Max Payne 3
Developer Rockstar Studios
Max Payne 3 is a 2012 third-person shooter game developed and published by Rockstar Games. It is the sequel to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) and the third entry in the Max Payne series. In the single-player mode, the player controls Max Payne, a former NYPD detective. Nine years after the events of the second game, Max finds work as a private security contractor in São Paulo, Brazil, but becomes… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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60 of 102 · most liked first🎮 Max Payne 3 Continuing my first ever playthrough of this franchise 👀 Max Payne 1 - Great Max Payne 2 - Masterpiece So far all I can say about this is that it's definitely NOT a remedy game 😬
unlabelledView post →The fact that this game is being used to trojan horse an all digital future with minimal consumer rights made me forget that this is a game made with effectively unlimited budget from the creators of 2 of my favorite games of all time: Red Dead Redemption 2 and Max Payne 3. But I remember now.
unlabelledView post →Max Payne 3 is $5.99 on Steam buff.ly/4gKYGvI Max Payne 1 + 2 bundle $4.49 buff.ly/4060EkI $8.99/$6.99 Xbox (Game Pass discount) buff.ly/Op3C2fE
unlabelledView post →I wanted to play Max Payne 1 and stumbled onto a problem: The game doesn't exist in Germany So I wanted to play Max Payne 2 and stumbled onto another problem: The German version only has the German VO So I wanted to play Max Payne 3- It is heavily censored Germany fucking HATES Max Payne lmao
unlabelledView post →sharing clips of regular Max Payne 3 gameplay is always neat because it's the coolest any game has ever been (loud bsky volume warning!)
unlabelledView post →Max Payne 3 is $5.99 on Steam buff.ly/4gKYGvI Max Payne 1 + 2 bundle $4.49 buff.ly/4060EkI $8.99/$6.99 Xbox Game Pass discount buff.ly/BEPZbMY MP1 $8.99 US PSN buff.ly/ubJm4rz
unlabelledView post →You ever think about how Rockstar made Max Payne 3, and the shooting was somehow better than any game they'd internally developed in the past? And it was like, "Great, so does this mean GTA and Red Dead will have solid shooting in the future?" lol. lmao. Not a fucking chance
unlabelledView post →The only good rockstar game to have ever been made was when they laser focused their animation and money into the singular job of making Max Payne 3 have some of the most impressive shoot dodging and gunfighting animation ever made
unlabelledView post →Best games I’ve ever: GTA 4, Baldurs Gate 3, Max Payne 3, Max Payne 1/2, Okami, Pokémon Blue, Batman Arkham Asylum, Zelda Link’s Awakening, GTA San Andreas, The Warriors, Resident Evil 4, Metal Gear Solid 3, Saints Row 2, Bioshock Game that kind of sucks that I love: Kane and Lynch 2
unlabelledView post →it's crazy to think that Max Payne 3 was a disliked game, I remember playing it near when it came out and thinking it was sick as hell.
unlabelledView post →Cool to see rumours of GTA IV and Max Payne 3 remasters. I'd take both in a heartbeat. Especially Max Payne 3. Such an underrated game.
unlabelledView post →That Sam Lake mod for Max Payne 3 really elevates the game to a new level.
unlabelledView post →Friend of mine regularly jokes that I pushed what would fit in RPG Site's scope a lot in interviews and I don't think they're ready for when I interview a published author who was an NPC in a Yakuza game or a metal band drummer to chat coffee and Max Payne 3 on Respec.
unlabelledView post →First Game I Ever Played: Faxanadu Favorite Game System: PC Favorite Game: Assassin's Creed Odyssey Comfort Game: Ratchet & Clank Going Commando Game You're Currently Playing: AC Shadows Favorite Gaming Soundtrack: Max Payne 3 Game You're Looking Forward to in 2025: AC Shadows (released alrdy)
unlabelledView post →Max Payne 3 will run 90fps on the steam deck but apparently the first game has issues, Damn it. I own it on the ps5 but i wanted to play it in bed since I’m feeling like shit
unlabelledView post →I just learned that Treasure Planet has an RTS game that takes place 5 years after the movie, making a pseudo-sequel, and it's apparently pretty good. And it's on Steam. The devs made Homeworld: Cataclysm and then went on to make Bully and Max Payne 3. store.steampowered.com/app/331970/D...
