It looks like Max Payne has gone the way of the first footage we saw of Sam Fisher in Conviction. The first notable change is Max Payne being bald, having a beard and looking much older. He’s also sporting an ugly wifebeater with a lot of stains all over it.
This fit doesn’t mesh well with me at all. Max’s appearance in this looks like a generic angry dude on a mission that has been all too common in the recent years. Stop doing this please. Payne never had a distinct look to him in the first two games, but this look is just plain ugly.
Kotaku has rumor that Max Payne 3 will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and be set 10 years after Max Payne 2. The biggest gripe from this that irritates me is the location. The noir setting that Max Payne had (along with his previous attire) was what drew me into the game. Changing environments just makes it a generic current gen brownfest. Hopefully Payne will go the way of Fisher and re-emerge with a better look.
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I like the way they are mixing it up, changing his look, setting it in another country, at least they are going for something different rather than the safe option in keeping things the same as before.
The game can still be noir even if Max is a down and out hobo. See the Big Lebowski for inspiration.
Woah, never seen a brown, dirty game that looks just like this before!
Hahaha, isn’t that Kane? Or was it Lynch?
Bloody hell that looks horrific. It doesn’t look like we’ll be seeing original Noir detective action here, no sir.