You barely play the game because there are so many cutscenes. The shooting sucks. On console it was so imprecise that you had to rely on the auto aim and at that point it felt like it played itself. The story sucked.
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You barely play the game because there are so many cutscenes. The shooting sucks. On console it was so imprecise that you had to rely on the auto aim and at that point it felt like it played itself. The story sucked.
Haunted
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I love how they only had the vaguest idea of the distance and speed involved. :lol
Chance Hale
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Shooting was fine on consoles without autoaim if you turn the sensitivity up, the originals had the exact same issues with controllers. They're extremely fast, twitch based shooters made for mouse and keyboard. In fact, the first two are even harder to play on consoles because they rely on monster closet enemy placements and quick saves. Don't blame the game because controllers have inherent flaws.
Hahahaha Alex: "You can get him out of the ship and let him hang there until the Ark get's to him" #orbitaldynamics101
It really is.
Death Metalist
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I'd have to agree because I managed to get this on one of my playthroughs, on Xbox 360.
EdReedFan20
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I don't know if it's even possible, but as they were building the rescue rocket, I kept thinking why won't they try to build a grapple arm (or something) to latch on to Dudeney's (or whatever his name is) capsule.
Yeah, fuck cancer forever.David Bowie
*pours 40*
Bowie's run of albums during the 70s (up to and including "Scary Monsters" in 1980) is incredible, especially considering he was basically pumping one out each year. I feel like we'll never see someone in music who combines pop and avantgardism so successfully on such a grand scale.
Does old premium content sometimes end up on the front page and I've just never noticed or is this a glitch?
This was the quickest rush of emotion pure hype into immediate disappointment for me.
Damnit Giant bomb! I could really see Random PC Game coming back with the GB East crew. Choose your own adventure is kind of that already.
tryagainlater
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Don't forget no shitty dream sequences. I don't know why people like the first two games.
CoolBatteryCharge
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"I got up in his crotch and he pinched me to death with his thing." - Dirty Dan Ryckert
Oh shit yeah, I just noticed that's old content haha. Weird.
Shit, forgot about XCOM 2 as well. Probably not going to get to these for a while either, I'm focused on clearing backlog for once.
I joined Backlog Blitz this year to try to curb this feeling. You just reminded me I started KOTOR 2 in December and need to get back to it. I made the mistake of starting Lisa and DS2 yesterday. So much time commitment. D:
War Peaceman
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They were fucking great at the times. They tried something different; noir and bullet time. Plus there was solid writing in there. It hasn't aged well, but at the time it was great.
shortsFortallPeople
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eh, i really liked the dream stuff in MP2.
Now, MP1 can go die in a fucking fire for their awful tightrope nightmares
I respect MP3 for what it is: A Houser presents Rockstar TPS made with solid mechanics in mind and taking into account more modern conventions of the genre.
But MP3 is about as Max Payne a game as Stranglehold is
NumberThree
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There's no Kung Fu mod for Max Payne 3 so I don't know why anyone would even bother with that game.
shortsFortallPeople
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I just hope that this starts a pattern of Rockstar doing sequels to abandoned Remedy franchises because i would really love to see what the hell an Alan Wake game coming from them looks like haha
Sleeping Lesson
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With how often Remedy talks about Alan Wake, and the AW easter egg in Quantum Break, I think it's safe to say that franchise is far from abandoned.
Chance Hale
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Reviewed just as well and sold far more than previous entries. It's happened baby.
shortsFortallPeople
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lots of things review well and sell a ton of copies. It doesn't mean they're actually good or that the reviews aren't flawed.
But i've already said my peace on MP3. And evendently so did rockstar, too, since we haven't heard any plans for a sequel and they stated they were disappointed in its sales.
misses bull
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congrats on holding an opinion that no one on this planet owns
Max Payne 3 could have been the best 3rd person shooter of all time if it wasn't for all the cut scenes and one of the worst plots in gaming history
Chance Hale
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Play arcade mode, most of the levels cut out the cutscenes. Think the exception is the stadium one which still has a long transition in the middle.
bigwinnerx
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Just played through Cibele.
Blake is a mess. "Nina" is a mess. Everything is a mess. Such is love at 20.
stump sock
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seriously if I had the time/energy/willpower to do it, I would argue against this with every fiber of my being
just know that I think this is agonizingly, thoroughly incorrect
shortsFortallPeople
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it's also a huge lol because it's not like the Max Payne games are things anyone has ever come to specifically for their plot. The writing maybe, but never the plot.
User 85168
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I assume because Omikron features David Bowie.
Piston Hyundai
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if the plot was really that good, you would have the willpower to argue against it
going with misses bull on this one
Death Metalist
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You need to play more games then if MP3 had one of the worst stories in gaming history. I mean it was about a guy moving on and redeeming himself, what in your opinion should MP3's story be? Another revenge story?
Piston Hyundai
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but max payne has more than one game worth a damn
This thread is way more interesting if you just assume everyone is talking about Mario Party 3.
No.
Death Metalist
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skLaFarebear
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I was just about to say that lol
Incandenza
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MP = Metroid Prime
MK = Mortal Kombat
GoW = Gears of War
Syndicate = Syndicate (2012)
MK = Mortal Kombat
GoW = Gears of War
Syndicate = Syndicate (2012)
shortsFortallPeople
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the only MP that actually, sadly, represents a series that's still releasing mainline games is fucking mario party.
this world is cruel and unforgiving
this world is cruel and unforgiving
Sleeping Lesson
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MM = Majora's Mask
Salty Catfish
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I played it this weekend too and enjoyed it, although the ending was abrupt as hell. Felt like there should have been some kind of epilogue after that last scene.
NumberThree
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Max Payne was released a year earlier so no.
Mario Party is the right answer in this thread, though.
Yeah it is, because Mirror's Edge deserves having its full name spelled out every time.
mm = mickey mousecapade
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I can't start that Omikron vid :/ probably a gazillion users clicking on it right now.
Piston Hyundai
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EdReedFan20
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Wrong thread! Too many tabs open!
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