Mad Max - The Sandiest Sand Box (Zero Punctuation)

[@CERTAIND00M]

I live in the United States but my job frequently requires me to assist people from all over the world and last week I had my first encounter with an Australian. Since I'm obligated to make small-talk with these people, I usually attempt to break the ice by mentioning something that I enjoy about wherever they're from. When I heard the guy's accent, I immediately wanted to scream, "HOW AWESOME IS YAHTZEE?!" But a part of me was worried that either A.) he would think I was some kind of crazy boardgame fanatic or B.) that he would actually know who you were and judge me for being a grown man who was obssessed with video games. So instead I just said, "Australian? Awesome. One of my favorite authors is Australian." And of course he asked, "Oh, really? Who?" I swallowed and replied, "Ben Croshaw?" And without skipping a beat he went, "Oh, Yahtzee? Fuckin' A."

[@Yog-Sothothery]

But... Yahtzee isn't Australian.

[@CERTAIND00M]

MrMonkeybuts​ Not technically, I know. But he often identifies himself as such and the Aussie I spoke with didn't even try to correct me. All the real Yahtzee fan-boys know that he was born in England, so I didn't feel the need to clarify.

[@Yog-Sothothery]

+Joel Farrelly It's all kewl then.

[@scattysafari7742]

+Joel Farrelly Yahtzee lives in Brisbane, my hometown. He has frequently said he's NEVER going back to the UK,and he seems to really love it here. All his co-hosts on his various other projects are Australian. So we've sort of adopted him as our own. The only criteria most decent Aussies have for being Australian is that you want to be one.As Yahtzee doesn't look like he's ever going back home, we get to keep him. :-)

[@CERTAIND00M]

***** On behalf of the US, I'd just like to say that we're super jelly.

[@jacksonbowns1087]

The best part is how Mad Max: Fury Road actually won several academy awards.

[@TheSuperSpud]

Pretty sure it held the Oscar record before Everything Everywhere All at Once

[@OneOfTheLoveless]

Who cares about the oscars? It is and always has been a shitshow.

[@belltolls1984]

@@TheSuperSpud Damn really? I didn't know that, as a huge fan of the series I enjoyed it.

[@TheSuperSpud]

@@belltolls1984 idk I just know it won a lot lol and after some (admittedly shallow so you might wanna check) searching I didn’t see another movie with the same number

[@joaomarcoscosta4647]

@@TheSuperSpudTitanic and LotR: Return of the King are still tied for number one spot, with 11 oscars each. Meanwhile, Mad Max and Everything Everywhere only one 6 and 7 awards, respectively.

[@paradoxacres1063]

*"Alan The Financial Advisor"* Ha! Best Orc name I've ever heard.

[@peardude8979]

+Paradox Acres Wait, did Yahtzee just reference his OWN sadow of mordor review?

[@paradoxacres1063]

Wadsworth Checker I don't know. Probably. (I honestly can't remember if he used "Alan the Financial Advisor" in his SoM review)

[@hiddenshadow2105]

+Wadsworth Checker Yes, he did

[@theorca1997]

+Paradox Acres I prefer dikfuk the dongsmasher.

[@KillerOrca]

+Paradox Acres He did. He was talking about how the Orcs are always talking about smashing things and he said he wanted one of them to admit he was an otherkin who was really a financial advisor.

[@doctoreggnog6644]

Just remember. Licensed games used to be a lot worse than this.

[@5kastubh5]

+Raymond Williams we used to have no electricity. still we wish for better n efficient energy source even now.

[@agentscott96]

Harry Potter 3 on Xbox and ps2 was hands down the greatest Harry Potter game

[@doctoreggnog6644]

I liked Chamber of Secrets best. In Prisoner of Azkaban, it was cool that you could control your friends, but the game was short and really glitchy and I found the puzzles annoying.

[@usolanddescendantofnolanda2627]

+Raymond Williams The loading times were atrocious though.

[@doctoreggnog6644]

Usoland, Descendant of Noland and Destroyer of Sugar They weren't the best, but having grown up with a ps1 I was used to it.

