Current Events > How the hell does Max Payne have such a poor control scheme?

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Specifically with sniper rifles. You press X to go into scope mode, but you hold it to zoom in. Once you let go of X, you stop zooming in and can't zoom in any more unless you exit the scope. You exit the scope using the same button, X. Why not assign scope mode to R2? Why not make scope mode the only option? The rifle sucks at close quarters combat. By the way, it's also intuitive to assign exiting the scope to O. But what is O? The painkiller button. Your healing. So when you try to exit the scope, you end up blowing your limited healing. FUCK this game is frustrating.
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lesidesi posted...

I guess it would be frustrating for someone who got fetal alcohol syndrome for their sixteenth birthday

If it makes any more sense, I'm playing the PS2 version. Apparently this one is by far the worst out of all of the versions.
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You're playing Max Payne on a console. That's your mistake
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*Jeff Jarrett swipe taunt*
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brotrrwinner posted...

You're playing Max Payne on a console. That's your mistake

lolz. How so?
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Just got through Part II, Chapter 3's sniping section with the moving lift and the frame drops were so bad that I legitimately couldn't adjust my aim because my inputs were getting eaten up so much. This lag is actually offensive.
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it came out in 2001, that's how
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that's a lot of ammo
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GTAIII had this control scheme too didn't it? I remember sniping in that game was a pain on the PS2.
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...And now the game is just inputting directions on my controller that put me straight into the fire. What the fuck?
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git gud
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I'm sorry, ANOTHER dream sequence? Is it as bad as the first?
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That scream woke up my cat.
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Max Payne 1 has sound issues on most OSes today to my knowledge. For me, it is an echo affect.
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Because you're playing the PS2 version. The Xbox version was significantly better.
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CrowTRobot posted...

Because you're playing the PS2 version. The Xbox version was significantly better.

I'd certainly hope, considering how highly rated this game is.
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DeltaRayquaza posted...

CrowTRobot posted...

Because you're playing the PS2 version. The Xbox version was significantly better.

I'd certainly hope, considering how highly rated this game is.

Yeah it really is. That generation had multiplat games better on Xbox and Max Payne is a real standout. Another is Psychonauts.
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Just remap the buttons. I remember putting fast turn on the left trigger.

lostoutlawnb posted...

Just remap the buttons. I remember putting fast turn on the left trigger.

There's a quick turn?
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DeltaRayquaza posted...

lostoutlawnb posted...

Just remap the buttons. I remember putting fast turn on the left trigger.

There's a quick turn?

On the Xbox version you could hold down The left stick that would make you move the camera faster. It was awkward so I moved it too the left trigger.