Max Payne 3... 6 Years Later 

Dianova absolutely I love this

I loved it too. But Max is no fool. He knew an urgent voice from a relaxed tone.

Yeah, it's actually pretty funny if you can understand what they say, I understand the 3 languages and it's beautiful lol. Even though Panamanians actually speak like Colombians or something, that's pretty common on games and movies unfortunately.

yeah, being a Brazilian, it was bot confusing. we laughed so hard, because it is full of stereotypes; the curse words, the slums, the pronunciation of Brazilian names, it treats brazil like there is a burglar/drug dealer/dangerous junkie on every corner. but I still love it

@@pedrotobias9462 That's very much a Max Payne thing. The first 2 games depict New York as a "hive of scum and villainy" pretty much. XD Everything is terrible in the Payne-o-verse

It's time to kick gum and chew ass, I'm all out of ass - dick kickem

Mom spaghetti

xLucky Sinz 420 likes. Noice.

The pills will hold the pain back for a while. They're all dead the final gunshot was a exclamation mark that led every lead to this point I released my finger from the trigger and then it was all over.

@@abramsullivan7764 very edgy

whoops, almost forgot to take a dog bless today!

My boy !

NakeyJakey Tears is one of the best songs

NakeyJakey Oh shit, hot gamer boy.

The death ragdolls in this game were awesome. Made the guns have a nice weight to them.

Good thing too. Max Payne 2 to me was the end of the story, and Max Payne 3 was the end of the character, putting up a Max Payne 4 would be just pushing it

Zamir i just want game with same shooting mechanic

Imagine Max Payne’s gameplay, with Spec Ops story.

@@vellocet2438 That is my dream game.

I have this crazy idea for a Max Payne soft reboot, where his daughter survives the home invasion and grows up to be an FBI agent. The events of the previous three games still occur in a fairly similar fashion, but the plot I’ve concocted is more of a continuation of the Valkyr case from the first game with elements from the sequels to bring the story full circle. ;-)

hopefully they bring him back in the remakes cuz i cant see anyone else playing the character

@@foxalpha3203 In Max Payne 3, some lines are actually recorded by Ned Luke when he's trying out for GTA5.

I like both Max's - the monotone, quiet performance of the first game (not a fan of MP2) makes me appreciate James getting to fully act out in 3, and James' acting in the 3rd game makes me appreciate his quiet, chilling and haunting voicework in the first game that cements its noir atmosphere. Honestly, I love Max Payne 1 and Max Payne 3 in their own respective ways, but I think we can all agree James MADE the character of Max Payne.

@@teslasharkyou mean audition? I never heard Ned Luke as Max Payne or even considering him as max payne, unless it’s like a Samuel Jackson and Tarantino type thing were Ned was looking to play as Max then someone at rockstar said “naw I have a character being written for you” Sam asked if he can play the Holdaway character in reservoir dogs but Tarantino said he was already writing a character for him being Jules in pulp fiction.

Rip James McCaffrey😭😭😭

yeah probably wrote his own biography

or a piano player, maybe both.

@@deathstormer He would be probably taken in for question for a lot of things.

What?iT'S NOT as if there are no linear games, and this game is not just linear, it's a sequence of 2 minute chunks you teleport between, and it has fucking collectibles. Games don't have to be open-world.

This game's linearity definitely makes first playthroughs feel amazing, at the cost of future ones being much less cool. I do wish the game had environments that were a bit more open and dynamic, but this game is pretty awesome.

@@Chewberto I personally think it's replayability is greatly reduced by the unskippable cutscenes...

Tom Knoll the game definitely loses its touch on the second play through. I did notice that, at least on PC, the only cutscenes that can’t be skipped were the ones covering up loading screens. It is annoying to have to watch the same scenes over and over on another play through for sure, though.

@@Chewberto The game pretends that it's loading, but it's not true. You can tell by simply selecting the individual stages in "challenge mode" or whatever it is called, the one with the countdown where have to progess as fast as possible. Suddenly, the levels load up almost immediately. Also, it just makes no sense that after 6 years, the loading progress of a 2013-game would sometimes take several MINUTES to load linear stages. Just compare it to the loading times on GTA 5 or the likes; it's so much quicker. For some reason, they want you to "experience" the story completely every time, ignoring the fact that when playing the game a second time you don't want to watch all of it again.