[@ass1337ful]

Mad Max actually is a very well written character, at least in my opinion. He's not angry for the sake of being angry, he's angry because he seen the fall of the world. Everything he loved was taken from him and everyone he tried to protect ended up dying. It was pure chaos, and as an honest police officer he was trying to help out everybody he could whilst keeping his family alive. He seen the nukes fly. He survived countless fights, he's seen many things. The world went from rolling fields of green, to rolling fields of green in complete chaos, and slowly descended from there until nukes were launched and Earth was rendered a barren wasteland. They don't call him "Mad Max" for no reason - he's insane. He roams around searching for the plains of silence; a place where everything is calm and the voices in his head stop talking. The thing is that the plains of silence doesn't exist, hence him being insane. In his mind is a cacophony of audio and visual flashbacks, not the dramatic kind movie-cliche kind but the PTSD kind. To further illustrate my point, the guy who upgrade Max, who's named Griffa, doesn't exist either. Again, it's a hallucination taking the form of his creepy pilot friend from Road Warrior. The hunchback, Chumbucket, notices Max is crazy as well. He wanders in pursuit of the plains of silence, and does what he can to survive. He doesn't fight because he likes fighting, he fights because he likes silence that comes after the fighting. He is a great character, with a reason to be pissed off 24/7 instead of just being a beefy edgy guy for the 14 y/o's to cling to. The thing is that he barely talks cannonically, which adds to his mystery and makes him seem like less of an edgelord. In the game, he doesn't stop fucking talking about what he's been through and how much he loves Linkin Park. Leave it to video game devs to turn a character into an annoying edgelord.

[@jackgardere8458]

Plot hole though- Why does the lady obviously older then him not remember the world before..? Even the people the same age as him don't know what it was like before.

[@yureschede9692]

Some people managed to get hope throughout the wastelands and not get insane, by their own religion. Chumbucket has his own weird-ass religion where the almighty heavens told him to get outta here and build a badass car and wait for "the saint" to come, while Gutgash said "Hey, what if we live there in the wrecked ship and just float when the seas come back?" and everybody trusted him. Deep Friah had the religion of fire of something, and they were happy. The thing is, Chum, Friah and Gutgash kept going because they had hope, meanwhile Pink Eye just wants to leave and quit. While Jeet, his people were starving and kinda insulted Max, but _then _*_somebody_* comes and saves everything. They kept going because of hope, and did _not_ go crazy even in the hardests of situations.

[@rayp.8364]

hahaaha car goes vroom vroom BOOOM

[@mr.battle20]

@@jackgardere8458 I have a stupid fan theory about that. I think Max is far, far older than he appears, and has simply ceased aging. Why, we don't know. Part of the fucked up apocalyptic setting, maybe. It would explain why he still has knowledge and memories of the old world and everyone else doesn't.

[@Gatsby_OW]

I didn't realize Griffa was the pilot from Road Warrior, that's sick On the other hand, Max barely talks in-game. You hear his thoughts when he's alone, but the game doesn't make that clear (The church mission for example. Why TF would a seasoned warrior talk out loud when he knows noise attracted the Buzzards. He's thinking to himself. When he does talk to others, his voice is gruff from disuse, and he keeps it short, straight to the point. Chumbucket is the only one Max talks to in longer sentences bc he needs to. Even canonically, Max talks when he needs to, keeping it short and to the point. In 1 he was normal. 2 he talked less, but still some. 3 was more of the same. It's assumed the game takes place before Fury Road since he has the Interceptor, and he wouldn't have been alone for very long. The time between Fury Road and the game isn't too long, hence why he sees Hope and Glory in the sewer scene (and the pilot, idk about Chumbucket). He just lost more people he cared about, so his go-to is to just go mute, hence why it was mostly grunts in Fury Road Granted, the game doesn't do a perfect job of portraying Max, but it does a damn good job none the less.

[@TheShiz9797]

Keep in mind everyone who is saying how much they like this game that Yahtzee didn't absolutely tear this game apart, which from him is high praise.

[@mymanpaddymcnair1950]

Any game that gets a meh or above from Yahtzee is 10/10 quality.

