One of my favorite parts of this masterpiece is how they leveraged visual flair in order to immerse us into the role of Max. Another thing they did was add a bright white light to punctuate when he is hurt; white light is the color people associate with pain. Or how about how they show certain quotes of characters to represent the things people say as thoughts floating around in Max's head? Genius.
If im not mistaken, most of those effects during cutscenes are to hide the game loading in the background. One of the things this game was prouud of was its lack of loading screens.
you mean it was for the first time ever when they used his voice actor's own face as the base model in the game. Jim Mccaffrey voiced Max Payne from the first game, but it wasn't until 3, when they finally used his own face for the base model of the character
I really like how Pasos buys max a drink and next thing what, happens is that he dances with some girl and tells her that "max is buying" lol. It's the subtle humor with tone of seriousness.
@@thomasraines1396 Anthony DeMarco did a poor job in grooming Tony for the life. Even Sal Marcano did a much better job, considering Giorgi is a tough opponent in his own right.
Game studios are obsessed with making games feel like movies, but nothing walks that line between game and cinema better than this game. Rockstar and Remedy really aced this.
Remedy actually did not work on this one like 1 and 2 it was rockstar and the rockstar company that made bully I think, but this is really just a masterpiece you are 100 percent right
@@mi-chaelkruger1194 some of the employees of remedy also helped but this was made by rockstar games not only rockstar Employees did this some of others of remedy also helped
Sadly, very few people even know what the Hell you're talking about. It is truly lamentful how few have played the proper games. And yes, I call them proper games, because Sam Lake didn't write Max for 3. It's not Max Payne. He may have the voice and the face, but it's like a cutesy Battle-Pass skin in some trite Battle Royale game.
"I've been sitting in the bar for 3 hours or about 5 years, depend on how you look at things. I tried not to look at things." instantly became the best description of my life i've ever heard. It's my description in almost all my social medias ever since.
1 and 2 were great games, but man was 3 a fucking masterpiece, the narrative, max’s fucked up views on life just waiting to die and making chaos along the way. Props to this underrated masterpiece.
@@esseker6320 i wish this game was remastered or a new ip with max payne gameplay was made. I know gta v and rdr2 has the same gameplay but max payne 3's bullet time ragdoll and enemy variety was way better. The only problem is that a remaster or new ip wont sell well
I guess by that I meant that it didn't it get a release or backwards compatibility on newer consoles. It came out near the tail end of the 360/PS3 life cycle and I feel like it got missed by a lot of people who didn't get a chance to play it on PC later.
The joke that Max payne does about the gorillas doing the Echo of their boss reminded me of Jimmy Hopkins doing the same joke with the Jocks when facing their boss Ted.
I love Max Payne 3 but continuity wise to the rest of the games - he’s got the highest lobster body count ever, he fought the Mafia, government agents, corrupt corporate private armies and mercenary groups over two games - but killing the kid of another mob boss forced him to flee? 🤨
Morse Code He didn't leave because of guilt. He left because the mob boss would continually hunt him down until death. It's strange because Max has gone up against more dangerous more powerful opponents. So why would this one drive him out?
140694 1994 I've no idea. In the game he says that he left because he was dead on that town. But like you said, this ain't the first time he's gone up against a mob boss. Idk maybe he just didn't feel like going through all that again. He didn't know he'd be going on a killing adventure in Brazil
The moment when your acceptance of 1 offer to buy you a drink changes the whole picture and story of new jersey and half brazil , just think of it for a second ,the story of the game is so good ,really :)
Holy shit I played this game as a kid and now when I'm an alone man living on my own it hits different, and I don't even play games anymore. At at certain point life becomes this.
I play games since 2000. I was, and still I am attracted by stories and well written characters and dialogues. It was never been very much for me to play online games, where players are often acting uncultivated. When Max Payne 3 came out in 2012, I was nicely surprised because I get the game I always desired. Today is 2021 and it is a big pity that the game industry was mainly focused on money, unfinished games, pink, green, blue skins, ridiculous brightly colored characters, weapons, multiplayer and more screaming children and the like. From my part, online games are getting more to resemble color gambling automats(gambling machines if you like). I expected the evolution of the gaming industry that it will be more focused on games such as: Max Payne, Alan Wake, Last of Us etc. So I speak through TH-cam and this commentary a wish. I wish that single player, the story and perfect game mechanics returned back to the front of the game industry.
