Mad Max

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  1. Tinagowtfay12
    Sep 2, 2015
    7
    This game is great! I've spent quite the amount of time playing it, and I can't help but think how badass this game really is! I haven't done much of the main quest because I'm too busy driving through the desert, taking down scarecrows, and leveling up my character and vehicle. Its just like the movies. Not much of a story, but cool as **** and you get to experience it all! HighlyThis game is great! I've spent quite the amount of time playing it, and I can't help but think how badass this game really is! I haven't done much of the main quest because I'm too busy driving through the desert, taking down scarecrows, and leveling up my character and vehicle. Its just like the movies. Not much of a story, but cool as **** and you get to experience it all! Highly recommend. Don't listen to those who say that the missions are too "repetitive". Really, thats pretty much every game to date and probably will be for awhile.… Expand
  2. sefrabu
    Jul 28, 2016
    6
    The game is great... to the point. The wasteland is beautiful, in its own post-apocalyptic way (if only the new Fallout had these graphics...), the gameplay both in- and out-of-car is lots of fun, there's lots of side quests to complete and lots of fascinating locales to explore. But after 10 or so hours it begins to be awfully repetitive, to the point that when I stopped playing after aThe game is great... to the point. The wasteland is beautiful, in its own post-apocalyptic way (if only the new Fallout had these graphics...), the gameplay both in- and out-of-car is lots of fun, there's lots of side quests to complete and lots of fascinating locales to explore. But after 10 or so hours it begins to be awfully repetitive, to the point that when I stopped playing after a few evenings, I didn't even notice, or miss it. In the age of the Witcher 3, devs need to keep up with "worthy" side-quests, or even the best-looking and best-playing games will end up like this one.… Expand
  3. Fiend_Zero
    Jan 21, 2017
    7
    Mad Max is a great game if you're looking for some fast, violent, open-world fun. It's not perfect, though.

    Driving and car combat are big parts of the game, and (arguably) the most fun you'll have here. Cruising around the desert in your custom war machine is a blast, as well as all the trouble you're likely to get into just by doing so. Enemy car patrols and convoys are fairly    Mad Max is a great game if you're looking for some fast, violent, open-world fun. It's not perfect, though.

    Driving and car combat are big parts of the game, and (arguably) the most fun you'll have here. Cruising around the desert in your custom

    war machine is a blast, as well as all the trouble you're likely to get into just by doing so. Enemy car patrols and convoys are fairly

    frequent, and there are plenty of options to deal damage. This keeps the desire to keep upgrading the car a high priority.

    Once the larger game world opens up (about an hour in), the real fun begins. Casually driving around and causing chaos, completing the

    main missions, and messing around with custom car configurations are all dumb, loud fun. The game got really bogged down, however, when I

    tried to take it too seriously and complete 100% of everything.

    Trying to knock off every point-of-interest on the map screen reveals an ingrained repetitiveness to the tasks that leads to joy-numbing

    boredom. Using the dog to sniff out land mines is fun one time, but not thirty times. The same goes for scavenging locations, road races,

    and even the base camps. There just aren't that many different things to do here. Batman this is not.

    Speaking of Batman, Mad Max (like Shadow of Mordor) basically rips the dark knight's free-flow combat system right off. Way to cut those

    corners, WB. The game tries to custom-tailor the fighting to Max by making him more of a brawler. This amounts to having only one actual

    move you can do over and over (surprise - it's a punch in the face!) and making Max slow and clunky. There's no way to interrupt your own

    move to counter an incoming punch from the guy behind you (a problem Rocksteady fixed years ago), so timing is really key. To spice things

    up with some originality, Max also gets a move to avoid incoming attacks. Can you guess what it is? Yeah, it's a freakin' somersault. To

    be fair, rolling out of the way of incoming hit-and-runs while Chumbucket fixes your car never gets old.

    Ah, Chumbucket. Apparently the one thing missing from the Mad Max universe was a comedy sidekick who's not only completely unfunny, but

    also who's annoyance factor is of a Jar Jar Binks-level intensity. The developers also decided to have him follow you EVERYWHERE YOU GO

    and comment on EVERY SINGLE THING THAT HAPPENS IN THE GAME. There's no way to drive off without him or turn off his audio. He sounds like

    a mentally-handicapped anxiety-case was force-fed caffeine pills and possibly some hallucinogens. Colorful characters are great in small

    doses, but not like this.

