Max Payne Kung Fu Edition - Mod Madness 

Who the fuck made these Max Payne 1/2 batshit insane action mods? Heroes, that's who.

I hope there are enough folks who like this video so as to encourage Icarus to continue to make non-DOOM related mod review videos

Modding individual enemy loadouts in MP1 is impossible given the engine limitations. Hence why no enemies are unarmed. This mod did make some waves upon it's release though. Practically every custom weapon/conversion mod released there-after during the Max Payne modding era in 2002-2004 included Kung-Fu as a base due to the finesse of the combat. It even got an honorable mention from Remedy in Max Payne 2, where you can find a poster for Kung-Fu (featuring low-poly Max kicking a mook in the face) as an in-universe movie in Mona Sax's safehouse.

The reason why you couldn't wall jump in normal game is because the mod has a kung-fu skill mechanic. You have to use the actual kung-fu and eventually the game will tell "level-up, wall jump unlocked".

Kung Fu 3.0 was flat out the best mod for Max Payne, unlike most mods at the time, it wasn't half-assed. I also like how it wasn't just implemented as a weapon in a slot as you could pull moves even when armed, you could gain experience and level up with new moves; it was really well thought out. Another mod I remember is Katana. Oh man, the memories of better times.

Funny this came out, I was actually playing through the 1st Max Payne for the very 1st time

You CAN use pure Kung Fu punches and kicks to finish the whole game! Try to move your every step by strafe jumping or side rolling. Strafe jumping or side rolling lets you IGNORE bullets firing at you completely so you won't get hurt trying to get near to enemies.

A lot of animations are from The Matrix: Path of Neo... a pretty sweet game gameplay wise, because the history is overall the Matrix plot of the 3 movies plus a few extra scenes and a new ending.

This mod is perfect and a must have back in the day.

Nice review of the mod, would love to see more Max Payne 1 & 2 content! There are plenty of great mods, like the Kung Fu mod for MP2, Punisher: War Zone, 7th Serpent or Boiling. Even the unfinished Vampire Slayer 2.0 was pretty nice and then there are many many smaller mods like Payne Effects, Pipboy mod, Bullet, Hall of Mirrors and so on...

Heh. This mod definitely brings memories back running the game on a Pentium III. I absolutely adore the chest-step combo.

The Katana and The Real World demo mods for Max Payne 1 from Maddieman build on the great Kung Fu mod, plus solve loads of the balancing issues as well.

This is different from you. Good mod though.

Love these uploads, man.

This one brings me alot of nostalgia. This was THE mod to play after you are done with Max Payne. Its so good Remedy flat out said it was they favorite mod and give it a cute nod in Max Payne 2

in the main game you have to unlock wall running. basically the more you use hand to hand without using guns your level goes up you learn more moves. but if you "give up" and only use guns well you never see all of the really cool moves in fact most of the cool moves are locked and unavailable in the dojo. the read me file that comes with the mod explains all of this.

If you like this sort of thing, you might want to check out Vanquish. It does a lot of what this mod does with extra moves and opportunities to slow down, but also lets you boost up to enemies so you can melee them. Though more in a burst melee rather than pure kung fu.

It's was about damn time dude!

I remember enjoying this mod quite a bit, made the gunplay way more entertaining and the kungfu wasn't bad if you picked the right time to bust it out.

Max Payne + kung fu mod = The Matrix: Path of Neo ?!

I actually enjoyed using this mod with Max Payne it was really fun playing on a hard difficulty and using these mechanics made it challenging

Max Payne Mod Madness :D By the way Icarus, have you seen that mod for Half-Life with Max Payne? It's called Half-Payne, it's basically Max Payne in Half-Life, you have the slow mo effect, but the difference is, that you're in first person, it's a good mod to see in a Mod Madness as well ;)

Not even word about level up system? Kung-fu starts pretty weak but if you use it whenever possible it gets pretty powerful pretty quickly.

Ahh kungfu_30... An actual pleasant memory of my PC gaming days. This and the Equilibrium mod were some off the most fun I had in my younger years. Also worth it is the AliG mod, it makes everything better.

I remember playing the Matrix mode for Max Payne II. I had fun with it. I never tried the Kung Fu mod for Max Payne I, but it looks similar :)

this mod must be like 15 years old? classic!

This was my FAVOURITE mod and even the Matrix mod was a tough one to beat! Such a challenge replaying the game with Kung Fu Only :D

Rabbit's Respawn, anyone?

I wonder if the game Total Overdose was inspired by the slow-mo shenanigans of this mod (or game even).

Ever think about featuring jedi outcast/academy mods?

You actually CAN use the kung fu moves throughout most of the game, you just have to incorporate the dodge roll, as nothing can stop the dodge roll. Also, since you mentioned matrix, I'd recommend checking out a mod called Animatrix(JimmyEdit).

looks cool as fugg

I fucking loved this mod

*Jesus Kung Fu*

Wait this isn't a doom mod... Hope you'll review Halo SPV3 and Half-Payne in the future

i played SO SO much of this back in the day, i used to mod the hell out of this game. kenneth yeung (?)'s modding work is nuts! check out the sword (i think its called that) as well, its an interesting mod.

Pretty sure most of he moves and animations are taken directly from Jedi Academy

Great constructive criticisms. They devs should definitely take your advice.

They should make a mod where every single enemy is a scary looking clown, I would really enjoy that

Neat shit dude. :D

Are there any good campaign-length mods out there for Max Payne? I'd love to play a new story in that game...

Awesome

ahh i rember this , and katanna mod

It's been a while!

Well if you're reviewing Max Payne 2 mods I would highly recommend the Vampire Slayer 2.0 mod.

1:10 Stop trying to hit me and hit me!!

i like the katana mod more, it has the kung fu moves, but also regens your bullet time, i think? its been ages

You should Try the Katana Mod as well Mr. Icarus, it's almost the same thing, but with a friggin sword instead!!! Kill Bill, Akira and The Matrix mixed into one, let that one sink for a moment...

how do i level up in this

So will you be doing more non-Doom mod videos from now on ?

Not so sure I should be happy seeing that I'm not the only one who's awful in this mod...😅

My mod of choice for the Max Payne games has always been the Cinema Mod for the second game. True, the new costumes are absurdly edgy, and the music is too loud during slo-mo (not to mention stops far too abruptly), but I enjoy the revised gunplay just enough that it's a bit hard to return to vanilla.

Hold on a second. Something is not right here :/

moves with stuff are taken from Star wars: Jedi's academy

hold on a second that mod is more than a 10 years old if I am correct I remember my brother and cousin playing a lot this mod a lot of years back.

You should try the Katana mod next

No fallout or elder scrolls? ...I'm a little impressed

I can't believe it's not doom (no offense OK?)

Uh slo mo is part of the gane already dood

Back in the day a friend of mine played through the whole game using nothing but kung-fu. If you can't do it, you're playing wrong.