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Max Payne 3 |OT| Funny as hell, we couldn't decide on a sub-title
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MMaRsu
Member
If youve played previous mp games you know what to expect.
You get to make a solid enough judgement on game play with an hour under your belt. If it's not for you, it's not for you and within an hour you've done most of what the game will offer. You don't get to say the game doesn't do noir well with so little time under your belt, guy.
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ZombieFred
Unconfirmed Member
I am currently at chapter V on this game and going through first time on hard. Even if the checkpoints are unforgiving, I am loving how fresh each battle is. The extra mechanics make this game an evolution for me and I find this game more harder than the previous two titles. Also the music is phenomenal, I've just left the game on the menu screen so I can hear the different variations of Max's theme alone. The game play in this game is just so good, I've not had much fun like this in a third person shooter for a while. It's good to see Max is back <3
Wind's Howling
Member
Skipping cutscenes on the console versions is almost impossible because the loading is done within them. I am pretty sure it is possible on the PC version with the amount of RAM some people have.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Sometimes. The game loads the next area while the cutscene is being played. But it takes a long ass time to load anything. So you're really only going to be able to skip the really long cutscenes and then only about halfway through. Maybe PC will be faster.
So, just to make sure that I understand exactly what you are saying. You have to play a certain amount of a game before you are allowed to comment on it at all?
It's pretty obvious (read, I'm not trying to hide the fact that I only put an hour into the game) where I am coming from. Things might have been different had I put more time in but that's beside the point. I didn't enjoy the hour so I stopped. That's my prerogative and I don't see how that excludes me from having an opinion.
Ty. Cannot wait!
Nemesis_
Member
I don't think it's fair to talk about the game after playing the opening hour and then CEASING all playing COMPLETELY. It just seems like you haven't played enough to form a proper, well-educated opjnion.
I'm only up to Chapter II for what it's worth. Not a HUGE FAN of the game trying to defend it or anything, just making a generalised statement.
I didn't enjoy the first hour of top gun for nes. But you know what? I kept playing. And still never landed that fucking plane on the carrier. Not sure what my point was sorry.
Wind's Howling
Member
That is like eating a hamburger and saying it tastes like 'shit' when you only took a bite from the bread and never even got to the juicy part.
Patrick Bateman
Member
Some people in this thread...
franknbeans
Member
I want this to be my favorite max payne game so bad but the clunky cover system makes me want to punch someone. I just finished the cubicle section of chapter 6 I think. I almost tossed my controller and said fuck it. I feel like I'm using bullet time to compensate for Max's clunky movement. Right now I'd have to put this game behind the second one as my favorite Max game
JumpingTheGun
Banned
Finally scored "You Play You Pay You Bastard". Some of these trophs are damn picky. My melee grind was up to around 120 before the trophy popped. What you need are 100 actual cinematic melee kills. It wont count if you simply run up to a dude and finish him off by kicking him on the ground or whatnot. You need to see that finisher cutscene.
Also finally got "Through The Window". Those auto BT segments arent bad at all if you set the game to Easy. My settings are 777.
Also finally got "Through The Window". Those auto BT segments arent bad at all if you set the game to Easy. My settings are 777.
SafeinSound
Member
I managed to get this one through multi. Running around dual wielding revolvers with high movement speed allows me to just punch people in the head constantly.
edgefusion
Member
Max sometimes comments about needing to hurry up, does this actually affect gameplay? I'd really like to stop and explore some of the environments and watch the animations loop but I don't want to end up failing a mission or getting a bad ending or something.
Messofanego
Banned
The police station conspiracy dude is the cherry on top. I love how random it is you have a hobo and a prostitute helping you out.
If there are funny moments in Max Payne 3, I'd love to see them. I did see the piano thing done again.
In a few missions if you run around too much you will fail the mission. I remember it happening 2 times. Basically if you're chasing someone you shouldn't look around too much.
Finished the game in 08:19:19
I definitely need to play through again and try and limit my time in cover...
medium difficulty:
Deaths: 53
Headshots: 438
Bullets Fired: 13265
Kills in Bullet Time: 452
Kills While Blind Firing: 2
Kills While Shoot Dodging: 126
Kills While Crouching: 2
Kills While On Back: 10
Dual Wield: 269
Distance Traveled: 27,824 M.
Last Stands Survived: 54
Time Spent in Cover: 02:14:13.827
Time Spent Prone: 04:47.926
Times Died While in Prone: 0
I definitely need to play through again and try and limit my time in cover...
medium difficulty:
Deaths: 53
Headshots: 438
Bullets Fired: 13265
Kills in Bullet Time: 452
Kills While Blind Firing: 2
Kills While Shoot Dodging: 126
Kills While Crouching: 2
Kills While On Back: 10
Dual Wield: 269
Distance Traveled: 27,824 M.
Last Stands Survived: 54
Time Spent in Cover: 02:14:13.827
Time Spent Prone: 04:47.926
Times Died While in Prone: 0
I just beat the game on medium. Awesome, satisfying, and difficult even for medium mode. What an amazing ride.
