I just now learned about the remake going to happen, I watched Lirik play Alan Wake 2 and he talked about how great Max Payne is going to look with this engine. So I did a bit of googling and found out I completely missed a remake announcement just last month!
https://www.remedygames.com/games/max-payne-1-2-remake
Max Payne is one of the very first “edgy” or “real” games I played on PC, it is in fact a PC original! Like many others I’m sure I found the whole baby crying level with blood on the walls utterly terrifying. I haven’t touched any of the games in years and when the 3rd instalment came out I didn’t feel any interest in playing it for some reason. Maybe I’ll go back to it now.
How do you guys feel about the remakes? Hopeful? Or will you have low expectations as to not be disappointed, instead maybe positively surprised? Alan Wake and Control are both amazing looking games that were decently to very well received, so to me my …
I know this game had several closed betas and whatnot, but now that they have a Steam demo, I decided to check it out.
Dont get me wrong it has nice graphics, plays good, looks interesting, although its clear they were a little “too inspired” by Control and Division 2 lol.
My main gripe, though, is that I got this very fomo and play as your 2nd job type of vibes when I played it.
The seasons are supposed to be running for 6 weeks only and no matter what the devs claim, it’s gonna be a soft reset where you pretty much need to farm stuff again and that is imo the least fun part of the game.
Oh and during this beta they are giving away a unique skin for your bike if you play for 3 hours in a 24 hour window that ran from June 10 to June 11
Edit: forgot to mention they are using a built it browser that asks you to like and follow them on social media (classic mobile game move) and privacy invading trackers. Only way for me to play was to disable my pi hole ad …
Pretty excited about this. I’ve been following this project for about 3 years now. They have been developing this game on a voluntary part-time basis since 2019 so I’m excited to see there is so much support around for these older style games.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oncelostgames/the-wayward-realms/description