Max Payne 3

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  1. Alvelian
    Dec 16, 2022
    4
    Для меня крайне разочаровывающая часть Макса Пэйна. Макс полюбился всем именно как нуарный детектив, и такая резкая смена сеттинга на мой взгляд не пошла на пользу. Надо признать что визуал анимации и стрельба стали намного лучше и вероятно использовались в будущем в ГТА 5. В любом случае для меня Макс Пэйн закончился на 2 части, а это игра скорее паразитирование на добром имени.Для меня крайне разочаровывающая часть Макса Пэйна. Макс полюбился всем именно как нуарный детектив, и такая резкая смена сеттинга на мой взгляд не пошла на пользу. Надо признать что визуал анимации и стрельба стали намного лучше и вероятно использовались в будущем в ГТА 5. В любом случае для меня Макс Пэйн закончился на 2 части, а это игра скорее паразитирование на добром имени.
  2. StarkAgentos
    May 16, 2022
    4
    Геймплей очень прост, скучен и однообразен. Сюжет какой-то невнятный. Вся игра очень унылая. Очень на любителя. Лично я лучше дождусь ремейков первых двух частей.
  3. Uarabei
    Feb 21, 2022
    4
    This is not the Max Payne I knew.

    a similar presentation of the plot, but there is no longer that gloom, that noir that I liked so much as a child.
  4. Zeuron67
    Jan 7, 2022
    0
    Best game ever ı played shooter game, amazing story, amazing gameplay and more.
  5. LiTrik
    Jun 18, 2020
    1
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  6. BFM
    Apr 5, 2020
    2
    This is not a Max Payne game.
    Neither in setting, atmosphere or writing.
    The gameplay is different but not better.
    Auto-saves have replaced superior quick-saves.
  7. MaxmilianKohler
    Oct 19, 2019
    4
    Bad mouse/cursor control (in a variety of ways). Crosshair disappears when you need it. Can't duck in cover mode and even changing directions is glitchy. Can't tell when getting hit. Forced annoying walk, movement is sluggish and overall control of character is poor. Annoying in and out of control (for preset scenes) that's often hard to tell when you're supposed to be controlling.Bad mouse/cursor control (in a variety of ways). Crosshair disappears when you need it. Can't duck in cover mode and even changing directions is glitchy. Can't tell when getting hit. Forced annoying walk, movement is sluggish and overall control of character is poor. Annoying in and out of control (for preset scenes) that's often hard to tell when you're supposed to be controlling. Annoying comments whenever you wanna explore the slightest bit. Sometimes graphics look nice sometimes not. Excessive gore. Half of the game is cutscreens. Pretty unenjoyable game overall.… Expand
  8. Exploding
    Sep 29, 2019
    3
    This isn't a Max Payne game, Max Payne games have heavy atmosphere, noir elements and dark plot.
    This game's plot is pretty stale and honestly not very interesting, Max has become a very stereotypical action movie protagonist, as for the plot it's pretty shameful rip off of Man on Fire, filled with random references to action movies, they could just call it "Man On Fire: Max Payne Fan    This isn't a Max Payne game, Max Payne games have heavy atmosphere, noir elements and dark plot.
