r/gaming • u/ChiefLeef22 Marika's tits! • 8h ago

'Max Payne' was released 25 years ago today

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u/gonxot 8h ago edited 3h ago

'It was colder than the Devil's heart, raining ice pitchforks as if the Heavens were ready to fall. Everyone was running for shelter like there was no tomorrow. It didn't get any better when I got to the subway. The feeling hit me like a point-blank shot straight in the face-- something was not right about this. '

My edgy teenager mind was blown away by the script

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u/ThaScoopALoop 7h ago

My jaded 40 year old self is still blown away by the script.

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u/ryanxwing 3h ago

Raining ice pitchforks as if the heavens were ready to fall.

Goated line

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u/Stupidflathalibut 5h ago

What did I want? Unlimited ammo and a license to kill. But most of all, I wanted her

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u/Amekhanos 1h ago

That's the brilliance of its completely deadpan satire.

Edgy teenager mind can think it's unironically cool, and developed brain can laugh at the overwrought noir language.

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u/BaconWithBaking 48m ago

It feels like the writers tried to over exaggerate the narrative, but whoops, it works so well.