He still has the signature ability to leap into the air and twist around while firing at enemies. Not to shock you, but this time around Max Payne can’t jump. This time around if Max is foolish enough to throw himself into a static obstacle he will realistically slam into the wall, his body contorting in pain as he collides with the environment. In previous games Max had the tendency to just “float” along a wall or obstacle if he collided with it while leaping through the air. It adds a surprising amount of depth to gameplay. If Max hits anything he immediatly falls out of BulletTime and hits the ground with a meaty thud. The largest difference is when Max leaps into the air in one of his acrobatic GunKatta style barrages. When Max enters BulletTime, the world fades to a familiar sephia tone very similar to it’s progenitors. Max Payne 3 manages to not only build upon that core mechanic but bring it into the 21st Century with it’s stunning usage of body animations and realistic physics. The original Max Payne single handedly created a new game design paradigm when it introduced the BulletTime mechanic to video games shortly after the similar effects seen in the first film of The Matrix Trilogy. When all hell breaks loose and some thugs kidnap the trophy wife of his employer, Max has to take his head out of the gutter one more time to try and save an innocent woman’s life.
He is wracked by guilt and remorse and has become little more than an emotionally crippled drunkard.Īfter years of sitting on a bar stool in Hoboken, New Jersey, Max has been convinced by an old “friend” to come down to sunny São Paulo, Brazil to act as a body gaurd to the fabulously weathy and morally bereffed Branco family.Įven on the job, Max can’t help but throw back a couple glasses of scotch to cope with the demons inside him that he tries to keep sedated. Max has been boozing and popping painkillers since we last visited him. Rather than having the environment draw parallels to Max’s own ravaged and rundown mindscape, the sunny and modern São Paulo locations create a stark contrast between Max’s own self loathing demeanor and the shallow world of youthful revelry around him. Max can manage to be deeply depressing and morose, even in paradise. But as it turns out, Max can manage to be deeply depressing and morose, even in paradise. To transplant Max Payne from wintry New York to sunny Brazil seemed like it would rob the franchise of it’s unique noir style that had been carefully cultivated in the first two games.
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When Max Payne’s older, paunchier look was first revealed in July ’09, I had some serious doubts as to the direction the series was taking. Now all of Max’s hopeless rants are rendered and acted out live in the game engine using intermittent, super imposed “key phrases” appearing briefly onscreen to accentuate the narrative.
As well as the graphic novel style narratives told between levels. Some of the more bizarre and goofy touches that had become a staple of the game series and of original series creators, Remedy (of Alan Wake fame), like corny television shows playing in the background (My Lord & Lady, Address Unknown) have been eliminated. While the IP has changed hands, R* has taken the core of the Max Payne Franchise and built apon it’s heavy themes in an impressive emotionally believable way. RockStar Games are the creators of such open world masterpieces as the Grand Theft Auto series and Red Dead Redemption. It’s important to note early on that this iteration was not developed by the series creators, Remedy, but instead by Triple A developer, RockStar Games. Max Payne 3 is a third person shooter wrapped in a dark and gritty narrative continuing the seemingly never ending fall from grace of the titular character.
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