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{{Infobox_Max_Payne_Chapters|part = 1|chapter = 3|location = [[Lupino's Hotel]]|previous = [[Live from the Crime Scene]]|next = [[The Blood Veins of New York]]|image1 = Playing It Bogart LS.png|game = [[Max Payne 1]]|enemies = [[Punchinellos]]<br>
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Valkyr Junkies}}{{Quote|I walked straight in, '''playing it Bogart''', like I'd done a hundred times before.|Max Payne describe his trip to the hotel.}}'''Playing It Bogart''' is the third chapter of [[The American Dream|Part I]] in ''[[Max Payne (game)|Max Payne]]''.
|name = Playing It Bogart
 
|image = File:MaxPayne_2011-05-06_15-39-19-70.jpg
 
|start = [[Finito brothers]]' office
 
|end = Service Elevator
 
|prereqs =
 
|level = Part I, Chapter III
 
|location = [[Lupino's Hotel]]
 
|rewards =
 
|previous = [[Live from the Crime Scene]]
 
|next = [[The Blood Veins of New York]]}}
 
 
'''Playing It Bogart''' is the third [[Max Payne chapters|chapter]] of [[The American Dream|Part I]] in ''[[Max Payne (game)|Max Payne]]''.
 
   
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
[[Max Payne (character)|Max]] returns to [[Jack Lupino]]'s hotel where he was assigned to determine the whereabouts of Lupino. He immediately runs into [[the Finito Brothers]] who have discovered, before Max's arrival, that he is an undercover [[Drug Enforcement Administration|DEA]] agent.
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Max decide to first head off to Lupino's hotel to find Jack Lupino who Max think is responsible for Alex's death. He meet up with the Finito Brothers, owners of the hotel to find the whereabouts of Lupino. However, the brothers reveal to Max that he is exposed as an undercover cop. Soon, a gunfight ensue with Max killing the brothers.
   
After finishing off the Finitos, Max then notices a letter on the desk that mentions [[Valkyr]] and a partnership between [[Vincent Gognitti|Vinnie Gognitti]], [[Rico Muerte]], and several other mafia members. The letter also reveals that Muerte is actually staying at the hotel, and the Finito brothers were generous enough to write his room on the letter's margin ("313").
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After dealing the mobsters outside the office, Max check the office to see a letter from Vinnie Gognitti, Lupino's right hand man about Valkyr deal with a notorious criminal, Rico Muerte supervising it. It also mentioned 313, the room where Rico is staying. Max can't leave the hotel easily as the elevator is broken and the stairs is locked by the mobsters, so he have the leave through another way and facing the mobsters in the hotel.
   
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As he leave to the roof, he heard a news radio about the Valkyr Case with Alex's death and Max as a suspect. Max fought his way through the hotel 3rd floor against the Punchinellos and Valkyr Junkies. On his way, he saw the news in the TV and a body on the bed. He reach Rico's room to be found booby traped, Max avoid the trap and enter the room to find a letter from the head of the Punchinello, Angelo Punchinello about the Valkyr deal. Max find it useless as he is a fugitive and already war with the Punchinellos.
Max then hears a trio of mafia members come to the door, worrying that the Finito Brothers were in trouble. After eliminating the thugs Max walks down the stairs and hears some news on a radio: the mayor is announcing that Valkyr has become a clear threat, and drastic measures must be taken; and a report on [[Alex Balder]]'s death, with the revelation that Max Payne is the main suspect of his murder.
 
   
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He headed second floor through a hole he made with an exploding boiler and fought his way through. He enter a prostitute named Candy Dawn's room and read her diary about selling sex tapes to the highest bidder, he also saw the collection of tapes in a secret room including a secret camera behind a painting near a bed. He soon reach an elevator that take him to the hotel's basement.
After searching the hotel, Max finally discovers Rico Muerte's hotel room, and the door is rigged with a shotgun trapper. Max also finds a letter mentioning more activity about Valkyr, leaving Max to wonder if Jack Lupino is indeed the primary enemy. After traversing through several hallways and rooms, Max discovers a diary in one of the rooms that belonged to a prostitute named [[Candy Dawn]], and further readings reveal that "the mystery hag" has been paying her to secretly film her and [[Alfred Woden]] together.
 
   
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==Characters==
Max leaves the room and makes his way through a few more hallways to find a trio of mobsters guarding an elevator. Max eliminates the thugs, and enters the elevator.
 