[@Kartofite]

It is great being Bulgarian- you never know when somebody will say something obscure about my country!

[@Vladimir_Matev]

Yeah had to rewind to make sure he said bulgarian in the video :D

[@typacsk]

+HitchensImmortal Bulgarian girls are prettier.

[@Rodgerinho]

+Ivan Chobanov Ken Lee. To leeba deeba douchoooo!!!!

[@Rodgerinho]

+HitchensImmortal Haha. Milwaukee? Does Milkwaukee traffic the drugs for all of the other 50 states? That's Bulgaria and Romania, every bit of drug trafficking from the Middle East goes through those countries, they're the drug hubs of Europe. Beautiful country. Dangerous country. Not like Milwaukee haha, imho.

[@Rodgerinho]

***** Oh haha, I gotcha :). I think any small country or state who just want a lil attention will act that way lol, no offence ;). I'm sure North Korea are freaking stoked when they make it into a movie like Team America lol. Wooo!! North Korea! I'm so ronery!

[@chase_h.01]

I think we all just want a car that fires rockets and plays ice cream van music.

[@IceehawkPSN]

+theMattZone I think that's what he was referencing

[@blaze1514]

+Chase H Sounds good

[@acasta403]

+Chase H Oh look, we're profile pic buddies :D

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

+Chase H Isn't that basically just playing as The Clown from Twisted Metal?

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

***** yeah - him

[@divinecrusade7673]

Bulgarians! WE HAVE BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE THAN OUR ROSES AND YOGURT!!! HUZZAH

[@System10111]

+Divine crusade (MetalOverlord) OMG SENPAI YAHTZEE NOTICED US OMG OMG OMG!!!!!11111onoeoneone11!

[@iquestioneverything3426]

i have to admit You people do make good yogurt

[@hd_harold7587]

I have to say. Your roses smell nice.

[@Based_Papa]

+Divine crusade (MetalOverlord) Don't forget about backstabbing Serbs and having buttsecks with them (which is incidentally how Macedonians were made).

[@usolanddescendantofnolanda2627]

...You guys have yogurt? Is it good?

[@melkior13]

I love this review - but I am still having fun playing the game.

[@robins.1353]

+Steve C well none of us come here to listen to somebody telling us he likes a game, do we? :D

[@NakedUnderMyClothes]

+Robin S. Dear god, if we'd be doing that we'd be one of the most unsatisfied audiences in existence, second only to the people who attended Lucrezia Borgia's wine and anthrax parties.

[@Beauweir]

+Robin S. hAHA C'est vrai mon ami

[@robins.1353]

SomeoneSimple95 a fellow blackadder-fan, eh? :D

[@NakedUnderMyClothes]

+Robin S. I wear it like a badge of honor, BAAAH.

[@DreamcastGuy]

I was really shocked by how good this game is!

[@cardiacade]

+DreamcastGuy Only got it t'other day and so far it's fun. I just enjoy barrelling round the desert in the car, I'm simple like that.

[@rasundesilva6088]

DreamcastGuy Well I think I know how you popped up in my recommendations now

[@deadjuice1880]

Played it on ps4 when it came out years ago, got bored of it after taking over the first stronghold. Tried it again just recently when it went on sale for 6$ on steam. Suddenly I'm really into it now. I dunno what happened. The noticeably better graphics and frames are great, but I think I'm enjoying it because at the time this type of game was all over the market, there was such sandbox saturation. I feel I can relax and enjoy it for what it is now, and I'm digging it.

[@95kingslayer]

The Mad Max aesthetic is just really awesome in the game.

[@ajeje1996]

One of the first modern open world games I actually enjoyed. Much like with Alien Isolation, you can tell they tried to be as faithful as possible to the original material.

[@Butterworthy]

Thanks for pointing out the issue with all of these "open world" games. They all seem to be doing the same damned thing, and use their "open world" as a sort of crutch to make the rest of the game half assed and repetitive.

[@wesreleases6346]

They're very much "You can do anything! So find something to do yourself, I won't come up with something!"

