I'm thinking of buying Max Payne 3.

[Paratech2008]

I'm thinking of buying the game. I'm on the fense regarding buying it.
I'm interested in gamers who purchased the game opinion.

[Pajak]

Its 4 bucks..has a great story...what more do you want?

[Uranius Johnson]

I think the story's just ok. I like Max himself but the game's trying ludicrously hard to hit me over the head with its "rich people are terrible!" left wing propaganda, and it's starting to annoy the hell out of me. Seriously, like every other 5 minutes someone says something about "evil right wingers." Politics is not what I was looking for in this game, especially not politics as biased as this. There's no real depth to it. All they do is show you these spoiled brats with lots of money and then contrast them with these dirt poor people in Brazilian slums and jump to the conclusion that "yep...rich people are the problem here."

The gameplay's pretty solid, though. It does an adequate job of making you feel like a pro so I appreciate that at least. Graphics and performance are excellent as well.

It's definitely worth the 4 dollars of entry.

[Paratech2008]

Thanks for the feedback. I decided to buy the game.

I don't agree with the politics 'all rich people are evil.' but this is fictional, and I try and not take such stuff too seriously.

I purchased the base game. I don't care to play MP, so I didn't think I needed the dlc.

I have Max Payne and Max Payne 2 as well. Should I play them before Max Payne 3?

[troylights]

MP and MP2 were great games. You really should have played them to get the back story.

[Xenodevil]

you dont have to play the 1st and 2nd to understand whats going on as its a completly new story in another chapter of max's life get this game now while its so cheap and jump on deathmatch

[HK-47]

Originally posted by Paratech2008:

I'm thinking of buying the game. I'm on the fense regarding buying it.
I'm interested in gamers who purchased the game opinion.

I wrote a negative review but it does not show. As a matter of fact there is not a single negative review shown for Max Payne 3. Coincidence?

Anyway, here is what I wrote in the review, hope it helps:

I DO NOT RECOMMEND this game to true fans of Max Payne 1 and 2. Game has lost its dark tone -- you no longer feel like you are alone against the world "thanks" to "helpfull" non-player characters literally bossing you through an excessively cinematic-driven story, linear play, no save ability, sparse checkpoints, and enemy AI which can sometimes make you swear even on Easy difficulty.

To top it off, you have to register for Rockstar Social Club, tie that registration to your Steam account, and log in every time -- even to play a single-player game.

As a long-time fan of Max Payne 1 and Max Payne 2 games, I am severely disappointed with this consolized, multi-playerized, half-arsed game.

Thanks to Valve and their amazing discounts at least I did not burn too much money, but if I knew how bad the game is beforehand (my bad, should have done my homework), I wouldn't have purchased it even at that price point because it is just not worth that much.

If you were a fan of noir and trippy atmosphere in the prequels, better save your money and your memory of Max instead of insulting yourself with this garbage.

[Litwick]

Originally posted by HK-47:

Originally posted by Paratech2008:

I'm thinking of buying the game. I'm on the fense regarding buying it.
I'm interested in gamers who purchased the game opinion.

I wrote a negative review but it does not show. As a matter of fact there is not a single negative review shown for Max Payne 3. Coincidence?

Anyway, here is what I wrote in the review, hope it helps:

I DO NOT RECOMMEND this game to true fans of Max Payne 1 and 2. Game has lost its dark tone -- you no longer feel like you are alone against the world "thanks" to "helpfull" non-player characters literally bossing you through an excessively cinematic-driven story, linear play, no save ability, sparse checkpoints, and enemy AI which can sometimes make you swear even on Easy difficulty.

To top it off, you have to register for Rockstar Social Club, tie that registration to your Steam account, and log in every time -- even to play a single-player game.

As a long-time fan of Max Payne 1 and Max Payne 2 games, I am severely disappointed with this consolized, multi-playerized, half-arsed game.