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*[[Max Payne]]
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*[[Alex Balder]] (mentioned)
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*[[Jack Lupino]] (mentioned)
 
*[[Vinnie Gognitti]] (mentioned, voice only)
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*[[Finito Brothers]] (killed by Max Payne)
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*[[Rico Muerte]] (mentioned)
 
*[[Candy Dawn]] (voice only)
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*[[Alfred Woden]] (mentioned)
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*[[Nicole Horne]] (mentioned)
 
*[[Kyra Silver]] (TV)
   
==Enemies Encountered==
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== Weapons ==
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* [[Beretta]]
*[[Finito brothers]] (Killed)
 
*[[The Mafia]]
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* [[Desert Eagle]]
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* [[Pump-Action Shotgun]]
*[[Valkyr junkies]] (will only attack Max if he fires a weapon near or at them)
 
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* [[Sawed-Off Shotgun]]
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* Molotov Cocktail
   
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== Transcript ==
==Other Character Appearances==
 
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{{Main|Playing It Bogart/Transcript}}
*[[Vincent Gognitti|Vinnie Gognitti]] (voice)
 
*[[Candy Dawn]] (voice)
 
*[[Kyra Silver]] (television)
 
   
 
==PS2/Xbox==
 
==PS2/Xbox==
[[File:MaxPayne_2011-05-06_16-10-49-09.jpg|thumb|200px|Max, in the Finito brothers' office]]On the PS2/Xbox version, this chapter is divided into three sub-chapters: '''Playing It Bogart''', '''Without Warning''' and '''A Few Hundred Bullets Back'''.
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On the PS2/Xbox version, this chapter is divided into three sub-chapters: '''Playing It Bogart''', '''Without Warning''' and '''A Few Hundred Bullets Back'''.
   
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==Obtainable Accomplishments==
==Trivia==
 
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[[File:Playingbogartaccomplish.png|left|100px]]
*Coincidentally, "the mystery hag" mentioned in [[Candy Dawn]]'s diary is later revealed as [[Nicole Horne]], who used Candy to blackmail [[Alfred Woden]].
 
*The title is a homage to actor Humphrey Bogart, star of many 1940s noir films, from which ''Max Payne'' takes many of its stylistic cues. Payne's explanation that he is "playing it Bogart," means he is conducting his investigation with extreme self-confidence and acting "as though he was supposed to be there," which describes the methodology of many of Bogart's characters.
 
*Past Rico Muerte's room is a cracked wooden door which can be shot through. Once inside climb out onto the ledge and walk across to the next room. Inside is a dead man holding a gun while lying on the floor with a stake driven into him, surrounded by syringes of [[Valkyr]]. Some [[Molotov cocktail|molotovs]] and [[painkillers]] can also be found in the room. The man wrote "Buff" in his own blood before dying, which is most likely a reference to ''[[wikipedia:Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.
 
   
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'''[[Max Payne Mobile Accomplishments|Playing It Bogart]]'''
==Gallery ==
 
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<gallery captionalign="left">
 
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''Complete 'Part I Chapter 3: Playing It Bogart' on any difficulty''
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10 POINTS
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
 
MaxPayne 2010-12-30 16-17-43-03.JPG|The door near Rico Muerte's room can be broken down to get to the ledge outside
 
MaxPayne 2010-12-30 16-17-43-03.JPG|The door near Rico Muerte's room can be broken down to get to the ledge outside
 
MaxPayne 2010-12-30 16-18-02-56.JPG|Accessing the room with the bloodied and staked corpse
 
MaxPayne 2010-12-30 16-18-02-56.JPG|Accessing the room with the bloodied and staked corpse
 
</gallery>
 
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==Video walkthrough==
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== Trivia ==
 
*The title is an homage to actor Humphrey Bogart, star of many 1940s noir films, from which ''Max Payne'' takes many of its stylistic cues. Payne's explanation that he is "playing it Bogart" means he is conducting his investigation with extreme self-confidence and acting "as though he was supposed to be there," which describes the methodology of many of Bogart's characters.
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*Max refers to Rico Muerte as "a regular Keyser Soze," which is a reference to the Keyser Söze character from the 1995 film [[wikipedia:The Usual Suspects|''The Usual Suspects'']]. This is the first of two references to the film in the game; the second reference can be overheard in the chapter [[In the Land of the Blind]] when two [[Mercenaries]] are debating about best movie endings.
 
*Past Rico Muerte's room is a cracked wooden door which can be shot through. Once inside climb out onto the ledge and walk across to the next room. Inside the room is a dead man holding a gun while lying on the floor with a stake driven into him, surrounded by syringes of [[Valkyr]]. Some [[Molotov Cocktail|molotovs]] and [[painkillers]] can also be found in the room. The man wrote "Buff" in his own blood before dying, which is most likely a reference to the American TV series ''[[wikipedia:Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.
 
*Coincidentally, "the mystery hag" mentioned in [[Candy Dawn]]'s diary is later revealed as [[Nicole Horne]], who used Candy to blackmail [[Alfred Woden]].
   
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==Video Walkthroughs==
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Revision as of 14:51, 13 June 2020

"I walked straight in, playing it Bogart, like I'd done a hundred times before."
―Max Payne describe his trip to the hotel.

Playing It Bogart is the third chapter of Part I in Max Payne.

