Max Payne 3 hostage negotiation DLC landing October 30

 Tixylixx Bitch please, ever heard of Metal Gear Solid 4?

 System4Ever That "game" sucks too but at least it has some depth to it.

 yearssomuch but you see, the first two mp games were great  beacuse of the single player (story,character development, mood, gameplay mechanics). The third one is not bad it is just forgettable. Most of the people loved it for the mp period. At least rdr had a beautiful story and ending. I didn't even played the rdr's mp, beacuse i didn't have to, the story was enough. gta4 also had a nice story. In the last Max Payne i forgot what it was all about in the second i unistalled the game. Now that shouldn't happen when you invest a number of hours in a game. I've said it before, the only thing noir in this Max Payne was his beard.

 yearssomuch You are comparing apples to oranges. R* does open world multiplayer rather well. That's one thing. Let me tell you why me and some friends of mine sold our copies a month after release. The game constantly crashed our PS3s. Booting the game and actually finding a server that we could connect to would take 10 minutes. While in the game, glitchy character controls would make our avatars do crazy stuff while we weren't even touching our controllers. Graphics wise, character models were mediocre and the textures were done with render-to-texture straight from the modelling program without any effort put into it. And don't get me started on the singleplayer. I could predict everything that was coming a mile off. This was Rockstar's attempt at getting in the casual shooter market. They've succeeded. This game lacks soul, direction and at the end of the day, it's just not worth either the time nor the money. Give the reigns back to Remedy already, Rockstar, you've done enough damage.

 scarletsnake  troy1108  As an avid fan of Remedy (Alan Wake is the single most underrated game this generation) and more importantly Sam Lake's writing; AND as someone who claims to have completed the first Max Payne well over fifty times since it got released in 2001, I will say this...Max Payne 3's story, characterization and writing are above and beyond anything that the first two games displayed. This game shows the natural progression (if you can even call it that) of the titular character after the traumatic events of the first two games; it's no retread, not a rehash as most sequels and some reboots often fall prey to.

Take it from a longtime Payne fan who's grown weary and cynical towards shooters this generation, this game is great. It may not be everyone's cup of tea but as I've said before, anyone who's looking for a great story and writing, and shooting that feels sincere and brutal, rather than dull and repetitive, should check this game out.

 yearssomuch You play in soft lock?

 yearssomuch K/D Ratio doesn't mean shit in terms of how enjoyable the MP for a game is. I've witnessed so many negative K/D players in COD or Halo who keep playing the game regardless because it's FUN.

 HipHopBeats Bought it on release. Massively disappointed. Sold it a month later. Now bought it for 1/3 the price on ebay, just for the free dlc.

 tightwad34 You should, bro. Max Payne 3 is and experience you will never forget. 

 tightwad34 I bought this game exactly a week ago at full price and I picked it up on a whim over both XCOM AND Dishonored (either of which I'd been pining to play for weeks). I literally started cursing at myself as soon as I came back home and realized the stupid mistake I had made picking up a six month old game that I'd probably gun through in about a weekend, over two recent releases that could've provided me with hours upon HOURS of game time, at the least. And then I put the disc in...

As a perpetually strapped-for-cash kinda guy who always prioritizes replayability in games as a prime purchasing factor, I can honestly and wholeheartedly recommend Max Payne 3 to any gamer who has even in iota of respect for narrative integrity; because I just realized that gameplay variety or longevity does not necessarily equate to replayability. While the game may not invoke the same sort of water-cooler conversations I have with my friends over games with more malleable mechanics, Max Payne 3's story, characters and tone lead to a different kind of conversation, the kind of conversation I had with them after watching an episode of 'Breaking Bad' or reading an issue of 'Y: The Last Man'.

In conclusion, I may not have convinced you to play the game let alone purchase it but I can guarantee you this, this game will not be collecting dust on my shelf anytime soon.

 never-named

 You make a hell of an argument. I may check it out if I have absolutely nothing else I want to play and I can get it on the cheap. Like real cheap. You should still definitely get X-Com.

 buccomatic

 I dunno if it sucks, it's the very low replay value that really killed it for me. And the fact that I won't do multiplayer also kills it. Unless one of my friends gets this I will try and borrow it. That seems unlikely because none of them have a PS3.

 LazyyAmerican COMING SOON 

 catsimboy The point is to MAKE MONEY cuz they are a company that has to produce profits aka the more money they can get, the better.

That's like you asking WHY do players buy a game DAY 1 when they can wait 1 year and buy it for $20 or less NEW.

 sinistergoggles That's the only question I'm concerned about.  Multiplayer DMW with customizable loadouts and enemies, hello?  Do they not like money or something?

 jack00 Speak for yourself, one of this games biggest selling points for me was its multiplayer. I don't ever play multiplayer for trophy's, especially not MP3. I picked it up on launch and still regularly go back to it. But just out of curiosity, if you don't mind my asking.. what is your idea of a well-designed multiplayer game?

 modernsocks And that would be, what exactly? This game more or less wrapped up Max's story, there's nothing else to tell.

 megadeth1117  modernsocks

 There is always things to tell and do with Max Payne's story. The first game wrapped itself and yet we still got 2 more games out of it. If you think there is nothing else to do with Max Payne's story then you greatly lack imagination my poor friend.

 megadeth1117  modernsocks Dead Man Walking.

 megadeth1117   you are too naive

 modernsocks More singleplayer content is never a bad thing, but if Rockstar do decide to include some I doubt it would be anything that furthers the story, as the game wrapped up really neatly without needing any further elaboration. A new difficulty mode maybe?

 PayneKiller Oh come on.. Look, I don't like the idea of a Season Pass either, so I didn't buy it. But if you researched even a little bit you could easily find all of the planned content they have coming out. People still nitpicking at the Season Pass for not living up to its promise are starting to sound like babies, find another argument. As for your connection, sounds like an issue with your PS3 maybe? I'm running on 3mbps DSL and that doesn't happen unless it's an issue on my end.

 thribs I know.  Hard to believe since single player was more cut-scenes than gameplay..  I didn't like the fact that joining their silly social network was required to play single-player only.  This industry trend towards multiplayer emphasis needs to end. 

 SingletreeAve  thribs Agreed; but I'm genuinely surprised by the amount of fun I've been having with the multiplayer component of MP3 so far. Gives me hope that GTA V's multiplayer will be something to look forward to!

 never-named  SingletreeAve  thribs Exactly, I don't get the hate people sling around for this games multiplayer. Playing this only excited me even more for GTA V.