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[Wind's Howling]

I said it years ago, Euphoria need to be in EVERYTHING. Next gen better deliver.

One of the reasons alone why I pop in Red Dead Redemption and just shoot some people. Havok is so outdated when you compare it.

 

[eso76]

Watched a couple mins. Looks glorious.

 

[Brother Sport]

Couldn't resist the urge to peek at the youtube vids, the soundtrack is amazing!

 

[SparkTR]

I heard the SP is 4-5 hours long (german board - from a guy who played the leaked version). I hope this isn't true and he skipped the cutscenes.

That better not be true. As much as I like the series, $60 just isn't worth that to me anymore.

 

[Wind's Howling]

That better not be true. As much as I like the series, $60 just isn't worth that to me anymore.

I do not believe it, honestly. They worked for years on Max Payne 3. How in the world are they going to justify a $60 price tag when the singleplayer is only 5 hours long? We all know the singleplayer is still the sole reason why people buy games (with the exception of Call of Duty). The multiplayer is always the nice dessert that comes after a fine meal.

 

[Alpha_eX]

Fuck unskippable ingame tutorials. Looks good though, I just HATE the modern method of delivering the instructions.

 

[S1kkZ]

That better not be true. As much as I like the series, $60 just isn't worth that to me anymore.

hard to believe. i mean, the sp is on 2 discs (on 360). no way this is a 5 hour game (unless every single cutscene is a 720p video file).

 

[dorn.]

Damn that Youtube walkthrough. I just wanted to risk a quick look but I was glued to the screen for half an hour.

So, with the game already all over the net, is there a chance shops will break the street date and sell early?

 

[throwawayname]

Must resist to watch any footage besides the official trailers! Don't know if to get it on PS3 or wait for the PC version :/

 

[Fjordson]

I just saw something in a stream that...hahaha, what the fuck. Someone in R* is a twisted son of a bitch.

Damn that Youtube walkthrough. I just wanted to risk a quick look but I was glued to the screen for half an hour.

So, with the game already all over the net, is there a chance shops will break the street date and sell early?

Already happened. There are legit copies out in the wild.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Here's a spoiler free goodie then:

Max flying down a set of stairs

Euphoria man, gotta love it.

:O nice

 

[MMaRsu]

Fuck unskippable ingame tutorials. Looks good though, I just HATE the modern method of delivering the instructions.

Yeah looks truly stupid

 

[T.O.P]

Here's a spoiler free goodie then:

Max flying down a set of stairs

Euphoria man, gotta love it.

holy crap, so this, Diablo 3 and Tera who's already blowin my social life , panic

 

[fluffydelusions]

Anyone know how long the game is supposed to be?

 

[Tattooth]

Here's a spoiler free goodie then:

Max flying down a set of stairs

Euphoria man, gotta love it.

It's been taken down! It begins.

 

[Wind's Howling]

It's been taken down! It begins.

Anything posted on GAF is bound to be taken down sooner or later.

 

[Hixx]

I do not believe it, honestly. They worked for years on Max Payne 3. How in the world are they going to justify a $60 price tag when the singleplayer is only 5 hours long? We all know the singleplayer is still the sole reason why people buy games (with the exception of Call of Duty). The multiplayer is always the nice dessert that comes after a fine meal.

Someone who has played it (obviously not legitimately) on a football forum I visit says he's 5 hours in and is still on the first disc.

 

[Snapshot King]

Someone who has played it (obviously not legitimately) on a football forum I visit says he's 5 hours in and is still on the first disc.

There's multiple discs? Ugh.

 

[Wind's Howling]

There's multiple discs? Ugh.

Xbox 360, yes.

Not surprising since the PC version is a whopping 35GB.

 

[Sethos]

Not super related but it was listed under Max Payne 3 on the Steam store;

Rockstar wants you to join the Official Rockstar Games Group on Steam!

To welcome members to the group, Rockstar is offering a free game to all eligible Steam users.

