PC Specialist Vanquish Enforcer Review (4770K/GTX780)

Max Payne 3 is a third-person shooter in which the player assumes the role of its titular character, Max Payne. 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 also marks the return of bullet-time in action sequences, for which the franchise is notable.In bullet-time it is possible to see every bullet strike an enemy in detail.

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.

We cranked the image quality settings at 2560×1600, enabling 4x MSAA. Texture Quality was set to very high, Shader quality was set to high, Shadow Quality, Reflection Quality and Water Quality were all set to very high. Tessellation was set to normal.Total memory draw was 1999MB.

This game engine is demanding at 2560×1600, especially with our high image quality configuration. The system averaged 43 frames per second, dropping to 31 frames per second a couple of times. In real world terms, it was perfectly smooth at all times.

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