Mad Max

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  1. SofaJockeyUK
    Sep 9, 2015
    7
    This has been very enjoyable, and better than some of the reviews give credit. Yes the combat (Batman) is easy, yet one tricky racing quest (main story) has effectively halted my game progress. For all that, I like it, yes there is repetition, no it's not one of 2015's giant games, but it's fun, particularly if you enjoy the Mad Max universe.
  2. BrettSiebenhaar
    Aug 13, 2018
    7
    This game wasn't perfect, but wow, it was underrated. This game was fun and made you feel like you were really in the Mad Max universe. The game was huge, but like a lot of games, it might have been too big for its own good. It did get a bit repetitive, but it was still fun. It was fun driving around and just exploring new areas. the combat could've been improved, but oh well, I stillThis game wasn't perfect, but wow, it was underrated. This game was fun and made you feel like you were really in the Mad Max universe. The game was huge, but like a lot of games, it might have been too big for its own good. It did get a bit repetitive, but it was still fun. It was fun driving around and just exploring new areas. the combat could've been improved, but oh well, I still had fun playing the game. I just wish it received more attention, that way maybe we could've gotten some awesome DLC. The graphics were awesome, the story was really good. I recommend checking this game out!… Expand
  3. limee64
    Sep 29, 2015
    5
    I cant believe how incredibly **** the driving mechanics are for a **** Mad Max game. Wait until you get to the big race, the game gets waaayyy worse.
  4. CenkAlp
    Jan 2, 2018
    6
    Hikaye = 7
    Oynanış = 7
    Grafikler = 6
    Sesler = 7
    Keyif = 6
    Atmosfer = 7
    Süre = 5
  5. osprey
    Sep 19, 2015
    6
    Not impressed. All these tens are again a mystery to me. Are these people playing these games or are they looking at a few videos and then rushing to be the first to shower praise on games that have major issues. I don't get it. This game has some appeal if you have the patience to deal with it's major short comings. To start with the load times are horrendous. The controls are terrible,Not impressed. All these tens are again a mystery to me. Are these people playing these games or are they looking at a few videos and then rushing to be the first to shower praise on games that have major issues. I don't get it. This game has some appeal if you have the patience to deal with it's major short comings. To start with the load times are horrendous. The controls are terrible, the invisible walls and places you cannot go are tiresome. The tiny falls that kill you will have you enjoying the slow load times again and again but don't worry, the load screen will prompt you to go buy some more stuff for this game while you are waiting and waiting. I want to have fun in this game but it is standing in my way. The best I can give it is a 6 and that is being generous, you people giving it a ten might want to try playing it.… Expand
  6. alex007
    Dec 10, 2015
    7
    "Mad Max" is set in the same universe as the great "Mad Max: Fury Road". That was a surprise to me. Another surprise is that it's better than most critics would have you think it is. The gameplay is similar to both "Shadow of Mordor" and "Batman: Arkham Knight" which also bear the Warner Bros. label. "Mad Max" isn't as good as either of those acclaimed titles, but it's a solid video game"Mad Max" is set in the same universe as the great "Mad Max: Fury Road". That was a surprise to me. Another surprise is that it's better than most critics would have you think it is. The gameplay is similar to both "Shadow of Mordor" and "Batman: Arkham Knight" which also bear the Warner Bros. label. "Mad Max" isn't as good as either of those acclaimed titles, but it's a solid video game debut for the titular character. Avalanche Studios, developer of "Just Cause 2", have created an open-world with plenty to discover and do. While the post-apocalyptic wasteland isn't very interesting, the game itself is never boring due to the various missions, side-activities, collectibles, customization options and numerous upgrades you can purchase.

    The game features a melee combat system similar to "Shadow" and "Batman", but with a more sluggish feel. Punches, kicks and weapon swings seem to have more weight than in those previous games. As Max, you'll spend plenty of time collecting scrap, filling up your water canteen and finding photos of the past. It's very much in the vein of Sony's "The Last of Us". In addition to upgrading your own car, the Magnum Opus, you can also collect plenty of vehicles be either stealing them or building them up. Max can also be upgraded in many ways and taking out the various outposts is always fun since they can be tackled in a few different ways. Releasing air-balloons (which adds activities to the map) never does get tiresome due to the various puzzle-like challenges.

