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Thoughts?
>>342762654
Disappointed that they went for a whole different style but the fun gunplay saved it for me
New York rooftop section was great.
>>342762654
Nice gameplay and soundtrack, also enjoyable shooting up BRland.
>>342762654
A shitty Man on Fire ripoff
the TPS minigame was okay
Terrible. Functional is as highly as I will praise it.
Ugly. Poorly written. Gameplay and levels appear to be designed almost exclusively indepedent of one another. Cut scenes create horrible pacing. You simply can't play it on NYM.
Fun but too many interruptions during gameplay for cutscenes
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>>342762654
Trust us now
It's time to let me go
Give up on us
Follow what you want
Trust us now
It's time to let me go
Give up
Give our soul away
FUN!
>>342762654
too bad i lost my rockstar account informations and can't play it anymore even though i bought it over steam
>>342762654
RIO OLYMPICS EXPANSION WHEN?
STADIUM LEVEL IS NOT ENOUGH
Worst game of all time
Best one in the series.
Don't answer that.
Loved it.
I have a soft spot for Dome Max
best track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmbxg9Q8l90
Could have been the GOAT TPS. Instead we've got shitty story and style. Those cutscenes are simply horrid
>adding a cover system in a max payne
its trash
>>342762654
Kino: The Game
Great if you've never played a Max Payne game before
Ok if you have
I got the shoot all guys at the bar in slo mo scene on a DualShock 3. I greatly enjoyed it, Online was a blast as well, too bad it's dead now
>playing as red head guido girl shit talker
>all that npc shit talking on the New York maps
It was a lot of fun.
>>342762939
Fuck thats where it felt familiar. Playing the game I couldnt help but wonder where I have seen it all before. Good movie doe
>>342767673
Same anon.
Alongside Vanquish, Binary Domain,Uncharted 2 for melding cinematics and gameplay smoothly,Resident Evil 6and Shadows of the Damned, it was one of the best third person shooters of last gen, and I find it really hard that any current gen tps will top any of these games
Fucking awful consolised shit.
>The constant cut-scenes
>He always changes from rifle to pistol in cut scenes, which is all the fucking time.
>He always walks right into the least tactical position during cut-scenes.
>The fucking crosshair (or microscopic dot) dissapears when in cover.
>He routinely throws away perfectly good rifles during cut-scenes and you cant backtrack for them
>managed to fall right out of the game at one point.
I have a theory that console-kiddies loved this shit because the don't know any better and their gimped controllers rely heavily on auto aim.
Fucking over-produced crap.
>>342762654
>That old Vietnam vet that saved your life.
>You hiding behind your wife and daughters tombstones.
>TEARS start playing in the airport.
Max Payne 2 was superior in all ways.
>"Max, dearest of all my friends."
>"Kaufman is gonna be pissed!"
>"I was supposed to be the hero."
>"I had a dream about my wife; she was dead but is alright."
>>342767198
Can /v/ help me find a game? it looked just like that webm,but the dude was a cop and he had a dog with him! you could give orders to the dog and everything,i played it on a ps2! pls!
>>342768621
Dead to Rights: Retribution, it's on last gen consoles, don't know about PC but it's fun in a B movie kind of way
>>342768717
>Dead to Rights: Retribution
Thx you so much! pic related was the one i played,the nostalgia...
>>342768464
It made Max feel part of the environment, instead of some model that awkwardly glides across the ground. It has impressive tech really, and while the cutscenes are awful, the gameplay is really the meat of the game. It also has an arcade mode and time attack, so it's forgiven
>>342768464
>He always walks right into the least tactical position during cut-scenes.
I sometimes wonder if miserable fucks like you actually even like video games, if things like this make you hate them.
>>342762942
you sound like a fag. it's probably the most technically impressive shooter of all time. story and cutscenes were meh tho
>prerendered cutscenes
no. fucking. excuse.
also i got so fucking pissed when i would have a rifle with full ammo and two holstered smgs then a cutscene would play and all the sudden my rifle is gone and i have a half empty pistol.
