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Why your comment fails to account the brilliance of Max Payne 3:

You do realize they consulted with Sam Lake and the rest of the team at Remedy during development of Max Payne 3 right? Also, Sam collaborated with Dan Houser and the rest of the Max Payne 3 writing team for the 3 issue comic, which gives background to Max's life as well as what happened in the aftermath of MP2 and in before MP3. Not to mention, Remedy has stated that the Max Payne 3 is brilliant, and Sam understands the context of the narrative that Rockstar was achieving, and has achieved.

My argument is short and simple: People like you fail to understand the story and how it is placed in the context of the series. Sure it's a lot different, but this is a man that has been dealing with grief his whole life. The fallout from MP2 would be hard, and so Rockstar was aiming to achieve that. How can someone sink so low after all that has happened to him? He becomes an alcoholic, addicted to Pain killers, can't get past it all. Plus, as that happens to him, he is aging and realizing he just really living in hell. 8 years past, and events are set in motion in what will happen in MP3. Someone who "claims" to be from his past needs his help, and realizing he isnt worth a damn, he is reluctant to say yes but becomes convinced to help, ergo the events of MP3.

You dont understand the mindset of Max Payne. He has aged, grown bitter, and grown more weary and narcisstic to care about life or the people in it. He is once again put into a bad situation that he needs to dig himself out of, which is why he goes to find Fabiana, and when he does and she dies, he goes after the big picture. It resonates with the first game where he goes after the Lupino and the Punchenello crime family, providing a service to NYC in getting rid of the criminal organization by waging a vendetta in finding his wife's killers. It's the same story in Mp3, only this time theres no personal vendetta attached. It's social justice, and just him trying to make things right and also getting the hell out of there. The story is brilliant in mimicking the first game, just with a different setting, different characters, and a different mindset that Max is in. That's the brilliance of Max Payne 3.

It's a noire tale,that employs all the same motifs that the first two games did. Except that this game sets out how the years havent been kind to Max. He no longer shares the same wit, the same sharp and on the spot mindset he once had. As Sam Lake in an interview perfectly described it: Max has become a punching bag, just being repeated knocked down and he is just not giving a sh!t. He is too addicted to alcohol and pills to care. But he starts to sober up, and realizes the threat is real, and starts to fight back. That's the mindset he is put in. That's where we see the Max from MP1 and Mp2 when Vlad kills Mona, "the rise of the old familiar feeling".

You may say whatever you want about this game, but I believe you are truly wrong about your view on it, and anyone who thinks that way is wrong imo. It is a perfect addition to the series, and one of the best games of this generation. I only talked about the amazing story, the gameplay was a whole new level of amazing. But anyways, people like you just clearly dont understand the brilliance of the story that Rockstar has made, and probably never will. Sure, it would have been nice to see what Remedy would have done but it's been clear for a very LONG time that they were done with the series. I surely, as a long time fan of the series, was not done with the series and wanted more. And I am glad that Max Payne 3 was made. You should try knocking down the movie instead, which truly failed in context to the narrative.