‘I Got That Completely Wrong’ — Dan Houser Considers Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 a Failure

Max Payne and its sequel, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, are two of the most genre-defining third-person shooters ever made. They propelled Finnish developer Remedy Entertainment into the spotlight as one of the most exciting studios making games. So, it was also going to be a challenge for another developer to pick up the third part of that trilogy. If you have the likes of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption under your belt, though, you might just fancy your chances.

That’s what former Rockstar VP and writer of Max Payne 3, Dan Houser, thought, and while enjoying the process of making it, he now admits that it didn’t quite hit the mark. Despite being well-received critically, the 2012 game underperformed commercially, and wasn’t a huge hit with players. …