    The car physics feel perfect for smashing or just driving around. It's when racing is involved that things get sticky. If the car even

    grazes the edge of the race track or a rock, it's likely to go airborne and land facing the wrong direction. Thanks, havoc engine. Even

    in the open desert, the handling is a problem with tight cornering. It's way too easy to have the whole car spin out of control. You

    can't combine the crazy physics of GTA with the picky precision of Forza and expect people to not free-flow their fist through the TV

    screen. Number 2 seems to be the magic number with video games. Here's hoping they can work out the kinks and deliver a 9/10 sequel in a few years. The Good: - Car combat is really satisfying. - Building custom cars rarely gets old. - Breaking someone's jaw feels great. - Feels like Mad Max. The Bad: - Chumbucket. - Max is too slow needs more moves. - Need to be able to counter an attack at any time. - No way to save custom car configurations. - Archangels don't line up with when upgrades are available. - Almost impossible to build a car that's not ugly (but it IS Mad Max, so...) - Mini bosses need to not all be THE EXACT SAME OPPONENT COPIED AND PASTED FIVE TIMES WITH DIFFERENT-COLORED ARMOR. - Max needs to be able to fix up his own damn car. The road warrior doesn't know how to use a wrench? - Not being able to drive The Interceptor until the end. Let us have some fun before you take it away. - No way to easily locate the car bodies. - No clear reward for adding to the stockpiles. - Endless desert. How about more than one biome? It's Australia, not Vault 101. - Drifting? Things I wish I knew sooner: - The rolling actually helps a lot. - You don't the yellow winch to kill a war crier. You can actually just shoot them. - Don't bother trying to eliminate all threats in an area unless you need to unlock something. - The quicker you get to Gastown, the quicker you can upgrade Chumbucket's wrench. - The big dust storms blow crates across the desert full of HUGE amounts of scrap. - There are game-breaking bugs that can pop up if you leave a camp in the middle. - Upgrade the harpoon. Ripping a wheel off a car is a one-shot kill.    … Expand
  4. RedWulfr
    Dec 27, 2015
    5
    For someone that has not seen the latest movie the introduction felt a bit unexplainable and unconvincing, but the setup and the massive world makes up for pretty much of that. I like that you have to earn yourself favors to get different fractions to trust you, but still the missions get repetitive pretty fast. And you tend to loose interest.
  5. Vapor96
    Jun 22, 2019
    7
    I love the Mad Max movies and the wasteland atmosphere they create, so I naturally had high hopes for this game. It initially felt great: the open world was fun to explore, the driving was exciting, and generally they had really captured that essential Mad Max feel. It was disappointing how quickly the excitement wore off. The missions and activities get repetitive in no time, a real senseI love the Mad Max movies and the wasteland atmosphere they create, so I naturally had high hopes for this game. It initially felt great: the open world was fun to explore, the driving was exciting, and generally they had really captured that essential Mad Max feel. It was disappointing how quickly the excitement wore off. The missions and activities get repetitive in no time, a real sense of progression is missing, and the combat is a poor copy of the Batman: Arkham system; it is simply unresponsive and clunky. I really wanted to love this game, but I just lost interest after around 15 hours. Wasted potential.… Expand
  6. Obiwanmark
    Nov 12, 2015
    5
    The game is great fun for a short period of time. However, i personally found it to become very repetitive and simply got bored of it after about 8-10 hours.
  7. iwishyouwereold
    Sep 24, 2016
    7
    Great game, some tedious parts but all in all a good if not great experience. Is this the most pleasant surprise of the year? It just might be... Thumbs up!
  8. Faxthtax
    Nov 12, 2020
    7
    A game made on a movie licence? This cant be good right? Those are usually made under strict time pressure and rarely turn out as playable. But Mad Max is an exception to this for once.

    Design wise its great. Huge barren wasteland, with day and night cycle that gives the sand plains some great bliss. Controls on foot are very good. Nice fighting controls and decent upgrades. Driving    A game made on a movie licence? This cant be good right? Those are usually made under strict time pressure and rarely turn out as playable. But Mad Max is an exception to this for once.

    Design wise its great. Huge barren wasteland, with day and night cycle that gives the sand plains some great bliss.
    Controls on foot are very good. Nice fighting controls and decent upgrades.
    Driving mechanics are also very good with minor flaws.
    Apparently your car can run out of gas. But it is rather pointless, you never do. And you rarely refill.

    The bad side:
    Repetitive stuff to do outside the main quest. this is common for almost every game just like Ubisoft releases. But at least it is not brain numbing boring. There is loot to pick up around the map, and they did a good job designing each location. There are caves and shacks all around, and they are not repeat location like camps in Assassins Creed. I was pretty surprised that the puniest piece of rubble can hide an entrance to a large underlevel cave. The great desert hides some really cool location when you get there.
    Story is very thin to be honest. You lose your car and go on a hellbent revenge trip to get it back, except you won´t get it back and you have to rebuild the car. Somewhere in there you really lose the perception if there really is a story. What are we chasing again? Oh yeah a Big block V8 engine.

    Despite some minor twists and irks this game runs surprisingly well. Some framerate drops on Ps4 Pro. but other than that there is little bugs to be seen.

