Fan Video Shows Max Payne With HD Textures
A venture that is refitting old games with improved graphics has released a video showcasing Max Payne in HD. The wizard at the helm of Awesome Mods has been working on remastering the early 2000s third-person shooter, giving it a facelift in terms of textures. The aim of the exercise is to promote the Max Payne Project Remastered, which is collecting funds.
Max Payne is a neo-noir shooter released in 2001 by Remedy Entertainment, the creators of Alan Wake, Quantum Break, and Control. It was adapted to the silver screen in 2008, starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis. The game is known for its Humphrey Bogart-like narrative and unique Bullet Time action, inspired by John Woo and likened to The Matrix, which coined the term only a couple of years before.
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Awesome Mods' video shows the gritty former cop walking through several in-game environments, giving the viewers a comparison between the original graphics and improved HD textures. The difference is massive, as one would expect with two decades-old technology. The mushy pixelated walls now have clear bricks, the stop sign and the graffiti on the wall are detailed, and the meat hanging at the butcher looks now more like a piece of flesh than a bloody sock.
This Max Payne remaster isn't without issues, though. Some blood spills are inconsistent and look like they are from the vanilla game. However, perhaps more importantly it seems that the AI hasn't been able to decipher what the packing labels or signs say. In the boxes at the warehouse on original textures, it seems to read something like Canned Fastfish, but the AI has created some unintelligible symbols to replace actual letters. The same goes for signs
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