Digital Playground: Max Payne

At this point I am directing my passion and skills toward a small, one level only modification named 187 (it means homicide in police fancy talk). I intend it to be an ambitious, intense yet short level coupled with luxurious high tech architecture and a nice looking outdoors urban battleground. I have recruited a kickass modeller that goes by the name of Tycho Terryn aka Yo_Neo (former modeller of the defunct Marksman MP mod) who will be modelling a very respectable arsenal and therefore, depending of my success at coding them (I am a level designer at heart), the level might also contain a couple of brand new firearms for you to dispatch some serious opposition. Expect this baby finished around March/April 2003.

"187" Level

Stats:

Estimated Relese Date: March/April, 2003
Estimated Development Time: 4 months
Estimated Playing Time: 20-25 Min
Estimated Level Size in MB: less than 40 MB
Estimated Amount of New Weapons: 5

Prologue:

Enter year 2004. Hryfter Guns Corporation (NYSE: HFT) is one of the premier gun manufacturers in North America and Europe with global earnings exceeding $3 billion last year alone. It is also a major gun supplier for leftist guerrillas on most of the world’s political hot spots. In an exceedingly aggressive effort to find new gun markets, Hryfter has provided rebel bloodthirty militias for years with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of sophisticated killing equipment. This illegal operation generates the lion’s share of the corporation revenues and as such it is kept securely camouflaged through countless shadow companies and corporative fronts across the globe.

However in the capitalist shark infested waters of the 21st century's economy, nothing is certain. An hostile takeover by electronics giant Vauxhall Industries (NYSE: VXH) has brought a new band of honest, straight clean businessmen leadered by new CEO Frank Valladeccio that threat to shut down the whole black operation and steer the company towards legal endeavors. Valladeccio’s crusade has disturbed the hornet’s nest and several power structures high on the food chain are determined to take him down whatever means necessary.

Your name is Sean Hall. Your mission is to execute Frank Valladeccio and whoever gets in the way of that goal. The hit is to take place on the target's top floor suite at 1345 Slaten Plaza. It will not be an easy task, as the opposing force will make you sweat blood, in the best of scenarios. Police protection has recently been added to the best equiped VIP protection detail in town and the State authorities have already set a precedent for the deployment of the National Guard in cases of severe threats. Do whatever it takes to finish the job and remember the boss' final words: "Terminate, with extreme prejudice".

So what do you think: Nice potential? Dead upon arrival? Plain boring? I would really apreciate some feedback. Write me at aavenr@3dactionplanet.com