Max Payne 3

**Joust Williams** · 24 Jun 2009, 09:48 PM

Yeah but Max Payne is better than Uncharted. Plus I am not sure I agree with your count ;p

**Dyne** · 24 Jun 2009, 09:49 PM

Guess I'm in the minority. I had a rig that ran both games beautifully when they came out and even at the time they didn't do much for me. They're good, don't get me wrong.

**ElCapichan** · 25 Jun 2009, 12:36 AM

The atmosphere alone in the first 2 Max Payne games make them better than any other pop and shot shooter out there. The fact that the atmosphere that made the game so great is pretty much gone makes me not care for this game at all. It might as well be Uncharted 2.

**Nash** · 25 Jun 2009, 12:53 AM

Overall, the Max Payne games are better than Stranglehold due to the terrific meshing of atmosphere, storytelling, and gameplay. However, Stranglehold not only does an excellent job of bringing Max Payne's gameplay to the current gen, it arguably even improves on it. The only knock I have against Stranglehold is the lame second level with its search-and-destroy objectives. All the other levels are pure bullet-time shooting awesomeness.

That aside, though, I really would love to see a new Max Payne game done in the same manner as the first two games. This third game looks like it's straying quite a bit.

**Frogacuda** · 25 Jun 2009, 06:28 AM

I have hopes that WET could be the Max Payne for this year. I know it's not really coming from an A-list dev but I just really like where it's coming from gameplay-wise and the demo was great except for a few too many QTEs.

**epmode** · 25 Jun 2009, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by ElCapichan

The atmosphere alone in the first 2 Max Payne games make them better than any other pop and shot shooter out there. The fact that the atmosphere that made the game so great is pretty much gone makes me not care for this game at all. It might as well be Uncharted 2.

It's obviously a huge change from the first two games, but atmosphere is one thing that Rockstar always gets right. Video pls.

**Yoshi** · 04 Apr 2011, 04:13 PM

Update...

Originally Posted by Joystiq

Last week's Max Payne 3 teaser from Rockstar has turned out to be a surprisingly timely lead-in for Edge Magazine's latest cover story. Edge posted the cover art for its new issue today, featuring Payne (back to a full head of hair), and noted that the magazine would hit UK newsstands on April 12. Of course, it's already in the hands of some subscribers -- and you know what that means.

While few details can be gleaned from the short excerpt that Edge itself posted online, full scans and article summaries have emerged across forums and gaming sites, spilling all the beans. The Edge preview gives no indication that, even during all this time laying low, MP3 has undergone any starts and stops -- it's still set in São Paulo, Brazil, and Payne will still be all bald and brutish during points in the chronologically nonlinear plot (the game's missions are going to bounce around).

Instead, the article suggests that Rockstar's meticulous pursuit of perfection has slowed development to a crawl (the release date is still noted as "to be confirmed"). Lead development studio Rockstar Vancouver has labored over delivering "a more fully realized cinematic experience," according to art director Rob Nelson (in Edge's excerpt), using NaturalMotion's Euphoria animation engine to blend the cinematic and interactive elements of the game into a seamless experience -- and Edge marvels at the result in the level demonstrated to the magazine.

"And though this is a more linear game for us," Nelson adds, "people want to be constantly surprised and entertained in new ways." Of course, "the main mechanic is still shooting" and MP3 will retain the series' core gameplay features -- bullet-time, bullet-cam, shoot-dodge, dual-wielding and health pills -- while building in new elements, like a cover system that's still being tweaked. (No further word on multiplayer.)

Perhaps nothing is more indicative of Rockstar's commitment to getting the game right than the decision to bring back James McCaffrey to voice Payne (despite an earlier report to the contrary). Not only his voice, but McCaffrey's full acting abilities will be on display, as he and other actors have been recorded in group mo-cap sessions. Rest assured, Max Payne 3 is another big-budget Rockstar production that sounds to be humming along in high gear. "He's coming" -- no doubt about it now.

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