McCaffrey was the perfect Payne and I am worried for how the next Max will sound in the remakes. If I had to choose an actor to replace him as Max, I’d want Matt Dillon since he’s a good actor with a deep voice and a slight New York accent. I wish AI was so advanced to let James McCaffrey voice new lines but I also wouldn’t be mad if they just found a way to up the quality of the original lines from the first two games
Max: "Suddenly, i hear the door behind me slammed and shut. Someone was waiting for the moment to trap me here." Max: "And it looks like i wasn't the only one." Max: "Right next to me stood a crazy person, yelling and crying. I paid no attention to that." Max: "Then i looked in the mirror." JC: Why are you locked in a bathroom?
One of the many things I love about your channel is how much effort you put into slicing and dicing voice samples from people who are plausibly probably cool enough to give you a little soundbyte if you emailed them and asked nicely, which makes what you do all the sweeter.
Max Payne has this late nineties "glamourized urban decay" aesthetic that makes me want to put on a hoodie and go on a walk trough downtown in the middle of the night listening to that Bristol trip hop with homeless guest singers and a guy who softly raps to your neck in a very uncomfortable asmr way. Then I realize how creepy +30 men look in a hoodie... and I just end up reinstaling VTMB.
Your joke about "The Scream" being about a guy who remembered he left a can in the freezer actually reminded me I left a can in the freezer. Thanks Bro
Fun fact about the rats in Max Payne: If you shoot too many rats they start to turn on you and shoot at you back. I remember being blown away by that as a kid 💀
When you throw a grenade into the hole in the wall at the start of the second Chapter, “Live from the Crime Scene”, you trigger rats to pull out Berettas and Deagles later in the level. You can get a grenade legitimately in the same chapter (except on consoles), just much later and only if you gun down the guy holding it in time.
"He was trying to buy more sand for his hourglass. I wasn't selling any" The writing is beautiful. Its Noir chiche with a bit of badass action one-liners and they nailed it perfectly. Its so on the nose but it doesn't feel like its trying too hard. The third game tried to capture this but the setting and 'matured' Max don't help push the sense of a good guy turned bad for vengeance. It was good in its own right but wasn't the same. Amazing video btw
@@skillaxxx yeah I agree. I didn’t really enjoy it because it had the Payne name and couldn’t get past how it had just abandoned pretty much all the themes that made the series great.
I remember liking Max Payne 3. But it was missing the magic of the first two games. The first two games have scenes and moments that I can replay in my head like it was yesterday. And while I can remember most of what happened in Max Payne 3, it pretty much blurs together with the Call of Duty Brazil levels and CSI Miami. _sunglasses_ WAAAAAAAAAAOOOOWOWW!
And 3 was such a missed opportunity. 2 ended with all loose ends tied up, with Max reaching a conclusion. How can you follow it up? An aged Max in an era he's not used to. We kinda sorta got that but Dan Howser clearly didn't understand what the series and character was all about.
@@skillaxxx Max Payne 3 is, in my opinion, criminally underrated. It's thematic sequel stuff, deconstruction of what someone like Max Payne would actually be like after 2 games worth of violence, substance abuse and addiction to violence.. it's just STILL an underrated masterpiece of Trilogy Conclusion Tropes IMO and I feel everyone wanted it to be just Max Payne 1.. again again. Noah Gervais does an amazing job summarizing what I always end up arguing with people over, so I recommend everyone watch his Sad Max: Max Payne Trilogy retrospective.
omg, dude... You'd not believe how happy I am to hear someone properly "nail" the appeal of MPs story. It's like you're in my head or something. Expensive paper.
It's what I love about the Max Payne games, they are not afraid to be extremely dark and then have a funny one-liner the next minute. The writing manages to juggle both dark and light tones very well. It's always a treat to go back and replay these, especially the first two. Can't wait for you to cover the sequel, Max Payne 2 has great resolution to Max' character and the final line of the game is downright beautiful. Though neither would work really well without the fun gameplay.
Yeah same! Those elongating hallways catching fire around you.. that abysmal maze of despair with the wierd, floaty laggy controls really nailed that whole 'dreamstate' estetic so well.. man I miss the early 2000
Yeah I used to play that but with the sound down because whenever you fell off the bloodstains that baby scream would go through me like a hot knife through butter! Gives me the willies.
The fact that you were able to edit in a quick cut of Dave Attell's Insomniac proves that your're only just beginning to put out gold. Good work, cant wait til your next one.
