I know this is essentially what Max Payne is all about - slow motion diving into absurd numbers of armed thugs - but the option to take a different approach and survive would have been nice. Getting killed repeatedly because I hadn't performed the correct action on cue was beginning to get frustrating, and the earlier half of the game seems fixated with forcing you to use slow-motion every time you get into a firefight. Occasional quicktime events would mix things up a bit, but it's nothing we haven't seen before. Enemies would pop out on cue, and once they were dead I would move on to the next room. As I was channelled from room to room, finding only one unlocked exit door in every area, I quickly realised I wasn't getting the opportunity to make any game changing decisions here. With games like these occupying our attention, is there really still room for the linear storyline?įreedom of choice is not one of Max Payne 3's strong points. They can ride around, blasting away fellow players and gangs of NPC bandits in Rockstar's own Red Dead Redemption multiplayer and explore a vast story terrain in the single player. They can choose any item from a vast arsenal to engage their enemy in Battlefield 3 and leave a crumbling, battle scarred terrain in their wake. They can roam a vast world hunting dragons and pursuing numerous optional quests in Skyrim.
In this modern video gaming era, players are given so much freedom of choice. It was for this reason that I was hesitant to pick up Max Payne 3 - a sequel to the groundbreaking Remedy games series that plainly announced its intentions to deliver nothing more than a linear, cinematic campaign. Due to the success of games such as Grand Theft Auto IV, Red Dead Redemption and LA Noire, many have come to expect the Rockstar Games label to exclusively deliver free-roaming, immersive world experiences.
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