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MAX PAYNE 3 (Zero Punctuation)

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@hypersupersonic501
@hypersupersonic501 8 жыл бұрын
you know what would have lightened the game's mood a bit? At one point while roaming down a corridor, suddenly you go into slow motion without you pressing the button and a random grunt goes flying through the window like he's trying to be Max Payne, shooting you on the way down while missing every shot. but it's better when you do the sequence again for some reason, predict him flying through the window, shoot dodge at the same time so you collide with him in middair and you both lie there spawled on the floor, unconscious.
@nicandknacksandseans
@nicandknacksandseans 7 жыл бұрын
Daniel Athayde you had to make it weird!
@juanmarodriguez6010
@juanmarodriguez6010 7 жыл бұрын
hahahahahahaha it would perfect
@Montesama314
@Montesama314 4 жыл бұрын
They both give a nod of respect as they drift off into unconsciousness.
@ThePigeon5734
@ThePigeon5734 4 жыл бұрын
@@lionocyborg6030 ?
@ThePigeon5734
@ThePigeon5734 4 жыл бұрын
@@lionocyborg6030 They always do once they realise no one thinks they are funny or tell them to piss off.
@SpartanXVII
@SpartanXVII 10 жыл бұрын
I love the nature of his complaints. He travels to Brazil for an easy life as a bodyguard in the sun, and complains that it's not really the life for him going to nightclubs or whatever, and how he'd much rather something exciting happened, then complains when people he doesn't care about get into danger, and he has to do exciting things to help them, because he went to Brazil for an easy life being a bodyguard. Make your mind up man.
@MrSHURIKENCHO
@MrSHURIKENCHO 8 ай бұрын
To be fair, he went to Brazil because he killed the mob guy's kid and had to run away.
@TimeBomb014X
@TimeBomb014X 9 жыл бұрын
real reason why Yahtzee complains about story is cause he relates too much to Max Payne
@fiercestpond4722
@fiercestpond4722 9 жыл бұрын
I don't think he relates to me at all.
@samsaq8417
@samsaq8417 9 жыл бұрын
Maxfield Payne .........
@fiercestpond4722
@fiercestpond4722 9 жыл бұрын
+Sameer Reza what?
@samsaq8417
@samsaq8417 9 жыл бұрын
............. I tell you NOTHING! But I comment by my lack of comment in itself.
@thefreebooter8816
@thefreebooter8816 8 жыл бұрын
+samsaq My brain's trying to escape, you've scared it.
@TomLehockySVK
@TomLehockySVK 8 жыл бұрын
Even MGS 5 has snake holding the default weapons in every cutscene.
@Gfunk839
@Gfunk839 8 жыл бұрын
+TomLehockySVK Yea and Kaz refers to me as Snake when playing as Flaming Buffalo, who has tits might I add
@Timboslice475
@Timboslice475 8 жыл бұрын
+GFUNKMW Well, technically you never really play as snake........
@TomLehockySVK
@TomLehockySVK 8 жыл бұрын
Tim Peters I didn´t want to make it a spoiler for those that didn´t had the chance to play it yet. P.S. .. but he is snake ... Punished Venom Snake.
@chataclysm2112
@chataclysm2112 8 жыл бұрын
Sans suppressor, too.
@JGD714
@JGD714 7 жыл бұрын
Check the date of the video.
@fluckberg2633
@fluckberg2633 10 жыл бұрын
"A whiskey powered ballistic Missile" xD
@bartz0rt928
@bartz0rt928 8 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Yahtzee always seems to depict god as the disembodied head of an ocelot.
@someloser8957
@someloser8957 8 жыл бұрын
Ocelots are pretty good
@triple3slash5
@triple3slash5 8 жыл бұрын
Or an omnipotent cretin.
@Frostuin
@Frostuin 8 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: He likes dolphins... a bit too much.
@bartz0rt928
@bartz0rt928 8 жыл бұрын
Some people call him Dolphin Jack... because he once jacked off a dolphin.
@Penningtontj
@Penningtontj 8 жыл бұрын
Nobody calls him that, Barry.
