Max Payne 3 PC Game Review

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Max Payne 3 is a third-person shooter video game developed by Rockstar Studios and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on 15 May 2012 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360; a Microsoft Windows port was released on 31 May 2012, followed by an OS X port on 20 June 2013. The game is the first entry in the Max Payne series since 2003's Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, developed by Remedy Entertainment.
The game is played from a third-person perspective. Throughout the single-player mode, players control Max Payne, a former detective who has become a vigilante after the murder of his wife and daughter. Nine years after the events of the second game, Max becomes employed as a private security contractor in Brazil, but quickly becomes entangled in a quest filled with death and betrayal. An online multiplayer mode is included with the game, allowing up to 16 players to engage in both cooperative and competitive gameplay in re-creations of multiple single-player settings.
As part of their research for the game's setting, the developers conducted field research around São Paulo throughout development and captured footage for the design team. Development duties were shared between many of Rockstar's studios worldwide. At release, it was acclaimed by many reviewers, with praise particularly directed at the story and action. Max Payne 3 received high sales, shipping approximately three million units in the first week of release. It was nominated for multiple year-end accolades from several gaming publications, winning a variety of them.

[@CptCaretaker]

I have to say that Max Payne 3 has some of the best visual feedback I've seen in a game. Just the fact that every shot bullet is a detailed polygon model is just fascinating.

[@Phagastick]

SkyOut Max Payne 3 is not better gameplay wise. It became a fucking cover based shooter, you can only have three weapons at a time, constant interruptions destroying the flow of the game and so on.

[@denzelromero4796]

McAkkeezz You are kinda wrong , the cover shooting is really only there for you to build up bullet time as blindfiring and being shot in cover helps build it.

[@13Gangland]

McAkkeezz You sound like you just sucked ass in the game and stayed ducked for cover. I would go into John Rambo mode when I used to play this game back in the day.

[@Phagastick]

13Gangland Well I don't play on easy mode

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

13Gangland What difficulty were you playing the game on?

[@oscarreece8801]

I'm pretty sure that the unskippable cutscenes disguise the loading of the game.

[@RevanStarrrR]

+Oscar Reece Which kinda sucks because MGS1 managed to not do that on PS1 hardware.

[@ThePandafriend]

+Oscar Reece On a good pc+ssd you can skip quite a lot of them. So yes. That's probably the reason. And Max Payne 3 is pretty much the only game which has absolutely no stop (excluding the first loading time) if you're playing the story mode.

[@Atrac89]

+RevanBladeZ This has to be the WORST fuckin' comparison i've ever heard.

[@Prince_Seven]

BlueLemonade You know you can do that in MP3 too right ? When the cutscene starts, it first says "loading" when you press enter and after some time it says "press enter to skip. Also, if your PC is too slow, it will change to the Max Payne logo instead, so yeah it's just loading times.

[@SagaraUrz]

Yeah, you can skip them, once it loaded

[@ERWERman]

This is like a Die Hard game we never had. xD

[@bergonath8851]

Not even close.

[@spartankongcountry6799]

@@bergonath8851 This game had a whole diehard level as a reference.

[@WarlordRising]

Yeah, this definitely felt like it was inspired by Die Hard moreso than straight up pulp noir. Hell, Max even looks like Bruce Willis here.

[@afrog2666]

Max payne 1&2 were very much like Die Hard Trilogy, which was pretty great IMO. Point being, we kinda had Die Hard games?

[@afrog2666]

@@WarlordRising As in he`s bald? Because that`s the similarity.. That and fugly shirts..

[@merces47letifer4]

I know this video is a bit outdated and the game is older now, but I feel compelled to state that I love MP3 so very much. It's such a special experience and Rockstar put so much care into every facet of the game. Health"s soundtrack and James McCaffrey's performance as Max was so intense. I love it so much.

[@cor.tenebrarum]

Ot’s still the best tps ever created. Nothing came even close.

[@demogaming8895]

Yes no tps will ever come even close. Neither in animations, nor in gunplay, nor in physics. Yeah there's rdr2 but the focus isn't really on the shooting.

[@Wolf_Larsen]

Too bad you're wrong, OP.

[@funkastic08]

@@cor.tenebrarum So true ! And the Minute hardcore mode skip most of the cutscenes

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

@@demogaming8895 RDR 2 has trash gunplay

[@rosalynnought2590]

I know it's not the classic film noir comic book style, but Max Payne 3 is STILL noir - it's basically Man On Fire : The Game. It takes a lot of the visual and thematic cues on modern neo-noir films.

[@Derek_The_Magnificent_Bastard]

It most definitely is Noir.

[@ciaranperry4677]

@@Derek_The_Magnificent_Bastard how so?

[@Derek_The_Magnificent_Bastard]

@@ciaranperry4677 Noir usually centers around a dark theme where either greed or lust motivates perpetrators to do criminal acts for personal gain. Usually there is a law enforcer mixed up in it trying to make it right or sometimes they get mixed up in it themselves. The Max Payne series you could even call it quintessential noir. It checks all the boxes.