I had a controller that was broken and had massive stick drift. Running across those blood line things in the trip was impossible. The game was rented and I never got past that point 😂🤣
@@vantilsley8633 Dude this exact same thing happened to me. I had one of those translucent blue MadCatz controllers back then and didn't know what drift was. Or that third party controllers were garbage.
Make the graphics good and the shootouts an spetacle of particles, smoke, blood, furniture being destroyed, brass, clothes and flesh being ripped It would be perfect
I'm curious what is going to be their decision about Max's face in the remake of both first MP games.. I think - and hope - they are going to go with James McCaffrey's face like MP3, but there will be a option to change it the classic Sam Lake's face
You really went above and beyond for this one, even reviewing the GBA and the movie. Especially loved that splicing, hearing Max meet Chad killed me. And fuck yea we got the Rat Roundup now
If our relationship wasnt entirely parasocial and one sided, we'd get on like a house on fire. I never fail to fucking HOWL at your jokes and asides. Like 1:00:43. Fuckin love it.
It’s interesting how Max kinds revels in his vigilante status in the first game. That’s how I interpreted the monologue where he likens himself to a virus in the city’s circulatory system. But by the second game he makes a 180 because by that point, he had had some time and space to look back and “digest” the trauma he experienced. Not getting shot at constantly and holding a normal job does that to a man. Great video, Grim!
I appreciate the work that went into the Stalin-Conker picture bit. It's a short gag, a small gag, and intensive to do right - those are the hardest to justify when you're actually there doing them but so often they're totally worth it.
Grim -- your video game essays are hands-down the best of this kind of content I have seen on TH-cam. It's just the perfect mix of analysis and critique, meme, original edits, nostalgia bait, etc. I will always watch, sometimes multiple times. The algorithm is criminal in how it hasn't properly swung the spotlight towards you. Keep it up, it will happen.
Now this is the kind of IP that'll finally get those subs that this channel deserves. As always, the whole thing is a masterpiece, but that intro was just...beautiful!
Please forgive the book recommendations but I think you'd like these: "Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West " - Cormac McCarthy "2666" - Robert Balano "Lolita" - Vladimir Nabokov "Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle" - Vladimir Nabokov
I’ve watched this so many times while studying sleeping cleaning baby bottles etc. Grimbeard is simply the best at what he does. Not to mention the music, love the music. Literally listened to some of it especially Pure Acid Hell while at the gym and damn it slays.
Loved how they stuck an actual witch hunter manual next to a reference to The Ninth Gate. You needed to be a massive occultist to get both of those references in '01. At the very least you needed to have burnt out a few sets of cornea transplants reading through angelfire websites...
Are you talking about how Max Payne found copies of "Malleus Maleficarum" and "De Umbrarum Novem Portis" in Jack Lupino's "light reading"? I thought the second book wasn't a real thing.
I've watched several retrospectives on Max Payne, and I'm surprised that no one has yet picked up that Alfred's last name is Woden, which is another name for Odin. Which plays into why he has one eye. Just always liked the little Norse reference that is less known than the usual names and words used in the story.
1:10:50 The fact Aesir is on the label is also dumb because like, the whole reason Max and Alex are undercover in the mob is to find out where they're getting Valkyr from. They're distributing it but they're not making it, so who's the big player behind it all. Their handler in the DEA, B. B., is crooked and betrays the two detectives when they're getting too close to cracking the case and Max has no idea Aesir is behind it all until like the 3rd Act. If the junkies were really walking around with Aesir-labelled vials the whole game wouldn't happen. The whole conspiracy would be blown open in public, Max would learn about who killed his wife on the 6 o'clock news and he would basically have no agency. On the other hand, casting Beau Bridges as B. B. is pretty funny.
Well worth the wait. I'm glad I went back and binged all your earlier videos, you're on my list of creators I drop everything to watch now. Can't wait to see what you cover next!
Omg the I tro and the other parts you've made throughout the video are just amazing. Great work, I loled at each one. Not specifically for those, but this is my favorite video of yours yet. Thank you Grim, so glad I've been subscribed all these years. 😊
40:53 I had that exact thought! After playing as Harry in DE, I often wonder what kind of cop a fictional character is whenever I ecounter one. Also, that Intro was a work of art. Overall great retrospection and I love you for giving the story actual credit.
I've been binging your videos ever since I saw this one, and I know everyone praises how much effort you put into them. But dude, your music too?? Holy crap, it's insanely good!
I am commenting before I watch the video to inform you that seeing a new video from Grimbeard brings me joy. Seeing a game related video is even better. But seeing a nearly 2 hour long gaming video by Grimbeard. Well that is that real shit my dude. I already know this is gonna be great. Keep up the great work.
