Get a Load of Max Payne 3's Multiplayer

I'm really hoping that multiplayer don't overshadow the singleplayer like the newest Twisted Metal did. I was really disappointed in learning that you can only play as 3 characters there.

The multiplayer looked kind of bland in this. I don't like the character designs also the maps they were showing looked dull.

@Jayzilla said:

i am tired of MP in games.

Huh. Okay then.

@Mjdemon said:

game looks amazing. Never played a MP game before so this looks it'll be my first. Will that ruin the story for me then if there isnt a summary on what he did in the first 2.

From what I've read and seen, not really, I guess. Seeing how there (most likely) won't be any old characters coming back and that the game doesn't happen in New York anymore. Or well, I guess there will be a few 'chapters' at New York, maybe they'll use those to tell some of the previous stuff. That and/or just a "Previously in Max Payne!" video.

But I do suggest still playing the previous games! First one might seem a tad clunky nowadays, but the second game is still a superb shooter, at least on a PC.

game looks amazing. Never played a MP game before so this looks it'll be my first. Will that ruin the story for me then if there isnt a summary on what he did in the first 2.

Diablo 3 and Max Payne 3 on the same day? Time to request some days off.

Hope the multiplayer turns out better then it was in GTA4 and RDR.

@Nelez said:

@DeF: It IS a huge file

still only 20% of the size my file was with pretty much the same duration, I think^^ (mine was 60+mb)

@DeF: It IS a huge file

@Fjordson said:

Yeah, this is going to be a good game.

hey what did you use to make that gif? I tried to make one out of a movie clip yesterday but that resulted in a huge gif file!

Yeah, this is going to be a good game.

@Skyfire543: After this video, my first thought was "pre-order".

I've been mulling over speed in games for bullet time and other alternatives for a while. Everyone? Nearby? Others will probably have less sensitivity and therefore a slower reticle leading to less ability to shoot and react during bullet time.

But Speed control is a big thing because you can't just attach one person to it due to real time.

@Mr_Misery: Or developers can stop looking for ways to shoehorn in multiplayer into every series? This seriously looks really generic outside of 'bullet time' effect being in it, which really comes off being goofy.

Why are so many people getting into firefights without their shirt on? It seems highly irresponsible.

Fuck Diablo 3.  I want this game all over my face.

Man, this multiplayer convinced me to pre-order this game along with Ghost Recon.

Totally getting this on PS3.

Said it before, but I'll say it again. The Rockstar trade-mark trailer style is starting to get old. Also, it fit the feeling of RDR, it was a stretch with LA Noire, but Max Payne....

SQUEEEEEEEE!

I never wanted multiplayer from this game. I still don't.

@SASnake said:

@Vitor said:

@familyphotoshoot said:

I am so ready for this game.

Edit: I'm really curious to see how bullet-time plays out in multiplayer. Does time slow for all players involved, or does the person activating bullet-time appear to be moving much faster than normal?

Only players in your line of sight apparently which seems like the smartest solution. Then again, I'm guessing that you're vulnerable to anyone behind you moving at full speed as you seemed to be slowed down also.

It'll probably look a little hokey, but it seems like the best solution to the problem.

Bullet time works like a chain, when somebody activates it, if you see the guy in slow mo, or he sees u, u go into slo mo, if somebody sees 1 of u in slo mo, they go into slo mo, if somebody then sees him, he goes into slo mo..somebody sees him...he goes into slo mo

SLOW-MO-CEPTION

Looks decent, if slightly generic. I really like the look and feel of the game, but I don't see how the multiplayer will be fun. I guess the bullet-time mechanic applied to people in your line of sight gives your enemy a heads up that they're being targeted, but seeing as how bullet-time is supposed to be a 'power-up' of sorts, I would think knowing you're going to die long before you do isn't as fun as they'd like. I'll definitely give a try before dismissing it, but there's a reason time manipulation has rarely been implemented in multiplayer. Unless they'd "solved" it, I don't think it'll be a very fun mode. Then again, I don't come to Max Payne for MP.

this is laughable 

GETTING THIS

the multiplayer is doing nothing for me.

When are developers going to stop plastering player names all over my damned screen? Jesus, what a mess.

If I want to know who just killed me or vice versa i'll just take a look at the death log. I'm okay with a fading player name when I look at someone but damn, always on player names and other useless information just really add a lot of distraction. Or simplify it, give everyone a color and put a colored dot over their head or something.