[@ciaranperry4677]

@@Derek_The_Magnificent_Bastard I know perfectly well what noir is im a fanatic on the genre and have seen some 500+ films and still going that aside though max payne 3 still isn't a noir, it's just an action film game where as 1 and 2 wear their influences with pride from the cynicism to the flawed characters, the tragedy, the femme fatales (aesir ceo in 1 mona in 2) and so on, i think the term gets thrown around loosely these days to put it mildly.

[@Derek_The_Magnificent_Bastard]

@@ciaranperry4677 There isn't always a femme fatale in noir stories. But a gritty investigator is common. Plus you have Max's narration which is noir-esque. I personally think it does classify as noir and I would be curious which 500 films you think are noir because I doubt there are that many unless you are including some really obscure ones or neo-noir. I've been a hard core fan of the genre for decades and probably own half of the classic noir films from Maltese Falcon to Touch of Evil which roughly covers the time period of 1941 - 1958 of the classic noir. Max Payne is noir through and through. Don't let the action of the game fog your judgement. The essence of the story is noir or rather neo-noir.

[@MrEdcar007]

This game also includes one of the best lines and narration spoken by a main character in a video game. "It aint often you get nostalgic for getting your ass kicked by 6 sailors on leave." "The guy was smoother than a oil slick on an iceberg, and about as toxic" “I’d been sitting at the bar for three hours, or five years depending on the way you looked at things. I tried not to look at things...”

[@sourcegod2072]

''I killed more cops than cholesterol''

[@Derek_The_Magnificent_Bastard]

For real. The writing in this game is EXCELLENT. "...more smoke and mirrors than a stripper's dressing room". LOL I love that line. Killed me the first time I heard it.

[@TimeBomb014X]

"It's like Baghdad with G-strings"

[@bentindol2473]

He was trying to buy more sand for his hour glass, I wasn’t selling any!

[@heberrodriguez3310]

Then you didnt pay attention to Max Payne 1 and 2.

[@El-Burrito]

I actually loved MP3. It made me really sad that the gunplay didn't really carry over the GTA V and it made that game feel much worse.

[@Tipperito]

+El Burrito they literally couldve just ported the shooting mechanics straight from mp3 to gta v and it wouldve been perfect

[@tobiasbernhardrasmussen5837]

+Game james I didn´t know GTA 6 had come out.

[@megadeath308]

GTA 5 was a massive disappoint ment for me I can't believe how hard they dropped the ball

[@LN.2233]

Yeah, it sucks that R* didn't just copy and paste MP3 gameplay to GTA V. Would have been perfect and they would have actually removed a lot of the auto aim+megadeath308 I find GTA V to easily be the best GTA game

[@portalfreak7628]

+El Burrito Eh, I prefer .WAV

[@Garland846]

saying the events of 3 "don't change max as a person" is INSANE. he literally gets sober and finally accepts his family's passing because of it. also shooting that mob boss' son wasn't a "stupid mistake", it was an emotional reflex because max has trauma over women around him dying and blaming himself for it.

[@dyldragon1]

I find it weird how every review of this game neglects how the soundtrack is by HEALTH. It's as amazing as you think it would be

[@Gggmanlives]

+dyldragon1 I said the soundtrack is good though?

[@dyldragon1]

I know you did, but I find it odd how a lot of people seem to forget that there's actually a big name band doing the soundtrack. That was a good review btw

[@Gggmanlives]

dyldragon1 I'd never heard of Health before MP3 and I haven't heard them after either, but to each their own.

[@dyldragon1]

Their new album Death Magic just came out. I highly recommend it. Parts actually sound a lot like the MP3 ost

[@OmikronNS]

+dyldragon1 I wouldn't call them a "big name" band. They are an indie band with a small but vocal following.

[@CampionBun]

With what you said about the Brancos being unlikable, I thought it contrasted really well with Max and helped give him depth in that he was going out of his way to try and help people that he didn't like. (SPOILERS) Even after his employer and the girl he was trying to save died, he kept trucking on regardless of how life threatening it was to continue. He had no stakes in being there anymore and could have left Sao Paulo at any time, but he didn't. Also, for a first in the series (outside of the secret ending for MP2) he finally saves a woman.

[@TimeBomb014X]

Only after everyone he was meant to save died

[@ahabduennschitz7670]

@@TimeBomb014X thats the beautiful irony about this whole character. Max is skilled af and he always trys to do the right thing but he constantly fails and his only reward is pain

[@stepheng1523]

@@ahabduennschitz7670 and believes he deserves it. Game is about forgiving himself and deciding he wants to live after all.

[@Michformer]

You convinced me to purchase Max Payne 3 on Steam.

[@thanekrios9328]

Bryce Czirr Hell of a movie considering it still has the best gunplay mechanics.

[@nathanielroy1996]

How did you like Max payne 3?

[@alpapsproductions16]

@@nathanielroy1996 bruh it's been 5 years

[@fobo3361]

@@alpapsproductions16 i mean hey gave him plenty of time to form an opinion XD

[@bardanmalla193]

@@thanekrios9328 i will say its far from best It's control is fucked up

[@Timboslice475]

This one is actually my favorite in the series. Even though I do agree the cinematic were a little too much at times, I found 99% of the cutscenes to be extremely fluid and well made. I know a lot of people hate on my opinion because this one takes Max Payne out of the neo-noir setting, but ask yourself this. What's left for Max in New York/New Jersey? Nothing. Nothing but pain and misery so it makes he'd want to get as far the hell away from that place as he can, lucratively. Also, what we're they gonna do with noir setting? More mafia and New York scumbags? C'mon, it was an excellent change up in the series rather than just the same old shit.

