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New Max Payne 3 Trailer & Screen Shots - 02/16
- Thread starter NotTheGuyYouKill
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NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Oh man, could you imagine if that guy at the end of the trailer with the face obscured was
? My head would explode at that twist.
Even if it's not possible.
Vladimir Lem
Even if it's not possible.
Simo
Member
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought that! The voice sounds so a like but yeah I'm not sure how or if it could even happen...
Even that box is being checked.
Ah yes, venetian blinds, where would noir be without them?
Looks like it's shaping up to be an awesome game. Can't wait.
SketchTheArtist
Member
So pumped by that trailer, it really clicked with me. The Max that gets lied to. Pushed around. Stepped on. Used. And then, after taking too much abuse he snaps and that old familiar feeling comes back. That feeling of him and the gun. The feeling that nothing else matters, except him and the gun. Love it.
Also, I really get the feeling that it's a similar set up to Man on Fire, but with Man on Fire, Denzel's character had a bond with the kidnapped girl. It was his link to life itself. His will to live. But with Max, it looks like he forcefully gives himself this mission to try and continue living. He tries to give his life purpose and this purpose is in the form of the spoiled bimbo of his boss, which probably doesn't even care about Max in the first place.
And if its true, I think its very revealing of how low Max is in his life that he would allow to lie to himself to try and give purpose to his life.
Also, I really get the feeling that it's a similar set up to Man on Fire, but with Man on Fire, Denzel's character had a bond with the kidnapped girl. It was his link to life itself. His will to live. But with Max, it looks like he forcefully gives himself this mission to try and continue living. He tries to give his life purpose and this purpose is in the form of the spoiled bimbo of his boss, which probably doesn't even care about Max in the first place.
And if its true, I think its very revealing of how low Max is in his life that he would allow to lie to himself to try and give purpose to his life.
Dick Justice
Banned
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
It's not the game we deserve, but the one we need right now. So we'll play it.
I need this in my life.
It's certainly up there, for me. Behind only Half-Life 3 and BioShock Infinite.
It's certainly up there, for me. Behind only Half-Life 3 and BioShock Infinite.
SLEEPS7ALK3R
Banned
My thoughts exactly. "Time to bring this little hellhole to the grounnnnd". LOL...
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Where are the GIFs, people?!
Psychoward
Banned
Eh, significant story spoiler at the end? (don't highlight if you didn't notice)
Basically they showed your "partner" aiming a revolver at you at the end (the one in the elevator) or maybe I misinterpreted it, though that line he says seems to point that way...
Yep
Rockstar gonna Rockstar
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Gotta be a red herring.
Simo
Member
Page Dennis!
I think I've watched the trailer a dozen times already including on the big screen with the sound setup...Very nice. The amount of detail is just nuts especially on the guns, I mean in that brief shot of Max firing the Benelli M4 shotgun you can see the mechanism chamber another shell accurately as the spent casing is ejected. Love it!
FYI Rockstar is doing a part 3 of their Max Payne 3 Q&A via Gamestop's Facebook page so if you've got any questions then post them in the comments. Myself, I asked about the music and Pedro Bromfman's involvement and if it's mostly his work we've heard so far including the new piece in the trailer.
So Max goes straight up collateral over his employer's wife getting kidnapped? I'm sure it's more involved than that, but as of right now, that premise is just really stupid.
And if R* kills off Max at the end, they can go fuck themselves.
Yeah, that trailer didn't really do much for me either. They should stick to the design & technology videos.
And if R* kills off Max at the end, they can go fuck themselves.
Yeah, that trailer didn't really do much for me either. They should stick to the design & technology videos.
He talks about a retirement in some other media, and it looks like he's mostly just spending his time in sao paolo getting plastered. So it seems like he found/was set up with a job providing security as he runs away from his troubles in New York, drowning them in spirits, probably it's an easy job up until the wife gets kidnapped and then there's this whole new pile of shit on Max' head.
I'd assume that, at that point, Max is already broken and is merely waiting for an excuse to break down and release anger and frustration through violence, on others.
The job may well be a way to create a strawman for all his problems, character-wise.
But no doubt there will be more to it.
This is what has me nervous.
The story trailers for LA Noire left me cold, but tech demos kept the hope alive. And then, well... you know.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I think the kidnapping is just the surface. Noir typically has a lot of layers to the story. Max said he was tricked so maybe he doesn't have any good options at this point. Might as well take down the people that screwed him over in the first place.
The game can still go either way but Rockstar is getting really good at these 2 minute pieces. The camera angles, the music cues, the cuts, the narration... it's all put together like a professional movie trailer.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
@Sapient Wolf: Oh well, i've always loved R* trailers, since the San Andreas times:
http://youtu.be/GHzG0bKTa1g
http://youtu.be/GHzG0bKTa1g
Simo
Member
Naturally, it wouldn't be a Max Payne game or Noir without some twists and turns and double crosses. This is the game's official synopsis:
Also somebody mentioned in the trailer announcement thread that Rockstar was, or had, done some more preview events for the press....well it's true and it was a hands-on demo that the outlets actually got to play including the PC version. PC Gamer will have their hands-on impression in their May issue that'll be on stands in March.
mysticwhip
Banned
"she wanted to be hot and dangerous"
lol the story's prolly gonna be shit but whatever, comes with the territory. I like the music though and the gameplay looks ace.
lol the story's prolly gonna be shit but whatever, comes with the territory. I like the music though and the gameplay looks ace.
Will be very interesting to see what the press says about how it plays. Hope it feels as good as it looks.
Surely people aren't forgetting that deliciously cheesy dialogue is a quintessential part of Max Payne.
I wonder if it's all him, or if he's working with someone. Third straight R* soundtrack for Woody Jackson perhaps?
What makes you say that?
Surely people aren't forgetting that deliciously cheesy dialogue is a quintessential part of Max Payne.
Nice. The music so far is fantastic.
I wonder if it's all him, or if he's working with someone. Third straight R* soundtrack for Woody Jackson perhaps?
Buckethead
Banned
I'll be honest this one didn't do much for me.
I think all of the videos have lost momentum in my hype meter ever since the first one.
I think all of the videos have lost momentum in my hype meter ever since the first one.
#1 defender
Member
I'm aware that venetian blinds are one of the more clicheed elements of what is considered noir, but so is the whole "narrating private dick/fallen cop walking around in a trenchcoat through rainy nights" thing that many people associate with noir, so we might as well count them too.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Planning a hobo hunt?
AltogetherAndrews
Member
Trailer editing and production is a proper challenge and skill. I think it's taken for granted, but the producers and cutters of the really damned good ones (like Rockstar trailers) deserve more credit than they get.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
The bloke having his jaw shot off is particularly icky. But it wouldn't be R* without a bit of the ol' Ultra-Violence!
Now i won't settle for anything less than a crossbow in GTA5.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
I agree. Well-cut trailers are under-appreciated.
I personally think the graphics look great, especially with the physics and animations that they are using. Miles beyond RDR and GTA4 in my eyes.
Why dont they use this soundtrack?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omQ-7wZTXvI
I mean come on!
Well at least they still have McCaffrey. Not a fan of the bald look, not interested in the style of the game either. I liked the noir/dark tone of Max Payne 2.
I will however play it, MP2 was one of my favorite games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omQ-7wZTXvI
I mean come on!
Well at least they still have McCaffrey. Not a fan of the bald look, not interested in the style of the game either. I liked the noir/dark tone of Max Payne 2.
I will however play it, MP2 was one of my favorite games.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
They used that track in the first MP3 trailer, no? :/