    Mad Max is a good game to kill some time.    … Expand
  9. Tom_green_day
    Sep 27, 2015
    5
    It's just an outstandingly average game. Gameplay is a quite fun but the narrative and thematic aspects are definitely sub-standard. The world is very pretty, which was unexpected for a post-apocalypse game.
  10. desoul
    Dec 8, 2015
    5
    starts of nicely, but then gets boring very quickly

    the good: cool open world the bad: story is not that good dialogue is bad main character is a bit annoying the car missions are boring you have to repeatedly do the same missions is multiple areas over and over again (even something as small as lighting the balloon -think of it as assasins creed vantage points scattered along    starts of nicely, but then gets boring very quickly

    the good:
    cool open world

    the bad:
    story is not that good
    dialogue is bad
    main character is a bit annoying
    the car missions are boring
    you have to repeatedly do the same missions is multiple areas over and over again (even something as small as lighting the balloon -think of it as assasins creed vantage points scattered along the city- gets tedious in this game)
    customizing the car

    its fun if you enjoy open world games, but I did not fine an added element in this game which sets it apart, the car was not that great.    … Expand
  11. Nel
    Mar 28, 2017
    7
    Initially this game was really good (first 8-10hours) or so, but after doing the same thing over and over again it just becomes so repetitive that it is almost unbearable. The game has a lot to offer, but it is all the same things over and over again with little to no variation.
  12. Datamari
    Sep 28, 2015
    6
    When this game was announced, I was thinking this was going to be another failed attempt at a tie-in game, or a successful one like South Park: Stick of Truth, and it was both.

    Mad Max is an ok game. There is a lot to do in the game, so don't expect to 100% this game any time soon. It looks absolutely gorgeous, and the characters will definitely draw you into the story. It was very    When this game was announced, I was thinking this was going to be another failed attempt at a tie-in game, or a successful one like South Park: Stick of Truth, and it was both.

    Mad Max is an ok game. There is a lot to do in the game, so don't expect to 100% this game any time soon. It looks absolutely gorgeous, and the characters will definitely draw you into the story. It was very fun during the first few hours, I knew I was in for a ride when I rented this game. There are many issues with the game, which i'll briefly explain: boring combat, repetitive missions, inconsistent and as previously mentioned, extremely long. Mad Max is not a bad game, by any means, but it's not a good game either. I don't recommend this game if you're looking for a good AAA game, but if you're looking for a game that will take you're time away, Mad Max is the game for you.    … Expand
  13. The_BlueRose
    Oct 14, 2016
    7
    The game starts good, interesting story, world and characters, then it becomes boring, repetitive and the story turns a bit cliche.

    Graphicaly good but nothing above the average, the combat lacks of variety and the car customization ends in a gathering scrap to upgrade it. There are too many collectibles and interest points, just to gather scrap and spend more time playing without    The game starts good, interesting story, world and characters, then it becomes boring, repetitive and the story turns a bit cliche.

    Graphicaly good but nothing above the average, the combat lacks of variety and the car customization ends in a gathering scrap to upgrade it.

    There are too many collectibles and interest points, just to gather scrap and spend more time playing without any purpose.    … Expand
  14. Lee_Godspeed
    Jun 1, 2017
    7
    Mad Max is a decent game with great car combat which for the most part is fun, with a story, though very short if streamlined, is good with a few cool twists. The combat in the car is easily where it shines and is made better with the customisation to the car and max himself. As with most open world games there's many outposts and collectibles to find but in doing so early before hittingMad Max is a decent game with great car combat which for the most part is fun, with a story, though very short if streamlined, is good with a few cool twists. The combat in the car is easily where it shines and is made better with the customisation to the car and max himself. As with most open world games there's many outposts and collectibles to find but in doing so early before hitting the missions I found myself overpowered far too quickly, making the game a breeze after the first few breaking in hours. After a while too the checklists of things to do in areas can become pretty repetitive and with some temperamental camera issues and frame rate issues can make you want to turn off. With a bit more polish and some more story missions rather than checklist tasks the game could've been great but is solid and deserves a play through now it's cheap as it's still a good game… Expand
  15. Devilsndadetail
    Sep 1, 2015
    7
    Looks good, combat is fun, crashing cars is fun too.
    But the story is weak and only makes an appearance now and then between repetative 'capture the outpost' quests.
    Wbros have just done the usual wash and rinse gameplay from MESoM, which is exactly the same as most ubisoft FC & ac games. That's the problem for me, once you play for an hour or 2 you just get the feeling you've done it    Looks good, combat is fun, crashing cars is fun too.
    But the story is weak and only makes an appearance now and then between repetative 'capture the outpost' quests.
    Wbros have just done the usual wash and rinse gameplay from MESoM, which is exactly the same as most ubisoft FC & ac games. That's the problem for me, once you play for an hour or 2 you just get the feeling you've done it all before a dozen times.    … Expand
  16. Muze92
    Oct 3, 2015
    6
    Too many bugs and glitches and for once I had to replay the game all over from the beginning just because I had my Garage tab to never show up after the final story mission.. The 3rd patch may have had fixed the old issues but certainly brought up new ones like being unable to choose autosave slots from the in-game menu and huge fps drop..
  17. Megatellica
    Feb 26, 2016
    7
    Mad max the game is a fun but fastly repetetive open world action game.
    Is this the open world game the movie deserves ?
    In my opinion it couldve been done better than this, the game wasn't bad but it wasn't great either. I had low expectations of the game because usually ''movie games'' don't do so well. After pretty much finishing the game (I'm trying to get it on a 100% fairly close    Mad max the game is a fun but fastly repetetive open world action game.
    Is this the open world game the movie deserves ?
    In my opinion it couldve been done better than this, the game wasn't bad but it wasn't great either.
    I had low expectations of the game because usually ''movie games'' don't do so well.
    After pretty much finishing the game (I'm trying to get it on a 100% fairly close to that now)I can say that you should get this game if you enjoy the open world exploration and not for the storyline of the game.
    The story is not that great and could've been done better.