[@alexmurphy5289]

The greatest third person shooting gameplay ever IMO, I loved this game so much

[@tastycookiechip]

I've replayed this game multiple times and watched friends play through the whole thing for first time I still don't get bored with the cutscenes. The story in this game is legendary.

[@trollslayer7825]

I think the reason we were not able to skip the cinematics is because this game had the best cinematics therefore the skip button was disabled

[@benedwards6174]

Yeah mate, I probably spend 200 hours playing this game each year ( Since i bought it on steam 4 years ago) the gore mods and texture packs bring the graphics up to better than what is in a lot of modern games. Im sad they wont make a max payne 4 but for me number 3 was the best. The combat just never gets old, The AI never do exactly the same thing. Great Game!

[@thewisedaddy6460]

@@benedwards6174 actually we are getting a max payne 1 and 2 remake by remedy herself

[@bagel0001]

@@trollslayer7825 no, it was a disguise for the loading screen

[@omarsheriff51]

​​@@bagel0001 Yes and no. On modern systems the levels load in seconds, and yet you still can't skip it for minutes sometimes. It hides them but the "Loading" prompt is a lie, it's actually Rockstar forcing you to watch them

[@TheTUGAfreak]

Even with all its flaws, to me, Max Payne 3 is honestly one of the most memorable games i played

[@trollslayer7825]

Same

[@Brissles]

How old're you?

[@omarsheriff51]

​@@Brissles "Youre just an ignorant kid" but without having the balls to say it. Simp vibe

[@Ultrabozo]

@@Brissles Probably older than you

[@velaphinosdumo]

MP1 was my favourite because of how gritty it is. It was new and you cent have that experience and introduction to that character again. Will always rate MP1 as one of the best ever made. objectively though, with my rose tinted glasses aside MP3 is the game that had an even greater impact on me with a story that resonated much more profoundly on my consciousness. Rockstar did an amazing job on this. I like all the games for different reasons but MP3 and MP1 being my best. Phenomenal game this

[@jaygoldstein1046]

They need to remake Max Payne 1 and 2 with the new engine.

[@TehMorbidAtheist]

MP1 is still my favorite.

[@abikinebi6235]

yes everything is jst soooo suave soo wow

[@flame_101]

@@jaygoldstein1046 Your wish has been granted

[@robnickerson7819]

Man this game is SO UNDERRATED jeez

[@robnickerson7819]

The cutscenes are AWESOME tho man!!

[@Kacpa2]

Mostly because herds of blind fanboys that wanted same shit for third time. I actaully love how they took it elsewhere, and argument they use that "if you took out Max and bullettime". Like what the fuck it's literaly about Max, if we did so to previous games we get 80-90s cop drama, or at best Sin City without it's visuals in story about Hartigan. It is a Max Payne game and it's amazing

[@pokka4369]

Kacpa2 the problem is that it is so different to the point its not Max Payne anymore. The only thing MP3 had in common with MP1 and MP2 was the main character and bullet time. There are no returning characters, nothing connecting it to the previouse games. MP3 feels like a game rockstar made and then slammed Max Payne in the title to make it sell. MP2 was about finishing the story, it did not need a sequal.

[@stolenname94]

Nah it's easily the worse of the 3 games it lacked the atmosphere of the first 2 and that signature graphic noir style the first games are known for. But the gunplay and animation work is excellent they just need to make max Payne 4 and get max back in new York.

[@beanman9350]

James Somogyi well he had to escape from New York and he said that he really wanted to get out of there anyway.

[@sharkymcshark3392]

Max Payne is one of those rare series where I've loved every instalment immeasurably.

[@dosnostalgic]

The movie they wanted to make is Tony Scott's Man of Fire. The problem is Tony Scott already made it. Not only the story, but the visual style is also "borrowed". The differences are so minute that I can't call it "inspired", it straight out copies the film.

[@alphasaturnus1623]

+DOS Nostalgia Wow you're right. Rockstar literally ripped that movies plot almost entirely.

[@dosnostalgic]

Max Payne 3 didn't only rip off the story, but also the visual style, and some of the scenes wholesale. It's slightly a bit more than "inspired by".

[@theanalyzer3172]

DOS Nostalgia Okay I watched Man on Fire recently, and the movie definitely inspired the game in its look and atmosphere and max being a drunk, but the rest is very different. Max is not out to take revenge on some little girl that he loves and doesn't sacrifice himself at the end for said little girl. yeah he's a bodyguard, like in the movie, but here the way the story and the characters play out is different

[@dosnostalgic]

Errr... Is this a "it is not exactly the same, therefore it is entirely different" kind of comment? Of course there are differences. Otherwise it would have been Man of Fire: The Game. But the visuals, the atmosphere, and pretty much the entire setup was directly lifted. And some scenes throughout with the protagonists drunkenly stumbling around the room are present as well. It doesn't need to be an *exact* 1 to 1 carbon copy to be a rip off.

