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>max payne 1's gameplay is so great that to my knowledge literally nobody has made a spiritual successor
Max Payne with the kung fu mode is the shit. And it's only a thing because the combat in the base game is good.
>max payne 2 is fine
It's not "fine", it's one of the best TPS game out there in terms of mechanics.
Also, off the top of my head, there's Stranglehold, which is a spiritual successor to MP games, and there are probably others.
And then there's that racing game they made, I never played it though.
So yeah, Remedy's games used to be well-balanced, but with AW they pivoted to being le weird with little else to offer.