[Dr Zhivago]

Multiplayer skin

Cheers, I thought I'd missed something :)

[Gui_PT]

Plot was a bit meh, I had no idea who Becker was or why I needed to kill him.

So you paid no attention to the game?

[Loudninja]

I am on chapter 5, how many chapters are their again?

[Eurocult]

Just finished the campaign. Action game of this gen for me. Doubtful that I'll be jumping into the multiplayer, most of the time it's just not for me.

[Jay-B]

I am on chapter 5, how many chapters are their again?

XIV I think.

[Loudninja]

XIV I think.

Nice still got awhile to go, really enjoying the game.

[Steve McQueen]

Finished the SP. Really fantastic game although there are way too many cutscenes and Max should just keep quiet sometimes. And sometimes it takes a shitload of bullits to kill someone. But nitpickin aside, I really love this game. Next is the MP.

[Jack Scofield]

By the way what was up with those distortion effects during cutscenes? Goddamn annoying.

Finished the SP. Really fantastic game although there are way too many cutscenes and Max should just keep quiet sometimes. And sometimes it takes a shitload of bullits to kill someone. But nitpickin aside, I really love this game. Next is the MP.

I had the same problem until I realized the enemies were wearing body armor. Go for headshots.

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

By the way what was up with those distortion effects during cutscenes? Goddamn annoying.

It's Max's perception of the world, considering he's either drunk, hungover, or in the midst of detoxing through the game.

So you paid no attention to the game?

Sounds like it.

[Con_Smith]

Anyone else having freezing issues with multiplayer? I installed disk one on the box and it seems to have helped a little, but man. Something about this game seems to cause my xbox to act real sluggish aftafterwards.

Also i hate how i can't join in games with neogang members that arent on my xbox friendlist. I really want to join the fight with some of you guys and it sucks i can't ust hop in and slow mo blast fools with bros.
I suggest we have neogang nights where we crew up and take some crews out and score big on the leaderboards. I wanna see neogang leading when gta5 hits.

[Gen X]

Game is starting to piss me off now with its poor matchmaking. Had a few rounds in a row in the same lobby that wentsomething like this.

Team #1

lvl 16 Me
lvl 4 Guy
lvl 7 Guy

vs

Team #2

lvl 29 Guy
lvl 28 Guy
lvl 24 Guy
lvl 19 Guy

Only way I can see it kept pairing up the higher levels was because they could've been in a party or something, but still. I think Halos matchmaking has spoiled me and I expect better from other games. :/

[Montresor]

Gang Wars + Payne Killer are awesome modes.

I've been sticking to Gang Wars though, trying to get a shutout, and I was really close. Fudge. That one will probably take awhile.

[Schweini]

Gang Wars + Payne Killer are awesome modes. I've been sticking to Gang Wars though, trying to get a shutout, and I was really close. Fudge.

I love Payne Killer. It's awesome being Max Payne, sometimes I even hide from the other guys so they don't kill me. :lol

[pakkit]

Personally, THIS is my favorite song in the soundtrack. The icy cold 80s synths are just so depressing, and fit the ambiance of the level very well.

[Gui_PT]

Personally, THIS is my favorite song in the soundtrack. The icy cold 80s synths are just so depressing, and fit the ambiance of the level very well.

My favorite too! It's so simple but I can't stop listening to it!

[JB1981]

By the way what was up with those distortion effects during cutscenes? Goddamn annoying. I had the same problem until I realized the enemies were wearing body armor. Go for headshots.

Seems inspired by Tony Scott and Man on Fire. I think it works well actually I like it

[Net_Wrecker]

Personally, THIS is my favorite song in the soundtrack. The icy cold 80s synths are just so depressing, and fit the ambiance of the level very well.

Either that or THIS is my favorite. It's like a classic John Carpenter track in 2012. So good. Both set the tone wonderfully.

[Radogol]

Personally, THIS is my favorite song in the soundtrack. The icy cold 80s synths are just so depressing, and fit the ambiance of the level very well.

Which level does it play on?

[Ridley327]

Which level does it play on?

Chapter 11.

[vatstep]

Personally, THIS is my favorite song in the soundtrack. The icy cold 80s synths are just so depressing, and fit the ambiance of the level very well.

I'm inclined to agree. Right when you gain control at the start of the chapter and the first note hits, I was like, "fuck, shit is getting REAL".

[Zeliard]

End game spoilers: I dunno. I think the game really does cheapen out, so to speak. The whole game Max does nothing but talk about this inescapable downward spiral he's caught in, how he's on a suicide mission, how he can't win...and then, in the end, he does. My favorite moment in the game is when Police Dude and Evil Brazilian escape in Chapter 13 and we just see pure frustration from Max. It fits his character. It makes sense. Then it is kinda all undone in the next chapter. It's a video game, so I get it. But Rockstar just refuses to give us the bittersweet ending we deserve. After all, who gives a shit that some rich fucks got killed? Did you care about Fabiana? I didn't. I cared about Max and he, I think, didn't get what he wanted-- to die.

