Mad Max

Looks like a mix of batman meets rage..

However. Is it wrong to think, wow that didn't look too bad. Thought it'd be garbage.. Maybe it will be. But it looked fun.
 
I went from... meh... to hmmm... to ooooh... to yeah! during the course of the video. Definitely one to watch. Looks a bit like a cross between Batman/Borderlands/Interstate '76/Fallout in varying degrees. All of those are awesome. I'm hoping for good things! They really should have licensed Mel's young image though :D

On a side note, I'm a bit worried the Batman style fighting which is appearing in all games now is going to get a bit old. It's incredibly well done in Batman but as lesser developers hook in to it and reproduce inferior versions it will become a bit tired and more annoying like the QTE? Maybe not.
 
Events in the game take place before the new movie, Mad Max: Fury Road. Although this is still Avalanche's own take on Max and the Wasteland.
•Director of the Mad Max movies, George Miller, was directly involved in the beginning of development before being occupied with filming Fury Road. Avalanche still kept him and his company KMM updated on the development of the game.
•Your main nemesis in the game and warlord of the Wasteland is Scrotus. His gang attack Max in the beginning and steal his Interceptor and leave him for dead.
•Early in the game you come across Dog like from The Road Warrior. Dog is able to sniff out water and other supplies.
•Bit of a spin on invisible walls: You can travel beyond the borders and limits of the in-game map to an area called The Big Nothing, a volatile part of the wasteland where no food or water is present and is consumed by dangerous sandstorms. If you can survive a few seconds in the area you'll sometimes find some rare parts for your car that the storms throw around.
•Within the Wasteland you'll need food and water to replenish Max's health and both are scarce. Avalanche point out to try looking in the sky for circling birds, this usually means there could be something dead and decomposing they're flying over which means...maggots. They're a good source of protein for Max and you can consume rodents for health too.
•While food and water are scarce fuel isn't. From Emil Krafting, senior game designer: "We want resources to be scarce, but we also want a car game, we want to drive a lot and so on. So gas can’t be super scarce, because otherwise it would be a walking game instead of a driving game,”.
•On foot hand to hand combat still feels like the Batman: Arkham games. Rhythmic button presses, counter-attacks, and being able to roll or dodge attacks.
•You have access to your Garage from the pause menu allowing you to upgrade your car on the fly. The on the fly. The original plan was to have Garages scattered across the Wasteland but Avalanche felt it interfered with gameplay.
•You can find various "Vantage Points" around the wasteland that are tethered hot air balloons. Going up in these you can use your binoculars to scout the area to find resources, landmarks, strongholds, scarecrows and even see enemy convoys. Discovering these adds them to your map similar to State of Decay. Some of the Vantage Points however might be chained up meaning you'll need to use the Magnum Opus's harpoon gun to free them or the hot air balloons might require fuel.
•Save/Checkpoint system is described as "forgiving". If you find scrap or a collectible you don't lose it despite dying and when you do die the game respawns you at the nearest Vantage Point or liberated stronghold.
•You can take out Scrotus' strongholds and doing so reduces his influence in the Wasteland and the vacant strongholds allows for other wastelanders to move in and take refuge. Likewise, totemic scarecrows littered around the Wasteland to terrorize wastelanders can be destroyed to further reduce his influence.
•You meet Max's companion, Chumbucket, fairly early in the game and rides along with you in the Magnum Opus wielding a harpoon gun. He can use the harpoon gun to rip off tires and other parts on enemy vehicles, pull enemies out of the drivers seat and even use to impale enemies on foot.
•An upgrade to the harpoon is called The Thunderpoon....Yup I'm serious..
•Chumbucket can also improve his skills if you acquire some new new tools, goggles or a head lamp. His skills become vital because Chum is responsible for fixing your car should you take too much damage.
•Chumbucket also acts as a sort of GPS by pointing interesting landmarks.
•GI heads to a fortified lighthouse stronghold lead by an NPC called Jeet. Himself and his small group of people in the stronghold are sick wanting medicine with Jeet described as a bit of tweaker suffering from extreme head pains and controls them by embedding shards of metal in to his body to cause pain elsewhere.
•Another NPC encountered is a race announcer/organizer who is decked in Christmas lights head to toe with a lackey following behind carrying a generator to power the lights.
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Vinno said:
I'm not really excited by this game at all. But I don't really like the Mad Max setting so I guess thats why.
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Wow, Mad Max 2 aka Road Warriors has had a gigantic influence on all kinds of entertainment media ever since it's release in 1981, from many low budget knock offs to that funny scene in Weird Science, video games like Wasteland/Fallout to even pro wrestling with the Road Warriors/Legion of Doom, that setting is arguably the most influentive setting in movie history.
 
Doesn't seem to be much interest in this? I'm really looking forward to it, but torn between getting it for the PS4/Xbox One.

Not much information out there on the difference between the two, so might have to be a case of wait until release to make a decision.
 
I'll get this but I'll wait a couple of months after launch when it inevitably drops to around £20.



McBain said:
Doesn't seem to be much interest in this? I'm really looking forward to it, but torn between getting it for the PS4/Xbox One.

Not much information out there on the difference between the two, so might have to be a case of wait until release to make a decision.
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Not to start a console war but I thought consensus was for multi plat games you always buy them on the more powerful console?
 
Some CD key sites are selling this on PC for £17.49 which indicates the arkham knight fiasco other on PC might have damaged Warner Bros reputation, and with mortal kombat also being a disaster on PC can see why...

However for consoles, Warner Bros seems to have a decent track record and generally their games are well received, mortal kombat, shadow of mordor and arkham knight all performed and played well and sold well on both x1 and ps4, with ps4 generally have the edge so I'd just buy the title on the system you use the most.

I'm going to wait on reviews and possible price drop I think on this one myself.... It's releasing same time as mgs phantom pain, so yeah might bomb in price fairly quickly ??
 
GoodgreefSheepy said:
I am really looking forward to this, will be buying on release.

Looks like my type of game driving around the wastelands, modifying your car, beating up guys and taking strongholds etc.

Also can get it from The Game Collection for £35.85

http://www.thegamecollection.net/mad-max-ps4.html
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Simply has it for £33.85 at the moment!

https://deals.simplygames.com/p/mad-max-ps4

http://deals.simplygames.com/p/mad-max-xbox-one

Psycho Sonny said:
Not to start a console war but I thought consensus was for multi plat games you always buy them on the more powerful console?
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I hear you, I generally edge towards the One purely because I prefer the pad, depending on the differences between the two.

I've bought a few multi platforms on the PS4 recently, so think i'll show the One some love.
 
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Just seen a couple of videos and it looks fantastic. Mad Max with the car stuff from GTA the fighting from just cause and the huge expansive environment of Farcry4.
 
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