All eligible users who belong to the Official Rockstar Games Group at 10 am Pacific Time on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, will receive one non-giftable copy of Midnight Club 2 in their Steam accounts. The new game will appear in eligible users accounts by May 29, 2012.

Eligibility: User must have an account with at least one successful purchase, gift or retail registration in the account. The offer is not available to users who already own Midnight Club 2.

If someone wanted a free game.

 

[Snapshot King]

Xbox 360, yes.

Not surprising since the PC version is a whopping 35GB.

Anybody know if at least the multiplayer will be on a single disc? I remember hearing way back that you'd somehow need both.

Or maybe you can install both ala Forza?

 

[Wind's Howling]

hard to believe. i mean, the sp is on 2 discs (on 360). no way this is a 5 hour game (unless every single cutscene is a 720p video file).

There are 4 hours worth of cutscenes though.

Anybody know if at least the multiplayer will be on a single disc? I remember hearing way back that you'd somehow need both.

Or maybe you can install both ala Forza?

Disc 1 is all singleplayer, Disc 2 is half singleplayer and half multiplayer.

 

[JumpingTheGun]

FOUR DAYS

 

[ShipTheCheese]

Thank god those youtube vids are being taken down, I would have spoiled myself silly.

Yes, I am that weak.

 

[RoboPlato]

I just saw something in a stream that...hahaha, what the fuck. Someone in R* is a twisted son of a bitch.

I know you meant nothing by it but could you please not tease stuff like this before the game is out. Sometimes people who say stuff like that can inadvertently spoil some things.

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Does anybody know which difficulty levels are avalaible from the offset?

 

[Pranay]

Game is 10hrs - 12hrs and some have played it till 15hrs , thats what im being told by my friends.

Cant wait for 18th

 

[Fjordson]

I know you meant nothing by it but could you please not tease stuff like this before the game is out. Sometimes people who say stuff like that can inadvertently spoil some things.

I get you, my bad =[

Not watching anything else from here on out, so no more comments from me.

 

[The perfect Dark]

Game is 10hrs - 12hrs and some have played it till 15hrs , thats what im being told by my friends.

Cant wait for 18th

That would be great.

 

[dorn.]

SEVEN DAYS

fixed for the euro peasants :-/

 

[Dries]

Can't fucking wait.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

TWENTY-ONE DAYS

Fixed for EuroPC-GAF.

 

[haikira]

fixed for the euro peasants :-/

3 weeks and 5 hours.

Fixed for euro peasants, on the PC.

 

[Wind's Howling]

Game is 10hrs - 12hrs and some have played it till 15hrs , thats what im being told by my friends.

Cant wait for 18th

If that is true that would mean a lot of hours for all of us ''replay countless of times'' gamers. I think I replayed Max Payne 2 for about six times in mere months. Not a single game could grab my attention more.

 

[haikira]

Fixed for EuroPC-GAF.

steam says 3 weeks and 5 hours for me. I'm in the UK.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

steam says 3 weeks and 5 hours for me. I'm in the UK.

7PM? That's a weird unlocking time.

 

[Dick Justice]

Probably make that 8 days for those of us who pre-ordered from Amazon UK and chose the free delivery option. They rarely deliver on release day for me.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Max Payne 3 Xbox360 install size revealed

Rockstar's upcoming third person shooter and the third installment in the Max Payne series 'Max Payne 3' will be available on Xbox360 on two discs. The first disc contains the first half of the story mode and the multiplayer while the second disc contains the second portion of the story mode. If you are planning to get the game on Xbox360, you need to have a total of 15.1GB (the first DVD = 7.7GB and the second DVD = 7.4GB) of free space on your Xbox360's HDD.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

Probably make that 8 days for those of us who pre-ordered from Amazon UK and chose the free delivery option. They rarely deliver on release day for me.

Should have used Shopto, you'd be playing it on the 17th. And you get a T-shirt instead of normal pre-order bonuses. Hell, I'm using it for the PC version even though I won't be able to play it the day I get it.

