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Title: Don't believe the hype
Review: Max Payne was a success for one reason - the outlandish amounts of media coverage it received prior to it's release. It received such feverish attention for one reason - Bullet time. But as it turns out, Max Payne [is bad]- for many reasons.Bullet time is a gimmick that is cool for the first 10 minutes, but almost seems designed as a coverup for the otherwise awful gameplay. Add this to the absurd level design (bad trips and tightropes, anyone?), shoddy graphics, those ridiculous comic-book cutscenes, the contrived plot... Max Payne is garbage. And to think, the ripoff that they call an ending leaves the door open for a sequel. Lord help us.
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