Is MAD MAX Actually Underrated? - feat Gmanlives, Hey Blondie, & Deadforge

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Mad Max somehow has only had 2 licensed games ever made in its history, and plenty of failed attempts. Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios took their open world chops to the Angry Australian's road raging apocalyptic nightmare with...middling reception. But as we'll hear from me as well as guest stars @Gggmanlives @HeyBlondieGamer @Deadforge (thanks so much, guys!) was the game actually underrated and just swept away in the incredible open world frenzy of games like Batman: Arkham Knight, Witcher 3, and Metal Gear Solid V especially, which released on the same day? Or is it truly just a game that fans will mostly appreciate for its heartfelt attempt to adapt the material but which wears out its welcome through tedious busywork and an underwhelming story?
0:00 Introduction
2:38 A History of Violence
6:28 Story Hook (or is it harpoon?) & Characters
9:45 The Wasteland
14:54 Upgrading Max to the Max
19:15 The Magnum Opus
23:35 Is the Grind Worth Gearing Up For?
27:13 Story Spoilers
35:18 What Does Underrated Even Mean?
Check out ‎@Deadforge s further thoughts on Mad Max here!
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[@Deadforge]

Mad Max, still to this day, feels like the only game Avalanche actually enjoyed making.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Ha right? Just cause 2 i remember being pretty fun but also incredibly repetitive after awhile. Tried 3 and 4 but they were essentially the same game

[@crumdrum]

@@HighFunctioningMedium For me 3 is a excellent sandbox, and improves so much on the second. The fourth just didn't do it for me unfortunately

[@Beeyo176]

1:32 I really wanted him to come in full sterotypical Aussie "CRIKEY! This game is the wallabies kneecaps, isn't it?"

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

I really should've had him do that XD

[@gregmoak6668]

Some of that desert are actually the bottom of a dried up ocean....just think of all the docks, the dead coral reef, the tankers that folks live in. Game takes on a whole new perspective when viewed as the bottom of the ocean,

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Oh thats cool as hell. Reminds me of all the coral and lichen in Dragons Dogma 2 when the ocean floor is exposed!

[@giovannicervantes2053]

Gutgash's territory is a dead reef maybe even a part of the great barrier but there's sulfur fields and a volcano so idk

[@sombdywakehicks]

In my opinion, it's one of the most fun games I played in the last 10 years. It's one of the first games I got when I got my PS4. There's just a lot of personality to the game. A lot of things to do. A lot of things to see. A lot of things to kill. And some people may not realize but when you have headphones on, and the Sun is starting to set out in the wasteland. The music and the sound effects are downright terrifying. Much like when you go into a buzzard's nest with limited visibility. The tension is very real. Seriously. If you've never played it with headphones on. It's much like the original Bioshock whenever you get to the medical district. The subtle and not so subtle audio cues will definitely make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. My opinion on the game... Solid 8.5 with high replay value.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Yeah! my tv died so I had to hook up my Xbox to my pc monitor and use headphones and omg, the engine roaring to life, the scary sounds cape when in those dark interiors, etc. So good!

[@EarthboundX]

I recall this game surprising the heck out of me by how good it was. I played it back a bit before they announced they were shutting down its weird server connection in 2020 that was needed for the auto scrap collecting. Big achievement fan, and them shutting that down made an achievement unobtainable, so I wanted to complete it before then. Found a really fun open world car combat, brawler game I would probably give around a 8 or 8.5 out of 10 to. Think when I bought it I paid less than 15 bucks(I've not paid more than 15-20 bucks or 50-60+ percent off price for a game in years. Well The Outer Wilds only got to 40% off, but that game is fucking worth full price)for it, and got great game for that price.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

:) yeah, Max is one of those good memories from last gen. Makes ya feel like ya found something from the good old days

[@giovannicervantes2053]

That scrap disconnect thing fucked the game to be honest you gotta either get lucky with scrapulances and sandstorms or you take everything nailed down and have nothing to play after you get the upgrades

[@knightowl1985]

I was very surprised to see Scrotus in Furiosa. Played by the same actor who played Slit in Fury Road.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

No kidding! Can't wait to see it!