[@hiphopfanatic4088]

+Butterworthy There's a reason why Bethesda takes so long to make a game.

[@ink4852]

+wut doucar Yeah, because they're fixing bugs and glitches and yet the game is still buggy on release. Lol

[@dennahouti]

+wut doucar obsidian didn't take too long with FNV and that game was amazing

[@nathanclark2424]

Butterworthy Yeah, it's as if the reason WHY we liked the open world games that came out in the first place was because they had good writing, characters (mostly), and play. That is, GAME play. But then they decided that what we really liked about those games was that they were huge and phisically expansive. So they then did that with the games.

[@zytherman8729]

I actually have a lot of fun playing the game, its probably the first game in a while that has had me itching to get home to play more of it. and when i do play it time speeds past me like I speed past people with clipboards. Even though, yes the constant combat can get annoying, after a while, maybe about an hour of play time, you unlocked a powerful enough grapeling hook so you can just take the tires off of almost any car leaving them unable to follow you, making convoys a dream, plus i know its picky, but when ZP said the convoys still have time to come fuck you up, car holding the precious material still drives off, but the scouts and defece cars that are with you are the ones that attack you. to stop you attacking the main car. Over all its a game that i find addictive, but then again im the kind of person who loves to spend hours going out of their way to find all the viewpoitns in AC

[@CraigWard]

"Pronounced Merd Merx" what are we, kiwis? Lol

[@RFC3514]

+Craig Ward - Surely, that would be Mid Mix.

[@punhub1941]

+Craid Ward more likely it would be med sheep

[@Mr_T_Badger]

The way Yahtzee pronounces it, it sounds more like Med Mex and makes me think he’s supposed to be Seth Effrican.

[@danielhale1]

That's a dark thought... "Open World" is the new go-to game mechanic of generic games that don't have much else going on, the role FPS and Platformer served for so long. I really liked Shadow of Mordor because it was well-designed, with a powerful driving reason to be out in the world. It wasn't just tons of phoned-in completion quests, "hundreds and hundreds of hours" of them. I also loved Fallout 3 for the same reason, and I'm looking forward to Phantom Pain. They may have paved the way for a new generation of laziness, though. But maybe that means FPS games will be left alone to heal and find themselves again, the way platformers have (ala Rayman Origins, Super Meatboy, Freedom Planet, Shovel Knight, etc). Or maybe once you've been pinned between AAA companies and Steam Greenlight, you never get to leave. ;)

[@стрелок-ч7р]

don't see why people bash games like mad max for having generic gameplay yet they go head over heels like generic games such as the last of us.

[@Derah_OG]

+wait a minute that card Its because while the gameplay of "The Last of Us" isn't exactly otherworldly, its story is nothing short of spectacular. Same reason why Spec Ops: The Line is such a critically acclaimed game. Its gameplay was also generic as fuck, but it had what I consider la cremme de la cremme in videogame storytelling. Usually, good videogames have either a meh story with a great gameplay, or a meh gameplay with a great story. Shit videogames have meh on both accounts. And legendary videogames are those rare shining gems of the industry that manage to have both a good story AND a good gameplay. And those last ones are very rare and far between.

[@randominternetsurfersurfin7595]

+Meme Master 400 Faster Blaster just like devil may cry, bayonetta, God of war,metal gear rising revengence WHATS YOUR POINT?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?

[@Ir0nF1st924]

+Daniel Hale The Phantom Pain is good. It isn't a classic Metal Gear storyline though. The characters are great, but there are not enough cutscenes. The gameplay though is awesome, it's the best gameplay any Metal Gear has had. The AI is better than MGS4, and the enemies' equipment actually adapts to your playstyle, so don't stick with one method for too long. I would highly recommend it.

[@danielhale1]

Ir0nF1st924 Awesome. I plan on picking it up soon, assuming Konami doesn't start carving out functionality and putting it in the store. :) Watching Game Grumps play it has been a delight, and I have high recommendations from my brother. Meme Master 400 Faster Blaster I'm still not following your logic or intent. Fallout 3's gameplay was a lot of fun, and it nicely fed into the player's growth in the world (e.g. finally being able to take on the Legion soldiers in NV with a mix of stats, equipment and strategy). What specifically are you trying to say about Fallout 3 in terms of this topic? It feels like you're just here to vent and this was the random place you landed. :(

[@atanasdimitrov6469]

That Bulgaria reference was quite random. Didn't think he would think of mentioning us in one of his vids.