    This game's plot is pretty stale and honestly not very interesting, Max has become a very stereotypical action movie protagonist, as for the plot it's pretty shameful rip off of Man on Fire, filled with random references to action movies, they could just call it "Man On Fire: Max Payne Fan fiction version". Gameplay wise it's very weak, there's limited amount of weapons you can carry, Max moves slow as snail at points and the worst of all no jumping.Seriously? Is jumping way too advanced for them to program or is it beyond their competence? Two problems typical of Rockstar games: 1. Switching your weapon to the one they want you to use--usually the least effective single-handed weapon--at the beginning of each checkpoint, and 2. That insanely idiotic behind-cover-shooting straight up in the air glitch. There are also many cutscenes, too many to be frank, they're also unskippable. They take 3 hours in total, this game lasts for 7 hours and is extremely linear with cutscene every few minutes it becomes very distracting very quickly. Just to remind everyone they replaced comic book panels to these cutscenes. The villains? A midget... Max handled easily entire gangs,powerful mobs and corporation security armed like an private army all by himself! Yet he's afraid of guy who's isn't even powerful as Vladimir Len, Nicole Horne, Angelo Punchinello or even that drug addict freak Jack Lupino.
    They also decided to retcon the plot, in the second game it was stated that achieved his peace and live without grief. But who cares about the series canon am i right? Game features dozens upon dozens of useless nameless characters with reasons to be there, but they still appear in the cutscene and talk to us. Writting is far from good... over the top uncessary swearing, constant repeating like for example questioning someone and he just keeps saying "What?", that's the kind of writting i would expect from some poorly written story i would expect to find in the dark corners of the internet and not in high budget production, that serves as a sequel to highly beloved series. The other game elements that simply doesn't work would be cover based shooting, making the game slow paced and boring over the time, no throwable weapons in singleplayer for us, but enemies get it because you thought the game was already annoying? F*ck you have enemies throwing molotovs and grenades at you as can't counter that with anything other than your guns. But hey you can use them in the multiplayer, you know the one no one ever played? Constantly respawning enemies, there's a difference between challenge and pissing people off on purpose, but this game doesn't see a difference. Useless silencers, flashlights and laser aims that do nothing, because this game doesn't have stealth mechanics. Lack of manual saves replaced by messed up checkpoints. Rails-on shooting stages that are anything but necessary in MAX PAYNE game. Golden weapons, but why? There's no point for them. Useless choices, you either kill someone or let them die. But the outcome is always the same so why is it even here? QTE boss fights.
    Overall i'm not suprised this game is forgotten as it is. It's not underrated it's simply mediocore bad game.    … Expand
  9. Djukation
    Jun 16, 2019
    0
    Too much cinematic cutscenes, limited weapon carry, there are no comic novels, max doesn't really feel like max from previous games, lots of positive reviews talk about how great the optimization is... that doesn't review the game as what it is... a game that is not MAX PAYNE, it's just a third person shooter game... ALSO MAX CAN'T JUMP?! No one needed a "realistic game", we needed a MaxToo much cinematic cutscenes, limited weapon carry, there are no comic novels, max doesn't really feel like max from previous games, lots of positive reviews talk about how great the optimization is... that doesn't review the game as what it is... a game that is not MAX PAYNE, it's just a third person shooter game... ALSO MAX CAN'T JUMP?! No one needed a "realistic game", we needed a Max Payne game... this is not it and the people who defend it, obviously haven't played the first two games. There isn't an "N" from Noir in the third game.

