This version of Max Payne runs and plays excellently, but I do have one big concern. If you play this game with a controller, you aren't given the original Max Payne controller layout. If the original controls were patched in, this game would be perfect. There would be no way to crouch, but I'm sure that people would be satisfied.Strangely, the game also has issues picking up light presses of the d-pad and A button on my Steelseries Nimbus. For most games, I don't have any problems, but for some reason, this game has trouble picking up those simple inputs. This had led to a number of deaths simply because the game didn’t recognize that I pressed the button.

I was excited to play this game because I played Max Payne 2 on the PlayStation 2 and max Payne three on PlayStation 3 and by the time I try to find a copy of the original Max Payne for PlayStation 2 I couldn’t find one so I was excited to download this to my iPad but every time I try to shoot a gun, even in the tutorial, the game crashes and closes completely. I’ve tried everything that they have said on their website to fix the problem and I’m still waiting to hear back from the technical support ticket that I submitted. I have a bad feeling that they are not even going to bother with updates for this game and I am screwed out of three bucks. If I could give this zero stars I would because I did a quick Internet search and the problem has been going on for a while, shame on me for not researching about a game before I downloaded but who really does that?UPDATE: Rockstar tech support is worthless, 3 different people emailed me and gave me a link that gives you different ways to fix the game, none of them worked. I even did a factory restore on my iPad and set it up as a new iPad and reinstalled the game and it still crashes. Then I get a reply to my email to try shutting the iPad off and on again and describing what buttons to press to do this like I’m an idiot and can’t reset my iPad. Seeing as it was only 3 bucks I guess I’ll just keep it and see if an update down the road fixes the problem. I’m a huge fan of Rockstar games and have bought pretty much all their games for different systems throughout the years but in the meantime I’m extremely disappointed in them.UPDATE: Can finally play game on iOS! Really great game, great story, action, puzzle solving, couldn’t stop playing until I finished! I thought Rockstar had given up on an iOS fix but they came through, well done!!!

Can I just say this is one of the few mobile ports of a Rockstar game where the controls haven’t been butchered to hell? The controls here are prefect for mobile platforms. The dual-stick approach emulates the feel of the original control scheme, and the customizable HUD, with customizable button placement/sizes is a welcomed adjustment. The game runs very smoothly, but the only criticism I have is with the weapon select system. If you want to select different weapons within the category like the sawed-off shotgun or the classic dual-berettas, you have to go to the weapon select menu and tap the top weapon of that category, and keep entering and exiting the menu until you get the weapon you want. This is much more cumbersome compared to the on-the-fly weapon selection of the console version. If you can fix this so you can tap on the weapon you want and instead of the current system, it would be a much appreciated fix. Also, totally unrelated, ADD MAX PAYNE 2 & 3!!! THIS SERIES DOESN’T DESERVE TO GO UNFINISHED!!! It’s an otherwise masterpiece and I wholeheartedly recommend checking it out.

Wow. The nostalgia trip was insane! Brought back so many memories. I remember playing this on PS2 as a kid in the middle of winter in Chicago for hours on end. Graphics look much better than the original of course. Nothing special compared to today’s standards obviously but definitely cleaned up and crisp. Not a huge fan of the amount of game they cut out of the mobile version (multiple levels) but it still works and is a pretty quick play in this version actually. Well worth the money and still such a fun and insanely well written game. Ahead of its time for sure. Classic!