Just beat it, and yeah I definitely agree with your main point here. At the same time I think it's less about really cheapening out than just the basic reality of it being a video game franchise that has to continue, and Max is the star attraction. I think Rockstar would have definitely killed him off - and they've shown in the past that they don't necessarily have a problem doing that at all - but Max Payne has to keep going, basically, and you can't kill this particular protagonist without killing the franchise as a whole.

I agree it would have fit the story much better and ended up quite poignant, but in the end I understand why they didn't do it.

I loved Max's character in this game; this is probably my favorite protagonist to come out of this generation, and he's vastly more interesting than in Remedy's games (though I think a modern Remedy Max Payne game would spruce up the characterization a lot more than before). It isn't too often that we get a protagonist who is genuinely remorseful for his actions. Loved his commentary throughout the game as well; it was both darkly amusing and gave us great insight into his character and how he felt about all the shit that was happening.

I also really enjoyed the sort of double twist with Passos. Throughout the game you think "well this guy is clearly gonna betray Max or he's up to something otherwise fucked up, and at first it's revealed that something similar was the case, but then it twists again to reveal that he actually really isn't that bad a guy at all and was an unwitting participant in the grand scheme much like Max, and ends up helping Max again towards the end.

Loved the music as well, as has been pointed out many times by others. Rockstar never fails to disappoint there.

[ACES11]

Wow is the MP bad. The bursts are awful (especially the one that makes your entire team enemies), it's horribly unbalanced, it gives new players no shot against anyone who has better guns (levels 30 above have a huge advantage), and the spawns are awful sometimes.

SP was one of my favourite stories in a long time but the MP is just not much fun at all. Awful.

[Montresor]

This is my favourite exchange in the game:

"Yeah yeah but how we gonna know who wacked him?"

"I got hollow points."

"Look, we all got hollow points"

"Look, we split the bounty, nice and even. Alright? Alright, fair."

"Do I look like a fucking socialist to you? It ain't gonna work."

"We'll work it out together. Okay? Look, cuz, how long we been doing this?"

"I'm not giving no handouts."

"I'm not asking for a handout."

Or something to that effect. And then one of them gets shot in the head, and they casually say, just look, just look, and send goons after Passos. Heh, so awesome.

[willooi]

I love the NY Minute and Score Attack modes in this game so much, and the contrasting strategy required between the two: Running and gunning headshots and melee as much as possible with no time to stop for anything versus picking shots carefully and chaining them while trying to never miss. Frustration and addiction going hand in hand.

Made it to number 1 on Xbox for the first favela stage, Chapter VII, with 97645 points. C'mon competition!

[Fjordson]

Holy shit. Just saw a Merill Lynch commercial on TV, and I'm positive James McCaffrey was doing the voice over for it.

[Schweini]

What are you guys K/D ratio on multiplayer?

Mine is a disappointing 0.69. I started like this on GoW3 then turned it around nicely, don't know if that'll be the case here.

[Tokubetsu]

What are you guys K/D ratio on multiplayer? Mine is a disappointing 0.69. I started like this on GoW3 then turned it around nicely, don't know if that'll be the case here.

I never win wagers =/

[taoofjord]

By far one of the most stylish games around. Not that I expect anything but from Rockstar. It's beautiful, the movement and combat feels good, and the story and cutscenes were fantastic. But god, I never expected to be so freaking tired of the game about halfway in. It pained me to play it through to the end (especially the last two missions which went on forever).

The room after room of baddies really wore me down and far too many scenarios seemed to discourage shootdodging. If they do another I'd like some more varied combat scenarios with a focus on being dynamic and being able to use shootdodge and acrobatics in interesting ways. It should keep you moving and fighting in a stylish way. And, of course, more cinematic pacing within the gameplay, with some slight exploration/slower sections.

[reggie]

Finished this a few days ago. The game never really clicked with me although I did somewhat enjoy it. Didn't care about any of the characters by the end though. I also thought they over did it with the visual effects, yes we get it, Max is fucked up, we don't need a visual cue every fucking second.

They also fucked up with the background loading, I wanted to play through again on a harder difficulty but I can't be fucked being forced to watch every single cutscene again, not to say that the cutscenes are bad, just that I should be able to skip them on subsequent playthroughs.

I'm glad I bought it but at the end of the day I don't see what everyone else sees.

Also, soundtrack was awesome.

[eternaLightness]

I beat the game yesterday and enjoyed it overall. I found the game to be more fun while using pistols. Finally getting used to the controls, the game just felt awesome getting headshots from afar with my pistol. Really loved the whole style and flow of the game and the music was really good. Will probably start a new game on harder difficulty later this week.

Played a few round of multiplayer, both soft-aim and free mode, and soft-aim is no fun at all. No challenger whatsoever. Was just getting kills like it was nothing. Free mode is definitely more challenging and fun. I found myself getting into rhythm quite early on and even managed to come back from some pretty big leads. I'm liking it more than I thought I would actually.

