Interview: Sami Järvi and Max Payne 

I’d play a version of Max Payne where he talks in a Finnish accent

I see his face and I see Max Payne. Sam, if you ever see this, thank you for my childhood. Max Payne, to this day, has the best story in a video game I ever saw. I first played Max Payne when I was 12. I am 23 now. Thank you, honestly.

He speaks ENG super well but somehow his interviews in Finnish hit different as a fluent speaker!

I didn't get this in my feed. I searched for this

I love listening to him talk, and this time it was double interesting because I didn't understand a single word (thanks for the subtitles) he still talks interestingly. And it's also fun to see he speaks the same way in English as in his own language. I though he talks slower in English because he's searching for the right words or something, but no, that's just the way he talks. I wish there was a version of Max Payne where he actaully says Max's lines both in English and Finnish :)

I'm 35 now and played Max Payne just a littlebit later after it was released, but i've never hheard anything of it untul a friend showed it to me. Matrix had a huge impact on me and the first thing that hooked me was bullet time, of course. But the unique atmosphere, the dark vibe, voice of James and everything...oh man. It was special and something else, altogether in a great tps. Had two posters on my wall back in the day and played the first two episodes a thousand times. And I will. Good luck with the remake, I know, you won't disappoint us!

It's Payne!

Teki kyllä tyypit monella tapaa historiaa tän pelin myötä. Ei voi kun kunnioittaa tätä saavutusta

Great writer

How is this man equally charming in a language I cannot understand haha Legend

As an old Max Payne player, i wish for all of you and us, that Sami with Remedy will make remakes of first two Max Paynes, so they can be proudly added to the Museum collection :)

It is interesting how Ja, Ja fills the same lexical space as um and like in English.

Max Payne on Sauli Niinistö, Aki Kaurismäen elokuvassa: Itsevaltiaat! Tulossa 2005.

whoa max payne speaks finnish?!?!

Yeah my boy sam lake as i prefer to call him lol

Сам Макс Пейн !!!😉

Sam Lake is the coolest.

Is Ahti a role player too ?

Question about Finnish: why does Sam say "ja" (ya) a lot. Is that the Finish version of someone looking for words "eerr..." in English, is that a common thing people do in Finnish or is that something just Sam does? I have never heard it before and think it is interesting.

Haha why did i think his name was 'Lake' and not just a literal translation of it.

His name sami jarvi why sam lake