unlabelledView post →remember folk being upset that Max Payne 3 was a "cover shooter". Should have been upset with themselves because they were shite at the game tbf
unlabelledView post →Y'know? I lowkey forgot that Monoloth Productions; the people that made F.E.A.R., Blood and Shadow of Mordor? They got shut down as of Feb 25th of this year. Made me lowkey sad. So, I think when I'm done Max Payne 3, I'll play Blood; the Monolith game everyone loves that isnt F E.A.R.
unlabelledView post →That's not even saying Bonnie and Clyde gotta ride off into the sunset. I just want a GTA game to have even an ounce of the heart and sincerity that any Red Dead Redemption game has, or lowkey even Max Payne 3. Get me invested, endear these people to me at least a lil!
unlabelledView post →Jerry Martin's soundtrack for The Sims 1 is one of the great artworks of gaming history. Without it, you just don't have the game. Same goes for Nobuo Uematsu/FF7, Stephen Rippy/AoE 2, Jesper Kyd/Hitman Blood Money, Health/Max Payne 3, Frank Klepacki/Command and Conquer. There are others.
unlabelledView post →Max Payne 3, my comfort game
unlabelledView post →I really wish there was an officially released set of editing tools for Max Payne 3, similar to MaxFX. There is a really fantastic John Wick game hidden in there just waiting to be brought to the surface with some modding.
unlabelledView post →Brazilian me is going to have to disagree as to Max Payne 3, which lacks the occult elements of the first two but is the first mainstream game I've EVER seen realistically depict Brazil. (I'M FUCKING LOOKING AT YOU OVERWATCH!) It even prefigures Bolsonaro, in a way.
unlabelledView post →The only game that's ever given me vicarious patriotism was Max Payne 3, where I spent the game getting mad that Max's obviously Spanish speaking partner was being portrayed as being Brazilian...only for the game to throw in a twist that yes, he was Colombian, Max the dumb gringo just couldn't tell.
unlabelledView post →www.nme.com/news/gaming-... Yo, HEALTH in a video game? That never happens (they've been in at least Max Payne 3... obviously lol and A song on Cyberpunk 2077 look)
unlabelledView post →Max Payne 1 and 2: comic book stylized conspiracy noir with a drug called WALKYRIE and Satanic imagery, please understand we are very serious about a Dark Story this is NOT just an action game Max Payne 3: yeah "Brazilian cops" oughta do it
unlabelledView post →Day 2 Results (Game with Memorable Soundtrack): Datvi - COE33 🥖 MarcG - Max Payne 3 👞 Finn - Persona 5 Royale 🎭 Joes - Persona 5 😷 Bro - Undertale 🦴 I mean, normally my answer for this type of question is P5R, so I get it. 😊
unlabelledView post →You know what's a good shooty game? Max Payne 3.
unlabelledView post →I replayed Max Payne 3 again, I think it’s now the game I’ve replayed the most in my life lol
unlabelledView post →Nothing makes me feel older than the vague disinterest I have in GTA 6 but I read that they might put Max Payne 3 on modern consoles and I got really excited for that game with skippable cutscenes.
unlabelledView post →Last thing. The developers stated they were going for a game that was Max Payne in tone. I'm dropping a Max Payne 3 trailer here for comparison: www.youtube.com/watch?v=udF6...
unlabelledView post →They didn't use to... PS2 era had three along with Nintendo DS titles. Yeah yeah, graphics and all that, but GTA IV to V didn't seem that long. Between that, we had RDR 1 and Max Payne 3, and if I recall tennis? I honestly just miss Rockstar making more than one video game series for a decade(s).
unlabelledView post →Looked up what the first game I got free from work was and it was actually Max Payne 3, which I never wrote a single word about.
unlabelledView post →RDR2, Max Payne 3, WRC, RE2 Remake. RDR2 best open world to explore imo, love the weighty feel of the game as well, story is 10/10. Max Payne 3 has the best third person shooter gameplay imo. WRC - brum brum fun. RE2 Remake - speedrunning.
unlabelledView post →It was the same when they decided to make a sequel to Max Payne, taking over from Remedy. Max Payne 3 is not a bad game mechanically by any means, but its identity is just "we watched Tony Scott's Man on Fire" with everything interesting completely removed.
unlabelledView post →When they focused and tightened their scope way back in the day with games like Max Payne 3, Midnight Club, Bully, Warriors, etc, it more often than not came together fantastically well, but alas they must now make 1 (one) gargantuan game every decade now because umm uhhh
unlabelledView post →remember when Rockstar balled the fuck out and got HEALTH to soundtrack Max Payne 3 like fuck yeah man (never played the game) www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8_Y...
