Max Payne 3 Review
One thing you could count on: you push a man too far, and sooner or later he'd start pushing back
All bursts require Adrenaline, which is earned by taking out other players or, in another cool mechanic, looting fallen enemies for goodies. Players regenerate health very slowly, which makes for a tenser experience than most games these days, so painkillers come in handy and looting them is often a useful risk. There’s also a stamina meter, which refills automatically and drains when you sprint or roll.
Mode-wise, the offerings are decent. Deathmatch and team variation of it is a standard affair, usually scattered across smaller maps from the single player campaign. In Payne Killer, two players assume the roles of main characters from the game and must fight to stay alive against the rest of the players. The two players get special weapons and abilities to help them survive the onslaught, but if they fall the role is given to new players.
Gang Wars is the main attraction of online play, integrating story elements from the campaign and presenting players with random variety of objectives to complete. It’s not unlike the mixed-mode offerings of other online shooters, but it bodes well to include some voiceover from Max and story elements thrown in. For those interested, Crews are groups of players organized via Social Club that can work together in order to earn extra XP and other goodies in the game. They also carry over to Grand Theft Auto V.
Max, the dearest of all my friends, time has not been kind to you. An aging Bruce Willis of sorts, fighting slum gangs and paramilitary troops in South America. It’s a transition that won’t sit well with fans of the original character and noir world that Remedy once created. But if you’re able to get over it, and avoid letting the game pull your memories back in as hard as it sometimes tries, the game can be enjoyable with this new action hero. Those meeting Max for the first time are in the best position here, aside from a few dialogue bits that will fly over your heard, this is an all-out action title that can be easily enjoyed. Tons of cool slo-mo shootouts and a solid story punctuate the experience, though uneven difficulty and one-note mechanics keep the game from reaching the heights of the top crop of shooters. As a new comer to the series, multiplayer offers enough content to keep players busy for a while, with cleverly incorporated mechanics. All in all, Max Payne 3 presents an enjoyable experience, but with some gameplay issues and a new persona on the side.
Our ratings for Max Payne 3 on PlayStation 3 out of 100 (Ratings FAQ)
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