Neon lights bring a kaleidoscope of colors to the clubs while the flavellas are riddled with trash and degrading infrastructure. The city of Sao Paulo looks gorgeous from its high scale clubs and hotels, to its run down, poor flavellas. They merely offer more damage, but it’s still fun to find them implement against the fools trying to stop you. Exploration is also rewarded by collecting parts of golden versions of the games weapons. Expect a challenge from this game if you’re a fan of playing on high difficulties. There is a last stand similar to many other shooters, however this once again can only happen if you have painkillers in your inventory. Health is still controlled through the use of painkillers. The game still wants you to use good old fashion Max Payne run-and-gun tactics to win your firefights. Enemies will push you out of cover and firing with the over shoulder zoom will slow you down. The newly implemented mechanics like cover and over the shoulder zoom are useful, but only so much. Pressing your action button will cause the camera to slow down while your trigger button can be pulled to unleash more shots into the thug before he hits the ground. You’ll also receive the similar camera effects when killing the final enemy in the room.
#MAX PAYNE 3 GOLDEN GUN EFFECTS FULL#
In the very first level you’ll find yourself riding down a roof top to save a woman from her captor in full bullet time slow motion with a satisfying finish. The over the top cinematic moments make bullet time even more entertaining. This creates intense action pieces even without the help of cinematic moments and cutscenes. The shooting is surprisingly fluid along with the use of bullet time.
The game delivers non-stop action from the moment it starts and refuses to slow down. His biting comments at simple observations and clues in the environment add a dash of comedy to a rather dark story. Max has gotten pretty grim, but has managed to develop a bit more humor to his inner monologue. And like every other Max Payne story bombshells are dropped and you don’t realize how obvious it is until the last minute, much like how Max usually finds out. Things go from bad to worse when the head of the family, Rodrigo, has his wife kidnapped by a group of Brazilian gang members. A friend of his Raul Passos visits him in Hoboken and offers him a security job protecting a rather a rich family called the Brancos.
It’s been years since the events of Max Payne 2 and since Max has become washed up. It isn’t a perfect gem but it still glistens beautifully in the light. It’s been awhile since an action game has drawn me in this much with its story.
While annoying at first the flashes seem reflect Max’s new hazy mindset which immerses you into his story even more. The screen flickers with intense photo sensitive flashes. The very first scene shows how deep into the painkiller and alcohol addiction hole Max has dug himself into. As for the character himself, he couldn’t be in worse shape. Gone for years, Payne’s back doing better than ever. I got the same feeling when it came to Max Payne 3. And when they do you hope they’re doing well. When their gone you may not think much about them at first, but as their name comes up you find yourself wondering how they’re doing and when they’ll be coming back. Everyone knows what it’s like to have a close friend be away for years at a time.
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