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Max Payne turns 8 innocuous situations into a violent bloodbath

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By Matt Cundy published 29 June 2012

To be honest the guy's a bit of a liability

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I don't have the energy to really hate anything properly. Most things I think are OK or inoffensively average. I do love quite a lot of stuff as well, though.

Max Payne. Wherever he goes, trouble isn't far behind. And by trouble I mean 'homicidal shootout resulting in the gratuitous expenditure of bullets and spilling of blood juice by the bucket-load'. Yes, when Max Payne's around, even the most seemingly innocuous situation can quickly descend into a violent bloodbath. Situations very much like the ones crudely constructed in the gallery above in fact...

If you're looking for Max Payne adventures that are actual official canon and not just stupid nonsense, be sure to check out Marvel's comic book series. And for all things Max Payne 3, our Max Payne 3 game page is where it's at.

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