Plot

Max decide to first head off to Lupino's hotel to find Jack Lupino who Max think is responsible for Alex's death. He meet up with the Finito Brothers, owners of the hotel to find the whereabouts of Lupino. However, the brothers reveal to Max that he is exposed as an undercover cop. Soon, a gunfight ensue with Max killing the brothers.

After dealing the mobsters outside the office, Max check the office to see a letter from Vinnie Gognitti, Lupino's right hand man about Valkyr deal with a notorious criminal, Rico Muerte supervising it. It also mentioned 313, the room where Rico is staying. Max can't leave the hotel easily as the elevator is broken and the stairs is locked by the mobsters, so he have the leave through another way and facing the mobsters in the hotel.

As he leave to the roof, he heard a news radio about the Valkyr Case with Alex's death and Max as a suspect. Max fought his way through the hotel 3rd floor against the Punchinellos and Valkyr Junkies. On his way, he saw the news in the TV and a body on the bed. He reach Rico's room to be found booby traped, Max avoid the trap and enter the room to find a letter from the head of the Punchinello, Angelo Punchinello about the Valkyr deal. Max find it useless as he is a fugitive and already war with the Punchinellos.

He headed second floor through a hole he made with an exploding boiler and fought his way through. He enter a prostitute named Candy Dawn's room and read her diary about selling sex tapes to the highest bidder, he also saw the collection of tapes in a secret room including a secret camera behind a painting near a bed. He soon reach an elevator that take him to the hotel's basement.

Characters

Weapons

Transcript

Main article: Playing It Bogart/Transcript


PS2/Xbox

On the PS2/Xbox version, this chapter is divided into three sub-chapters: Playing It Bogart, Without Warning and A Few Hundred Bullets Back.

Obtainable Accomplishments

Playingbogartaccomplish

Playing It Bogart

Complete 'Part I Chapter 3: Playing It Bogart' on any difficulty

10 POINTS

Gallery

Trivia

  • The title is an homage to actor Humphrey Bogart, star of many 1940s noir films, from which Max Payne takes many of its stylistic cues. Payne's explanation that he is "playing it Bogart" means he is conducting his investigation with extreme self-confidence and acting "as though he was supposed to be there," which describes the methodology of many of Bogart's characters.
  • Max refers to Rico Muerte as "a regular Keyser Soze," which is a reference to the Keyser Söze character from the 1995 film The Usual Suspects. This is the first of two references to the film in the game; the second reference can be overheard in the chapter In the Land of the Blind when two Mercenaries are debating about best movie endings.
  • Past Rico Muerte's room is a cracked wooden door which can be shot through. Once inside climb out onto the ledge and walk across to the next room. Inside the room is a dead man holding a gun while lying on the floor with a stake driven into him, surrounded by syringes of Valkyr. Some molotovs and painkillers can also be found in the room. The man wrote "Buff" in his own blood before dying, which is most likely a reference to the American TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
  • Coincidentally, "the mystery hag" mentioned in Candy Dawn's diary is later revealed as Nicole Horne, who used Candy to blackmail Alfred Woden.

Video Walkthroughs

Max Payne Chapters
The American Dream Prologue · Roscoe Street Station · Live from the Crime Scene · Playing It Bogart · The Blood Veins of New York · Let the Gun Do the Talking · Fear That Gives Men Wings · Police Brutality · Ragna Rock · An Empire of Evil
A Cold Day in Hell Prologue · The Baseball Bat · An Offer You Can't Refuse · With Rats and Oily Water · Put Out My Flames With Gasoline · Angel of Death
A Bit Closer to Heaven Prologue · Take Me to Cold Steel · Hidden Truths · The Deep Six · Backstabbing Bastard · In the Land of the Blind · Byzantine Power Game · Nothing to Lose · Pain and Suffering
The Darkness Inside Prologue · Elevator Doors · A Criminal Mastermind · The Depths of My Brain · No 'Us' in This · A Sign of Her Passage · A Linear Sequence of Scares · The Million Dollar Question
A Binary Choice Prologue · The Things that I Want · In the Middle of Something · Blowing Up · Routing Her Synapses · Out of the Window · The Genius of the Hole
Waking Up from the American Dream Prologue · Too Stubborn to Die · On a Crash Course · A Mob-War · Dearest of All My Friends · A Losing Game · There Are No Happy Endings · Love Hurts · That Old Familiar Feeling
Part I Something Rotten in the Air · Nothing But The Second Best · Just Another Day at the Office · Anyone Can Buy Me a Drink · Alive If Not Exactly Well
Part II A Dame, A Dork, and A Drunk · A Hangover Sent Direct from Mother Nature · Ain't No Reprievement Gonna Be Found Otherwise · Here I Was Again, Halfway Down the World · It's Drive or Shoot, Sister
Part III Sun Tan Oil, Stale Margaritas and Greed · The Great American Savior of the Poor · A Fat Bald Dude with a Bad Temper · One Card Left to Play