Topic: Max Payne 3

[Mr Kipling]

Been waiting for this for ages now. Finally a trailer and a confirmed release date

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[AdY]

Another exciting game! Seems like they're taking it in a different direction, should be interesting.

[lfcjake]

Hopefully the cover system isn't as bad as GTA 4 or Red Dead.

[Walshy nMe®]

Is it just me or do those graphics look seriously dated?

[Tomo!]

Is it just me or do those graphics look seriously dated?

Just you?


Look fine to me, Rockstar normally do good graphics that make the fans on your console go like fuck.

[Prelude no.5]

I hate how it's become that if a character is a bad ass he needs shaven hair.

[lfcjake]

I hate how it's become that if a character is a bad ass he needs shaven hair.

Don't worry, I think he's only shaved for the Brazil section of the game.

That didn't sound right...

[Rusty Oysterburger]

I hope this will still have those awful/hilarious comic book cut scenes.


That dream level with the floating blood trail and crying baby from the first game is easily the worst level in any game ever.

[Ron]

That dream level with the floating blood trail and crying baby from the first game is easily the worst level in any game ever.

A bit disturbing, that was.

Is it just me or do those graphics look seriously dated?

Compared to what ?
It beats the shit out of Human Revolution, that's for sure !

[Matt8Pie]

I hope this will still have those awful/hilarious comic book cut scenes.


That dream level with the floating blood trail and crying baby from the first game is easily the worst level in any game ever.

I never completed the first game because of that last one. I lost my patience with it, had to mute the TV and never bothered going back to it.

I preferred the wintery New York environment which I associated with Max Payne and would've liked to see the continuity of that. Ah well. The improvement in graphics also means we won't be seeing his wonky, messed up face.

[gazzalfc]

Bit of shame that it seems to have lost the noir aspect to the game. Now it just looks like Rockstar have just shoved Max Payne into the GTA 4 engine.

The score doesn't work with the location. Needs to get back to gritty snowing New York. Looks more GTA now than Max Payne.

[Megasuperb]

The score doesn't work with the location. Needs to get back to gritty snowing New York. Looks more GTA now than Max Payne.

Don't get people who say this, or they need to take off their rose-tinted specs. Games have moved locations all the time and are still proven successes. Just because we have a bit more sunshine doesn't mean we still won't have bulletime, James Mcaffrey, corridor-shooter through shit apartments filled with junkies, etc etc. It's still Max Payne.

Besides, Rockstar has already beaten New York to death with their other games. I bet they're fucking sick of that place.

[Zlen]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1212732p1.html

Interesting interview with the Art director at Rockstar games and a new trailer that came out today.
Max Payne will kick seven asses, yes it will.

[Prelude no.5]

That trailer looks great !

[Megasuperb]

Is anyone following this? Releases next month!  . Here's a recent trailer on how multiplayer, and more specifically Bullet-time in multiplayer, will work.

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/23321/watch-max-payne-3-multiplayer-gameplay-video-part-one.html

Looks amazing.

[Mr Kipling]

Is anyone following this? Releases next month!  . Here's a recent trailer on how multiplayer, and more specifically Bullet-time in multiplayer, will work.

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/23321/watch-max-payne-3-multiplayer-gameplay-video-part-one.html

Looks amazing.

That looks fucking awesome!

[MULLENEDWINE]

The trailers just make it look brilliant. Can't effing wait.

Multiplayer - I heard a rumour a while back that 'gangs' from GTA 5 multiplayer would be transferable onto the Max Payne multiplayer. Sounds cool.

[Tomo!]

I know I'll be in the minority here but I hope it's fuck all like GTA and red dead redemption.

I've yet to finish a GTA or red dead as although they look graphically sublime and have decent stories I find the action gameplay gets very boring very quickly.

Drive/ride to a location, get shot at, duck behind cover, pop up, shoot, duck, pop up, shooting run after someone, duck, etc etc.

