First Max Payne 3 screens look strangely familiar

by Randy Nelson { Jun 23rd 2009 at 4:27PM }

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Oh wow, Nathan Drake has really let himself go since the original Uncharted. What's that? Oh, sorry, this is actually Max Payne 3. So anyway, Rockstar has loosed the first screens of the latest game in its gritty, film noir inspired action series. ~~Bruce Willis~~ Max obviously got wrong directions from Google Maps and has ended up in Uncharted 2 -- or is it Resident Evil 5? No, it really is the next Max Payne. Can't say it's really the look we were expecting. How about you?

[Thanks, danzaiver!]

Gallery: Max Payne 3

Tags: max-payne, max-payne-3, rockstar, rockstar-vancouver

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

Captain Planet @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:30PM

I hope we get to shoot monkeys in bullet time.

Dirty @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:33PM

Ma-Ti and Suchi would be very disappointed in you.

Danzaiver @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:40PM

THAT'S RACIST!!!!

Captain Planet @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:40PM

I'm disappointed in Ma-Ti. You don't know about the things he did to that poor little monkey.

Danzaiver @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:42PM

It seems the game is coming to PC to! GREAT!!!!

Dropeti @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:48PM

I hope I can shoot 300lb fast-food eating yankes also!

Dropeti @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:51PM

IN BULLET TIME!11!1!!11

Danzaiver @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:55PM

Wait a minute, so shooting black people on Brazil isn't as racist as shooting people on Africa?

I don't think RE5 or MP3 are racists games, but it surprises me that the media hasn't said a word about racism in this game.

Captain Planet @ Jun 23rd 2009 5:06PM

We're not "black" over here in Brazil. We're "brown". Also, we're probably drug dealers in MP3 as opposed to normal Black folk who didn't choose to be zombies in RE5. Therefore, it's okay to shoot a brown drug dealer in brazil but its irresponsible to shoot a helpless black zombie who is trying to eated your brains.

Dropeti @ Jun 23rd 2009 5:22PM

cala a boca... captain planet

Danzaiver @ Jun 23rd 2009 5:25PM

I live in Panama and well I guess dark skinned people in Latin America are less darker than Africans

Again, I don't think those games are racist at all, I just think the media is really ironic, like in RE4 you kill Spanish people and the media didn't say a word.

Captain Planet @ Jun 23rd 2009 6:02PM

@ Dropeti

Not here....met me in the back next to mana pool.

Dropeti @ Jun 23rd 2009 6:15PM

@Captain Jackass

Why do you say "we brazilians" if you're not one?

Captain Planet @ Jun 23rd 2009 6:42PM

I am Brazilian, you stupid fuck.

Mouthsmasher @ Jun 23rd 2009 6:56PM

Bem, gostei dessas 'screenshots.' Uma delas tem bastante casinhas uma em cima da outra, parece ser uma favela assim como tem em Sao Paulo ou Rio de Janeiro.

Mas, nao eh certo dizer que os Brasileiros sao "brown." Eles sao de todo tipo de raca. Tem negros, morenos, e gente tao branco quanto eu. Se voce fosse pra Salvador, voce encontraria bastante negros. Se fosse pra Sao Paulo, encontraria bastante morenos. E em Rio Grande do Sul, encontraria gente branca.

the Sawyer family @ Jun 23rd 2009 8:06PM

best thing to come out of brazil is SEPULTURA .

SpaceFox @ Jun 23rd 2009 8:28PM

So...why exactly did Mouthsmasher get downvoted? If anyone here knew Portuguese they'd know that all he said was basically, "In Brazil not everyone is 'brown', there are people of all races".

I'm Brazilian and I'm white, at least I'm not blue though..... Captain Planet.

Hexen @ Jun 23rd 2009 8:58PM

You really don't understand why he got downvoted?Even though every one here is writing in English we should all write in our Native languages instead b/c it would be more fun and we could all communicate better that way,Right spacefox.

Ridgecity @ Jun 23rd 2009 10:01PM

Hopefully Max Payne will have a carnaval scene for some polygonal asses! if a white chick's ass uses about 4,000 polygon, a brazilian ass probably uses about 30,000 of them, and of course per pixel shading and that EA sports sweat effect...

Schwing!

The Dark Wayne @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:30PM

Noir isn't supposed to be colorful FFS! That's why it's noir!

The Dark Wayne @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:32PM

ugh, this is just, idk but man, what is rockstar doing with this? I know they want to separate themselves from Remedy in making this but FFS just make a new IP

whylekat @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:54PM

Totally agree. They completely done away with everything that made the first 2 games great. The character looks nothing like the original, the world looks wayy too bright & colorful, and noir is thrown out the window..

Just take this same game and rename it a new franchise all together. It's gonna try and sell on the max payne name alone but I bet it'll be just a generic 3rd person shooter And bomb.

With every bit of new info released, my care about it drops significantly.

