I'm sold, buying this when it comes out, but damn it, does it have to come out close to diablo 3?!
exdeath
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Want.
And no, it wasn't just bullet time, it was the narrative and story telling that really made Max Payne a memorable experience that is all too rare in PC gaming.
Especially the 2nd one.
The game beginning and opening at it's hopeless tragic ending scenes and then the game play itself telling the story of the days prior leading up to that climax, another Max Payne touch.
This is what games used to be like before cheap ass Call of Duty and Rock Band type "easy profit" games and their 100 clones and sequels destroyed the market.
I also distinctly remember playing the early Splinter Cell, No One Lives Forever, and I think maybe Deus Ex and System Shock 2 around the same era.
I miss those days of quality games that weren't just a new texture pack for the 15th sequel with $1000 worth of zero day DLC every 3 months.
And no, it wasn't just bullet time, it was the narrative and story telling that really made Max Payne a memorable experience that is all too rare in PC gaming.
Especially the 2nd one.
The game beginning and opening at it's hopeless tragic ending scenes and then the game play itself telling the story of the days prior leading up to that climax, another Max Payne touch.
This is what games used to be like before cheap ass Call of Duty and Rock Band type "easy profit" games and their 100 clones and sequels destroyed the market.
I also distinctly remember playing the early Splinter Cell, No One Lives Forever, and I think maybe Deus Ex and System Shock 2 around the same era.
I miss those days of quality games that weren't just a new texture pack for the 15th sequel with $1000 worth of zero day DLC every 3 months.
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I played Max Payne years after it was released. I played and finished Max Payne 2 maybe a year ago, and they were still probably the best shooter games I had played at that point ( and probably the best still, since the newer shooters are boring to me. )
I completely disagree witb your assessment of the games. They were very good and the story was one of the best for a shooter ever.
I'll believe it when I see it. Rock Star is notorious for making the absolute worst trashy console ports of all time, GTA IV is a prime example. The coding is so poor its hilarious.
LA Noise isn't much different. Like I said, i'll believe it when it happens.
LA Noise isn't much different. Like I said, i'll believe it when it happens.
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jacktesterson
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I would, just because the game is awesome. I have no idea if 3 will have anything to do with it though.
BlitzPuppet
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As long as it isn't another GTA San Andreas I think I'll be good.
Sam Lake isn't even helping with the story is he?
Stayfr0sty
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YEs Max Payne 2 is one of my all time favorites, even better then the first.
A little out dated but it still looks good.
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Dankk
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If we take those Minimum-Maximum system requirements that Rockstar posted and properly split them up, they look like this:
If true, then those "Recommended" system requirements are batshit insane. 16GB of memory? Seriously? And a 2GB GTX 680, which are currently possessed only by the tiniest fraction of PC gaming enthusiasts? All for a console port?
Well, I guess I should give R* a little more credit... they say the PC version of Max Payne 3 is being built from the ground up, rather than being directly ported. I hope it looks and runs damn well, especially for 35GB of hard drive space.
I'm still skeptical though. After the clusterfuck that was GTA4, I'm still not entirely sure if I can trust Rockstar to release a well-optimized game. But we'll see. I won't be buying it anywawy because 1) $60 is a bit out of my price range, and 2) I want to play Max Payne 1 & 2 first.
If true, then those "Recommended" system requirements are batshit insane. 16GB of memory? Seriously? And a 2GB GTX 680, which are currently possessed only by the tiniest fraction of PC gaming enthusiasts? All for a console port?
Well, I guess I should give R* a little more credit... they say the PC version of Max Payne 3 is being built from the ground up, rather than being directly ported. I hope it looks and runs damn well, especially for 35GB of hard drive space.
I'm still skeptical though. After the clusterfuck that was GTA4, I'm still not entirely sure if I can trust Rockstar to release a well-optimized game. But we'll see. I won't be buying it anywawy because 1) $60 is a bit out of my price range, and 2) I want to play Max Payne 1 & 2 first.
Anubis
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I'm not worried. Metro 2033 also had ridiculous optimal specs, which the actual retail game never even came close to requiring, ie 8GB of ram..
Anubis
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also a 35 GB install is larger then anything I can think of, Rage was under 20 IIRC and WoW is li23 with all the xpacs
VashHT
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Yeah these specs seem ridiculously inflated, unless they have some broken option like ubersampling in witcher 2 I'm sure I'll be able to max it out.
The inflated HDD specs is probably due to multi-language packs....which are usually optional. Installing one language alone will drastically reduce the HDD requirements.
That and maybe huge texture packs. 35GB doesn't necessarily mean anything regarding the content.
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