[@connycontainer9459]

Just started playing yesterday. It looks great, even on older PC and driving and car combat in 1st person perspective is immersive af. Just wish these convoys wouldn't disappear once you beat them, they are so much fun.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

I know! The game needs more intense random encounters. Too easy to delete the interesting forms of resistance

[@Deadforge]

Really fucking good video. I live, I die, I live again to wonder the Wasteland, a broken soul seeking Redemption. To Infinity and Beyond thunderdome my friend as not only does Max have a bright future, So do you 😁. No seriously dude keep it up. I'm trying to get around to all of your videos, haha. You really did this one justice, I believe, and I was cool to see both Gman and BlondFire in there.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Youre too kind! Thanks for being a part of this. Very glad to see people are all coming together on this one. Been easily my best received game on Reddit and lots of good vibes in the comments here

[@Deadforge]

A fun piece of info Rockstar had a unique can and allowed you to get codes for a Rockstar race/vehicle but my favorite is the skull and Rockstar can ornament haha. I still have the can funny enough.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

No kidding!

[@Deadforge]

@@HighFunctioningMedium Yeah it was pretty cool

[@anthonykarnes6804]

It's a great casual game, still looks gorgeous too.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Indeed!

[@GhostplayersTV]

My buddy thought the game sucked because the jump button was on L2... that meant he missed out on a really good game

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Thats a nuts reason XD the jump is terrible tho

[@MidnightatMidian]

I miss that game. The parts when I was driving through an apocalytic desert were the best. Never had that kind of contemplative feeling in a video game. The panorama's were beautiful, coupled with nice environnmental features.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

It's a surprisingly zen game to just drive through, I agree

[@Predator1981Gaming]

For me it's still one of the best open world games out there. I loved the game when it first come out. Unfortunately I had some bugs and couldn't do the 100%. So I dropped it later, after completing the story. Then I've got it years later again and had another really good time. But yes, the huge, beautiful landscape with nothing (at least it fitted to the setting more than in other games) to do, frustrated after a while, so I finished the main story again and let it again. I don't play a lot of open world games anymore (except of survival games), but overall, most of the triple A worlds bored me to their waste of time actions. I think as a real survival experience it would work better. Nevertheless Mad Max was a great game and should be definitely played by fans. Except of a few flaws, it was a real Mad Max game and how it should work and feel. The combat was good and the punches felt heavy. Driving was interesting and the battles great. Visually the game is still fantastic. But I think Mad Max would be much better, if someone would create a hardcore survival game. The last game was def to easy and I hadn't fear of dying there. In this case it was pretty mainstream. Outlander was also very cool. Played 2 versions. The Mega Drive/Genesis was first person driving and the Snes was 3rd person. Awesome artstyle. Great video and I really enjoyed the background informations you offenerd. 🤗👍

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Thanks! It was hard to track down good info because it was only on wikis mostly outside of one interview and was sometimes conflicting. Yeah, I hold this as one of my "I like this more than most people do" open world list of Watch Dogs, Saints Row the Third, and Sleeping Dogs. They have more style than GTA or whatever and are more interested in me having fun rather than just simulating realism. I do think its surprising that they make refueling a part of the tutorial and outside of one wasteland mission that makes you gas up a vehicle before taking it out, it never comes up again. I think it wouldve benefited to make this game a little more entrenched in the worlds concerns of gas scarcity and such, as its really the lifeblood of this world

[@Predator1981Gaming]

@@HighFunctioningMedium True. My prob with open worlds is that a lot of them just send you around... do this do that. Exploring is to strictly and not conicidental. That's what I personally don't like. A good survival writes the plot with your actions and depends the way. I loved the immersive world of Red Dead Redemption 2. The world there really felt organic. But it's a game I never completed, cause I got bored after a while. I would say it's almost a perfect open world game, but now game for me. And yes, also thought there would be more with gasoline problems, but I guess they would be aftaid if the players let the game go, after running out of gas, walking for miles and finally die in the desert 😁 what I always liked in Mad Max, they are all running for the rare resource, gasoline, but everyone drives beautiful and awesome muscle cars 😅 so, no, that franchise shouldn't be to realistic at all, but a bit more strugglig to survive would be great. 😊

[@MK384]

I love how the game connects Furiosa and Fury Road.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Ooh how so?