@ikosabre
@ikosabre 9 жыл бұрын
The problem with this game plotwise is the fact that it's supposed to be a redemptive story. The reason such stories are interesting is because they illustrate the process of change, in which a character starts from a dark place in their lives and then in some form or another overcome those conditions. It's the dynamic tension and the gradual change between the feeling of oppression, abjection, loss, depression, deprivation etc. and the cathartic redemption that induce the feeling of emotional high for the audience (Red Dead Redemption, The Last of Us and Silent Hill 2 come to mind). But MP2 already did that story. Much better too, I would add. In MP3 Max's character is just re-set and we are supposed to go through another redemptive story, but it doesn't work as well because 1) It was done already and this feels just forced and 2) Max feels too much of an outsider to everything else that is happening. There is a disconnection between the larger story and it's relation to Max's personal struggles, something that, to me at least, wasn't the problem in MP2. It's a shame too, because this game had many moments that could have been truly great if the story, and therefore the action as well, felt more connected to Max. The "tears-battle" at the airport could have been absolutely exhilarating emotionally if it took place withing a more involving context.
@varunnarain50
@varunnarain50 2 жыл бұрын
Playing this 10 years later for the first time. I’m quite thrilled at how violent, depressing and dark it is. Showing the slums of Sao Paolo in full disgusting glory and it’s inhabitants and the seedy things they take part in really drive home how brutal the world actually is and we are in the end violent unhinged animals.
@WhyGirlsShouldntGame
@WhyGirlsShouldntGame 11 жыл бұрын
2:03 - 2:16 are possibly my favourite parts of the whole video. Just imagining Yahtzee's reaction to it...
@sparkie1j
@sparkie1j 9 жыл бұрын
actually yahtzee on that whole cutscene gun thing halo 2 did that in 2004
@XoxeroThePoet
@XoxeroThePoet 8 жыл бұрын
I don't think he played Halo 1 or 2. I think he started at 3, which might be why he doesn't like the series. Reach, Halo 1 and Halo 2 were great. Halo 3 was kind of dull, and the new Halo games aren't bad, but they're not great either.
@MyChemicalBromance
@MyChemicalBromance 11 жыл бұрын
My favorite was getting Fuel Rod Cannons and Energy Swords into cutscenes (which was difficult, because it would always default to the smallest weapon). It was great to watch the Arbiter "aim" his sword at a wraith, and for MC to sling a fuel rod cannon on his shoulder as the Covenant fleet slipped in.
@Iamthedeception
@Iamthedeception 9 жыл бұрын
"Close up shop and *shine all those crazy diamonds* " I have. in fact, seen what you did there, Yahtzee.
@geddyknee1633
@geddyknee1633 9 жыл бұрын
The joke My head
@insertatitlehere13
@insertatitlehere13 9 жыл бұрын
Zurtle The Turtle Looks like someone's never polished the family jewels.
@Iamthedeception
@Iamthedeception 9 жыл бұрын
Makerrcat Or listened to Pink Floyd.
@TheGrayRoast
@TheGrayRoast 9 жыл бұрын
You know, it's only when I watched this ZP that I remembered that I loaned this game to a friend years ago...speaks volumes about it.
@vincentglory7558
@vincentglory7558 10 жыл бұрын
anyone else notice that the plot of max payne 3 is basically man on fire?
@linusdn2777
@linusdn2777 5 жыл бұрын
Not really. Max has no close personal relationship with the person who gets kidnapped
@zachfisk1445
@zachfisk1445 10 жыл бұрын
Max Payne 3 was a great fucking game!
@MrJetairliner100
@MrJetairliner100 10 жыл бұрын
I think Max Payne 2 was better.
@zachfisk1445
@zachfisk1445 10 жыл бұрын
Matter of opinion.
@MrJetairliner100
@MrJetairliner100 10 жыл бұрын
I know it is and your entitled to it. Though if you have the chance play Max Payne 2. The steam sale is going on so it might be cheap.
@zachfisk1445
@zachfisk1445 10 жыл бұрын
MrJetairliner100 I've played all three.
@MrJetairliner100
@MrJetairliner100 10 жыл бұрын
Good man.
@noble300000
@noble300000 9 жыл бұрын
Max was a much more likeable protagonist in the first two games, though i can kinda understand why he became more depressed after Mona died. But i don't understand why MP3 suddenly decided to become realistic
@noble300000
@noble300000 8 жыл бұрын
***** Yeah. It decided to go with a much more serious and gritty story about the kidnap and murder of a rich family, rather than the pretty silly "the government is making a drug thats turning people into killers and only one lone, rogue, hardboiled cop on the run from the law can stop them". MP2 even had a mission where you escort a man dressed as a super hero
@digitalutopia1
@digitalutopia1 4 жыл бұрын
The problem was though - even with Mona dying, the game still ended on a happy note for Max himself She has brought me here , to this moment of clarity, where time slows down, and I choose to look back, to see myself. And in that act of seeing, I am reborn. I had a dream of my wife. She was dead, but it was all right. It's completely nonsensical for Max to suddenly become what he was in this game. That said, I acknowledge that bringing him back was not going to be easy - but it would've been better if they simply added a new chapter in Max's tragedy conga line, instead of changing the character into this. Max in the first two games was sympathetic - this Max is someone you just want to shut up.