When max Said "From that moment I was dead in that town" but we all know that isn't true max could just kill everyone and disband another mafia family but he was tired so decided just to move to another country
When this game 1st game came out I hopped straight to the online portion & then I went to the campaign afterwards 😅 honestly this was the first Max Payne game I’ve played & I love it lol
I wonder how long everyone hesitated before shooting Tony. I know I did, for a couple of seconds. Don't get me wrong, hitting a woman is horrible, but to shoot a guy in the heart for it, even if he's a mob boss' son? Pretty crazy. Max must've been pretty blasted by that point. P.S. It's kinda funny that those guys decided to mess with Max. "Hey, this is the guy that single-handedly shot and killed hundreds of gangsters and trained professionals by himself! LET'S FUCK WITH HIM"
I love the fact that it was Max who fucked up and shot Tony. It really reinforces how low he was at this point and that it was his own stupid impulse that caused his problems.
I love how the cutscenes are blurry too like you yourself are drunk with Max. Seeing it from his eyes literally.
One of my favorite parts of this masterpiece is how they leveraged visual flair in order to immerse us into the role of Max. Another thing they did was add a bright white light to punctuate when he is hurt; white light is the color people associate with pain. Or how about how they show certain quotes of characters to represent the things people say as thoughts floating around in Max's head? Genius.
If im not mistaken, most of those effects during cutscenes are to hide the game loading in the background.
One of the things this game was prouud of was its lack of loading screens.
Yeah this game was truly one of a kind
yeah but those film effects were a bit annoying at times. I still love this game regardless of that.
It probably helps too its at 480p
I want this guy to narrate my life
Yea man
He's got a badass sound😁
Same here,bud
Just jk dnt take it srsly max payne is a real legend
xD
This kid had a well developed sense of humor.... for New Jersey
I was reading some comments as the video was playing and no lie right as I started reading yours it played in the video, word for word spot on. lol
@@ZombieHunter2619 lmao me too
And an under developed sense of street smarts for NJ… dumb kid lol
1:45 I love how Max just reality checks him. Put some salt on his life...lol
The fucked up thing is....some of the cutscenes in this game were better acted, better directed and better written than A LOT of "Hollywood" movies.
Exactly.
fun fact: max payne 3 (older payne) was the first time max portrayed by his iconic voice actor
you mean it was for the first time ever when they used his voice actor's own face as the base model in the game. Jim Mccaffrey voiced Max Payne from the first game, but it wasn't until 3, when they finally used his own face for the base model of the character
I really like how Pasos buys max a drink and next thing what, happens is that he dances with some girl and tells her that "max is buying" lol.
It's the subtle humor with tone of seriousness.
@@mberk7725 exactly what the movie should have done
Why did those kids walk into a dead dive bar like they were entering a vegas strip club?
They were dumbasses.
They bully him every weekend but this time it escalated too far
They're from Jersey
@@thomasraines1396 Anthony DeMarco did a poor job in grooming Tony for the life. Even Sal Marcano did a much better job, considering Giorgi is a tough opponent in his own right.
@@jorgebersabe293 that’s true.
I can't be the only person who wants to introduce Max Payne to the cast of Jersey Shore.
Better yet introduce him to the Sopranos. Max Payne is a maid man
I've been sitting at the bar for three hours or about five years
This depends on how you look at things.
I love this game Max Payne 3
😂
know that feeling
@@6rounds914 I try not to look at things
Game studios are obsessed with making games feel like movies, but nothing walks that line between game and cinema better than this game. Rockstar and Remedy really aced this.
100% Factual
Remedy actually did not work on this one like 1 and 2 it was rockstar and the rockstar company that made bully I think, but this is really just a masterpiece you are 100 percent right
@@mi-chaelkruger1194 some of the employees of remedy also helped but this was made by rockstar games not only rockstar Employees did this some of others of remedy also helped
@@FafiizokIts funny so Rockstar devs helped on Maxpayne2. It Was the same case with LA Noire.