[@janedoeandfriends]

i'm surprised that he knows about Bulgaria

[@maddsmon6181]

Atanas Dimitrov I'm quite fond of the cheese, cheers for that.

[@captainforrix956]

I speak of experience. Games Workshop paints are more expensive than gas. you pay 4 bucks for a small pot of paint, but $2.50 for a gallon of gas. the ratio is off

[@Deathclaw-lh5tl]

0:20 - Which begs the question "Why do Oscars never go to comedy, sci-fi, horror and maybe eroticism?"

[@Dank_Engine]

"Just Bread and Buttocks." The man never ceases to amuse me!

[@kailomonkey]

I liked it. For a movie IP game the perfectly adequate sandbox was wonderfully adequate. The convoy battles were on occasion exhilarating. The dust storms that once trapped me while trying to take a stronghold or whatever kinda shook up the gameplay and felt very interesting. The limited resources made it a tough feeling survival of post apocalyptic australia or wherever for the first five minutes, until you get some upgrades to make everything last 5x longer which is a shame. And the haunted by your past story, especially relating to romantic partners, always hits the spot for me.

[@AveryCloseCall]

Honestly, I am surprised you didn’t mention Max’s madness, which I thought was the ver best in any game untill Senua. And better than in the films.

[@usolanddescendantofnolanda2627]

Until Dawn better be next week.

[@iamnotme8999]

+Usoland, Descendant of Noland and Destroyer of Sugar It's gears of war.

[@usolanddescendantofnolanda2627]

+Ciarán Mcgannon Seriously? But the human body isn't meant to retain such high levels of salt...

[@Based_Papa]

+Usoland, Descendant of Noland and Destroyer of Sugar Nope. Gears of War Remastered and then he goes on a vacation.

[@unnamedguy2191]

+Usoland, Descendant of Noland and Destroyer of Sugar Nope...

[@usolanddescendantofnolanda2627]

+Agent of the Patriarchy Salt is literally oozing out of my pores right now.

[@FlakeSE]

One of if not the funniest ZP reviews i ave ever watched. Kudos.

[@DoctaDaKing]

In the words of Immortan Joe: "MEDIOCRE!"

[@DoctaDaKing]

+Jon Baxter Witness me! Riding to Valhalla!!

[@agentscott96]

Honest trailers

[@ThrottleKitty]

+DoctaDaKing I say again if this is "mediocre" Then we live in the fucking golden age of gaming, Cause this game is epic as fuck. Stop being so damn demanding with what you expect in games escalating every damn year, stupid kids...

[@jatelitherius9842]

*look of broken defeat on dev's faces*

[@BlaqueCzar]

+Art Murder This game is mediocre, if your standards are so low that you think this redundant zero ambition hamster wheel of a game is "epic" perhaps you should join the collective and expect more, because you've clearly been playing a lot of shit games to see mediocrity as anything approaching epic.

[@eoinwalker2]

The Mad Max franchise is very well regarded in film circles. Particularly The Road Warrior

[@srbrant5391]

Can we all agree that Chumbucket is the best sidekick ever?

[@ohthepeppers]

_Med Mex?_ I don't think it's set in New Zealand, dude. . .

[@Arthurzeiro]

Oh New Zealand, Australia's Canada.

[@Mattheq]

He didn't say Mid Mix...

[@calebbenson7293]

I think Yahtzee should just go independent now that he's the only person who actually produces anything popular. He'd get 100% of ad revenue instead of minus what ever cut gets taken to prop up the escapist's corpse.

[@cometothelight7291]

I like this short to the point review with a splash of humor 😀😀😀😀

[@getxyourxkillxon]

"The Kratos Anti-Hero scale" This needs to be an official thing.