About not getting mad when you die, it also did really help they used all of their technical wizardry to make the quick load practically instantaneous even on that era of PCs with their very limited memory and slow mechanical hard drives. Switching levels may have taken some time, but returning the the last save on the other side of the door on the same level was done in a second. To this date I don't think I can name any other game with as fast load times even though current systems have 100 times faster and more of everything.
I think what has always made me adore Max Payne is that if eels like it was made with love. Everyone had fun making it and that bleeds into the rest of the game in a way that not many others can replicate.
One of the best openings of a documentary. Ever. :D And yet another superb review. Thank you for your diligence. Despite being long, they're so easy to watch they feel like 20 minutes. You've got a gift, use it! The voice acting in this game is absolutely superb. The one I always remember "dum de de dum, KILLER VENDING MACHINE!" in that breathy wheezey soon-to-keel-over voice. While I respect people's right to their opinions, the critical reviews you pulled out are rather hilarious.
This is the first adult game I ever played. I was maybe 12. Played it in the coldest winter at night. It terrified me but the atmosphere of the game and the weather was SUPER immersive
I'll never stop watching reviews about Max Payne, I just love seeing different people give new perspectives to this brilliant game! This is one of the best of it I've watched, the humor here is also really well put.
So many NPC voicelines I still remember and quote to this day. "I thought it was a bomb!" being an absolute favourite of mine. Also "Whack 'em!" in my brain always is specifically the one in this game.
Hey Grim, just want to say I really appreciate your creative output and love your stylistic choices in your editing, writing and music. Thank you for putting out such amazing content
I really enjoyed the movie review portion. That in addition to your Supernatural reviews makes me think you could really do more of thise if you're ever tapped out on video game vlogs. Great video, Grim! Loved it
Oh no my lord! My lady! No my lord you mustn't! But i must! No my lord! My lady ! Oh no my lord the shame for i an your long lost sister ! Tune in next time ..
I will never get over my love for this game (and the first sequel). I keep trying to get through 3 but I always miss that perfectly absurd noir. Remedy bottled some amazing energy here. This video is pretty damn good too.
SO glad to hear someone finally addressing the V issue after all this time. Even as a child experiencing the game for the first time, I had the exact same thoughts on my mind, and back then I didn't even know how drugs worked
That intro was awesome. I really hope they do Max Payne justice. Also, I believe how they were trying to make Valkyr how black tar heroin or cocaine would be, that is: Once you've had it once, you're completely addicted and its hard to stop. I can't wait for your next video. :)
Dude, your content is so good. You make Raycevick and the like resemble lazy amateurs. I'm only half way through this video and its already the best Max Payne related video on youtube.
I still have my pirated CD copy of this game somewhere (that's how you did it when I was in high school, you burned copies of games onto CD and wrote the key on the disc in permanent marker). Replayed it on Steam a few years back, still holds up. My favorite part is when you are shooting your way up the office building at the end and Van Horn comes on the intercom and says, "What do you mean he's unstoppable? You have better equipment. Better training. You are better than him in all the ways that matter!" Max Payne 2 is still king though. Must have played through that one a dozen times over the years, the ending brought tears to my eyes. Max Payne 3 was pretty good, for an interactive cutscene. All in all a solid trilogy.
Finished review. It's always great how you get into the other media related and history relevant to the game. I'm this case including the movie. And just to add: enjoy the passion you bring to your work.
Excellent review dude, the only thing you got wrong was at 1:17:25, the game's development started in late 1996 shortly after the release of Death Rally, so about 5 years of total development, and way before The Matrix started pre-production. The game's original release date was late spring of 1999 to be close to the movie's release, but Remedy asked 3D Realms to give them additional time, because they felt the game's visuals looked too cartoonish for what they were looking for, so they worked on improving the engine's lighting system and applying higher resolution and more realistic textures and models. After all, they were also experimenting with their internal 3D engine, as they had never developed a 3D game before MP1.
@@netic8erthe3rd11 Same. I got 10+ hours a day at work to listen to stuff through one earbud. Grim uses great videos and has amazing editing, and I do go back and actually watch them eventually. but even just audio grim beard is an amazing experience
Doubt you'll read this message Grim but just wanted to say that I really enjoy all the effort, humour, introspection, music and just plain ol work you always put into every video. So enjoyable pleae keep doing what you're doing (as long as its what you wanna do)!
