Max Payne is old and bald. Front cover story for this months Game Informer! *56k

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#201 nethernova
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Cool, another franchise to be murdered.404-not-found
Yes, how dare they to go for a different look? They should just milk us with the same old stuff like Halo with ODST.
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#202 hiryu3
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damn whats with all the old guys in video games now

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well "Internet videos" have cougars so maybe this is the old guys "Lion's Pride" for internet fame
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#203 mr-krinkles
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Lol, I like the look, huge John McClane influence there.

BUT, goddamn, he had a really thick head of hair. He wouldnt lose it all that quick c'mon.

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#204 wooooode
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Everyone is ripping on it but this is like a John McClane thing, he is not dead yet but looks ready to die.
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#205 _Verm
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They ruined max payne. omg, brazil? bald and buff? daylight?
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#206 aaronmullan
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Solid Snake V.2 :P I dig the new look.
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#207 portej
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I don't consider myself a tough guy by any stretch of the imagination, but I could see myself getting into a scuffle with someone who looked like the young Max Payne in real life.

With this old bald guy, no way. If I encountered someone who looked like this in real life, I would be headed in the opposite direction.

Old, bald, and fat or not, the guy on the cover of this magazine looks like a bonafide bad ass.

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#208 skrat_01
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Why are developers making all game characters all 'dark and brooding'? Seriously now. Ugh. 'Constipated' original Max >>>> imo.
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#209 jack00
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Looks great, you guys with your typical hero grunge looking character with abs and pipes should get a grip on real life sometimes. I'd like to see what you would look like if you're family got murdered and your lifewent to hell.

And this game takes place a long time after the last game, you wanted him to look the same ? Wake the **** up.

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#210 DragonfireXZ95
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I love the grittiness. Its more believable IMO. Why is everyone saying that he's fat? He don't look fat to me. He actually looks realistically muscular. Of course, he doesn't look like he has a 6pack, but how many grown men do anyway (especially at 40).lhughey
He looks thin skinned and old. He doesn't look muscular at all. The 53 year old guy I'm training in the gym looks more muscular than this guy, and he just started weight lifting like a year ago. He also still has hair on his head. lol
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#211 jack00
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Why are developers making all game characters all 'dark and brooding'? Seriously now. Ugh. 'Constipated' original Max >>>> imo.skrat_01
You're right, they should make their main character all smiley and gentle when they are going out for revenge and killing everyone in their way. Some one should close this thread, the level of stupidy reached here shouldn't be allowed.
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#212 clembo1990
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[QUOTE="lhughey"]I love the grittiness. Its more believable IMO. Why is everyone saying that he's fat? He don't look fat to me. He actually looks realistically muscular. Of course, he doesn't look like he has a 6pack, but how many grown men do anyway (especially at 40).DragonfireXZ95
He looks thin skinned and old. He doesn't look muscular at all. The 53 year old guy I'm training in the gym looks more muscular than this guy, and he just started weight lifting like a year ago. He also still has hair on his head. lol

Did this guy loose his wife and kids? Go on a murderous rampage through NYC? Twice? Then go to Sou Paulo for god knows what reason and probably partake in more illicit activites, possibly including taking a drug worse than crack and meth combined?
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#213 Kicker_of_Cans
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Looks great, you guys with your typical hero grunge looking character with abs and pipes should get a grip on real life sometimes. I'd like to see what you would look like if you're family got murdered and your lifewent to hell.

And this game takes place a long time after the last game, you wanted him to look the same ? Wake the **** up.

jack00
Seeing how he still had his thick coat of hair after the death of his family in the first and second, I doubt that he would end up looking like a drunken stupor now. It does take place a decade after the second one, but how the hell do you lose THAT much hair? Especially considering how the second game ended the story air tight? I would have like this Max with more gray hair, or shorter hair, even a more frizzled look than before. But I don't wanna play as a guy who looks like he has a drinking problem, especially when the guy is Max freaking Payne.
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#214 zarshack
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Max payne 3 Starring Jeff Bridges :

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#215 RoOodriGowW
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Oh c'mon he isn't fat , it's pure lean mass lol .But I'm glad the story happens in Sao Paulo , I think it's the first game ever that takes place in my city :D

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#216 Animal-Mother
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Max payne 3 Starring Jeff Bridges :

zarshack

Hahahah Jeff bridges. I don't know if I like the whole thing of moving him to brazil, I could see why though. And ewwww, a Max payne multiplayer, Stranglehold anyone?

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#217 aaronmullan
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Why don't the haters make a boycott group? :P
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#218 Animal-Mother
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Why don't the haters make a boycott group? :Paaronmullan
Hating max payne is like a mortal sin. Like kicking a baby or something
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#219 aaronmullan
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[QUOTE="aaronmullan"]Why don't the haters make a boycott group? :PAnimal-Mother
Hating max payne is like a mortal sin. Like kicking a baby or something

Same with hating Valve :P
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#220 RoOodriGowW
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Btw those saying there's no noir in Brazil should really make some research , sao paulo and new york are VERY similar , that's why I think they've chosen it.