[@Ghoffman91]

The dust storms for me was just an opportunity to get a shit ton of scrap within a very short amount of time. I'd pin them down with a harpoon so that when I got close enough to hit the bloody crates they would not bugger off somewhere else, forcing me to get back in my Magnum Opus and chase them down again. Course even with that things proved interesting cause while in the process of busting open these crates and collecting the loot I had to play dodge ball with the shit the storm regularly flung at me which would do substantial amounts of damage and smack me back a few feet. It often left me questioning if these storms were sentient as they kept flinging debris and bolts of lighting at me as if it had some sort of unknown blood feud with Max it wanted to settle. Biggest trick I learned is that while during the looting process point your camera towards the opposite direction the wind is blowing so you can see the shit the storm is flinging at you ahead of time and dodge out of the way.

[@NthDoctorWho]

ZP videos are hilarious in 0.5 speed He sounds drunk off his ass

[@ordinarytree4678]

+The Doctor this is amazing

[@NthDoctorWho]

Noah MacGillivray You're welcome

[@Caesar454]

+The Doctor You have done well

[@glurganergc4856]

I just watched at 2 times speed Help

[@sludgewave4786]

That's hilarious...thanks doctor

[@turbocat8329]

I think the trouble with most Mad Max-type games (including miniatures games) is that they're missing a pretty crucial piece of the action. They get the ramshackle cars, the rough and tumble melee and the shooting but the miss the fact it's all happening on cars. The characters are always climbing around on the outside of vehicles, doing parkour shit and everyone always seems to miss that.

[@chaserashid4131]

I love how sarcastic and pessimistic Yahtzee always is.

[@AzaIndustries]

Oh that opening comparison of movies and games is so good and so true.

[@BFedie518]

"The Default Game" is a third-person shooter when the original material has guns, and God of War if it doesn't.

[@sarge7047]

I love how he said "you jelly" i listened to that 106 times

[@Hex_Bags]

Yahtzee lived in Australia for years and still couldn't tell the difference between Australian and new Zealand accents.

[@bcmb026]

I loved this game. Nothing beats pulling an enemy driver out of his seat with a hookshot before ramming his truck which flies off a cliff, which explodes onto another truck full of enemies.

[@jjvagnar1]

Warhammer reference. Yay! Age of Sigmar Figurines. Boo!

[@AfferbeckBeats]

+John Erlwanger The Sigmarine figurines are so nice though...

[@Scoti17]

+John Erlwanger Orks would be the better option in this case. GorkaMorka ^^

[@mitchellscott-young5501]

+John Erlwanger If your talking about the models in the Vid, they are 40k miniatures.

[@samharradence5689]

Yes! He does! :D

[@ScentedCandles14a]

+John Erlwanger That's a chapter master model from Forge World and it was around long before Age of Sigmar

[@jaxsonfanta5420]

I can literally watch these all day! So hilariously entertaining!

[@zamba136]

yeah, when i want to play "mad max," all i need to do is load up my copy of Fallout: New Vegas...though, the cars would be nice...

[@iank472]

Alan the otherkin financial advisor Orc! Best recurring character ever!

[@LaurentiuBadea]

Oi, Mad Max is frikin gold, mate! No, but seriously, after I upgraded the shotgun to third person shooter level, it was this one thing that bothered me: buddy, I just shot your friend there next to you, why the hell are you still throwing rocks at me instead of making dust behind you? But I don't think there's anything to be frustrated about in this game. If you want to roam around the map, raid, pillage, and destroy stuff for scrap (which I enjoyed a lot, maybe too much), you can do that, otherwise you can just follow the main plot and/or side missions and have no trouble about it. However, despite what some reviewers say, the game gets a thougher towards the end, and there is a reason for upgrading. In my opinion, it's a wee above just "meh", but every opinion is subjective, so... I loved 007 Blood Stone. There!

[@bongus796]

+Laurentiu Badea there's a difficulty curve around 3 quarters of the way in, you'll need to grind a bit but it becomes a lot easier. I agree with you though, although some people give it a hard time I didn't mind Mad Max in the slightest, enjoyable, fun. Although it could be because it was the first triple-a pc game i've bought in a while.

