@BananaSundae yeah, but I think it's still fair to compare them because until the release of Max Payne 3, there were only two Max Payne clones I'm aware of, this and El Matador, and Stranglehold was pretty much seen as a spiritual successor by many. Especially since it's made with John Woo's involvement and based on one of his movies. You couldn't get a better stamp of credibility. It's like when the original Diablo devs called Path of Exile the successor of Diablo. And tbf even by now there are very few games that scratch that Max Payne itch. Afroementioned Sleeping Dogs at times feels like softcore Max Payne, and I guess something similar can be said about the Matrix games (Path of Neo even has a level directly inspired by Hard Boiled), Remedy's own effort (Quantum Break) was even worse and more softcore than any aforementioned titles. And I think there's one indie game, El Paso something, which looks so ugly I don't even wanna bother, oh and there's consolified games where you don't even need to aim, like Total Overdose and Dead to Rights, which in my opinion defeat the whole point of them being shooters. Stranglehold is actually probably the best direct Max Payne clone that exists, so Max Payne 3 is the only game it's even worth comparing to.