[@hardutrares643]

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[@adhirg]

the soundtrack to this game was done by a group called HEALTH. listen to “TEARS,” it’s the song that plays during the airport shootout (gman plays it at the end of the video). it’s amazing. all of the music supported the mood of the game perfectly, it’s rare for video games to have such synergy with their soundtracks. EDIT: oh he barely talked about the soundtrack at all :/

[@gialy1]

Tears, Pain and Max Future still gives me goosebumps after all this years

[@luckyluckymachen]

you can skip the cutscenes once the game is loaded because the cutscenes cover up the loadtimes :)

[@Gggmanlives]

+DantePeeks Not every cutscene.

[@luckyluckymachen]

+Gggmanlives I see! anyway great review!

[@Cheesefist]

+Gggmanlives HAve your tried new york minute hardcore? only a sadist would try and complete it

[@Gggmanlives]

Austin Williams I had completed every single challenge except that one. I can't even imagine how such a thing is possible, the last area in the airport when the guy is shooting at you with the grenade launcher I almost always died 2 or 3 times against that.

[@Cheesefist]

Gggmanlives I always had trouble with the panima canal area, and the flashback NYC areas. but I played ps3 free aim

[@lord_vwphaeton1883]

This is my favourite video game OF ALL TIME! Imo, it checks off EVERY requirements and THEN some. - AWESOME story - AWESOME gameplay - James McAffrey's perfect portrayal of Max. - the STYLE (Feels like a movie at times) - the Graphics have aged pretty well - the Brutality - the score - the multiplayer

[@Michformer]

I still think F.E.A.R. has the best bullet time mechanic in all of gaming. Blasting an enemy at point blank range with a shotgun and watching him fly across the room never gets old.

[@seakwenz]

+Michformer I just aim at their legs with the shotgun. Don't care if it does less damage and wastes ammo, watching the clones cartwheel while screaming bloody murder is gold.

[@MDUmairKh]

+Michformer FEAR still has best gunplay in FPS IMO. However seems like Killing Floor 2 will finally surpass it.

[@robertvalenica8999]

+Game james typical Call of Duty fan

[@Imetral0]

Max Payne 3's bullet time is great because the Euphoria engine is sooooo fun to watch in motion.

[@kungbombo20]

Max Payne 3 has far more realistic ragdoll physics and better gore sytem compared to fear in my opinion. You are typical among those nostalgia dumbasses who are dumb enough to Believe that all old games are better than the new one. Thinking that all new games sucks just because they are new is far one of the most retarded assumptions someone can make. You are not even trying to share a opinion. You are trying to impose your views on him just because he doesn't agree with you by implying that he is wrong while you are right which is the worst form of bigotry. You should stop treating your opinion as a objective truth and take a education about how reality and opinion works because you don't seems to value free speech for one single shit.

[@ShadeWMD]

Goddammit. This was nice to see in my feed.

[@vinimaxsteel]

This game is the most accurate portrait of Brazil in any media ever Playing this game as a native of his ambiance,it just feels so good to hear all of the BR Portuguese profanity and screaming It's just the best.

[@LonghornsLegend]

The mechanics and gameplay from Max Payne still cannot be duplicated today. Quantum Break was close, but outside of making a new Matrix game the bullet time will always be done best here. I play this on my Series X, wonderful game that we can always use more of

[@Nydusurmainus]

I think musically the start of the airport gun fight with Tears by health kicking in was an amazing moment. I had the sound cranked at the time and the low bass oh god it was good. It was like a musical representation of how Max felt, dragging himself through the story, covered in blood, dirt and sweat. I dunno one of my favorite musical moments in gaming

[@skepg3729]

my favorite part of the game

[@stewsretroreviews]

MP3 is underrated game I would say as this is one of my favourites still on my hard drive and its never leaving. There is a lot of cut scenes, but I really don't mind them at all as its part of Max's story. Its still got the be one of the best action games around and the graphics are still awesome even today. I've loved all the Max Payne games and this is definitely in my top 10 games ever!!

[@pinkfloyd36123]

Thank you for not shitting on this game like other fans of the franchise. I grew up loving the max payne games and i thought max payne 3 was fantastic when it came out. Sure the story was weaker and i really missed the noir aesthetic, but at the end of the day i play max payne for the gameplay, and imo this one may have the most satisfying shooting of the bunch.

[@SlurpyPie]

I'm glad to see another fan that appreciates Max Payne 3 cause it's honestly my favourite game in the trilogy for its gunplay alone. I hope the remakes take elements from this game like the bullet cams and integrates and improves upon them massively.

[@syncmonism]

I was surprised to see how good of a job they did with Max Payne 3, considering that it wasn't the same developer. Max Payne 1 and 2 were a TOUGH act to follow!

[@sunslap]

7:10 yeah instead of 50% Hideo would make it 60% cut scenes.

[@Freehotdawgs]

I loved MP3, definitely my favorite one out of the series. Like other people on here have already said, a lot of the cutscenes are actually just loading screens that can be skipped once the game has finished loading.

