 | Maximum Payne | 80  |
| Story Complete [OLD SCHOOL] | ||
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 | Comment #1 by Cinderkin Sunday, April 29, 2012 @ 08:00:25 PM I wonder if OLD SCHOOL difficulty has health items and doesn't heal auto. or is the whole game like that? |
 | Comment #2 by Scotty A Thursday, May 03, 2012 @ 05:35:47 PM I am guessing that painkillers would be limited...massive max payne fan going to be a like a kid the night before christmas come may 18th. uk release date. |
 | Comment #3 by Splinter4 Wednesday, May 09, 2012 @ 01:33:33 PM Based on the high gamerscore value for this one (80), I'm guessing this is gonna be something similar in concept to the "Hardcore" setting on "Fallout: New Vegas" where you had to constantly drink water, eat food, and sleep enough just to survive... and weight penalties were applied to everything... even ammo. But obviously they'll have to do something completely different with this concept since Max Payne is a Shooter, not an RPG. Just my guess though. Looking forward to finding out just how wrong I was... Cheers :-) |
 | Comment #4 by danb Saturday, May 12, 2012 @ 07:13:14 PM Old school mode makes me think no regenerating health and just painkillers like the previous max paynes. |
 | Comment #5 by Izuarooboi Sunday, May 13, 2012 @ 12:25:41 PM i have max payne and old school mode is "Brutal difficulty without last man standing there to save you" its harder the hardcore mode and this game is mission based no running around really well only on the mission map its nothing like GTA or RDR |
 | Comment #6 by clubsoda Tuesday, May 15, 2012 @ 07:22:00 AM @#3 ... I hope this game is nothing like FALLOUT NEW VEGAS, that game sucks! |
 | Comment #7 by ll L3G3ND ll Wednesday, May 16, 2012 @ 02:52:35 PM Hardcore and Old School modes are unlocked by beating the Story on Hard difficulty. |
 | Comment #8 by dead Mr Feldman Friday, May 18, 2012 @ 05:57:55 PM Max Payne 3 is so good |
 | Comment #9 by jalfrezy Friday, May 18, 2012 @ 10:56:54 PM I haven't quite finished on hard yet but old school is the next tier then hardcore |
 | Comment #10 by Ag3nt PigZ Sunday, May 20, 2012 @ 02:15:01 AM Do you get the hardcore achievement if you beat old school or is it the other way areound or none |
 | Comment #11 by DeltaJun Sunday, May 20, 2012 @ 02:49:52 AM I don't understand why does the icon for this achievement have a smaller muscle than Hardcore mode? Shouldn't this be the "tougher" achievement? Was this a dev error? |
 | Comment #12 by rodneythesavior Sunday, May 20, 2012 @ 05:14:08 PM I'm assuming these are stackable, no? |
 | Comment #13 by SargeCQB Monday, May 21, 2012 @ 09:50:33 PM all i wanna know is if i need to play hardcore after this, cause with nym and nym hardcore i dont think im gunna wanna play through this game for the 5TH time, ive already reloaded most of the game for the small achievements and im assuming nym hardcore wont take me one try so im seeing my 1000gs on this game slipping away, sigh -_- |
 | Comment #14 by Milan Swagers Tuesday, May 22, 2012 @ 04:42:28 PM I can confirm that it does NOT stack. I just completed 'Old School' difficulty and all I got was the 'Payne In The Ass' achievement. |
| Comment #15 by SargeCQB Tuesday, May 22, 2012 @ 09:46:42 PM u mean maximum payne right? i can conform that, no stacking for this one, thats so dumb, this was a real pain! im not sure if thats a pun or not. |
| Comment #16 by Valkynaz Thursday, May 24, 2012 @ 08:37:07 PM This achievement was easy enough, especially with all the practice I got from playing through the fucking campaign twice before. Sadly, you can't change Max's default skin like in Arcade mode, which makes replaying Story mode 3+ times over somewhat boring. |
 | Comment #17 by Shug Nastytron Friday, June 01, 2012 @ 12:18:04 AM Sooo, I beat the game on Hard today and probably died around 10 times per chapter on average. I'm not too shabby at shooters but I'm not 1337 either.. I just started a game on Old School and I'm into the 3rd chapter and I've died a total of 2 times so far. It seems really easy. I think the main thing is knowing enemy spawns. If you know that this seems like a piece of cake. |
| Comment #18 by Shug Nastytron Friday, June 01, 2012 @ 12:19:21 AM ^^ Also. I'm playing with Free Aim of course. |
 | Comment #19 by MALC 1982 Friday, June 01, 2012 @ 05:31:28 AM Do you half to use free aim or can you use soft aim? |
| Comment #20 by Shug Nastytron Friday, June 01, 2012 @ 12:40:49 PM @19 If you want to earn any of the Difficulty based achievements you HAVE to use FREE AIM. |
| Comment #21 by MALC 1982 Friday, June 01, 2012 @ 04:04:15 PM Cheers for that |
 | Comment #22 by JackZulu Friday, June 01, 2012 @ 05:47:24 PM @Shug, I completely agree. Old School seemed so much easier than my initial Hard playthrough but that could just be based on experience. I'm right at the end of my Hardcore play and it hasn't been anymore difficult than Hard. Even though you noticeably take a lot more damage. Perhaps knowledge is key here. The worst thing I've encountered is not being able to skip the cutscenes. I'm not looking forward to my NYM playthroughs. |