unlabelledView post →The weapon animations in Max Payne 3 are incredible. The one where he tucks a gun under his arm to reload another is rad, not seen any other game do that
unlabelledView post →Now Playing: Max Payne 3 (Oh yeah, game 29 completed with Max Payne 2) This trilogy has been a joy from start to finish, and Max Payne 3 is easily the best one. Love when that happens 😌
unlabelledView post →~ 30 day game challenge ~ Day #2: Maxy Payne 3 youtu.be/2M_-NCQlzhA?... This one was difficult, I could talk about videogame soundtracks all day, tried to avoid my usual Final Fantasy, Persona picks and settled on Max Payne 3, the soundtrack especially the airport scene have really stuck with me
unlabelledView post →I think we can stop talking about video game graphics. Max Payne 3 came out in 2012 and on modern hardware it looks like a movie
unlabelledView post →Trick Dempsey, game designer and various narrative and technical roles on Defiance, The Division 2, Red Dead Redemption, and Max Payne 3. I'm pretty quiet about my current project.
unlabelledView post →Thinking about Max Payne 3 again, which I think is very underrated, and how the main villains of the game are a right wing militia and a militarized police force working together to kidnap people.
unlabelledView post →Game #30 in 2026 complete: Max Payne 3. This game oozes with style and charm. A bangin soundtrack accompanies the best gunplay I've ever seen in a game. I hear there may be remakes of 1 & 2 on the horizon?
unlabelledView post →Seriously man. The direction they went with Max Payne 3 makes a lot more sense after finally getting farther into this game. Feels like an evolution of Manhunt, with how grungey and "ugly" everything is
unlabelledView post →Max Payne 3 is such a depressive game with constant fucking dark writing and disassociating imagery but I love that shit
unlabelledView post →Found My Max Payne 3 Collectors Edition while playing. This game is gorgeous still and feels great btw. Rockstar truly is a master in their own class
unlabelledView post →Well, Max Payne 3 is sure a game. We aren't done yet, but we did a lot. We raided into @daziras.bsky.social at a friend's request. #vtuber #vsky #vtubersupport
unlabelledView post →I’ve had luck with games that are from the X360/PS3 era and older, but for newer games? Good luck. Just finished Max Payne 3 on steam deck and it ran pretty well. Resident Evil 4 or Avowed? Looks like the game went into the same ooze as that dude from Robocop.
unlabelledView post →What is a game that feels like home for you? It doesn't matter how much or little you've played the game. Each time you return to it you're filled with a sense of peace. You can choose however many you want! For me, it's Four Games Mass Effect 2 Max Payne 3 Marvel's Spiderman Judgment
unlabelledView post →Retro Gaming 10’s- Max Payne 3: (2012) #gaming #videogames #retrogames gamingheartscollection.net/2022/04/16/r...
unlabelledView post →Max Payne 3 also. The last game they made that felt good was Table Tennis.
unlabelledView post →Christ, Max Payne 3 is a truly unfun game, isn't it.
unlabelledView post →Max Payne 3 verdict: I think the story is kinda bleh and this game looks like every fucking 2012 ps3 game ever but it still has some of the most satisfying third-person gunplay in a game ever
unlabelledView post →Max Payne 3 is a garbage game and it killed the franchise.
unlabelledView post →Games were reasonably sized back then. We didn't have games regularly taking up over 150 GB. I miss when it was insane that Max Payne 3 takes up 32 GB. Now you're lucky if a non-indie game is that small.
unlabelledView post →And they called it Man on Fire? And they just adapted Max Payne 3? And it came out 8 years before the game?
unlabelledView post →I would declare the Housers terrible writers but Max Payne 3 is one of the only genuinely funny and interesting bits of game writing that exist so I refuse.
unlabelledView post →It's time for this week's Remedy Rewind, with the last half of the last Chapter of Max Payne 3. This has to be the final stream of the game, please goddess, set me free.
unlabelledView post →I think for what it is (a PS3 game) it’s impressive but that in itself held it back in some regards. Worse physics compared to RDR/Max Payne 3 and Los Santos felt like a step down from Liberty City. And Rockstar’s character writing is at its most obnoxious with that one especially with Trevor lol
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