    One more time, this is not Max Payne.    … Expand
  10. DogeWowIsBack
    Mar 19, 2019
    2
    This game is a pointless sequel, no one ever asked for. It ruins the character everyone grow attached to, jumps the shark, changing Max Payne from being it's own thing into to the Man on Fire rip off and not a good one at it. Dialogues are poorly written, over the top swearing all over the place and horrible attempts at humour, plot itself is full of holes and cliches.
    When it comes to    This game is a pointless sequel, no one ever asked for. It ruins the character everyone grow attached to, jumps the shark, changing Max Payne from being it's own thing into to the Man on Fire rip off and not a good one at it. Dialogues are poorly written, over the top swearing all over the place and horrible attempts at humour, plot itself is full of holes and cliches.
    When it comes to the gameplay, it's basically Kane & Lynch game. What's the point of gold weapons again? Oh wait there is none... I'm really sure creators didn't know as well, but hey you have to attract some of these call of duty players somehow...    … Expand
  11. metacritic12121
    Jan 12, 2019
    2
    Horribly written characters and dialogue. The game should never have been called Max Payne 3, due to the fact that this winey protagonist is only a surface deep hack rip off of the Max from the first two games. The mechanics are fine, the graphics are honestly great and there are some solid set pieces, yet the writers of MP3 have replaced all the self awareness and clever lines with sillyHorribly written characters and dialogue. The game should never have been called Max Payne 3, due to the fact that this winey protagonist is only a surface deep hack rip off of the Max from the first two games. The mechanics are fine, the graphics are honestly great and there are some solid set pieces, yet the writers of MP3 have replaced all the self awareness and clever lines with silly swearing and a ripped off Man on Fire plot that has tons of holes and not a single memorable side character.… Expand
  12. allwititnowsuck
    Dec 21, 2018
    3
    Some people consider this thing to be underrated but truth being told, it doesn't really deserves any extra attention.The cutscenes takes more time then the actual gameplay,it's not MGS or Heavy Rain it doesn't need to take so long,they take over 3 out of 7 hours the whole game amazing isn't it?The fact those bloody cutscenes replace iconic comic book panels from it's predecessors is justSome people consider this thing to be underrated but truth being told, it doesn't really deserves any extra attention.The cutscenes takes more time then the actual gameplay,it's not MGS or Heavy Rain it doesn't need to take so long,they take over 3 out of 7 hours the whole game amazing isn't it?The fact those bloody cutscenes replace iconic comic book panels from it's predecessors is just shamefull,the game lacks noir elements,the plot is generic,the gameplay is basically your everyday grade B TPS you can find in any store from 5 to 10 bucks.The first half of the game is basically centered aroud kidnapping and every level ends simple descriptons "Sorry Max our girl is in another castle".In the end the said girl dies anyway...Chapter XI is basically a useless filler,the game has alot of stock characters that add nothing into the game,they are just there!And the writting...Max trying to question some guy and he keeps saying is "What?",not to mention some dialogues are borderline cringe worthy they can swear like 12 years olds on multiplayer games...
    Other than that:
    The game moved from fast paced action to your everyday cover based shooter,they limited the amount of weapons you can carry,because modern games are not allowed to be fun,they have to be "REALISTIC" to appeal to the normies i mean "r3aL gAmErZzz",you can't use grenades or molotovs in single player yet enemies can,but in the multiplayer you can?I calling BS.The game doesn't have bullet time reloading,you can't even jump is it even a Max Payne anymore?Who knows maybe this mechanic is way to advanced for RAGE engine.They decided to give you for some reasons manual painkillers using them makes you cancel reloading weapon...Even simple things like shoot dodge maneuver drains your bullet time!bUt iT's bAdAsS!1!1!On top of this disaster we have spawn camping enemies,run into some corner and we have enemy waiting for us for no reasons at all even if we cleared the room already!
    For some reasons Max moves with a snail speed...bEcAuSe rEaLisM iS fUn!1!1!
    Some can enemies can even survive shoot in a bloody head,i'm not talking about single shoot...
    Some weapons have flashlights and laser aim for no real reasons at all,as well as pointless silencers,this game DOESN'T have stealth mechanics, at this point i'm wondering if it really was meant to be a Max Payne game,maybe they wanted to make new IP but they couldn't figure out how stealth mechanics works so they just slapped Max Payne title on it.
    Manual save? Pfffff... who needs those...we have messy checkpoints instead...
    This game also features some weird ass achievements like destroying 50 vehicicles?Are you even serious?Some glitches as well,sometimes dead enemy can block your way upstairs,Rail-shooting stages...since when was it necessary in a MAX PAYNE game?The game has those weird golden guns like it's call of duty or something...The game has "choices" but they don't affect storyline in any way so...in the cover game can for some reasons block you and will end up shooting at ceiling.
    The boss fights are just QTE's!
    This game is one of the most pointless sequels to ever exist,it was already established in the second game that Max finally achieved his peace...
    They moved from 4th wall breaking masterpiece with poetic writting to generic B grade shooter...
    What shame...    … Expand
  13. johnnywilliam
    May 14, 2018
    0
    Se o nome do jogo fosse max payne 2 remaster seria um bom jogo,completamente ultrapassado para um jogo de 2012
  14. RealTruth
    Jun 26, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Frustrating and awful.

