Max Payne
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Max Payne is a neo-noir third-person shooter video game series known for its gritty storytelling, bullet-time gunplay, and hard-boiled titular protagonist.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Max Payne canonical | 5 |
| Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | 1 |
| Max Payne 3 | 1 |
| Max Payne series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9165077 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Max Payne Context triple: [Jonathan Sela, notableWork, Max Payne]
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A.
Lt. Aldo Raine
Lt. Aldo Raine is a fictional, tough-talking American Army officer who leads a squad of Jewish-American soldiers on a brutal mission against Nazis in Quentin Tarantino’s film "Inglourious Basterds."
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B.
Ray Mercer
Ray Mercer is a former American professional boxer and Olympic gold medalist known for his powerful punching and notable heavyweight bouts in the 1990s.
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C.
John Matrix
John Matrix is the tough, resourceful former Special Forces colonel portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1985 action film "Commando."
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D.
Alex Ryan
Alex Ryan is a music producer best known for his work on Hozier’s album "Wasteland, Baby!".
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E.
Deckard Cain
Deckard Cain is a wise and elderly Horadric scholar from the Diablo video game series, known for identifying items and guiding heroes with his extensive knowledge of lore and demons.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Max Payne Target entity description: Max Payne is a neo-noir third-person shooter video game series known for its gritty storytelling, bullet-time gunplay, and hard-boiled titular protagonist.
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A.
Lt. Aldo Raine
Lt. Aldo Raine is a fictional, tough-talking American Army officer who leads a squad of Jewish-American soldiers on a brutal mission against Nazis in Quentin Tarantino’s film "Inglourious Basterds."
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B.
Ray Mercer
Ray Mercer is a former American professional boxer and Olympic gold medalist known for his powerful punching and notable heavyweight bouts in the 1990s.
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C.
John Matrix
John Matrix is the tough, resourceful former Special Forces colonel portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1985 action film "Commando."
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D.
Alex Ryan
Alex Ryan is a music producer best known for his work on Hozier’s album "Wasteland, Baby!".
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E.
Deckard Cain
Deckard Cain is a wise and elderly Horadric scholar from the Diablo video game series, known for identifying items and guiding heroes with his extensive knowledge of lore and demons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feature film
ⓘ
video game ⓘ video game series ⓘ |
| adaptation | Max Payne (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Max Payne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Finland ⓘ |
| developer |
Remedy Entertainment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Remedy Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockstar Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockstar Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRelease | Max Payne (video game) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstReleaseDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| gameplayMechanic | slow-motion gunplay ⓘ |
| genre |
neo-noir
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third-person shooter ⓘ third-person shooter ⓘ third-person shooter ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Max Payne 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Max Payne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | noir-inspired internal monologue ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
bullet time mechanic
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gritty storytelling ⓘ hard-boiled protagonist ⓘ |
| platform |
Android
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Game Boy Advance NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sony PlayStation 3 ⓘ
surface form:
PlayStation 3
Sony PlayStation 3 ⓘ
surface form:
PlayStation 3
Xbox ⓘ Xbox 360 NERFINISHED ⓘ Xbox 360 NERFINISHED ⓘ iOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| publisher |
Gathering of Developers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rockstar Games NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockstar Games NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockstar Games NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate |
2003
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2012 ⓘ |
| series |
Max Payne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Max Payne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
New York City
ⓘ
São Paulo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyTheme |
corruption
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loss ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Max Payne Description of subject: Max Payne is a neo-noir third-person shooter video game series known for its gritty storytelling, bullet-time gunplay, and hard-boiled titular protagonist.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Max Payne series
this entity surface form:
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
this entity surface form:
Max Payne 3