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Max Payne 3 cutscenes? I'm going to sieze or puke.
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i.e. Every Instagram user ever.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I really like all of the cutscenes but they do pull those effects out wayyyy too much.
AND PILLS. THOUSANDS OF THEM! AND WHEN HE'S DRUNK WE HAVE THIS SHITTY NEON FLICKERING EFFECT TO SHOW HE'S GETTING WASTED! BET YOU LIKE THAT, HUH, MAXY BOY?
(Also the writing is shit. It doesn't reach the "All the angels in heaven were taking a piss at the same time" level that Max Payne 1-2 had for Max's verboseness)
Gameplay seems fine, but that isn't really hard to fuck up. The story is where they fucked up (along with Max's redesign), and why I can't really consider Pax Mayne 3 a proper Max Payne.
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Deleted member 81567
Unconfirmed Member
I loved the cutscenes. Captured the vibe of the game perfectly.
I found this to be the game's biggest fault -- the cutscenes, in their overabundance, encroach on events that really don't call for them.
Haunted
Member
Dehumanizer
Member
I don't know how flashing colors is supposed to make you feel like Max wants a drink. It's not like they went away when Max was drunk or drugged off his mind. They were just a pure annoyance. The inability to turn them off was a giant fuck you to the part of their playerbase that didn't want their games to look like puke.
My issue with it isn't that it exists. Clearly some people like it, love it even. My issue is that there's zero chance Rockstar didn't know that people would either hate it or have medical issues with it (me included). But someone there said no--don't give players the option to turn the filter off--this is Max Payne. And that pisses me off.
Yeah if I ever needed to know what it feels to mix 24 different prescription pills with 20 gallons of Jack Daniel's, Max Payne 3 gives me that vibe.
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Deleted member 81567
Unconfirmed Member
It does though. It's just a stream of Max's blurry consciousness throughout the whole game.
Stitch
Gold Member
What? No they aren't.
Finished the game once and loved it overall, both the gameplay and the cutscenes. Replaying it now on hard and can't skip most of the cutscenes until they're halfway done because they are used for loading (on PC too). Now I just browse GAF on my phone while it loads since I still want to play some of the best shooting of this gen.
Stitch
Gold Member
Yeah, it was nice how the game switched to the pistol after most cutscenes, right? Such a good design choice...
No they're not and the game isn't even loading. The harddrive is doing absolutely nothing during the cutscenes.
Yes they are. There is a big green button in the bottom corner that says "skip".
CambriaRising
Member
I think they are awesome and you are crazy town.
Phonomezer
Banned
Just started playing it last week, the cutscenes are OTT.
Have you ever actually tried it? If yes, have you tried it enough to confidently say that applies to "most cutscenes"?
Meccanical
Member
Yeah, can't say I cared for this game much compared to the other two.
It was alright.
It was alright.
I played two days ago and could skip every cutscene in mission 1 except for one in the middle where it said "still loading"....Max was falling into the pool. In mission 2 the only one that I couldn't skip was when Max was jumping to the scaffolding. I was playing Score Attack and New York Minute. I think you can also skip them in the main game, but I never did during my first play through.
Definitely one of the worst games to come out last year thanks to all of the cutscenes and constantly irritating blur that served no purpose. I'm still pretty sure I watched more of the game than I played since it was so short.
Shots of water maybe. He'd be dead by the halfway point of the game otherwise.
Shots of water maybe. He'd be dead by the halfway point of the game otherwise.
I could only skip very short "semi-cutscenes" like Max opening a door. The "story" cutscenes I couldn't skip for the life of me.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
It was definitely overused, but it never bothered me. Still loved the hell out of the game (best in the series!).
Messofanego
Banned
There's lock on in this game? Im playing on PC and its free aim by default. They're still bullet sponges.
That's the experience I had and that's what was reported in the OT when I read it. (Close to launch for PC.)
No they aren't. There's a few select scenes that you can skip while the rest of them are forced.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Headshots works fine for most enemies. There are some (but not the majority) enemies in the latter part of the game that wear helmets that require a few shots before they're killed. Then there are also a few boss type enemies that are indeed bullet sponges, but still the vast majority of enemies in the game will go down with one head shot.
This is probably the most overrated game that I played in 2012 - played for 2 hours and it hasnt entered my 360 since.
If you can call waiting for the game to load skipping a cutscene.
I think it's Chapter 3 that I tried to go back and play (the one with old school max in NY) and the first cutscene of that chapter is like 10 minutes and you cannot skip because the game takes like 10 minutes to load. Some fucking skip function they got there.
legacyzero
Banned
Another reason why Rockstar are idiots for fucking this game up. They couldn't just keep to classic Max Payne.
Neuromancer
Member
Yeah Rockstar went too far on this one. Also the fact that you can't skip cutscenes means I'll never play it again. Good job guys.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
Yeah, I don't quite get the bullet sponge complaints. Pretty much every single enemy goes down in one shot when you get a headshot. Guys in the military or tactical gear might take more hits but thats to be expected. Its not a Far Cry 2 scenario where you can unload multiple rounds into a guy in a t-shirt and he keeps coming at you like nothing is happening. THAT is a bullet sponge game. Maybe its more of a problem using a controller since I'm just playing on PC with mouse and keyboard with free aim, which feels fine.
I only got Max Payne 3 recently, but its by far and away the most reactive shooter I've played in quite some time. So even if some guys take more than a couple shots to take down, they react amazingly to every shot- they clutch their leg or arm, go down and slowly come to their feet. That part is great.
I've not finished the game yet, but the gameplay and shooting feels exceptional. The story and cutscenes are "meh" but the gunplay is great, I just wish they encouraged bullet time more.
This game really just needs Dead Man Walking mode from Max Payne 2- all gunplay, no story.
RustyNails
Member
Yeah, but didn't come close at all to capturing the vibe of Max Payne 1 and 2. I like to think of it as Man on Fire: The game.
