IGN: Max Payne 3 is Man on Fire 2

IGN: Max Payne 3 is out for revenge. But Man on Fire did it first.

CinemaBlend takes a look at several plot points from the Denzel Washington revenge flick that Max Payne 3 seems to have Xeroxed incorporated. When you break it down, it looks like Rockstar's threequel is an unofficial sequel to/remake of Tony Scott's film.

[fluffydelusions]

Sigh. Max Payne looks like trailer trash now. Why must they give him a baldy, a beer gut, and a wife beater. May as well be redneck rampage 3.

[LOGICWINS]

"Why must they give him a baldy, a beer gut, and a wife beater."

Adds realism.

[JellyJelly]

I have to say I love the new character design. He looks gritty as hell. The change was for the better imo.

[Chitown71291]

Look at the new DMC *waits for you guys to go look at it* Now look at this. * waits for you to look at it again* .......................Be grateful.

[NYC_Gamer]

This could have been a new ip because it's not max payne

[LOGICWINS]

It is Max Payne...just in a different setting/environment. I hear a lot of people saying that Max Payne has lost its way by leaving the gritty streets of NYC.

NEWSFLASH! Sao Paulo Brazil is one of the most dangerous places in the world...much more so than NYC. I suggest you watch City of God. Ull quickly understand how much higher the stakes are for Max this time around.

[J86blum]

Sure, if Max wants to get shot in the foot by a pre-teen :/ the location is trash, put him in NYC or hell Chicago, or Philly anywhere else. Let max do his bread and butter thing dont make him have to have a huge transformation (it never goes well.) Chris Redfield, Dante.

Just saying its bad when I feel the Marky Mark Max Payne movie maybe better then this game.

It feels almost like a Side story for Lynch (from Kane and Lynch)

[rdgneoz3]

"It is Max Payne...just in a different setting/environment."

It wasn't just about the bullet time, slow motion diving and shooting people that made Max Payne what it was. It was the gritty noir feel, graphic novel cut scenes / hard-boiled detective story as well. And from the trailer so far, not really seeing that at all.

[LOGICWINS]

@cupcake- Sounds like someone doesn't like to PLAY games before judging them.

[jbiz330]

City of God is located in RIO not Sao Paolo. two totally different cities (like New York vs Miami) but i get what youre saying.

[MasterD919]

Let me just say this...This game would have done fine had they left Max the way he was and left him in NYC like they should have.

This is the first next-gen Max Payne game...Gamers wouldn't have had a problem with a nicely tuned Max Payne game set in NYC with the same Max. We didn't need Kane & Lynch 3 on vacation (which is what Max looks like to me). Its like they took a big crap all over the series. It still may be enjoyable but really who wants to be a fat, out of shape ex-cop hunting down Brazilians? Its like a tuna fish and peanutbutter sandwich- just doesn't work. Too many mixed ideas here.

Vegas would have been more suitable. Rockstar this makes me question your thought process....I am worried about your future titles or sequels for that matter.

[JellyJelly]

"This game would have done fine had they left Max the way he was and left him in NYC like they should have."

You haven't played it yet. All we've seen of it are glimpses from in the trailer. We know nothing about the gameplay or the story yet people like you jump the gun and write it off just because it doesn't look exactly the same as the previous games.

Gamers these days are too damn conservative.

[MasterD919]

There is a lack of familiarity here for this game. It took away from the series by altering the location and look so drastically. Its not Max Payne but appears to be trying.

Its bulletime shooting mechanics in Brazil- do I really need to play it to figure that out?

[maniacmayhem]

Sometimes a departure is needed...even though it rarely works.

I'm just going to wait and see. Its not as if the Max Payne style of gameplay is fresh or new, maybe this why the new setting was created.

[Drekken]

So wait... Max is a glorified babysitter where the child gets kidnapped and he goes on a rampage to save her until he does and dies?

IGN is a shell of its former self... I saw a comment on this site the other day comparing the new MP to Man on Fire. Does IGN scour the internet comments in hope for something to write about?

[gypsygib]

I like the new look, it's conjecture to say the game sucks without even playing it or without reports on the previews.

"oh he shaved his head so the game sucks" maybe that plays into the story

"oh he's fat" he probably a 40 yr old alcoholic = beer belly