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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 1:00PM (Unverified) said
I hope you're being sarcastic!
;)
I remember reading the review of the game in Edge (they gave it 6/10) and they quoted the "hallucination maze interlude" as one of the worse ideas in gaming history.
It was a nice idea but awfully executed for the type of game it was. It literally required you to aimless wander around a maze of the same-looking corridors until you (by complete luck) made your way out. In a game where the majority of the gameplay was shooting lead into people's faces in slo-mo it was a tad ... incongruent to the overall flow of the game.
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;)
I remember reading the review of the game in Edge (they gave it 6/10) and they quoted the "hallucination maze interlude" as one of the worse ideas in gaming history.
It was a nice idea but awfully executed for the type of game it was. It literally required you to aimless wander around a maze of the same-looking corridors until you (by complete luck) made your way out. In a game where the majority of the gameplay was shooting lead into people's faces in slo-mo it was a tad ... incongruent to the overall flow of the game.
Posted: Jul 10th 2008 1:10PM (Unverified) said
Can't imagine playing through that level while tripping.
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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 1:24PM Vegeta has a ps3 said
@mutoid
Because those awkward platforming sections are so totally going to be in the game. IN THE MOVIE DURING THIS SECTION, PAYNE FALLS TO HIS DEATH 50 TIMES.
While I agree that the gameplay during those were annoying, they were nevertheless pretty cool and creepy. I do hope that it makes it into the movie.
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Because those awkward platforming sections are so totally going to be in the game. IN THE MOVIE DURING THIS SECTION, PAYNE FALLS TO HIS DEATH 50 TIMES.
While I agree that the gameplay during those were annoying, they were nevertheless pretty cool and creepy. I do hope that it makes it into the movie.
Posted: Jul 10th 2008 1:45PM MrHashbrown said
Well he was in Crash and he was actually good in it. And he looks ok so far.
And yeah this is actually a very impressive trailer. If it hits the same level as Hitman or Silent Hill than I wouldn't mine watching it as an awesome B-Movie.
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And yeah this is actually a very impressive trailer. If it hits the same level as Hitman or Silent Hill than I wouldn't mine watching it as an awesome B-Movie.
Posted: Jul 10th 2008 3:25PM (Unverified) said
He's actually a decent actor, idk if you've ever seen him in anything... you should try before you judge
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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 12:31PM (Unverified) said
Wow, I am sort of impressed. Looks better then hit man. I never played the game so what is with the bird dude?
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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 1:25PM (Unverified) said
As NATO_Dude states, the game was made by Finnish developers and they incorporated a lot of allusion towards Norse mythology (Ragnarok etc.)
There's also a heavy drugs theme in the game and at one point Max is injected with "Valkyr" (the new drug of choice) and trips the hell out (see other posts here about wandering in the blood-maze thingy). Though there is no "bird-men" in the game, I wouldn't be surprised if the film-makers extended the Norse theme and extended the use of the "Valkyries" motif when Max is stoned to symbolise death.
Or they've totally screwed with it and there's bird-men in the movie.
:)
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There's also a heavy drugs theme in the game and at one point Max is injected with "Valkyr" (the new drug of choice) and trips the hell out (see other posts here about wandering in the blood-maze thingy). Though there is no "bird-men" in the game, I wouldn't be surprised if the film-makers extended the Norse theme and extended the use of the "Valkyries" motif when Max is stoned to symbolise death.
Or they've totally screwed with it and there's bird-men in the movie.
:)
Posted: Jul 10th 2008 4:03PM caffeine said
In the last shot, the guy looks like he's yanked out of the window. But I'm wondering if that scene isn't a recreation of a level in the game where theres a baddie looking out a window and you get to sneak up behind him, kill him, and watch him fall in a mini cut-scene. I'm thinking he got blown out the window with a shotgun in reality and when the camera switches from indoors to outdoors, you're seeing the Norse flyboys take over.
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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 12:40PM (Unverified) said
Hopefully some of Max's hallucinations/dreams.
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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 12:33PM (Unverified) said
Not too shabby! I agree the look and feel are present... but honestly what was wrong with the original game's story? I think it would have fit a movie structure just fine.
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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 1:26PM (Unverified) said
I dont know about awesome, but it could be good.
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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 2:32PM (Unverified) said
No u and over 9000 times.
The actor doesn't even look like Max.This is going to be like Hitman :/
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The actor doesn't even look like Max.This is going to be like Hitman :/
Posted: Jul 10th 2008 2:40PM imurray said
Gotta agree, Mark Wahlberg will never be Max Payne.
The voice he was trying to use is absolute trash as well. It's just him trying to go into a gravelly lower register but his voice cracks and breaks and it sounds like shit.
At the very least, they could have auditioned some NEW actors for Max, so we could at least have hope that he wasn't going to blow it.
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The voice he was trying to use is absolute trash as well. It's just him trying to go into a gravelly lower register but his voice cracks and breaks and it sounds like shit.
At the very least, they could have auditioned some NEW actors for Max, so we could at least have hope that he wasn't going to blow it.
Posted: Jul 10th 2008 4:07PM kaneda26 said
To you Wahlberg haters, while I'll agree that he is not the first guy I think of when I think Max Payne, he is a very talented actor. Furthermore, any hopes for this movie to be any good rely solely on star power, simply because big names draw the crowd and producers aren't gonna put money behind a movie that isn't gonna draw a crowd. More money = less limits for a good director, though also means compromises. We'll see. But Wahlberg is probably the only reason this bird got off the ground.