    Does not hold up to the first 2 entries due to all the problems others have listed. #1 for me is the way many environments are stacked against you in terms of coverage- you end up being a bullet magnet and many times the unfair positioning is to the point of yelling obscenities. In many areas you'll find yourself randomly trying to find other cover (even though none presents itself) to break out of the constant pattern of being stuck behind the obvious cover, only to die over and over.

    This is quite different than the first two games, and it means alot of dying and replaying until you get randomly lucky enough that when you're concentrating on one enemy the others don't mow you down.

    Here's another annoying choice - as you're dying, the game goes into slow mo. So you have to wait 10 seconds before re-starting at a checkpoint.

    I'm not a huge fan of "grinder" games and this falls into that category more often than not.

    Helpless woman with no self-volition later in the game, no understanding of noir first person voice or the near camp version of that voice from the first two games. Voice acting is boring

    I'm going to grab MP 2 after this- maybe I'm looking back with rose-colored glasses. But MP 3 feels like a pale shadow... don't bother paying for this game even on sale.    … Expand
  15. mihaiu
    Mar 8, 2017
    0
    If you liked this game, you are retarded, sorry.
    This is the worst game i ever played. Nice job stealing my money for a game that is more like a **** movie.
  16. mohirl
    Dec 2, 2016
    0
    An amazingly, incredibly bad game. IT fails on every level. The voice acting is terrible, like somebody randomly reading a script with no context. Which, in fairness, it probably was. The gameplay is dire. The one element retained from the originals is the shootdodge, which has somehow been made far worse. Enjoy hovering in the air abruptly flying in a random direction if you happen toAn amazingly, incredibly bad game. IT fails on every level. The voice acting is terrible, like somebody randomly reading a script with no context. Which, in fairness, it probably was. The gameplay is dire. The one element retained from the originals is the shootdodge, which has somehow been made far worse. Enjoy hovering in the air abruptly flying in a random direction if you happen to brush something solid mid-flight. The AI is terrible, enemies just repeatedly duck and stand up again in exactly the same place. A ridiculous number of cut scenes, frequently ending abruptly while leaving you in a stupidly exposed location. Where you will probably die, because your currently selected weapon is randomly reset, and occasionally lost for no apparent reason. The game appears to have been directed by somebody who has never seen any visual medium other than last 90s music videos. I have never played an FPS where dying gives some small sense of relief, because I hate my character so much I really subconsciously want him to fail. Gameplay is completely linear. The plot is hackneyed and boring. There are hilarious sequences that make zero sense (my favourite being wandering through a favela interspersed with cut scenes where Max repeatedly begs locals for a phone for no reason, yet when he encounters an American who seems well established there, and would defnitely have one, he just has a brief chat and moves on). But that's just petty, there are far, far bigger issues with every aspect of the game on every level. By far the most disappointing game I have played in the last ten years.… Expand
  17. NP-complete
    Oct 25, 2016
    4
    The game is technically beautiful, but this game made me know I don't like games where all you do is shooting. I felt so bored after a while, I just finished it because I'm a bit completionist.
  18. NieuweGassie
    Oct 15, 2016
    2
    Absolutely atrocious as a videogame.

    As a movie? 10/10. Well, 8/10 but you get the picture. This isn't a videogame. This is a movie with little minigames added in between. You get to play for maybe 20% of the game's length. The rest is just cutscene after cutscene after cutscene. The gameplay that is there is almost too little to be judged, but it comes down to clunky as all hell.    Absolutely atrocious as a videogame.

    As a movie? 10/10. Well, 8/10 but you get the picture.

    This isn't a videogame. This is a movie with little minigames added in between. You get to play for maybe 20% of the game's length. The rest is just cutscene after cutscene after cutscene.

    The gameplay that is there is almost too little to be judged, but it comes down to clunky as all hell. Max will often not move in the directions you're pressing. The tiny areas you're in a laden with invisible walls. The cover system is counter-productive. Popping out of cover will get you killed, while simply standing behind cover and slowly walking out of it guns blazing will always work well. The bullet time is too short and your reticle blends in with the enviroment making it almost impossible to aim without bullet time. Cutscenes will often end abruptly, leaving you standing out in the open while enemies blow you to smithereens. The game NEVER conveys ANY information without cutscenes. Someone wants to talk to you? Cutscenes. Someone wants to take a dump? Cutscene. Someone wants to open a door to enter the fight? Cutscene. Cutscene. Cutscene. Cutscene. Cutscene. Cutscene. Cutscene, and yet more Cutscenes.

    The visuals, notably the special "blurry" effects you get, are distracting and unnecessary, and often just disorienting.

    Too bad games are so expensive. Maybe I'd appreciate it more if I just bought a 15 dollar ticket to a movie.    … Expand
  19. Dobian
    Jun 13, 2016
    4
    This game has been reviewed a zillion times so I’ll try not to repeat too much what has already been said, but Max Payne 3 has some big issues and one deal breaker that keeps me from recommending it.

    I’ll start with the good. Max Payne 3 looks great and has terrific physics and fight mechanics. The mission areas have a lot of variety and are extremely detailed, and there are some    This game has been reviewed a zillion times so I’ll try not to repeat too much what has already been said, but Max Payne 3 has some big issues and one deal breaker that keeps me from recommending it.

    I’ll start with the good. Max Payne 3 looks great and has terrific physics and fight mechanics. The mission areas have a lot of variety and are extremely detailed, and there are some well-designed action sequences.

