Well, I haven't been bowled over by Max Payne 3 yet. I'm three/four hours in and it just seems so bland and repetitive.
The main USP of the game is it's gun-play, and to be fair that's all done well with decent controls and a nice difficulty balance on the enemies. The problem is there is literally no creativity to the combat at all. For all intents and purposes it might as well be an 'on rail' shooter for the amount of variety it contains, and as you spend 90% of the game shooting then that's an issue. It certainly doesn't feel like a game which was made nearly a decade after Max Payne 2 (which i loved), you would have thought they might have come up with some original ideas to the main core of the game in that time.
I also think they've overdone the whole 'noir' look and feel. Some of the cut scenes and voice overs almost veer into comedy it's laid on so thick, and cliches abound around every corner (almost to the point of cringing).
Had a blast on the multiplayer earlier and have to say I enjoyed that more than the single player.
So, it's a decent game which i'm sure many people will enjoy as it's solidly put together but I think I was just expecting a bit more than Max Payne 2.1.