[@MK384]

@@HighFunctioningMedium scrotus and chum bucket cameos, Glory, and Hope specially Glory is the girl in Max's hallucinations which did not make any sense when unless you played the game. I haven't finished the game yet but now that I have seen both Furiosa and Fury Road, the Mad Max video game gives an added value and much needed lore to the events in between both movies. I am theorizing that Furiosa takes place before the Mad Max video game and the game happens before Fury Road. So basically: OG trilogy timeline, furiosa, video game, fury road.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Gotcha! Did you hear Chumbuckets name in Furiosa after all? I've not been able to go see it yet but that's what was told to us by that guy on Twitter who said he'd read the script

[@handsomeDRAC]

Compared to all the shit coming out these days makes these older forgotten and often overlooked/underrated games look like masterpieces.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Yeah its always amazing how relativity makes things so much better by comparison

[@RMAN_R]

In short, this game is Batman but in the desert. Maybe I'll finally play it one day. Great video!

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Sandbat XD in a way! Yeah, its worth at least one playthrough

[@Grandmastergav86]

No, it's better than that shite.

[@sladelius6174]

Mad Max is far better though.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Than Batman: Arkham Asylum? Okayyyy

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

How many other classics is it better than XD

[@joeabernathy5402]

it's Open World Game: The Game. It makes the mistake that most modern open world games do and fails to justify why it's an open word game to begin with.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Def why it gets so repetitive

[@MAGDIELJOBAD]

At least one of the side characters in this game appear in Furiosa.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Ooh any idea which one?

[@juandeandrade3675]

I mean the game released in 2015, what I consider a year of great games. GTA 5 for the Xbox One and Ps4 in November 2014, The Witcher 3, Arkham Knight, Black Ops 3, Metal Gear Solid 5 and Fallout 4. Despite it being am amazing game, Mad Max had to contend with them. We were spoiled back then as gamers, and the amount of inundated games that seek to suck the consumer dry makes Mad Max seem like a jewel. You can't go wrong playing it

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Oh shoot, I totally forgot Fallout 4 came out that year too. Good grief, that was really one of the best years the Xbox One/PS4 ever had, huh? Brutal year for a middle of the pack kind of game. Yeah thats honestly what got me into KZbin - seeing how many new games did nothing for me and being crippled by choice as to which of the old classics I wanted to play. Happened to find reviews of retro games that I thought would be refreshing and got totally hooked on them and have been playing many for the first time and rebuilding my Xbox 360/Xbox game collection to play/review. Oldies but goodies!

[@juandeandrade3675]

@HighFunctioningMedium Not only did bro respond but it took you less than a day. Dedicated to your craft and just earned a subscriber! Greetings from South Africa

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Oh I'm a total overworkaholic. I respond to 99 percent of comments and most on the day they're posted. Only ones I don't are ones I don't get notified by :) aw thanks, it's great to have you. See you around!!

[@MrBfg586]

I love the atmosphere and particle effects in this game, it’s up there with Metro Exodus’ setting. I wish Mad Max’s character in this game was more interesting, I don’t know maybe it’s the voice actor or the character design. There is one reason I don’t like him in this game but that would spoil the game. If you know, you know.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Yeah Max has honestly always been kind of a cypher

[@kinnikumask]

i quit playing on tge race too

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

No idea how it was so easy 2nd time i played it. Unbeatable feeling the first time

[@hemangchauhan2864]

You've matched a lot of thoughts I had. Unmatched wasteland vibes, still unmatched fire effects, lovely car handling/car combat system. Progression was miffed (esp first half) and combat (despite excellent grimy feel to it) didn't felt reliable. Ending was rushed as do many systems. This is a good foundation for a better sequel, but that is never happening. On another note, PC port is one of the best. I can change the window size with no issues, so I set it vertical right side, while youtube video ran on left side on my browser. So ubisoft busywork chore felt less boring.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Oh thats nice! PC ports get shafted these days so I appreciate they did that version justice. Yeah, man, I still like coming back to this one even if it does kinda wear out faster than Id like

[@solofox9426]

This game and Days Gone. Similar in how you are building a vehicle as a play incentive as well as both being underrated gems (atleast as far as critics and their publishers go). You know back in the 90's I used to spend countless hours playing a game franchise where all you did was car combat (that used to be enough) but I always wished I could exit my car a run around looking for upgrades, those games where called Twisted Metal. If I could play a game like this back then I probably would have never left my house.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Yeah! I hear a lot of people repping Days Gone. My PCs trash but I hope to play that version someday unless I somehow come upon a PS5

[@The_Wastelander87]

I’m playing it again now! I remember this came out the same weekend as metal gear solid 5, which in my opinion was a big mistake… and I was a big metal gear fan at the time and I picked Mad Max over metal gear and I do not regret it to this day. But I think that was a big factor that hurt it. It really is underrated and I can only wish that we would get another entry that’s improved upon the first.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Absolutely. Sunderberg, Avalanches CEO that put out that blurry promo pic for Mad Max, just tweeted yesterday he never understood why they had to release it alongside MGSV