Jacob Geller Id say the game wasn't meant for New York minute at all , chapter 3 jump in both difficulty and in how much walking you have to do and then the other levels are much easier is incredibly unbalanced

I do really enjoy New York Minute mode. It really puts your reflexes to the test while ensuring you keep moving. But just... f*ck the police station shootout. Seriously, in my entire playthrough of NYM, that one level was the absolute bane of my existence. Even the final level, the airport, was nowhere near as tedious and difficult as the police station was. I had to restart and try again on that one level alone more times then any other level in the campaign combined. I don't know why. But it took me numerous upon numerous attempts before I finally beat that level and gain the plat medal on it. Granted, playing through NYM pretty much made me a master of getting headshots in a rapid succession, but I ain't never playing that mode again on that level. Besides that one level, the entire game was fantastic. While the story was no-where near as fantastic or compelling as the combined story of MP 1 and 2, the gameplay easily picks up the slack that was MP 2's gameplay. I'm sorry, but I really didn't like the way they handled Max's slo-mo in MP 2. Turning what used to be quick and dirty leaps of faith into a direction and getting those precious headshots was now replaced with a goddamn super-power that the player can abuse to wipe out entire rooms of enemies before they even get a chance to raise their weapons in response. Rockstar made the right choice to go back to the way MP 1 handled it. Having the slo-mo ability be more of an extension of, Max's reflexes, not a super-power. But man, when they were developing MP 2, someone sure did love the shit out of the Matrix, I can tell you that much. Regardless, MP 3 was fantastic. Yeah, the story might not have been as compelling or as deep as the first two games were, but that's not terrible. It's a shame, yeah, but I enjoyed the gameplay far too much to mind the lack of metaphors or philosophy.

New York Minute mode was in all the Max Paynes. So probably why he didn't mention it

Theres a script that lets you instantly skip cutscenes search for it in the mp3 modding discord

I think Max Payne 3 is the only game I've finished, from first level to last level, about 10 or 11 times. I keep coming back to it

A shame the lines and dialogue he has is some of the worst written hollywood tripe in video game history.

@@Shamino1 Like what? Give examples. From where I'm standing the writing was great.

Butch Shepard He won’t provide any examples cause he’s talking out of his ass

@@axelnoir3716 "This place was like Baghdad with G-strings" ...that doesn't even make sense in the context of the situation, let alone capture the feelings and power of the best lines of the first two games

@@RPGManoWar lol coz that line was highlighted in the vid ,nice try 😂🤣

No luck at all.

Big Boss Great quote. I remember that made me chuckle.

I had killed more cops than cholestrol is my favourite lol

Seyit Batur Altunkaş mein too

@@pasha_0791 Mine is You'll walk....with a LIMP.

“There were more smoke and mirrors than a strip club locker room.”

You ain't lying. Hahaha. They went in on it.

It is rockstar after all :)

@@nood1le remedy is the father of max payne . Rockstar just sell the game

@@paranoia4715 yes, but rockstar developed the third one

Basically sums up cops in the US and other countries

@@rogueraccoon1840 Not really

@@TheMasterUnity yeah your right but in other countries like in Mexico they're like that and I can tell you that the cops are armed with military grade gear and wear lots of armor like UFE since the cartel is one of the main threats in Mexico

@@rogueraccoon1840 Mexico yeah, since they have to combat cartels and the likes

The first two games, sure. MP3 was COD in slow mo. If you want a good shooting experience, play FEAR.

@DChief94 I didn't like MP3 because it emphasized the cover system rather than run and gun. Defeated the purpose of slow mo.

Agreed. R* is definitely not a company lacking in imagination.

@DChief94 Max Payne is a series about one man gunning down an entire army of criminals, drug junkies and private military with a huge arsenal of weapons. Nothing about that is realistic and Max Payne 3 is no exception.

@@holden6104 MP was never run and gun, go play DOOM

tirona 043 loj qr esht MP3 . un skam pc per momentin e me ka mar malli me e loz

It's not like he had any life left in him (becker) and for victor his fate was sealed

Victor: "haha you know I'll walk" Max: "you'll walk... With a limp!" More satisfying than any of the villain deaths to me

yep, it was one of the things I liked in the game! his voice acting had *range* 😳 like I love the previous 2 but 3 really surprised me with that!