[@freXampl]

"when you try to reach next observation balloon and someone's grill is trying to French kiss your exhaust pipe"

[@bucky_b2048]

Med Mex would be a NZ accent. Mad Max is Australian lol

[@GeorgiBonchev87]

As a Bulgarian, I find this video deeply... awesome.

[@singed420snowinit9]

10+ hours into it so far and to be honest it's mediocre, it's not bad but it's not great either it's just ok, you do the same missions over and over again, every mission is literally copy pasted. Still enjoying it though, theres somethings about it that makes you want to keep playing it despite being repetitive.

[@saurocrat_293]

MEDIOCRE

[@saurocrat_293]

MEDIOCRE

[@saurocrat_293]

MEDIOCRE

[@233Deadman]

+Kitty Kat Best thing I have doen in that game: 3 sided car combat, me, Buzzard patrol, and War Boy convoy. In a sandstorm. With lightning exploding around it. Things blew up. A lot.

[@rocksteel9238]

+Kitty Kat But it is really mediocre if its able to keep calling you back I mean it actually has some of the best next gen driving and car combat

[@donavandunn9824]

So I figured out the plot for this game, your goal is to get a V8 engine, based on how many times Max says it every single dialog. Seriously take a drink every time he brings it up and you not be allowed to drive even in game

[@napalmblaziken]

You know what this game needs? Needs more sand.

[@shanetoothsqueeze5098]

Glad to know it's not just me who stops the car, get's out and stand on something higher up or out of the way, and waits for the enemies to get out of their car, beat them up and move on.

[@Megafreakx3]

ahtzee, here a fun fact (that you may not know) Mad Max, "The Road Warrior", was an influence on the 'entire' Fallout series ( that count for fallout 3, New Vegas fallout 4). Anyways I think this was game was mindless fun ( kind of like Sanit Row is)

[@Nixel85]

I think he just meant Mad Max as a video game model. Max may have influenced the desert apocalypse theme, but many games already used the theme to death before Mad Max joined the party.

[@iHuzza]

+The Pickles This guy's talking about the original film. Many items and/or props and scenery (such as the Sawn off shotgun, if I remember correctly) in the Fallout games have similar appearances to their counterparts in "Mad Max: the Road Warrior".

[@JunohProductions]

+The Pickles Mad Max has been using that theme since the early 80s(I don't think the first movie counts, to be honest). What games came out before Mad Max 2 which use a similar theme? Wasteland came out in 88 and that's considered one of the first post-apocalypse games out there.

[@Megafreakx3]

+Junoh Productions I haven't really gotten into/ into of Mad Max before I started playing FO earlier this year and even than i didn't give it much thought before I heard of MM:Road Fury. Yeah I kind of forgot about Wasteland ( I am still new to the FO games).

[@Megafreakx3]

+The Pickles I was kindly pointing out that Mad Max what out before any of those games.

[@mrsunrockplayps4202]

In a storm you can find 3 large boxes with scrap flying around. If you use your hock and drag them behind some rock so you can open them without getting hurt you can get in total 1500 scrap from all 3 boxes. So sand and lighting storms in Mad Max means "cashing".

[@MadDocTim]

D-Did you say... *WARHAMMER40K?!* *MOUTH FROTH*

[@semimad100]

I'm sure someone else already stated this but, if you are playing this game. the reason for the sandstorms besides just a random cool event is that there are these boxes you can break in them. if you break them they have like 1500 scrap inside(i dont remember exactly how much actually. maybe its just 500 per box and i normally get 3 per storm). its deff enough tho that its worth doing. its good to hook the box with your harpoon thing and drag it to a wall or cliffside that it cannot blow away from and then either break it there and get out quickly and get the scrap OR just leave it and get as many boxes as you can to that same area and then break them all after the storm passes. its by far the fastest way to get scrap in the game.

[@thegoldencaulk2742]

It's only held up by the fact that it _isn't_ a shit movie licensed game. If Mad Max was never a movie, and this was a wholly original world, this game would suffer far more harsh criticism

[@christianschlett9897]

Watching this I was like "Yep... yep.... yep. That´s what I was thinking playing the game. " Good job.

