Maximum Action: retro Max Payne and Half-Life

Looks like there is a new game for @ghosts4ever and @uninspiredcup .....

https://www.pcgamer.com/maximum-action-enters-early-access-looking-like-a-mashup-of-half-life-and-max-payne/

Maximum Action looks dope, but I do like me some fun shooting stuff however :P

Looking at the gameplay now makes me wanna go rewatch Hardcore Henry lol.

@davillain-: Yeah, it looks like it is developed by the one guy. If he could hire some more people and have that gameplay with modern graphics, would be awesome.

FPS with bulletime Done before in FEAR.

Nice one, I hadn't heard of this. Looks like good fun to play.

My one issue with bullet time is that, even when it's done well, it's almost impossible to implement in multiplayer, and that's how I really want to be playing a frenetic, skill-based shooter most of the time. Maybe a duel mode, where either player could activate bullet time for both players would work, I don't know.

OK, so maybe it does take cues from the same source materials as FEAR, but then I never got why it was bad to slightly modify an existing idea, since that's what most real-world innovation actually is at heart. There must be a ton of untapped potential in genre mashups still - I mean, just look at the crazy success of Rocket League or BR games: neither case is really that original when you examine them closely, someone just made the right small adjustment. And it is always the small developers or even the modders that first strike the vein on PC, not the big players. Just saying.

@sancho_panzer: Actually, bullet time for both players would be interesting! Maybe there could be damage multipliers for the player who hits all vital areas the quickest? Head, heart, etc. Or maybe hitting the hand holding the gun causes the other player’s aim to wobble randomly for the duration of the bullet time.

Looks better than PUBG...no seriously, it actually looks better.

@appariti0n: John Woo style. I like it! I guess you'd need long cool-downs or something to stop it being overused but I can imagine something like that being awesome to play.

Also looks way better than any Killzone game. Those were such a waste of resources.

This looks like a legitimately more entraining game than The Last Of Us 2.

Exactly. games are about fun and entertainment. not to watch a movie.

naughty dogs dont know what make game fun. so they make glorified interactive movies.

Looks freaking great. Maximum action is the perfect name as it lools like you are playing an action movie star.

Controls are a bit hard to get use to though, the controls make for a pretty hard learning curve.

https://www.gamebyte.com/naughty-dog-doesnt-use-the-word-fun-for-the-last-of-us-part-2/

Those GTX 1080Ti’s and RTX cards hard at work.

Pfffft.

Looks fun though.

@BassMan Have you tried the demo ?

On their steam store there is a link to their discord channel, and the demo can be found on there;

It's pretty fun, but it's pretty difficult to get a grasp on the controls :p

Not yet. I will give it a go.

@R4gn4r0k: I tried the demo and the control was a little bit clunky, but not too bad. It is definitely fun though. I like the white walls in the tutorial level for all the blood splatter. hehe :)

Yeah the shooting feels great, though I wish they upgrade to some higher quality gun models.

But damn, carrying around dual AK's is so much fun. You can also throw empty weapon at enemies to hurt/distract them in the style of SUPERHOT.

Oh and finally there is a dropkick you can pull off, when you are jumping through the air in slow motion.

Gameplay is a lot of fun :)