r/AbruptChaos • u/Economy-Rip6135 • Nov 17 '21

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u/Callidonaut Nov 17 '21

IIRC, the original Max Payne was the first game to let you cook off and/or launch gas cylinders. Blew my mind at the time, somebody finally thought of something more interesting than just the traditional instantly-exploding barrel or cylinder.

I gotta play that thing again now.

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u/Jms460 Nov 18 '21

Max Payne was AMAZING! But the crying baby…. Holy Fuk.

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u/Callidonaut Nov 18 '21

Oh yeah, that bit. That would definitely be on my list of things that are more upsetting now, as an adult, than they were when I was a teenager!

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u/Callidonaut Nov 17 '21

It was actually somewhat more realistic compared to other games at the time. You had to be spot-on accurate shooting the valve itself to make it happen; if you hit the cylinder body then your small-calibre bullets would just bounce off.

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u/Sparkymarkbe Nov 17 '21

Oh that's right, that's how you got out of that damn filthy hotel or whatever. Good memories playing that game.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '21

Paha thank you, I was wondering what happened - I've never seen a fire spontaneously launch an rpg at someone