@sergiojuanmembiela6223
@sergiojuanmembiela6223 3 жыл бұрын
I liked a lot Max Payne 1, both for the novelty of gameplay but also for the immersion (the continuous reference to Norse mithology/Ragnarok coupled with the continuous snow storm, making you wonder what really was everything about). In Max Payne 3 I was constantly thinking "get daddy to pay for an army to rescue his family and let's get out of here, I am not paid enough for all of this."
@clashmanthethird
@clashmanthethird 6 жыл бұрын
"Its hard to tell if an enemy has gone down for the count" the game has a hitmarker for when you kill an enemy, so how is it hard to tell?
@jerrodshack7610
@jerrodshack7610 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah the whole screen flashes lol
@Lucios1995
@Lucios1995 2 жыл бұрын
@@jerrodshack7610 Ah, was about to say that Jerrod!
@beaublanchard1357
@beaublanchard1357 7 жыл бұрын
I'm really glad that I'm not the only one who thinks God is a Cougar head with a thick mustache.
@kaiofdeath1615
@kaiofdeath1615 9 жыл бұрын
Halo 2 had the weapon you were holding in the following cut scene. high five to anyone like me who, in the penultimate Arbiter level, seeked out a plasma pistol so the arbiter would face the Wraith with a crappy gun rather than a fuel rod!
@BottomGlassCinema
@BottomGlassCinema 9 жыл бұрын
Two discs? I'm guessing that's the 360 version. Oh, good ol' PS3.
@louis922
@louis922 9 жыл бұрын
you do know that if it has two discs its better... you can get better graphics
@BottomGlassCinema
@BottomGlassCinema 9 жыл бұрын
Learn Quick ...no, I honestly can't tell if you're joking or not. Two discs as in DVD. Each being around five and a half gig. It's on two discs because of LIMITATIONS.
@Ross97512
@Ross97512 9 жыл бұрын
Learn Quick um.....no it doesnt lol
@jordanturner97
@jordanturner97 9 жыл бұрын
Learn Quick Woah...You're dumb.
@BottomGlassCinema
@BottomGlassCinema 9 жыл бұрын
Guys, I think he knows that he was wrong. I mean, he is clearly one to Learn Quick.
@elijah8004
@elijah8004 8 жыл бұрын
4am Okay just one more...
@Hendlton
@Hendlton 8 жыл бұрын
It's 7 am... I've been at it for 5 hours... this was supposed to stop after 20 minutes...
@taylorstephenson7783
@taylorstephenson7783 8 жыл бұрын
+Hendlton ha, you lucky bastards, I've been watching these for three years. I missed my sister's wedding! I missed my child's birth! I missed the sex that conceived my child!
@rishimehta4486
@rishimehta4486 5 жыл бұрын
@@taylorstephenson7783 "I missed the sex that conceived my child" Press F
@vf3d
@vf3d 10 жыл бұрын
I actually thought Max was one of the most likeable aspects of the game.
@vf3d
@vf3d 4 жыл бұрын
@@NotHonkyTonk now that's epic
@mikedawolf95
@mikedawolf95 4 жыл бұрын
Had a face like a cardboard mask of a bloke attempting to pass a kidney stone with dignity lol
@mikedawolf95
@mikedawolf95 4 жыл бұрын
If you get the guns gold. They will also show up gold in the cutscenes!
@dewbs815
@dewbs815 10 жыл бұрын
I kinda forgot about the diving mechanic because staying behind cover and slowing time to shoot the bad guys in the head when they pop up was a much more effective strategy than falling on the ground in the open surrounded by 20 guys.
@Lucios1995
@Lucios1995 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I think that on New York Minute Hardcore I barely ever dived and just used regular bullet time
@Zman9042
@Zman9042 6 ай бұрын
Hear after Yahtzee left Escapist. What a time to be alive
@rockstarmanboss
@rockstarmanboss 10 жыл бұрын
Me thinks that Yahtzee is a bit like Max Payne with the complaining and antisocialness
@Senthain
@Senthain 10 жыл бұрын
*Misanthropy
@dfm6868
@dfm6868 9 жыл бұрын
Max payne 3 is sooooooo underrated
@fiercestpond4722
@fiercestpond4722 9 жыл бұрын
Yes I am
@zabaoth
@zabaoth 5 жыл бұрын
@@anongeneralpublic What a german thing to say.