 

[haikira]

EDIT: Deleted a post, that showed I'm not clever enough to understand 21 days is three weeks. I'm going to grab a coffee I think and reflect on that.

 

[StevePharma]

Thank God I was smart enough to rip those YT-gameplay vids when they were still on this morning. Rockstar Ninjas are on weekend duty I'm guessing.

*grabs popcorn*

 

[Munin]

I find it hilarious how some people here are elevating the story and characterizations from MP1 and MP2 to some unreachable olymp of videogame writing.

MP1's story was an interesting novelty back when mainstream videogames barely had any "stories" to speak of, but the landscape has changed a lot since then (not least thanks to, yep, Rockstar) and today the stories of MP1 and MP2 are little more than self-amused collections of pop culture references. They wouldn't even qualify as serviceable screenplays for DTV movies, and nobody would have given a shit about the stories back then if the gameplay hadn't been so awesome.

Same thing with Poets of the Fall really - the only reason that song is remembered because nobody was putting "real band songs" into games back then. Now that everyone does it, you realize it's really not particularly amazing or anything.

Standards for "AAA" productions have crept up significantly since Max Payne 2 came out. I expect Rockstar to raise the bar in MP3 and judging from the interviews, they'll probably do so easily.

 

[Tattooth]

Thank God I was smart enough to rip those YT-gameplay vids when they were still on this morning. Rockstar Ninjas are on weekend duty I'm guessing.

*grabs popcorn*

Do you have the stairs video, I just need one more fix then I'm good.

 

[Lakitu]

I watched the opening chapter. So good.

 

[EatChildren]

I find it hilarious how some people here are elevating the story and characterizations from MP1 and MP2 to some unreachable olymp of videogame writing.

MP1's story was an interesting novelty back when mainstream videogames barely had any "stories" to speak of, but the landscape has changed a lot since then (not least thanks to, yep, Rockstar) and today the stories of MP1 and MP2 are little more than self-amused collections of pop culture references. They wouldn't even qualify as serviceable screenplays for DTV movies, and nobody would have given a shit about the stories back then if the gameplay hadn't been so awesome.

Same thing with Poets of the Fall really - the only reason that song is remembered because nobody was putting "real band songs" into games back then. Now that everyone does it, you realize it's really not particularly amazing or anything.

Standards for "AAA" productions have crept up significantly since Max Payne 2 came out. I expect Rockstar to raise the bar in MP3 and judging from the interviews, they'll probably do so easily.

Another attempt at blanket dismissal of any concerns over Rockstar's direction without actually addressing any of them.

 

[Freewheelin']

Probably make that 8 days for those of us who pre-ordered from Amazon UK and chose the free delivery option. They rarely deliver on release day for me.

Getting it for close to £30 though, that's good enough for me

 

[solarus]

I'm too weak... preordered on steam. I just hope a gtx 260, q6600 and 4gb of ram can run this at least just as good as the console version (I am starting to wonder if I should have bought this on 360) that would be good enough for me.

 

[Munin]

Another attempt at blanket dismissal of any concerns over Rockstar's direction without actually addressing any of them.

I see only one "blanket dismissal" here, my friend, and it's not my post.

 

[Vire]

Another attempt at blanket dismissal of any concerns over Rockstar's direction without actually addressing any of them.

He isn't wrong though. The original Max Payne games story aren't this watershed moment in criminal storytelling, it's a very basic plot that really isn't all that interesting or unique.

I have a lot more faith in Rockstar's storytelling based off of their recent games like Red Dead Redemption. Hopefully this game touches on the whole "demon in the bottle" idea.

I mean if you have concerns with the gameplay, that's another issue - but that really isn't what he's talking about.

 

[keltickennedy]

Damn that Youtube walkthrough. I just wanted to risk a quick look but I was glued to the screen for half an hour.

So, with the game already all over the net, is there a chance shops will break the street date and sell early?

FUCK! I missed it. Hahaha.