Part of the beauty of Max Payne was the games' ability to transform you into a past era of Film-Noir while keeping the game grounded in more modern constructs. How many other games out there utilize a Noir style as beautifully as the Max Payne games did? None. The Noir setting made the Max Payne franchise unique among other franchises and games. Of all the changes made in Max Payne 3, this one hurts me the most.
It simply doesn't make sense because it doesn't work with the spirit of the original games or the character. On the other hand, placing the game in sunny Rio is no different than placing it in Miami or the Caribbean. New York made perfect sense because for years the perception was and still is that NYC is a cold, dark, brooding, foreboding city that would make perfect sense for a Film-Noir setting. I've heard arguments that New York is much safer than Rio de Janeiro, and because Rio is a much more violent city it would somehow make sense for a Max Payne game. A location that doesn't make any sense whatsoever for a Max Payne game. Instead the idiots chose sunny and bright Brazil. If they wanted to use a locale outside the United States (something that I wouldn't condone, but would be able to look past), they could have chosen Japan (Tokyo), China (Hong Kong), France (Paris), or similar locales. Alternative locations instead of New York could have been Los Angeles (in winter), Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, or Seattle. If the developers feel that they want a new location, they should at the very least make sure the place they choose is atmospheric and true to the Film-Noir spirit of Max Payne. Although it worked brilliantly in the first two games, I was always open to the possibility of introducing a new location, as long as they maintained the original atmosphere of the first two games. Now, let me just state that NYC is not a must for a Max Payne game. McCaffrey gave Max Payne a deep, dark, brooding, introvert, hard-core voice that suited the character and his appearance perfectly. McCaffrey brought something truly unique to that voice that I don't believe any other voice actor can bring. Sutherland does not have the deep, rough voice of McCaffrey. Do you have any idea the kind of s**t-storm MGS fans would have raised if Hideo Kojima decided to use another voice actor for Snake? And yes, I'm sure Kiefer Sutherland can do a good job, but it won't be the voice of Max Payne. As some have already stated, no McCaffrey for Max Payne is like no David Hayter voicing Solid Snake.
Max payne 3 voice actors movie#
A large part of the reason why the Max Payne movie never really appealed to me is because Mark Wahlberg's voice is NOT the voice of Max Payne. James McCaffrey is not only the voice of Max Payne, he IS Max Payne. Let's see what they managed to screw up in the development of Max Payne 3:
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