@@John-996 they took the "you scratch my back I scratch yours" line very seriously Lmao
3:04 when I finally got hands on max payne 3
oneidababe lol
I’m doing about as good as I look?
@@Kempbadbrains hey its you again
lol
@Willem DaFuckedUp I'd agree with you if I judged things at face value.
If they actually witnessed what he did to the Punchenellos they would shut their shit REAL fast.
Not just them, but a whole organisation.
Guy can 1v100 without any sweat, no matter what his age is,
Sadly, very few people even know what the Hell you're talking about. It is truly lamentful how few have played the proper games. And yes, I call them proper games, because Sam Lake didn't write Max for 3. It's not Max Payne. He may have the voice and the face, but it's like a cutesy Battle-Pass skin in some trite Battle Royale game.
@@Broken_Savior you must be fun at parties
@@hongkong_97 Good eye! The life of them, in fact. Otherwise, they'd be quite lame without me.
This kid has a well-developed sense of humor--for new jersey.
But also a undeveloped sense of survival--for New Jersey.
"I've been sitting in the bar for 3 hours or about 5 years, depend on how you look at things. I tried not to look at things." instantly became the best description of my life i've ever heard. It's my description in almost all my social medias ever since.
1 and 2 were great games, but man was 3 a fucking masterpiece, the narrative, max’s fucked up views on life just waiting to die and making chaos along the way. Props to this underrated masterpiece.
I still have my ps3 just for this game.
I agree, just wish they would make it backwards compatible .
1 is still the king, zoomer
@@esseker6320 i wish this game was remastered or a new ip with max payne gameplay was made. I know gta v and rdr2 has the same gameplay but max payne 3's bullet time ragdoll and enemy variety was way better. The only problem is that a remaster or new ip wont sell well
Stop saying underrated smh
Max fuckin' Payne!!
Kyler Tesch am I the only one who almost thought his middle name was "fuckn"
So fucking badass seriously mental writing
Golden era of Rockstar Games man, golden era
@@arthurfleck629 Definitely
it's sad that Grand Theft Auto V's story was so mediocre compared to mp3 but mp3 never got the recognition :(
The way people talk in this game is so real sounding. It's messy and stupid. Contrasting, nicely with Max's poetic cynicism. I LOVE IT!!!
2:11 you need to have 3 balls to aim your gun at max you dont know how many souls he took
Let alone crack a joke about his deceased wife.
And john wick too
@@stanleybochenek1862 u right too
Christ, why did this never get remastered? It's insane.
Because it's aged very well. I still play it often.
I guess by that I meant that it didn't it get a release or backwards compatibility on newer consoles. It came out near the tail end of the 360/PS3 life cycle and I feel like it got missed by a lot of people who didn't get a chance to play it on PC later.
who cares about remaster, I want max payne 4
Why are people so obsessed with remasters? There’s no need to remaster it.
This game has aged like fine wine. The visuals still look great to this day.
That look in 1:39 and 2:20 man! Epic badass!
Sa you're sorry!
@@jezpaa What?
1:38 the death mark
@@rayunited2010foryou SAY YOU'RE SORRY
"Guess I never liked seeing girls get hit." Max is the king of white knights. :D
Yeah I wish there were more Max Payne graphic novels. They were interesting.
Probably because his wife got killed
@@polorican5023 yeah and in the comic we see Max grew up in an abusive household, must've seen his mom get hit
Captain Sailor yup his childhood was also pretty fucked
Even though he wanted to protect ladies, many who had relation with Max had a high chance of death
Gotta love that headshot at 5:06 something strangely satisfying about it.
All the headshots hell even body shots in this game look so great and are hella satisfying.
The joke that Max payne does about the gorillas doing the Echo of their boss reminded me of Jimmy Hopkins doing the same joke with the Jocks when facing their boss Ted.
max payne doesn't give a damn for bullying
They told them to get their shine boxes
LOL nice Goodfellas reference.
