The multiplayer for the game while some may consider an afterthought is actually shockingly deep for this kind of game. The soundtrack is worth listening to on its own merits. The main theme to the game TEARS which features in the trailer plays close to the end of the game in a genuinely special moment, that sadly I cannot talk about without releasing spoilers. The music ranges from emotionally crippling melodies that accompany Max’s self hating monologues, the rampant club music for huge scale shootouts. American noise rock band HEALTH composed the soundtrack for the game and a wonderful job they have done with it. With this been such a story driven experience with huge claims to its cinematic qualities, the importance of its soundtrack cannot be understated. Max’s clothes change from level to level so it’s nice to not always be looking at the same exact model every mission (he even changes his hair).Īnother big aspect of the game is its Soundtrack. The character models are at some points disturbingly real, and the lip syncing is spot on, even during gameplay. However this can feel like a double edged sword as all of the environments are corridors there is no open environments, while there is slight branching paths to discover collectables, health and ammo there is no exploration here. The environments that you will be shooting up are all beautifully design and vary, featuring a football stadium, a brothel located in a slum, a police station, and personal favourite a night club. Max Payne 3’s Graphics and textures are some of the best I have seen and stand to prove the current generation of consoles are not done yet. Bullet Time is stored in a metre making it a useful precious resource that mixes up gunfights. When that doesn’t work you have to switch to Max’s Bullet Time, Bullet Time allows you to slow down time and dive through the air, or simply run towards enemies in slow motion. Max Payne 3 is primarily cover based shooter which features you popping in and out of cover taking shots at available targets. A 3rd person shooter is becoming somewhat of a rare breed in games, except the Xbox exclusive Gears of War franchise the movement to 1st person is almost unanimous. The gameplay in Max Payne 3 is crafted to an extremely high standard it is refined to near perfection making it the pinnacle of its genre. Max is the perfect portrait of a broken man, a bald angry man fuelled by painkillers and alcohol tortured by the loss of his wife and daughter. Max Payne 3 is a breath of fresh air in the current landscape of video games, with more and more games focusing on multiplayer and generic space marines blowing up targets dictated by a radio it’s nice to play as a character worth investing time into.

This story is told through beautifully directed cutscenes and monologues performed brilliantly by Max’s voice actor James McCaffrey, all wrapped up in a crime noir sheen perfectly crafted by Rockstar games. He is working as private security for the Branco family, until he gets caught up in a war for power and money. We find Max in Sao Paulo, Brazil, addicted to painkillers and alcohol while still trying to forget his hunting past. Max Payne 3 is set 9 years after the events of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. 'There are two kinds of people: ones that are trying to build their future and ones that are trying to rebuild their past.'

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