Rockstar's talked up the radical change in setting for Max Payne 3, which moves shop from New York City to Brazil's Sao Paulo.
The game's art director told Edge in its latest issue that he finds the setting "fascinating" and promised fans Brazil will allow every stage to be different from the last.
The game's development team - which now stretches across Vancouver, Toronto, London and New England - claims it's put the same amount of research into Sao Paulo as original 'Payne developer Remedy did with New York.
Several members of the development team travelled to Brazil for weeks of photography and filming, immersing themselves in local society, Rockstar told Edge.
"The research is constant, it's anything that we can get our hands on, pretty much all the way through development," said Nelson. "Everyone gets really interested - we're always swapping things we've learned, trying to make sure we're accurately recreating the place. We take it really seriously.
"We can't really re-use a lot of assets," sais Nelson. "Every stage is going to be different from the last one. Brazil is a fascinating place to set a game - there are plenty of unique aspects to the setting that we'll reveal over time. We've got a lot to work with."
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Comments
12 comments so far...
Codename21 on 4 Apr '11 said:
Sounds like some Devs want a free holiday to me....Asset and Art capture indeed...
PandyBear on 4 Apr '11 said:
These are some News report titles im expecting to see within the next year, regarding MP3.
1: Game banned in Brazil, President finds it distasteful to its citizens.
2. Game banned in Australia, game encourages slow mo violence, potty mouth language or some such BS.
3. Michael Pacther reckons this game will do well, then changes his mind 4 times during the same interview.
4. Some mindless flamebait about which version is better, ps3 or xbox. No mention of a pc version because who uses them anymore?
aawells07 on 4 Apr '11 said:
unlike the debbie downer above me im looking forward to this game it sounds as tho it could really be good and i always look forward to hearing from Pachter as he has done absolutly nothing wrong so i have no reason to hate him
i dont hate someone just hate someone 
gypsygib on 4 Apr '11 said:
MAx Payne 1 was an amazing game so I'm going to keep an eye on this one.
rbt2 on 4 Apr '11 said:
Max Payne gets a Brazillian.
Interesting.
griffa94 on 4 Apr '11 said:
Brazil is fascinating...... so is Britain :O
WHY CAN'T WE HAVE ONE SANDBOX IN SET IN BRITAIN JUST ONCE!
PandyBear on 4 Apr '11 said:
I think you missunderstood me sunshine, i was making a small list of news articles titles that were bound to be posted on cvg at some point in the future. At no point was i saying that MP3 wasnt going to be a good game.
Very_Silver_Ownz on 4 Apr '11 said:
'' Sounds like some Devs want a free holiday to me....Asset and Art capture indeed... ''
definitely agree
Very_Silver_Ownz on 5 Apr '11 said:
'' Brazil is fascinating...... so is Britain :OWHY CAN'T WE HAVE ONE SANDBOX IN SET IN BRITAIN JUST ONCE! ''
Theres been 2 sandbox games based there actually. They are called '' The Getaway '' series. Once you play them you will never want anything to be set there again
The_KFD_Case on 5 Apr '11 said:
Well what else is he going to say? "Sorry folks. We screwed the proverbial pooch by aiming for a fat, balding, doesn't-look-at-all-like-Max-Payne Max Payne in an exotic, vibrantly coloured tropical location which flies in the face of Max Payne 1 & 2." Not bloody likely although it would likely be far closer to the truth I expect one may find behind closed doors. Oh well.
Obscure_Metaphor on 5 Apr '11 said:
12th century France was an interesting place, but i don't want to see the next half life set there.
Sorry, but if its not New York, its not Max Payne.
anytime on 6 Apr '11 said:
Max does Brazil!