    A lot of reviewers/players complaint about the fact that the side missions etc are fastly repetetive and honestly I have to agree with that.
    They couldve added some more stuff to do and removed a couple of things.
    For instance the scavenging over the whole world is a nice addon , but having to get every single one of them for a trophy or achievement feels a bit overkill.

    Coming to the trophy/achievement subject a lot of them are earned doing the repetetive side missions and exploration missions.
    Since I'm a trophy hunter myself this is highly frustrating , don't get me wrong I like a challenge but doing the same thing over and over (basically grinding) for such a useless trophy isn't really worth it.
    So if youre a trophy/achievement hunter with a lot of time on his or her hands go for it , otherwise i'd reccomend going for another game.

    I enjoyed the game on a fair level so its a 6,5/10 for me.
    The game wasn't too bad but could've been done a lot better.    … Expand
  18. Captiosus
    Sep 6, 2015
    6
    Mad Max is a bog standard, Ubisoft style, open world with towers to open up all the locations, a bunch of strongholds to beat, a bunch of side objectives cluttering your map, thousands of scrap to collect and dozens of other meaningless things to collect. The combat is boring as hell - literally two buttons on foot and four in car - so get prepared to mash square to hit and triangle toMad Max is a bog standard, Ubisoft style, open world with towers to open up all the locations, a bunch of strongholds to beat, a bunch of side objectives cluttering your map, thousands of scrap to collect and dozens of other meaningless things to collect. The combat is boring as hell - literally two buttons on foot and four in car - so get prepared to mash square to hit and triangle to parry over and over and over again. The car combat isn't great either, what with really bad AI and terrible hit detection meaning you might ram a car only for it to drive away unscathed because the game didn't register the hit. Water and Gas as a necessary survival mechanic is relegated moot in the first hour of the game. Ten hours in and there still seems to be plenty of water bottles to be found out in this post-nuclear wasteland.

    Graphically, the game suffers from poor frame rates, especially during car combat and convoy missions, and an inexplicably wobbly camera. Compared to Mad Max Fury Road, the art direction of Mad Max The Game looks like a pile of turds.

    This game can be summarized by a quote from Immortan Joe: "AH, MEDIOCRE!" It's like Far Cry 4, only less colorful, with less charm, and with a less interesting antagonist - and like Far Cry 4, it's mostly padding and light on actual main story content. So unless you're absolutely burning to play an inferior checklist-style open world game and can overlook shoddy graphics and repetitive (and bland) gameplay, don't bother with this game. Even IF you're interested, wait until this holiday season when it will undoubtedly be half price or less.

    Edit: I just finished Act 2 and I'm already sick of the repetition of this game. By way of comparison, I got bored with Far Cry 4 about two-thirds of the way through because it became overloaded with mundane side-quests and other superfluous garbage that was mind-numbingly repetitive. At least by then I could safely skip most of it, having most of the important upgrades necessary to complete the story missions. Mad Max is far, far worse than Far Cry 4 in this regard.

    Collect thousands of scrap, find hundreds of collectibles, take down dozens of enemy markers and strongholds, blah blah blah. People can down vote me as much as they want, it doesn't change the fact that this game exhibits the absolute worst of the "open world" genre: Complete fluff content. "But just do the story missions," you may say. I would if that were an option. But without reducing threat in the area, you can't progress. Likewise, as you do the story missions, enemies scale based on EXPECTED progress so your barely-above-stock car would be taking on level 2 or higher enemy cars and killed in one t-bone ram. Nope, you're required to grind this fluff content endlessly just to continue with the barebones story content and to ensure you're not easy prey.