1:23:03 I remember during the 90’s the term _first person shooter_ hadn’t caught on as the definitive name for the genre yet. One of the most popular terms used in its place was _Doom Clones_ used mostly by snooty point and click puzzle adventure gamers to derisively dismiss the genre as “not real games” because _”they didn’t involve logic or strategy”_ and were _”just mindless violence”_ unlike their definition of _”real games”_ like Myst and Gabriel Knight. So that review with the out of nowhere tribalistic fan divisiveness comparing Deus Ex to Duke Nukem seemed to be an evolution of those two fanbases bickering.
And here we are, 1 step closer to grim playing control by remedy and finding out its basically x files mixed with a character with jedi powers Edit: nevermind he is aware of control and likes it, thats pretty cool
The truth hit me like a ton of bricks. It was my fault. All my fault. Ten minutes was all it took for the game to murder my wife and child. If there was any fun in that I couldn't see it. I had to face facts. I was going to have to return Max Payne to Gamestop. I hovered my cursor over the "one star" icon like some sniper in a bad war movie. *click* *boom* I'd done it. I'd killed my first video game. I only prayed God would have mercy on my soul.
Rest in peace, James McCaffrey. Your legacies within the industry were phenomenal, and we lost you too soon.
Rewatching this, it hit me hard. Gone way too soon.
Rest in Peace James, but Max Payne will never die.
@@FDproductions912 Absolutely max payne 4 needs to happen
The crunch of the french fri 😂
McCaffrey was the perfect Payne and I am worried for how the next Max will sound in the remakes. If I had to choose an actor to replace him as Max, I’d want Matt Dillon since he’s a good actor with a deep voice and a slight New York accent. I wish AI was so advanced to let James McCaffrey voice new lines but I also wouldn’t be mad if they just found a way to up the quality of the original lines from the first two games
this intro? Perhaps your finest work to date
I was losing my mind lol
I didn't like the way the show started
The intro was slow. I didn't like the slow intro. I had to fast forward to get through.
need key
Pp
Max Payne: "The door's locked. I need a key to get through."
JC Denton: "What a shame."
*smacks lips pointedly*
does jc d know what keys are?
@@lasskinn474 JC's keys are augmented (literally, he has a nanokey ring).
Max: "Suddenly, i hear the door behind me slammed and shut. Someone was waiting for the moment to trap me here."
Max: "And it looks like i wasn't the only one."
Max: "Right next to me stood a crazy person, yelling and crying. I paid no attention to that."
Max: "Then i looked in the mirror."
JC: Why are you locked in a bathroom?
Lol JC Denton and Max Payne are so similar.
Just fantastic as always.
Hey, you're here too!
Ryan let's get some Silent Hill game content going bro. Pretty please.
Oh snap!
Yo, our boy hoyever is here too. Nice.
Oh hey it's the only movietuber I watch!
One of the many things I love about your channel is how much effort you put into slicing and dicing voice samples from people who are plausibly probably cool enough to give you a little soundbyte if you emailed them and asked nicely, which makes what you do all the sweeter.
Max Payne has this late nineties "glamourized urban decay" aesthetic that makes me want to put on a hoodie and go on a walk trough downtown in the middle of the night listening to that Bristol trip hop with homeless guest singers and a guy who softly raps to your neck in a very uncomfortable asmr way. Then I realize how creepy +30 men look in a hoodie... and I just end up reinstaling VTMB.
Do you mean massive attack?
the only people who look good in hoodies are in movies :D
Hoodies are cool and timeless. I'm not being ironic.
Cringe
@@Ohio.Gozaimasucringe to that too
Your joke about "The Scream" being about a guy who remembered he left a can in the freezer actually reminded me I left a can in the freezer. Thanks Bro
Fun fact about the rats in Max Payne: If you shoot too many rats they start to turn on you and shoot at you back. I remember being blown away by that as a kid 💀
Just like New York rats irl
W…hat?
That’s real?
When you throw a grenade into the hole in the wall at the start of the second Chapter, “Live from the Crime Scene”, you trigger rats to pull out Berettas and Deagles later in the level. You can get a grenade legitimately in the same chapter (except on consoles), just much later and only if you gun down the guy holding it in time.
Heh... blown away.
Yep. Grim referred to it and even threw in a short clip @ 40:40 🤣👌
"He was trying to buy more sand for his hourglass. I wasn't selling any"
The writing is beautiful. Its Noir chiche with a bit of badass action one-liners and they nailed it perfectly. Its so on the nose but it doesn't feel like its trying too hard. The third game tried to capture this but the setting and 'matured' Max don't help push the sense of a good guy turned bad for vengeance. It was good in its own right but wasn't the same.
Amazing video btw
The 3rd game was a disgrace to the MP franchise, both story- and gameplay-wise. It was not a bad game, certainly not, but it was a bad MP game...
