1 > 3 > 2
3 is fucking awful. They made Max Payne look like a cheeto stained discord mod.
>>128853243 > 1 >>>>>>>> 2i can't wait for R* to remake MP1 with MP3 gameplay
>>12885324When Max Payne 3 lets me play it I think it's the best one. Otherwise>1>3>2They're all great though
>>12885656>When Max Payne 3 lets me play itIs this a jab at the cut scenes or something I must have not noticed about the third installment?
>>12885658Yes
what's the deal with everyone disliking 2? I thought it was great and more of what 1 was. I think 1 is a lot more iconic and easy to sit through, but 2's gameplay and story were great. 3 is fun but feels completely different from what I enjoyed from 1 and 2.
>>12886128It's great but it has worse weapons, less interesting levels except the funhouse but that is used 3 times and alot more cutscenes breaking up the pacing.
>>12886128MP2 is dead boring with its placeholder-tier level design and "enhanced" bullet time. Also ragdoll physics is one of the worst things that happened to video games in the 00s.
>>12885658>go to press a buttonit's a cutscene>open a doorit's a cutscene>killed last enemyno time to look around, time for another cutscene>the shooting is too fun and the player has been doing it for a whole 30 seconds uninterrupted, what should we do?on-rails cutscene
>>12886128it's a combination of a legitimate gameplay flaw in bullet time being broken and the depressive romance storyline getting dragged.
>>12886128I thought 2 was very fun and the graphics were very good for its time, but it's only like 6 hours long, I remember beating it and thinking "is that it". Imagine someone releasing a 6 hour long AAA game today with no multiplayer or other things do, just the 6 hour long campaign, that'd be insane.
>>12885324>2 below 1 in anything but maybe story>3 anywhere in the ranking
>>12886128I also don't get why it gets so much hate here. I liked it as much as 1. Like another anon said, my only complaint is that it's very short.
2>1>3
>>12886553>>12886550>>12886452wild
>>128853241 > 2 > 3Three is retarded. Never understood why people glaze the gameplay. Story is pretty ass too.Two has a stupid story, kinda boring levels, but the gunplay is pretty nice.One is the perfect blend of good gameplay, good story (minus the whole secret society bullshit) and just the right amount of cheese. Though the whole dock section could be easily skipped and it the story wouldn't lose anything.
>>12886898What’s wrong with secret society bullshit?
2 is the best in everything except the story, and the story in Max Payne 2 is really good. It's just that 1 has a strong narrative and 2 feels like the loose ends.3 is a novelty at best. The best thing I've heard people say about it is "It's a good game, just not a good 'Max Payne' game." That's because it was almost certainly a totally unrelated shooter game that they stapled the Max Payne IP to halfway through production, and as a result it feels like a bad fanfic of a story that already ended. Especially with the flashback levels that have nothing to do with the game's overall narrative and just feel like they're there to make it read as a Max Payne game.
>>12885324wat dis
>>12887065Look, I'm sure if you ask the boys at Rockstar, they'll set you straight. They'll explain to you clearl and unambiguously that everything was a very intentional creative decision meant to send a clear message, and the final result was exactly the game they wanted to ma--https://www.gamesradar.com/games/max-payne/max-payne-3-was-a-failure-says-rockstar-co-founder-because-despite-writing-grand-theft-auto-and-red-dead-redemption-games-hes-no-sam-lake/oh...
>>12885331Unskippable cutscenes, nonstop hecking deep reddit story. It was a borderline Sony movie-game.
>>12885658>I must not have noticedHow could you not? It was downright obnoxious how obscene the cutscenes were. The shooting was fantastic, and the physics were great, but there was a cutscene literally EVERY 20 fucking seconds.
>>12886128Mine is a nitpick. In bullet time the more dudes max kills the faster he goes. I genuinely hate that mechanic.
>>128870652 does not have as good gunplay as 1 that's just a fact. You can't go from shotguns sends goons and henchmen backwards to shotguns make them fall over limp. That's lame and gay. The narrative being more about loose ends is fine enough, but where it falls apart for me is thematically Mona Sax is a lame way to have Max get over his wife's death. As a premise, yes, it stands to reason that despite Max getting his wife's killer and cleaning up the city, his wife and child are still dead. But having a second woman in Max's wife die have him get over his wife's death is stupid.
>>12887168Oh and the bullet time is just "right click to win". I know it's a necessity on higher difficulties, in fact I'm sure that's the entire reason they have it that way, but in practice it's lame. Plus fuck that pirouette reload.
>>12887130I guess they didn't really bother me as much as some folks. The acting was pretty good and I personally enjoyed them.
>>12887168The shotguns are terrible to use in 2, maybe a combination of the limp ragdolls but also the spread feels too extreme
>>12885324Agreed even tho MP3 is really max payne in name only, at least that’s how felt on my initial playthrough. Just downloaded it again on steam and trying out these 3 again before the remasters probably ruin the series (thank god I have multiple physical copies of 1-2 at least).
>>128853243 could have been the best one if it wasn't 80% unskippable cutscenes
>>12887085It blows my mind how people mock the new GoW but worship Max Payne 3. Both are tedious movie games with a stereotypical nu male protagonist.
Once you get past the cutscenes and the social commentary, 3 is an entirely different beast. It's not about navigating the levels, it's about shooting and at that it excels. It's one of the best playing third person shooters around. The others put more emphasis on running through levels as quickly as possible and fast reactions, 3 is about aiming and shooting properly.
>>12885324Max Payne 1 and 2 were gritty, had a cold noir atmosphere, filled with occultism and religion, were detective stories, and had supberb comic book style scenes. Max Payne 3 is The Adventures Of Grimbald Man In Brazil with an insane amount of unskippable cutscenes and weird "Press X to awesome!" scenes every 5 minutes. Please don't include Max Payne 3 in the series.
>>12886128mona was stupid
>>12888532Perfect example of if it's not broken don't fix it. It's not like film noir bullettime was some oversaturated concept.
>>12885324>3not retro
>>12888602fuck off avatarfagging jeet
>>12888583Even worse they stripped all the humor out of it. I think Captain Baseball Bat Boy shows up once, and I'm not sure Lords & Ladies even appears. It's just grimdark edgy shit from start to finish.
1 >>> 2 > 3
