IGN Writes: 'The gameplay is simple yet satisfying, but it’s entirely in the service of a strongly-authored narrative. Players aren’t at the liberty to roam, to explore, or to shake things up. Some might find this too controlling, but in return for your freedom, you’re rewarded with a mature genre piece which is also a finely-realised character study. Action games continue to inch the dial towards 11, sometimes at the expense of their narrative integrity. Max Payne 3, however, has the conviction to reign in the action, imbue it with purpose - the spectacle still sparkles but it also makes sense. ' 9/10
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But it's ok since it's Max Payne (a whole other genre).
Plus, no one expects MP3 to have a GTA sandbox just because it's from one of Rockstar's 9 sub-developers. There's no single R* that made RDR, Mp3 and GTA, altogether.
Reviewers said it had no open-endedness as in how to approach each situation. You pretty much have to go all guns blazing in a narrow path the whole game.
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Get my copy from amazon tomorrow but the real question is.....does Captain Baseball Bat Boy and tv shows like Lords and Ladies return?
What does GTAIV have to do with it?
You can't take reviews as fact. Some games are over-scored or under-scored.
I can comprehend that reviews are just opinions, I was just merely summarizing what I had read.
Cleary this didn't go well with N4G, hence the disagrees.
"FREE CAKE, FREE CAKE" -RS
Just because both games are by Rockstar doesn't mean they should be compared the same way.
They're different games, different genres.
But this is Rockstar and I personally have never had a bad game from them....
A 9 is a must-buy amazing title. They seem to give 9s to just "good" games.
Edit: yes i do go on to metacritic. Alot. I read alot of reviews to make my decisions, games are expensive and I cannot afford to buy horrible games trying to make up my own mind.
Thats how I ended up with flops like spiderman 3 and dbz raging blast 2, making up my own mind even though reviews told me to stay away.
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You can't just look at a score for a game like this because the single player brought it down. It's like resistance 3, it had an awesome single player, but the multiplayer was nothing special, so it brought down the score. But I bought it for the single player, so it's a 9/10 for me.
When I buy starhawk, I'll be buying it for the multiplayer. The mediocre single player won't bother me too much because the game has fantastic multiplayer. Sometimes, I would rather have a game specialize on one part of the game instead of just being good at both.
In the end, that 77% meta mystery game is just an average of metacritic's own weighted sites (why did 1up get dropped?) and re-interpreted scores (eg. the letter scale) by staff at metacritic who we don't even know.
That average more likely than not, is also part of a community of 70-80 sites most people probably, honestly don't read. There are bad reviews that impact the meta-score just as much as good ones. Nature of the beast. To insinuate that anything higher than its meta-score however is a review that can't be trusted, is something even the staunchest critics like Jim Sterling would find major, major fault with.
Either way, Day 1.
Personally, I think deducting points for not having enough freedom in a linear/story driven game is like deducting points from a third person shooter for not having bullet time. It's a developer design choice.
Just like you can't expect every third person shooter to have the SAME features, you can't expect a story driven game to have much freedom. But Krupa DOES mention that the linearity is a trade off for the excellent focused story.
So, its basically a 10 really.
PC Release lol
I just re-bought Max Payne 1 on the PSN store, unfortunately has not aged well...
Two... saying Max Payne hasn't aged well is like saying the same about Serious Sam. It has health bars, ugly graphics (remember when the PC version of Max Payne was like "HOLY CRAP, THAT'S AMAZING!"?), and a traditional way of carrying guns. Serious Sam 3 has the same (minus the ugly graphics). It's not that the game has aged poorly, it's that you've become a bit too adjusted to modern-day gaming conventions.
Max Payne is what simply a linear game when you essentially rub the floor so much you think he'd have married it instead of Michelle. While on the floor, many bullets are fired, many people go "ARRGWHWGHGH", and many shots of Sam Lake's constipated face are shown. As long as you know that, the game should be a blast (a blast that requires tons of quicksaves/loads on PC).
Pre-Ordered on steam , was nice to get Max Payne 1 & 2 free with it but a shame I already own them xD
Giant Bomb - 8/10
Gametrailers - 8/10
If you are a fanboy justifying your purchase, fine, just tell yourself whatever you want.
I will probably still get this game but it really bugs me to think what this game could of been like if it had an open world.
seems legit.
I'm getting max Payne 3 because they are all awesome games.
I would get Max Payne 3 whatever scores it gets.
The only time I pay attention to reviews is if the game is an unknown quantity. For example Game of Thrones as I can't tell if it's going to be good or not from the media i've seen. I'll use the reviews to help me with my decision.
I just finished MP3 and tbh it is a poor TPS, pathetic cover system, bullet dodge that seems more of a chore than fun. You seem to walk through a corridor and open a door and bam gun battle it is so repetitive am I the only one who sees this?
RDR and hopefully GTA5 will be the aces for R* this gen, they have fallen from the top in my books.
Hmmmm.
Then again they also scores GTAIV highly - and that game included taking a relative out to a comedy club.
Bewildering.
On another note I just saw the review and MP3 looks good.
*sigh*