[thelinnen]

I resent this game because it's delaying the release of GTA 5.

[Zlen]

Drive/ride to a location, get shot at, duck behind cover, pop up, shoot, duck, pop up, shooting run after someone, duck, etc etc.

You have a good point.
They should really look into what made original Max Payne such a great game.
Every bullet counts situations, squeezing the last drop of bullet time and close, gritty, almost tactical gunfighting. It should remain like it, because it still is in many ways near perfect, it required skill, practice and finding yourself in new situations was exciting and genuinely great.

[Megasuperb]

I resent this game because it's delaying the release of GTA 5.

Their development cycles are competely unrelated as both games are being worked on by separate teams
and divisions.

[Surprise me.]

I resent this game because it's delaying the release of GTA 5.

I'm exactly the same.

Their development cycles are competely unrelated as both games are being worked on by separate teams
and divisions.

Yeah both are  made from the same company and they are completely different divisions however when they get released is planned before hand and by someone else. A different department. Probably a department with the word marketing in it. I'm just guessing. Either way, both teams make each of the two games; MP3 & GTA5, but they've already been told when they are to release the first trailer, when to release the second and all that crap. It's not as black&white as this, I mean none of it is definite.

They probably did plan this though, release the GTA5 trailer, get the ball rolling on MP3 in regards to everything promotion wise, put all the work into that and people are still thinking about GTA and now this game.

[kellan]

Is this one of those series were it's beneficial to play the earlier games? I'll probably end up getting #3 because I'll give anything Rockstar a go, but I've no idea if it's worth playing 1 and 2 first.

[Matt8Pie]

Is this one of those series were it's beneficial to play the earlier games? I'll probably end up getting #3 because I'll give anything Rockstar a go, but I've no idea if it's worth playing 1 and 2 first.

Yep. Not only just to catch up with everything but also to play 2 fucking quality games.

Does anyone know if there's a demo available on the PS3 store?

[Mr Kipling]

Yep. Not only just to catch up with everything but also to play 2 fucking quality games.

Does anyone know if there's a demo available on the PS3 store?

Demo probably won't be out till next month.

[Megasuperb]

I'm exactly the same.

Yeah both are  made from the same company and they are completely different divisions however when they get released is planned before hand and by someone else. A different department. Probably a department with the word marketing in it. I'm just guessing. Either way, both teams make each of the two games; MP3 & GTA5, but they've already been told when they are to release the first trailer, when to release the second and all that crap. It's not as black&white as this, I mean none of it is definite.

They probably did plan this though, release the GTA5 trailer, get the ball rolling on MP3 in regards to everything promotion wise, put all the work into that and people are still thinking about GTA and now this game.

Fair enough then, I guess I just don't personally mind it. I enjoy Max Payne more than I do GTA.

Is this one of those series were it's beneficial to play the earlier games? I'll probably end up getting #3 because I'll give anything Rockstar a go, but I've no idea if it's worth playing 1 and 2 first.

As mentioned, very much yes. You'll most likely be lost on a huge narrative of MP3 if you miss out on the other ones. Play them anyway, they're really great.

I replayed MP1 a few months back. I'm surprised at how well it has aged despite being nearly an 11 yr old game. The dream sequences still slightly disturb me, and I remember how badly I reacted to it when I first played them as a 12 yr old . Took me some mental strength to keep playing after that.

[Megasuperb]

Max Payne 3 PC buyers, system requirements (kinda) were put on Steam.

