Let's Talk About Max Payne 3

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Published on December 25, 2022 2:00:23 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVOfK1vA83M

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Max Payne 3 (2012)

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With the ending of 2022 fast approaching, Noah Campbell, who has a shockingly high body count somewhere in the double digits but not as many as our former DEA Detective friend, witnesses the end of Max Payne's tale featuring the lush yet dangerous Brazilian metropolis Sao Paulo. Though the environment may be different, and Rockstar is at the helm this time, is the finale to the Max Payne trilogy able to match what was previously seen? Or should this shambling drunkard have stayed out of the sun and in the shadows?

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As a little warning, this video contains flashing and strobing lights, so those sensitive to those effects take warning and heed when watching the video.

Chapters:

0:00:00 (The Last Big Hurrah of the Year)

0:01:03 (History - Rockstar bringing the Payne)

0:17:11 (Story Recap - Trouble in Brazil)

0:48:48 (Story Analysis - The Great American Savior of the Poor)

1:01:38 (Presentation - Glitz and Glamour, Grime and Reality)

1:19:50 (Gameplay - Feel Like an Angel of Death, Look Like a Fat, Bald American)

1:29:18 (Good - Bumbling Chaos: the Logical Conclusion)

1:41:17 (Bad - Armor and the Concession it Provides)


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Links:

https://www.rockstargames.com/

https://www.rockstargames.com/games/maxpayne3

https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/max-payne-3/credits

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/take-two-adjusts-financials-south-blames-max-paynes-poor-showing/1100-6087292/
(Gamespot’s Article on Take Two’s Finances)

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/take-two-reveals-acquisition-prices-hints-at-future-lawsuits/1100-6143447/
(Gamespot’s Article covering who Take Two purchased and for how much)

https://www.destructoid.com/senran-kagura-7even-currently-impossible-to-release-due-to-sony-content-restrictions/
(Tangent Adjacent Destructoid Article covering Sony’s restrictions on Senran Kagura)

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/15/business/15options.html
(The New York Times on Take Two’s Fraud)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hao1LIGsNtM
(Remedy Entertainment’s Making of Alan Wake)

https://web.archive.org/web/20160309194327/http://www.videogamer.com/xboxone/quantum_break/news/remedy_we_could_make_a_cool_new_max_payne.html
(Videogamer’s Interview with Lake)

http://www.rockstarwatch.net/news/734/Max-Payne-3-Announced/
(The Max Payne 3 Annoucement)

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120117005019/en/Take-Two-Interactive-Software-Announces-Launch-Window-Max
(Business Wire’s Interview with Strauss Zelnick)

https://web.archive.org/web/20180910204637/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=14290
(Gamasutra covering Take Two’s Restructuring)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taketwo-sac/take-two-investors-plan-board-takeover-idUSN0720216920070308
(Reuters covering the Investors takeover of Take Two)

https://www.vg247.com/rockstar-chose-max-payne-3-development-over-bully-sequel-due-to-limited-bandwidth
(VG247 covering Gamasutra’s Interview with Dan Houser)

https://kotaku.com/alleged-unfair-work-conditions-at-rockstar-san-diego-5444150
(Kotaku covering the Rockstar Spouse Letter)

https://www.engadget.com/2010-01-14-source-max-payne-3-development-allegedly-also-suffering-from-mi.html
(Engadget’s Coverage of the Letter)

https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/27/18029154/red-dead-redemption-2-working-conditions-rockstar-games-overtime-labor
(Polygon covering the Red Dead 2 crunch)

https://web.archive.org/web/20220118075100/https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RockstarSpouse/20100107/4032/Wives_of_Rockstar_San_Diego_employees_have_collected_themselves.php
(The Rockstar Wives Letter in question)

https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/ak14o883817258/rockstar-research-the-weaponwielding-gangsters-and-special-polic.html
(Rockstar on going to Brazil)

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