Max Payne 2 Screens

Javert

<div class="IPBDescription">Lookin' beautiful</div> The NDA expired last Thursday (6/26) so here is the link with the scans. Enjoy!
(Courtesy of Max Payne HQ)

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JediYoshi

Well, I was gonna ##### about the fact that there's another thread with these.

But, I guess deserves a thread of it's own. Nice find.

Liku

Where? I don't see Max.

Pr0phecy

ok theres a guy killing every1...who you think that is

Liku

That's not Max, that looks nothing like Max.

This is Max...

<img src='http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2001/pc/act/maxpayne/maxpayne_screen067.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

JediYoshi

I wonder when people will let it go -_-

Jesus, do you guys <i>want</i> him to look like a freak? I mean, I'll agree, it's not Max, but if anything it's better and we obviously have no control over it. Can't wait to see people bare to convert the old Max to the sequel game.

SkinnY

i really dislike what they've done to max... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> hope the org. max gets converted...

DOOManiac

Lookie what I found:

<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Here's the deal with Max's new look...

The original game used Remedy developers, family and friends for faces. A lot of the reviews for the game pointed this out even, as it was rather obvious in some cases that pro actors were not being used.

So, this time around, professional actors are being used all around, and they're all being hired from the New York City area (makes sense, right, with the game being set there). Yes, we all like Sam Lake better as Max, but he's also the game's primary script writer (and the script is HUGE!), and he doesn't have time to fly to New York to take part in the photo sessions.

The game will be better, in part, because Remedy's developers are not being distracted by photo shoots, and they can focus on their real jobs: making the game.

So, that's the short story. I wish we could have stuck with Sam as Max, too, but this change had to be made, and having played numerous builds of the game already, I am already used to Max's new look and I don't even think twice about it anymore.

A lot of people complained about Zelda's new sell shaded look, too, but when they played the game it became much less important of a point. It only takes a little time to get used to.

But, the real bottom-line is that it was just not possible for the Remedy developers to make the game and also reprise their old roles again (or have to fly to NY city several times for photo shoots).

The good news is that Max's voice will be the same. :-)

-Scott Miller, 3D Realms <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Javert

Well said. Nuff said. I like how he looks. And you should've seen the Maxhq board's rants about the AK model (unbelievable!)

Brave_Ulysses

Yeah - I read some of those. I post there - I posted a pic of a pink ak. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> That shut them up!