It looks really depressing.
I remember the first game (shall go replay it to be shure) as a pitch-plack, snow-white, baby-blood-red, and-some-vomit-rust-orange piece of angsty joy. And what do I see here? An unreal-engine-GRAY! Will they ever give me back my lovely colours? T_T
(Update) Oh well... Max Payne the first is not so awesome as I remember (OMG, that face). But just imagine this hobo running around with the sun reflecting in his bald scull while the original main theme is playing. That one, with the piano chords sounding like hollow steps of ice-cold doom. V-v-very appropiate, isn't he?
Yeah, the animation is great (since this "FPS in TPS"-thing is what Max Payne series are all about, R* did what they must ^^), but why bother about "improving" the atmosphere? Turn off the sun, give the poor Max his greased hair and trench coat back. Is it too hard to make everyone happy?
I know, now it is impossible, because it's too late, so hello Rio or whatever... Depressing. ^^'