Nine years after the events of <a href=">Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003), Max finds himself living a degenerative lifestyle, addicted to painkillers and alcohol in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, while trying to forget the past that haunts him. Employed by real estate mogul Rodrigo Branco, Max works in private security, protecting the wealthy Branco family. But as things go wrong and Rodrigo's wife Fabiana is kidnapped, Max is forced into a deadly new conflict, while relying on the abilities he attained from the experiences of the past he left behind. The ex-cop turned private security guard for a wealthy family in Sao Paulo, Brazil finds himself thrown into a new deadly conflict. Max Payne 3 is one of the greatest games ever made. I recently completed the game on Playstation 3 and was enthralled from beginning to end.<br/><br/> The presentation is great. The environments are varied and paint an accurate representation of Sao Paulo (which is an awesome setting for a video game). I found myself enjoying every single chapter (save for chapter 5 and 11). Sometimes the overly ambitious graphics can lead to some crashes (occurred twice for me). I love the soundtrack it fits PERFECTLY with the gritty story. My favourite songs are the main menu and the airport shootout. The story concludes with a perfect ending in my opinion which won't leave you the least bit unsatisfied. <br/><br/> The story is phenomenal. Max Payne is a bodyguard for Rodrigo Branco and a paramilitary group is after him. After the kidnapping of Fabiana, Rodrigo's sister, a depressed Max must find her. The search for answers that ensues is fantastic. You will want to know what's going on, but once you find out, you'll wish you never asked. The voice acting is top notch. <br/><br/> The best part of the game, for me, was the gameplay. While not groundbreaking, the levels are a blast to play through. Similar to Stranglehold (another game I love), you'll be diving through the air pulling off awesome gunplay. The mechanics are so polished that you truly feel like John Wick, taking down hundreds of enemy thugs. Some of these thugs are smart and the game rewards intelligent strategies. The game always manages to stray away from becoming a repetitive third person shooter. Just when you're getting bored, the game throws a curveball in the form of a fantastic action set piece, a shocking cinematic moment or just amazing level design. I LOVE the animations when Max reloads his guns. However, I have one gripe with the gameplay and that is the boss fights. I really liked the boss fights, but there weren't nearly enough.<br/><br/> So what happens when you put together awesome bloody action gameplay, a gritty, realistic story and intelligent level design? It creates one of the best gaming experiences of all time. <br/><br/>Favourite chapters : 6, 8 & 12. After a long wait the gaming mascot of action games has returned. Picking up the franchise from game developers Remedy, A Rockstar studios collaboration puts out just what old fans have expected from a Max Payne game. Fresh and improvising upon the existing game this is indeed the king of third person action games. Splitting the review into 2 parts as I choose to review games based on the immersion and indeed game play.<br/><br/>Story- A good effort put out by the Rockstar team. Exactly what you would expect from the typical Dan Houser style of writing video game scripts. Max is cynical and the story can take you to certain points where feel he is a little too depressed but then again this is Max Payne. Putting the player in his shoes psychologically is what Rockstar does and it does a good job at that. A good story line that is not bad at all.<br/><br/>The game- Graphically great tagged with great game play that does not get old and fantastic sound shows the overflowing quality of this product in the single player campaign. The added cover system is only a small getaway from the frantic firefights. Its all about keeping the flow and maintaining a good and perfect improvisation for each situation. Just remember control of Max is smooth and once this clicks with the gamer the game begins to shine. A decently lengthy campaign that is well done and will keep you coming back for a few more spins on varying difficulties. The tech used to make the game is good so the enemies don't really do the same things on each play through. Apart from this the variety of levels is beautiful and something only you can expect Rockstar to pull off. Multi-player has not been a category i ventured into much but it is definite to keep you playing over and over again for a good time. Rockstar has done a great job here.<br/><br/>Faults- The lack of dead-man walking. Seriously Rockstar should have considered this mode which throws unlimited enemies to the player. Minor glitches even in the single player version. The almost cut scenes which cant be skipped mostly can be an irritation for the player as you just want to get into the game ASAP at least on second and third play through. A small free roaming environment similar to the Rockstar's game the Warriors would have been a good idea too.<br/><br/>Conclusion- a great game.good value for a game that is released these days. Meaty with single and multi player content that is overflowing with quality. A must buy for third person and action game fans.
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