March 20, 2013

Max Payne 3

Date played: March 17th
Platform: PS3
Session fun rating: 10/10

I played through chapters 10, 11 and 12. The story is unfolding quickly now and I can feel the ending approaching. Chapter 10 was all about Max and Giovanna escaping from the tons of enemies surrounding them. It was set in a bus depot so of course, after dozens of dudes shot, a couple of buses dropped on bad guys and even a cool chain hanging sequence, it ended with an epic on rails chase scene with Giovanna driving a bus, Sandra Bullock style, and Max shooting the enemies.
Speed!
After the escape, Max met the cop again planted the seed of doubt concerning Raul's and Max's relationship. Cue flashback to a Panama canal series of events that turned into, you guessed it, another blood bath. Chapter 11 has Max and Raul are protecting Marcello on a huge luxury yacht, full of sexy ladies, alcohol and blow. Payne passes out drunk in his cabin and wakes up to gunshots, pirates and blood. I shot my way out of the boat and after a cool zip line segment, Max managed to escape.

Max then headed to a dilapidated hotel where the prisoners were being taken for Chapter 12. This is where the story went crazy. It turns out that they were killing people, taking their organs (eyes, hearts, livers, etc). I shot up the place, placed C4 in key locations and blew the shit out of it. It was awesome. Raul saved my ass at the end and rode off in the sunset with Giovanna. Max decides to go after the bad guys by turning himself in