Mechanical Breakdown: Max Payne 3′s Locational Damage

Pikimal: Replaying Max Payne 3 on the PC after trudging through it on consoles is a surreal experience. Those same hallways and rooms that had me wondering what kind of monster designed these accursed thumbsticks went by in a breeze of bullets during bulletdodges in bullet time. On the Xbox, controlling Max was like controlling a drunk friend into his taxi cab against his will. On the PC, Max moves like a leaf on the wind, his shots fluttering every which way you can move to. Regardless, playing on PC made me notice something I never really noticed before.