>>342769158
When did this happen you fucking liar
>>342762654
>"Like Baghdad with g-strings."
What did he mean by this?
>>342762654
Amazing gameplay, sub-par story.Max Payne games never had great stories anyway, so whatever.
10/10
Best third person shooter I have ever played. Max Payne games are consistantly ahead of their time.
>>342769349
What makes it sub-par? I genuinely want to know.
>>342762654
LOVE
>>342768949
The locations and character graphics are amazing but the actual game-play is a total cluster-fuck.
The gameplay is terrible, the cut-scenes walk you from one shooting gallery to another.
Fine if you liked it but I personally play video games so that I can control the action, not sit there like a dumb shit while the dickhead I'm supposed to be controlling throws away perfectly good machine guns.
You're right about the gameplay being the meat, see image.
>>342768937
>Going through that strip club segment as a kid
Feels good man. Never played II so I think I will try to play that
>>342768103
Don't care about uncharted and never played RE6/SofD but Vanquish and Binary Domain are genuinely amazing and fucking underrated
>>342769349
First one did, all the monologues and fancy metaphors were great.
>>342769075
What, things like the character you're supposed to be contolling doing the stupidest thing imaginable?
Are you fucking braindead?
Absolutely stellar gunplay, really enjoyable plot so long as you remember the GTA guy wrote it.
Loading-cutscenes kill replayability, unfortunately.
>>342769329
This happens all the fucking time.
All. The. Fucking. Time.
>>342769620
But that doesn't matter if the game is structured around you.
Never once did I ever get to a part in the story and think it unfair because I was in a stupid place it put me. You're starved for excuses to be a contrarian faggot. That was some weak shit.
>>342769441
You must be really dumb shit who is easilly pleased.
Do you often find yourself giggling at clouds or staring in rapt attention at shiny paper?
>>342768937
Shadow, go!
>Fucking rips out guys throat.
Man that shit was SO cash.
>everything locks behind you
why
>>342769448
Not that anon, but it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense, Max acts really weird and the story becomes really absurd for no reason and Max just does things for no rhyme or reason. Even if you try to find reason for his actions as some sort of redemption in the end he does a 180 and gives you a monologue on capitalism.
>>342769548
StoD is mediocre and only great for playing it through once. It is RE4 but way easier. I remember at some point of the game the machine gun has homing effect, as in you don't even need to aim.
>>342767198
stranglehold is king
>>342769959
I always thought he did it cause he had nothing to lose.
MP1>>>>MP2>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MP3
3 has good gameplay as always but the setting doesn't work, the story is bad, and the presentation is all off. I'd like another MP game but I feel like 3 kind of killed the series.
>>342769760
Well, if you think that is acceptable, I'll just have to assume that you are a typical spoon-fed console baby so go fuck yourself and maybe try and get someone to smash your face in.
>>342762654
Classic game! I hope they make another one soon.
>>342762654
I liked it.
1 was better though
>>342762654
You could say it's not "a good" Max Payne game but it's better than all the shit these days.
>>342770023
Seems fun enough, I'll pick up a cheap copy
>>342770048
I'd love a 3 style spin off where he just fights mafia on the rooftops of new york
Max Payne 3 is so awful that I am going to have it deleted from my Steam library. Pity that the tech from 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' is fake. Then, maybe not, If I erased it from my mind I might accidentally play it again.
>>342770116
Kek. What a fucking autist. I haven't played on console in years. You are a fucking saddact for getting this angry and cynical, but hey I'm on /v/. That's about what I'd expect.
>>342769813
Give me 5 better third person shooters.
>>342770241
Seek help you delusional fuckwad
>>342765610
mexico sucks
>>342770352
1. MP3
2. MP3
3. MP3
4. MP4
5. MP5
I spit hot fire
This is now BIG L thread
Before I buck lead and make a lot of blood shed
Turn your tux red, I’m far from broke, got enough bread
And mad hoes, ask Beavis I get nothing Butthead
>>342765162
A
RHETORICAL
QUESTION
>>342769959
>look at the mirror with head full of scruffy beard
>GOTTA HAVE A FRESH START
>shave himself bald and leave the scruffy beard on
>leave the suit and put on shitty Hawaiian shirt instead
His idea of a fresh start is apparently some sort of mid life crisis image change
>>342769959
Max was hired to bodygaurd. He did so. Then he uncovered he was being fucked with by scum. It got personal and he wanted to take out those corrupt fucks.
