Yeah, it's not much, but at least we know Max isn't dead. Not yet, at least.
Max Payne 3 not dead, presumably trapped in bullet time
by Richard Mitchell 
on Dec 17th 2010 3:20PM
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Yeah, it's not much, but at least we know Max isn't dead. Not yet, at least.
Reader Comments (40)
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 3:23PM Entegy said
Having recently played Max Payne 1 and 2 for the first time, I really have a hard time with this character design. I'm really gonna need to see it in action for it to flow with me.
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 3:55PM solidsnake8282 said
@Entegy
I hear you bro... this picture above is not for Max Payne ... It's for Bruce Willis that time when he lost his razor
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I hear you bro... this picture above is not for Max Payne ... It's for Bruce Willis that time when he lost his razor
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 4:10PM NaeemTHM said
@Entegy
Same here. I imagine out-of-shape Max Payne is going to fail at bullet time like Fat Bastard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f71VqFgwPy4#t=2m08s
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Same here. I imagine out-of-shape Max Payne is going to fail at bullet time like Fat Bastard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f71VqFgwPy4#t=2m08s
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 3:25PM A Sandwich said
He better not be dead! I want to see fat Max in action.
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 7:06PM A Sandwich said
Everybody seems to be doing nothing but complaining. I don't know, guys, Rockstar seems to be on something of a roll. Maybe we should just trust them.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2010 3:30PM Meghterb1985 said
The original Max Pain character is much better than this one.
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 4:41PM ch3burashka said
@Meghterb1985
I'm going to address you and all others who share your opinion. If you had read the Game Informer article, the new look makes perfect sense - all the stuff that happened in New York has hit him hard and he's let himself go. I love the series and the character, and I'd rather see him progress (or degress) than yet again solve a murder mystery in New York as a detective. There'd be no character development if they literally brought him back as he was all those years ago.
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I'm going to address you and all others who share your opinion. If you had read the Game Informer article, the new look makes perfect sense - all the stuff that happened in New York has hit him hard and he's let himself go. I love the series and the character, and I'd rather see him progress (or degress) than yet again solve a murder mystery in New York as a detective. There'd be no character development if they literally brought him back as he was all those years ago.
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 5:06PM Thynnmas said
@ch3burashka If you had played MP2 on the toughest (though still insultingly easy) setting, you would find that Max letting himself go makes no sense (unless they somehow address that ending as well, which I doubt). Not to mention that nothing about his character, or how he handled the events of the first two (especially the first) games indicates he'd just let himself go now.
Give me back the noire feeling of the first two games and another brilliant villain (NH and VL are amongst my favourite villains of all games) and I'll be a happy guy!
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Give me back the noire feeling of the first two games and another brilliant villain (NH and VL are amongst my favourite villains of all games) and I'll be a happy guy!
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 7:09PM potato said
@ch3burashka I'm not against character development, but Max Payne as a series is *all* about the noir. You simply cannot make a MP game set in the colorful jungles of South America and maintain the soul of the series.
I wouldn't mind so much if Max is a beer-bellied drunken loser after the events of MP2, but without New York, without the noir styling, it simply *isn't* Max Payne. It's another game (good or bad) shamelessly cashing off the name.
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I wouldn't mind so much if Max is a beer-bellied drunken loser after the events of MP2, but without New York, without the noir styling, it simply *isn't* Max Payne. It's another game (good or bad) shamelessly cashing off the name.
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 3:35PM Jack Kevorkian said
Marky Mark will be thrilled.
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 3:37PM Mrguy you know that guy said
Development hell. You heard it here first.
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 3:40PM Aerothorn said
I wish he was dead. The original game is a classic, though it's gameplay doesn't hold up as well now as it did. Not seeing this re-launch working, particularly without Sam Lake.
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 3:47PM Anticrawl said
Kinda sucks they turned Max Payne into Jeff Bridges. Not that I don't love him as an actor, I just didn't see the need to so drastically change up Max Payne.
Posted: Dec 18th 2010 5:29PM maveric101 said
@Anticrawl
at least it's better than what happened to Dante.
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at least it's better than what happened to Dante.
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 3:50PM HardBoiled2009 said
i liked the voice of the old Max payne better and i'm NOT liking the new look i like the old look better
now imagine if Uncharted 3 didn't have the Epic Voice of Nolan North as the voice for Drake but replaced with Marky Mark .... oh wait
now imagine if Uncharted 3 didn't have the Epic Voice of Nolan North as the voice for Drake but replaced with Marky Mark .... oh wait
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 4:07PM Liquidfingers said
@HardBoiled2009
how is nolan north's voice "epic"? and the award for the most overused word of the decade goes to....
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how is nolan north's voice "epic"? and the award for the most overused word of the decade goes to....
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 4:59PM HardBoiled2009 said
@Liquidfingers
he does a great job voice acting hell i am playing White Knight Chronicles and i didn't recognize his voice .. the guy is that talented that's he's in ALOT of video games maybe not star characters but he's using his voice none the less.
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he does a great job voice acting hell i am playing White Knight Chronicles and i didn't recognize his voice .. the guy is that talented that's he's in ALOT of video games maybe not star characters but he's using his voice none the less.