    The last few times I've played, I found myself wanting to play damn near anything else rather than Mad Max. The only reason I'm bothering from time to time is because I paid for the game. I'm half tempted to try to sell it while it's still new and has decent value because, as far as games go, this is more of a set of boring, repetitive chores.

    As far as I'm concerned, anyone rating this game an 8 or above is HIGHLY suspect. It's a bad Ubisoft open world clone, period. You'll be sick of the gathering and chorework before you clear up Jeet's Territory, guaranteed.    … Expand
  19. Razv
    Feb 4, 2016
    6
    Dull and rushed plot. Good graphics. Repetitive gameplay. Mad Max is a game youl wil most likley have fun with for a couple of hours, but then struggle to get through to the end.
  20. ken913
    Oct 8, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have to say the game is about a 50/50 why? cause once Max steps out of his car the game sucks. and you cannot suspend disbelief enough to get totally into it...i am just playing it until F4 comes out.
    1. combat is clunky you have to fight the camera especially if you get up against a wall.
    2. WAY to much timed button mashing (which does not work most of the time)
    3. the constant time slow down for execution scenes is way over done..its not that special or cool.
    4. glitches in terrain and or items that are there but not being seen for example a transfer tank that is invisible but needs to be blown up
    5. MAX has no real range capabilities why cant you throw the shiv???? WHY cant you take the sniper rifle out of the car??
    6. hood ornaments are lame cant see any difference in their effects.
    7. as others have said its VERY repetitive.
    8. why are there no women in the gangs that attack you?
    9. really water heals all?
    10. maggots or dog food really?
    11 so if I get out of my car the world forgets about it and attacks me while chum if fixing it? so chum is invincible what the heck do you need Max for?
    12. no stealth or real strategy for bases..its either a frontal assault..or the same painted side entrance on every encounter. then its always mob fighting until you take them down.
    13. in a sand storm the balloon is perfectly still.
    14 the ambient sound in the bases is all the same there are voices but no ones around.    … Expand
  21. Yerczeys
    Oct 8, 2016
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was a bit of a mixed bag that came out on the positive side in the end. It did some things really well. The atmosphere was fantastic, really captured the feel of the motorized wasteland you find in Mad Max and it was impressively large to boot so you could buzz around at some fun speeds. The hand-to-hand combat was loads of fun as well and you felt probably more competent than Max was supposed to be. First time you suplex some poor dumb bastard is cackle inducing satisfaction. The third leg of the stool of enjoyment were some little touches I found charming like the warcriers (when you left them alive) and the admirable variety they managed to put into the scavenging locations and camps.

    Despite being an overall enjoyable experience, the game did have some glaring issues to my eye. Starting at the top, the story never made much sense to me. I understood what was happening through it but it was the motivation that never quite rang my bell. I'm punching my way through dozens of goons and smashing my way through lots of vehicles so I can acquire a bigger engine that I need for what? After the Jaw I could have just driven off to these Plains of Silence. Felt a little silly. The upgrade systems need some SERIOUS overhauling. I maxed out Max within the first third of the game and I bought upgrades for the Magnum Opus that were superior to ones I had to unlock through later quests rendering those pointless beyond the experience. The loot itself was really poorly done as well. What I hoped to have was finding new guns (or upgrades at least) and items and parts for my car but all you find is scrap which you use like a money system to upgrade said items. The scrap wasn't bad I guess but it certainly wasn't exciting. No "what am I going to find in THIS chest" sort of excitement. There were also a slew of smaller disappointments like the same graphic used on all the top dogs or the lack of need for food or water, but I'm gonna jump to my biggest complaint. The car combat in the later parts of this game was torturous to me. At first it was satisfying and fun and visceral in it's effect, but by the end of the game with my car as upgraded as it could be everything I encountered had so much armor that I didn't feel like I was doing any damage. I wanted to feel in the Magnum Opus like I felt as Max but instead I was Robin rather than Batman. It's not that I don't enjoy a good challenge, I love me some Dark Souls, but when you find yourself trying to deal with multiple opponents that feel superior to you with every random encounter it begins to suck the fun out of it. I ended up just trying to run from every fight and even that was frustrating. Who knows though, I might just suck at it Either way it left me woefully disappointed.    … Expand
  22. vangoat
    Sep 8, 2015
    7
    Definitely fun, but also seriously flawed. I've beaten 40% of the game so far. The driving is awesome and the battles, while driving are awesome. I love mad max films and this makes me feel like I'm in one. The map is huuuge...too big for the content actually (meaning upgrades seem to take a long time to earn). It looks great...smashing through a car and the fire ball that reaches for theDefinitely fun, but also seriously flawed. I've beaten 40% of the game so far. The driving is awesome and the battles, while driving are awesome. I love mad max films and this makes me feel like I'm in one. The map is huuuge...too big for the content actually (meaning upgrades seem to take a long time to earn). It looks great...smashing through a car and the fire ball that reaches for the heavens is freaking sweet!