    Overall, "Mad Max" isn't a revolutionary game by any means. It doesn't evolve the genre in any big way and it can get repetitive after awhile. But if loved the summer's "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Batman: Arkham Knight", then you'll have a good time with this one. 7.5 out of 10.    … Expand
  7. jcarl663
    Sep 6, 2015
    7
    I'm not going to say this is GOTY material, but it's good fun. If you're a serious completionist, get ready for a lot of grinding and repetitiveness, but overall this game is definitely worth a full playthrough. The combat is reminiscent of the Arkham games and taking down convoys in your car is great fun. I was led to believe the customization was deeper than gradually getting betterI'm not going to say this is GOTY material, but it's good fun. If you're a serious completionist, get ready for a lot of grinding and repetitiveness, but overall this game is definitely worth a full playthrough. The combat is reminiscent of the Arkham games and taking down convoys in your car is great fun. I was led to believe the customization was deeper than gradually getting better parts, but the chase is fun and worthwhile nonetheless.

    The story definitely feels like a Mad Max movie and a lot of the set pieces are pretty rad, but I can't help but feel that this game is bogged down with a lot more content than it needs without fully utilizing any of it to its fullest.

    That said, this game looks good, runs really well and so far no bugs really to speak of. This is a solid game that has so much variety that it actually hurts the final product.    … Expand
  8. 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...
  9. 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.
    15. what does give a fortress scrap do? please anyone? have seen no difference in either jeet or gutgash..just a scrap sink
    16. the skill tree is weak i have all of them at 10 and max is fully upgraded with guns fists armor etc. and max is at road warrior 25 so now what. seems to easy and to quick.
    17. no gama or difficulty settings.    … Expand
  10. Daelus
    May 8, 2016
    6
    Would have given it a 6.5, but it is closer to a 6 than a 7, so...

    In the bad, this game reminds me of Witcher 3; movement is very imprecise, making looting and general navigation a pain (not quite as bad as Witcher, but close); again, same as Witcher (this tie worse) frame rate drops and stuttering plagues this game; much of the 2nd half of the game if played with a frame rate less    Would have given it a 6.5, but it is closer to a 6 than a 7, so...

    In the bad, this game reminds me of Witcher 3; movement is very imprecise, making looting and general navigation a pain (not quite as bad as Witcher, but close); again, same as Witcher (this tie worse) frame rate drops and stuttering plagues this game; much of the 2nd half of the game if played with a frame rate less than 20...brutal grind for a game made for completionists.

    Combat was far too easy....and I am an explorer gamer and combat is never my forte.

    Unfortunately, unlike Witcher, it didn't hit a homerun on story or atmosphere. Story was generic bland, but serviceable and atmosphere was not immersive in the least.

    Sound was well done, especially the car sounds.

    If I had to break it down:

    gameplay 5/10
    story/ atmosphere 5/10
    large playground +1    … Expand
  11. 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
  12. Rbox
    May 20, 2018
    6
    Awful camera and camera control, non tweakable. Strange button layout without the possibility to change it. Aiming starts at ground level and is slow.... These are some of the game's design choices which make you want to stop playing. You just can't tailor the gameplay to even near to what you'd like. It all makes the adventuring a chore instead of fun. Nice visuals and fisticuffs (justAwful camera and camera control, non tweakable. Strange button layout without the possibility to change it. Aiming starts at ground level and is slow.... These are some of the game's design choices which make you want to stop playing. You just can't tailor the gameplay to even near to what you'd like. It all makes the adventuring a chore instead of fun. Nice visuals and fisticuffs (just like Batman) though.… Expand
  13. Alex_Pilgrim
    Sep 23, 2016
    7
    For me, it was a surprise to learn that "Mad Max" is set in the same universe as "Fury Road". Another surprise is that it's better than most critics would have you think. "Just Cause" developer Avalanche Studios have made a fairly entertaining open-world action game featuring plenty to do, but not much to see. True to the movies, the game is set in the desert and while it's pretty to lookFor me, it was a surprise to learn that "Mad Max" is set in the same universe as "Fury Road". Another surprise is that it's better than most critics would have you think. "Just Cause" developer Avalanche Studios have made a fairly entertaining open-world action game featuring plenty to do, but not much to see. True to the movies, the game is set in the desert and while it's pretty to look at, it's not exactly a riveting place to be. "Mad Max" also features the acclaimed combat system which debuted in "Batman: Arkham Asylum" and was refined in "Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor". It's been tweaked to feel more like a brawler's style with a more sluggish feel. Punches, kicks and weapon swings seem to have a real weight to them. The other big feature of this game is the car customization which is similar to the pirate ship customization from "Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag".

