He knows better than anyone that there is no turning back for him, there is no redemption, and there is no walking peacefully in the sunset yet he still tries. But still, what makes him someone we care for and endure all his pains? The answer is quite simple, he tries as Max himself says in Chapter 12. He is the walking hell that turns everything to ash when he touches them. Even though he tried to stay dry and fix everything, he couldn’t. He lost his chance after the death of Mona. All suggesting that Max is beyond redemption in Max Payne 3. Not to mention the shaky and monochromic effect of each scene that makes you dizzy. Every moment, street, the action of every person makes you want to puke. The first two Max Paynes are dark and grimy, but none of them are as ugly as Max Payne 3.
The realistic action and gore of the game help the ugliness of Max Payne’s world. How Ugliness Serves the Story of Max Payne 3 Now that there is no Mona to help him, he just falls deeper and deeper into the abyss and nihilism, the main pillars of Max Payne 3’s story. Making Max fall into the gaping hole of his past. Now that he couldn’t heal the wounds left by the death of Mona, the old wounds of not being able to protect his family start to open once again. This leads to his excessive use of alcohol and drugs which simply makes his life worse. Mona helped Max to overcome his sorrow and trauma of losing his family, but who’s going to help him overcome the sorrow of Mona’s absence? He accepted the absence of his wife and his infant, but this time he didn’t mourn for the loss of Mona. Therefore when Mona dies, he thinks he can live without Mona and fight with his inner demons. The presence of Mona helps him fight with his demons, but he never destroyed them completely. When he meets Mona Sax, the feeling of life comes back to him subtly. In the comics of Max Payne 3, written by Dan Houser and Sam Lake, we see that Max’s mother drowned herself in alcohol – a habit that Max will inherent as well- and the reluctance of his father towards him and his mother, filled Max with hatred. Changing hairstyle is one of the ways to show the inner change of a character.
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