Looks pretty good, can't wait.

looking forward to the single player, and thats all.

@Vitor said:

@familyphotoshoot said:

I am so ready for this game.

Edit: I'm really curious to see how bullet-time plays out in multiplayer. Does time slow for all players involved, or does the person activating bullet-time appear to be moving much faster than normal?

Only players in your line of sight apparently which seems like the smartest solution. Then again, I'm guessing that you're vulnerable to anyone behind you moving at full speed as you seemed to be slowed down also.

It'll probably look a little hokey, but it seems like the best solution to the problem.

Bullet time works like a chain, when somebody activates it, if you see the guy in slow mo, or he sees u, u go into slo mo, if somebody sees 1 of u in slo mo, they go into slo mo, if somebody then sees him, he goes into slo mo..somebody sees him...he goes into slo mo

I still can't decide whether to get it for PC or 360. I usually get games for the 360 if I'm interested in the MP for it, since my friends are on the 360. In this case, I don't know how the PC community will be (new PC gamer), but the graphics are supposed to be better. One comes out the 15th, the other the 29th. Any suggestions, advice?

Nice, Diablo 3 is going to have to wait.

LA Noire should had co-op multiplayer, It would have been great.

@ogg25 said:

Looks like uncharted 3 multiplayer alot, too bad this comes out same day as diablo 3.

Yeah too bad... FOR DIABLO 3!!!

@bombHills said:

Still confused over the bullet time stuff in a multiplayer game. Also I don't care for a mp in Max Payne. I want' to eat pain pills and shoot bad guys.

If you had bullet time, then players in your line of sight are only going to be affected. Players behind you and to the sides of you will still be going at regular speed, those in front of you will slow down.

You can already see a basic strategy of this in this video, activate bullet time when your enemy's have their backs to you so they don't have enough time to turn and shoot.

@BaconBuTTy said:

It's funny when people don't understand why bullet time is so difficult to achieve in multiplayer.

"Just make the guy using bullet time appear faster to everyone else, duh"

Me and friend of mine used to argue about this all the time and it was so difficult to explain to him how that was a physical impossibility within the realms of reality and not a matter of "netcode and stuff"

The Specialists mod for Half-Life 1 did that, and it wasn't difficult at all. It in fact, worked brilliantly.

Bullet-time was basically a 30-second item/powerup anyone could pick up around the map, and it basically had everyone within a set radius of the powerup user would go into slow-motion, with the user being allowed to aim/move /shoot a set rate a little bit quicker than everyone else. You could obviously still be killed as other players could still move and aim and shoot, but they would do so significantly slower.

Not sure if Max Payne 3 will do the exact same, but I thought that was a good way to incentivize it as a powerup for a singular bullet-time user (or even a team of users).

Man, I was already sold on Max Payne 3's single player. Multiplayer is like bullets of icing raining down on a delicious cake.

I hope there's a Free For All Death Match. That's always my preferred game type.

@LordLOC said:

@AngelN7 said:

Can they really make the Bullet Time mechanic work online with lag and all that stuff?

The Specalists mod for Half Life 1 had bullet time in multiplayer and that was like 10 years ago already.

I gotta say in fact, Max Payne 3 here, looks alot like The Specalists mod except you know...better looking and stuff.

Also, dual SMGs.

The Specialists was one of the greatest mods, pour some out for the source version that never was.

BURST!!!!!!!

Looks like I'm going to be buying Max Payne 3.

It's funny when people don't understand why bullet time is so difficult to achieve in multiplayer.

"Just make the guy using bullet time appear faster to everyone else, duh"

Me and friend of mine used to argue about this all the time and it was so difficult to explain to him how that was a physical impossibility within the realms of reality and not a matter of "netcode and stuff"

It's high time you turned those dual Uzis on some other players, don't you think?

No I don't.

It's funny when people don't understand why bullet time is so difficult to achieve in multiplayer.

"Just make the guy using bullet time appear faster to everyone else, duh"

Me and friend of mine used to argue about this all the time and it was so difficult to explain to him how that was a physical impossibility within the realms of reality and not a matter of "netcode and stuff"

Still doubt this will be nearly as fun as The Specialist mod for Half-Life. That shit was the hotness, game looks good still.

looks very very fluid.

I need this right now.

@Alphazero said:

Play style looks like Red Dead Redemption, which makes sense. Anyone know for sure that it's the same engine?

Rockstar uses their own engine for all their games, so yes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_Advanced_Game_Engine

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