@@skillaxxx yeah I agree. I didn’t really enjoy it because it had the Payne name and couldn’t get past how it had just abandoned pretty much all the themes that made the series great.
I remember liking Max Payne 3. But it was missing the magic of the first two games.
The first two games have scenes and moments that I can replay in my head like it was yesterday. And while I can remember most of what happened in Max Payne 3, it pretty much blurs together with the Call of Duty Brazil levels and CSI Miami.
_sunglasses_
WAAAAAAAAAAOOOOWOWW!
And 3 was such a missed opportunity. 2 ended with all loose ends tied up, with Max reaching a conclusion. How can you follow it up? An aged Max in an era he's not used to. We kinda sorta got that but Dan Howser clearly didn't understand what the series and character was all about.
@@skillaxxx Max Payne 3 is, in my opinion, criminally underrated. It's thematic sequel stuff, deconstruction of what someone like Max Payne would actually be like after 2 games worth of violence, substance abuse and addiction to violence.. it's just STILL an underrated masterpiece of Trilogy Conclusion Tropes IMO and I feel everyone wanted it to be just Max Payne 1.. again again. Noah Gervais does an amazing job summarizing what I always end up arguing with people over, so I recommend everyone watch his Sad Max: Max Payne Trilogy retrospective.
omg, dude... You'd not believe how happy I am to hear someone properly "nail" the appeal of MPs story. It's like you're in my head or something. Expensive paper.
I always liked Max Payne, but I loved Max Payne 2.
Free real estate
Love your content Georg!
This gives me hope he will explain how mp3 plot is vastly inferior to mp1 and mp2
@@mikekrugonic7797 Thanks, man! :)
It's what I love about the Max Payne games, they are not afraid to be extremely dark and then have a funny one-liner the next minute. The writing manages to juggle both dark and light tones very well. It's always a treat to go back and replay these, especially the first two. Can't wait for you to cover the sequel, Max Payne 2 has great resolution to Max' character and the final line of the game is downright beautiful. Though neither would work really well without the fun gameplay.
God, the Max Payne comics you did in between the parts were really fucking good. The effort you put in does not go unappreciated
I remember playing this when I was a kid and being terrified at Max's bad trip
Yeah same! Those elongating hallways catching fire around you.. that abysmal maze of despair with the wierd, floaty laggy controls really nailed that whole 'dreamstate' estetic so well.. man I miss the early 2000
Especially baby's crying it gave
nightmares
@@iamarabicandiloveamericanp7137 saame
I was about to comment this.
Yeah I used to play that but with the sound down because whenever you fell off the bloodstains that baby scream would go through me like a hot knife through butter! Gives me the willies.
>Eats French Fry
>Explodes
Masterpiece
The fact that you were able to edit in a quick cut of Dave Attell's Insomniac proves that your're only just beginning to put out gold. Good work, cant wait til your next one.
Dude its obvious the dude whose channel this is. Its Nick Mullen
Hell yeah dude I’m gay
The nightmare level still haunts me 20 years later. It was quite grim.
Me too man
That fucking baby drove me nuts
Was it also dark? Or better said grimdark?
I had a controller that was broken and had massive stick drift. Running across those blood line things in the trip was impossible. The game was rented and I never got past that point 😂🤣
@@vantilsley8633 Dude this exact same thing happened to me. I had one of those translucent blue MadCatz controllers back then and didn't know what drift was. Or that third party controllers were garbage.
Vlad also has the greatest line in the second one: "Max, dearest of all my friends!" One of the best mob greeting lines ever.
He was a bad guy with morals, which almost made him a good guy.
What the fuck is a mob greeting line lol
@@oh-not-the-bees7872 It's when someone greets you like they love you, but they're absolutely going to murder you
He was supposed to be the hero...
.. Mob greeting line? 🤡 😂
Max Payne is a timeless classic, hope Remedy pulls a Resident Evil Remake and improve upon the original in every way.
Make the graphics good and the shootouts an spetacle of particles, smoke, blood, furniture being destroyed, brass, clothes and flesh being ripped
It would be perfect
@@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 It's in the Control engine so safe to say the environmental destruction will whoop ass
@@blat9024 the risks in too cinematic.
Like the comic bits, are they or similat in or out
@@lasskinn474 dead internet theory
I'm curious what is going to be their decision about Max's face in the remake of both first MP games.. I think - and hope - they are going to go with James McCaffrey's face like MP3, but there will be a option to change it the classic Sam Lake's face
You really went above and beyond for this one, even reviewing the GBA and the movie. Especially loved that splicing, hearing Max meet Chad killed me. And fuck yea we got the Rat Roundup now
Rat fuckin roundup!!
