The second intro begins where the first left off, with Max moping around in his apartment, before grabbing his empty bottle, getting up, and walking straight into a flash forward. Yeah I can definitely see why some Max Payne 2 fans had gotten annoyed that this had undone his happy ending. Cut to a little bit later, as he returns to his apartment with a bag full of whiskey and painkillers and a narration full of obvious lies about his fresh start, accompanied by a flashback to a time he brought flowers to his murdered family's grave. Seriously,' the narration continues as he opens it and pulls out a framed photograph. and then runs out of distractions, his attention falling back to the bag on the floor. He drops his luggage, looks in the mirror, looks out of the window, turns on a fan, sits down. Yes, absolutely!' he proclaims in his traditional voice over monologue, with only a hint of resigned sarcasm to his weary voice. Man, I used to think those graphics option windows that sometimes pop up before a game starts looked amateurish and were often indicative of a lazy console port, but lately I've come to realise I was so so wrong.Īnyway, the game begins with ex-cop Max Payne moving in to his new apartment serenaded by his classic theme on violin. absolutely no way to change my graphics options or even skip the intro, so I'm stuck with 1024x768 for now.

Max payne 3 chapters