    Now the flaw the, fatal, fatal flaw...the fighting sucks (really bad). I like the batman series and this fighting is very similar with one huge difference you basically press two buttons the whole time. One punches one parries...its fun pummeling dudes but, oh so repetitive. With batman, while it took timing, you had options with different attacks...with this you again just use two buttons. The worst is in pressing those buttons and timing things perfectly they will put you into animation that you can't parry (an incoming attack)...again...stupid. To make fights more difficult they just keep upping the number of dudes you take on at once, which takes things to a ridiculous difficulty when fighting 12-15 guys. I remember in batman happily pissing off 15 dudes because I knew I could beat them all flawlessly...not in this game, it's just frustratingly annoying. Bottom line: the driving keeps me playing but the fighting is deplorable and repetitive. I'm not sure I would recommend this to a friend unless they are just huge fans of the series...be warned.    … Expand
  23. wade22fan
    May 2, 2016
    7
    Mad Max is an open-world action title for Ps4 and Xbox One from Avalanche Studios, very much in the style of the Far Cry series. The game comes hot on the heels of Mad Max Fury Road, the astonishingly good, award-winning film starring Tom Hardy. You play as Max, the bearded wastelander we have all come to know and love. He is on a mission to reclaim both his car and glory from villainMad Max is an open-world action title for Ps4 and Xbox One from Avalanche Studios, very much in the style of the Far Cry series. The game comes hot on the heels of Mad Max Fury Road, the astonishingly good, award-winning film starring Tom Hardy. You play as Max, the bearded wastelander we have all come to know and love. He is on a mission to reclaim both his car and glory from villain Scrotus in the post-apocalyptic wasteland, with the help of his trusty friend and mechanic, Chumbucket. Don't expect much on the storyline front. It's simply not all that enthralling. We've all seen it before. Even the characters aren't very memorable or unique. This adventure is all about gameplay. It's all about checking the boxes, upgrading your weapons, car and equipment, that sort of thing. This approach actually works really well here. That's the sticking
    point. You never run out of things to do, whether it's conquering a new boss, clearing out some underground mines, defeating a convoy or doing errands for leaders in various territories. Some of it can get repetitive, but the constant feeling of improvement and accomplishment make it worthwhile. Upgrading various components at each stronghold proves to be very helpful. By doing so, you will gain access to free water, free fuel and improved weapons and accessories. As far as weapons go, Max has only a few toys in his arsenal. These include the shotgun, harpoon, thunderpoon, sniper rifle and a couple others. It is the wasteland after all. It is also noteworthy that ammo is very hard to come by.

    The combat system is reminiscent of the Arkham series. It doesn't copy it though, it has its own unique style. The exceptional fighting animations make it satisfying to kick your foe's tail. It is always a pleasure to run into some baddies while driving across the desert, because fighting is so fun. It never feels like a chore or drag. I like how you can finish someone off with a shiv too, Tomb Raider style. When Max gains enough momentum, he can enter Fury Mode. That's when combat gets even more awesome. You essentially tun into a beast who can do wrestling moves on enemies, deal double damage and string together more combos. It's pretty amazing. I did come across some control issues where I would hit the correct counter button but Max wouldn't counter. These moments were few and far between though. The real fun in the game is simply scavenging. Looting every camp, nook and cranny is immensely satisfying, primarily because you know upgrades will soon follow. It never got old defeating enemies in each camp, looting everything in the area then darting off to the next location. It's all about checking those boxes and it's a ton of fun. One other gameplay element to note is racing. You can compete in races and challenge other players' best times. It's a cool diversion, but it doesn't stand out as anything great. Visually, the game is beautiful. It's the best-looking desert in any game to date, that's for sure. The character models, vehicles and locations all shine with color and detail. In the audio department, I wish there was more music. It's almost nonexistent. You'll mainly hear the grumbling of your car's exhaust, which can grow annoying after so many hours.