[@theriffwriter2194]

The same way a game can be 10/10 and still have a bunch of flaws, mostly because it does so much right, I totally agree with Mad Max's 7/10 meta score yet I still really love it. There's something about the "game feel" of this game that makes it greater than the sum of it's parts. Now it's not one of those masterpieces I try to replay once every other year like Red Dead 2, The Last Of Us or Hyper Light Drifter but I definitely feel the two 100% playthroughs I've done over the years was time well spent. And to answer your question: definitely underrated! I mean, the $5 price tag says it all. Obviously nobody's buying the thing.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Definitely. Games don't have to be timeless art to be really good or really enjoyable, even if it's just for a select few. Mad Max def feels like one of those cult classic games

[@shawnadams1965]

One of my top 10 games for sure. I also liked the Rage games due to them reminding me of the Mad Max game.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Yeah! I'm a huge Rage fan!

[@B1G_Dave]

A potential classic, that fell into "huge open world grindathon" that pretty much all AAA games fall into. They could've kept the map, as it fits the Mad Max aesthetic, but literally halved the amount content. Burnt out on the scrapping for scrap before reaching the northern regions. Shadow of the Collosus showed how to do a large map without all the pointless content.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Exactly. We are still struggling with this slime, the whole "length is value" thing

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

I hate it sooo much

[@NaturalSynthetic777]

Completely insane that there isnt a new game plus and a reset enemies like in far cry option. The car and melee combat are so good its a sin not to fully enjoy it with all the upgrades and a world full of enemies

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

For real. New game plus just makes replays so enticing

[@intheouts]

I've owned this game for many, many years. I've tried on several occasions to play it through and every time I get bored after a few hours and walk away. It's not awful, it just can't hold my attention like I wanted it to. It feels like a smashed together product of several other games that both work together and serves to bog down the experience. But the bad lads name is freaking Scabrous Scrotus. That gets a 10/10 for laughs in my book.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Its so gross as a name! A Redditor had a hilarious comment about how it reminded him of the Biggus Dickus scene in Monty Pythons Life of Brian. Included reference to it but got copyright claimed so had to edit it out But yeah man game wears out faster than i wish it did

[@sethmurphy7243]

As far as I as can tell this is meant to be a loose prequel to Fury Road. It even follows the same general plot outline of the prequel comic for that movie, just... different details. In both Glory and her mother get kidnapped and later freed by Max, but ultimately get killed anyway. And it makes sense, by the end of the game Max has lost utterly everything except his original car. He's mentally broken, haunted by guilt, and presumably on the run from vengeful War Boys. Maybe he was being chased at the start of Fury Road because of bad luck... OR maybe those War Boys were pissed he killed Scabrous Scrotus? Also all that loss would make him mentally unstable enough to start hallucinating Glory blaming him for her death like what happens in the movie. Like a lot of things Mad Max, it's up for interpretation.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Oooh no kidding. Feels like I vaguely remember hearing about a comic but didn't remember to track it down!

[@johnwerner6445]

No NG+ makes this game have absolutely no replay value. Its kinda stupid to have all the best upgrades for the car be unlocked after there is literally nothing left to do

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

That grinds my gears too

[@jagaloon14]

Well I heard the original intention was for the big nothing to be massively explorable instead of the handful of secret locations in the final game. It wasn’t purposely designed stupid, but things definitely got cut short.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

@jagaloon14 i def remember reading that now that you mention it. Avalanche wanted it to be like this unending treasure hunt type thing out there. I guess it wouldve been some form of procedural generation or a trick to make it infinite

[@jagaloon14]

@@HighFunctioningMedium yeah I’m guessing a much harsher environment too so you really feel the full value you get out of a fully upgraded car. Shame it didn’t work out, could’ve been so much better. Still a fun game though for what it is

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

@jagaloon14 definitely. Im glad I got to relive some of the fun of my younger years with this one

[@RuzakyNOD]

Game is great one of my proudest platinums

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Dayum! Thats commitment!

[@Rhyskendall8]

Well I enjoyed it, i go back and replay it every now and again. It does a job, i find the on foot and driving combat fun. It's got its flaws, repetition probably being its worst, but it's far from bad, in my unimportant opinion

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

No argument here from me, that's mostly how I feel too!

