nola.com: I hate to be Captain Buzzkill, but it’s time for us to talk about the most disappointing games of 2012. Some were outright bad. But most just didn’t live up to their potential.
Consider this to be a love letter to good game makers who made bad moves.
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Seriously if you've played the second game you know how Max came to turns with his grief thanks to Mona and managed to move on...he kind of found peace with himself but Rockstar just seemed to crap all over that and put Max back to where he was....OH and they got rid of Mona, they didn't say she WAS dead but they implied it when it was silly since there was the dead on arival edning where she lived, she was a good strong female character why get rid of her.
Story, theme music, atmosphere, setting, character development all disapointed me because they didn't stay true to what Max Payne was all about.
The only thing I enjoyed from MP was the flashback levels, New York in the game on this gen tec was amazing, imagine a full game based on that, him running away from the mob after killing his son could of been stretched into a full game with Monas help.
Max Payne 3 is a great game and even has a pretty good story. But it's not really a Max Payne kind of story. I mean there really was no reason for it to be a Max Payne game story wise. I assume they had a story they wanted to tell and instead of making a new IP they threw it into a Max Payne game for the name recognition it would gain.
It's still a solid game but those of us who really loved the first 2 games it just doesn't do the character justice. Nor does it have the classic Film Noir feeling the first 2 games did so well.(Well the flashbacks kinda have it but that is about it) It feels more like a typical action movie type of deal. Granted a very solid one but again it's a little disappointing for fans of the first 2 games.
Also the idea of the story being entirely about fighting off the mob with Monas help is epic and it makes me sad that they didn't make that instead.
Despite all that I loved the game and the multiplayer was quite fun probably the most online I have played in a game in quite awhile.
Max Payne 3 was nothing, but shooting galleries of mini maps before a series of cutscenes. Heck the friendly A.I. doesn't really help you at all. Passo A.I. kills are scripted, but when he shoots in actual gameplay he can't kill the enemies for some reason. His bullets are just sounds and air that doesn't affect the enemies!!! WTF? If you don't believe me play the game again from Beginning to end. Your on your own in the entire game. Max Payne 1 and 2 was better with more gameplay, humor, and less cutscenes.
the gameplay is what mp3 is all about for me, Max payne 3 (played on pc ) has the fucking best gunplay I ve ever seen in third person shooter! Yes better than un, better than fucking gears...etc
I just love all those animation they added, and how they feel real and different in each fight..
it joins my clup of best gunplay games with other rockstar games (gta iv,rdr).. kz2, un1, bf3 (what these game have in common .. great kill animation! )
As for Max Payne 3, for me it was one of the best games this year.
Max Payne 3 is the best of the franchise and I bet my shorts that Remedy feels the same way. Rockstar took that franchise to another dimension. Way beyond Remedy probably ever imagined.
The only good thing it did better then the first two was it had better tec behind it, better animations, better graphics and better visuals (excluding the horrible distortation and blur effects it ALWAYS used way too much)...thats all really but then again the game was expected to have that kind of stuff anyway because it's was a next gen game
Most horrible dissapointment of 2012?
RESIDENT EVIL 6 gets those honors...
Not only was the story terrible but the actual gameplay was a complete disaster. First of all the game was completely bipolar, its like... capcom figure out what the hell you want the game to be and be done with it already! Second of the all the games core mechanics were amatuerish at best... The puzzles were absolutely mindless, the gunplay was sloppy, the action was slow, and the whole "i can stand here 2 feet away these zombies behind a fence for an hour until i walk thru the OBVIOUS invisible trip wire and trigger them to attack" was just... LAME.
yeah...MP3 might be a disappointment. it's a great game but it's in no way a Max Payne game in the slightest!
Max Payne 3 was brilliant
I felt very bad for Max at the beginning. btw, <3Mona Sax<3 (i'm in old max payne fan)
One of their complains was about the numerous and lengthy cut scenes. Really?!?
funny cause I know people that'll complain about the story and have no idea what's going on, then I see how they play and just race to finish the game skipping all the cutscenes. SMH....
Could have kept Synthesis (everyone becomes a Reaper), Destroy could have been on-par with Refuse (try to fight back, maybe barely winning but this galactic civ is extinct as well to get this debate of which form of unity is better going amongst fans), and Control being changed to an appeal to the Reapers to allow us to live as we've proven that individuality does not result in chaos or weakness. Far better than the technological singularity ending that wasn't even thought out.
[My apologies for the rant lol]
I don't think that alone should qualify the game as the "biggest disappointment of 2012."
Though it might still be active. It should've been more gripping?
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sometimes its hard to live up to the expections set by past games, MP1-2 were excellent games so people did want max payne 3 but expected that rockstar won' put their own spin on it. MP3 may not be like MP 1-2 but its still a great game in its right.
maybe that's why Valve is so reluctant to make HL3 or maybe they can't count to 3 or maybe #3 scares them lol
I suppose is you don't mind mindless gunplay, MP3 was a good game, but that's all it was. Why else did every outlet ignore it during the GoTY announcements? The simple answer is that it's just not that good.
For christ's sake it's still even missing pvp to this date
I've been disappointed by Assassin's Creed 3.I'd call that statement a hyperbole though.Though the game admittedly picks up in the latter half,and it is definitely a step up story-wise to Revelations,I just couldn't get into the combat mechanics.Also,I'm probably in a tiny minority,but I didn't quite enjoy the naval side missions.
HELL. NO.
Loved Max Payne 3. Still playing it and about to start the Noir mode!
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Note: maxpayne was probably the best game of the year..
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I'll get rated the hell down, no doubt about it, but at the very least I feel like I raised legitimate points.
Max Payne 3 was actually great. One of my top 10 games of the year for sure.
The gameplay was good, characters were actually better, and it was satisfying.
Get over it. You did not give enough reasons to make Max Payne the most horrible disappointment of 2012. It was still neo-noir unless you wanted Max to have sexual monologue everytime he sees a woman behind.
I'm not sure I get why people complain so much when a company decides to change up a game, yet if the game stays the same they still aren't happy.
Case in point, look at the response from Resident Evil 6. Everyone knew from the beginning that it wouldnt be scary but rather a much more action oriented type of game. I bet if that game went back to the original concept of survival horror, then people would still complain it was too old school.
Haven't played AC3 yet, but it looks good to me.