    Mad Max is not without its issues. As I previously stated, the story isn't going to pull you in and the characters aren't anything special. One thing that does contribute to the story are things you collect called history relics. These are remnants left behind from the world you once knew and loved. The surrealism behind how different the world was and is now is what gets Max (and the player) emotional. It's quite jarring and adds a lot to the experience as a whole. The combat system is great, but at times it feels like you've done it somewhere before (because you have). The wasteland is divisive because many gamers see emptiness, while others see that as simply the style of the game. I noticed a few bugs, most notably, vehicles randomly disappearing and Max's car is sometimes without sound. These are minor technical issues but they need to be cleaned up. Mad Max seems to be a divisive game overall among gamers. Personally, I had a great time with it. That's saying something, especially considering the fact that I like plot-driven games. The main story along with occasional side quests will take around 35 hours to complete, which is a hefty amount of gameplay, offering a big bang for your buck. Ignore the negative noise and give Mad Max a shot. It may falter in some areas and become repetitive over time, but it's fun and has high replay value. (7/10)    … Expand
  24. p1menta
    Jun 30, 2018
    6
    never seen an open world game with such good ideas and so poorly executed.
    there are bugs everywhere, it's so frustrating i cant even decide where to begin with.
    first of all, for a car-driving based game, the mechanics and physics of this game are terrible. it's like you have your car over a frozen lake all the time, especially if you rob one of the other cars. and the camera, goddamn,    never seen an open world game with such good ideas and so poorly executed.
    there are bugs everywhere, it's so frustrating i cant even decide where to begin with.
    first of all, for a car-driving based game, the mechanics and physics of this game are terrible. it's like you have your car over a frozen lake all the time, especially if you rob one of the other cars. and the camera, goddamn, what a piece of **** camera. you literally have to fight the 10+ enemies plus the big boss (the camera) the hardest of them all. and they make you race wih that **** camera. my god, the frustration i've been on.......
    the controls are another pain in the ass. i guess you can change some keys there, but i didnt even try, cus i like to play in whatever settings the game gives me, but it was another fight i had to endure.
    no to talk about some good (almost) things: the idea of forts, and helping them grow is really cool. BUT, they made it kind of repetitive, lazy work. while playing i coldnt stop thinking about how much a wanted to be a beta tester for this game. (even tho i'm pretty sure there was no beta test whatsoever in here, or the game wold be a lot cooler.
    at least the graphics are beautiful, and the scenarios, oh god, people who create game ambients, you are without a doubt the best of the game industry nowadays. it's beautiful, and creative, and realistic, and diverse. man, i can't praise it enough, it really is perfect.
    i finished the game frustrated, hoping to free my hard drive from that ****ty game, but actually i left it there for a little longer, just so i can go around the maps for a while, without any pressure. (thank god for the fast travel buttom, so i dont even need to ice skate in the sand that much
    oh, almost forgot, the story is kinda cool, even tho they created the most hateful dumb pre-adolescent Max of all times. you'll hate him for every choice he makes, and you just have to go along hating him (yourself)

    while playing i was thinking about giving it a 5 stars grade, or even lower, but giving the good parts as scenarios, and diversity of cars, and the beaty of it, etc, AND, the most important part: PSN just gave me the game for free, i'm ok ith 6    … Expand
  25. Slevin310
    Sep 4, 2015
    7
    I won't beat around the bush... Batman Arkham combat with a less interactive Fallout 3 styled world. Vehicle combat is a lot of fun and this is a very entertaining game. This isn't a bad game, not at all. It's a lot of fun and it's well made. However I can't help but miss the original idea of this game. I've followed this game since its rumor. I love Mad Max, they're my favorite movies andI won't beat around the bush... Batman Arkham combat with a less interactive Fallout 3 styled world. Vehicle combat is a lot of fun and this is a very entertaining game. This isn't a bad game, not at all. It's a lot of fun and it's well made. However I can't help but miss the original idea of this game. I've followed this game since its rumor. I love Mad Max, they're my favorite movies and I love games inspired by them. Some of the rumors seemed to have been false or were cut from production.

    The game would benefit from a better mix of guns and combat. If you didn't want to have a third person shooter they could have at least put in the mechanics of a third person shooter but made bullets extremely scarce. Meaning you and your enemies would run out of bullets very quickly thus hand to hand combat would ensue. You could strategize your bullets to take out the first few enemies or the harder enemies. If you encountered enemies with guns while you were out of ammo you could take cover and draw their fire by poking out then straight up bum rush them when they're empty. Yes this game has guns but they're mechanics are from Assassin's Creed. And yes the combat is something I've never liked from Assassin Creed and Batman games, where you could just parry endlessly and win. Batman had better combat though. This needed combat like Sleeping Dogs, which had the parry but you couldn't use it to always win. Sleeping Dog's combat was very intricate and offered challenge.

    This game doesn't have much challenge, dying puts you right back to where you were and even refills your health regardless of where it was. I wish games took a note from Dark Souls and old school video game logic... dying should be a bad thing in games. Story and characters are very interesting, although Max is kind of a douche. Chum basically saves this guy and gives him a car, Max complains it's not good enough demanding it should be a V8. Chum also drives to where ever Max is when he's in need and goes with him on his dangerous missions... sure he kind of develops a sicekick thing but Max is just a douche to him the entire time.

    As for the world, it really needed more interaction. Being able to loot items and sell them for scrap would be better. Instead of having scrap that's not only highlighted but it also has a big sign over them for mindless looting. When the game said it had survival aspects I was thinking it would have you hunt coyotes or some animal for food, make a camp like in Red Dead Redemption for when you couldn't get back to your hideout, scavenging for medical supplies, using items/scrap to upgrade your hideout to defend against scavengers. You can upgrade your bases but there's no defense mechanics. It would be nice to have a gang war where you have to defend your forts. As for survival it's just about collecting water and finding food. They did include gas which was of massive importance in the Mad Max series, so kudos for that. Oh and FYI don't bother doing any fun jumps, it will just damage your car.

