5 Truly Insane Video Game Theories (That Are Clearly True)
2. Max Payne 3 - Anders Is A Product Of Max's Mind
One of the most criminally underrated games of the last generation, Max Payne 3 was a tragic story of addiction, downward spirals and second chances. All fun and games, of course.
Amid all the doom and gloom, however, MP3 does have its fair share of comedy spruced throughout, and a recurring comic relief is found in Anders Detling. An easily-missed character appearing in three levels of MP3, Anders is an ever-jovial ex-cop and Father who has moved to Brazil to help the children of the favela.
But in the most heart-rending theory on this list, Anders isn’t just a comic relief cameo, but a supposed invention of Max’s mind; a reflection of the man he could have become if his Wife and Daughter weren’t murdered so many years ago.
Max is a lot of things, but a stable mind isn’t one of them. Add to this his excessive alcohol and painkiller consumption, and it isn’t at all a stretch to believe that Max, in his darkest adventure thus far, was willing to take a peek behind the curtain of tragedy and into a happier, kinder world.