Max Payne 3 Gameplay Details

From what the trailers suggest, Rockstar is doing a pretty good job with Max Payne 3. It will mostly be the same good ol’ run-and-gun styled shooter, but it will also get some tweaks, suited for the modern day conventions.

In a recent GameSpot interview, art director Rob Nelson revealed Max would be getting access to a cover system, as well as an over-the-shoulder zoom function.

We’ve introduced a left-trigger, over the shoulder aiming feature that most games have, where you can zoom in a bit closer and aim more precisely on your target at your expense of your ability to move around quickly. So we added that and we’ve added a cover mechanic, but those are ancillary additions to the core of the game, which is still very much the run and gun

Nelson also stated in the interview how the bullet physics and character animations of Max Payne 3 will be even more sophisticated and closer to reality than Red Dead Redemption. Max Payne 3 is now scheduled to be released in March next year.