One of the best aged games I've played

[Atilla]

I'm playing Max Payne for the first time with all the mods and fixes and I have to say it's crazy to me how a game that is over 20 years old is so immersive in gameplay, story, atmosphere, graphics and art style direction with an A+ soundtrack. It literally pulls you into this dark and gritty world full of pain and sorrow, but it still has its charm and even comedic aspects. I really love the game and I hope more people will give this masterpiece a chance!

[J4MESOX4D]

The game was also way ahead of its time - these days, there isn't a huge difference between games released now and 4 years previous but back then, some games were making huge strides and Max Payne was one of them. The presentation, atmosphere and combat effects really made this stand out.

[Los.Injurus.Bob.Blunderton]

This was one of the last of the great level-based games, where you basically would go down hallway after hallway through different immersive (for the time) settings, defending yourself and picking up power-ups while occasionally finding secrets to tip the odds in your favor.
Everything from original Doom through to around the very very early 2000's is going to play somewhat like this. Basically, what came before GTA III was like this game, not an open world but a fairly linear map-based mostly-interior gameplay. Sure it's on-rails and you won't find you are able to tactically approach your destination or goals from many points or methods, but face it head on and eat some damage.
The 90's FPS style was really gold, it was what I had in my highschool-aged years, and it was complete polar opposite of GTA III or Crysis or similar games. There's really something to be said for the simpler older FPS genre, it definitely has it's merits even if it's not as advantageous as open-world designed games on occasion for certain scenarios.
Enjoy them while you can, this game and it's sequel (#2) are great. Can't vouch for the 3rd as I never played it.

[Atilla]

Originally posted by Beamng.mapper.Bob.Blunderton:

This was one of the last of the great level-based games, where you basically would go down hallway after hallway through different immersive (for the time) settings, defending yourself and picking up power-ups while occasionally finding secrets to tip the odds in your favor.
Everything from original Doom through to around the very very early 2000's is going to play somewhat like this. Basically, what came before GTA III was like this game, not an open world but a fairly linear map-based mostly-interior gameplay. Sure it's on-rails and you won't find you are able to tactically approach your destination or goals from many points or methods, but face it head on and eat some damage.
The 90's FPS style was really gold, it was what I had in my highschool-aged years, and it was complete polar opposite of GTA III or Crysis or similar games. There's really something to be said for the simpler older FPS genre, it definitely has it's merits even if it's not as advantageous as open-world designed games on occasion for certain scenarios.
Enjoy them while you can, this game and it's sequel (#2) are great. Can't vouch for the 3rd as I never played it.

Totally agree with you, even though im probably much younger than you, I still enjoy these type of games. I just beat Max Payne 1 and I really loved it, currently playing part 2 and I'm still very much impressed. You should give Max Payne 3 a chance, it probably has the best 3rd person shooting combat and mechanics.

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by Beamng.mapper.Bob.Blunderton:

Can't vouch for the 3rd as I never played it.

This will give you a good idea in comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfMF0x_xYss
I don't think it's a terrible game but it's incredibly disappointing compared to the first two in so many respects and there's too much modern Rockstart DNA in it.

[Los.Injurus.Bob.Blunderton]

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

Originally posted by Beamng.mapper.Bob.Blunderton:

Can't vouch for the 3rd as I never played it.

This will give you a good idea in comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfMF0x_xYss
I don't think it's a terrible game but it's incredibly disappointing compared to the first two in so many respects and there's too much modern Rockstart DNA in it.

That was what I gathered from word-of-mouth from various reviewers written and in video. So I wasn't in a rush to play that one, for sure. Not sure if I own it or not. I mean, if it's on sale for 5 or 10 bucks, you can put up with a lot more bull for cheap, vs if it was 40~60 bucks.

Originally posted by Atilla:

Totally agree with you, even though im probably much younger than you, I still enjoy these type of games. I just beat Max Payne 1 and I really loved it, currently playing part 2 and I'm still very much impressed. You should give Max Payne 3 a chance, it probably has the best 3rd person shooting combat and mechanics.

Doesn't matter age of the player, the older games are inexpensive and don't require a fancy computer to run a majority of the time. They were good. I still enjoy 8 and 16-bit gems I grew up with in the 80's and 90's. They're still just as fun as they were when new, plus sometimes you can even (often) find 'fixes' that have been gone over for more than a decade (sometimes two) and have a really rock-solid experience.
GoG is a great place to find these games, but for convenience you can find them on here too. GoG is better if you want to run them on an old machine that's not on the internet (often deliberate due to old OS you don't want to hook up to modern dangers), or if you don't want to deal with copy protection issues, but the convenience of Steam can be hard to beat sometimes. There's a good argument for either so it's up to the buyer/player what they want. That said, there's dozens and dozens of good ones that can keep you busy for many many years. Just make sure to give the original two Fallout games a try, and most any game done by 3D Realms, iD software, Apogee software, original Unreal, Transport Tycoon (OpenTTD now and is free, that ones fun!), etc. You'll find tons and tons of fun in these old games, especially when you get them DRM free and the internet is out for a day or two. There's always the millions of Doom WAD files (original Doom / Doom II) if you don't want to stray far from the good ones.
There's also a newer game, in the Source engine (HL2 uses this), called INFRA. There's no fighting, it's just a whole game with the puzzles in the style of half-life 1, it's really awesome and if you like older games you should try it. It'll make you think, for sure.
--Happy trails on that note!