I Review Max Payne 3

Story

This has to be one of the greatest stories I have ever seen in a game or franchise. Dan Hauser knows how to write one hell of a script and how to immerse the audience and give them such rich, dark and intriguing experience. The story Pick up after shortly after game 2 and max is now a hired bodyguard for a very wealthy and powerful family. He still hasn’t coped with the loss of family and is now a full blown alcoholic and pain killer abuser, (which is told without holding back in the story) apart from his vices everything seems to be going well until renegade military groups try to kidnap the wife of one of the family members. I won’t go into the story any more you really need to immerse yourself in it and experience it firsthand.


Gameplay
Controlling the character is a very fluid experience, the seamless transition from "cut scene" to game play is superb, and the graphics have an amazing level of detail from each shell casing being modelled individually to level destruction. AI has been amped up well allowing enemies to react differently to each shot, injury and situation. Bullet time has vastly been improved and kill cam is a very welcomed perspective
What I didn’t like was with the bullet time death recovery if you’re crouching for cover near an object it can sometimes cause problems


Sound
The music for the game is brilliant; the score has been structured perfectly for each environment that Max finds himself in. The main track for the game "Tears" really lets the player feel  the raw emotion that Max is going through. Amazing effort


Multiplayer
I haven’t had the chance yet to sink my teeth into this but from what I have seen it looks great and would compare to RDR if anyone has played it.


End stuff
This is one of the most enjoyable games I have played in a very long time. Rockstar have done an amazing job with the latest instalment in the series. They had some pretty big shoes to fill with the game’s gritty storytelling and film noir experience and I think they have nailed it perfectly. Max Payne 3 is a must play game, even if you are new to the franchise, you won’t be missing out. It is available on PC Xbox360 and PS3.
My verdict 4.5/5