A mod for Max Payne
One of the most acclaimed mods, so much so that there is an easter egg on its creator in Max Payne 2. All kinds of kung fu punches and kicks have been added, including combos, use of the cane and even a simple skill system (from only four levels), which enables spectacular extra movements, such as "wall running". There is a special stage, the Dojo, which is practically a tutorial to learn the different blows and techniques.
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I don't care I spent summers on this jank pos
Originally posted here: https://cultclassiccornervideogames.wordpress.com/2018/01/01/mod-corner-kung-fu-3-0-max-payne-mini-review/
The idea for a mod for Max Payne that adds in the ability for Max to use martial arts to take down his enemies might seem absurd (and it is), but the idea for it makes more sense in context. Max Payne was influenced by two things, the high energy and explosive action scenes of John Woo films, and the bullet time from the original Matrix film, which had only come out a few years beforehand. So being able to fight through Max Payne in hand-to-hand combat just like Neo did in The Matrix makes sense considering it’s influences.
Kung Fu 3.0 (The latest version of the mod) is pretty much everything you’d expect from the title. Wall running and jumping, spinning kicks, slow-motion wire-fu for takedowns, a pole weapon for you to use in hand-to-hand combat. The mod comes with a tutorial on how to use all of it’s features, which is appropriately a Dojo, just like the training scene from the first Matrix.
A mod like this doesn’t seem like much, but it was so significant for the Max Payne modding community that it influenced and was incorporated into several other Max Payne mods, mostly Matrix themed mods, along with mods like Katana and Polar Payne. Kung Fu 3.0 is definitely worth checking out if you’re at all interested in the Max Payne modding scene and don’t mind the absurdity of seeing Max leaping around in the name of getting revenge for his family, and it adds enough variety to the gameplay Max Payne that it makes the game worth replaying if you need yet another reason to replay it.
The idea for a mod for Max Payne that adds in the ability for Max to use martial arts to take down his enemies might seem absurd (and it is), but the idea for it makes more sense in context. Max Payne was influenced by two things, the high energy and explosive action scenes of John Woo films, and the bullet time from the original Matrix film, which had only come out a few years beforehand. So being able to fight through Max Payne in hand-to-hand combat just like Neo did in The Matrix makes sense considering it’s influences.
Kung Fu 3.0 (The latest version of the mod) is pretty much everything you’d expect from the title. Wall running and jumping, spinning kicks, slow-motion wire-fu for takedowns, a pole weapon for you to use in hand-to-hand combat. The mod comes with a tutorial on how to use all of it’s features, which is appropriately a Dojo, just like the training scene from the first Matrix.
A mod like this doesn’t seem like much, but it was so significant for the Max Payne modding community that it influenced and was incorporated into several other Max Payne mods, mostly Matrix themed mods, along with mods like Katana and Polar Payne. Kung Fu 3.0 is definitely worth checking out if you’re at all interested in the Max Payne modding scene and don’t mind the absurdity of seeing Max leaping around in the name of getting revenge for his family, and it adds enough variety to the gameplay Max Payne that it makes the game worth replaying if you need yet another reason to replay it.
GUN-FU!