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Originally Posted by Cleric
That's stretching it quite a bit, I think.
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No, thats exactly how it is. The metaphor fits perfectly. You even go on to admit that. If hes a fat bald guy that sounds nothing like Max Payne and acts almost nothing like him. Hes not Max Payne. You're hell bent on excusing change.
It's basically like saying Duke Nukem sporting a mohawk, piercings, a flannel shirt, and baggy gangster shorts, sporting the voice of Miley Cyrus and quoting shakespeare, whilst fighting in the Netherlands against mutant jack rabbits is still Duke Nukem because it says "Duke Nukem" on the package.
Theres a difference between "Times change" and "we're using 'Max Payne' as name recognition for a completely revised franchise."
Duke Nukem changed when he went from 2D to 3D, but he was still Duke Nukem. He still had the same general appearance, the same general attitude, the same goal. The volume and resolution were kicked up, thats all. What they're doing here is the totally wrong thing to do. They took everything about Max Payne that was awesome, picked it up, put it in a trash can, and started right the Hell over.
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Originally Posted by Cleric
People can change. He's a lot older now. It fits the context of the story. Still want the leather jacket? Play the first two.
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I guess anyone who invests love, time, and money into the first two and would like to see the same themes continued can just go "**** off" right? Please.
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Originally Posted by Cleric
Then go ahead and ignore it. Nobody's jamming the game down your throat, just like nobody's forcing you to come in here and judge it.
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...and Nobody is forcing these guys to
screw it all up, either. As long as they're willing to screw it up, im willing to rant and rave about it. I love Max Payne. I dont want to see it screwed up, and yes, it looks absolutely crappy what they're doing to it. I will be a humongous ass about it for the rest of my life, and be damn happy to do so.