Omega2k3 @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:54PM

http://www.joystiq.com/photos/max-payne-3/2101962/

That looks pretty fuckin' noir to me, Wayne.

whylekat @ Jun 23rd 2009 5:06PM

It's funny cause every other shot in the lineup looks utterly NOT noir. You see 1 siloutted screen and the rest are all complete opposite..

Don't be dumb, just join us in bashing the new look and agree it should just be a new IP all together. Cause this is ruining my childhood. Max Payne 3 should have been set in some dirty city street and 90% at night. Not bright and sunny venezuala or wherever the gay this is.

I refuse to believe Remedy would have taken the franchise on this ridiculous venture.

Professor Lario @ Jun 23rd 2009 5:29PM

I agree Wayne - this isn't my Max Payne.

It's Uncharted. Even look at the stance of the bad guy in this shot.
http://www.joystiq.com/photos/max-payne-3/2101963/

Oh, and I LOVE Uncharted, but I don't want it in my Max Payne.

MichaelG @ Jun 23rd 2009 5:58PM

I think there's too much emphasis on the "noir aesthetic" in this conversation. Go back and look at Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, or even The Maltese Falcon. All very well-lit pictures. The "darkness" of film noir was inside of people who make deals to end human lives. People whose optimistic days were long behind them. People like Max.

That isn't to say that this game definitely won't be an abomination. But I'm still looking forward to seeing where they go from here.

Captain Planet @ Jun 23rd 2009 7:13PM

It was that damn Marky Mark I tells ya...

aristokrat @ Jun 23rd 2009 7:24PM

Part of the noir aesthetic was doing dirty deeds at night, thus the famous eye-highlighting light bar across characters faces. Without shadows (and the darkness that creates them), the visual imagery of the scene doesn't depict the all encompassing darkness of the absurd world noir was trying to portray. The characters weren't supposed to be all bad people, just normal people who got caught up in bad things that were out of their control, and the use nighttime settings helped reinforce those ideas. A lot of the intervening scenes happen during the day, but a lot of the pivotal scenes happen at night. Look at Chinatown, investigation during the day, action during the night. Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, The Big Sleep, Out of the Past, Maltese Falcon; all the big, memorable scenes happen at night, with the director framing the shots within the darkness.

ducttapeBigSexy @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:31PM

Still not as great as the time Map Quest told me to drive directly through a Home Depot.

Uncontrol @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:34PM

That's what makes it a quest!

alienterrorist @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:42PM

WOW LMFAO!
If it is alot more like uncharted, is that a bad thing? Uncharted was a great game!

arkweld @ Jun 23rd 2009 6:31PM

well it wouldn't be half as bad if, you know, there wasn't another Uncharted game due out very soon, that looks the same.

ragetek @ Jun 24th 2009 3:07AM

@alienterrorist, how about if halo or god of war or some other franchise were set in such a similar environment? thats exactly the problem. this is not being max-payne-like at all. Uncharted is great, but thats not what we expect from a max payne game. you'd know if you played the first two games.

Crusty Magic @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:31PM

As long as its fun, that's all I really care about.

Residentevil72501 (PSN: rankore) @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:32PM

At least the game looks beautiful. I know its not dark and gritty like the old ones but that does not mean it can't be badass. Uncharted was all bright and colorful and when those damn monster things started chasing me in that damn mine I was like OH shit! So hey it could hold some nice suprises. Wait... I just compared Max Payne to Uncharted WTF! Oh well im getting this game anyway I love Max Payne.

Shagittarius @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:32PM

Needs moar gut!

Yingerman @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:32PM

He needs a tan on his bicep. He's as white there as most of us gamers!

Danzaiver @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:34PM

The favelas look ok lol

j.howlett @ Jun 23rd 2009 5:33PM

that's where my mind went. i was just watching city of men

James MacWico @ Jun 23rd 2009 6:07PM

Actually, they look like Rio de Janeiro favelas, and they are not like those in São Paulo (i.e. on hills). Anyway, they are once again making one of the biggest country in the world look like its most famous city. Developers could use some wikipedia from time to time.

James MacWico @ Jun 23rd 2009 6:16PM

One more thing, the real São Paulo looks a LOT like NYC, it is a very gritty, gray city. It definitely does not look tropical in any way. I wonder why they would put it in São Paulo (the largest city in the southern hemisphere with 22mil people) and make it look like the amazon. It's really stupid...

Danzaiver @ Jun 23rd 2009 6:32PM

Most people in this world think that South America is a jungle with no buildings or roads.

I didn't knew about that, James thnx for the info.

Mouthsmasher @ Jun 23rd 2009 7:12PM

Sao Paulo does have a ton of sky scrapers and large buildings, but it looks nothing like NYC. Some parts are highly urban, but other parts, particularly on the outskirts are full of foliage and favelas. Although the city isn't nearly as hilly and mountainous as Rio, there's still plenty of hills wih favelas on them in the city.