Yesterday the gaming community celebrated the seventeenth anniversary of Max Payne.
Following Remedy's social media milestone post, tributes, reactions and memories began pouring in from gamers. Everything from how the game has impacted their life, to fan art to celebrate the occasion.
Take a look at some of the brilliant responses posted on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram over the past twenty four hours below:
#MaxPayne introduced the concept of bullet time, and today we're celebrating 17 years since the game was released! ๐ซ⏰ Max Payne 1 came out July 23, 2001. pic.twitter.com/gWKJxwskna— Remedy Entertainment (@remedygames) July 23, 2018
At the age of seventeen! We <3 you Max. On to the next *Raises a glass of Kong* https://t.co/FOBruBXKd2— Patrick Streutjens (@PayneReactor) July 23, 2018
HB, Max! It also means 16 years have passed since my husband met me on the game’s forums. So happy love-at-first-post @aschilds <3 https://t.co/tsf1lTaJMY— Anagrammaton (@baskinator) July 23, 2018
COOL! I keep mine in the office too, one with my childhood things, and one (next to the lightbulb) to keep me inspired. BTW about to finish my first book, so it must work! pic.twitter.com/vTUEAjqR1i— Anagrammaton (@baskinator) July 23, 2018
Happy Birthday,Max Payne! @remedygames and @SamLakeRMD, you made a great game! pic.twitter.com/aoaNxLxqyV— ๐ปDasha Yerofeyeva๐ป (@DashaYerofeyeva) July 23, 2018
"They were all dead. The final gunshot was an exclamation mark to everything that had led to this point. I released my finger from the trigger. And then it was over."— Ilya Chabelets (@EllanarkJesus) July 23, 2018
One of the best games I've played as a kid, Remedy Entertainment's Max Payne, is 17 years old today. pic.twitter.com/i7EEXLC58G
The #MaxPayne series celebrates its 17th anniversary today!— Geekstore ๐ค (@GeekStoredotcom) July 23, 2018
The first game released on July 23, 2001, and introduced Bullet Time to the realm of gaming!
Do you have any memories playing this classic? pic.twitter.com/IdnTxgEpeR
17 years of ground breaking gameplay, story telling and killing with style with the innovative bullet time. THIS is #MaxPayne I never released my finger from the trigger. Thank you @SamLakeRMD & @remedygames ๐๐๐๐ pic.twitter.com/HgYNTZVBZJ— ๐กRobert ๐ฎ Senketsu๐ก (@k1LL3rX_AT) July 23, 2018
Happy 17th B-day to #MaxPayne! One of my all time favourite games! Still proud of @SamLakeRMD and @remedygames for creating such a fantastic game and sequel that combined cinematic storytelling with superb gameplay with the bullet-time feature! pic.twitter.com/LAww5sRyFh— Valkian (@Valkian24) July 23, 2018
Damn, I can't believe it's been 17 years since this gem of a game was released, I love #MaxPayne so much.— Ernesto Mรกntaras ๐ (@ErnestoMantaras) July 23, 2018
It was an amazing game, and oh that sweet level editor! To commemorate, here's a silly little piece I made in high-school. Thank you for your work, @remedygames ! pic.twitter.com/TH5hsmcxus
Max Payne (2001) turns 17 today. Hands up if you still play this masterpiece every now and then! https://t.co/9OCDrpkPb2— Patrick Streutjens (@PayneReactor) July 23, 2018
Max Payne, the cult-classic game that introduced the concept of "bullet-time", is 17 years old today! @remedygames @SamLakeRMD @RockstarGames pic.twitter.com/qgsElmLpzh— GTA Series Videos (@GTASeries) July 23, 2018
"is this the payne residence?", i was 16 years old... can't grasp that it has been 17 years, i've played through it so many times. still love it today!❤️⏱️๐ฎ(fan art is from 2014, #ballpen sketch on #PostIt) #limitededition #MaxPayne @remedygames @SamLakeRMD @TheSuddenStop pic.twitter.com/eaVOfZtw9F— Kopf Stoff (@KOPF_STOFF) July 23, 2018
I was blown away by that game when it came out. Bullet time was so cool! Plus it a great (crazy) story too. ๐— TJ Marinelli (@MrTJ_808) July 23, 2018
Been this way since 2001 and don't. Regret. A single. (New York) Minute. #MaxPayne is the deal, can't believe it's already 17 years old. Kiitos paljon, @SamLakeRMD— Konstantin Sarkisov (@ThugcoreCowboy) July 23, 2018
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Only one more year before Max Payne can legally drink.— Immanuel 'VisseNekku' (@vissenekku) July 23, 2018
Thank you so much for this great game and the first follow-up. It has influenced me a lot and has a fixed place in my all-time-list of favorite games. MAX PAYNE (2) has changed everything in so many ways. Can't thank you enough for it! :)— Philbo Beutlin (@HerrBeutel) July 23, 2018
The worst part about playing Max Payne on the 17th anniversary is not knowing which copy I own I should play— Mori ◻◼ (@AceDhampir) July 23, 2018
and I own 5
My custom vaping box cover...@SamLakeRMD pic.twitter.com/751vl1D3RA— Simone Payne (@simosaint) July 23, 2018
One of the best shooter games of all time, Max Payne, was releasd for the PC 17 years ago! This was a ground-breaking game! #maxpayne #payne #maxpayne2 #maxpayne3 #pcgaming #pcgamer #classic #gamer #gamers #gamerhubph pic.twitter.com/CvrRAmCscu— GamerhubPH (@GamerhubPH) July 23, 2018
Man, Max Payne was one of the biggest influences to get me interested in game design. I loved the story, game play was amazing, and it had an amazing soundtrack— Matt (@OldGenGamers) July 23, 2018