 | Comment #23 by MKNODE58 ESBA Friday, June 01, 2012 @ 11:53:00 PM can you do the hardest achievement and get all the lower difficulty achievements as well? |
| Comment #24 by Shug Nastytron Saturday, June 02, 2012 @ 01:14:05 AM @23 Not all of them, as far as I know the only difficulty achievements that stack are Hard & Medium. |
| Comment #25 by JackZulu Saturday, June 02, 2012 @ 07:34:10 AM That's right. If you start on Hard it will stack Medium only. This is why the 1kGS requires 5 playthroughs. 3 for Story Mode (Hard, Old School & Hardcore) and 2 for NYM (Standard & Hardcore) The unlocks should be as follows: Finishing the Game on Any Difficulty Unlock New York Minute mode in Arcade Mode Finishing the Game on Medium: Unlock Character Select Option in Arcade Mode Finishing the Game on Hard: Unlock Old School Difficulty Unlock Hardcore Difficulty Unlock Unlimited Painkillers Cheat Finishing the Game on Old School: Unlock Max Payne Advanced Character Model Finishing the Game on Hardcore: Unlock One Hit Kill Cheat |
| Comment #26 by Shug Nastytron Saturday, June 02, 2012 @ 06:14:42 PM Just completed Old School difficulty and probably died about 25 times during the entire playthrough. Knowledge of enemy spawns is definitely the key here. |
| Comment #27 by MKNODE58 ESBA Saturday, June 02, 2012 @ 06:42:43 PM and free aim has to be used as well right? |
| Comment #28 by Shug Nastytron Sunday, June 03, 2012 @ 03:32:00 AM Yes. |
 | Comment #29 by anubis11778 Tuesday, June 05, 2012 @ 03:32:32 AM Old School is definitely easier than Hard Mode by far and I can confirm that there is no stacking but right after you blow up the airplane and the achievement appears, hit the XBox button in the middle of your remote and select to go back to the dashboard. Then reload the game, select to continue and you will begin again right behind the airplane. Change the difficulty to Hardcore, blow up the airplane and get the achievement for completeing the game on Hardcore. The cheat will not work if you just reload the checkpoint. Also I used chapter 14 checkpoint 10 which is when you are in the hangar for farming the Grind. You can use it for shootdodge kills, shootdodge time, prone kills, kills on your back, pistol kills, rifle kills, double weapon kills, and shooting grenades out of the a |
 | Comment #30 by T-Dub333 Monday, June 11, 2012 @ 10:56:09 PM Thanks #29 you saved me an extra playthrough |
 | Comment #31 by Skweezle II Thursday, June 14, 2012 @ 08:20:28 AM Yup, #29 you saved my sanity. thanks. |
| Comment #32 by anubis11778 Tuesday, June 19, 2012 @ 07:57:50 PM you are welcome #30 and #31 |
 | Comment #33 by Iamthespudman Thursday, June 21, 2012 @ 06:46:20 PM this difficulty is harder than a vicar in a brothel. |
| Comment #34 by Akimbo Smokes Monday, June 25, 2012 @ 10:07:00 AM I just finished playing through on medium. I should have seen this post sooner. Can anyone verify if it actually works? |
 | Comment #35 by DA ADMAN 26 Thursday, June 28, 2012 @ 05:33:33 AM @29 just attempted the switchdown from old school to hardcore and it did not pop :( the devs may have patched this in this weeks update, so be careful everyone |
 | Comment #36 by mayhemkrew Thursday, June 28, 2012 @ 05:44:24 PM Yea #29's work around did not work for me either...bummer. |
 | Comment #37 by Iceskater101 Saturday, June 30, 2012 @ 10:42:33 AM because of the patch. The new update that rockstar released fixed this glitch. |
 | Comment #38 by Atchison Sunday, July 08, 2012 @ 09:42:16 PM Did not realize that it had to be on (free aim) did the whole campaign and got nothing now I get to do it all over again. Wish it said (free aim) like the other cheevos |
 | Comment #39 by DoRk60 Wednesday, August 22, 2012 @ 02:15:34 PM Can the glitch be activated if the patch is removed ? |
| Comment #41 by HXP Tuesday, November 13, 2012 @ 03:10:26 AM @29 Is this still possible after the Game update ? And are there any rewards for beating the Game on Old School Mode ? Is this legit to unlock the 2Achievements in a short period of time.. I mean first you get the Achievement for finishing on Old School mode and after 5 min. you get the other Achievement for finishing on Hard Mode ! Achievements are Time Stamped. So not that Microsoft will Reset our Gamerscore for Cheating, if we do it this way.. Just asking ? |
 | Comment #42 by ResidentCapcom Saturday, December 08, 2012 @ 12:17:57 AM not that bad. |
 | Comment #43 by brendo Tuesday, February 05, 2013 @ 11:28:58 AM Wow, I didn't realise how much grinding would be involved in this game! |
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| Developer: Rockstar Vancouver Publisher: Rockstar Games Genre / Subgenre: Action / Shooter Release: US: May 15, 2012 Europe: May 18, 2012 |  | ||
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