Just when I think my boy has topped himself he drops that absolute banger of an opening on us. Incredible video, outdone yourself once again.
Parapug, Chad, AND a Rat Roundup all in one video? Gothmas came early lol
If our relationship wasnt entirely parasocial and one sided, we'd get on like a house on fire. I never fail to fucking HOWL at your jokes and asides. Like 1:00:43. Fuckin love it.
It’s interesting how Max kinds revels in his vigilante status in the first game. That’s how I interpreted the monologue where he likens himself to a virus in the city’s circulatory system. But by the second game he makes a 180 because by that point, he had had some time and space to look back and “digest” the trauma he experienced. Not getting shot at constantly and holding a normal job does that to a man. Great video, Grim!
RIP James McCaffrey
Man I always hoped you'd review this. Just like the suffering. And it's better than I hoped. You rock dude and I love the music btw. Kick ass.
I appreciate the work that went into the Stalin-Conker picture bit. It's a short gag, a small gag, and intensive to do right - those are the hardest to justify when you're actually there doing them but so often they're totally worth it.
Super "IYKYK", but man, makes you really feel like you're in the GOTH GAMER NATION
I’m diggin the new energy! Your skits and running jokes are some of my favorite parts of your videos
Grim -- your video game essays are hands-down the best of this kind of content I have seen on TH-cam. It's just the perfect mix of analysis and critique, meme, original edits, nostalgia bait, etc. I will always watch, sometimes multiple times.
The algorithm is criminal in how it hasn't properly swung the spotlight towards you. Keep it up, it will happen.
That little ‘Rat-rating’ side mission was rib splitting you bastard!! You owe me new bones son!!! 😂😩
Now this is the kind of IP that'll finally get those subs that this channel deserves. As always, the whole thing is a masterpiece, but that intro was just...beautiful!
“They F my boy up so hard he achieves Chim…” I respect the reference, you definitely know your audience!
Please forgive the book recommendations but I think you'd like these:
"Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West " - Cormac McCarthy
"2666" - Robert Balano
"Lolita" - Vladimir Nabokov
"Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle" - Vladimir Nabokov
I’ve watched this so many times while studying sleeping cleaning baby bottles etc. Grimbeard is simply the best at what he does. Not to mention the music, love the music. Literally listened to some of it especially Pure Acid Hell while at the gym and damn it slays.
This is amazing. I've been binging these every night before bed. Great work
This is some of the greatest editing and jokes I've seen on this channel. Great video Grim, always looking forward to the next!
Loved how they stuck an actual witch hunter manual next to a reference to The Ninth Gate. You needed to be a massive occultist to get both of those references in '01. At the very least you needed to have burnt out a few sets of cornea transplants reading through angelfire websites...
Are you talking about how Max Payne found copies of "Malleus Maleficarum" and "De Umbrarum Novem Portis" in Jack Lupino's "light reading"? I thought the second book wasn't a real thing.
I can't think of a single person who understands why videogames are funnier on a deeper level than Grim. The molotov scene is ASTOUNDING.
I've watched several retrospectives on Max Payne, and I'm surprised that no one has yet picked up that Alfred's last name is Woden, which is another name for Odin. Which plays into why he has one eye. Just always liked the little Norse reference that is less known than the usual names and words used in the story.
1:10:50 The fact Aesir is on the label is also dumb because like, the whole reason Max and Alex are undercover in the mob is to find out where they're getting Valkyr from. They're distributing it but they're not making it, so who's the big player behind it all. Their handler in the DEA, B. B., is crooked and betrays the two detectives when they're getting too close to cracking the case and Max has no idea Aesir is behind it all until like the 3rd Act. If the junkies were really walking around with Aesir-labelled vials the whole game wouldn't happen. The whole conspiracy would be blown open in public, Max would learn about who killed his wife on the 6 o'clock news and he would basically have no agency.
On the other hand, casting Beau Bridges as B. B. is pretty funny.
Every time I fall asleep with TH-cam auto-playing videos for me, I wake up to this one playing.
And every time, I love this video more.
Dude the intro WAS AMAZING
Well worth the wait. I'm glad I went back and binged all your earlier videos, you're on my list of creators I drop everything to watch now. Can't wait to see what you cover next!
Omg the I tro and the other parts you've made throughout the video are just amazing. Great work, I loled at each one. Not specifically for those, but this is my favorite video of yours yet. Thank you Grim, so glad I've been subscribed all these years. 😊
40:53 I had that exact thought! After playing as Harry in DE, I often wonder what kind of cop a fictional character is whenever I ecounter one.
