Max Payne 3 - Road Map and Trophy Guide

[BOZOH]

Originally Posted by benjamin1802

Platinum Trophy
Unlock All Max Payne 3 Trophies


Feel The Payne
Story Complete [MEDIUM]

Self explanatory.

Serious Payne
Story Complete [HARD]

Self explanatory (Can't be gotten through Chapter Select. Do a New Game, everything carries over). Hard can be a challenge from time to time. I died many times! If you are stuck at a checkpoint, the game will reward you with more ammo and painkillers. See Payne in the ass for tips.

Maximum Payne
Story Complete [OLD SCHOOL]

Self-explanatory (Cant be gotten through Chapter Select. Do a New Game, everything carries over). This unlocks after completing the game. For you guys that don't know what "Old School" mode is it's the same playthrough just without the "last-stand", be sure to have some painkillers up your sleeve! Use them whenever you are low on health. See Payne in the ass for tips.

Payne In The Ass
Story Complete [HARDCORE]

(Can't be gotten through Chapter Select. Do a New Game, everything carries over). This is surprisingly easy. If you completed the game on Hard before this, then you won't find it difficult. It's because you get a lot of practice after completing the game on Hard. I have some tips that you should use in all of your playthroughs with minor exceptions.

- Search like a bloodhound. Find every Painkiller on the chapter and never use them by pressing , use them for last stand (Except if you're playing on Old School).

- Choose your pistol! The pistol is without a doubt the best weapon in the game. Never dual wield! Waste of ammo! The pistol is one shot one kill (Headshot). In the later levels you will encounter the armored dudes, they take two shots to the head. They can take like 20 bullets to the body so just go for the head.

- Slow down! Using Bullet Time with your pistol is the best way of completing this game, also crucial for your NYM playthroughs. If you don't have any bullet time left, then shoot dodge, it will make it go bullet-time but only shoot dodge if there's few guys left.

Personally... it was easy going through the game using these tips, and fast! There were few times where I was stuck at certain checkpoints... last note: Will be making videos for Hardcore and Old School playthrough .

Part I Complete
Complete Part I Of The Story

Unlocks after completing chapter 5.

Part II Complete
Complete Part II Of The Story

Unlocks after completing chapter 10.

Part III Complete
Complete Part III Of The Story

Unlocks after completing chapter 14.

A New York Minute
Finish In A New York Minute

NYM unlocks after completing the game. This isn't difficult, just a bit time consuming, depending on how good you are at headshots and remembering spawn locations and of course – how many times you die. I recommend that you use FREE Aim for this. You have to play through each chapter without dying, on time. Use some of the tips that are listed under Payne in the ass. Use your pistol, Bullet Time when you can, easiest getting headshots with free aim and picking up all painkillers. A headshot gives you 6 seconds, normal kill 5 seconds and a explosion kill will give you 10 seconds.

The Shadows Rushed Me
Unlock And Complete New York Minute Hardcore

NYM Hardcore unlocks after beating NYM. This time the difficulty is raised and it’s the WHOLE game without dying. After the first chapters you'll find yourself with some spare time, like 10-15 minutes, so time isn't the real problem here. Look at A New York Minute and Payne in the ass for tips. You should only be scared for chapter 13 and the boss fight at chapter 14. I will make a video series when I get this accomplished.

Out The Window
Get 6 Kills While Diving Through The VIP Window [FREE AIM]

This trophy can only be gotten on Mission 2: Checkpoint 2. Max will jump out of a big window and Bullet Time will be triggered, kill 6 enemies before you hit the ground and you'll unlock the trophy. Remember to set aiming as FREE. Try to take the first enemies to your right and then work left and up:

Max Payne 3 - "Out Of The Window" Trophy Guide - YouTube

The One Eyed Man Is King
Cover Passos With Perfect Aim

This trophy is achievable on Chapter 3: Checkpoint 12. You have to cover Passos without missing a single shot. There are 13 enemies to kill, miss one and you have to quit, and get back in via chapter select:

Max Payne 3 - "The One Eyed Man Is King" Trophy Guide - YouTube

Something Wicked This Way Comes
Get 7 Kills While Jumping From The Rickety Boat [FREE AIM]

This trophy is achievable on Chapter 5: Checkpoint 6. Be sure to have your aiming set to FREE. Pretty simple trophy, when you get spotted will Max automatically jump to your right and bullet time will trigger. Kill 7 enemies or more before hitting the ground:

Max Payne 3 - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" Trophy Guide - YouTube

Nice bro thanks for guide

[Exodus_AoA]

Great guide man, helps a lot.

One typo I noticed though not a big deal is you say

MAN OF MANY WEAPONS
Unlock All Weapons

You will unlock all trophies at Rank 40. You don't have to purchase them.

I think you meant weapons, not trophies...keep up the good work, it's appreciated

[kfree7]

Originally Posted by chris mixy

I would have tried that after trying my method if it didn't work, but because the trophy popped I didnt need to. Maybe it will work replaying the last checkpoint after it has been completed.. But I can't say for sure.

To clarify my steps... And add a safety feature to it lol...

1. Play hard to unlock the other difficulties

2a. Skip Hardcore. Play through on Oldskool.

2b. When you reach the objective where you must destroy the plane, quit the game via the in-game menu.

2c. Backup your save... +, USB, another user account etc.

2d. Load the game and continue. As soon as it begins, Lower the difficulty to Hardcore. Prepare to quit via the XMB as soon as you pop Payne In The Ass. You do not want to give the game the chance to save, which it will do after the cutscene.

2e. Load the game and continue. You are still on Old Skool (Like you never changed the difficulty). Destroy the plane and pop Maximum Payne.


The cutscene is not short, so there is plenty of time to quit before it saves.. But have a backup just in case.

Almost messed this up. Saved game but finished on Old School without changing to Hardcore. Maximum Payne popped. Luckily I had save at the beginning of the hanger section on PS+. I deleted my game data on my PS3 then loaded the PS+ save. I had to play Old School in the hanger again then switched to Hardcore during the plane section to get Payne in the Ass. lol Got it done though. Thanks for the post.

[redsoxaddict13]

I found a little trick for the The One Eyed Man Is King trophy that will save you some time if you miss. If you miss before the first cutscene where Passos runs up to the locked gate, then you can press start and restart checkpoint. Once you start shooting after the cutscene, if you don't miss then you obviously get the trophy, but if you do miss, allow the enemy to kill Passos, click on retry and keep going until you don't miss. The trophy popped for me this way. Maybe save you some time with loading screens and whatnot.

[BaSHee26]

For the disarmed trophy, you don't shoot him with grenade launcher like you say, that would be suicide, lol.

Great guide, much better than the one I had to use before yours came out!

Also you could maybe put something about gaining Xp in arcade mode, it's quicker and more reliable than mp. Just another option for people.

Oh n I definitely think you should include the hardcore/old school combo trophy, cos if I didn't know about it, I definitely would like too, if you get me!

[Im567]

great guide!

you should probably fix under All of the Above - the Lounger to only 250 kills, and your introduction ends with some weird phrasing, but that's just small stuff

[Totavier]

Great guide!, maybe this will sounds unnecessary but there is a mistake in the trophies description (or overview), actually there are 11 online trophies (12 if you count the platinum) and 35 offline trophies (or 36 if you count the platinum)

[alonzott]

very nice man cause if you miss.....waste of time

[alonzott]

Guys....any advice in completing the game without dying ??

[alexslykid]

Originally Posted by alonzott

Guys....any advice in completing the game without dying ??

youtube a walkthrough for it, and look for the one made by Dropeti, excellent tips.