@quacktac
@quacktac 10 жыл бұрын
"complaining how he got a 7 10 split" it's lines like this that make me want to watch reviews from Yatzhee even after buying the game XD. BTW, it's £2.99 on steam at the moment.
@onled1
@onled1 10 жыл бұрын
That's normal.No one actually takes most of his opinions when buying a game
@GamingGangstaa
@GamingGangstaa 10 жыл бұрын
onled1 out off all people i never disagread with him about the game
@onled1
@onled1 10 жыл бұрын
Gaming Gangsta - Mod Spotlight's, Tutorial's, Gameplay's & more On this game he was spot on, It's on other games like basically every other Nintendo game and JRPG's that his opinions are near invalid, because he doesn't understand those games nor are they his cup of tea
@GamingGangstaa
@GamingGangstaa 10 жыл бұрын
onled1 i don't play nitendo and i watched most of the games i played
@quacktac
@quacktac 10 жыл бұрын
onled1 I value his opinions higher than most reviewers, he is very good at finding the negatives that other reviews would otherwise gloss over. Also, just because he doesn't like JRPGs or Nitnedo games, it doesn't invalidate his opinions on them. If he reviews a JRPG and recommends it then it shows that it must be a bloody good one.
@lukecote8336
@lukecote8336 7 жыл бұрын
He was more of a diversion than a fall guy. The baddies plan was to do his thing while the media's attention was fixed on Mr. Payne's killing spree.
@youwhatmadeidk
@youwhatmadeidk 10 жыл бұрын
Max Payne 3 has the best TPS controls I have ever experienced, tight, precise and rewardingly realistic. Only games that come close are Uncharted 2, the Gears of War franchise and Sniper Elite V2. I really can't think of how they can be improved much, maybe they can be made to be slightly more realistic in Max Payne 4 e.g. with more realistic bullet drop etc but apart from that, they're perfect. I really hope the next GTA uses the same gun controls, they couldn't have done it with V obviously because of memory limitations but hopefully VI will have similar gun combat.
@Luckinji
@Luckinji 10 жыл бұрын
The big problem here is that -Master SloMo- Max Payne and realism don't mix well.
@youwhatmadeidk
@youwhatmadeidk 10 жыл бұрын
FrostBandanaDude Max Payne is pretty realistic mate.
@Luckinji
@Luckinji 10 жыл бұрын
Max Payne in 1 and 2 is toung'n'cheekly (not a word, I know, shut up) aware that his quest to put bullets in several hundred mofos partially in bullettime is absolutely ridiculous, it's just 3 where he's an absolute nihilist(also unrealistic given his character development so far). If you don't see that I will have to question your sanity.
@youwhatmadeidk
@youwhatmadeidk 10 жыл бұрын
FrostBandanaDude I was talking about the mechanics, like shooting etc - the story of Max Payne isn't as realistic.
@MrDaDukee
@MrDaDukee 10 жыл бұрын
Michael Walsh D'oh boy, bullet goes in baddie, baddie dies, yeah that's realistic. Take into account Max can somehow chug down a bottle of pills and hard liquor to fix up that shotgun-blast to the stomach and NOT die, making swandives and not breaking/dislocating every bone in his body.
@BloodyRoastBeef
@BloodyRoastBeef 9 жыл бұрын
One of your best reviews mate! "Attempting to pass a kidney stone with dignity" Spot on! xD
@DwRockett
@DwRockett 12 жыл бұрын
I must say, i totally agree with yahtzee's critique of the story. everything he said is basically right on the money
@Cloudshide
@Cloudshide 8 жыл бұрын
Fairly heartbreaking analogy at the end there.
@iliaPayne
@iliaPayne 9 жыл бұрын
That Man On Fire joke was pretty spot on !
@help4343
@help4343 9 жыл бұрын
I prefer having levels you navigate around and can save at any time like in Max Payne 1 and 2 over small sections of checkpoint corridor shooting book ended by cut scenes in Max Payne 3.
@LUGG824
@LUGG824 9 жыл бұрын
Max Payne 3 is an awesome game and I think it deserves a lot more respect. Mainly for it's great narrative, unique gameplay and it's awesome attention to detail. And even though I hadn't played the first and second, I still understood the story and I could still understand Max's problems, that's why the story was so good.
