Max Payne 3 announced!

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http://ir.take2games.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=372139
http://www.rockstargames.com/maxpayne3/

The award-winning Max Payne franchise put players in the role of Max Payne, a hard-boiled New York City detective with a penchant for violence, out to avenge the death of his family. The latest installment delivers more of the classic elements and hyper-intense action that fans have come to love, while moving the story of Max in a new direction.

"We’re starting a new chapter of Max's life with this game," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "This is Max as we’ve never seen him before, a few years older, more world-weary and cynical than ever. We experience the downward spiral of his life after the events of Max Payne 2 and witness his last chance for salvation."

Since leaving the NYPD and New York itself behind, Max has drifted from bad to worse. Double-crossed and a long way from home, Max is now trapped in a city full of violence and bloodshed, using his weapons and instincts in a desperate search for the truth and a way out.

Max Payne 3 will be available in winter 2009 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.


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Please don't mess this great IP up Rockstar! This series is a classic!
 
Awesome! But why with each series does he look more and more unlike the original Max Payne? I loved the first character, why must they deviate? :)
 
Euphoria, MMC (hopefully) and hopefully PhysX (Havok more likely tho :() are perfect for this game

Hope they keep the gameplay virtually the same, only updating it a bit
 
Great! I hope it turns out well! I really enjoyed the previous MP games.
 
Brownstone said:
Euphoria, MMC (hopefully) and hopefully PhysX (Havok more likely tho :() are perfect for this game
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Damn I wish they would use PhysX, but Havok was in MP2 and it's still going pretty strong. I'll see if I can talk those guys at Remedy to use it, seeing as I'm Finnish too an' all :p
Edit: shit, it's not developed by Remedy. :mad: This game will suck.
 
inotocracy said:
Awesome! But why with each series does he look more and more unlike the original Max Payne? I loved the first character, why must they deviate? :)
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Dude the first Max Payne looked like he was CONSTANTLY high. Even when *spoilers*















*Spoilers* found this baby dead and did his "NOOOOOOO!" face. He still looked fucking high.
 
No Remedy, no care. Call me a cynic, but my hopes were killed when I saw who was developing this.
 
Hopefully it will be as fun as the first one. Now that was a fun game!
 
Brilliant news. :D I hope it will buck the trend and not suck like every other multi-platform release.
 
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This is great news, I loved the first two games, especially the first one. I always liked the comic feel to it, the writing was always excellent and poetic.

My favorite part was when he was telling himself "Max your in a video game" after issued an overdose of Valkyr That really made the character "real".
 
But why with each series does he look more and more unlike the original Max Payne? I loved the first character, why must they deviate?
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In first game the model used for Max was based on one of the makers of the game, I forget which. When the second game came out it was a different group doing the game. They didn't want any potential legal issues coming up because the original model was based on an actual person not just something an artist came up with so they just got a couple real life models and made mona and a new max.
 
Brownstone said:
Euphoria, MMC (hopefully) and hopefully PhysX (Havok more likely tho :() are perfect for this game

Hope they keep the gameplay virtually the same, only updating it a bit
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Doubtful they'll go with Physx, I highly doubt it since they've licensed Euphoria/natural motion for future upcoming titles.
Can't find a link right now, but i'm sure a google will turn up something.
 
JayteeBates said:
In first game the model used for Max was based on one of the makers of the game, I forget which. When the second game came out it was a different group doing the game. They didn't want any potential legal issues coming up because the original model was based on an actual person not just something an artist came up with so they just got a couple real life models and made mona and a new max.
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Yeah, pretty much all the comics used the developer's faces/bodies. I actually liked that they used themselves, added a nice touch to it :)
 
JayteeBates said:
In first game the model used for Max was based on one of the makers of the game, I forget which. When the second game came out it was a different group doing the game. They didn't want any potential legal issues coming up because the original model was based on an actual person not just something an artist came up with so they just got a couple real life models and made mona and a new max.
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Fair enough, but why does he have to look sooo much older?
 
sweet!!! i've been waiting for this for FAR too long!!

i loved the first two and lost count how many times i've played through them!
 
Roliath said:
Doubtful they'll go with Physx, I highly doubt it since they've licensed Euphoria/natural motion for future upcoming titles.
Can't find a link right now, but i'm sure a google will turn up something.
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weird, these links say that euphoria has integrated physx into the engine.

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/19037/NaturalMotion-at-the-2009-Game-Developers-Conference/

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16856

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/naturalmotion-unveils-morpheme-physx-compatibility

http://www.edge-online.com/news/naturalmotion’s-new‬-morpheme-gets-physx‭
 
Hmm. I'm not, repeat, not crazy about Remedy not being involved with this. (Though I understand, since they're probably still hip-deep in Alan Wake.) But I'm willing to give Rockstar Vancouver a chance; there are certainly worse dev teams out there.

Having said that, I'm going to be really disappointed if they don't bring back James McCaffrey as the voice of Max (from MP2). I doubt we'll get anything as cool as "the genius of the hole" out of this...so at least give us the voice.
 
Man, Max Payne gets his ass kicked so bad in 1 and 2, what's left of the poor bastard for them to grind down in MP3?
 
So in max payne 3, He starts stealing cars and shooting civilians?
 
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