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[Acquiescence]

Actually 'The Hot Spot' and 'Angel Heart' are damn good noir films that take place in the blistering heat, but I agree. This seems like a poor fit for Payne.

I was taking the piss dude. Lawd, I couldn't have laid the sarcasm on any thicker surely.

 

[Andiie]

That art is amazing.

 

[Shaka]

The setting matters more to me in a story driven game than the over the top gameplay.

Max Payne 2:

http://i.d.com.com/i/dl/media/dlimage/89/29/0/89290_large.jpeg[IMG]
[IMG]http://www.nvnews.net/previews/geforce_fx_5950_ultra/images/max_payne2/nv38_max_payne2_2xaa_apaf_1s.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://www.comicbookbin.com/classifieds/pictures/listings/79.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://www.beyond3d.com/images/interviews/MaxPayne2/mp2_2-big.jpg[IMG]


Max Payne 3:

[IMG]http://blogs.afp.com/public/.Brazil_beach_m.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://www.ripten.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/GDC-10-Sony-Pulls-Curtain-Back-on-Motion-Controlled-SOCOM-4.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://theobamapresidency.journalism.cuny.edu/files/2009/11/article-callofduty-420x0.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://rashaentertainment.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ASS-UP-IN-FACE.-JPG.png[IMG]


If the trailer ends up making me eat my words fair enough but fuck this sunny happy go lucky birds flying in the air environment shit.[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://www.abload.de/img/memes-extreme-facepalmlqa3.jpg
Seriously dude?

 

[MMaRsu]

Sethos to the rescue I see.

 

[SamuraiX-]

Oh no! Please don't attempt to do something new with a series! Give me exactly what I had before! Oh God!!

This will forever be the most idiotic type of generalization ever that continues to be reused.

Ever.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

Sethos pic saves this game.

 

[fierrotlepou]

If the trailer doesn't show me noir, I'm going to cry. I'll even take pictures of it.

The boxart alone looks like CRAP.

 

[VibratingDonkey]

Noir has changed.

(I know it's not set in Spain, stop being a pain, to the max...cut me some slacks?)

 

[Roelatie]

Max = Charlie Sheen?

 

[Dabanton]

If the trailer doesn't show me noir, I'm going to cry. I'll even take pictures of it.

The boxart alone looks like CRAP.

It's not boxart

Seems this should be posted in every thread

 

[subversus]

looks like a cover for some low-budget b-tier art-house film about a man drinking himself to death because life was not faaaair.

I mean it's ok but not what Max Payne is about, no offence.

 

[brotkasten]

looks like a cover for some low-budget b-tier art-house film about a man drinking himself to death because life was not faaaair.

I mean it's ok but not what Max Payne is about, no offence.

Like I said, the art is great, except for the font and those two clowns.

 

[Simo]

noon eastern..? when the fuck is that in the UK..? eastern.. come on.. easter bunny.

5pm GMT.

 

[Dachande]

I reckon a lot of people are going to be eating crow on this one when it comes out. I believe.

 

[JumpingTheGun]

Now you just need to make the "Max Payne" letters or at least the "3" the color red.

 

[brotkasten]

I reckon a lot of people are going to be eating crow on this one when it comes out. I believe.

I hope so.

Any words on the PC version? This is one of the games where a delayed PC release isn't acceptable.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

I like how people here think noire is black n white...

 

[Fallout-NL]

I was taking the piss dude. Lawd, I couldn't have laid the sarcasm on any thicker surely.

Actually, I could think of a couple ways.


But yeah, it's really hard to tell sometimes.

 

[bhlaab]

I like how people here think noire is black n white...

"noir" is the french word for black

 

[Marleyman]

Love the art; can't fucking wait for this.

 

[cacildo]

This is São Paulo

HUGE favelas living side by side with luxury condos.

60+% of the city population would like move out of the city, if they could.. And yeah, they made a research asking this.

There´s crime everywhere.

Its the perfect setting for a Max Payne game.

 

[Robot Pants]

whoever keeps adding the pegi ratings to these artworks is doing a great job of stirring up shit.

 

[Blutonium]

"noir" is the french word for black

And 'film' means white.

 

[ShinobiFist]

So hyped for this. I hope is not a sandbox game.....Oh fuck, I think I cursed the series. I need to Un-Voodo this blaspheme saying out of the universe.

 

[Simo]

So hyped for this. I hope is not a sandbox game.....Oh fuck, I think I cursed the series. I need to Un-Voodo this blaspheme saying out of the universe.

It's not, linear shooter just like the first 2.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Oh man, next Wednesday? So excited. Great we don't have to wait till October. And I love that new art work.

Really hope the trailer is substantial, not just a few quick shots and that's it.

 

[ShinobiFist]

It's not, linear shooter just like the first 2.

Good, wasn't sure.

 

[petethepanda]

I'm open to this being fun, Euphoria in a shooter is especially intriguing, but any pre-release hype is impossible for me to get into since it's Max Payne without Remedy. Even ignoring that fact nothing from this has actually looked like Max Payne yet, they've seemingly left out the noir feel that was such a big part of what made 1-2 amazing.