@MCHellshit
@MCHellshit 9 жыл бұрын
The narrative isnt great though. Its just a confusing retelling of Man on Fire with some hokey noir dialogue
@LUGG824
@LUGG824 9 жыл бұрын
MCHellshit Well I thought it was good
@MOBIUSPrototype
@MOBIUSPrototype 9 жыл бұрын
George lugg It's mixed. It gets a bit complicated, but like any form of media, you have to pay attention to it a lot to really appreciate it. On that note, I just finished the game again. The airport shootout was BADASS.
@LUGG824
@LUGG824 9 жыл бұрын
A.R.C.H.E.R. True, good point. And I see what you mean about the airport shootout, that was so badass!
@emputtajaFIN
@emputtajaFIN 9 жыл бұрын
A.R.C.H.E.R. ikr i just loved the airport part
@4AfterTheFact
@4AfterTheFact 11 жыл бұрын
that simile at the end legitimately bummed me out. well done.
@THISISAGUN3
@THISISAGUN3 10 жыл бұрын
One of my main issues with Max Payne 3 is the ability to not save where you wanted to. I loved messing around with the bullet time on the other two but I would at least want to save before doing so, so I don't need to trudge through the same area and shoot the same people again if I die by jumping into a fridge or a TV. I also hated the sheer about of cutscenes. I like some story driven games but not when the pelt you cutscenes with characters who are not memorable and who you do not give a single fuck about.
@superjpbourrin
@superjpbourrin 10 жыл бұрын
OH MY GOD YATHZEE HOW DARE YOU?? you pictured him at 4:29 with jack daniel's even tho he only drinks scotch :o
@jjhenn45
@jjhenn45 11 жыл бұрын
I loved every part of the story, and Max. I felt like the seamless translations between cutscenes and gameplay ensured that they never became tedious, and Max's negativity felt different from your regular knight in shining armor.
@Lucios1995
@Lucios1995 2 жыл бұрын
I think he literally never gives himself a break in the whole game, except maybe the shaving scene and the last minute where he doesn't say a word?
@mjsock284
@mjsock284 9 ай бұрын
@@Lucios1995 blud replied to a ten-year-old comment.
@DARE0451
@DARE0451 11 жыл бұрын
"It's rainy in some places, but sunny everywhere else!" Strangely fitting, no?
@aaaaaaaaaaagh11
@aaaaaaaaaaagh11 11 жыл бұрын
i dont know why but the hobbo and the dog metaphor at the end is so funny.
@steamedrice97
@steamedrice97 10 жыл бұрын
I think Max is the fall guy, since he was unable to prevent the deaths of the other members of the bad guy's family, as planned, and also spent a couple of chapters shooting up civilians. Well, they were armed civilians who were technically gangsters, but he's still removing a significant portion of the population from Brazil when he was supposed to be investigating the whereabouts of the hostages. As for why they chose Max instead of someone else? I'm not sure, actually. Maybe the bad guy wanted someone who seemed competent, so it'd be less suspicious... or maybe the plot's just badly written... Whatever, Max Complayne feels and plays like an action movie star and that's all I need.
@MrKdawg87
@MrKdawg87 10 жыл бұрын
A Day in the Life of Max Payne: Wakes up, bullet-time make breakfast, eat a bowl of payne killers, read the obituaries ("Everyone Max Payne Loved"), end it at the family reunion at the cemetary. A Day in the Life of Max Payne
@Turngaitify
@Turngaitify 11 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. In Peace (Rest in R.I.P.) Fallen Angles Your vertices shall never be forgotten.
@fruitsalad5802
@fruitsalad5802 9 жыл бұрын
"close up the shop and shine up all those crazy diamonds". oh, you.
@SPACKlick
@SPACKlick 10 жыл бұрын
0:26 "With Max Payne 3 shooters have finally figured out how to have the main character holding the same guns in cutscenes that he was using in the preceding gameplay" The defense presents as evidence Goldeneye 007 for the N64 from 1997.
@B3nny56
@B3nny56 11 ай бұрын
This is 10 years late but 1:44 No its not There's a big screen effect & sound effect plus marker on your crosshair when you kill someone. That's 3 ways you can tell if "is there blood flying from his chest/skull" is too difficult lol
@violinmadness
@violinmadness 11 жыл бұрын
the part about misjudging the doorway always makes me chuckle and made me laugh my head off first time I saw this.