It isn't hard to follow.
I jumped out the Lincoln, left him stinkin
Put his brains in the street
Now you can see what he was just thinkin
Absolute garbage. The shooting is kinda alright even though it feels very slow compared to the first two games. The fact that the controls really make you want to feel like a clumsy old fat drunk also doesn't help. The story is devoid of all charm, even Max himself is dry and witless. The worst fucking thing is the level design and the cutscene -> 2-5 minutes of shooting -> cutscene structure. It kills all flow the game might have had.
Facts on tracks I recite well
Everybody wanna be like Mike, but Mike wanna be like L
>>342770676
That isn't hard to follow, his reasons are.
Cutscenes were a pain in the ass. Fantastic gunplay that used the Euphoria engine well. PC version was a dream and insanely well optimized.
>>342769343
Something along the lines of Rio being a fucking warzone, but also a party city? I dunno, that was a wack-ass metaphor.
I’m livin' up to my extortion image
I be stalkin' Lennox, catchin' more bodies than abortion clinics
>>342770352
vanquish
dead space
binary domain
kill switch
mafia
+ fun tps
+ good soundtrack
+ gore
- terrible, ripped off story
- incessant cutscenes (all of which are movie files)
- weapon switching after cutscenes
- level 'gates' that lock behind you when you pass through them
>>342770995
I'll give you vanquish, binary domain and maybe kill.switch
Mafia 1 is great but the TPS aspect cant compare to me3, same for dead space
What’s this motherfuckin rap game without L?
Yo, that’s like jewels without ice
That’s like china without rice
or the Holy Bible without Christ
or the Bulls without Mike
or crackheads without pipes
The Village without dykes
or hockey games without fights
Who the fuck cares about history in games? I would fuck Zoe Quinn just to play again for the first time that Airport Hall sequence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3o-z5Xw-F4
>>342771196
>there are bitter people who cant enjoy this
feel bad for them desu
>>342770848
He is in São Paulo, actualy. There is a neighboor here called Morumbi where the slums are right next the milionaires condos.
>>342770816
Max is a good guy. He was in a position to help people. That's what men do. I'm sorry you can't relate to that or understand that.
>>342770995
>vanquish
Good
>dead space
I found it boring but it's still a good game
>binary domain
Good
>kill switch
Should've said WinBack
>mafia
LOL
>>342771196
Mein nigger!
That song was perfect for that section.
Happiness isn't something that you can "be" all the time, it's a serious of moment.
Playing this for the first time is one of those moments.
>>342771532
I thought he just liked killing stuff and drinking
>>342771325
I would enjoy it if the whole game consisted of shooting like that, but no it just has to wrap itself up in so much bullshit that its even hard to tolerate on a first playthrough.
Fun and packed with action.
I like how the story is told with flashbacks, and Max's voice.fight me
>>342769509
You're trying way too hard
>>342770995
binary domain is absolute garbage, i dont know why you faggots eat it up. japs cant make anything remotely resembling a shooter
>>342772051
Kiryu and Akiyama skins.
'Nuff said.
>>342770635
He explains in the next scene that it was for his disguise. That's why he also gets a gaudy shirt. To look like a tourist.
>>342771895
it's a one man Tropa de Elite simulator
>>342772051
playing Vanquish and Binary Domain back to back it becomes clear that BD is an overrated 6/10
*STILL LOADING*
>>342768464
>playing max payne 3 with rifles
absolutely degenerate, it's a m9 or a revolver
>>342772271
>2016
>not saying STILL DOWNLOADING
you sicken me
>>342762942
>Gameplay and levels appear to be designed almost exclusively indepedent of one another.
Well put. Such huge potential for "flow", but such little room to actually use it. The airport part was fun because it's one of the few bits of the game where you have space and time between cutscenes to cut loose.
