Max Payne is a third-person shooter video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and later acquired by Rockstar Games. It follows the story of Max Payne, a New York police detective turned vigilante after his family is murdered by drug dealers. The game uses a script format with descriptions of gameplay and dialogue to advance the narrative. It has been successful in telling a story through gameplay and scripting to appeal to audiences looking for both action and plot.

1. STYLE
Thisis a scriptfrom the game Max Payne developedby
remedyentertainmentandlatergames2 and 3 bought
and createdbyrock star games.The scriptfollowsa
standardgame scriptformat.A shortdescriptionof what
youas a playerandthe character will door what youare
doingfollowedbydialoguefromthe maincharacter.
Normallythe maincharactershave longermonologue
style speechesandlessimportantcharacterlike “thug1
“ are reducedto shortcommentsoneventsoccurring.
Content
Max Payne isa classicvideogame thatwasintroduced
to GameBoyadvancedin2003. Since the firstthere have
been2 other,Max Payne 2 and 3. It isa thirdperson
shooterthatis namedafterthe protagonistof the story
whois a NewYork police detective turnedvigilanteafter
hisfamilywere murderedbyagangof drug dealers.
Narrative structure
Max Payne isas many othergamesare,it followsa3 act
structure of an initial equilibriuminterruptedby
somethinginthe middle whichisthe disequilibriumand
thena gradual return to peace andequilibrium.This
narrative fitsperfectlywithTodorous (1969) theoryof
equilibriumanddisequilibrium
Genre
interms of game genre Max Payne isa thirdperson
shooter,howeveringeneral termsthe genre wouldbe
mostlikelycrime andpolice asthroughoutwe follow
crime groupssuch as mafia/gangsanddrugdealersthe
police genre come fromthe factthat the maincharacter
isan ex detective.Iguesswe couldalsoputthe game
undera sub-genre of tragedyasthe leadcharacter had
losthiswhole familytoagang of drug dealers,causing
himto go rogue.
Target audience
The target audience forMax Payne will consistof people
wholove action/shootemupgamesas well aspeople
wholookfor a game to personalise withthe main
character and finda goodstory withinthe plot.Withthe
use of the scriptand gameplayMax Payne has beenable
to give itself the titleof videogame movie,thiswill
appeal andtarget the audienceswholook forthe
storyline withingames. Onthe youngandRubicam’s4
C’s model Ifeel thatMax Payne will targetthe strugglers
as most people whoplaygameslikethese are playingit
to escape the troublesandboresof real life.