I’ll be honest. I was a bit worried when the first images of what was being called Max Payne 3 started surfacing online. I thought, Who is that guy? Why is he in some tropical locale? Where’s the snow? Where’s the doom and gloom? And most importantly, where the hell is New York City?

Truth be told, the third installment of the franchise that is responsible for bringing the slow-motion bullet-time effect to mainstream games does feature an aesthetically different-looking Max Payne. But as we found out from a hands-off demo of the title at Rockstar Games’ New York City offices, Max Payne 3 is looking like the true sequel loyal fans of the series will want to play and even embrace.
Even though Max Payne 3 isn’t being developed by Remedy (the house behind the first two games), the Rockstar reps on hand informed me “they’d seen what we were doing with the game, gave some notes, and they’re excited about its direction.” When the first trailer for Max Payne 3 debuted on September 14, Remedy CEO Matias Myllyrinne tweeted, “A big thumbs-up and congrats to Rockstar on the Max Payne 3 trailer!”

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Credits to Source: cnet.com

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