That had mostly to do with the noir setting. The problem however, is while such emotion would normally fit with the trauma Max faces in the first two, it doesn't ring true in 3. We leave him in 2, finally at peace, but then in 3 he's a depressed washed out addict? Where every line is him whining about something? It's like Rockstar didn't even bother understanding the character, and instead, just ran with the dev notes that he's seen some shit, and swallows painkillers like candy. In the first two, the player saw Max as a sympathetic badass - in 3, you just wished he'd quit his incessant bitching.

@@digitalutopia1 How did you both simultaneously manage to speak the truth and sound like something Max would say? Sounding so truthful yet sarcastic. "It's like Rockstar didn't even bother understanding the character and instead just ran with the dev notes that he's seen some shit and swallowed painkillers like candy."

@@PokemonProfessorNebula Honestly, not intentional - but since you mentioned it: Green light washed the lies away. Brazil sunshine on my hairless head. Flashy text across the screen, my dialogue reduced to self-pity. I was in a Rockstar game. Funny as Hell, it was the most horrible thing I could think of.

@@digitalutopia1 I already like you

I really liked the game. It's still good

Same for me. I still have the promo boxes.

I love it. But, the story definitely is *heavily* based on Man On Fire. Give it a watch and youll know exactly what I mean. It even has the camera flashes and text showing important dialogue. Plus, Man On Fire has the exact same plot, man is hired to protect a family in South America, and spends the entire time collapsing into hard alcoholism and drug use while desperately trying to save who is left.

@@DisDatK9 Very true. I don't find that to be a bad thing. I just love the way they tell the narrative in this game. They do a great job of Max's internal dialogue and demons which to me makes this story told very well, even if it is one that treads common grounds.

Play it while keeping up with max on his drinking for full immersion.

When will we get another True Crime? Set in Chicago, that would be dope.

Exactly... Somewhat underrated/''unknown''. Brilliant gameplay.

I even loved the multiplayer

Not only the 3rd part...the 1st and 2nd too...the trilogy holds a great story.. but underrated

@@maxhenderson6783 true crime became sleeping dogs and sleeping dogs is dead

Health - Tears

Or when he kicks the door in the same scene and yells "BECKER!"

@@superdrinkingpepsi "BECK--ER!"

YOU DISGUSTING PIECE OF SHIT I KNOW *EVERYTHING*

@@superdrinkingpepsi Ooooh I love " YOUR TURNING PEOPLE INTO GLUE!"

That's crazy how I love that part to wtf

Still has the best combat in a shooter imo

I think it is mostly because of the GTA V anxiety back then. People were expecting a lot of info regarding the game. But yeah, back then I always insisted that MP3 would be an awesome game, and it were. I loved it.

@@Gamer_Man_Bathwater it really does

Yeah the gunplay was fantastic

Idk why It sold like that

Duy Phan hahahah they were out here selling cracked games

@@juanrocha251 That's nothing. Where I live, every Movie Rental Store had all of the DVDs burned. And they also rented/sold Burned PS2 Games (because every kid had a Mod-chipped PS2 in my country).

Personally I'm curious what you doing in Vietnam. 😅

@@jbktpl1245 i was born and live in Vietnam until 10th grade so I was a student

@@YuiDFan Ohhh, interesting.

agreed my friend. So sad for the poor reception.

no

Uncharted 4 anyone? No?

Wonderful Bear Not even close

Wonderful Bear h Hell no, it's not bad, but is slightly above average at best.

Another guy who truly appreciates games :D

I'm sure it had great critical acclaim at the time?

It had better ratings than the other games

Yes and the game deserved the critical acclaim. It's aesthetics are light years ahead of the first two games. I think the only thing I miss from the first two games is the writing and the film noir presentation. Apart from this max payne 3 is the superior game.

Mr. SkarKasm good ratings, tons of hate from users, much like far cry 2 and gta4. Glad to see people starting to appreciate these games. reminds me of halo. it was so overhyped that I was burned about long before playing, but years later I was able to see the appeal.

Ivan Malek z forreal i remember being super hyped

I was just thinking the same thing. Ivan you're an old fart now.