Max killing jersey shore rejects, the man did a good thing
The way the screen flashes when someone says a trigger word is so original. I felt my anger building up just as he did
I love Max Payne 3 but continuity wise to the rest of the games - he’s got the highest lobster body count ever, he fought the Mafia, government agents, corrupt corporate private armies and mercenary groups over two games - but killing the kid of another mob boss forced him to flee? 🤨
I think there is a difference between a kid and criminals.
Morse Code He didn't leave because of guilt. He left because the mob boss would continually hunt him down until death.
It's strange because Max has gone up against more dangerous more powerful opponents. So why would this one drive him out?
@@EggEnjoyer then why didn't he slaughter all those mobsters just like punchinello?
140694 1994 I've no idea. In the game he says that he left because he was dead on that town. But like you said, this ain't the first time he's gone up against a mob boss.
Idk maybe he just didn't feel like going through all that again. He didn't know he'd be going on a killing adventure in Brazil
I thinks he's tired and too old to get rid of them
1:26 I like his face palm as he's ashamed he even responded
Max Payne 3 is an amazing game
One of the best games ever made, and I'm still shocked it wasn't re-released on ps4. Rockstar really dropped the ball. We want MP3, not GTA 5 3 times.
Funny how you say that, remember when this game was released and people said, "we want GTA v not MP3"
Why don’t you have a seat JPW
@@alexm7627 and now they just want gta 6 and nothing else
I enjoyed mp3. I agree with JPW
MAX PAYNE 1 IS BETTER. BY FAR
2:44
It was all over the moment Max got his hands on a gun lol
The moment when your acceptance of 1 offer to buy you a drink changes the whole picture and story of new jersey and half brazil , just think of it for a second ,the story of the game is so good ,really :)
I know this MP game is solely by Rockstar, but I love that James McCaffrey has remained a staple in Remedy games.
Having a shootout in a bar to Wild In The Streets by Garland Jeffreys is the best scene in any video game
Look away from me look away from me! Don't you stare at me!
The look at 2:20 when Max had enough of this chump!
@@BoraniumArt Absolutely
Yeah i like how he doesn't even give a shit. He'd probably encourage him to shoot him since he keeps talking about suicide throughout the game.
@@spoonkey He's not amused
Incredible game. Just so well made all around.
I’m doin about as good as I look?
How you doin man
1:36-1:39 First Time seeing that I was like "oooohhh Hell Noooo!"
Im dissapointed I cant get the option to move maxs aim at his face.
I always made sure to put 2 in his head before dealing with the rest of his boys so his dad couldn’t give him an open casket
@@tracymizelle5324 lul
Hey Max, now go home and get your fucking shinebox.
LOL! I was thinking the same thing when I heard that guy's voice.
Holy shit I played this game as a kid and now when I'm an alone man living on my own it hits different, and I don't even play games anymore. At at certain point life becomes this.
4:04 Devil May Brew
I love the Narration in this game.
Narration in alot of Games & Films are sometimes annoying but this game somehow does it perfectly.
I love how Max is tugging at the chick's arm to get her to stop arguing but soon as he sees her get hit, he goes all T-800 on them.
Lol
"Stay right here, stay right here, you don't know who your fucking with!" for some reason that has always stuck with me after all these years. Lol
I play games since 2000. I was, and still I am attracted by stories and well written characters and dialogues. It was never been very much for me to play online games, where players are often acting uncultivated. When Max Payne 3 came out in 2012, I was nicely surprised because I get the game I always desired. Today is 2021 and it is a big pity that the game industry was mainly focused on money, unfinished games, pink, green, blue skins, ridiculous brightly colored characters, weapons, multiplayer and more screaming children and the like. From my part, online games are getting more to resemble color gambling automats(gambling machines if you like). I expected the evolution of the gaming industry that it will be more focused on games such as: Max Payne, Alan Wake, Last of Us etc. So I speak through TH-cam and this commentary a wish. I wish that single player, the story and perfect game mechanics returned back to the front of the game industry.
when you figure out that max payne 1, 2 & 3 were nothing more than earlier works of anthony bourdaine
1:35 They didn't know who is max
That bar fight is so fucking badass. I think the first time I played I just walked around and looked at all of the detail.