@Deadjuice360
@Deadjuice360 9 жыл бұрын
2:11 Exactly describes my experience with the game. I *love* the Max Payne original game in whole, I've been subtly smitten with the rest of the games, and as awesome as it was in MP3 to actually see your character have somewhat realistic reactions to diving face first into a wall or desk, I really didn't enjoy the over complicated GTA-character-feeling plot. I haven't enjoyed the plot since the original. It was nice to see him walking into the background at the end of a game, because maybe that could lead to a game not overloaded with way more angst plot-threads than needed for a lovably corny noir plot.
@Vashtanerada477
@Vashtanerada477 11 жыл бұрын
@Torgo1969 The whole Portuguese thing was intentional: Rockstar wanted you to feel a as isolated and confused as Max is, stuck in a country full of people with whom he can't communicate trying to kill him. It's all about immersion.
@pallyboy6005
@pallyboy6005 4 жыл бұрын
I recal Mass Effect cutscenes using your party's armor, weapons, and party members
@luigi54321
@luigi54321 11 жыл бұрын
I wept for those angles. Geometry will never be the same again.
@B1G_Dave
@B1G_Dave 8 жыл бұрын
I actually liked Max's character in this game. He reminded me of Denzel Washington's character in Man on Fire, but with a more sarcastic view on life.
@Noobazzah
@Noobazzah 10 жыл бұрын
Oh, so Max Payne basically has the Finnish attitude towards life in general, then? xD
@mustekkala
@mustekkala 9 жыл бұрын
It seems so, i felt quite safe around his mental self-abuse. Perkele.
@Noobazzah
@Noobazzah 9 жыл бұрын
mustekkala Torilla tavataan.
@mustekkala
@mustekkala 9 жыл бұрын
***** Tuskin kun en koskaan käy ulkona :)
@Noobazzah
@Noobazzah 9 жыл бұрын
mustekkala Se on oikein.
@dellefranz
@dellefranz 8 жыл бұрын
Funny you should mention Finnish, the franchise was originally created by Finnish developers.
@stuartwilson9850
@stuartwilson9850 10 жыл бұрын
yeah, what was the plot? Victor was in league with Cracha Preto and Ufe, being jointly corrupt and selling illegal organs etc., and i guess the main thing was his having his brother killed so that he could get his money...but what was Max's part in it all supposed to be? Did Victor dupe Comando Sombra into acting as they did, or was their involvement just an unfortunate coincidence for him? How much did Passos know? Why did he have to go all the way to Hoboken to get Max, instead of hiring a local guy? What was Max the fall guy for, and in what way? If it was meant to be for Rodrigo's death, i don't remember any (non-corrupt) cops coming after him. Why did Passos abandon Max at the end of the whole bus station level? He couldn't have waited for another two minutes? ...and i think that's it. Oh, and it's basically a rip-off of Man On Fire...not that that's a bad thing :P
@TheRealNeonwarrior
@TheRealNeonwarrior 10 жыл бұрын
"I had to push on. I didn't understand everything, and I never would, but I knew enough. Sometimes a complicated problem is best tackled with a simple solution."
@DerpyDooReviews
@DerpyDooReviews 9 жыл бұрын
you know funny thing is max payne 3 wasn't the first game where you have he same guns in cutscenes that you had in game, hell Halo 2 did this, the most iconic scene being when chief leaves the destroyed scarab holding whatever gun he had during the mission and there were games before halo too that did it.
@CJusticeHappen21
@CJusticeHappen21 4 жыл бұрын
I'm actually a defender of the default weapons in cutscene. There might be some humor in seeing my character trying to clearing a room with an FIM-92 Stinger instead of something more sensible like a pistol or an SMG, but I doubt that the loss of immersion is worth it.
@magwitch
@magwitch 4 жыл бұрын
Can't believe after all these years I missed the 'max complain 3' joke.
@Turngaitify
@Turngaitify 11 жыл бұрын
I'm happy that you're happy.
