Current Events > Playing Max Payne 3 for the first time

(+) Yeah! (+)

All signs point to me probably going to love this game.

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If you liked the first two games then you will like MP3. The gameplay is relatively unchanged and of course the writing is great.

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I need to find it for cheap, I'm a fan of the band that did the soundtrack and always liked the Max Payne games.

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Stewman_Magoo posted...

I need to find it for cheap, I'm a fan of the band that did the soundtrack and always liked the Max Payne games.

I got a sealed 360 copy at a Five Below so

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This game really likes initializing

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Wii_Shaker posted...

If you liked the first two games then you will like MP3. The gameplay is relatively unchanged and of course the writing is great.

I feel its the opposite, MP3 is such a departure from the first 2 games it doesn't feel like max payne at all and feels more like gta or some shit.

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Garioshi posted...

This game really likes initializing

it could be because of the series' graphic novel style narrative roots, but modernized

anyway, it's one of my favorite games. I think I've played through it 10+ times.

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gta? it's definitely not like gta.

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Never did beat that...it's been on my Steam for atleast 7 years now.

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Game's getting hung up on whatever the fuck "Social Club" is

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Wii_Shaker posted...

If you liked the first two games then you will like MP3. The gameplay is relatively unchanged and of course the writing is great.

what lol

Everything about it is different. Max Payne is old, bald, wears brighter clothing and has put on weight, and the game plays like a cover shooter as opposed to the hallway shooter it played like in 1 and 2.

Garioshi posted...

Game's getting hung up on whatever the fuck "Social Club" is

That's Rockstar's DRM. What's the game doing specifically?

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Hexenherz posted...

DRM

aaaaaaaaaaaaa

Hexenherz posted...

What's the game doing specifically?

It tells me something's wrong with the Social Club account (that I don't have) due to a bad installation.

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Online fixes are telling me to link my Social Club account (I made one) to my Steam account, but I don't see an option for it. The fuck, Rockstar?

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Well this opening is fucking depressing

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I have several copies of that game. I like that the PC physical can be installed offline and not on steam.

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Try going here: https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/settings/linkedaccounts

If that doesn't take you directly to the site, then when you log in to the Social Club, click your avatar in the top right, click Settings and then click the Linked Accounts tab.

Rockstar's Social Club is fucking atrocious which blows my mind considering they've made so much money off of shark cards and shit that they could probably buy out Microsoft and direct that entire company to fix it.

It will tell you "you have friends online!" when you start up GTA 5 or RDR 2 but when when you pull up the overlay it shows your entire friendlist and there's no rhyme or reason or organization to it so good luck finding the online person to invite them to join you or anything.

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I got past the DRM

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Hexenherz posted...

Everything about it is different. Max Payne is old, bald, wears brighter clothing and has put on weight, and the game plays like a cover shooter as opposed to the hallway shooter it played like in 1 and 2.

The visual style is different but not the gameplay. It's still a 3rd person twin stick shooter. Bullet time is still a staple of gameplay.

Max being bald and old has nothing to do with how the game plays. He still narrates in a monotone voice in a noir style.

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i really like a lot of the things the game did. Older max is a cool idea, the change of setting makes the bad guys you interact with more fresh and interesting and the setpieces you go through neat. The story is very good, and the gunplay is probably the most satisfying cover-to-cover shootout gameplay which does make it a lot different from the last two but still fun

Unfortunately everything that tears the game apart is on a technical level. The loading times are insane, probably the worst of any game ive ever played. Cutscenes are near-unskippable because the game -also- loads during those so generally you have to watch the vast majority of any cutscene over again if you died or you're replaying a section. Both of these things absolutely kill the replayablity of the game stone dead. I also remember getting roughly halfway through the game at one point and then just randomly losing my progress up to the second level. To this day I have no idea what caused it and I was playing it on the 360, but I had to do everything from scratch pretty much

Wii_Shaker posted... The visual style is different but not the gameplay. It's still a 3rd person twin stick shooter. Bullet time is still a staple of gameplay.

Max being bald and old has nothing to do with how the game plays. He still narrates in a monotone voice in a noir style.

It's absolutely different, because to balance the cover system Max dies multiple times faster in MP3 than he does in the previous two games. In MP1 and 2 you spent most of your time moving around in slow mo dodging bullets and blowing dudes away right in their face. If you try to play 3 the same way you're almost definitely going to die so you spend a lot of time behind cover trading fire with people.

I still like it, the gunplay is absolutely fantastic. But it's definitely not the same

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The killcam is great, but how do I reload?

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God damn these sectuons of Max at home are heartbreaking

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did he just drop the N-bomb

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Man, you die QUICK in this game

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Garioshi posted...

Well this opening is fucking depressing

The whole game is pretty depressing.

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I liked Max Payne 3, it was a pretty good movie, can't wait for the game to come out.

Starting to get why people like this game.

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Ending it off with Max being shot in the arm.

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I dunno why, but I always lose it at the "We don't have time for America!" line.
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I love the game's soundtrack

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I didn't like it. I gave it up halfway.

But, I do adore the prior two titles.

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I love all the Max Paynes, and I really love Max Payne 3.

But saying it's unchanged? lol wut? It's puts an emphasis on cover which alone is a huge departure gameplay wise, not to mention the story is a completely different style.

That being said, the Airport stage is probably one of the best things I played in the last decade.

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Great tune

https://youtu.be/6iJRgGn2-s0

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The killcam is simply amazing.

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Wow, these dudes are assholes.

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Racist, too!

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Is "s***" even a common slur in Jersey?

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Its a great duck and cover shooter for sure

Damn, 5 locks on his apartment lmao

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Played on hard on my original playthru, got to the final boss and spent weeks trying to beat him

Eventually did, havent touched it since. The mp sucks tho

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This happened lmao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTtWgFCHjGs

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Garioshi posted...

I got a sealed 360 copy at a Five Below so

I visited five below for the first time ever over christmas after hearing about it a bunch from my Fiancee. First thing I saw in there was $10. I've never felt so cheated.

OctilIery posted...

I visited five below for the first time ever over christmas after hearing about it a bunch from my Fiancee. First thing I saw in there was $10. I've never felt so cheated.

They sell brand new games (mostly for last-gen systems) for $5.

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I get so much joy from shooting that fucking Jersey puke in the level I assume TC just did.

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Garioshi posted...

They sell brand new games (mostly for last-gen systems) for $5.

Yeah,I saw. It was actually a very nice store, I just felt mildly annoyed by that lol

DrizztLink posted...

I get so much joy from shooting that fucking Jersey puke in the level I assume TC just did.

Yep, dude absolutely had it coming lmao

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You know, maybe Branco would fare better if he hired more than 2 bodyguards.

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I have never felt so sorry for a fictional character, jesus

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Welp, game just crashed my computer.

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Orthopox12 posted...

The whole game is pretty depressing.

Turns out the pain killers he takes have always been antidepressants.

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Is there a jump button or do I actually have to shootdodge and cancel the bullet time up every ledge?

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