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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 12:39PM (Unverified) said
I sure hope those angel things are just metaphors for death or something similar in the movie and they don't really turn out to be an element in the story. They captured the look and feel really well, I'm not gonna judge until I see more, looks cool.
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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 4:33PM arrrgh said
I posted this, but it needs to be on the first page
Just to straighten some stuff up,
the movie borrows heavily from this quote
Max Payne: Valkyr had been meant to be a white-winged maiden that would lift you to a warrior's heaven. But it turned out to be a one-way demon ride to hell. The devil was in the drug. I knew. I had met him.
Also, FX wise, you aint seen nothin yet ;)
before any kids go yelling about "angels" and stuff. rest assured.
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Just to straighten some stuff up,
the movie borrows heavily from this quote
Max Payne: Valkyr had been meant to be a white-winged maiden that would lift you to a warrior's heaven. But it turned out to be a one-way demon ride to hell. The devil was in the drug. I knew. I had met him.
Also, FX wise, you aint seen nothin yet ;)
before any kids go yelling about "angels" and stuff. rest assured.
Posted: Jul 10th 2008 12:42PM (Unverified) said
wow, looks craptacular.
i totally disagree about the feeling, it feels like a made for spiketv sin city rip off, yes i know max payne was highly influenced by sin city, and film noir. but this is something i cant get behind.
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i totally disagree about the feeling, it feels like a made for spiketv sin city rip off, yes i know max payne was highly influenced by sin city, and film noir. but this is something i cant get behind.
Posted: Jul 10th 2008 12:50PM (Unverified) said
this is gonna be just like the omen remake (by the same director) it will miss all the subtilties of what made the game great.
glad to see they have shawn ryan writing.
I'm sure the "angels" in the trailer will be some sort of Valkyr educed hallucination.
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glad to see they have shawn ryan writing.
I'm sure the "angels" in the trailer will be some sort of Valkyr educed hallucination.
Posted: Jul 10th 2008 12:52PM (Unverified) said
"Yes i know max payne was highly influenced by sin city".
Max Payne the game? Or this new movie ?
Cause the Max Payne game came out in 2001 (I think) and Sin City 2005.
Either way this looks fairly standard fair. I never played the sequel but wasn't Mona Sax (Sox? Sex? whatever) only in the second game? Looks like they're talking bits from each and adding in a good chunk of their own.
As long as there's a scene in it where Max beats a junkie over the head with a baseball bat* it has my €9.
*Forget bullet time. Best part of the game was junkie-beatdown.
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Max Payne the game? Or this new movie ?
Cause the Max Payne game came out in 2001 (I think) and Sin City 2005.
Either way this looks fairly standard fair. I never played the sequel but wasn't Mona Sax (Sox? Sex? whatever) only in the second game? Looks like they're talking bits from each and adding in a good chunk of their own.
As long as there's a scene in it where Max beats a junkie over the head with a baseball bat* it has my €9.
*Forget bullet time. Best part of the game was junkie-beatdown.
Posted: Jul 10th 2008 12:56PM cuteSAVAGE said
Sin City the Graphic Novel... Book one was published in 1991.
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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 1:01PM Asystole said
Brodie-san: Uh, you DO realize that the movie Sin City was created from the comic book series Sin City that was created back in 1991 and which is where the story and look of the movie Sin City came from. I'm sure that's probably what he was referring to.
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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 1:03PM (Unverified) said
Yep, completely forgot. I actually HAVE the Sin City graphic novels. My bad.
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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 1:10PM (Unverified) said
Yes but the Sin City comics definitely started around 1991.
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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 12:43PM (Unverified) said
wow, looks craptacular.
i totally disagree about the feeling, it feels like a made for spiketv sin city rip off, yes i know max payne was highly influenced by sin city, and film noir. but this is something i cant get behind.
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i totally disagree about the feeling, it feels like a made for spiketv sin city rip off, yes i know max payne was highly influenced by sin city, and film noir. but this is something i cant get behind.
Posted: Jul 10th 2008 12:50PM (Unverified) said
this is gonna be just like the omen remake (by the same director) it will miss all the subtilties of what made the game great.
glad to see they have shawn ryan writing.
I'm sure the "angels" in the trailer will be some sort of Valkyr educed hallucination.
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glad to see they have shawn ryan writing.
I'm sure the "angels" in the trailer will be some sort of Valkyr educed hallucination.
Posted: Jul 10th 2008 1:23PM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said
+1 for the awesome Death Wish avatar.
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Posted: Jul 10th 2008 1:09PM frips said
You sure?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000242/
I dont think there was any sort of that in Boogie Nights, or the Big Hit, or Rockstar, or Invincible, or...
Maybe a couple movies, but always, nah.
I think the style of the game is in there, but it looks like the storyline was dropped out for something more like constatine.
I think I'll wait.
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000242/
I dont think there was any sort of that in Boogie Nights, or the Big Hit, or Rockstar, or Invincible, or...
Maybe a couple movies, but always, nah.
I think the style of the game is in there, but it looks like the storyline was dropped out for something more like constatine.
I think I'll wait.
Posted: Jul 10th 2008 1:17PM Vegeta has a ps3 said
I guess someone here hasn't heard of Boogie Nights.
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