Now for a hard run! Please don't kick my ass Max Payne 3.
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Where do you guys get those stats? I'm guessing it has to be from the social club web site because I don't see any stats page in any of the menus. If it is the social club, how long do I need to wait for stats to update? I literally just beat the game and I'm watching credits as we speak.
Now for a hard run! Please don't kick my ass Max Payne 3.
edit:
Where do you guys get those stats? I'm guessing it has to be from the social club web site because I don't see any stats page in any of the menus. If it is the social club, how long do I need to wait for stats to update? I literally just beat the game and I'm watching credits as we speak.
Messofanego
Banned
If you can finish the game with less than 30 minutes spent in cover, then I consider that a success. If not, shows the game really was designed around cover rather than serving as a mere respite.
Didn't Vanquish reward you for not using cover?
Didn't Vanquish reward you for not using cover?
Where did I claim to have the above though. If people jumped down my throat under the assumption I was claiming to have an opinion based on seeing most of what the game has to offer they need to get their reading comp skills up.
They've obviously played more than me and are in turn far better informed about this game than myself. That isn't a prerequisite for posting in this thread though and neither should it make them think it's okay to throw civility out the window.
Damn you finished in 8 hours even with all of that time in cover? That's disappointing to see it's so short. Now I regret preordering it on PC.
MMaRsu
Member
Old school mode takes out cover !
Also i finished in 12 hours and explored quite a bit only spent 1 hr in cover.
JumpingTheGun
Banned
Play on the Old School difficulty. Cover AND Last Man Standing are disabled.
It looks like it's meant to be re-played over and over. And I'm gladly gonna do that. I just beat the game on medium. I also have to beat the game on hard, hardcore, old school, new york minute, and new york minute hardcore!
I finished the game in 8h too and I only was in cover for one hour. The length of the game is perfect. Just long enough before it start getting redundant. It's not like the first two games were longuer than that anyway.
Some of the people here had me believing it was more in the 12-15 range which I think is better for $60 and what will probably be 1 playthrough due to the linearity of it.
This is what I fear every time I play a linear game now. But if it is fun I want it to be longer than 8 hours without artificially extending it by upping the difficulty or something like that.
Story Mode Complete: Medium
Time Played: 10:24:32
Deaths: 95
Headshots: 794
Bullets Fired: 14380
Kills In Bullet Time: 996
Kills While Blind Firing: 0
Kills While Shoot Dodging: 218
Kills While Crouching: 27
Kills While On Back: 18
Dual Wield: 383
Distance Traveled: 30,495 m.
Last Stands Survived: 180
Time Spent In Cover: 01:05:42.392
Time Spent Prone: 13:19.202
Times Died While Prone: 5
Time Played: 10:24:32
Deaths: 95
Headshots: 794
Bullets Fired: 14380
Kills In Bullet Time: 996
Kills While Blind Firing: 0
Kills While Shoot Dodging: 218
Kills While Crouching: 27
Kills While On Back: 18
Dual Wield: 383
Distance Traveled: 30,495 m.
Last Stands Survived: 180
Time Spent In Cover: 01:05:42.392
Time Spent Prone: 13:19.202
Times Died While Prone: 5
I'd say so, yes. It ends on a different note than MP1&2 too, which I liked.
JumpingTheGun
Banned
Just tried multiplayer for the first time and got my ass handed to me
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Deleted member 81567
Unconfirmed Member
I'm just on Chapter 3 playing on Hard and I'm already raging. How bad is it gonna get in later chapters?
MMaRsu
Member
Just start over on medium and replay it on hard if you are raging already. I just restarted on hard and im at chapter 3 now having only died once in chapter two.
Freewheelin'
Member
Also started on Hard, damn it is hard :lol
GenericUser
Member
you can reduce the difficulty at any time.
throwawayname
Member
I started on hard right away because I like the challenge 
The stadium level was a pain in the ass.
The stadium level was a pain in the ass.These stats on Medium are making me lol at my own playthrough/play style on hard.
I went straight in to Hard mode and I must be awful as I'm on Chapter 8 having played for around 5 hours; i've died 123 times and killed 1100 people so far, with 23 minutes spent in cover and half of my kills being in Bullet time.
The vast majority of the time i'm laughing while diving head first in slow motion into three guys while dual wielding an Uzi and a hand gun
I went straight in to Hard mode and I must be awful as I'm on Chapter 8 having played for around 5 hours; i've died 123 times and killed 1100 people so far, with 23 minutes spent in cover and half of my kills being in Bullet time.
The vast majority of the time i'm laughing while diving head first in slow motion into three guys while dual wielding an Uzi and a hand gun
Acquiescence
Member
Chapter 9 (I think) spoilers.
Poor Marcello - that was a horrible grisly way for him to go. A lot of characters dropping like flies now.
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Deleted member 81567
Unconfirmed Member
I can? Anyway, I got past that part. The game forces you to play smartly. I was thinking to finish it on Hard on my first playthrough and then Hardcore