Mad Max

1. boywonder1939

   Nov 12, 2015

   10

   "There is something so satisfying driving through the wasteland"- Colin Moriarty. I echo that statement.
   
   I lost my 24+ hour save by mistake"There is something so satisfying driving through the wasteland"- Colin Moriarty. I echo that statement.
   
   I lost my 24+ hour save by mistake and had to start all over. That didn't put a damper on the entertainment as Mad Max is a game that deserves to be replayed. Just finding out about the world through historic relics is awesome. What happened to this world? Why did the ocean retreat?
   
   And at essence this game is about the world that Max finds himself in. Its just so fascinating and a experience that needs to be savored. The campaign leaves little to be desired but then again its the dismantling of camps, finding scrap, car combat and just wrecking in combat that make this game a game. A favorite of mine for 2015 as there was little known about it before launch and thus you go into the game to experience it.… Expand

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2. Paulorossi

   Sep 3, 2015

   10

   Gostei muito, o jogo incentiva a exploração, um grande mundo aberto e um combate divertido! Além de ter uma infinidade de itens paraGostei muito, o jogo incentiva a exploração, um grande mundo aberto e um combate divertido! Além de ter uma infinidade de itens para customizar.
   Recomendo demais!… Expand

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4. Incubation

   Sep 1, 2015

   10

   I felt compelled to write a quick review after looking at some of the artificially low Critic scores, I was fortunate enough to get the gameI felt compelled to write a quick review after looking at some of the artificially low Critic scores, I was fortunate enough to get the game early because of the bank holiday. Mad max is the most fun I've had in years on a single player game, there's a ton of things to do in each zone the game world is pretty big, the graphics are good and the game runs smooth and not had a single crash or glitch in over 50 hours play. Brutal sandstorms can hit shredding enemies and throwing max around, optional side quests to complete, story missions, death races, brutal fights this game has it all. Do yourself a favour pick it up you will enjoy it if you actually like playing games.… Expand

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5. BlackWolf89x

   Nov 24, 2015

   9

   I am a big fan of the Mad Max universe, and this game sums it up!
   
   The graphics are amazing, I got overwhelmed by the beauty of the desertedI am a big fan of the Mad Max universe, and this game sums it up!
   
   The graphics are amazing, I got overwhelmed by the beauty of the deserted wasteland and the big canyons and you really get the feeling of being this lone wolf rider. The gameplay is amazing and runs smooth and the thunderstroms are terrifying. There is a big open world to explore which is what I really love about the freeroam type of games. The combat fighting is amazing and the road wars are as well, there is tons of explotions and action which gives this game the real Mad Max touch.
   The costumization of Max and his car is great and I like the fact that you have to drive out in the open world to find loot to build your car ect.
   
   Big thumbs up from here! :)… Expand

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6. Dylanc89

   Sep 6, 2015

   8

   I was excited for Mad Max when I saw the preview trailer 6 months back. As I just finished the game, I came away wanting. There are aspects toI was excited for Mad Max when I saw the preview trailer 6 months back. As I just finished the game, I came away wanting. There are aspects to Mad Max that are satisfying (I.e. Blowing everything up and bashing faces in). The story runs perfectly in the Maxian vein of movies; dark, gritty and brutal. Each character has their own weird place in the wasteland. Chumbucket is your primary companion (and mechanic) and provides the bulk of narrative discourse.
   
   The graphics in this game are beautiful. Sand is constantly being kicked into the air by convoys, random sandstorms engulf you, and each base is it's own unique maze surrounded by scrap of all kinds. You can wander the wasteland however you want, and I mean however you want.
   
   This becomes the downfall of Mad Max. It's so open world that there feels like a lack of progression, or any desire to progress (in terms of the main storyline). I spent 30 hours of my time aimlessly completing whatever I pleased (taking bases, scavenging, finding parts to upgrade strongholds and destroying Scrotus' control of the wastelands). I spent 10 hours beating the storyline... I wasn't expecting a huge story (I just beat Witcher III about a month earlier), but I wanted more. There was a lot of missed opportunities in character investment and story (there are side missions "wasteland missions" that you complete for stronghold leaders) by making these side characters like a business transaction. There is a lot of darkness in the wasteland with the possibility of telling that history through side characters. Even Chumbucket lacks a sense of depth.
   
   To be fair, it does fit the tone of the wasteland. Nobody gives a rip about you and Max responds in kind. However, we don't learn a ton about Max either. Again, it left me wanting.
   