Time doesn't fly. Time moves forward, nothing changes.

I remember being so hyped in middle school that it was finally coming out. I loved it, multiplayer too. I had two other friends who got on it and we had a blast. Made 8th grade one of my better years in life. I'm going to replay it soon and maybe replay the original two as well.

I still have the pen that looks like a huge bullet that came with the game.

CrimsonEsso No, it was generally pretty well received by the press.

It was received *extremely poorly* by most fans of the first 2 games, though. Mostly because neither the character, nor the setting or the story felt like "Max Payne'" at all. I get that Rockstar wanted to steer the franchise into a new direction - and I generally love new things - but Max Payne isn't a nihilistic, constantly swearing idiot, he is a snarky, sarcastic smart-ass who waxes poetically. And while favelas make for an interesting setting, they never feel like a "main character on their own" like "Noir York City" did in the first 2 games. Add to that Max running around bold, with a full beard and a hawaii shirt and you can see why this game didn't exactly scream "Max Payne" to most fans.

Nr4747 "by most fans" show me a pie chart proving that.

Nr4747 I've been the entire series every game from day 1 and I had no problems with 3 whatsoever. Sure maybe I would've preferred it to be set in NYC but other than I fkn loved it.

Honestly, it was the worst paced thing I have ever engaged with on any level, it didn't let you play, but forced you into a walk and a cut scene ever 2-3 minutes to watch an incredibly dull, stupid and generic story that directly contradicted the gameplay, switched your weapons around, and treated you like an absolute idiot. The gunplay was great, that's it.

Kyyp3r one of the most beautiful little narrative threads in the whole game

"There it was, the soundtrack to my life, and, for a few seconds, came harmony."

Le Arthur Morgan?

I was also the only one there at midnight for MP3 when everyone else got Diablo. I love all 3 games so much but probably 2 hit me the hardest. Still like that poets of the fall song.

These are the days I'm glad I don't have the attention span for games like that. Good for you if you love it, but I prefer my RPG-style gameplay to be a bit more: direct, to the point and interactive (with as little beat-around-the-bush tedium as possible). I guess that's why I never played Final Fantasy 10 beyond the first 30 minutes.

Diablo 3, the start of the long downwards slide for blizzturd.

I was one off the crazy Diablo fan for years, Diablo 3 was disgusting and bad. Max Payne 3 was amazing. But sadly, both off them died now... No one laughs,just pain.

"(Diablo 3 was good)" lol no, it wasn't. even after the final patch of the basic game it was still okay at best. the game only redeemed itself after RoS released and the seasons started.

I also had so many goosebumps in max payne 3. Especially in chapter 7 while protecting Rodrigo bronco. Man, that chapter was so emotional I got tears.

The airport shootout with Tears playing in the background will always be one of the most epic atmospheric and nostalgic moments of any game I've ever played. The finally piano playing completing Max's dirge and bringing about a twisted kind of harmony, his acceptance at the end of what he's become and where it's all lead. You can say what you want but to me, this game was amazing.

nice

I have a run going at pretty much any given point

Yeah, together with World in Conflict. I play these games at least once per year.

I only played it once. I’m gonna be patient. Don’t want to over play in and make it stale

Time to play it again boyy

Luckily the story and dialogue of RDR2 was so convicting and phenomenal it was rather easy to overlook that level of too much immersion. Good luck getting by with a subpar story with that amount if tedious animations

i am the opposite. If its a grand immersive game like red dead then i love the slower, more realistic animations and gameplay. I had no problen whatsoever

I hate this trend of "Tedious=realistic and immersive"

I never even completed the first game, so the second one never attracted me. I played it on both the X360 and PS3 at a friend's house back in the day (and I loved it), but I'm still very bitter about the fact that they outright confirmed that it's never going to get a PC port simply because of a piracy risk.

A lot of people feel this way and I'm here, on my second playthrough, taking my time like I've never done for any other game. The slow movements, the weight and realism of everything is what makes RDR2 so special to me and one of the best game I have ever played. I find it quite strange when people are comparing it with The Witcher 3 (which is also an amazing game) when the latter lacks responsivness in its controls and has very clunckly gameplay, especially the horse (good lord are the controls bad for Roach).