Why make that cool little animation for going through doors, and then go on to just force pointless cutscenes over most of them anyway?
>>342772530
That's the most frustrating and baffling thing. Why the fuck add short cutscenes for actions that the players would normally do themselves in any other game? The only reason I can think of is to merge gameplay and cutscenes more to get that "cinematic" feeling but that's missing the point completely. Max Payne was always meant to be cinematic, but in the sense that the gunfights would often look like some well choreographed scene in an action movie, not in the sense that you're sitting there watching a fucking movie most of the time. Even turning the game into Uncharted would be closer to the spirit of the original games than this shit.
>>342770995
>mafia
I remember stooping by this door for something like ten minutes slowly killing people as they popped into view, because any attempt to actually engage them resulted in my immediate death. I guess I was supposed to have more drugs or more health, or some other weapon, I don't know, but what I do know is that this shit wasn't fun or engaging.
>>342769509
You never had an argument to begin with.
>>342772051
>>342772236
Binary domain was great tho
Its the John Wick of Videogames
>>342773564
John Wick was good though.
>>342773365
>there's people who are worse than me at video games
Nigga I beat that on a PS3 on the hardest difficulty, git gud.
>>342773365
PLEB
The best death and getting shot animation system ever
>Also you gotta bust movie hero shit out if you want to survive
>so it's always pretty cool when you win each big gunfight
>>342772879
Right. I think they believe, or think that the audience believes, that movie aesthetics are more serious and mature than game aesthetics. That having a little unique cutscene of Max going through a door and seeing some guys somehow makes the story more serious than if they player did the same thing in-gameplay.
It's the same shit in GTAV. They're so proud of being able to have the camera and animations go smoothly from cutscene to gameplay, even for the most banal shit.
>have rifle equipped
>short, pointless cutscene
>pistol is now equipped
>>342774158
It's not really about seriousness, it's about focus. Having the camera move around and focus on different things you want to look at is much better than having it constantly float behind you.
Though it gets irritating when the camera doesn't focus on what you want it to, ie. long cutscenes of max crying in a hotel instead of something cool. See Vanquish for it being done well.
>>342762654
Fantastic gameplay, meh story. I really liked the Noir style in the older games
>>342773659
>>342773709
What makes you think I'm bad? I beat the game just fine, that particular scenario had no way out and no way to change my situation without restarting everything, fuck that, I made it work with what I had.
>>342774595
Well you exploited the game because you sucked at that scene. You're bad.
>no weapon wheel
dropped.
>>342774595
>What makes you think I'm bad?
Well anon, you had to do tedious boring shit in order to win in a videogame where the hardest parts are beaten more easily by not having to do tedious boring shit.
>>342774753
It's not his fault the level designers are shit.
>>342774856
>his
>>342774804
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JaHlx-OM0c
>>342763083
Fuck yeah. Chills. That's very rare in a video game.
>>342774856
You can do it without that shitty exploit
>blaming level design
You gotta keep moving, jumping has I frames
>>342774952
its not a true weapon wheel if i cant carry all the guns i want dammit
>>342762654
>nothing but electronic music and robotic people
Tell me this isn't pure poetry
>>342774945
Tits or GTFO
>>342769548
RE6 had great mechanics that were wasted on a bad game. Mercenaries mode is fun though. SotD is basically Re4 put through a Suda 51 filter. I liked it, but nothing about the game itself is amazing. Not on par with Binary Domain and Vanquish.
And to top it all off Uncharted 2 is overrated as fuck, good pacing but totally boring gameplay.
>>342771196
The guy playing that sucks.
He's just spamming the dive and a single execution over and over.
>>342775213
>SotD is basically Re4 put through a Suda 51 filter
It also sucks in comparison.
Graphically and technologically it was amazing, I don't think I've played any other game where shooting is as satisfying as it is in MP3
>>342762654
GODDAMMIT
How well was it optimized?
Thinking of getting it for my PC but I only have a shitty toaster
>>342776805
It runs fine.Too bad it's shit.