    I love the Mad Max series. I love Borderlands and Fallout 3 which had a Mad Max feel to them. Sadly... I think they're better Mad Max games. But I'm not saying don't buy it, the game is fun. Just don't expect too much. Besides, the game isn't really that long. If you aim to collect everything and do all the optional stuff then it pans out but it's no where near as long as Witcher 3.    … Expand
  26. mikepango
    Mar 13, 2017
    6
    Unless you LOVE open world car games this might not be for you. As you would expect from Mad Max is that the game play involve the car in some ways. Me on the other hand just didn't fall in love with the idea of it being so centered around the car. I love racing game but this kind of car mechanics is just not for me. I would imagine if you liked the twisted metal series you would pickUnless you LOVE open world car games this might not be for you. As you would expect from Mad Max is that the game play involve the car in some ways. Me on the other hand just didn't fall in love with the idea of it being so centered around the car. I love racing game but this kind of car mechanics is just not for me. I would imagine if you liked the twisted metal series you would pick this game up.… Expand
  27. mdelolmo
    May 26, 2017
    7
    I'm not sure why, but at some point I found the game repetitive and quiet playing as a result.

    It's a true open world and you can say you have stuff to do spend time exploring it, the person combat was pretty good and different to what most games offer, and the combat in the car was kind of fun too... So the conclusion is, I can't explain what is wrong with it, but it just didn't    I'm not sure why, but at some point I found the game repetitive and quiet playing as a result.

    It's a true open world and you can say you have stuff to do spend time exploring it, the person combat was pretty good and different to what most games offer, and the combat in the car was kind of fun too...

    So the conclusion is, I can't explain what is wrong with it, but it just didn't appeal me too much.    … Expand
  28. sammythelord
    Nov 10, 2015
    7
    I was quite looking forward to this game, the combat looked awesome, I love post apocalyptic world, car chases/battles are one of the best I remember playing, And when I got this game and started playing it, it was really that way and I was blown away. Combat feels like from Guy Richies movie, u hear bones cracking and punches landing, with some awesome slow motion effects and goryI was quite looking forward to this game, the combat looked awesome, I love post apocalyptic world, car chases/battles are one of the best I remember playing, And when I got this game and started playing it, it was really that way and I was blown away. Combat feels like from Guy Richies movie, u hear bones cracking and punches landing, with some awesome slow motion effects and gory details. Also car chases, those are fast, thrilling, with amazing effects and great use of harpoon, you can strip enemy cars from wheels, bodyparts or drivers themselves. But the problem is, thats all there is, I spend maybe 10 hours in game and then I just gave up, everything just feels the same, the first base you are raiding feels as difficult and rewarding as the one UR raiding 8 hours later, same with the car chases, or convoy challenges, it just feels the same like the first one. The only challenge that the game gave me was finding of scrap parts and insignias in enemy bases, but thats just annoying, you are running around bases over and over trying to find collectibles, feels like a 90s game. And the story doesnt deliver at all and there is nothing to care for. So when I figured out, after 10 hours of gameplay that Im just doing the same things all over again and again, and Im just aproximately 50% done with the game, I just gave up, it didnt felt that the game has anything more to offer other than what I done 150 times over already.… Expand
  29. alexakosman
    Sep 18, 2015
    6
    Do we need to have a **** companion/side-kick **** in every WB game?
    In Shadow of mordor u had the orc,now u had another guy who continues busting ur balls.....jezus!
  30. SWERY_51
    Sep 10, 2015
    7
    To make it short, good looking, fun to play the first 30 hours and after that you realize that you're doing the same things over and over. There are good customizations too and honestly, the game worth the try. But to give you a good example, i've finished 55% of the global progression in about 65 hours, too damn long when you want to do everything on the map...
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 71 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 71
  2. Mixed: 38 out of 71
  3. Negative: 2 out of 71
  1. DarkZero
    Nov 9, 2015
    50
    The best open world games nowadays are an expansion of the form, but Mad Max is highly regressive in far too many areas to be meaningful.
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  2. Pelit (Finland)
    Nov 5, 2015
    85
    Mad Max used its imagery well, and as a sandbox game, it's thematically pretty coherent. I actually liked this more than GTA V: driving around is more exiting, and Batman-style fist fighting is more fun than Gears of GTA -cover shootouts. [Oct 2015]
  3. Play UK
    Oct 25, 2015
    40
    A functional open world game, Mad Max captures none of what makes its source material great. Missions are uninteresting, the world is dead and there are next to no damn car chases. [Issue#262, p.64]
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