Maximum Underworld

Everything ripped apart in a New York Minute on a cold urban night!

Product Information

Explore the Underworld with 2 Full Version Strategy Games!  Experience a unique relentless story-driven game about a man on the edge. Max Payne is fighting for his justice, while uncovering plot-twists and twisted thugs in the gritty bowels of New York. In Mafia, immerse yourself in a dangerous world of high-speed car chases, bank heists, bootlegging, assassinations, and brutal gang warfare. A brutal gang warfare in a story of crime, romance, and betrayal.  


Product Title Included

  • Max Payne (full version)
  • Mafia (full version)
  • The Official Strategy Guides


Product Overview

Max Payne

Three years back a young NYPD cop, Max Payne, came home one night to find his family senselessly slaughtered by a gang of drug-crazed junkies, high on a previously unknown synthetic drug. Now that same drug, Valkyr, has spread through the whole New York City like a nightmare plague, and Max Payne’s on a crusade for revenge, out to get even. To Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, this new drug was evil incarnate, to be stopped at any cost.  Max's boss and best friend, the only one who knew his true identity, has been murdered, and Max's been framed for the slaying. Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, and now hunted by cops and the mob. 

Auto-adjusting gameplay - another first in gaming. You want the action to be challenging and intense, but not unfair and frustrating. The game's adaptive difficulty keeps you in the sweet spot of gameplay bliss.  Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for a new breed of deep action game. Prepare for pain!

Features:

  • Max Payne is a fugitive undercover cop, hunted by both the cops & the mob. There is no hope for Max to win in this cat-and-mouse game -- all he can do is take as many of them as he can. How he does it is up to you.
  • Unique 3rd-person perspective takes into the darkest parts of New York
  • Shoot it out with thugs and crooked cops in the worst blizzard in a century
  • Play in Bullet Time -- slow-motion timing that lets you dodge shots
  • Dark and gritty just went to a whole new level!




Mafia

Mafia is a 3D action crime epic set in the seedy underworld of the 1930's.  rise from the lowly but well-dressed footsoldier.  to an envied and feared made man in an era of mob hits, car chases, and bottlelegging.  Earn a reputation as a tough enforcer, daring getaway driver, and deadly hitman in your quest for respect and power within the Salieri family.

Features:

  • Enter the American underworld of the 1930's and immerse yourself in a dangerous world of high-speed car chases, bank heists, bootlegging, assassinations, and brutal gang warfare in a thrilling story of crime, romance and betrayal.
  • Over 20 action-packed missions full of twists, turns and unexpected surprises, with challenging sub-quests for the more discerning gangster.
  • Drive more than 60 authentic vehicles like trucks, convertibles and sports cars to stay one step ahead of your foes.
  • Choose from a huge arsenal of weaponry including Baseball Bats, Magnums and Tommy Guns.
  • Explore over 12 square miles of this 1930's American city, with simulated traffic, landmarks and surrounding landscapes that evolve over time.
  • Fully motion-captured character animations, facial motion and lip-synch technology personalize the massive cast of characters.


Product Reviews

"Defiantly original, soaked in style, fiendishly well-written, and sporting one sequence of jaw-dropping action after another, Max Payne will be the most talked about action game since half-life..the actual gameplay is flat-out brilliant..."
     - PC Gamer

"The Max visuals are nothing short of stunning."
     - Gamesdomain

"A game that had my jaw handing around my pasty white ankles!"
     - PC Zone

"A third-person shooter that borrows back all the magic that the matrix stole from compute games, then doubles it with movies from Chinese film directors."
     - MSNBC

"It's a toss-up as to which is the most impressive - the back-story, the action, or the amazingly detailed graphics. Luckily, gamers will get to enjoy all three."
     - Gamepower

"Max Payne is about as gritty as a computer game can get - and as good-looking."
     - Gamespot

"Max carries out John-Woo action movie dives, leaping through the air in all directions, simultaneously making himself a hard target while delivering scientifically accurate death through the lethal ability of bullet time."
     - Gamespot

"Bullet time' slows time to a crawl for mere seconds, giving the game a very matrix-like quality...it's pulled off incredibly well, especially when combined with the stunt moves max is capable of, such as side rolls and leaps. The jaw dropping effect is even accompanied by sound effects that dramatize it all."
     - Gamespy

"Many games promise to put you in an action movie, Max Payne actually does it."
     - Gamesmania

"More Realism - painstaking attention to detail, bullets even modeled accurately, results in realistic and cinematic gameplay unlike anything you've seen . Everything is destructible and comes apart realistically. You've never played action sequences with this level of demolition."
     - PC Gamer

"Feel the pain - story is the Bedrock of Max Payne. Yeah, it's chock full of mind-blowing gunplay. But at every turn, a new and clever piece of noir storytelling will motivate you forward and illuminate the action."
     - PC Gamer



Minimum Requirements

Max Payne System Requirements:

  • Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP*
  • 450MHz Pentium III (1GH recommended)
  • 96 MB RAM (256MB recommended)
  • 16 MB Direct3D Compatible Graphics Card (64MB recommended)
  • DirectX 8.0
  • DirectSound compatible sound card
  • 529MB Free Hard Drive Space
  • 16X CD-ROM Drive (32X recommended)

* Note: Although Max Payne has been found to work on Windows XP, it has not been thoroughly tested and thus Windows XP is not officially supported.  Additionally, Windows NT is not supported."


Mafia System Requirements:

  • Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP with DirectX 8.1
  • 500MHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor (700+ MHz recommended)
  • 96MB of RAM (128MB recommended)
  • 16X CD-ROM Drive (32X recommended)
  • 1.8 GB of free hard disk space
  • DirectX 8.1 compatible 3D Accelerator card with 32MB RAM
  • DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
  • Keyboard
  • Mouse

Recommended Mafia System Requirements:

  • 700+ MHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor
  • 128+ MB of RAM
  • 32X CD-ROM Drive
  • 1.8 GB of free hard disk space
  • 32MB video card with DirectX 8.1 compatible drivers
  • DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card with surround sound support
  • Keyboard
  • Mouse

  • Manufactured by: Gathering of Developers