    Now for the not so good. The setting for the game, as many have said, does not fit with detective noir theme of the first two games. Gone is the graphic novel presentation, and the mean streets of New York have been replaced with sunny San Paolo. Max has gone from a creature of the night to a tanned, sunglass-wearing alcoholic. The very personal story that drove him in the first two games, the quest for revenge and answers for the murder of his wife and daughter, has been replaced by a far less compelling one where he is simply an outsider involved in someone else’s troubles. The plot surrounding the rich and politically powerful Brazilian family that hires him for bodyguard duty reminds me of a bad episode of CSI:Miami. In fact, I remember an old episode of CSI:Miami where they go to Brazil in a story surrounding Brazilian mobsters. Swap in David Caruso for Max Payne, and this is an episode of CSI:Miami. The characters in Max Payne 3 are all clichés, the dialogue is often bad, and there is no femme fatal like Mona in the first two games to press Max’s buttons. So what we are left with is Max moaning about his sad sack life while entangling himself in the affairs of people we don’t really care about. This is emphasized even more when Max shaves his head to go undercover and spends the second half of the game looking like Walter White from Breaking Bad. The only time Max Payne 3 harkened back to the classic first two games was in the two flashback chapters where Max is back in New Jersey. If only this whole game had taken place in New Jersey. I also missed the humor from the first two games, like when a couple of cops are sitting on a couch at the precinct watching an episode of ‘Lords and Ladies’, and complaining when Max blocks their view. When Max flips on a tv in Max Payne 3, all you get are CNN-like reports. The spirit of the original games just seems to be missing altogether in this one.

    One of the big complaints about Max Payne 3 is with the excessive cutscenes, and it’s a valid one. I enjoy watching a good cutscene, but Max Payne 3 goes overboard to where it’s more an interactive movie than a game at times. Cutscenes at the beginning and end of a mission are fine, but when they are spread all through the mission it becomes a distraction and ruins immersion. It is no exaggeration that every time you walk through a doorway the game goes to a cutscene. There was absolutely no need for this. There was one time early in the game where Max is hurt and staggering behind his companion. The game would alternate between you controlling Max and the game moving Max along for you. Again, immersion-breaking as you feel like you are fighting the game for control of the character you are playing.

    With all that said, Max Payne 3 was disappointing to me but still a very good third person action shooter, and I really enjoyed a lot of the fight scenes. The problem I had with the action was that toward the end of the game they kept ramping things up to where it just became unbelievable. There are times when Max is single-handedly fighting what seems like a whole army. I’m not complaining from a difficulty standpoint, I obviously got through it. But the first two games did a good job of scaling the action to the story, so it kept things reasonably believable. Max Payne 3 goes so over-the-top in the late going that it again wrecks immersion by turning it into an insane action flick. The finale feels like something out of Just Cause.

    The deal-breaker for me, though, is the game’s save system. Rockstar, in their infinite wisdom, allows a single auto save with no backup. The game doesn’t even sync up with Steam Cloud. So if that save becomes corrupted, you are just out of luck. I loaded where I left off at the beginning of chapter six one day and found myself in the helicopter scene early in chapter 3. And the chapters four and five that I had unlocked were now locked. I looked it up online and found that this problem has been pervasive since the game came out four years ago, and Rockstar never addressed it. So I considered myself lucky since some people had whole games wiped out when they were in chapter 10, replayed from where I was and continued on. But I started manually backing up my game profile every time I exited the game. That is something you should never have to do because you can’t trust a game’s save system. For all its other flaws, this one is unforgivable and the main reason I have to give Max Payne 3 a thumbs down.    … Expand
  20. crabman323
    Oct 15, 2015
    0
    The worst 3rd person shooter i have ever seen . No AI. bad graphics . meaningless faces. 1 man against 1000 kills atmosphere . Not a realistic game just a shooter for kid to have fun some time..
  21. AnnoyedatThis
    Jan 27, 2015
    1
    Locked on cutscenes forced to watch over and over for challenge modes defeats the point in challenge modes i was not going to sit there for 3000 years rewatching the damn cut scenes to do that.

    Bugs map level bugs weapon bugs model bugs texture errors all on 2 copies of the game even on 360 the story was ok COMBAT SUCKED compared to MP and MP2 Missed the comic style missed the Film    Locked on cutscenes forced to watch over and over for challenge modes defeats the point in challenge modes i was not going to sit there for 3000 years rewatching the damn cut scenes to do that.

    Bugs map level bugs weapon bugs model bugs texture errors all on 2 copies of the game even on 360
    the story was ok

    COMBAT SUCKED compared to MP and MP2
    Missed the comic style missed the Film noir scenes like in MP and Mp2

    THIS WAS A CASH GRAB ON A ESTABLISHED NAME it was totally different game

    Don't make another max payne you ruined it enough.....................    … Expand
  22. Larry223
    Jan 10, 2015
    4
    Ok... Es un análisis muy muy largo, así que lo resumiré aquí: Galería de disparos, frustración, repetir, cinemática, galería de disparos, frustración, repetir, cinemática, galería de disparos, pasar, cinemática, galería de disparos, y se repite hasta que terminas el juego.