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#221 blingchu55
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Loch?

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#222 treyskillz
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reminds me of the new die hard .... everything (movies to games) seems to be moving to older verisons of our favorite characters ... not liking it so much ... unless they offer a new person to replace the old i guess (MGS Rising for ex)

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#223 skrat_01
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[QUOTE="skrat_01"]Why are developers making all game characters all 'dark and brooding'? Seriously now. Ugh. 'Constipated' original Max >>>> imo.jack00
You're right, they should make their main character all smiley and gentle when they are going out for revenge and killing everyone in their way. Some one should close this thread, the level of stupidy reached here shouldn't be allowed.

Yes you are right, every character out for revenge in a 'gritty' themed game *has to look the damn same nowadays*

FFS Max Payne was out for revenge killing everyone in his path in the *FIRST game* :|

You were saying something about a level of stupidity RIGHT?

Oh no but you have to look like a damn deranged homeless guy to be in a gritty **** game right?

http://www.playfuls.com/images/news/max_payne3_rumor.jpg

Right?

Yay go character design trends.

Yeah lets make him look edgy guys.

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#224 akif22
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i hope i'm wrong, but this seems to have changed too much from the old games Payne just looks like a generic waste and the bright, sunny setting of Rio? where's the noir style and the darkness / rain / snow?
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#225 clembo1990
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Stop being so butt-hurt about man crush guys, maybe it suits the character better, just wait and see. Goddam vigilantee gamers, this is like the L4D2 crap.
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#226 Fizzman
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just give me another amazing story, and dont bother with MP.

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#227 mr-krinkles
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Lol, I like the look, huge John McClane influence there.

BUT, goddamn, he had a really thick head of hair. He wouldnt lose it all that quick c'mon.

mr-krinkles
You know it would actually be lame bullet-time diving with this new max payne.
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#228 AAllxxjjnn
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After reading the article i'm not really THAT upset about the changes they're making.
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#229 htekemerald
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#230 LeGoofyGoober
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i hope i'm wrong, but this seems to have changed too much from the old games Payne just looks like a generic waste and the bright, sunny setting of Rio? where's the noir style and the darkness / rain / snow?akif22


you do know brazil is one of the most dangerous places in the world, right? much more dangerous then NY. hell, Miami is more dangerous then NY.

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#231 BoloTheGreat
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That is a bold move, they have got some epic balls to do this. I think this excites me even more for the game, it looks like they have gone down a road we seldom see, a game protagonist that had biceps SMALLER hen his head :P. We have too many architypes in Games these days, they are either chiselled looking mid 20's men, sapce marines, Girly-Boy Anime wimps or skimpy fem fetals. A mid 40s ugly has been makes me think the have something up their sleeves, could have a really unique story.
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#232 BioShockOwnz
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I don't mind the older character, but it's the setting change and gameplay screens that bother me.

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#233 Ontain
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so he's like what they did to snake but bald ;)
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#234 AAllxxjjnn
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I think this is a good perspective on the matter: "What's so fantastic about this noticeably fresh take on Max Payne, is the potential such a change in direction could offer the development of his character, and in my opinion, there is nothing more fulfilling than that. After all, that's what these games are about - The evolution of Max Payne's life, his psyche, and how he deals with it. I'm just speculating, but imagine a story whereby Max is trying to leave his past behind him by moving to Brazil, then gets forced into a war involving the local Drug Cartel, somehow connected to the family he is guarding, and finds out they're smuggling / pushing Valkyr... Or something along those lines. A lesson that no matter where he goes, no matter what he does, or who he becomes, he will NEVER escape his past. This is Max Payne's curse, and THAT is Max Payne. So long as they keep trademark elements, such as, and in no particular order, his addiction to painkillers (which, I believe they are), the voiceover, his cynical, dark, brooding personality, enjoyable gunplay, and an intelligent, compelling story (preferably longer than MP2), then I honestly don't see why you couldn't set Max Payne anywhere, at any time... Just so long as it isn't in Toronto, with Mark Wahlberg. Only kidding, guys - Love you, really! I have every bit of faith that Rockstar will deliver a worthy installment to the franchise... And if they don't, then fair enough." http://www.payneandredemption.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry090610-210552
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#235 LeGoofyGoober
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are you serious? you've never even played 3, and you're bashing it because Max is older? what, people don't age?

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#236 ganon546
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Wow, did NOT see this coming lol

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#237 Wings_008
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wothout the Newyork dark toned atmosphere the game loses it's magic, but making payne look older and bald is just too much

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#238 harshmaxpayne
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people here to this,,timothy gibbs who was max payne in max payne 2 is actually max payne 3 ,,i.e. he is max payne in the third game also if u ppl dnt belive me go to this link- http://maddieman.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/timothy-gibbs-is-max-payne-3-a-quick-analysis/