Also, that Intro was a work of art. Overall great retrospection and I love you for giving the story actual credit.
A certified GrimCore classic.
Grim this is your best intro yet, thank you
Over a year and I didn't notice Max holding a figure of the mercurial classic The Maxx you genius you
I've been binging your videos ever since I saw this one, and I know everyone praises how much effort you put into them. But dude, your music too?? Holy crap, it's insanely good!
I'll never be able to get that beautiful, constipated, Finnish man's face out of my brain, and I'm totally ok with this. Love Max Payne.
This is one of my favorite reviews of anything ever
I am commenting before I watch the video to inform you that seeing a new video from Grimbeard brings me joy. Seeing a game related video is even better. But seeing a nearly 2 hour long gaming video by Grimbeard. Well that is that real shit my dude. I already know this is gonna be great. Keep up the great work.
About not getting mad when you die, it also did really help they used all of their technical wizardry to make the quick load practically instantaneous even on that era of PCs with their very limited memory and slow mechanical hard drives. Switching levels may have taken some time, but returning the the last save on the other side of the door on the same level was done in a second. To this date I don't think I can name any other game with as fast load times even though current systems have 100 times faster and more of everything.
It's like Hotline Miami in some ways. Fun to replay some sections just for the gameplay
I think what has always made me adore Max Payne is that if eels like it was made with love. Everyone had fun making it and that bleeds into the rest of the game in a way that not many others can replicate.
One of the best openings of a documentary. Ever. :D And yet another superb review. Thank you for your diligence. Despite being long, they're so easy to watch they feel like 20 minutes. You've got a gift, use it!
The voice acting in this game is absolutely superb. The one I always remember "dum de de dum, KILLER VENDING MACHINE!" in that breathy wheezey soon-to-keel-over voice.
While I respect people's right to their opinions, the critical reviews you pulled out are rather hilarious.
I love you Grim. I'm so glad you finally got around reviewing one of my favorite games ever.
A good day just got even gooder, thank you Grim! It’s always a godsend to see your videos pop up
This is the first adult game I ever played. I was maybe 12. Played it in the coldest winter at night. It terrified me but the atmosphere of the game and the weather was SUPER immersive
I'll never stop watching reviews about Max Payne, I just love seeing different people give new perspectives to this brilliant game! This is one of the best of it I've watched, the humor here is also really well put.
i audibly yelled out "Noooo" when you erased Conker from history.
Holy shit finally my exact sense of humor in a channel. Do not mistake it Grim, you will be one of the greats.
Goddamn, that Intro is beautiful.
Oh god that intro killed me. Great work as always
It's a good day when Grim uploads a review of a classic. Praise to the algorithm gods
Awesome!! I'm Finnish, and you pronounced the Finnish names/words surprisingly well.
So many NPC voicelines I still remember and quote to this day. "I thought it was a bomb!" being an absolute favourite of mine. Also "Whack 'em!" in my brain always is specifically the one in this game.
Really hope he covers Max Payne 2 someday, i just played both for the first time this year and the improvements are amazing.
and he is, new video a days ago
That locked door bit made me lose my shit. Thank you Grimmy
Greetings from Finland. Appreciate the work you put on this. Kiitos!
"I didn't like the way the show started..." Got a real laugh out of me haha
Grim out here elevating the audio editing for game critiques.
Keep it up fam.
Hey Grim, just want to say I really appreciate your creative output and love your stylistic choices in your editing, writing and music. Thank you for putting out such amazing content
hell yes! no more replaying older grim videos for... 1h and 44min!
I really enjoyed the movie review portion. That in addition to your Supernatural reviews makes me think you could really do more of thise if you're ever tapped out on video game vlogs.
Great video, Grim! Loved it
Whenever Sam Lake talks I'm completely thrown off guard, as I expect him to sound like Max Payne every time.
That molotov failure scene was so hilarious, I'm happy you let it play out fully, it made me lose 50 depression points.
Really enjoy seeing your videos gain more and more views. Great stuff as always.
Oh no my lord!
My lady!
No my lord you mustn't!
But i must!
No my lord!
My lady !
Oh no my lord the shame for i an your long lost sister !
Tune in next time ..
I can't play this game without thinking of the SNL parody of Marky Mark: "Say hi to your mother for me!"
I will never get over my love for this game (and the first sequel). I keep trying to get through 3 but I always miss that perfectly absurd noir. Remedy bottled some amazing energy here.
