Max Payne 3

Myrddin · 30-05-2012 7:14pm

chrislad wrote: »

Saw this in GameStop for 34.99 on Friday - Why is Steam nearly 50% extra? This is why digital won't full take off. It's bad enough that it has to contend with our broadband infrastructure but at an increased cost for a virtual item? 'Aving a laugh!

*insert obligatory comment about why digital downloads only serve to help an already struggling games industry, why everyone mostly has lightning fast broadband, & why it will eventually lead to better games

chrislad · 30-05-2012 7:26pm

EnterNow wrote: »

*insert obligatory comment about why digital downloads only serve to help an already struggling games industry, why everyone mostly has lightning fast broadband, & why it will eventually lead to better games

I'm a big advocate of digital downloads and have purchased more games digitally than boxed this year, but I expect them to be price similarly. I don't mind paying the same for a boxed copy as I do for a digital copy as they do the same things, but charging extra for less doesn't seem to make sense.

And while I have fast-ish broadband, it's a bit silly to suggest everyone mostly does, as that is not the case, and in a lot of areas, there's only mobile broadband, whose limits aren't exactly geared towards the size of the downloads that some of these games use up (taking for example, my own one - Max Payne would cost me 110 euro to download on my 20gb mobile broadband that I use for out and about as the game is 25gb)

wnolan1992 · 30-05-2012 7:33pm

EnterNow wrote: »

*insert obligatory comment about why digital downloads only serve to help an already struggling games industry, why everyone mostly has lightning fast broadband, & why it will eventually lead to better games

Saying everyone has "fast broadband" fails to take into account the fact that a hell of a lot of people don't. Step outside any major city and data rates plummet. Even worse, step outside major towns, and you'll enter the glorious world of mobile "broadband", who cap your usage at ~15GB a month.

The digital market will take over eventually, but it won't happen until the next generation of consoles (Xbox 1440 and PS5) before it's anywhere close to happening.

[/angry_rant_from_3_Broadband_User] :P

cloud493 · 30-05-2012 10:50pm

chrislad wrote: »

Saw this in GameStop for 34.99 on Friday - Why is Steam nearly 50% extra? This is why digital won't full take off. It's bad enough that it has to contend with our broadband infrastructure but at an increased cost for a virtual item? 'Aving a laugh!

On console?

dreamers75 · 30-05-2012 11:26pm

Jaysis just realised i live in D22 and nowhere to buy the game on PC...

**** YOU GAME!!!!!!

Town it is on saturday so

calex71 · 31-05-2012 1:20am

dreamers75 wrote: »

Jaysis just realised i live in D22 and nowhere to buy the game on PC...

**** YOU GAME!!!!!!

Town it is on saturday so

HMV in Dundrum ? Not sure what they have pc game wise though

Though dublin 22 is Tallaght/clondalkin no? Surely gamestop will have it ?

cloud493 · 31-05-2012 1:30am

Nearllly finished I think. Finish it tomorrow, then I'l trade it in for resistance burning skies I reckon

TheTacticsGuy · 31-05-2012 9:23am

Finished it last night. Well done to Rockstar for going a great job. Definitely not trading it in now. Will replay it again and I want to get into the multiplayer. A real action packed campaign.

M00lers · 31-05-2012 10:09am

The PC version is out tomorrow, where is the cheapest place to buy it?

Any of the CD key sites selling it cheap? Would prefer a digital download than a disc.

Cheers,
Moo

JohnMarston · 31-05-2012 10:15am

Last night i completed Old School Mode on single player.

Since its the last trophy scrolling down on the difficulty trophies AND its after Hardcore mode on the difficulty list (implying it to be the hardest), i thought i would net the last two trophies.
:mad:
No

To get the 'Payne in the ass' trophy you need to play it throught yet again

Genghiz Cohen · 31-05-2012 10:22am

moolers2000 wrote: »

The PC version is out tomorrow, where is the cheapest place to buy it?