Matt, is that you Matt? Or are you some other Matt Foley? :)

Scott Hall The Matt that hangs out with Micro and Nikki? That's definitely me.

Youre everywhere man! :P

I almost got you!

The ubiquitous Matt Foley.

@Charlie L. both were underrated. Both games were by take two and released in 2012. That year was a straight worst nightmare for take two.

Max Payne 3 is the worst Max Payne there is and is an insult to real fans.

@Dunestorm how did you relate max payne 3 to that?

@@geniusn8343 Max Payne 3 was a good end to the series.

@@crystalfunky It's definitely the weakest out of the 3, but calling it an insult to ''real fans'' makes you seem like an entitled prick.

To understand why he's miserable you would have to play the first game

Play first two games if you REALLY want to know what Max was always about

Well, holy hell, you might've just articulated why I love this series better than I've ever been able to.

Same here bro. At the first run was a nice and cool shooting game from rockstar. Then I replayed the game at a dark moment of my life and made me felt in Max flesh

That's HOW you enjoy a Video Game

I repeated that line throughout most of my teen years, love it to bits

God damn right. So with ya.

I just finished the game today, sad its over..

*AGHGHGHHHHHGGGHHHHGGGHHHHHGGHHGGGGHHHHHH*

Thank you for helping create such an awesome game.

@@Comkill117 plot twist: he worked as internal accountant at Rockstar Vancouver.

Forgot Rockstar Vancouver was a thing. Such a shame it closed, you guys did a great job on this game. Vancouver and Toronto studios, very canadian game, eh?

I know it's been 4 years since you posted this comment but I just wanted to thank you and Rockstar Vancouver for contributing to the creation of this gorgeous game this game has a special place in my heart and I'll never get bored playing it. Although I am sorry about the extremely harsh and terrible work environment you had to deal with people in any work environment should never have to endure what you guys have when creating this game.

Gustavo Lima The rendition of São Paulo is probably one of the strongest settings of any game ever, the detail is insaneeee. And I love that you touched on the banter which was always one of my favorite aspects of the game. I don’t speak Portuguese so it just helped drive home Max’s alienation and I thought it was a great kind of counterpoint to the original games - the bad guys still banter with each other but they might as well be speaking Martian as far as Max is concerned, but ultimately Max silences the cacophony no matter what language they’re speaking.

The banter has some really bad voice actors, and most of Brazilian speaking characters are bad too, most people who dont speak portuguese cant or dont really notices that. I think its better enjoyed without really knowing what are they talking about.

the portuguese doesn't really feel like it's being spoken by a native brazilian, but maybe that's just me. I feel like the game that did this best was STALKER, the NPCs usually spoke in Ukranian to each other, but they did speak English directly to the player. Near the guard outpost at the start of the game, the ukranian colonel spoke via a speaker about the dangers of the zone and so on in English, but when you started a firefight with the military, he would start shouting orders in Ukranian, which felt a lot more realistic. Of course, I don't know if the Ukranian he spoke was actually accurate or not, or if it was Russian instead of Ukranian, but it felt immersive at least

Exactly, most of the game voice actors are not brazilians, they just speak portuguese, and some are not real voice actors, Serrano is voiced by a nigerian, Becker voice actor is a narrator, so he dont show emotions on the dub.

Yeah like some people pointed out the banter feels somewhat sterile - they speak pretty much formal portuguese, without any slangs, which is uncharacteristic of whom they're trying to portray (favela gang members).

@John Smitty moron

John Smitty third person gunplay is way better in my opinion

@John Smitty nah I like to see my character when I'm shooting

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Love your channel!

My body is ready

Its Ryan! Woooooooo!!

I remember that from that one song on the first Tony Hawk game.

As someone who's played MP3s online a lot i can tell you there was very little control given, to the point that you would move left when wanting to move right while aimed in.

I agree, Max felt agile yet beefy. It never felt like I was getting caught on objects or bouncing off walls because of Max's movement, more so that I just didnt look before I leaped. That being said, in Max Payne MP the movement didn't feel great. Sometimes strafing forwards or backwards despite flicking the stick to the left or right. Sometimes it felt entirely unresponsive if you chose to dive and (after landing) try to get back up from the floor. I think most of it was down to the multiplayer character model hitboxes though as Max always felt really solid and responsive.