When max Said "From that moment I was dead in that town" but we all know that isn't true max could just kill everyone and disband another mafia family but he was tired so decided just to move to another country
The man battled the corrupted special police force of Brazil. Some mafias are just some punks to him
"Stay right here".. A Goodfella said once....
I'm getting flash backs to Jackie Jr "My fawtha"
Max Payne: "You bore the hell out of me."
At 3:45 when they both check the door is one of those little chefkiss details
The way how the three stooges talks and act reminds me of Vinnie 🤣
After watching this, I wanna replay this game so bad.
I still play it on pc and I gotta say It still holds up to this day
Same
One of the best games iv ever played and iv been gaming for 24 years
The music playing in the bar is Gary Clark Jr.'s "Bright Lights".
Glad to see Max puttin a bullet in Paulie D and his crew, dude had it comin with that Wife line!!!!....
It's weird how this game has so many references to Brazil and it's barely known here.
Max fucking Payne. Always enough pain in the heart to share with others.
ah, mah breadsticks!
I've only watched a few cutscenes from Max Payne 3 and I already want to buy it.
2:44 *OH OH OH EY EY EY*
Gotta love them Rockstar caricatures 😂😂😂
Great scene
Great ass game. I loved vibing to it in the early 10's.
they shouldn't make a story dlc about what max is doing in New York after Vladimir Liam was killed and Mona sax
Gary Clark Jr on the guitar is awesome. Great song.
thanks for including the gameplay after the cutscene
This hits differently once you read the comics
4:41 easily the best line of this game
when passos tells that greaseball "FUCK OFF" the 2nd time while still having a gun on him, his badass level went up 300%
1:03 that *is* a valid question. Donuts are never enough
Probably one of the best single player games ever made
I just realized "Gary Clark jr." is playing in the back-ground !.. sweet !
Aside from the shooting & killing parts, i can relate to ALLOT in this scene
The whole game was a cinematic experience
I miss Max Payne games...and strangely enough, I miss it's multiplayer
We Need Max Payne 3 & Red Dead Redemption Remastered
This was enough to make me go ahead and install it on my PC. Time for a 5th play-through
Very happy the whole trilogy is backwards compatible on Xbox! Also, 500th comment! Great scene!
See the white man max Payne is sepaking about pills as you can 👀
The best scene ever made in the entire video game history.
When this game 1st game came out I hopped straight to the online portion & then I went to the campaign afterwards 😅 honestly this was the first Max Payne game I’ve played & I love it lol
"Jersey don't change!"
Hahah, no it don't.
I wonder how long everyone hesitated before shooting Tony. I know I did, for a couple of seconds. Don't get me wrong, hitting a woman is horrible, but to shoot a guy in the heart for it, even if he's a mob boss' son? Pretty crazy. Max must've been pretty blasted by that point.
P.S. It's kinda funny that those guys decided to mess with Max. "Hey, this is the guy that single-handedly shot and killed hundreds of gangsters and trained professionals by himself! LET'S FUCK WITH HIM"
That drug dealer's son is the kind of guy who would make jokes about John wick's dog only to be wacked later on
"You talk bold for someone within pencil distance."
Alfredo Ahumada laughing he really is
best segment of that whole game.
badass games
2:13 why is comrade Passos entering the bar with the gun on his hand? Alright alright alright...
you can see the door has glasses for him to see whats going on
Loved this game and the soundtrack, though I really love the first two even more
the only thing that ages weardly is the text that pops up every now and then to accentuate some affirmations
I love the fact that it was Max who fucked up and shot Tony. It really reinforces how low he was at this point and that it was his own stupid impulse that caused his problems.
My favorite part of the game just because of the Easter eggs of the previous characters from the first and second game
Max Payne 3 is a true masterpiece! ⭐
Love that game!
3:04 he says it so good lol
Man, this game's graphics have held up quite nicely.
They even bald up Max Payne 😆
I'm watching this in the state he is in.