El Paso, Elsewhere

max payne 1-2 is much much better

Came for the gameplay, stayed for the story. What I thought was a fun game that was a love letter to Max Payne, turned into an emotional story about having an abusive ex....while also jumping around like Max Payne. The gameplay is fun, but it started to feel like it was dragging along when the story kept on getting more and more complex. Halfway through the game, I started getting tired of the repetitive gameplay as it started to feel like ads during your movie. I highly recommend this game, the story just ended up being better than the gameplay, but jumping around, shooting, and stabbing monsters in fashion is always fun, especially in this game

It's good, but overstays its welcome. The story is the best part, and I would recommend it just for that - but if you run out of steam just watch the story beats. The gameplay itself becomes very cookie cutter over time.

Initially had a not recommend because I thought I had encountered a game breaking bug. Turns out, it was just a crappy hitbox on a button. Game is fun!

Even on all the lowest settings it's unplayably laggy. No idea why, cpu and memory usage are both fine, but any time a new level loads or something wooden breaks and the pieces fly everywhere the game drops to about 5 fps. I do have a pretty bad computer but I've played games much more graphically intensive then this that ran a lot better

I liked it overall. The bullet time and interesting level design are the big pluses. That said, the difficulty spikes on bosses and fighting the same enemies over and over in similar environments dragged on for too long. It felt padded, and it would have been an awesome 4-5 hour game if it were just trimmed down. I really appreciated the accessibility options to customize the combat. By default, the bullet time didn't feel like enough, but the settings let you adjust that. On the default balance, having limited bullet time while dying in 2-3 hits from an enemy you didn't even see was frustrating, especially with the ones zooming around the tops of the levels. Overall, I recommend it. It's unique, the core mechanics are fun, and I'm looking forward to what the developer does next. I just hope they tighten things up next time around. 3/5