OS: Windows 7 32/64 Service Pack 1, Windows Vista 32/64 Service Pack 2, Windows XP 32/64 Service Pack 3
Processor: Intel Dual Core 2.4 GHZ -  i7 3930K 6 Core  x 3.06 GHZ / AMD Dual Core 2.6 GHZ - FX8150 8 Core x 3.6 GHZ
RAM: 2GB - 16GB
Hard Disk Space: 35GB
Video Card: NVIDIA® 8600 GT 512MB VRAM – NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680 2GB VRAM / Radeon HD 3400 512MB VRAM - Radeon HD 7970 3GB VRAM
Sound Card: 100% Direct X 9.0 compatible – Direct X 9.0 compatible supporting Dolby Digital Live
Notes: Please refer to your hardware manufacturer and www.rockstargames.com/support for current compatibility information. Some system components such as mobile chipsets, integrated, and AGP graphics cards may be incompatible. Unlisted specifications may not be supported by publisher.

... did you see what I saw? Holeee-shit.

[mig]

35gb? Wtf?

[thelinnen]

Anyone surprised? Rockstar's talents are not among making efficient PC games. GTA 4 was a mess.

[thelinnen]

Their development cycles are competely unrelated as both games are being worked on by separate teams
and divisions.

They won't release GTA 5 anywhere near Max Payne 3 to maximise sales but I doubt the 2 games would affect each others sales.

[Megasuperb]

Steam has removed the system reqs now, probably rightly so as it was a typo / error. There's no way a linear shooter could be bigger in size than GTAIV and LA Noire combined. No way.

[Ed-Zeppelin]

They won't release GTA 5 anywhere near Max Payne 3 to maximise sales but I doubt the 2 games would affect each others sales.

If GTA V came out within the a month or so of any game it would affect sales. GTA V is miles off though, so it makes little difference either way.

I'm keeping an eye on this. I loved the first game and although this seems to be taking a different tack the combination of Rockstar and the character could do well. I'll await reviews.

[mig]

Cautiously waiting for this one. Really enjoyed the first 2 games but I'm curious to see if it'll "feel" the same. The whole neo-noir thing made the series for me.

[thelinnen]

If GTA V came out within the a month or so of any game it would affect sales. GTA V is miles off though, so it makes little difference either way.

I'm keeping an eye on this. I loved the first game and although this seems to be taking a different tack the combination of Rockstar and the character could do well. I'll await reviews.

Obviously a month difference would affect sales but there are rumours of it not coming out for another year yet. I think an appropriate release date would be before Christmas. But enough about GTA 5 this isn't the right thread.

[Ron]

I hope it's going to be brilliant. It looks very promising. I didn't like LA Noire. And Red Dead Redemption wasn't released for PC, unfortunately. Is this the 1st Max Payne game Rockstar did, or did they make 2 as well ?

[gazzalfc]

Just noticed that Rockstar have released an iPhone port of the original Max Payne game. looks amazing. But at 1GB I'll haveto wait til I get home to download it

[Mr Kipling]

I hope it's going to be brilliant. It looks very promising. I didn't like LA Noire. And Red Dead Redemption wasn't released for PC, unfortunately. Is this the 1st Max Payne game Rockstar did, or did they make 2 as well ?

No, this will be the first game they've made themselves, although they've done ports in the past to consoles for the previous games

[thelinnen]

I hope it's going to be brilliant. It looks very promising. I didn't like LA Noire. And Red Dead Redemption wasn't released for PC, unfortunately. Is this the 1st Max Payne game Rockstar did, or did they make 2 as well ?

You missed out. It's worth buying a console for that game alone.

[Megasuperb]

I think I'm in a very small minority when I thought RDR was pretty overrated. 

And this is indeed the first Max Payne that Rockstar have made themselves, the past two were made by Remedy. The first were ports from Rockstar and the second was published by Rockstar.

Remedy have said that they're really happy with the way Max Payne 3 is going, and if that's the case it's good enough for me.

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[Ron]

You missed out. It's worth buying a console for that game alone.

Actually, the thought has crossed my mind.
But I really don't know, is it such a good game ?
I've heard such bad things about games like Skyrim, Fallout 3+NV and RAGE on the consoles.
And I wouldn't know what to get and how to make the right choice.
Do I have to look at the best graphical abilities or to the games released for it ?