    Max Payne 3 es uno de los juegos mas sobrevalorados que eh visto en mi vida. Tiene tantos problemas... Tiene tanto    Ok... Es un análisis muy muy largo, así que lo resumiré aquí: Galería de disparos, frustración, repetir, cinemática, galería de disparos, frustración, repetir, cinemática, galería de disparos, pasar, cinemática, galería de disparos, y se repite hasta que terminas el juego.

    Max Payne 3 es uno de los juegos mas sobrevalorados que eh visto en mi vida. Tiene tantos problemas... Tiene tanto que deja deseando....

    Yo jugué a los 2 primeros Max Payne, el primero estubo... Bien... No era de lo mejor, tenia sus problemas pero entretenia. Luego llego Max Payne 2 y fue la ostia. Es un gran juego, tiene una historia interesante, con sus momentos comicos y oscuros, la ambientación oscura junto con un buen catalogo de amras y una banda sonora increible. El theme de Max Payne es uno de mis favoritos. Y me pregunto que paso...? !!¿QUE PASO EN ESTA SECUELA?!!
    Voy a comparar este titulo con los anteriores, especialmente MP2, por lo que va a sufrir. Así que empecemos.

    Hablemos de lo bueno del titulo para ver lo poco que tiene a su favor. Los gráficos y el detalle de interiores, son muy buenos. Eh visto a gente por todas partes aclamandolos, puedes destruir múltiples objetos, ves las heridas de bala en todos los personajes, los personajes están detallados, y tienen detalles de cosas pequeñas como libros, computadores, letreros, sillas, etc. Sin embargo, llega lo malo... No puedes apreciar los interiores por que este juego es una orgía de balas y muerte. Siempre ahí alguien disparando, explotando algo, o tu estas mirando las CINEMÁTICA ETERNAS. Las cinemática ocultan los tiempos de carga... Y este juego tiene mucho tiempo de carga. Hay veces en las que casi termina la cinemática y me deja saltarmela por que ya termino de cargar despues de que la cinemática casi terminara, aparte de que duran mucho, algunas son inútiles. Un ejemplo de cinemática inútil son cuando te tiran una granadas de humo, si, el juego tiene que parar para admirar como te tiran una pta granada de humo... Y ni hablar de los momentos prefabricados que abundan.

    Y que tal si hablamos de la jugabilidad? Empecemos por la I.A. Es decente... Usara cobertura normalmente, pero aveces van corriendo hacía ti como suicidas. Y ni hablar de la dificultad, se pasan con ella. Jugué en modo normal y aun así la dificultad llega a ser ligeramente superior que en el modo de dificultad inicial de MP2. Y la jugabilidad no a mejorado en nada. Es mas bien una refinación moderna y nada mas. No ahí sigilo, a pesar que el juego tiene algunas zonas donde la historia dice que ahí que ser sigiloso... No tiene el inventario de MP2, donde antes podías llevar un arma de cada tipo aquí te limitas a 3, 2 si usas 2 pistolas a la ves, por que Max no tiene un imán en la espalda como Lara Croft. En lo que mas evoluciona este juego es en que ahora si saltas es por tiempo infinito hasta que caigas, antes solo era por un instante, ahora es cuando tocas tierra, y añade una forma para evitar la muerte, que si tienes un frasco de pastillas puedes usarlo si matas al ultimo tipo que te disparo, una forma de quitar algo de frustración. Sin embargo, también la cagn con eso, casi siempre tu mirada estará en un ángulo imposible de darle, por lo que no podrás dispararle por que todo te esta tapando la vista.

    Y ni mencionar lo que quitan de entregas pasadas, como el inventario infinito, el modo bullet time rápido que te permitía recibir menos daño y recargar super rápido de MP2, y la posibilidad de usar granadas, NO PUEDES USAR GRANADAS pero los enemigos si pueden...