Any of the CD key sites selling it cheap? Would prefer a digital download than a disc.

Cheers,
Moo

G2Play have it for €25.
I've bought a few things but had some issues buying from work, since I have an American IP and I also bought with an Irish one.
Be careful about that and you should be fine.

M00lers · 31-05-2012 10:47am

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

G2Play have it for €25.
I've bought a few things but had some issues buying from work, since I have an American IP and I also bought with an Irish one.
Be careful about that and you should be fine.

Cheers, I've used them before and had no problems, good price too!

Edit: Showing up as €19.99 for me...even better!

chrislad · 31-05-2012 12:16pm

Is that just a CD Key? How do you get the actual game, other than the obvious?

M00lers · 31-05-2012 12:22pm

chrislad wrote: »

Is that just a CD Key? How do you get the actual game, other than the obvious?

You could borrow a friends copy I suppose! I'll be getting it via the "obvious" way.

Genghiz Cohen · 31-05-2012 1:46pm

Don't see why you couldn't torrent an ISO of the game, seeing as you just bought a license.

chrislad · 31-05-2012 3:39pm

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Don't see why you couldn't torrent an ISO of the game, seeing as you just bought a license.

Don't have an issue with that, I was simply curious as any digital downloads I've done for PC have been Steam or GOG.

cloud493 · 31-05-2012 4:12pm

Finished it

goddamn brilliant game, actually gonna keep it I think ./

5uspect · 31-05-2012 5:18pm

Steam preload appears to be live. Have fun blocking the tubes tonight!

caspa307 · 31-05-2012 5:27pm

just finished main story there AMAZING, yeah repetitive to an extent but all max paynes are, i had so much fun playing it started the multi player straight after, and am actually amazed at how good it is

_vti · 01-06-2012 8:41am

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Don't see why you couldn't torrent an ISO of the game, seeing as you just bought a license.

The masses ruin it for the few.

It just finished DLing over night but my hopes of G2Play having licences available have been thwarted! They are out of stock..DANGIT!

5uspect · 01-06-2012 9:16am

Fired it up this morning. So far I'm really impressed. Max is definately back. They seem to have dropped the absurdist conspiracy theory stuff in favour of gritty brutality but I'm okay with that. I do miss the graphic novel panels tho.

Gameplay wise I like how you're not reliant on the cover system. You can use it to check out an area then run or dive out for a bunch of satisfying headshots.

Runs smooth as butter on max settings (2xMSAA) at 1680x1050. I'm running an i7 920, 6GB of RAM, 1.2GB evga GTX570. I get about 80 to 100 fps. I'll experiment with adaptive vsync and triple buffering tonight.

Small annoyance is the mouse acceleration in bullet time but upping mouse sensitivity seems to have reduced it. Apparently the aim acceleration setting for a controller seems to affect the mouse also so I'll test that tonight.

gizmo · 01-06-2012 11:17am

5uspect wrote: »

Fired it up this morning. So far I'm really impressed. Max is definately back. They seem to have dropped the absurdist conspiracy theory stuff in favour of gritty brutality but I'm okay with that. I do miss the graphic novel panels tho.

Gameplay wise I like how you're not reliant on the cover system. You can use it to check out an area then run or dive out for a bunch of satisfying headshots.

Runs smooth as butter on max settings (2xMSAA) at 1680x1050. I'm running an i7 920, 6GB of RAM, 1.2GB evga GTX570. I get about 80 to 100 fps. I'll experiment with adaptive vsync and triple buffering tonight.

Small annoyance is the mouse acceleration in bullet time but upping mouse sensitivity seems to have reduced it. Apparently the aim acceleration setting for a controller seems to affect the mouse also so I'll test that tonight.

Excellent, was hoping the PC version would be good. My copy arrived yesterday so it'll be the first game I get which will use my shiney new 670 properly.

Liamario · 01-06-2012 11:47am

Has anyone with the retail copy been having any trouble getting the game to load beyond the copyright splash screen?