This video is pretty damn good too.
SO glad to hear someone finally addressing the V issue after all this time. Even as a child experiencing the game for the first time, I had the exact same thoughts on my mind, and back then I didn't even know how drugs worked
That intro was awesome. I really hope they do Max Payne justice. Also, I believe how they were trying to make Valkyr how black tar heroin or cocaine would be, that is: Once you've had it once, you're completely addicted and its hard to stop. I can't wait for your next video. :)
God damn it that intro is perfect
Dude, your content is so good.
You make Raycevick and the like resemble lazy amateurs.
I'm only half way through this video and its already the best Max Payne related video on youtube.
I still have my pirated CD copy of this game somewhere (that's how you did it when I was in high school, you burned copies of games onto CD and wrote the key on the disc in permanent marker). Replayed it on Steam a few years back, still holds up. My favorite part is when you are shooting your way up the office building at the end and Van Horn comes on the intercom and says, "What do you mean he's unstoppable? You have better equipment. Better training. You are better than him in all the ways that matter!"
Max Payne 2 is still king though. Must have played through that one a dozen times over the years, the ending brought tears to my eyes. Max Payne 3 was pretty good, for an interactive cutscene. All in all a solid trilogy.
Finished review. It's always great how you get into the other media related and history relevant to the game. I'm this case including the movie. And just to add: enjoy the passion you bring to your work.
Excellent review dude, the only thing you got wrong was at 1:17:25, the game's development started in late 1996 shortly after the release of Death Rally, so about 5 years of total development, and way before The Matrix started pre-production. The game's original release date was late spring of 1999 to be close to the movie's release, but Remedy asked 3D Realms to give them additional time, because they felt the game's visuals looked too cartoonish for what they were looking for, so they worked on improving the engine's lighting system and applying higher resolution and more realistic textures and models. After all, they were also experimenting with their internal 3D engine, as they had never developed a 3D game before MP1.
I thought perfection couldn't exist, until i saw this video...
Continue doing good stuff grim 🤘
I don't know how you only have 56k subs. Your videos are class.
Dude, YOU are reviewing original Max Payne?
I smashed a like without even pressing play!
Lol, this is some of the best commentary on games I've ever experienced. Awesome stuff, keep it up!
Dude you could release a 6 hour video and I'd watch every bit of it!
He makes a half hour video and I watch it for 6 hours, well, listen to it.
@@netic8erthe3rd11 Ditto!
@@netic8erthe3rd11 Same. I got 10+ hours a day at work to listen to stuff through one earbud. Grim uses great videos and has amazing editing, and I do go back and actually watch them eventually. but even just audio grim beard is an amazing experience
Doubt you'll read this message Grim but just wanted to say that I really enjoy all the effort, humour, introspection, music and just plain ol work you always put into every video. So enjoyable pleae keep doing what you're doing (as long as its what you wanna do)!
1:23:03 I remember during the 90’s the term _first person shooter_ hadn’t caught on as the definitive name for the genre yet. One of the most popular terms used in its place was _Doom Clones_ used mostly by snooty point and click puzzle adventure gamers to derisively dismiss the genre as “not real games” because _”they didn’t involve logic or strategy”_ and were _”just mindless violence”_ unlike their definition of _”real games”_ like Myst and Gabriel Knight.
So that review with the out of nowhere tribalistic fan divisiveness comparing Deus Ex to Duke Nukem seemed to be an evolution of those two fanbases bickering.
Funny how "Point and click" games are now called "walking simulators" by annoying naysayers.
What is the source of sound effect at 6:14 when Conker disappears?? I know I’ve heard it before but I can’t remember where and it’s driving me crazy
And here we are, 1 step closer to grim playing control by remedy and finding out its basically x files mixed with a character with jedi powers
Edit: nevermind he is aware of control and likes it, thats pretty cool
Not just a solid Max Payne review, but a solid Max Payne GBA mini review and a solid Max Payne movie mini review. Gods bless you, Grim.
The truth hit me like a ton of bricks.
It was my fault. All my fault.
Ten minutes was all it took for the game to murder my wife and child. If there was any fun in that I couldn't see it.
I had to face facts. I was going to have to return Max Payne to Gamestop.
I hovered my cursor over the "one star" icon like some sniper in a bad war movie.
*click* *boom*
I'd done it. I'd killed my first video game.
I only prayed God would have mercy on my soul.
I love these big reviews. I know they're a lot of work, so thank you.
omfg this intro!
I haven't seen this kind of hard-hitting, deep rat analysis anywhere else. Liked and subscribed.