>>342762654
I've installed this game like 9 goddamn times and never finished it, the pacing is god awful but the graphics are amazing for the time
>>342767406
kek
I played them all at release and it's the best in the series, hands down. Don't listen to whiny nostalgiafaggots.
>>342762654
Pretty great, unskippable cutscenes really does a number to the replayablity though. Otherwise it might be the best in the series, if not second best, next to the first of course.
>>342762939
>Man on Fire was the first revenge story ever
You stupid idiot, stop posting on my board.
>>342767198
It's particularly dumb because there never is a use for the cover system, other than when the game starts you off with it.
>>342768483
>Max Payne 2 was superior in all ways.
Yeah, except the escort missions, that impossibly idiotic reload animation you're constantly having to watch and the nonsensical camera placement on top of the character, instead of over the shoulder.
You should have picked MP1, motherfucker.
Just played this and suddenly felt the need to turn people into glue. How should I go about this? Will it be anything like the end of evangelion?
did i have a bugged version or does the game fail to actually communicate when you're low on health?
2 > 3 > 1
2 wins because of the story, atmosphere and characters, 3 has great gameplay and 1, while still good, just doesn't hold up anymore in my opinion.
>good gameplay but so many forced unskippable cutscenes splitting it up
>people beg for a horde type gamemode so they can just shoot
>they oblige everyone by releasing a multiplayer DLC with it that requires two people, has a quarter of the guns in SP and missing most technological features from the campaign
A good game completely fucked by awful decisions.
>>342783060
I'm annoyed that I didn't buy this game when it was $4 on Steam, and that it's been $5 in every sale since then.
But I think I'm just going to buy it.
None of the DLC is worth having, right? It seems to me that it's all for the multiplayer mode, which surely no one plays anymore.
I don't get how people think it's a bad game. It's not awesome but it's not bad either.
I really enjoyed it. I might actually start a new playthrough soon. Been a while so I won't mind not being able to skip cutscenes.
>>342762654
You basically get to play an over the hill completely fucked level alchoholic version of John McClane.
>>342762654
I liked it, max did NOT have a very good time though.
>>342767198
where the fuck do you buy stranglehold for pc
Only game I can think of that actually gave me a headache to finish.
The constant cut scenes, horrible writing, and awful level design really killed it.
There's absolutely no reason to play this over the originals.
>>342783935
Nope, DLC is mostly Multiplayer stuff, wich is a bummer because it was very fun.
>them skins
>them extra modes
>Max keeps saying he's fat
>is actually in a pretty good shape
>>342785365
I thought the same thing about Michael of GTA V, they just have beer guts, and I think their body shape technically counts as being overweight in USA
>>342785473
Well, they're both really self-deprecating, so it's fitting. They also call themselves losers and has-beens while being capable of taking on small armies.
Mike was a bit flabby while Max definitely has that old man strength.
>>342781329
it's stylistically near identical
>>342786385
No it wasnt
I loved this game. Problably one of the best I've played for xbox. But then again, I like videogames. What I don't understand is why half this thread thinks the gameplay was shit, half thought it was THE shit.
Also can somebody explain to me why they thought the story was so bad? Nobody ever says why, they just do the "it was terrible" complaint.
>>342786919
It was though. Stop being retarded
>>342787035
>Also can somebody explain to me why they thought the story was so bad? Nobody ever says why, they just do the "it was terrible" complaint.
I dont get these complaints either
Most games have terrible stories, Max Payne 3 had decent dialogues at least
>>342786919
>In Mexico City, a former assassin swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect.
Why doesn't Rockstar make a GTA game where Max Payne is the protagonist? It'll work fine, the backstory and the shooting mechanics are all there desu.
>>342787035
I thought the story was a bit of a mess, thematically and pacing wise. Max starts of trusting a person that might as well be lying to him (this is never brought up agai). Goes to Brazil and fails to protect some family members, simple enough, but then it goes batshit insane with this organ trafficking stuff (wich doesn;t come out of gleft field if you pick up the hints but it's still a pretty rough tonal shift). The airport scene I didn't get, Max's reasons for going on should be nonce, and he jumps back and forth between mid life crisis, redemption and somehow being a metaphor for capitalism.
