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Max Payne 3 Announced For Next Winter
tordavis writes with news that Rockstar Games has announced Max Payne 3 is in the works for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. It's currently planned for this coming winter. Quoting the news release:
"'We're starting a new chapter of Max's life with this game,' said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. 'This is Max as we've never seen him before, a few years older, more world-weary and cynical than ever. We experience the downward spiral of his life after the events of Max Payne 2 and witness his last chance for salvation.' Since leaving the NYPD and New York itself behind, Max has drifted from bad to worse. Double-crossed and a long way from home, Max is now trapped in a city full of violence and bloodshed, using his weapons and instincts in a desperate search for the truth and a way out."
I didn't think that was possible. I kinda thought Max's World-Wearness and Cynicism meters were already pegged at 11.
I had given up all hope. I am so happy that they are finishing the trilogy.
>"...and witness his last chance for salvation."
MP 3 is just a working title, and the release title will be something along the lines of "Max Payne 3: Salvation"...?
Otherwise, #3 would be the end of the series, right? At least until the next time the franchise flatlines, of course.
ACs can mod themselves right up... And ./ thought they had all those loop holes plugged :)
When is winter, where is the developer located, it is America or Europe or what, where? Are they in Australia?
Don't you guys class winter as starting on the 22'nd or something whereas down here in Australia we start our seasons at the start of the month for example.
How about you list the MONTHS, not the seasons, it's not hard and I don't have to wrack my brain to translate stuff back into simple months.
When will this dopey, dopey tradition end? It seems to be a North American thing.
The rest of us use months.
This sounds nothing like the last two games! I can't wait! In all seriousness though, I am a fan of the franchise.
Max Payne, enjoyed both of'em and have been waiting about *5 YEARS* for Alan Wake. What is the hold up guys? Cause of your lameness, looks like you lost out to develop M Payne 3. Wonderful....
"For Next Winter"
"for this coming winter"
Great, now my brain broken
Vaporware! Al Gore said it was too late, no more ice to make a next winter.
and no more Santa Claus too...
Hmmm, I wonder how this connects to the alternative ending in Max Payne 2? I was very glad to see that after having fought through all three difficultiy levels, you got rewarded with an alternative ending in which the bullet missed Mona Sax's heart. She doesn't die, they kiss and the whole game ends on a cautiously optimistic tone. I always felt that this was how the game was supposed to end, that this was the ultimate reward for Max: finally a slim chance of happiness. Now they seem to disregard this and cast poor Max once again into darkness and dispair. Hmmm... I don't know...
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I'll help you.
Winter == Summer
Spring == Fall
Keep this conversion chart posted next to your terminal.
We all know what they did to Indiana. And we all know what they are going to do to Max Payne.
Enough is enough. I am not going to stand for it.
Next video game should be about corporate douchebags who ruin cultural icons, and how you have to fight your way through their mansion, 'beyond the goblin city', to take back the child they have stolen.
What in the world are they thinking? The franchise was fun but the movie totally killed this series for many gamers.
As a game that has the best use of cynicism, and a genuine feeling of desperation, I'm really looking forward to see if they can deliver what they promise. It must be very hard to to in such a way that the atmosphere doesn't go over the top, but the first two games did this very well.
(Out of respect for most of the Max Payne franchise, I'm just pretending the movie doesn't exist)
What is fall, is that a funny name for autumn?
It's a wank and it's un-necessary, USE MONTHS PEOPLE.
"Max Payne 3 is in the works for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC" Bah, another cross platform game that will have a watered down, naff conrol system on the PC, take up loads of disk space, have lots of slow loading screens, and probably be raved about in the console world for being ground breaking while not actually doing anything new... not that I'm cynical or annoyed with Fear 2 or anything.
Winter == Summer Spring == Fall
No, definitely Winter != Summer.
The good, the evil and the vacuum tubes.
Yes fall == autumn. I'm guessing this is the industry way of saying a range of months, rather than "december through april." Along the same lines, maybe they think it makes more sense to the "consumer" than "Q3" 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpTBkKrRTl4 I'm still waiting for the Captain baseball bat boy game.
Then you're in the north hemisphere of the planet. Enjoy not having your seasons backwards and don't worry you aren't missing out on water spinning the other direction.
A bullet may have your name on it but splash damage is addressed "To whom it may concern."
This is a stupid argument and is making Slashdot stupider. Slashdot is Taco's Blog. I know this is hard for you to grasp, but if the guy who runs it lives in the USA it's pretty reasonable to refer to things from the standpoint of the USA. All you furriners are obviously welcome to use the thing, and you're even welcome to whine about it, but we're not obligated to care.
When will this dopey, dopey tradition end? It seems to be a North American thing. The rest of us use months.
That's a bunch of crap. Shit, lots of people in this world don't even know what month they were born in. They might know it was a Tuesday. (I know a Kenyan who lives in my town who's like this; apparently it's standard.) Seasons are understood the world-over.
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ACs can mod themselves right up... And ./ thought they had all those loop holes plugged :)
If they cared about the moderation system on slashdot they would have fixed it years ago. The many problems have been evident literally for years, but "they" are getting what they want out of the site.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
At least they didn't say Q4. It seems like every company starts it's fiscal quarter at a different time.
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Second was a big pile of meh. Quit stripmining the past, people. Come up with a new idea. Max Payne was a new idea, once.
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well, Remedy is based in Finland and Rockstar _Vancouver_ should be pretty obvious...
Seasons or Quarters are easier to predict than months - software is notorious for slipping schedules.
North American releases are usually placed in seasons. This is because the release date is even more vague that way.
They could use quarters but most people can't place them properly in a year as 1st quarter doesn't start Jauary 1st.
The first game is awesome.
It went downhill with the second game and the GBA version. The movie script was just horrible. Where was the mafia and related characters? That was 2/3 of the game. Anyway, I am not very optimistic about this new game, but I prefer to wait and see.
In the meantime I'll keep trying to play the first game using only the baseball bat.
Whoosh!
well, Remedy is based in Finland and Rockstar _Vancouver_ should be pretty obvious...
So no matter when it's coming out, I can expect it to be released in winter?
Nice to see the real Max Payne is coming back.
Though the wait for Alan Wake as MP3 (heh) had me give up hope with all the talk
of multi processor/threads, high end hardware and other forms of CPU/GPU abuse.
(could almost hear my old Athlon64 3700 whimper at the thought...or maybe that was me)
Not so strangely if MP3 never came out I, and other gamers, would pay quite well
to have MP1's levels converted to run under MP2's engine. MP 2.5, if you will.
Great story, great action, fantastic game play (2 > 1's, of course) and very well
written characters. Replay value++, especially the DMW (dead man walking) game
mode (see comments here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U1rIsThYyQ )
Built up to 293 minutes on DMW's first level in MP2...fun and relaxing.
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Christmas in summer is the only way to do things. Think about it - how does it make sense having the holiday season (the time to go out and have fun) in the time of year where it's least pleasant to go out? How do you people enjoy New Years? I'd hate to be cooped up indoors, I wouldn't be able to go out and see the fireworks..
4th quarter, calendar year 2009.
Does that clear it up for you?
It's probably safer to say 1st quarter 2010, but I didn't want to confuse you further.
... that they bundle in the first two games, atleast on the ps3. The blu-ray (if number of discs is an issue) may be able to cope with it. They could perhaps update the graphics if they want but if they just port the games as they are even that would be a great service to the max payne fan-base. I am sure people would be willing to pay a bit extra for this.