The game also boasts an Arcade mode as a complimentary experience to the robust single player campaign. In addition to well-done voice work there are a few easter eggs that I don’t want to spoil, but veterans of the originals will surely know what I am alluding to when they come across them. Max’s grizzly and overly pessimistic attitude is exemplified perfectly through McCaffrey’s voice work and in conjunction with the cut scenes gives players a more complete representation of how Max is feeling at any given time in the game. James McCaffrey reprises his role as the voice of Max Payne and delivers hands down his best performance in the franchise and is an early nominee from me for best voice work of the year. Though this was a Rockstar production and not a Remedy game, Rockstar has delivered some fan service for players of the first two games.
Does he genuinely care about rescuing the girl and completing his mission or has he become so filled with resentment that he is blindly walking down a path of inevitable self-destruction? It isn’t always easy to tell and that is what makes the game’s narrative that much more compelling. This is the last allusion I’ll make to “Man on Fire”, but just like that movie’s main protagonist Creasy (played by Denzel Washington), Max Payne 3 always keeps you guessing what Max’s motivations are behind his actions. The lens flare, anaglyphic filtering, and the use of choice word pop ups showcased in Max Payne 3’s cut scenes can be nauseating at times, but it adds great style and is borderline metaphorical to how Max probably sees the world, through a wide eyed lens coated in whiskey and painkillers. The best way for me to describe the visual presentation of these cut scenes is by comparison to a movie with a familiar premise and that is Tony Scott’s “Man on Fire”. Another ostensibly different approach to the series’ third outing is the delivery of exposition through cut scenes as opposed to the comic strips used in the previous two titles. The drab environments have been replaced by visually striking ones and the overall variety of locations will keep players in awe by their scale and detail (in particular the Nightclub Rooftop level). The change of scenery for the series is welcomed in my eyes, as I think the well that was NYC setting had dried up even prior to the second game concluding. With the allure of money, leisure, and travel Max accepts Passos’s offer and leaves his chronically inebriated life behind, just to pick it back up later in a different locale. Max was brought into the fold by a former NYPD colleague Raul Passos, who offered Max an out from the miserable existence that consumed him in New Jersey. Leaving New Jersey in his rearview, one body at a time Payne is dispatched on a crusade to rescue her, but ultimately stumbles across a much more nefarious plot. Max is tasked with protecting Rodrigo’s family, presumably at all costs, but when Rodrigo’s typical trophy wife Fabiana is kidnapped on Max’s watch, Mr. Max is washed up and all sorts of downtrodden, but has found a new line of work doing private security for wealthy businessman Rodrigo Branco, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The preeminent action noir series has returned and in Max Payne 3 players will find themselves picking up Max’s mess of a life set well after the events of the first two titles. However, both audiences will find this game as equally entertaining that I guarantee you. The first audience will have more contextual knowledge for Max’s inner workings which is a given, but this game has been designed to be played and enjoyed in a vacuum, as to not ostracize our second audience.
The second audience are the newcomers to the series, those who may have heard about small tidbits through the grape vine, but really don’t understand why Max carries himself the way he does. The first audience is comprised of diehard fans of the first two entries, who understand Max’s troubled past and the intricacies of his internal conflict. What if I didn’t play the first two Max Payne games?įirst thing I wanted to make abundantly clear with Max Payne 3 is that this game is targeted at two distinct audiences. Max Payne, was of gaming's most conflicted characters, and rightfully so It has been 9 years since we have stepped into the shoes of one of gaming’s most conflicted characters, but were all the delays and aggravation worth it? Has the Max Payne franchise stood the test of time? Read on to find out.
At long last Max Payne 3 has arrived to the masses.
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