[@savishgamer4931]

your reviews are well thought out and said in a very stern but fair way. you sir have a new sub on this day

[@MaxPayneInTheAss]

One of my fav games. When it first came out, I beat it on all difficulty modes.

[@lurkerrekrul]

I love the first two Max Payne games, but any desire I had to play the third game was killed by the first gameplay video I watched. A couple minutes of gameplay and then five minutes of unskippable cutscene! The in-level cutscenes in games like Jedi Academy and Elite Force II drove me crazy. There's no way I'd be able to play a game like MP3 without wanting to put my fist through the screen. What the fuck is wrong with game developers today? It's like their gaming experience goes back all of six months. Did they even look at the previous games? Did they think "Yeah, the old games were really good, but let's flush all that down the toilet and force our own crappy ideas on players instead!"?

[@Cj-xt6tv]

You’d want to skip cutscenes on your first way through?

[@lurkerrekrul]

@@Cj-xt6tv Not usually, but if the cutscenes end up being a mini-movie all on their own that goes on for more than a couple minutes, I get impatient to get back to the game. Frankly, I hate in-level cutscenes. They break up the flow of the game and destroy your sense of immersion. And in almost every case, it would be much cooler to experience whatever is happening from the viewpoint of your character rather than just watching an FMV play. In my opinion, loading an FPS game with tons of FMVs, especially in the middle of levels, is just a lazy way to try and extend the playing time. And if I'm playing that part of the game for the second time, those cutscenes better be skippable. Forcing users to sit through an FMV that they've already seen is really poor game design, especially in today's games, that usually don't have save anywhere and instead force you to rely on checkpoints. Which is another thing I despise. Just saying.

[@Cj-xt6tv]

@@lurkerrekrul no no no, I didn’t say second time. I said first. It’s simply asinine, missing context the first time around just for like an 10 second wait

[@kootah]

it’s really not that deep

[@DylanODon1]

I have to say this is one of the best third person shooters I've played thought the multiplayer was fun and I found myself coming back again and again would love if all of the games were backward compatible.

[@rottencorpsexxx]

I love this game as shiet! I beat it like 20 times, hardcore, new york whatever. No kidding. The best game of 2012 for me. Story is good, the atmosphere is fantastic, graphics and all that, and soundtrack is beyond awesome. I had goosebumps watching your review because of it. godly Cutscenes can be skipped, all of them. You just need to wait for the game to load. You see, they have tried for the best, made those loading screens disappear, but what do you know, now ppl complain about game loads while the cutscenes play :/ Still, nice review. thanks Sonny Jim!

[@Gggmanlives]

+rottencorpsexxx Not all cutscenes can be skipped mate, I literally just finished playing the game a couple weeks ago.

[@rottencorpsexxx]

+Gggmanlives you're probably right, no reason to not believe you. I had doubts about that statement since upon the initial release there was indeed a problem that none of the cutscenes could be skipped so I thought maybe the version you've played had that problem

[@asicsjohnson]

Anyone else immediately reminded of the movie Man on Fire the first time you played this? That's the ONLY vibe I got... and I want a remaster!

[@141unknownops]

@Gggmanlives Great review as per usual. I'm glad that the 3rd Max Payne review ended on a high note. Just an FYI, the loading screens on Max Payne were supposedly hidden during the cinematics, hence why you couldn't skip them as the cinematic began. I think the short cut-scenes are skip-able yet the longer ones are not. Either way I get where you're coming from. It's irritating doing a second playthrough and having to endure long cut-scene that you've seen before.

[@jonathanbrake3070]

It's July 2016 and I am just now playing this game for the first time. I honestly can't believe that they did away with the comic book cutscenes - that style of video game storytelling was 100% unique to Max Payne and that fact that they got rid of it is incomprehensible....it changes the entire atmosphere of the game. Also, I usually play games at the hardest difficulty, but DAMN, this one caught me off guard. I have been playing for maybe two hours and I have died at least 40 times....this is some punishing shit. All that being said I am enjoying the game immensely...it's just a bit disappointing how Rockstar have tried to make it their own instead of sticking to the style and aesthetic of Max Payne 1/2 that we all know and love

[@kavinskysmith4094]

you think that's bad you should read my comment on this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/haHHXpiQjbGZh7s as how did this game pass Q and A?! as I just played through it for the first time myself and by god, is it terrible, yet as its max payne I still really love seeing the old VA back for one more round with Max and his trademark witt. as if it wasnt for that guy playing max, Mr James McCaffrey, a legend who deserves alot more work in hollywood, I bet alot of people would have hated this game far more than they did.

[@jbeachboy100]

sam lake wanted rockstar to make it their own instead of copying remedy.

[@denzelromero4796]

The game is extremely unbalanced lol

[@Kacpa2]

Jonathan Brake It still has comic styled cutscenes It just variation. Not at all times but often it hoes like this. MP2 didnt have comic style everywhere either. So they are pretty much alike on that.