TinCool · 01-06-2012 12:45pm

Think I'll get this on PS3. I don't think my quad core 4850 setup will play this comfortably (if at all haha).

krudler · 01-06-2012 2:00pm

liking this a lot more past the first couple of chapters, on 7 now

in the favela

and its excellent, dunno why I didnt take to it for the first while, the story gets better and now I feel like a beefed up gun toting Walter White diving around the place :pac:

DarkJager · 01-06-2012 2:08pm

krudler wrote: »

liking this a lot more past the first couple of chapters, on 7 now
in the favela
and its excellent, dunno why I didnt take to it for the first while, the story gets better and now I feel like a beefed up gun toting Walter White diving around the place :pac:

You're about halfway now, everything from now on is absolute action goodness (both story and gunfight wise

)

I also noticed the uncanny resemblance to Walter, Rockstar must be Breaking Bad fans

PseudoFamous · 01-06-2012 2:20pm

Liamario wrote: »

Has anyone with the retail copy been having any trouble getting the game to load beyond the copyright splash screen?

I managed to get it to play the first time I tried. Then I alt-tabbed and it crashed.

Since then, I haven't been able to get past the title screen. It stays on "initialising" forever. It did, however, make it to loading something immediately after the titlescreen right after the time it crashed, but it crashed then. I have a suspicion that it corrupted my save or something.

deano546 · 01-06-2012 3:03pm

Does the PC version have gamepad support? Im guessing my 6870 would be good enough as i play at 720p.

5uspect · 01-06-2012 4:07pm

deano546 wrote: »

Does the PC version have gamepad support? Im guessing my 6870 would be good enough as i play at 720p.

Yes, but I'm at a loss as to why you would used a pad for a shooter.

GrahamH220 · 01-06-2012 4:26pm

Liamario wrote: »

Has anyone with the retail copy been having any trouble getting the game to load beyond the copyright splash screen?

Hey mate, I'm getting this problem too. I think it might be the social club. Very infuriating though. Tried launch as admin/compatability mode but no dice.

weiland79 · 01-06-2012 4:55pm

krudler wrote: »

liking this a lot more past the first couple of chapters, on 7 now
in the favela
and its excellent, dunno why I didnt take to it for the first while, the story gets better and now I feel like a beefed up gun toting Walter White diving around the place :pac:

I was the same, i was afraid to admit it but the first few chapters just weren't doing it for me and then Boom! Into the Favela and it's all been gravy since.
Loving it now

deano546 · 01-06-2012 4:56pm

5uspect wrote: »

Yes, but I'm at a loss as to why you would used a pad for a shooter.

I've got an injury which means i can't sit down, only lie down, keyboard and mouse controls don't work well when your laying in bed :P

Corkfeen · 01-06-2012 6:10pm

Got my copy this morning, have to hold off on playing it till sunday though.... :eek:

5uspect · 01-06-2012 7:10pm

deano546 wrote: »

I've got an injury which means i can't sit down, only lie down, keyboard and mouse controls don't work well when your laying in bed :P

That's no excuse! Actually, no, wait... it is a pretty good one.

krudler · 01-06-2012 7:24pm

DarkJager wrote: »

You're about halfway now, everything from now on is absolute action goodness (both story and gunfight wise )

I also noticed the uncanny resemblance to Walter, Rockstar must be Breaking Bad fans

the shootout in

the office in chapter 6 was epic, so much diving around cubicles with sh1t exploding

PseudoFamous · 01-06-2012 7:58pm

krudler wrote: »

the shootout in
the office in chapter 6 was epic, so much diving around cubicles with sh1t exploding

Maybe someday I'll get to see it. I have the curse of the forever initialising game.

http://i.imgur.com/8lNro.png

cloud493 · 01-06-2012 8:46pm

I loved the way the theme song starts playing in the airport.