    Hablemos de la historia... Como empieza? Pues empezamos sin contexto matando a un tipo en un aeropuerto, y de ahí vamos al pasado, vemos que Max ahora es guardaespaldas y empieza un tiroteo, de ahí vamos 2 niveles mas y pasamos al pasado. La historia no tiene un enfoque, nos mandan al futuro en el inicio, después al pasado cuando Max es guardaespaldas, de ahí vamos a America donde antes estaba Max, volvemos al futuro, nos narran todo como si fueramos idiotas y no pudiéramos seguir la historia, no tiene enfoque y mas parece una excusa para matar gente. No sientes que haces nada en la trama, eres el que mira a Max por horas en las cinemática y cuando ahí que matar tomas el control... En MP2 también matabas y ya, pero ahí las cinemática duraban a lo mucho 2 minutos, por lo que al menos no sentías que tu tenias que hace algo en la historia, en especial por que las cinemática eran comics y distinguías la acción de la historia, aquí duran de 2 a 14, sin mencionar que son constantes ya que si pasas una viene otra sin parar. Y ya no son comics, ahora son cinemática modernas con el motor del juego.

    Hablemos un poco mas de lo bueno... Siempre estas fuera de numero, eres tu contra unos 100 por mision. Dirán que es malo por que es frustrante... Pues si, es de doble filo, pero si usas el bullet time y tienes un lugar amplio no esta tan duro... Los corredores son lo malo...

    De echo este juego tiene todo lo malo que puede tener un juego... Tiene corredores lineales, cinemática sin parar, no tiene formas de hacer al jugador interactuar con el mundo, hordas frustrantes con una dificultad fuera de mundo, una historia que no es interesante ni tiene un final decente, sus mecánicas no innovan en nada ni al menos ser nuevas en la franquicia, momentos prefabricados sin parar, alejar a la franquicia de su carril original, personajes sin desarrollar que vienen y van...

    NO ES UN MAL JUEGO. NO LO ES. Pero tiene tantos cambios para mal, que no innovan, que te hacen esperar como si esto fuera el cine... Este juego no es un digno sucesor de MP2 y creo que esta tan sobrevalorado por que es similar a CoD. No eh jugado a CoD en mucho tiempo, ni en PC. Pero CoD son explosiones, hordas de enemigos, muchas cinemática, historia poco interesante y frustración por el MP. Como la frustración de la campaña normal... Puede que me equivoque en la comparación de CoD con MP3, pero aun así no es un buen juego. Es uno promedio... No es ni malo ni bueno... Es muy mediocre... Divertido aveces... Y decepcionante... Yo quería un nuevo capitulo de la historia gris de Max Payne, aquí apenas tiene mejoras, han removido cosas... Este juego tiene MP, seguro que es bueno, pero no tiene servidores dedicados este juego. No tiene servidores dedicados... Este juego lo recomendaría por 3 dolares, no mas. De hecho, si tienes para elegir entre MP3 o MP2 elige el 2. Max Payne 2 es un juego mejor, no estara tan actualizado, pero al final es mejor. Este juego...

    Rockstar lo podría haber hecho mucho mejor... Pero es lo que es... Le doy un 05/10, es dolorosamente promedio, si llegas a jugar MP seguro mejora y llega a un 06/10, pero sin servidores dedicados ni muchos amigos con este juego no lo puedo jugar ni contar. Si tienes 3 dolares vale la pena, pero no mas, ni en broma... Me encanto Max Payne 2 y me duele que el 3 sea tan... Es un corredor de disparos, es casi un shooter genérico...    … Expand
  23. deweee
    Dec 3, 2014
    3
    Too much cutscenes, boring playing and boring story. I literally haven't seen a game as overrated as this one. Waste of money. I am having hard time believing how people rate this game so high. It must be under 15 kids who never got the chance to play original 1 & 2. What a pitty. If you are a skilless kid who doesn't expect anything but shooting a gun and watching long videos from a game,Too much cutscenes, boring playing and boring story. I literally haven't seen a game as overrated as this one. Waste of money. I am having hard time believing how people rate this game so high. It must be under 15 kids who never got the chance to play original 1 & 2. What a pitty. If you are a skilless kid who doesn't expect anything but shooting a gun and watching long videos from a game, buy it. Otherwise, stay away.… Expand
  24. BlueLabel1985
    Dec 1, 2014
    0
    I paid the game and the game got installed. It just didn't work on PC. Tons of people have issues with the Rockstar social club overlay.
    A few days after my purchase, I still can't play. The money I spent is not for entertainment. It was spent for doing quality assurance for Rockstar's social club.
  25. JamesTonjes
    Nov 30, 2014
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Firstly, it makes no sense to see him so depressed about his family and Mona's death, if you finished the second one on the hardest difficulty she survived and came to terms with the loss of his family...
    Secondly, this games focus in on slomo gun-play, not narrative... and the comic book style of narrative delivery is replaced with long cut-scenes
    Thirdly, the focus Isn't on Max (and/or his relationship with Mona) it is on some rich snobs who employed him
    I could go on but, Its not a terrible game, assuming that you have NOT played the first two before otherwise itll be hard not to judge it harshly    … Expand
  26. AKDM
    Sep 27, 2014
    0
    Awful.

