Monday, March 23, 2009

Max Payne 3's New Developers? Should We Be Worried?


Anthony Perez of Gamer 2.0's SmashPad writes:

"So earlier today it was exciting to learn that Rockstar officially announced it will be releasing a third game in the series, but that news may be bitter sweet since Max Payne 3 will not be developed by the original studio Remedy Entertainment. Since Remedy is busy working on the upcoming Alan Wake, Max Payne 3 will instead be handled by Rockstar Vancouver, the studio behind Bully.

While Bully isn't necessarily a bad game, it is generally considered to be quite average. This is disheartening, especially when you take into account that studios who take over existing franchises typically make slight improvements but fail to capture the magic infused in the original games by the original developers. One good example is Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, a perfectly solid effort by Obsidian Studios which lacked the great story and experience put together by BioWare in the first game."

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