Max Payne 3

Max Payne 3 is a third-person shooter video game developed by Rockstar Studios and published by Rockstar Games. It was released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, and OS X.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Insane and improved Bullet Time physics.
 * 2) Awesome graphics.
 * 3) Dark and interesting story.
 * 4) The final level and the ending is quite good unlike in other games, which were trial-and-error focused.
 * 5) The Euphoria engine works wonders in this game. Enemies will react realistically to being shot. They can clutch wounds, stagger erratically, trip over themselves, and sometimes even fall over ledges. The Bullet engine also is present in this game, providing the bullet physics and environmental physics in the game. Wood will splinter when shot, glass will procedurally shatter when shot or dove through, and bullets will fly in realistic patterns.
 * 6) Awesome and great music, composed by HEALTH.
 * 7) Good depiction of São Paulo, at least when compared other pieces of media.
 * 8) After beating the game, you'll gain the ability to play as Max's Old School (MP1) or Classic (MP2) skins. While beating Old School difficulty unlocks the Max Payne Advanced skin in it's all blocky glory.
 * 9) The game features Multiplayer mode. Also you can play as Mona Sax, Vladimir Lem and many more characters from the previous games during this gamemode.
 * 10) Good optimization, as the PC port is quite polished.
 * 11) Great voice acting.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some cutscenes are long and can't be skipped.
 * 2) The game is devoid of levity. While it can be argued that Max's narration and witty humor act as the comedic relief, his humor has became much more dark and screams more Dan Houser than Sam Lake.
 * 3) The game is extremely linear. While this isn't necessarily bad, most gunfights you'll come across are corridors, lobbies, or single rooms. However, some levels have some exceptions, such as the nightclub, airport, and certain parts of the stadium.
 * 4) The Portuguese dub isn't the worst, but it's inferior to the English one. Additionally, things said in Portuguese don't have an English translation.
 * 5) While the facial animations are quite good, sometimes, they fall into the uncanny valley. This is mostly notable on the Old School!Payne skin.
 * 6) The Multiplayer mode is barely hanging on by a thread. Not only that, but this mode is littered with paid DLC (map packs, gun packs, skins, bursts) and matchmaking is needlessly convoluted (The game quite literally puts you in matches depending on your aim mode. That and also you will be kicked out of lobbies automatically if a DLC map is chosen), and the console versions had the multiplayer servers closed down on September 16th, 2021.