GTA 5 Looks a Lot like Max Payne 3

GR - "A new gameplay video comparing Grand Theft Auto 5 and Max Payne 3 raises some loaded questions."

[iamnsuperman]

Does it matter? They have taken something that worked very well in Max Payne 3 and put it into GTA 5. GTA 4 does have an awful gun mechanic and it did feel a bit outdated

Edit: One thing I would say worked very well in Max Payne 3 bit couldn't work in GTA 5 is when you swap guns in Max Payne he holds the other gun in his hand (except for handguns which go in the holster). Little details like that made me really like that game

[Kran]

Yeah but then a lot of people will be praising the games mechanics when some of it are actually quite similar to that of Max Payne 3.

Sure, shoot me in the head and say all games do that anyway, but a lot of games give no credit to games it's based itself upon.

[nveenio]

Actually, GTAV's gunplay looks more refined. Same technique, but smoother and tighter. Seems like they've polished it up nicely. Kudos to them.

[DARK WITNESS]

give credit? it's their own F^^king game!! They said themselves when they were getting questions from the press, even before the gameplay vid, that the gun play was going to be more like max payne 3's....

who do they need to give credit to for their own work ?

i think us gamers are getting really fickle with our complaining if we are going to make an issue of devs doing this with their own work.

[Kran]

@darkwitness you realise when I said that, I didn't mean Rockstar specifically right?

[r1sh12]

they are built on Rage engine I think so they would be similar.
As long as the game runs well I dont think anyone will care.

The only thing I care about is in multiplayer, I hope there is some form of block on modded controllers

[Hellsvacancy]

Max Payne 3 was BRILLIANT, I don't really care what anyone thinks, it didn't really skink in until my second playthrough

If GTA has "borrowed" for MP3 that's a good thing, hopefully it'll replace what made GTAIV so bad

[Lior]

Mr.Max Payne

[LiarasBoobs]

I lol'd at the slo-mo lady voice! XD

[Relientk77]

me too lol

[dafegamer]

same here lol was creepy as fvck

[Psychotica]

I would be happy with that, certainly better than what GTA 4 had.

[Shadonic]

True I'm going to miss the slo mo of max payne online though :(

[xxxsiegezzz]

As long as i don´t have to auto aim I´m happy

[Spurg]

That great...Red deads or Max Paynes slow mo please.

[DAS692]

I believe they said that they all have special abilities. I think it'd be cool if Michael's "special ability" were a sort of bullet time?

[ChazzH69]

Each character has an ability. One is excellent at driving, one shooting and the other is a sort of 'tank' character.

[YodaCracker]

Michael's special ability is in fact bullet time! It was revealed back in May during the onslaught of previews.

[ZombieGamerMan]

wait Michael can enter bullet time, and Franklin too when's he's behind the wheel

[Kayant]

I for one am happy with this because after playing Max payne 3 recently I can say the gunplay is far superior to GTA IV's. And also the fact that guns never disappeared was nice but it doesn't look like that is returning :(

[cyguration]

Props that don't disappear take up a lot of memory. The PS3 and Xbox 360 are already pushing those limits.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

The problem with that persistent weapons id that it would look really cheap if not limiting how much you can carry and if they do limit it's not GTA... I'll need my micro SMG, RPG and Flamethrower all at the same time to unleash havoc as I parachute from a soon to crash jet, you know.

[iBlackyi]

GTA IV guncombat was so awful... im glad its like in Max Payne

[iliimaster]

lol this guy even put the game in found a similar setting and went for it with a capture card.... people like this ruin games with crying and moaning on the message boards only to get the developers to listen then an update follows then the game is ruined for alot and saved for a moment for the complainers its a disgusting trend that wen't wild with gears of war judgement, ive never before in my life bought a game with over 5 major updates changing online play within a few months... and it looks like the trend is here to stay

[Skate-AK]

They did that with Battlefield 3 too. It's not that big of a deal. Just adapt.

[Wizziokid]

"GTA V looks a lot like Max Payne 3"

That's not a bad ting.

[Len]

Characters on GTA are so ugly. xD

[ginsunuva]

They always are.
I think it' satire for Americans.

And at least this time they aren't as ugly as every single person in GTA4.

[pwnsause_returns]

Max Payne 3 is an awesome game, sure it couldnt live up to the first 2 games, but hey, it had a good story and has a kick ass shooting mechanic. playing it on PC was pretty orgasmic too.

[DARK WITNESS]

it could not live up to the first 2 but that was not because of the gun mechanics.

story and all that was not quite on par, but thats not the issue. it's not like R* have stolen something from someone else's game. both games are theirs.