@TheHeik
@TheHeik 11 жыл бұрын
Gotta love that mad ocelot god
@yakovhadash
@yakovhadash 8 жыл бұрын
i missed most of the video because i was laughing at the "crazy diamond"
@MMCLLC7
@MMCLLC7 4 жыл бұрын
I had to go back and see what you meant. And now I can't unsee how funny that was
@Reach008
@Reach008 11 жыл бұрын
Wow that last line about the 3 legged dog depressed me
@zabaoth
@zabaoth 5 жыл бұрын
But the story of Max Payne has always been ridiculous and over the top. It's about a noirish modern detective who can only speak in metaphors, and stopped giving all fucks after he had his family killed and goes on a rampage healing his wounds with bottles of opioids and diving in slow motion dual wielding 9mms, with no consequences, because he gets saved by the illuminati. Twice. Rant Alert: I played the first one as a goofy teenager, and the 3rd one in my late 20's, and the self loathing misanthropic struggle against a pointless existence always resonated with me. In fact, by the time 3 hit, I had also moved halfway across the world to escape, and was downing pills and booze like a degenerate (In Brazil of all places, where it's pretty socially acceptable to be having a drink at 7am), after one day I went a little too far, fucked things up royally, and decided to quit cold turkey and fix my shit up while having the mother of all privation syndromes. They nailed the distorted view of the binges and the deprivation pretty well... I just wish they accompanied it with different mechanics. Like increased bullet time because he can focus, but decreased health because his body is kinda dying inside, or something like that. But still, it hit way too close to home, so I hold the series dear to my heart. That isn't to say the critique about the story is right on point. But the gameplay and ambiance are cool.
@glumbardi
@glumbardi 10 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite games this gen... you don't care about my opinion but whatever
@babypolerpopster
@babypolerpopster 11 жыл бұрын
I remembered it being pretty badass for Master-Chief to hold a rocket launcher finishing a certain mission where the scarab explodes.
@WordedDrake
@WordedDrake 10 жыл бұрын
I finished the game. I don't recall hating it.. But then, I don't really recall anything about it so there ya go..
@E-Man5805
@E-Man5805 11 жыл бұрын
It's so funny how ever since this review I noticed holding a different gun than in preceding gameplay in so many different games. Especially in Mass Effect 2. Hell, unless you're a Soldier, you don't even start out with an assault rifle, yet more than half the scenes have you toting one.
@MyChemicalBromance
@MyChemicalBromance 11 жыл бұрын
0:30 This was actually accomplished in Halo 2. Of course, it was apparently the cause for massive texture pop-in (and supposedly part of why the 360 emulation had ghosting issues), so I can see why they abandoned it after that point.
@somedude5990
@somedude5990 Жыл бұрын
You know goldeneye did that holding the same gun in cutscenes thing
@10500042
@10500042 8 жыл бұрын
Well, yeah, Max Payne isn't self-aware. He's the Charlie Brown of poor life choices.
@gripgrips
@gripgrips 11 жыл бұрын
This was my second favourite game of 2012
@NotLegato
@NotLegato 11 жыл бұрын
1:22 it sounds like he's almost starting to laugh ;D
@digitalutopia1
@digitalutopia1 3 жыл бұрын
The main difference between max payne 3 and the previous two, is that in the first two, the player actually is in on the trauma - because it happens while we play. Max is also not in pity mode either - he fights to avenge/solve the crime, and that trauma fuels him. In Max Payne 3, he's just there...incessantly whining. I've never seen a game where the developers fail so hard at understanding the source material- as if the entire design document consisted of "Bullet time with a miserable guy", with orders to never play the originals
@thomasraines1396
@thomasraines1396 2 жыл бұрын
Also the fact Max Payne 2 ended with Max forgiving himself for what happened, so him wallowing in self pity again sort of falls flat from a character progression stand point, it’s like he reset.
@duxnihilo
@duxnihilo 7 жыл бұрын
3:28 Why is there a presumably mexican guy with a sombrero and a bottle of Jose Cuervo?
@JaytheOstrich
@JaytheOstrich 11 жыл бұрын
Anyone else think this intro music is just awesome?
@Wolfs0n
@Wolfs0n 9 жыл бұрын
I always thought Total Overdose did the slow motion shooting thing better. Especially Gun-Slinger's Tale in Mexico. Way to under rated a game if you ask me.
@UVGmods
@UVGmods 11 жыл бұрын
oh zero punctuation your endings never disappoint
@tonybandana7553
@tonybandana7553 9 жыл бұрын
I must disagree with you yahtzee. Max was, at this point, mentally destroyed and he basically hated everything and everyone. His outlook on the world was grim and he isn't really supposed to be likable. But i wouldn't nessecarily say he's a bad character.
@shadowmaydawn
@shadowmaydawn 9 жыл бұрын
Tyson Lowe He is. When you write a character that is suffering from his dark past then it is essential that we feel empathy towards him so that we can care about him and would want to see him overcome his pain. If you don't have that then there's no reason to feel invested in the story. That is an essential part of redemption stories.
@NeoSaturos123
@NeoSaturos123 6 жыл бұрын
Well, sure. It seems the game would have really benefited from a flashback to a time he was happy or two for example.
