A surprisingly subtle one that requires knowledge of Portuguese to fully understand."TEARS" can also be one, if you interpret the lyrics as being Max's dead friends and family begging him, once and for all, to let them go and move on with his life."Torture" also, given its tone of depressed nostalgia. The soundtrack of the third game, particularly "Pills" and "+90".It makes the ending, when he manages to escape to a tropical island and orders a soda, that much more happy.His is a deep and unsettling depression, quite possibly one of the darkest in gaming. Even after moving to Brazil, for a good while, he never seems to come out of his funk and a lot of the levels of the first part end with him swilling bottle after bottle of whiskey in anger. He even says he loathes his existence so much that suicide is actually beneath him. Max in the flashback levels just seems so destitute and burnt out.His agony is not only utterly heartbreaking but it really marks the moment where he stops just being swept along and decides to DO SOMETHING about it all. For all his apparent nihilism, at his core, Max is a good man, with solid morals. But at the same time, it's reaffirming in an odd way. Max's genuine anguish at his discovery of what UFE's been up to is so heartfelt and despairing. Max agonizing over not being able to prevent Rodrigo or Fabiana's death.Then later picking it up, sitting against the wall and breaking down crying. He even throws a photo (presumably a family photo) against the wall, breaking it. (To see this again you'll have to delete your progress and and reinstall the game) Max in his apartment, drinking going through flashbacks of drinking in bars and placing flowers at the graves of his wife and daughter. The intro when you start the game for the first time.Max is affected enough to move away from his home, indirectly setting 3's plot into motion. Tough son of a bitch survived getting shot up and worked hard to get a forcibly retired Max his pension and he himself dies without really being able to enjoy his retirement after a few years. As shown in the comics, Bravura dying of a heart attack.Of course, you get extra motivation to complete the game on the hardest difficulty level and prevent it. The death of Vinnie Gognitti considering what a pathetic state he was in.The last line: " I had a dream of my wife.And he doesn't even want dirty talk, just the chance to talk to her. ![]()
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