[jrbeerman11]

And max payne 3 was refined from red dead redemption mechanics, so there you go

[A2X_]

Read Dead's weapon wheel + Max Paynes's shooting mechanics.
Best of both worlds.

[Spinal]

Most definitely agree! Perfect fit for GTA. I don't know how anyone could see this as a bad thing.

[franko]

It's not simillar. It's the same. And it's GREAT.

[Pintheshadows]

Good. That is exactly what I was hoping for.

[MonkeyOne]

GTA V is basically going to be every gameplay convention thrown into a blender, right?

3D Shooter [Check]
Stealth [Check]
Quests [Check]
Hunting [Check]
Driving [Check]
Flying [Check]
Boating [Check]
RPG Leveling system [Check] (I think)
Minigames [Check]
Crafting? Not sure ...

This is happening with a lot of games. I mean I pretty much just described Farcry 3 right?

[ifritAlkhemyst]

You pretty much just described GTA San Andreas too.

[Yodagamer]

I'm not surprised rockstar has always combined their great games together. It happened in SA when they took the shooting mechanics from manhunt and the driving/customization from Midnight club. Why make the system different if they have one that already works.

[sovietsoldier]

what a bait topic, now lets bash gta v because it does something right....no!

[Nexus38]

i found it hilarious about the hate for max payne 3 when all these 'kids' didnt like it because they cant run out and kill everyone, max payne 3 is one of the best and most well done games in history (in my opinion)

[ifritAlkhemyst]

But it was supposed to be noir. And real fans know that noir means nighttime and has nothing to do with the story being told. /s

[jrbeerman11]

The film genre "Noire" is world war 2 era crime drama in united states, usually dark and grim, but doesnt actually "mean" dark. Just tends to be.

[Master-H]

That is a good thing, my only problems with Max Payne 3 were the story and the setting and how it didnt feel like the earlier games , but gameplay wise it is fantastic , the shooting was like a modified version of red dead shooting, which is awesome,and the graphics were hella nice. take those things and blend them with GTA's open world and crazy missions and you get yourself a possible GOTY.

[jrbeerman11]

I think the use of comic book stills with inner monologue worked really well, they still had the same dialog and grim story, but the presentation wasnt the same.

The story itself isnt worse, if you were to read all three stories of max payne as a book you could argue that the third is the best.

[GHOSTxx420]

Either way its still going to be amazing

[turgore]

MAx Payne without the slo-mo. Seems awesome.

[jrbeerman11]

Slow mo isnt excluded from gta v

[plaZeHD]

That's great, because Max Payne 3 has the best gun mechanics.

[PersonMan]

That's a good thing. I loved the gunplay in maxpayne 3 so much more than GTA IV. Besides, it's running on the same engine, of course they're going to look similar! Duh!

[mark134uk]

take the best things from there engine and putting it together :)

[wannabe gamer]

well this is really a win win for me. i loved GTA 4 and i loved max payne 3 so im sure i will LOVE GTA 5

[josh14399]

This is a good thing

[Cogentleman]

Max Payne 3 was amazing. I hope they do as much like that game as they possibly can.

[KontryBoy706]

MP3 was a GREAT game underrated. At least MP and GTA are both R* games so you can't really say anything bad about this. Hell you could have thrown in Red Dead Redemption too. I'm glad if it is like MP3 because GTA IV has the worst movement and gunplay ever IMO. It was very blocky and stiff

[CoLD FiRE]

Well, that could only be a good thing since combat was the only good aspect of Max Payne 3.

I imagine a cheat for activating bullet time isn't out of the picture if they're using the same engine. Could only add to the fun factor of the game.

[karl]

now we only need max the be playable character in the new GTAV

[pwnsause_returns]

Open world MAX PAYNE!? MOTHER OF GOD....

MAX PAYNE IV should be Max coming back to NYC and getting rid of all the gangs...all 5 boros....

[KiLLeRCLaM]

The color in GTA is way more vibrant..love that compared to Max Payne 3

[TBONEJF]

What's the point in this question when it's made by the same company. just like the original max payne and GTA III

[dafegamer]

thats good to hear anyway. gta 4 gunplay was mediocre

[LAWSON72]

So would people prefer gtaiv style gameplay which is poor by todays standards. I wish I have saw these questions everyone has been asking because I have seen none except in this article. If gtaiv took visuals or gameplay from its developers previous titles it definitely is not the first and will not be the last

[josephayal]

Max Payne 3 looks way solid

[Chinkyinc18]

Good, maybe it will copy MP decent optimization for the PC. GTA 4 is still a hot mess on PC even with newer, more decent hardware.

[CaptainYesterday]

I'm glad Rockstar's improving the shooting Grand Theft Auto 4's shooting wasn't the greatest they seemed to have improved a lot of the things people complained about.