    The story in "Mad Max" isn't the best, but it's decent. Quality cutscenes depict Max's quarrel with another overlord of the desert; this time the son of Immortan Joe from "Fury Road". In this tale, Max has a sidekick; a hunchback mechanic named Chumbucket who accompanies him on missions. Being an open-world game, "Mad Max" features plenty of side-missions, weapon upgrades, a progression system and loot. Due to its post apocalyptic setting, it recalls "The Last of Us" especially since you spend plenty of time filling your water canteen, finding scrap and collecting lost photos of the past. Max can be upgraded in many ways including powering up his one firearm, a sawed off shotgun. As you drive through the desert, you can take out gang outposts in various ways much like a "Metal Gear Solid" game. Releasing scattered air-balloons adds activities to the map. This redundant task stays rather fresh each time since it usually includes some light-puzzle solving.

    In the end, "Mad Max" isn't a revolutionary game by any means. It doesn't evolve the genre in any big way and it can get repetitive after awhile (like many open world games). But it has a lot more activities and customization options than I expected. The combat also provides some good fun. While it's not as good as "Far Cry 4" or any game I've mentioned before, it's a solid video game debut for the titular character. I'd rank it with a 7.2 out of 10.    … Expand
  14. Alex_Pilgrim008
    Aug 3, 2022
    7
    Mad Max was overlooked since it hit stores on the same day as Metal Gear Solid V. That's a shame cause the game is a pleasant surprise. This isn't the best of its kind, but much better than I expected. It features a big post-apocalyptic map, plenty of combat missions, car customization and lots of loot. If you've ever played Shadow of Mordor or Batman: Arkham Knight, then you'll beMad Max was overlooked since it hit stores on the same day as Metal Gear Solid V. That's a shame cause the game is a pleasant surprise. This isn't the best of its kind, but much better than I expected. It features a big post-apocalyptic map, plenty of combat missions, car customization and lots of loot. If you've ever played Shadow of Mordor or Batman: Arkham Knight, then you'll be familiar with the gameplay. In Mad Max"], the titular hero teams up with a hunchback after losing his beloved vehicle, the Interceptor. The two attempt to rebuild the Magnum Opus car while battling Scabrous Scrotus, the son of Fury Road's Immortan Joe.

    "Max" isn't as good as any of the other games I've mentioned, but it's well-made and packed with plenty of activities to do. So if you love the movies and survival action games like The Last of Us, then you should be pleased with this adaption. I would rate it with a 7.7 out of 10.    … Expand
  15. OKdrummer87
    Sep 9, 2021
    7
    Open world done Mad Max style! I liked this game from it's desolate atmosphere to redemption arc I had a good time. I was playing on a Series X so with FPS boost and auto HDR the game ran buttery smooth. The fighting mechanics are just like Shadow of Mordor or the Batman Arkham games if you have played those. The world is set up into areas with collectibles and extra things to do while youOpen world done Mad Max style! I liked this game from it's desolate atmosphere to redemption arc I had a good time. I was playing on a Series X so with FPS boost and auto HDR the game ran buttery smooth. The fighting mechanics are just like Shadow of Mordor or the Batman Arkham games if you have played those. The world is set up into areas with collectibles and extra things to do while you progress. My main issue is with the grind. While you open new areas they all have the same side quests/ collectible items to get so after awhile it gets boring and grindy. I would recommend if you can get it on sale.… Expand
  16. soldar
    Jun 26, 2020
    7
    Es un juego de mundo abierto donde se siente bien estar condicionado por el

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Games Master UK
    Nov 3, 2015
    65
    A spectacle to behold, but Mad Max's barren landscape is lacking the toys to stand up as a proper sandbox. [Nov 2015, p.68]
  2. SpazioGames
    Oct 23, 2015
    75
    Not nearly as magnificent as the movie, and not as brilliant as Shadow of Mordor was when it came out, but Mad Max is still a fun (if somewhat repetitive) adventure in a post apocalyptic world filled with sand, blood and gasoline. There's nothing really innovative in the mix, but in the end it's way better than most movie based tie ins. More than enough for fans of Mad Max and videogames all over the world.
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  3. The Digital Fix
    Oct 5, 2015
    80
    A solid sandbox adventure, lacking in the chaos and madness that the title and license would suggest.
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