al28283 · 02-06-2012 12:48am

Just finished this game. Anyone else find it extremely boring and repetative? It's actually one of the most boring games I've played in along time

cloud493 · 02-06-2012 1:41am

30% of trophies now :cool:

DarkJager · 02-06-2012 2:18am

al28283 wrote: »

Just finished this game. Anyone else find it extremely boring and repetative? It's actually one of the most boring games I've played in along time

Not at all. Great story, nice gunplay and physics and a very enjoyable game all around. I can understand why you'd think it's repetitive with the "cut scene - shooting - cutscene" structure to it but I was personally too engrossed in the story to let it bother me. I had more fun with 10 hours of this game than the entire 40~ hours I spent with Mass Effect 3

Pacifico · 02-06-2012 9:13am

Liamario wrote: »

Has anyone with the retail copy been having any trouble getting the game to load beyond the copyright splash screen?

Same prob here...did you find a solution?

Pacifico · 02-06-2012 10:19am

Pacifico wrote: »

Liamario wrote: »

Has anyone with the retail copy been having any trouble getting the game to load beyond the copyright splash screen?

Same prob here...did you find a solution?

Updated my graphics drivers (ati) and it ran fine then!

krudler · 02-06-2012 2:29pm

al28283 wrote: »

Just finished this game. Anyone else find it extremely boring and repetative? It's actually one of the most boring games I've played in along time

i did at first but once I got to chapter 5 or so it gets much better and I enjoyed it a lot more. all the favela levels are brilliant.

Nedved85 · 02-06-2012 3:01pm

Four frickin discs..taking an age to install

djkeogh · 02-06-2012 4:22pm

Finished the game the other night. Great stuff. Loved when the song kicked in at the airport. Made a fantastic final run in the game. Looking forward to another playthrough. I agree with the other poster comparing it with the enjoyment of mass effect 3. Ag,ree with that completely. Mass effect felt like a chore this time after loving the 1st two games. Max payne just ticks all the boxes for me this time

krudler · 02-06-2012 5:56pm

I do think the "hangover" visual effect is used way too much, like it makes sense on levels where you walk around a corner to blinding sunshine or something but its overused for no reason throughout the game

Varied · 02-06-2012 6:01pm

Anyone got this on 360? Thinking of getting it. Haven't played the other max paynes though.:o

calex71 · 02-06-2012 7:28pm

Varied wrote: »

Anyone got this on 360? Thinking of getting it. Haven't played the other max paynes though.:o

It would be wise to at least read the wiki or other sources for a synopses/backstory of the previous games, as they form a huge part of who Max is and why he is who he is. Otherwise it's just some drunk ex cop addicted to pain killers

It is a great game in it's own right, the previous 2 are available on XBLA for download but I'm not sure how well they have aged and I've not played them since they came out.

The Freeman · 02-06-2012 10:25pm

al28283 wrote: »

Just finished this game. Anyone else find it extremely boring and repetative? It's actually one of the most boring games I've played in along time

i feel the exact same and on chapter 7 now, it just seems like a one trick pony tbh, really annoying the way you jump in to the action after a cut scene, loved the first 2 on the pc back in the day, find this very frustrating to play due to them speeding up the normal play to improve the bullettime, slowdown abilities.(neither work fully imo)

very well poolished and great voice acting though, top drawer production by rockstar.

biggebruv · 04-06-2012 7:25pm

The Freeman wrote: »

al28283 wrote: »

Just finished this game. Anyone else find it extremely boring and repetative? It's actually one of the most boring games I've played in along time

i feel the exact same and on chapter 7 now, it just seems like a one trick pony tbh, really annoying the way you jump in to the action after a cut scene, loved the first 2 on the pc back in the day, find this very frustrating to play due to them speeding up the normal play to improve the bullettime, slowdown abilities.(neither work fully imo)

very well poolished and great voice acting though, top drawer production by rockstar.

Finished it good game
Gonna trade it in
Anyone know how much store credit gamestop is giving for it right now??

Max Payne 3

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