@Jashua-
@Jashua- 6 жыл бұрын
shadowmaydawn well for me it made me feel sympathetic to him even when the game didn't want to. I guess his character alone was enough
@LikeTheBuffalo
@LikeTheBuffalo 6 жыл бұрын
"We found 'im, Chief. De infamous Joke de Reaper has been identified as Tony Bandana. After we catch dis creep, his days of wantonly murdering hapless camedy will finally be brought to an end."
@vladimirlestrad3120
@vladimirlestrad3120 5 жыл бұрын
A middle aged man with the mouth of a drunken sailor, treats everything and everyone with open contempt, has a drinking & drug problem, secretly hates himself. No wonder Yahtzee doesn’t like him. It reminds him of himself.
@EverRusting
@EverRusting 11 жыл бұрын
I only played Max Payne 2, only problem was you could bullet time as much as you want with jump diving but if you activate bullet time regularly it just ends immediately
@Heavenlyhounds96
@Heavenlyhounds96 10 жыл бұрын
Funny, because I like the story, (that's often the aspect in a game I look for), and hate the gameplay, especially since, as Yahtzee put it, the enemies won't die unless you destroy their pituitary gland.
@DARE0451
@DARE0451 11 жыл бұрын
As a big fan of Max Payne 3, I DO have to say all of your complaints were genuine. My suspicion of said man raised the entire time.
@TheRybody
@TheRybody 11 жыл бұрын
I liked it better when he dove into the window.
@Handsx
@Handsx 10 жыл бұрын
only thing i understood in this video was "max complain 3".
@geo7803
@geo7803 5 жыл бұрын
*hears opening joke * Kingdom Hearts: about time you got here
@C0T0HA
@C0T0HA 11 жыл бұрын
oh god Mufasa's death seems like a rollercoaster ride with ice cream compared to it
@Ghozt51
@Ghozt51 9 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who lost their shit at the hobo joke at the end xD
@whenpieslikebanana
@whenpieslikebanana 11 жыл бұрын
To be fair, your little 'dot' aiming reticle turns into an 'x' when a bullet has delivered the killing blow to an enemy. So, because you're looking at it constantly to aim, it's easy to tell when an enemy has been killed by your bullet.
@reservedhogs4735
@reservedhogs4735 8 жыл бұрын
0:26 Fucking Postal 2 had that in 2003.
@ignorepls
@ignorepls 6 жыл бұрын
I USED TO LIVE IN DURHAM AND NEVER KNEW THOSE FUCKING THINGS HAPPENED DAMN IT
@VonHintens
@VonHintens 11 жыл бұрын
In my opinion MP3 is better than both previous MP´s. It even has more to offer like NYM-, Score Attack-, Multiplayer-Mode, collectibles & unlockables. The physic engine is amazing and and the shooting mechanism is so good that it will continue in the gta series. I don't know why many old MP fans hate it. The only thing that disappoints me are those long unskippable cut scenes. Even Remedy said they liked what Rockstar did.
@x7y2k12
@x7y2k12 6 жыл бұрын
Oh come now, Yahtzee. Surely Max damage is not that bad compared to Die Anna.
@92Roar
@92Roar 10 жыл бұрын
That ending
@CodyTheJester
@CodyTheJester 10 жыл бұрын
That ending man. Fuck.
@SammaelTheLost
@SammaelTheLost 11 жыл бұрын
surprised he didnt mention the cutscenes
@StudioThirtyEight
@StudioThirtyEight 6 жыл бұрын
The drawings in tgis one were the funniest ever.
@skateordie002
@skateordie002 11 жыл бұрын
He was in the very end. At least, that's what I think. There's no grizzled monologue like usually, and he walks into the distance, wondering what the hell to do next. He's no longer feeling like he does nothing right. He's not exactly happy, that's something he hasn't had since his family was killed and even less so since Mona died. But he's as content as a man like him can be.
@adjectivenoun42
@adjectivenoun42 6 жыл бұрын
2:04 *!!!* Is that a windows 10 logo?
@TheDieHard777
@TheDieHard777 11 жыл бұрын
It's difficult to evolve a character when the original story and characteristics are what drew people towards that character in the first place. But I do see your point. I guess the best thing that developers can do is add subtle changes throughout the course of a trilogy, franchise, etc. Having a character have an epiphany within the first 5 seconds of a new installation will make fans groan, "YOU F'D UP THE CHARACTER!" Instead of looking at what can be changed, look at what can be added.
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