Is Max Payne still Relevant?

Kristina Meek of PlayerAffinity.com wrote: "As anyone who follows the series has probably heard by now, the release of Max Payne 3 is moving in bullet time. First scheduled for release in 2009, it was pushed back to late 2010, only to be delayed again this week. Take Two Interactive’s June 8 press release said simply, “The launch of Max Payne 3 has been moved out of fiscal 2010. The question is, will anyone miss him? At the moment, all anyone, including publisher Rockstar Games, can talk about is Red Dead Redemption.”

[NYC_Gamer]

rockstar just ruined the whole image/vibe of max payne...

[Excalibur]

Rock * did a fantastic job with RDR but I don't see that GTA game play style working for Max Payne

I also don't care for Max's look or new setting.
They would really have to WOW me in order to get any interest from me. So far they haven't even remotely come close to doing so.

I honestly think with all the backlash that Rock * is revamping the game, that's why it keeps getting bumped back, who knows maybe they are listening to us and we'll see Max the way he should look and in the dark noir setting of New York.

And yes Max Payne is still relevant in my mind just not Rock *'s current version of Him.

[Raf1k1]

I'm not too keen on the John McClane look either and much prefer the old style of the original Max Payne games. Still, if Rockstar can pull it off then great but I'm not getting excited about this until I see gameplay.

[Hellsvacancy]

Ill hold judgement untill ive seen the game in action, i wasnt too happy with the way R* had changed the way Max looked but thinkin about it now *things need to evolve man*

I hav every faith in R*, i dont think ive played 1 of there games that i havnt liked (never played MidNight Club)

[Excalibur]

that things need to evolve but I'm not too hip on a radical change.
Ok so Max is now a down and out drunk, I can buy that given the circumstances he's been through but does Max hit the gym between his drunken slumbers because he is muscle bound freak now.

They did the same with Ethan Thomas Condemned 2

[ThanatosDMC]

Love the shotgun in MP1. Bullet time back then was the best. Then everybody copied it.

[Charmers]

I am sure Rockstar will find some way to kill off this PC franchise

[mcslick101]

Well let's hope that Rockstar optimize RAGE to actually work with at least middle-end PC's. GTA IV was like playing a slideshow on the PC and the graphics aren't even that good. I had everything on low and a 9500 GT couldn't do shit with it. I'm not saying my shit GPU is good, I'm just saying I should at least be able to play the game on low at above 20 fps.

[kancerkid]

Max Payne will supposedly use Euphoria Engine for physics, so I am stoked just to see this in action.

What is everyone's deal with how he looks anyway. He is old, been through a ton of crap, and probably has little to live for at this point, so if he is more brutal, so what?

We don't even know anything about the game, so how can the game be relevant in the first place?

[ElementX]

I never played MP2 :( The first was awesome, though! I will just pretend this is another "Max" and not the Max Payne I enjoyed back in the day.

[Acquiescence]

The sequel is a masterpiece and far superior than the first. Seek it out.

[kancerkid]

Cool, I will look for it in some bargain bins. The first one was great and creeped me out on many occasions. Walking on bllod in mid air as a baby cries? That totally screwed me up at the age of 12.

[ElementX]

Ok.

[Acquiescence]

he'll always be relevant.

[ActionBastard]

It is without Remedy.

[BinkyStalls]

when was it relevant ?

[Bellcross]

Bullet time

[BinkyStalls]

two other words, never impressed

[RedPawn]

Better than Duke Nukem being Relevant, IMO.

[Bellcross]

I enjoyed Max Payne 1 and 2 but I think Rockstar should have let it end with MP2 imo.

but I'm keeping an eye on MP3 anyways the others were fun.

[DARK WITNESS]

I kind of disagree..

considering all the crap games we have seen jump from last gen to this gen, imagine how much more they could do with it... it just needs to be done right and with respect.

all of R* have been delayed, but I am not worried. A lot of people have said they didn't like the new look and theme, maybe R* are actually listening so they are pushing it back to work on it a lot more.

Red Dead got pushed back a few times, but the final product is a master piece.

there are plenty of other games to come out and play, let them give it time and let R work their magic

[Kalowest]

IDC about this game,Remedy Entertainment isn't making it.

[N4BmpS]

Yeah, well they can do damage with it I think. But I always supported Max Payne 3 even with the redesign, I'm accustomed to change.

[ThisPlaceSucksBye]

More like "Is this website shamelessly looking for hits?".

[Pootangpie]

thia website should be discontinued or shut down due to false info and nothing but fanboys and flamebaits

[DeltaZ3R05]

omg i can still hear the baby screams aaaahhh!

[Focker420]

If its good then its relevant, simple as that.

[Bellcross]

Can't argue with more games, am I right?

[ChefDejon]

R* a chance they usually deliver.

[Subzero200x]

No and games in general aren't relevant anymore.

[sluttytuna]

They will pull a Red Dead with this game. It won't be on anyones radar. Then all the 9.5 reviews will come in and everyone will jump on the bandwagon.

[DARK WITNESS]

MP is as relevant now as any game that has come out this gen.

[King Hippo]

Unlike duke nukem.

[krishnabloodsoul5]

growing up on max payne games (don't get started on underage gaming..i'm 18 now anyway..:p) i'll always be attached to the series...i'll never forget the thrill it gave me...and to this day if anyone asks me whats your fav game..i say max payne without thinking...

[Dellis]

I am calling it, the game got cancelled the Housers are in talks with REMEDY to bring MAX PAYNE 3.

[free2game365]

The whole new one just doesn't have anything connecting it to the old games. Barely any characters, barely any story, no setting, no art design, and most importantly, the gameplay is a huge departure from the first two. The first two were PC twitch shooters, and this new one is just another gears of war knock off.

[Pootangpie]

point all questions about Max payne 3 to him

END OF SARCASM

[The-Only-Truth]

I wanna taste the FLESH OF FAAAAAALLEN ANGELS already!

[Dementious]

The movie sucked.

[TheCagyDies]

In Alan Wake, Alan is the writer of a series of books called Alex Casey (Which is really Max Payne). Two of the books are called "The Fall of Alex Casey" and "The Sudden Stop". Think of it as you fall and there is a sudden stop at the end of the fall. So in the book, "The Sudden Stop", Alex Casey dies and you as the player find two pages of "The Sudden Stop". When you view them, voice actor of Max Payne starts reading the two pages describing how he is dying in the snow and sees his wife and child claiming, "I'm home".

[A LIVING LEGEND]

Please.Bullet time was indeed 'Bullet time'.
That time is gone.The firing squad forms a circle.........