Thanks to Valve and their amazing discounts at least I did not burn too much money, but if I knew how bad the game is beforehand (my bad, should have done my homework), I wouldn't have purchased it even at that price point because it is just not worth that much.

If you were a fan of noir and trippy atmosphere in the prequels, better save your money and your memory of Max instead of insulting yourself with this garbage.

I can't tell if this post is satire or not.

[Relicc]

I don't know what that guy is talking about, MP3 is great for MP fans. No dark tone? Because it wasn't set in the snow at night?

[Zurvan]

Lol copy paste from another similar thred

I seriously don't understand the hat for this game. Yes it is different from MP1 and 2, but hey what did you expect? It is not developed by Remedy any more. This game feels a lot more like Rockstar game meaning it's famous for its action/movie style dialogues and scenes. Still the game is one hell of a ride and deals with a lot of modern social issues. It's just not personal anymore meaning not all about Max Payne.

And about the R* social club yes it sucks but I (and 30 or so more people in our group) don't have any issue with it. Is it bad? Yes because even if the game is on Steam, R* uses its own DRM (so you get double DRM). Is it broken completely? No because you are able to play after registering the game. But you have to manage friends, game invites etc via R* social club and sadly not via Steam itself.

But if you can buy the complete pack because it's cheap as hell and you get some really fun online modes/maps. BE AWARE THAT STEAM HAS RAN OUT OF KEYS. So you have to wait to play this game!!!!

Also join our group if you want :p

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/TripleBs

[BLADE RUNNER]

My review. Idiotic AI, jittery mouse controls, mission triggers are bugged requiring a level restart , no load save, buggy cover system, contrived story. Its the death of the franchise.

[Gloomseeker]

Bought it 20 hours ago, took 6 hours to download, played 1 hour. The game looks fine. Cutscenes are a bit long but they hide loading screens so it's ok. All in all it's a pretty good deal considering the sale.

The Rockstar DRM is a nuisance but it works. The real problem is enabling DX11. After a google search I've found that you have to launch the game with this line (launch options in properties):

-dx11 -adapter 3

Simply using the DX11 setting in game won't work.

[Archangel138]

You made the right choice in buying this game. Cool story and some of the best bullet physics around.

[Nettacki]

Originally posted by Relicc:

I don't know what that guy is talking about, MP3 is great for MP fans. No dark tone? Because it wasn't set in the snow at night?

HK-47 is wrong. This game does in fact have a dark tone. In fact, it's *too* dark, darker than even the first two games. Characters die left and right with little development and Max himself constantly talks about how much of a piece of ♥♥♥♥ he is. The game is more than willing to throw the worst that Sao Paulo has in store for us at every opportunity, from the poor people in the slums to the nasty people that you face in battle. Eventually, it just becomes a nonstop cavalcade of grimness, and it's hard to root for anybody.

Unless by "dark tone," he meant "the setting isn't set in nighttime NYC anymore." In which case, he might be correct.

At least the first two games had some humor in it, enough to create some genuinely funny moments that lighten up the situation a bit (Max's second nightmare sequence in the first game, for example). And at least in those games, Max spent less time ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and moaning about himself and more time focusing on the situation at hand.

All in all, this is NOT good for MP fans. All the problems with its tone combined with the long, nigh unskippable cutscenes with weird-ass effects makes it bad for all of them.

[Methtical20CM]

I ain't buy this game just because the creator of Max Payne character, world and story Sam Lake didn't work at all at this game...they should stop at Max Payne 2...it would have been one of the most incredible stories, or they should have let Sam Lake to continues his work on his creation. So i don't recommended to you if u trully love the story of Max Payne.

[TonZa]

Bought the game year ago, played total of 11 minutes in title noticing you cannot even exit the damn game if you don't have retarded club account, got utterly disgusted of them forcing me to join in something i don't even want to hear about. In my opinion Rockstar are bunch of thieves who stole my money and all they suggest through support is to join the club, basically showing middle finger in my face so no i have no good opinion about this game.