Because it's by Rockstar and the reason I brought this is because I enjoyed Red Dead. Which they also made. And it has pretty much the exact same combat system. :/ I also haven't played any other Max Payne games. So I brought this off the strength of their previous title. I don't see how that doesn't allow for comparisons to this and Red Dead?
Had a go playing it at my mates house. If you play the first two games they are pretty similar to this. So they've done a pretty good job in that respect. Also the Mutliplayer is isane.