Critical Miss: Max Payne
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Wait a minute... I thought it was set in Sao Paulo, not Rio!
But nevermind that, good comic. Imagine paying respects to your great grandparents and some guy with a shotgun is taking cover behind the gravestone. Funny, yet sad.
But nevermind that, good comic. Imagine paying respects to your great grandparents and some guy with a shotgun is taking cover behind the gravestone. Funny, yet sad.
Shootouts in graveyards aren't particularly noir.DVS BSTrD said:
(Note to self...Rewrite climax of novel to exclude graveyard)
And there's "bleak," and then there's....This.
Meanwhile, in another part of the cemetary the shootout is over and Johnny Gat and the Saints' leader are still busy burying that Ronin guy alive.
"The Rio setting"
Uhh... it is São Paulo. And if you go and say "same thing" I'll hunt you down to the ends of the globe!
I jest. But really, I'm Brazillian, and so far as Brazillians are concerned Rio and São Paulo era the antithesis of each other. Rio is the tourist trap city. With its gorgeous beaches, beautiful women, hidden scars, landmarks, friendly attitude...
São Paulo is sometimes referred to as "New York... with all the good and neat stuff taken out". It is an industrial city of frightening scale, one of the largest in the world (easily surpassing NY), the scene at night is at complete odds with the scene at day, chaos and corruption reigns, crime ranges from all varieties from the lowly street kids scouting for the dealers to high corporate espionage and governmental fraud.
Heck, it is the freaking reason they picked Brazil. If it was Rio, I'd be just as angry as any other Max Payne "fan".
Actually, I'd be angrier.
Uhh... it is São Paulo. And if you go and say "same thing" I'll hunt you down to the ends of the globe!
I jest. But really, I'm Brazillian, and so far as Brazillians are concerned Rio and São Paulo era the antithesis of each other. Rio is the tourist trap city. With its gorgeous beaches, beautiful women, hidden scars, landmarks, friendly attitude...
São Paulo is sometimes referred to as "New York... with all the good and neat stuff taken out". It is an industrial city of frightening scale, one of the largest in the world (easily surpassing NY), the scene at night is at complete odds with the scene at day, chaos and corruption reigns, crime ranges from all varieties from the lowly street kids scouting for the dealers to high corporate espionage and governmental fraud.
Heck, it is the freaking reason they picked Brazil. If it was Rio, I'd be just as angry as any other Max Payne "fan".
Actually, I'd be angrier.
Who would have thought a Counterstrike reference would titillate my sense of humor today? Anyone who still knows anything about Counterstrike is an emotionless husk with AIMBot instead of organs and AK-47s for fingers, right?
I agree though, my initial impulse of what I've seen and heard about this game are telling me to get the hell out of dodge, but I really want it to be good, so I'm going to suppress my instincts.
I agree though, my initial impulse of what I've seen and heard about this game are telling me to get the hell out of dodge, but I really want it to be good, so I'm going to suppress my instincts.
Is it wrong that I just looked down at the "Recently commented topics" bar, stared at the title of this thread and finally understood why this webcomic's called Critical Miss?
I mean, it only took me several months.
I mean, it only took me several months.
Oh shit, those are like... different places?SandroTheMaster said:
Anyway, typo be fixed. Or at least it should be.
"Of course the "everything is, and will always be, shit"-chorus have already dismissed it on the basis of Max not having enough hair, the game featuring daylight, or simply because it was made after 2005 and everything is terrible now because of regenerating health, casuals and Obama."
Ok. I've decided I like you.
Great comic!
Ok. I've decided I like you.
Great comic!