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Post by Steve Farrelly @ 04:59pm 02/03/12 | 6 Comments
AusGamers was recently invited out to Rockstar Sydney HQ to get hands-on with Max Payne 3 on Xbox 360 (we'll be looking at PC soon).

We played through two missions of the game and had a look at Rockstar's new narrative structure in-place, all while eating up its impressive presentation. And, like our hands-off demo, we walked away with a sense of nostalgia and hope. The team have done a bang-up job keeping all the things in place that make a Max Payne game just that, but have also added plenty in the way of modernised gameplay to make the whole experience feel fresh and new.

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Deviouz
Posted 05:07pm 02/3/12
Hopefully won't get banned in Aus
totallysucks
Posted 08:47pm 02/3/12
I hope they don't lose the noir style that the previous games. It was the biggest drawcard for me.
okinoki
Posted 02:20am 03/3/12
For me this looks more like GTA or something. Max payne had that comic flair. Pure awesomeness. This is.. just another rip off.. But prove me wrong!
DeadlyDav0
Posted 01:23am 04/3/12

The game also features an impressive destructible environments model. It’s not all-encompassing, but works enough to have players and AI ducking in and out of vulnerable cover spots, while also adding that much needed action movie flair with bullet-riddled debris creating a dynamic sense of frenetic drama.

Hmmmm. Not a fan of cover. I'll happily use the corners of walls but please no GOW style hiding behind waist high walls every few metres.
Julez
Posted 04:00am 04/3/12
Fully agree with all the previous posts, the noir/comic feel is what made max payne. The gears of war/mass effect covering is geting beyond the joke, it would be nice if it was a option but if the whole game revolves around that i will be very disapointed as for the noir comic feel if thats lacking with any luck will be added in with mods.

I won't hold my breath with any of that though with what happen to deus ex 3.. i don't hold much hope for many games these day's.
Crash
Posted 12:13pm 05/3/12
Hmmmm. Not a fan of cover. I'll happily use the corners of walls but please no GOW style hiding behind waist high walls every few metres.

it would be nice if it was a option but if the whole game revolves around that i will be very disapointed
Cover adds another element of strategy to the game, and also means that you aren't just standing around while bullets and being projected your way. I think it actually works really well, but bullet time will always be the centre piece of this game.
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