


Max suspects that somebody is trying to frame Comando Sombra for the events taking place with Brancos. As Max and Passos discuss the situation with Rodrigo, Victor and Armando Becker, the local battalion commander of a special police unit Unidade de Forças Especiais(Special Forces Unit, abbreviated "UFE", abbreviation pronounced "oo-fay"), Crachá Preto raid the Branco offices. Max and Passos decide to raid a Comando Sombra base to save Fabiana, but the gang escapes with her. Max and Passos bring ransom money to the gang at a football stadium, but the deal is ambushed by an outlaw right-wing paramilitary group known as Crachá Preto(Black Badge), who steal the money. Fabiana, her sister(and Passos' lover) Giovanna, and Marcelo are later again targeted at a nightclub by the same gang, who successfully kidnap Fabiana. During a party held in Rodrigo's penthouse, Rodrigo and his wife Fabiana are kidnapped by a street gang called the Comando Sombra(Shadow Command), but Max saves them. Max and Passos work for the wealthy Branco family in São Paulo, Brazil, made up of three brothers: the businessman Rodrigo, the politician Victor, and the partying Marcelo. in a bar fight, he agrees to accompany Passos to Brazil. Max initially resists, but when he becomes a target for mob hitmen after he kills Anthony Jr. Raul is seeking Max in order to recruit him as a private security contractor for a job in South America. When Max gets into a confrontation at a bar with the son of a local mob boss, Anthony DeMarco Jr., an old acquaintance from his police academy, Raul Passos, intervenes. Nine years after the events of the previous game, Max Payne is retired cop drowning his sorrows in alcohol and painkillers in Hoboken, New Jersey. Through advanced use of the Euphoria dynamic animation engine, shooting and killing enemies in Max Payne 3 will look noticeably more realistic than in any preceding Rockstar game. Rockstar has blended physics and animation, so that when a player dives, they do so appropriately according to their surroundings. Players are able to stay grounded after a dive, which enables them to shoot 360 degrees around. Max Payne 3 retains the shoot-dodge mechanic from the previous games in the series.
MAX PAYNE 3 GOLDEN GUN EFFECTS SERIES
New to the series is a "Last Stand" mechanic, which gives the player a grace period after losing all health during which time the player may kill the enemy that wounded them in order to continue playing, however this mechanic is only usable if the player has one or more bottles of painkillers in their possession. In bullet-time it is possible to see every bullet strike an enemy in detail. Max Payne 3 also marks the return of bullet-time in action sequences, for which the franchise is notable.

Max Payne 3 features a similar over-the-shoulder camera as its predecessors, with the addition of a cover mechanic, while also retaining much of the same run-and-gun style of gameplay. Max Payne 3 is a third-person shooter in which the player assumes the role of its titular character, Max Payne.