[@denzelromero4796]

Kacpa2 MP2 still had it though

[@DomeCandyGames]

Great job. I couldn't agree more with every aspect of your review. The mechanics and technical aspects of the game were A+ amazing, with the only real downside being the incessant cutscenes. It really drove me crazy when I first played it because the game play is just soooooo good and smooth. Cutscenes seem to be a hallmark of modern AAA titles and even when they're good I can't help but think: "get your movie out of my game." What happened to the Doom model of starting the action within the first 3 seconds of booting the game up?

[@eraser400]

I loved this game when it came out, played it so many times on PS3!

[@isaiaslafon9329]

nice reviews Man, I see a lot these last week!

[@SDWAN2015]

I never thought you'd do all 3 Max Paynes :D

[@lovelyuncle]

for anyone watching this now theres a mod that lets you skip every cutscene almost immediately, makes replaying it much more tolerable

[@SamuelVasilev]

Il ike max Payne 3 as a standalone game ... because if we compare it to the other two games welllllllll i would choose the second one !

[@indydriver80]

Your reviews are great. They are informative, entertaining and well produced. I'm going to try Max Payne 3 based on your review alone. Keep up the great work.

[@GuntanksInSpace]

I guess everyone's been waiting for this review and the wait was totally worth it. Great review! I played this game a few months ago and indeed, it was brilliant despite the flaws. The flaw (on the PC version) of the load times being rather long (and thus you can't skip cutscenes easily) are pretty bad, since they also show up in the extra (arcade) modes when I played it but yeah. Positives outweigh the negatives for me and the ending is really satisfying. Also that soundtrack, man.

[@SoftAsABaboonAss]

I agree that the unskippable cutscenes are a big flaw in the game but they are actually hiding loading screens. That's why you can't skip them. I enjoyed the story a lot so that never bothered me in the 3 times I played through it but I can understand why some might be. As for the setting and the Noir detective feel of the 1st 2 games, I thought I would miss it so much before the game released but once I actually played it I found it to be a really dark, violent and depressive tale for the character and it was quite fitting. As a HUGE Max Payne fan, I thought MP3 was a blast and that it really did live up to the hype.

[@alecchakery6500]

I agree. The cutscene/gameplay ratio is off. I actually kind of enjoy the cutscenes but whenever one pops up, I always was kind of wishing for a few more minutes of gameplay ahead of it. Still, this game is a ton of fun and a solid entry.

[@Anemptybox]

You make some damn fine reviews.

[@alexluvzfire3567]

So I'm finally getting to play this masterpiece of a game on PC. Originally played it on Ps3. On console you can easily change shoulder with the D-pad. How do you change shoulders on PC? He seems to do it automatically when using left or right handed gun. Dual wield is set to over right and two handed gun is set over right. But how can I manually change the over the shoulder view at will? Please help!

[@wasapur]

Spot on with the Panama level, great atmosphere.

[@chrisvillan88]

This game had some of the best gunplay in the industry, but the constant cutscenes just killed a lot of the flow.

[@MuscleMMan]

I discovered this hidden diamond in 2020 and I couldn't stop replaying it.... it's far to be just good

[@linkedinghost3118]

You'd think after being almost kidnapped in chapter 1. The Brancos would've been smart enough to lay low instead of going to a club via a chopper lol.

[@Fkjb69]

I personally think that MP3 is the best of the trilogy.

[@alphasaturnus1623]

LMAO

[@NumaanTahir]

SAME AND THATS COMING FROM A DIE HARD FAN OF THE FRANCHISE

[@Atrac89]

+Fkjb69 That last mission will stick in my memory forever. When that music started playing, and I was running through the airport destroying dudes in slow-mo. My god, awesome.

[@Fkjb69]

+shocktop lol, I was just thinking about that actually xD

[@TheMrCHELL]

Same here.

[@hodoupmer]

My problem with this game is that it keeps talking about how it's placed in são paulo, but it looks exactly like Rio de Janeiro. São Paulo looks like a city, Rio looks more like a clogged toilet

[@TheMrCHELL]

LOL

[@NickHunter]

A lot of cities in Brazil have a huge poverty divide with slums on the outskirts. You see the shots of upmarket sau paulo and the skyscrapers then the later game takes place in the slums

[@hodoupmer]

Nick Hunter even the city looks a hell of a lot more like rio than são paulo, são paulo is a darker city and the climate is usually cloudy and the buildings are also diferent. (source: im BR HUE)

[@NickHunter]

hodoupmer I've seen plenty images of both climates, I really don't see how the weather can be a downside or how it can bother you at all tbh

[@hodoupmer]

Nick Hunter my problem isn't with the weather, it was just an example of one of the differences between the two towns

[@gtafans93]

With writing main characters don't have to change. but there actions have to have an impact or change other characters. Snake plisken for example never changes but his actions lead to big changes and his acts change other characters. This is a type of writing you can do when you don't really want a massive change or a slower gradual mutigamed/story arc. And TBF there are intractables in MP1 and 2 were you get mini cutscenes that change the flow quite a bit

[@comyxcon4gaming860]

I've just bought Max Payne 1 and 2 and they are both incredible. Watching this review of the 3rd game without giving out any spoilers is really impressive on your part and got me pumped to buy and play this one. Great job on this review; keep up the good work!!!

