Carmageddon: Max Damage

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  • Summary: Create carnage in a wide range of large open world environments and smaller battle arenas, with plenty of fun stuff to smash into, smash up, snap off and sling around. Explore city streets and country trails, arid deserts and icy wastelands all packed with juicy meatbags for your killing pleasure.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 15
  3. Negative: 5 out of 15
  1. GameSpew
    Jul 8, 2016
    70
    Violent, vulgar and crude, Carmageddon: Max Damage is downright offensive and all the better for it. And with a highly entertaining gameplay loop that gives you a great degree of freedom, it’s a blast from the past that occasionally puts a foot wrong but is easily forgiven.
  2. ICXM
    Jul 8, 2016
    65
    With the right power-ups and speed, Carmageddon can eventually become a beautifully manic game full of offensive humour and gratuitous gore. While this may be the best Carmageddon game, Carmageddon was sadly never that great to begin with.
  3. SpazioGames
    Jul 24, 2016
    60
    Although suffering a not-excelling technical framework, the overall result is fairly good, offering engaging and functional gameplay. The guys at Stainless Games brought this new chapter of Carmageddon to life addressing their work toward the brand lovers. That is, we can't recommend the game to everyone but it will surely be appreciated by the franchise fans - ready to dive in this perverted mix of crazy cars - as well as by the outsider old-school game seekers. The newbies may find it quite trivial though: the entertainment is strongly hooked to the 90s concept without any significant change.
  4. IGN Spain
    Jul 8, 2016
    55
    Not the best racing game out there, nor the best action game. A remake that tries to relive the good old times for Carmageddon, but doesn't manage to achieve the glory.
  5. IGN
    Jul 13, 2016
    54
    Max Damage is a collection of ideas that looked good on paper and sounded good in its Kickstarter pitch, but in practice it would only have been an acceptable sequel if it’d come out in 1999.
  6. Xbox Achievements
    Jul 13, 2016
    50
    Carmageddon: Max Damage has a certain appeal, but if you don't get the game's uniquely sick sense of humour, you're going to hate it.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Jul 16, 2016
    20
    This series reboot fails to replicate the cleanness of the original games' racing mechanics.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. bootysyrup
    Jul 18, 2016
    10
    love this series , fun for fans of the old , and hopefully for new fans.............................
    ..i would like to see more new features    love this series , fun for fans of the old , and hopefully for new fans.............................
    ..i would like to see more new features and races , like getting rid of power ups ,and just have destructive racing.... but i am glad to see this ,and hopefully they will keep making this series better    … Expand
  2. Jammiemann
    Jul 8, 2016
    10
    It is just like the old ones. so totally offensive that no morally correct person would live longer than 5 minutes before heart failureIt is just like the old ones. so totally offensive that no morally correct person would live longer than 5 minutes before heart failure kicked in and they exploded in the most satisfying way. It does everything a carmageddon game should do and more. Nostalgia or not its bloody good.… Expand
  4. PsychoticOrc
    Jul 11, 2016
    10
    Growing up Carmageddon was one of my favourite game series, I love how they've somewhat gone back to their roots with this. The humour is justGrowing up Carmageddon was one of my favourite game series, I love how they've somewhat gone back to their roots with this. The humour is just as great as the original and is refreshing to see amongst the tripe which is released upon mass at present. All we need now is a decent Duke Nukem games and I'll be a happy clappy chappy.… Expand
  5. WDCombo
    Jul 6, 2016
    6
    For those that played the classic games this new entry does a great job of bringing back the same nostalgia. The graphics won't blow you awayFor those that played the classic games this new entry does a great job of bringing back the same nostalgia. The graphics won't blow you away but there is fun to be had and the tracks have allot of fun shortcuts and hidden areas.

    Recommended for fans of the classic or gamers that like dumb humor and mindless destruction.    … Expand
  6. londonbridges
    Sep 12, 2017
    4
    I loved the original PC version of this game. I'm not much of a gamer. This was the exception. I bought the splat pack. I installed a 3dfxI loved the original PC version of this game. I'm not much of a gamer. This was the exception. I bought the splat pack. I installed a 3dfx card. I played relentlessly. As a newlywed at the time my wife resented the game. So nearly 20 years later, its available on xbox. My kids have tons of games, but this is the first I ever bought for myself for xbox. This was over a year ago. I think I've played it a total of 1 hour. I dont know if its the game, or if its just me. It just wasn't the same.… Expand
  7. GamesXtreme
    Aug 31, 2016
    2
    As you explore you are rewarded with powerups and unlock tokens. The powerups can be fun and I was amused at throwing anvils from my car atAs you explore you are rewarded with powerups and unlock tokens. The powerups can be fun and I was amused at throwing anvils from my car at the other racers as well as some of the others but there is a risk/ reward aspect as the powerups are random and you may pick up a power down or a powerup that affects the pedestrians. The unlock tokens allow you to upgrade your vehicle but these unlocks are unlocked as you play through the campaign and vehicles are upgraded separately so you can't transfer upgrades from one to another.

    The Graphics are rough and to be honest I have seen better looking original Xbox games from 10 years ago e.g. Black which whilst not a racing game just shows how bad the graphics in this game are.

    The A.I.s all seem to act the same and just charge in, there's no difference between the other drivers. It would have been nice to have different drivers attempt to win the race in different ways e.g. some aggressive whilst others go for pedestrians to add variety to the races, for example, during one of my races I witnessed an A.I. driver just constantly driving round in circles oblivious to everything around him and even a few small taps from myself wouldn't knock him out of the loop.    … Expand
  8. Broyax
    Jan 24, 2023
    1
    Un déterrage de la benne à ordures inattendu puisqu’il s’agit de l’infâme Carmageddon que l’on retrouve ici rajeuni et rafistolé à la va-viteUn déterrage de la benne à ordures inattendu puisqu’il s’agit de l’infâme Carmageddon que l’on retrouve ici rajeuni et rafistolé à la va-vite sur nos consoles PS4One !

    Moche à l’époque sous MS DOS (!), il reste moche, toujours très moche et se permet de ramer lamentablement... Pourtant, il restitue tout le mauvais goût et le politiquement très incorrect du premier Carmageddon et en rajoute même plusieurs couches bien épaisses, j’ai l’impression ! Le salopard ne respecte rien et s’il est un jeu que l’on pourrait résumer par « j’aime vraiment mais vraiment faire n’importe quoi », c’est définitivement ce ‘Carmageddon Max Damage’ !

    La bagnole fait déjà n’importe quoi et se révèle en cela très fidèle à la non-maniabilité de l’époque (celle des années 90 du siècle dernier) ce qui rend la tâche d’écrasage de piétaille très mal aisée, pour ne pas dire quasiment injouable… Idem pour le défonçage des con-currents, lesquels sont de toute façon du genre très agressif. Et très cons.

    Le jeu multiplie la bouffonnerie la plus échevelée, se roule dans la provocation tous azimuts de très bas étage et en devient navrant de bêtise comme un Jean-Kévin en crise d’épilepsie devant sa pléstécheune ou en plein ragequitte postillonnant.

    Voir un tel « produit » à notre époque est sans doute la plus grande des surprises mais aussi l’occasion de constater que le Carmaprout lâche des vents à tous les vents, insouciant et mal élevé et file un karma aussi discutable que de mauvais goût, restant ainsi fidèle à son aîné du temps jadis. Sauf qu’il était limité et rapidement ennuyeux, trop con… et c’est toujours le cas ici.    … Expand

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