The story of a DEA agent framed for murder and sent on the run was set to comic book-style Noir cut scenes where Max made insane, verbose and awesome lines like "Gognitti ran out of steam in a dead end valley with steam boiling out of the sewer grates, like all the fires of hell were burning high beneath us... It was shakedown time"
The sequel was just as awesome though slightly the same as the first, Max, now back on the NYPD, finds out what rock bottom really is. But that was all the way back in 2003. After the game's end credits we were promised "Max Payne's journey into the night will continue." But it never came... Until Now!!!
Rockstar Games has finally announced Max Payne 3 but there's a slight problem. This was Max the first time we saw him, a strung out undercover agent with a dead wife and baby.
And this was him in the second game. A slightly chubbier, tireder, alcohol detective with no real reason to live except for a femme fatale who's gunning for him.
Now this is Max 12 years later, working in private security in Brazil and looking like he finally found true rock bottom.
Kudos Max, it only took you the better part of two decades to reach the end of your rope!
Holy hell they decided to go in a bold direction with this new game! They changed up Max's look dramatically, removed him from the noir capital of the world, New York City, and judging from the screen shots on the official web site, have decided to set the game during the day- something that didn't happen once in the first two.
While I have my reservations I'll probably give the PC version a try when it comes out next year. After all, I've been waiting six years to see if Max finally has one fucking day of happiness in his miserable life. What's another few months?
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