[@Yankee_rose12]

Fun fact: Avalanche studio got acces to the schetch Book that george miller use to write and draw is ideas ( characters, vehicle and landscape) for the FUTURE movies. So, basically the game spoil lot of things that will happen in Furiosa and in Future mad max film. (and George miller was very angry about that, and he refused to be credited in the game)

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

I heard something kinda apocryphal like that. Some stuff for the Wasteland too, right?

[@Yankee_rose12]

@@HighFunctioningMedium yep and thats really interresting how this Game is accidentally canon to the Movie, i suggest you the Channel MadMax Bible if you want to learn more.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

@Yankee_rose12 oh hell yeah! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@2HeadedHero]

Good game, overlooked, but the melee combat was a bit jank

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Yeah i realized its kinda ass until you upgrade him enough to kinda just punch through fools and not simply have to wait and parry everything

[@2HeadedHero]

@@HighFunctioningMedium it's from that unfortunate era where every character action game tried to play like Arkham and most failed

[@Deadforge]

​@2HeadedHero I'd say it's one of the few successful games alongside Sleeping Dogs.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Yassss almost mentioned Sleeping Dogs here as well as Watch Dogs

[@Deadforge]

@@HighFunctioningMedium Sleeping Dogs is one I'd really love to talk about.

[@Tinyuvm]

Biggest sin of this game IMO is unlocking the Interceptor only after the game have ended! If you done all the side missions before hand you would have nothing to do

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Right?? I'm someone who saves the story for last usually so that I get the satisfaction of a crafted, cinematic ending as the last thing I do. But that doesn't work here. Bleh!

[@WillyDIreland]

One of the few open world games where I went as close to 100% as I could. I don't know why but it worked for me.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Oh I get it It's repetiveness can become rhythmic and addictive

[@Deadforge]

Back when the game released I had basically no issues on m Xbox One S at the time. I was on a big Mad Max/Waterworld kick at the time and I just loved being in this world. I loved all of the objectives and put nearly 120hrs in and got like 98% completion. The only thing I didnt 100% was the scavenger locations because thw becane too much lol in the same way I'm so cloae to 100% on Sunset Overdrive but damn there's a stupid alount of collectibles ad the currency to show then on the map is hard to get.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Dude, the real bugger is finding all the insignias in camps

[@Deadforge]

@@HighFunctioningMedium They can be tough but I did manage to find them all haha

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

That sounds miserable but good on you

[@ACougarSwagnum]

can't wait to watch furiosa, but i'll find it it surprising if it isn't a fumble love love love love your videos, and i love love mad max the game, it was so fun wish the racing was more fun tho, but everything else, cool, it is hard to fill the hole of new vegas 3d post apocalyptic rpg likes mad max was fun, sand land is cool, love elex now, days gone is pretty cool, cant wait to play starfield, idk, mass effect andromeda is ok if i played online only games, i would proly like the ubisoft abstract post apocalypse of new york mixed with looter shooter genre, i am alive was ass, metal gear survive is cool but too grindy still want to play the original r.a.g.e tho too a new vegas 2 would be so nice, i just love ther magic of starting shite in a hostile land, but slowly figuring out more and building up your arsenal pacific drive would be cool but i gotta sell my xbox to get a ps5

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Thanks, bud! Yknow, people were balking at Furiosas weird look but ive seen rave reviews this past week. I actually had a line in the original script about how it reminded me of I Am Alive, a really cool type of game thats horribly frustrating XD

[@ACougarSwagnum]

@@HighFunctioningMedium respeck for rembering i am alive, i really thought few played it, i had high hopes for it, but just couldn't get into it

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Its super arbitrary and frustrating because of it but impeccable atmosphere and tension. One of the great examples that games can be unique, interesting, and not cost a ton to make, which we could learn a lot from these days

[@ACougarSwagnum]

@@HighFunctioningMedium bro someday would be cool to hear a vid from yo on it, feel like there hasn't been a positive vid made on it before but i get the grind, keep chasing the algorithm, and good luck game essays have taken a hit this last year, its hard out there good luck medium !!!

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

​@ACougarSwagnum thanks, boss. Dont worry, Ive mentioned I Am Alive in passing before and I think about it from time to time so Ill def review it someday. Ive been meaning to do a lot of the old XBLA games honestly. $15 classics all over the place like Call of Juarez: Gunslinger and State of Decay, etc

[@maynardwayward12]

I got two-thirds of the way through. There was definitely a very fun game for 10-15 hours there. But it's too repetitive.