Posted: Dec 18th 2010 12:56AM HardBoiled2009 said
@Brook
i couldn't tell it was him till one day i saw his Gaming Resume for Voice Acting .. i never realized it was him. so i thought he did a good job. mind you everyone has their own opinions
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i couldn't tell it was him till one day i saw his Gaming Resume for Voice Acting .. i never realized it was him. so i thought he did a good job. mind you everyone has their own opinions
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 3:53PM Cpt Chaos said
I hope they change the way Max looks really not diggin the bald bearded Max
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 4:11PM Liquidfingers said
dear rockstar,
this isn't max payne...sorry guys, you know i love you deeply, but no one is going to buy this game if he looks like that. now i know that you can't really use the likeness of the original payne because his face was one of the guys in remedy, so you're probably thinking "twat are we going to do?!" well, i have your solution. throw this game out the window and make another manhunt instead. please?
love,
steve
this isn't max payne...sorry guys, you know i love you deeply, but no one is going to buy this game if he looks like that. now i know that you can't really use the likeness of the original payne because his face was one of the guys in remedy, so you're probably thinking "twat are we going to do?!" well, i have your solution. throw this game out the window and make another manhunt instead. please?
love,
steve
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 4:13PM Anticrawl said
Beards are so totally in lately. Everyone at work has one, even the women!
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 4:14PM nicecanofspam said
It better be delayed so they could go back and COMPLETELY change him back to the way that he was, and not this fat, ugly, weird looking guy. Why mess up a successful formula? SERIOUSLY?!
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 4:17PM Cleric said
Maybe we haven't seen it because they brought the original Max Payne back due to overwhelmingly negative response?
Kind of like InFamous 2
Kind of like InFamous 2
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 4:31PM sammo21 said
@Volcon I don't think this is a Rockstar title anymore. I am pretty sure they didn't do the last one.
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 4:34PM ch3burashka said
I was under the impression that it was scheduled for Q4 2011 after its first delay. This probably means it'll come out early 2012.
Can't wait.
Can't wait.
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 4:41PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
@sammo21 well Joystiq damn sure tagged them in it.....as well as put them as the dev....lol are you on mobile?
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 4:42PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
Bullet Time??
Try INCEPTION Time....like 5 layers deep
Try INCEPTION Time....like 5 layers deep
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 4:54PM GMUHistorian said
@sammo21
Incorrect. Sort of.
Rockstar published both Max Payne and Max Payne 2. The difference is that Max Payne and Max Payne 2 were both developed by Remedy. This one's developed by Rockstar Vancouver, which developed Bully. So you're right that the same people who created the franchise aren't involved in this game.
Max Payne 3 got caught in development hell at Remedy (depending on if you believe those rumors) then they started working on Alan Wake.
At that point either Rockstar took development away from Remedy or Remedy gave it up. Either way, MP3 is now in Rockstar Vancouver's hands.
Incorrect. Sort of.
Rockstar published both Max Payne and Max Payne 2. The difference is that Max Payne and Max Payne 2 were both developed by Remedy. This one's developed by Rockstar Vancouver, which developed Bully. So you're right that the same people who created the franchise aren't involved in this game.
Max Payne 3 got caught in development hell at Remedy (depending on if you believe those rumors) then they started working on Alan Wake.
At that point either Rockstar took development away from Remedy or Remedy gave it up. Either way, MP3 is now in Rockstar Vancouver's hands.
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 4:59PM IanC said
Urgh, stop reminding me of this horrible looking sequel.
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 5:04PM BG GRZZ said
Wouldn't it be tight if u started the game as fat Max and progressively get him back to his old figure... I can see it now... Chapter 1: Battle of the Bulge... and the climax would be a final shootout at Bosley Hair Center... Yes, awesome...
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 5:25PM whylekat said
This game still looks terrible. Bring back the Noir setting and mood or rename the friggin' franchise!!
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 6:27PM QuePasa87 said
Change his appearance. I want constipated face back. Or game is fail.
Posted: Dec 17th 2010 6:31PM BustedChain said
Shall we start calling it Max Nukem?
Posted: Dec 18th 2010 4:18AM DMG78 said
Yeah.....and the movie sucked ass also!
Posted: Dec 18th 2010 6:47AM Kyle4 said
While Rockstar may be my favorite developer, Max Payne has always been Remedy's series and this isn't it. Instead of a cool noirish cop we've got a fat bald third person shooter set in bright jungle environments. Seems to me like they're slapping the name on a new franchise which seems unusual for RS to do.
Posted: Dec 18th 2010 6:57PM Man Ho Kim said
holy crap totally forgot about this. glad it's still and hope to see it release in the next year or so.
gotta admit, i like the new character design. yeah he looks like a fat slob and the new form of health recovery will probably be ice cream-filled donuts, but dammit, look at that beard!
gotta admit, i like the new character design. yeah he looks like a fat slob and the new form of health recovery will probably be ice cream-filled donuts, but dammit, look at that beard!
Posted: Dec 20th 2010 4:37AM Design by Adrian said
Maybe delayed before he has to clean and iron his shirt and grow his hair back after his.. uhm.. accident?