I doubt it'd happen, but I wonder if R* has talked to Poets of the Fall.

 

[RoboPlato]

Defintely looking forward to this.

 

[denomes]

Given Rockstar's pedigree this gen I expect this game to be no less than stellar. Looking forward to it.

 

[keltickennedy]

WHY ARE THERE COLORS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A NOIR

To be "Noir" something doesn't have to be black and white.

 

[ShipTheCheese]

I haven't felt this kind of excitement for a game in a long time. Don't let me down, Rockstar!

 

[Data West]

I'm hyped. Max Payne 1 and 2 are two of my favorite games of all time, but I also love Rockstar, so I'm willing to give them a chance. In fact, I see Rockstar games as events every year for something crazy awesome to play.

And I'm fiending after TEAM BONDI'S LA Noire was definitely not that Rockstar event that I wanted.

 

[Rodney McKay]

This will forever be the most idiotic type of generalization ever that continues to be reused.

Ever.

So stupid it's true.

 

[Dabanton]

To be "Noir" something doesn't have to be black and white.

He wasn't serious dude

 

[Dabanton]

I'm hyped. Max Payne 1 and 2 are two of my favorite games of all time, but I also love Rockstar, so I'm willing to give them a chance. In fact, I see Rockstar games as events every year for something crazy awesome to play.

And I'm fiending after TEAM BONDI'S LA Noire was definitely not that Rockstar event that I wanted.

Well this is a pure R* game not a late boarding so i expect the same eye for gameplay, detail and atmosphere that made GTA:IV and RDR so great.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

I'm just hoping for a nice meaty campaign. I'm sick of these 7 hour shooters that are takes on the same rollercoaster with a different coat of paint. It's funny how lack of pacing and downtime in games these days has even made the set piece events boring as hell.

 

[Ashodin]

Hopefully it's cool, but the game screams Grand Theft Payne.

Look at the colors d00d.

 

[enzo_gt]

I like the art.

Me too.

Being a Rockstar game, I'm looking forward to this.

 

[Dabanton]

Hopefully it's cool, but the game screams Grand Theft Payne.

Look at the colors d00d.

It's not open world so how would that work?

And R* design is a plus for me.

 

[cacildo]

Give me the detonator
What?
THE DETONATOR

Ive played Max payne 1 so many times that these lines are engraved in my brain.

 

[Apoc87]

GAF is amazing.

 

[enzo_gt]

Godlike.

 

[BanditKing]

Why is he wiping his mouth?

 

[RustyNails]

Max Payne looks like my dad in the pic :3

Can't wait!!!

 

[raphier]

Max Payne looks like my dad in the pic :3

Can't wait!!!

Your dad is hot!

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

Max Payne 1 and 2 are some of the best action games, period.



I'm not a game designer, but in my mind, these games show a purity in the shooting genre that was lost in the transistion to 3D. Max Payne is a very basic shooter, with one key mechanic; Bullet time. That's it's hook. That's it's thing. It's one thing. It does not have Sub RPG levelling mechanics, convoluted puzzles that ruin it's pace, wacky inventory and so on. No. It has this one thing that helps it's action along, visually as well as in gameplay.

Besides bullet time, everything is great. Controls, UI, art, story, cut scenes, music, voice acting. Max Payne has no weak spots.

One could argue for a less linear Max Payne, and I wouldn't reject it per se, but I think the key with Max Payne is that it's fast, tight, solid as hell and just satisfy from the getgo.

Even the installation and booting up of Max Payne is a breeze. Even navigating a fast snappy main menu, gives you more incentive to reinstall and quickly get into the action. Max Payne doesn't waste my time.


So many games waste my time. So many games are full of fluff and features and key points that drag the whole experience down. The weakest link in the change decide the overall strength. Max Payne has no weak links.



Max Payne 3 multiplayer. You better fucking know what you are doing. GTA4.. Red Redemption. People don't stick around for these for many years. Not because they can't work, but because there is not enough tightness and solidness put into them. Look to Counter-Strike to build a solid foundation, and to Halo and Starcraft on to making a multiplayer game that progressively makes the players more skilled.


Assassins Creed, Kane and Lynch, Red Dead.. Lots of games have wacky intersting 3d person modes and takes on classic game types, but they all lack polish. They all lack a sick netcode, and a competitive nature. They all waste the players time. They all take too long to get the people into the action. If you can't get this right, then it doesn't matter how great your multiplayer concept is. you need to have it ultra solid.


You don't have to make a e-sport game, but the same applies for community based games that people stick around with for years. Like Battlefield.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Max Payne looks like my dad in the pic :3

Can't wait!!!

Your dad must make people piss their pants when he stares at them.

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

Your dad is hot!

shit just got real.

 

[keltickennedy]

He wasn't serious dude

Well it seems some people on this thread are. Especially taking the time to upload a redone poster. Lol.