[@Cthooligan]

@gggmanlives - I personally believe you are mistaking the purpose of the long cinematics. I agree that they are too long and negatively affect the replayability, but the reason they kept them was to try and conceal the fact that the loading times for the levels are horrendous. It utterly ruined the replayability for me. It is hard to argue that this game is a great third person shooter, but I personally preferred "Spec Ops: The Line" to this game. Please review it when you get the chance gggmanlives. Keep up the great work...

[@Gggmanlives]

+S1L3N7K I hear about Spec Ops a lot, though I don't plan on reviewing it any time soon.

[@StaticOrgy]

you should, you really should

[@mayorofbagtown9097]

+Gggmanlives yeah, it is definantly worth it. spec ops: the line really is fantastic. even if you can't manage to make a review for it, you should try to play it on your spare time. you won't regret it.

[@denzelromero4796]

S1L3N7K I think MP3 at least had outstanding shooting at the end of the day and felt revolutionary with its body physics and AI being relatively smart

[@GamerRoman]

Excellent upload speed, only some reviewers dream of.

[@Xyabra]

4:35 We got a poet in the house He did Ss on Ss like he's part of a rhyming rap rooting rat ratting rocket crew

[@tylerisangry2444]

"same crap over and over" now thats disrespectful. Majority loves the cutscenes thats what makes max payne 3 so awesome

[@JohnRDVSMarston]

I really like Max Payne 3. The only problem I have is that, if you gonna make a game set in Brazil, use people that speaks the language of that place fluently; don't pick up a random mexican guy, make him say Portuguese instead of his Spanish and consider the job done >_> Only one Brazilian voice actor is there in the entire game, and he's quite apart from people, due to saying words in the right way and not having an accent from another country

[@TheChainsawboy]

Nice review, Sonny Jim :)

[@Valdrex]

Honestly you're one of the best reviewers on KZbin. You never offer universal praise and provide tons of relevant detail.

[@Gggmanlives]

+Valdrex Thanks buddy!

[@mayorofbagtown9097]

I'll just do a dab during the cut scenes and I'll be content lol

[@grimes558]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the "dab" trend.

[@Arindam_Gaming]

Max Payne 1 : 10/10 Max Payne 2 : 9.5/10 Max Payne 3 : 9/10 For modern adaptation of a classic legend, MP 3 is a near masterpiece since most modern versions of old games get ruined by "modern" mechanics stuff while MP3 "mostly" keeps all the formulas intact. MP 1 is still the best. I'm lucky to be in my golden age during the golden era of gaming.

[@RaulForLife]

Mp3 the best in my opiniom but ok

[@bhargavram4027]

What is ur view on MP2???

[@Arindam_Gaming]

@@bhargavram4027 Its a great sequel, but I personally preferred the darker, noir style of MP1. The revenge plot of MP1 alone makes it stand out.

[@bhargavram4027]

@@Arindam_Gaming exactly. I really like revenge story of MP1 than MP2. But still it contains a great story with great characters. Only the letdown of MP2 is it's length. Too short man...

[@PsychoRavager]

The final set piece in this game is just the best set piece I've ever played throughout my entire gaming lifespan.

[@Kishy]

Loved the review, keep it up!

[@5persondude]

The frequent cinematics and the outrageous difficulty are what ultimately ruined Max Payne 3 for me. To be fair, i did play it first on PS3 on the "Normal"(?) difficulty setting and had a pretty miserable time. But even on PC on the easiest setting, popping heads left and right, it still pisses me off since Max is wet tissue paper and will drop dead if you so much as aim at an enemy from cover. Whoever thought that the New York Minute/ One Death mode was a good idea needs to be locked up in an insane asylum

[@presidentforlife1732]

5persondude me and my friend took the normal difficulty and played it changing player at player deaths. We found it suprisingly easy.

[@Valant0324]

You mention not being able to skip cinematics, but there are several scenes of cinematics that have "press enter to skip" on lower right.

[@Gggmanlives]

I said the VAST MAJORITY are unskippable.

[@shrekneutron1587]

Gggmanlives not to be a douche canoe, but I think they used the cutscenes as a stand in for loading screens, which I think is pretty neat. But at the same time, there were plenty of moments where cutscenes really weren't necessary

[@abq4565]

yeah you r right , but Unfortunately most gamers and critics Prefer A black screen or A boring ASS image with a sign that Says (LOADING) and Gggmanlives if you got offended you should know one thing YOU STILL AWESOME!! but i played MAX PAYNE 3 on the PC and the VAST MAJORITY of the cutscenes are skippable (when the loading is finish of course) so maybe is the console's fault not the game itself

[@BossZnakemaster]

It's true that many cutscenes are skippable, but the game doesn't load the rest of the game quick enough to skip them immediately which i can get annoying, but not game breaking. Though what i really enjoy about running through Max Payne 2 is that you can skip both the graphic novels and the ingame cutscenes so quickly and get to the action so repeat playthroughs are quite enjoyable.

[@2112dorf]

Regarding the cut scenes; it keeps saying "still loading" when you try to skip them, yet you don't hear the disc being accessed. Why would they do that?

[@KevIsHere96]

thanks to you i played all 3 max payne games in a row and i dont regret it. keep up the great work!

