The game is named after its protagonist, Max Payne, a New York City police detective turned vigilante after his family had been eliminated by drug dealers of a new designer drug named "Valkyr." He becomes entangled in a complex conspiracy, involving the U.S. military and secret societies.

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After the death of his family, Payne becomes an undercover operative inside the Punchinello Mafia family responsible for the trafficking of Valkyr. His DEA colleague B.B. gives Max a message asking him to meet Alex Balder (Chris Phillips), his handler and best friend, who is killed by an unknown assassin. Payne becomes the prime suspect in Alex's murder. Additionally, the Mafia find out that he is a cop and want him dead.

While searching for Lupino in businesses owned by him, Max busts a Valkyr drug deal and discovers that the Russian mobster Vladimir Lem is engaged in a fierce turf war against Punchinello's men. Max gets a phone call from Alfred Woden, stating that the police have been tipped off as to his location, and he escapes. Max eventually finds Vinnie Gognitti, Lupino's right-hand man; he wounds and chases Gognitti through the city and learns the location of Lupino's hideout, a nightclub named Ragna Rock. After gunning down the insane Lupino, Payne meets Mona Sax (Julia Murney), a contract assassin, who pours him a drink which turns out to be laced with a sedative.

After coming to, Max manages to escape from the Mafia-owned slaughterhouse and enters a brief alliance with Lem. He agrees to punish one of Vladimir's traitors, Boris Dime, and his men aboard the cargo ship Charon at the Brooklyn waterfront. The ship is carrying a shipment of high-powered firearms belonging to the Russian mob, which Max keeps in exchange for the favor. Despite this fact, Max is still skeptical about taking down Don Angelo Punchinello, and decides to cut a deal with him; the Don tells Max to meet him at Casa di Angelo, which is a trap. After escaping, Max storms the Punchinello manor, where he finds the body of Lisa Punchinello, the Don's wife and Mona's twin sister. He learns that the Don is only a puppet in the Valkyr market when the mafioso is eliminated by Nicole Horne, the ruthless CEO of the Aesir Corporation. Horne injects Max with Valkyr and orders her men to take her to 'Cold Steel'.

After surviving the overdose and awakening, Payne pursues his only lead to a steel foundry located over a hidden underground military research complex. Inside, he discovers that Valkyr is the result of the Valhalla Project, an early 1990s U.S. military attempt to improve soldiers' stamina and morale following earlier Ladder experiments. The project was halted due to poor results but was later secretly restarted by Horne through Aesir. Max discovers his wife had stumbled on this information, and Horne let loose the crazed Valkyr test subjects into his house. Aesir initiates 'Operation Dead Eyes' to get rid of evidence and witnesses, including their scientists. Max escapes the bunker just as it self-destructs.

Woden meets with Max at the Asgard Building. Alfred reveals himself to be part of a powerful secret society called the Inner Circle, which has strong ties to the U.S. government. The Inner Circle members inform Max of Horne's identity but cannot pursue her themselves because 'their hands are tied'. They ask Max to seek retribution in exchange for dropping any criminal charges against him. Suddenly, Asgard is overrun by Aesir gunmen. Max escapes assuming the Inner Circle was eliminated. Before leaving, he learns Woden had only pretended to be shot.

Max arrives at the main office of Aesir Corporation and makes his way through the security building while avoiding strafing runs by a helicopter. Along the way, he runs into Mona Sax in an elevator. She is injured in a gunfight and vanishes, unconscious, in a passing elevator. Max confronts Horne, who escapes to the roof and enters a helicopter. Max shoots the wires of the building's radio antenna, which topples into the helicopter and eliminates Horne. The NYPD arrives at the scene, arresting Max and leading him out of the Aesir building. He hopes that Woden will ensure his safe passage through the judicial system as the story ends.

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0:00 – Introduction
0:29 – SuperbowlPants
0:42 – The Hero's Journey
1:14 – Ordinary World
1:37 – Call To Adventure
2:06 – Refusal Of The Call
2:22 – Meeting The Mentor
3:27 – Crossing The First Threshold
4:12 – Tests, Allies, and Enemies
6:19 – Approach To The Inmost Cave
8:17 – The Ordeal
9:14 – The Reward
9:41 – The Road Back
10:14 – Resurrection
10:35 – Return With The Elixir
10:56 – Conclusions