Can’t believe that this game still looks this good after a decade later.

Should I play this game?

William Gregg buy it on sale

Genos - I just bought it for $4.95 so I can't complain.

Artuurs Z. Wut?

William Gregg i just remembered it to cost 15$

we could have a whole new ip with those mechanics honestly

Yeah, max has had a rough time. He isn't a spring flower he used to be. All of those pain killers take a toll, you know.

Well read dead 2 does have the max Payne style killcam but you have to be a physicist to get it right

the franchise is called Max Payne so it's with him there or not happening (i know we play as Mona in MP2 but it is still Max's story).

@National 1 I know i saw it lol

AtticWarrior1994 Anyone else reed this with Max's voice in their heads?

My sentiment exactly. I think a majority of the critiques in this video were either nitpicks or rather unrealistic remarks. Max Payne 3 was solidly crafted-- campaign and multiplayer. The gameplay mechanics for a third person shooter are second to none.

This game played amazingly, even if it was hard as hell at times with a controller. It demanded accurate shooting to stay alive. The story was one of the most visceral ones Ive played in a game...it felt relevant and real.

First two were more Sin City style comic driven story. This one was more realistic and followed a man well on his way out. Had very obvious Wolverine type vibes but that made it gnarly.

I think Man On Fire is the main influence (cutscenes style, story, character)

He already referenced it, and other like John Woo films, in the re-review of the first game.

I'm pretty sure that was Dan Houser's inspiration considering not just the locale, but the whole style of the game is like a Tony Scott (RIP) movie compared to the first & second one that were closer to Remedy's inspirations (gritty, low-budget action movies of the '90s).

MagicMaster667 Well, i mean..he's been retired, doing bodyguard work and drowning himself in Alchohol and Pills soo...i don't know if his skills would keep up.

MagicMaster667 Really not plotholes, through the majority of the game Max is drunk and high off painkillers. He’s not exactly in the right state of mind and he mentions it very often in cutscenes. He admits he was just tricked into being the distraction, being the cliche “Great American Savior of the Poor” like he was used to being, just not in the US anymore.

He was also high on painkillers on the previous games. Doesn't mean he was an idiot.

Yes, I did. He was mislead but he always suspected he was being used. In MP3 however, Max goes full white knight, blaming himself for everything that goes wrong, even when some things were clearly not his fault. And what bothers me more is that he's never aware how ridicolous the whole situation is, how he survives every wave of enemies and never seem to enjoy antything he's doing, unlike the previous games.

"Am I in a videogame...?"

Don’t forget P A N A M A

Oh shit, it's SAU-SIEGE, best crossover ever

Glad to see ya on RU-vid. Thank you!

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SAU-SIEGE Hey dude. Or dudette. Nice to see you here

I read this in Jackal's voice

leonthesleepy I love how everything he touches go to shit. NOTHING goes right in this game.

I think pretty much everyone who knows about Max Payne knows about this game; its flaws just make people dislike or not be interested in it. Not everyone enjoys games with fun gameplay strapped to a miserable, humorless story.

Zaphero Clever insult but I'd disagree with you. I thought that writing was smart and gameplay smooth.

I love Max Payne 1&2 but Max Payne 3 is also my favorite. The action and set-pieces are just insane and so intense and well done. I haven't found any shooter that comes close in that regard.

Eric Nick The writing has nothing smart about it, though. Some of the dialogue and the one--liners were entertaining but Max Payne was always more than that. MP3's story on comparison feels shallow and even like an afterthought

it is an OK game, but when you compare it to 1 and 2 it feels shitty and disappointing, playing it made me realise that best thing about 1&2 wasn't bullet time, it was climate, and this game ain't got one, it's just a plainass arcade shooter

@japacapa You thought. XD

japacapa wrong but aight go off

japacapa moron blinded by nostalgia.

@@japacapa it's a matter of taste and bitch you ain't got none

spork8655 🎶Ju-stice now... It’s time to let me go🎵

Indeed, even though so many people thrash it and continuously take every opportunity to say how much they despise the third entry and how it never should've existed.

That’s why I was excited to buy it again for Xbox now that it’s backwards compatible