[@Deadforge]

You can finish it in less than 20hrs

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Def repetitive. I couldnt believe how long i played on my first go past when i was really getting a whole lot out of it, was just kinda trying to get as far as i could. At times its nice and zen to do something repetitive and other times i wished for a little more spark in these long strings of tasks

[@Deadforge]

@@HighFunctioningMedium That's fair

[@maynardwayward12]

@@Deadforge must have been doing a lot of sidequests. since they tend to be alike. still, not the worst game.

[@Deadforge]

@@maynardwayward12 OH I spent over 120hrs my first playthrough lol

[@AquaShibby3000]

Yes. Absolutely.

[@StagnationPrime]

not played it but from what I heard it was an enjoyable game

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Def some good fun to be had. Chumbuckets an incredibly memorable sidekick, melee combat gets brutal, and car feels great

[@juicedgoose]

Not really underrated. It's one of those Ubisoft done right type games. As good as it can get within it's suffocating restrictions

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Pretty much my take honestly. I think it's worth digging up to play but it def wears out after awhile, although I might rate it more in the 7.5 vs 7 average it has

[@Grandmastergav86]

yeah it is and thanks to that a certain "Sterling" character, it's "lack of quality" was echoed by many sheep. It's far superior to that MGS garbage released around the same time.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

I can appreciate you defending it but MGSV is a far more complex and rewarding experience

[@Grandmastergav86]

@@HighFunctioningMedium It's a convoluted mess (like all Kojima titles) IMO. Each to their own and all that! Mad Max is great, regardless of it's simplicity.

[@danpeas7516]

I think 6.9 is about right nothing more nothing less banger of a ride good fist fight and very good car control is fun. But thats it after the end you feel emty driving in a desert.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Yeah it looks bad as a score but it's really just 7 out of 10. Perhaps 7.5 is really where I'd put it cuz its got some pretty cool stuff but a lot of fluff and it could stand to have more setpieces

[@xNachtmahRx]

The game simply was another empty, open-world slog where exploration outside of markers was unrewarding, like all of this studio's games. Same with Rage 2; It's a good game as long as you simply follow the markers and only drive to the Arches. Empty worlds make more sense in MM, especially with the car aspect, but it was still dragging on. Basically just another Ubisoft game but Mad Max. Still looks good though. Would have preferred a Punisher/Max Payne style gameplay with linear levels or small, Deus Ex like hubs at best

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Yeah, it's about as Punisher as it gets (a reference I make twice actually) without becoming a shooter, which Max has never been. Mostly it felt like the world was just split up into too many disparate parts so that instead of 20 of something you had 40 or 50, let's say. Just too much busywork to get started. I do like this a lot better than the average Just Cause game because Chumbucket's a fun guy to ride with and the story's a lot better and has a history with me vs the dull guy from Just Cause and his endless radio chatter convos or generic cutscenes, though. I'll give them that for sure. Not a bad game here, but I do wish they'd clipped out a fair bit of the fluff or gone a little harder into what was working like the scripted sequences.

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

You just described Aus...where's the problem?

[@athisio836]

Yea thats how the wasteland is supposed to be although I do wish we had more of the locations from the movies.

[@NthReview]

Mad Max? More like "Boring, Gross Max who hangs out in the back of the classroom surfing 4chan on a hidden phone."

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Hes Misunderstood Max, I will have you know

[@edgarector]

The game is simply way too easy, repetitive and formulaic. It's a 20 min loop that goes for 60 hours. Nothing ever changes. Once you've had one fight, that's it, you've had them all. And it is so unchallenging, it almost makes you doze off. Graphics and overall atmosphere are good enough, but everything else seems like it was made for the lowest common denominator.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Yeah its too just spaced out. Just Cause is exactly the same so it's kinda their M.O.

[@seeingred1409]

Did you just take a section of Gman lives video and pretend it was from a conversation you had with him?

[@Deadforge]

Gman recorded audio specifically for this

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Nope, asked him to contribute as an Australian who might have unique insight, gave him free reign to talk about whatever he wanted, he did, and i just split it up in the video by relevance to what i was talking about. If you'll notice too, his old Mad Max video isn't even available anymore so I had even more incentive to get his thoughts out there on the game

[@kalleklovvn9262]

boring as shit game, extremely repetetive

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

Ouch!