I don't know if it's stupid or not but I do remember when I was a teenager and playing Max Payne 2 for the 4500th time, there was this one room in one of the penthouse suites that looked cozy AF, and I remember thinking to myself something along the lines of "man, these digs are dope AF, finna get me one of those for myself when I grow up."

And then I grew up and never got an apartment as cozy as the one from the game, but they'd better remaster that fucking shit right, or else!