The Max Payne Trilogy Official Discussion Thread

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Well this is my first thread that I have ever started. So I figured I would take the pleasure in doing this before someone else does.

With Rockstar Games currently working on the Third installment of the series after buying the rights from Remedy who are currently working on their next long awaited game Alan Wake.

The Story So far

Max Payne
Flash back to 2001 and we saw the release of the first game. With our Leather clad, metaphor spouting, beretta touting hero running around the dark lit alleys and run down hotels in New York City. During the worst winter snow storm of the century. On a quest for revenge to find out who is responsible for putting the drug Valkyre on the streets. The same people who sent crazed junkies to Paynes home ultimately leading to the death of Wife and baby girl. All the while being hunted by the mob and the police after he is framed for the murder of his partner.




Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
2003, two years after the events of Max Payne. Max has now transfered back to the NYPD to return to his status as a Homicide Detective. His life is still in ruins. He is currently working on a murder investigation. The murder is only the start. As a series of events unfolds that trigger a full scale Mob War. With Max at the heart of it.
He runs across people from his past exploits from the incidents in the first game. Each of them bringing back all the bad memories that have haunted Max. Hunting for the answers he seeks and dodging both sides of the criminal underworld Max fights for survival as he journeys deeper into his personal hell.




Max Payne 3 (What we know so far)
Takes place 12 years after the events of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Max has left the NYPD along with New York city. He now currently lives in San Paulo, Brazil. He works in the private security sector for one of the citys wealthy familes. His life has drifted from bad to worse. He is a few years older and more cynical and world weary than he was before. He has been double crossed in San Paulo and is searching for a way out.

He is also now addicted to pain killers. And has hit Rock Bottom for his alcholism has reached its worst. The 12 year downward spiral have taken its toll on him both mentally and physically.


Also I don't know if this has been proven to be legit or fake yet but here is something that has been stirring up interest lately.


Well that the series so far and what we know about part 3
Discuss away.
 
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The First Max Payne was and still is one of my favorite games I have played. The second game in the series was not too bad but nowhere as good as the first and the third so far from what I read and seen I don't care for it. I just feel the series just can't capture what the first brought.
 
I never played MP 2, but i loved 1 and am eagerly waiting Max Payne 3, even with Payne rocking the Obadiah Stane look.
 
Is the you tube link I posted working for you guys?

Because it isn't for me
 
The First Max Payne was and still is one of my favorite games I have played. The second game in the series was not too bad but nowhere as good as the first and the third so far from what I read and seen I don't care for it. I just feel the series just can't capture what the first brought.
I agree with you 100%
 
This makes no sense. The whole point of the end of Max Payne 2 was that he had found closure and moved past the death of his family. Why would things get worse?
 
Max Payne 2 was my fave.

Loved that game.

Wasn't the ending to Max Payne also left with closure too?

I think one could argue that it's better to end things like that, rather than a cliff hanger that may never, ever, get resolved. Shenmue, I'm looking at you.

I am interested in the third one too. I'm expecting the film noir to still be there, and for them to take inspirations from the more pretty creative "daytime" film noirs that were made in the day too. Could be interesting.
 
Haven't played these games yet. Like to play 'em but what's good about them?
 
I'd like for them to figure out a way to trash that POS movie in the next game. I know the creators hated the movie.
 
This makes no sense. The whole point of the end of Max Payne 2 was that he had found closure and moved past the death of his family. Why would things get worse?

Yeah
From what we have gathered he was able to finally accept his familys death and feels as thou he is now able to move on.

The events that unfolded during MP2 could have ended his carrier. He shot his partner Winterson and killed her. He later finds out the she was in a relationship with Vlad and wasn't squeeky clean( and had the answering maching tape at Vlads resturant as evidence)

But still at the time he wasn't aware of such a thing. He killed her. Along with working with Mona Sax, someone who is a fugitive murder suspect probably won't help him either.

Alfred Woden got him out of a jam when he went on his revenge spree back in 01. He doesn't have anyone to clear him this time.
But Max has said he wanted to be punished for what he had done.
 
So Max wants to be punished? So is he bascially a Punisher now?
 
The first is one of my favorite games of all time. I loved the second, too, but nowhere near as much. Hopefully Alan Wake will be good, too. Half of a decade in development better be worth it.
 
Yeah but them crimes was to take down the people who killed his family right?


He killed people whom were involved in with his family demise yes. But he also caused mayhem and chaos across the city from what we saw on the tv and radio broadcastings. Not every single one of those people that he blasted are directly involved with the murder of his family in New Jersey 3 years prior to the events of 2001.

He killed other people who were guards and security that were just doing their job. To protect people like Nicole Horne. You here them talking about it. Some mentioned they had families wife, kids the whole deal...just like Max.

Max had Alfred Woden on his side bc he has the kinky sex tape of Alfred with the prositute Candy Dawn. Probably the only reason he didn't go to jail. Because with most of the inner circle wiped out Alfred could have just left Max out to try. But Max had his Ace in the hole.
 
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Holy ****. Yeah, the first two MP games are great. MP2 is one of my favourites.

Hopefully they keep the end credits song.

 
I haven't played any MaX Payne games so I will look out for these remakes.
 
Excellent news, the first 2 instalments of this were fantastic & classics IMO.

If they get the Mafia treatment I'll happily fork out for them both, hopefully they get better treatment than the GTA trilogy.
 

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