This list of influences is by no means definitive. Rockstar Games has assembled an inventory of favorite action films that goes back as far as the 1930’s. Their team’s knowledge of filmic badassery truly runs deep. What movies do the Max Payne games make you think of (besides The Matrix)?
We can’t recommend the latest Payne game enough. We gave it a 10/10 in our Max Payne 3 review. And if you want more dissections of games inspired by movies, check out our list of 10 blockbusters that clearly influenced Uncharted 3.
Ex-Bethesda dev turned indie says "good things often happen by accident," like that time Skyrim players convinced themselves the RPG's foxes were leading them to treasure
Palworld dev says the studio went dark for months because "the team was getting burnt out from all the social media stuff, I was getting burnt out, our CEO was under attack in Japan"
Metaphor: ReFantazio had to dial back an early battle system inspired by a notoriously brutal 2003 JRPG, because 20 years later, players found it "irrational" and "just not fun"
