15 Genius Gameplay Mechanics That Defined the 2000s

BULLET TIME (MAX PAYNE)

Remedy Entertainment has a knack for creating games with an incredible sense of style, and that, of course, was true for the game that put them on the map, Max Payne, as well. In Max Payne, that sense of style manifested as bullet time, which allowed players to slow down time to a crawl, dodge around hails of gunfire and shoot out bullets in slow motion at enemies while leaping through the air. Not only did it look incredibly cool, it was also outrageously fun to do no matter how many times you did it.