[@ongyinzhe3190]

Max Payne 3 is fine but playing all three at once made me cry at the end

[@JasonFanny]

All I can say is thank Christ for the skippable cutscenes mod.

[@EmberGyaru]

Great review, man. Really enjoy your channel ^_^

[@RodneyXheals]

i relly love the gunplay in this one. I have this itch to play this game for 100x time but i cannot bear the cutscenes and cheesy story again. What game do you recommend withthis kind of gunplay?

[@skepg3729]

max payne 3 was a gem and still is

[@MadOrange644]

RockStar did an amazing job with this game, easily one of the best cover shooters ever made PERIOD.

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

excellent review!! I gotta ask why are all your weapons gold? I played through the game when it came out and cant remember how to get them

[@Gggmanlives]

+GeekGamer7 If you collect weapon parts the weapons become gold giving them a higher magazine size and also faster reload iirc

[@KimboKG14]

4:35 using cover and going for body shots makes the game so much more gory! when the last enemies slowly drop during bulletcam, seeing his back turn into swiss cheese, before the head explodes. propably not how it was intended but a decent reward for the extra challenge!

[@adhamazizul]

Max Payne 3 might be a bad Max Payne game, but it is sure a great game with great improvements.

[@luckmaster.exe_3493]

This game is a masterpiece my most favourite game of all time

[@nihilsxiii8799]

Seeing some gameplay of this again makes me want a Max Payne 4

[@alexanderseibel3845]

as far as I remember the cut scenes were skippable, they are only unskippable as long as you have to load the next section...those are the loadingscreens

[@user-xf5ej5od8f]

Max Payne 3 on pc is the greatest 3rd person shooter of all time.

[@carloszerpa2312]

Right now the cinematics are skipable and there is an arcade mode that doesnt show them.

[@Absolynth]

Much of the cinematics are going during the load screens between levels, which brilliantly maintains the pacing of the story in my opinion. Otherwise many of the mid session cutscenes can be skipped from what I can tell. But yes it is quite frequent.

[@lhanzejaredcarpio6037]

1:06 when you need to dance yo ass off for food

[@TheMrCHELL]

After what Remedy did with Quantum Break (not so good game), I'm glad that Rockstar owns Max Payne now.

[@help4343]

Definitely my least favorite of the three. The game play just seems so limited. You can't jump unless it is to hurdle over something, you can't throw grenades or moltov cocktail, and the playing area between cut scenes is small, but even within those small areas doors will close and lock behind you on the their own, further segmenting the playing areas.

[@snark567]

Good as always Sunny Jim

[@alexandercatz5214]

i got the same feeling with the walking segments in last of us. they go on and on and often don't even further the story in any way. i still loved the last of us and loved max payne 3 but these are examples of game devs trying to mirror cinematic films while making a game and just sort of making an uneven experience. noticed you had gold guns through out the review so you probably ended up doing some of the single player challenges. those were pretty fun. great review.

[@DrearierSpider1]

Fuck playing this game with a controller, it was definitely designed w/ K/M in mind.

[@DrearierSpider1]

***** I beat it twice on 360, and the aiming felt completely off. It had some weird acceleration that just never felt right. Either way, it can be done but the controls are just so much more smooth, responsive and precise with a mouse.

[@youn00ber]

+Louis Haigh He's not wrong, the aiming is sluggish and there's weird acceleration. I still prefer controller for this game though, just because I'm not landing headshots with every shot (which kind of devalues a headshot IMO). I wish Rockstar would take lessons from say, the Uncharted games when it comes to aiming, because all their games have pretty shitty aiming and often use auto-aim to make up for it (which is coincidentally terrible in MP3)

[@MDUmairKh]

+DrearierSpider1 MP3 is designed for controllers. That weapon wheel, FOV, slow paced gun fights, limited inventory etc were all designed for controllers in mind. Of course aiming is better with mouse but it wasn't used to its fullest potential like in first two games. If you move camera so quickly in MP3 with mouse, the game breaks and Max starts to behave awkwardly. i.minus.com/ibs59JI1lRDAwD.gif Rockstar are primarily Console devs.

[@RevanStarrrR]

+DrearierSpider1 The problem is that i already hate keyboard movement in first person games. In third person games, especially ones with over-shoulder view, its just so atrocious to me to the level that even if i play third person games on PC, i still use a controller. Just thinking about playing MGS V with a keyboard and mouse gives me a headache.

[@winlover37]

DrearierSpider1 It's honestly not that bad, it just takes practice. After a while I only play on Free Aim and constantly rack headshots. This is on the PS3 version.

[@thebatmanofneo-gotham5667]

Jesus, man. Would've been nice to get an epilepsy warning at the beginning of this video. -_-

[@TheTeeWorldsfreak]

a video review a day after the last one? and I´m the 111st viewer? what al lovley day!

[@mitchellatticuswolfgang6554]

I guess I’m not so bothered by the cut scenes because I feel as soon as they stop I’m shooting something, The transitions just always feel so seamless so I can let it go. But it’s a valid complaint. One of my favorite games of all time.

[@SHOPxDAxWHOPPER]

One of the best games of all time, in my opinion!