    Gameplay and interface are heavy consolized. You can't find here a rapid adrenaline action, like in previous games, just a hours of boring shooting from the covers. Plot is the worst part, even if not considering it as a part of Max Payne's story. Hollow, dumb and unmotivated narrative with bleak characters - they **** up even with Max. I pulled myself to end this game,    Awful.

    Gameplay and interface are heavy consolized. You can't find here a rapid adrenaline action, like in previous games, just a hours of boring shooting from the covers.

    Plot is the worst part, even if not considering it as a part of Max Payne's story. Hollow, dumb and unmotivated narrative with bleak characters - they **** up even with Max. I pulled myself to end this game, because I started wanting to drop it after first hour - and the plot only making more blunt after it. Seriously, the one of the worst storyline in AAA-videogames ever, including Call of Duties.

    Visual style and soundtrack scores solid 0/10    … Expand
  27. dlkjed2342
    Sep 21, 2014
    2
    For the second time, I played through several chapters and saved, shut the game down, and came back later only to find that much of my progress had been wiped out. Again: I didn't go back to a specific chapter and I allowed the game to save as you are supposed to. I don't "have read-only enabled" or any other stupid **** I just played the game as intended, and lost half my progress.For the second time, I played through several chapters and saved, shut the game down, and came back later only to find that much of my progress had been wiped out. Again: I didn't go back to a specific chapter and I allowed the game to save as you are supposed to. I don't "have read-only enabled" or any other stupid **** I just played the game as intended, and lost half my progress.

    **** Rockstar for **** all over the PC versions of their games. This will be the last Rockstar title that I buy.    … Expand
  28. bullbill
    Aug 31, 2014
    0
    Just hating on this game for annoying DRM practices.

    Can't even start games up these without having to sign in to some **** platform, I already have steam, is that not good enough?

    Also **** Ubisoft's Uplay aswell.
  29. NOTO
    Aug 13, 2014
    0
    There is no Max Payne 3. It looks nice, it is out there along with all the other good looking games, it has all the whistles and bells for a good decent game, you know, the gangsta stuff R.star is good at. But this is not Max Payne 3. Play MP 1&2 and my affirmation will make sense.
  30. maximilianschme
    Jun 24, 2014
    4
    not really like the original good Max Payne 1 and 2.
    I really tried to like it...but i couldn't!
    Max Payne 3 is like a Trippe A cutscene, railroadshooter... You are forced to do Railroad like missions, you can't move like you want in missions (and you could move where ever you want in the good old max payne games, like in the hotel mission or the other crazy cool missions). Now you are    not really like the original good Max Payne 1 and 2.
    I really tried to like it...but i couldn't!
    Max Payne 3 is like a Trippe A cutscene, railroadshooter...
    You are forced to do Railroad like missions, you can't move like you want in missions (and you could move where ever you want in the good old max payne games, like in the hotel mission or the other crazy cool missions).
    Now you are forced to walk in one direction and if you fail, reload at checkpoint and try again.
    There are also VERY ANNYOING Railroad missions, like you are sitting in a helicopter and you are forced to shoot enemys...if you fail, do it again WTF? I want move with Max payne and kill the enemys on my way!
    This is the worst thing they could do with the max payne series.
    I had not fun with the new max payne...the multiplayer was is okay, but the singleplayer isn't good...
    Like AVGN would say "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?"
    Please go back to roots!    … Expand
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#13 Best PC Game of 2012
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#9 Most Discussed PC Game of 2012
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#10 Most Shared PC Game of 2012

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Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Oct 13, 2012
    87
    Max Payne 3 feels like a PC original, in a very good way. [Aug 2012]
  2. PC Master (Greece)
    Aug 31, 2012
    91
    Its deviation from the mood instilled by its predecessors might annoy some purist fans, but Max Payne 3's undisputed quality standards in all accounts will make them look the other way and enjoy the game as it is. [July 2012]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 29, 2012
    90
    Max Payne is god and it really doesn't matter that he is not the fair one. He is the most interesting action character these days and the game itself is one of the best you can get. [July 2012]
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