[Jarmel]

Ok seriously what the fuck. I've spend half the game shooting through a thousand goons trying to save Fabriana just for Max to walk into a room like a dumbass and have her get shot in the head. Now I have to start this shit over again with the sister and douche bag I've already rescued? I think I'm finished.

Yea that was a particularly shitty sequence.

[taoofjord]

Finished this a few days ago. The game never really clicked with me although I did somewhat enjoy it. Didn't care about any of the characters by the end though. I also thought they over did it with the visual effects, yes we get it, Max is fucked up, we don't need a visual cue every fucking second. They also fucked up with the background loading, I wanted to play through again on a harder difficulty but I can't be fucked being forced to watch every single cutscene again, not to say that the cutscenes are bad, just that I should be able to skip them on subsequent playthroughs. I'm glad I bought it but at the end of the day I don't see what everyone else sees. Also, soundtrack was awesome.

I'm pretty sure you CAN skip cutscenes once it's done loading. Just keep mashing the buttons.

[reggie]

I'm pretty sure you CAN skip cutscenes once it's done loading. Just keep mashing the buttons.

Yeah but it still takes forever doesn't it?

[Gen X]

What are you guys K/D ratio on multiplayer? Mine is a disappointing 0.69. I started like this on GoW3 then turned it around nicely, don't know if that'll be the case here.

Started out pretty bad, around 0.50 but slowly working my way up now. Hopefully I should be around 1.00 by the end of the week.

I hate dual wielding.

[Net_Wrecker]

I hate dual wielding.

Using it or because it's used against you?

[BagSquad]

If you want less unskippable cutscenes, play the arcade mode, it skips straight to the action.

[Teknoman]

Maybe have Simo knockout the bottom 20 in the Gang leader boards every couple weeks. Also, has a PC gang been created?

I thought the crew was for all 3 versions?

[Gen X]

Using it or because it's used against you?

Both. Although I do think dual Uzis/MAC-10 are too accurate, those guns are more like a spray'n'pray when using one in each hand.

[mickcenary]

Both. Although I do think dual Uzis/MAC-10 are too accurate, those guns are more like a spray'n'pray when using one in each hand.

Isn't the whole schtick that everything's meant to be super-accurate? I'm not knocking this at all; just more or less pointing out that the game hardly take's Max diving whichever-ways and bullet-spread into account.

[NoizyChild]

So I booted the game up tonight and there was an 11 MB patch.

Anyone know what it's for?

[vatstep]

So I booted the game up tonight and there was an 11 MB patch. Anyone know what it's for?

I don't think they ever released patch notes, they just stated "various bug fixes". I do know that it didn't fix the screwed up sniper aiming when using inverted controls. I should probably just wait until they take care of that (hopefully soon) before trying to get the Passos achievement. :(

[keltickennedy]

Holy shit. Just saw a Merill Lynch commercial on TV, and I'm positive James McCaffrey was doing the voice over for it.

Signs that you have been playing nothing but Max Payne. Hahaha. I own personal inner monologues are now voiced by him.

[Gen X]

Isn't the whole schtick that everything's meant to be super-accurate? I'm not knocking this at all; just more or less pointing out that the game hardly take's Max diving whichever-ways and bullet-spread into account.

I understand what you're saying but I am not talking about the diving mechanics and slow-mo. When you're hit from halfway across the map with dual MACs and die, well, I dunno but on my end it registers as me being a bullet sponge even though there is no assistance from anyone else.

[ShipTheCheese]

Man, I don't know what the fuck is going on, but ever since I installed the new patch that was released on xbox live, SP has been buggy as shit. Four complete freeze-ups during cut scenes, and two instances of maps not loading properly. I played through the entire game without a single hiccup before, and now this patch is fucking everything up! ffffffuuuu!

[Patrick Bateman]

Personally, THIS is my favorite song in the soundtrack. The icy cold 80s synths are just so depressing, and fit the ambiance of the level very well.

Yep, that was cool, when this song came up.

And I still can't tell you enough how much I like HEALTH's Tears:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEH_LSL4rVw

[iNvid02]

i dont get why the mp is a wasteland (at least on PSN)

i dont think there is a region restriction, so why is there only 5,000 people active - are the playlist counts wrong?

would be a shame to see this mp become deserted because it can be really fun

[equil]

Has anyone noticed the effects of "Urban Camo"? And is it always on if i have it equipped?

[MMaRsu]

Has anyone noticed the effects of "Urban Camo"? And is it always on if i have it equipped?

The effects are that players are less likely to spot you cause of the name that will go above your head will disappear I think. I always have it on :).

[SafeinSound]

i dont get why the mp is a wasteland (at least on PSN) i dont think there is a region restriction, so why is there only 5,000 people active - are the playlist counts wrong? would be a shame to see this mp become deserted because it can be really fun

It's not really all that popular on 360 either. There is more people than that, but it's definitely not as much as I thought there would be. Considering how GTA4 and RDR were both very popular.

[Dr Zhivago]

So you paid no attention to the game?

No, I just thought the story was poorly told. I'm not the only one who thinks this.