   I did have fun with the game, it just felt shallow. I expected a much deeper experience. But, my expectations could have been misplaced.… Expand

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7. SuperkenGaming

   Sep 14, 2015

   8

   Mad Max
   A game about picking up litter.
   I joke, but that’s essentially what this game is. You start the game losing your precious black onMad Max
   A game about picking up litter.
   I joke, but that’s essentially what this game is.
   You start the game losing your precious black on black, and it’s up to you, because who else is gonna help you?
   To get it back.
   Maybe a hunchback with magical black fingers will help since he believes you’re essentially the Dragonborn.
   You set out on your journey for redemption with the entire world full of scrap metal at your disposal.
   Having to live off of small water pumps, maggots, lizards, and dog food.
   Offering yourself to stronghold leaders in return of some help to continue your quest.
   Mad Max is a massive open world with well over 50 hours of content.
   The good or the bad is that this massive world is just that.. a massive world that stays the same, keeps the same rules from beginning all the way til the end.
   By the rules of the game staying the same since the start, the world feels even more as one,
   you’re introduced to everything that the game is going to throw at you very early on
   but the downside of this is that it’s easy to feel repetitive…. After a while you’ll realize, wait a minute…
   No matter what I do, I’m really just going to location after location and picking up its collectibles and killing all of the bad guys there and doing it over and over and over until the credits roll.
   A side mission, a main mission, scavenge locations, it doesn’t matter, it’s the same thing.. collect scrap, kill everything there.
   Luckily though, you have to really concentrate on the repetitiveness to notice it, because while the world of mad max is one giant collectathon, the locations are surprisingly unique considering the game takes place in a desert.
   I actually loved exploring the open world, it never felt to me like the design team got lazy.
   If you stop to just soak in your surroundings, you may actually find them to be quite beautiful.
   Even the devastation and destruction is beautiful.
   Without warning you’ll see a dark cloud approaching you, and you know you have to find shelter fast,
   The skies are about to get dark, the wind is about to pick up, and lighting is going strike the ground around you.
   The storms are terrifying, but bring so much excitement to the game, really adding a layer of immersion to an already super immersive game.
   After a storm has passed you can set out into the world to find scrap crates it blew around or get back to looting.
   While this really is just a game about map cleaning like assassins creed has become, there is reason to the mad maxness.
   The scrap is used for upgrades.
   You get scraps from exploding enemy cars, from scavenging, upgrading strongholds, and constantly like a bank system by claiming enemy camps, which is done by clearing them of their leader, fighters, or by destroying their pumps or tanks inside.
   You can freely upgrade max, your weapons, or your car as you level up and decrease the threat in each territory.
   You decrease threat by eliminating snipers, claiming camps, pulling down scarecrows, taking out convoys, and defusing landmines.
   and You level up by completing combat, environmental, and car based challenges.
   Leveling up really happens for the most part naturally.
   Car combat is surprisingly fun, you can rip off doors, tires, explode tanks, or just ram into opponents until they explode or run away.
   Hand to hand combat is a less satisfying version of the arkham games.
   Mad max on foot and in combat feels very stiff. So think skyrim in 3rd person but with batman style prompts. The camera doesn’t pull out like in batman, which can lead to some hits that feel pretty cheap since the enemy is off camera.
   enemies do die quickly in hand to hand, so weapons aren’t all too necessary outside of completing challenges and luckily neither is your shotgun.
   And I say luckily because you can only hold 2 shotgun shells with you in the beginning until you upgrade yourself to being able to carry a whopping 7
   Making the shotgun really only useful for hard to reach collectibles.
   But then there’s the racing, the sections that if you’re like me you’re not going to enjoy even a little.
   They’re cheap, luck based, physics don’t exist, your car seemingly has no weight, and handling in this game sucks, there’s a particular spot in the game where you die almost instantly from the never ending enemy cars in this quote unquote race that seem to do nothing but hinder you and are given a laughable 6 minute time limit to try and take out a larger truck.
   And for some reason when you’re about to deal the killing blow, you will start locking on enemies behind you instead.
   Mad Max breaks in the spots it needs to work most.
   The racing in general and this section sprinkled into the main story really ruin what otherwise is a decently fun and relaxing experience.
   It becomes a frustratingly cheap ps2 era time trial out of nowhere.
   Luckily races are optional…but the one I had issue with the most unfortunately isn’t
   While mad max stays the same game from hour 1 until hour 80, you’ll find yourself enjoying every second lost in this desert world claiming it for your own as you set out for a bit of revenge.
   The racing sections though, not so much.
   
   For what it is
   Open World Action Adventure:
   8.0/10
   Overall: 8.0/10… Expand

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8. Spidor

   Jun 29, 2018

   0

   Never buy an Avalanche Studios game. They release broken, and often impossible to complete, and are never, ever patched. This is a terribleNever buy an Avalanche Studios game. They release broken, and often impossible to complete, and are never, ever patched. This is a terrible studio that needs to be severely punished for its hostile business practices. Too bad, too, because Mad Max is a halfway decent game worthy of a 7, and was fun until it broke - which is the point. A game that breaks the way this game breaks, the way Just Cause games break, in becoming unplayable and broken in ways that never get fixed and for a very significant amount of players - deserves a 0 score, and 0 of your dollars.… Expand

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