Max Payne is a man who has nothing to lose. Pursued by law enforcement and the mafia, an undercover police officer was framed for a murder he did not commit. Max has his back against the wall and fights a fight doomed to failure. Max Payne is a cruel role-playing game about a man on the edge who fights to clear his good name while trying to uncover the truth about his slain family amid countless twists and twisted thugs in the dirty corners of New York City during the worst blizzard of the century. Max Payne is a groundbreaking, original, cinematic action shooter that introduced the concept of Bullet Time® to video games. With stylish slow-motion shooters combined with a dark and intricate story, Max Payne has redefined the action shooter genre.