>>342787035
It was told horribly.
>>342787510
Because Max Payne is a good man at heart and he never would kill civilians.
>>342787607
Amazing explantion
great game, better than GTA V in many aspects imo
looks gorgeous too
I justify the cover system with the fact that max is A LOT older than in 1 and 2, so he can't jump and dive as much as he used to in combat
It's been over 4 years since this came out and yet it still looks better then most shit released today
it's mechanically the best TPS ever made. Shooting feels fan-fucking-tastic in this game. The story could've been a bit more cohesive. I was a bit lost mid-game with all of the rival Favela gangs and paramilitaries seemingly killing each other. Also was kind of surprised how a random cop knew Max Payne was going to be "lost" and very conveniently go into a bar where he hands Max a gun after explaining to him what he should do next.
>>342762654
fun playing it once.
said fun disappears when you try to replay it, and think about the plot for a few seconds and realize how garbage it is.
>>342793757
I try to ignore the plot. although some scenes are still satisfying to watch.
>>342784249
>buy
>>342762654
just as good as the others.
10/10 gun play.
10/10 soundtrack
visiting the graveyard had some deep feels, especially if you listen closely to the background you can hear his daughter crying.
same cries from the 1st game.
>>342763083
I always listen to this song on headphones in the airport. If only the TSA knew. Yeah, I'm pretty edgy.
>>342797574
>yfw unloading on the italian fuckboys for smacking that literally who woman in the bar
>yfw unloading on the mob when they shoot up Michelle and Rose's tombstone
>>342797574
>if you listen closely to the background you can hear his daughter crying.
>same cries from the 1st game.
shit gave me chills
>>342797882
>>yfw unloading on the mob when they shoot up Michelle and Rose's tombstone
>mfw
>>342797882
Love save us once
>>342797882
>>342798038
>>342797882
Wasn't there a Max Payne comic where Max shoots his dad as a kid?
>>342792390
i agree
>>342762654
Boring cover shooter.
>>342797882
>>342798675
>Boring
>>342792390
>>342792390
What is that?
>beat MP3 in one sitting last week
>see this thread
>want to play it again
>>342797882
>>342798038
>go back to Max Payne and Max Payne 2
>forget that they both have manual saving
>Got the original Max Payne because I never tried it back in the day and wanted to give it a shot
>Compatibility issues right from the get-go
>Audio, resolution, and everything else is borked
>Community support doesn't have any solutions that have worked for me
Should I just refund it lads? I'm not technically literate enough to figure this kind of bullshit out.
>>342762654
Fucking love it. One of my favorite games of all time. I still go back and play it. Just seeing this image makes me want to play it again.
>>342798919
There are a few fixes online
Here's a link that should provide everything.
http://www.pcgamer.com/how-to-play-max-payne-on-windows-78/
>>342798789
Max Payne 3?
Sure, they thought it would have been hard to continue the story in current day New York. But the story they did do there was excellent. Make the game way more hard boiled and cynical and it would have been perfect in the setting.
They didn't do that though, andI thought the change in place was awful, but the game came through on it. It's basically "Max Payne goes on vacation" and it's pretty good.
>>342798918
This fucks me up too with older games.
>>342798751
>Spend most of the game behind conveniently placed cover.
>Bullet time is an overdone boring gimmick.
>Rehashed garbage story.
Anyone down for a MP2 stream?
3 has some problems which people brought up, but the inner dialogue and Max's general "pissed at the world " attitude is great.
Lotta good quotes from that game, the intro alone where he's at the party is pretty fucking good.
The setting and story made turned it into something that was no longer a Max Payne game.
The gameplay was also pretty bad as it relied too heavily on cover, especially on the hard difficulties. When the best strategy is sitting behind a wall, you know the gameplay took a nose dive.
>>342762654
Seriously need a 4th one m8
>>342800432
Why not just play the damn game you little shit
>>342798918
>die
>start at the beginning of the chapter
>exit game
