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Max Payne 3 really does have some 'what the FUCK were they thinking' moments. 24 minutes ago via TweetDeck
@TaleSpun Yeah, but even then the writing's really patchy. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to TaleSpun
@TaleSpun than it is to extend roughly the same plot over a 15 hour, fairly punishing game. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to TaleSpun
@TaleSpun Haha, I liked Man On Fire but it's pretty damn contrived. And it's a lot easier to sit back and watch a 2 hour film and not care about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to TaleSpun
@TaleSpun And, really, taking itself seriously only works if that approach is applied to everything in the game. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to TaleSpun
@TaleSpun Agreed, it's like they were all 'TIME FOR MAX PAYNE TO TAKE ITSELF SERIOUSLY' but kind of didn't change anything but the tone. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to TaleSpun
@TaleSpun It's a shame, as this should've been the definitive third person shooter of this gen, and it really isn't. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to TaleSpun
@TaleSpun It feels really obstinate, like they were all 'these are the levels, NO DEBATE' and then just did it regardless of how it worked. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to TaleSpun
@TaleSpun It'd work for like, one level, like you've come to rely on dodging around and then you briefly can't, but it's so frequent here. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to TaleSpun
@TaleSpun If you want to make a gritty, realistic corridor shooter then do that instead, don't combine the two to negative effect. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to TaleSpun
@TaleSpun I mean, I'm playing a guy who can slow down time and leap about. Let me DO that, then. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to TaleSpun
@TaleSpun Developers forget that, while it's all well and good to restrict the mechanics they've implemented, there's kind of no need. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to TaleSpun
@TaleSpun There's altogether too many corridor-y bits in the game for my liking. I get why they've done it, but they're not fun. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to TaleSpun
@TaleSpun The cemetery scene is a great example of a bit that really, really works. Stadium, boat, not at all. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to TaleSpun
@TaleSpun I think that's been a problem throughout tbh. Parts work really well, other parts just don't at all. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to TaleSpun
@samwrite Pretty sure nearly all of it is down to some fairly thoughtless level design. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to samwrite
@samwrite The irritating thing is that in some parts, it's a really good shooter, and in other parts the mechanics just don't work. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to samwrite
@samwrite I also once took damage in a cutscene. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to samwrite
@samwrite I hate how the checkpoints sometimes start you with your back to an enemy, and nothing you can do about it. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to samwrite
@AnActualPokemon Surely I must be near the end now. Please. :( about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to AnActualPokemon

Name Ashton Raze
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Bio Writer of fiction, and video games stuff for GameSpot, The Telegraph etc. Buy my book!