[@paradoxacres1063]

I kinda feel like this game's only getting the _huge_ attention it did because of how well-received the *movie* was. If _Fury Road_ wasn't such a big hit, would anyone actually _care_ about this game..?

[@MrToonChamp]

+Paradox Acres I haven't watched Fury Road (yet), and I bought the game and had a bit of fun with it. Not game of the year standards or such, but still pretty good. (I have watched the older Mad Max movies, btw)

[@paradoxacres1063]

MrToonChamp OK, fair enough.

[@rocksteel9238]

+Paradox Acres Honestly there is one thing that differentiates mad max from other sand box games which is its heavy focus on car combat. For you see other open world games like Batman Arkham Knight might have car combat but isnt nearly as heavily focused on it nor is the customization and upgrades as deep. The closest comparison is rage yet I'd Mad Max has the advantage of being less linear and more focused

[@fuzzygreen3634]

+Paradox Acres Having not seen any mad max movies I think it's still a good game. It reminds me of post game GTA, a solid open world to mess around in for a little bit.

[@EldritchAugur]

+Paradox Acres I certainly would. But yes, without Fury Road, Max's fanbase would remain pretty small.

[@davideverett2]

I'm enjoying Mad Max in small doses, It's that sort of game, I'm now 20 hours or so in and I haven't played for a week. I never completed Rage until about 3 years after I got it. And this is one of those games too. It is similar in so many ways other than the obvious..

[@venelinkostadinov8005]

I like the mentioning of bulgaria thx. :)

[@Ward1706]

"That's right, my brain can think about a whole two things, you jelly?"

[@ivanovsd]

Senpai acknowledged my country. Yay * takes a seat *

[@johanlaeon4091]

I actually really loved this game and got quite invested in it despite looking back at it and realizing how repetitive everything was. I've never like the idea of " Car games " and I wasn't sure how this would play out, but the solid game play and rather interesting characters got me hooked, as well as the idea of literally tearing down a warlords territory. I played and finished this game well before I had seen fury road ( which has since become one of the all time favorite movies ). Yet, as much as I loved the game including it's flaws the main thing that really let me down was the boss battles. The very last boss battle was one of the biggest let downs in gaming that I've ever had the displeasure of experiencing. Totally destroyed the game for me. Despite that though I can still boot it up from time to time and have a great... well, time.

[@Lord_Jamesinatre]

Me thinks that you might be a fan of a certain Warhammer game

[@timbrickner8129]

When a sand storm kicks off while doing a convoy side quest. The game definitely becomes fun

[@RinIsArty]

I love this game. Been waiting to hear it get utterly torn apart though. What bugs exactly were you referring to by the way? It's the most stable game i've ever played. more stable than pinball on an actual pinball machine in a retro arcade.

[@mitchellscott-young5501]

Was painting up my Imperial Guard when watching this video, I ended up doing a triple take with the Games Workshop reference!

[@swsephy]

Funny as hell but this game is a lot of fun.

[@FalconPunch256]

The games I know for sure have counter combat (middle earth, Arkham, and Mad Max) are all WB games. Finally gave it a chance with shadow of Mordor, which I suppose was a big step

[@s0lid_sno0ks]

90% of the players love this game.

[@maddsmon6181]

Adam Smasher that is because people commonly buy games they will enjoy.

[@YinandYangGaming]

just started my playthrough, loving it so far

[@djolegusman]

med mex. this broke me XD

[@MRSupernova100]

The storms are a good way to get scrap; It's dangerous, but fun =3 Gathering scrap, while lightning strikes just beside you, just before you get hit, square in the noggin with a huge (and probably really sharp and rusted) plank of metal. The game doesn't have a USP; However, I think it takes a lot of good things about sandbox games, and serves them up in a good way. The story is awesome; And it really captures the feel of Mad Max - At least I think so.

[@randominternetsurfersurfin7595]

Well then you thought wrong without usp your game is shit hell I could go play AC black flag right now and it would still be the same experience as this game

[@truetype80]

and then mad Max fury road won 6 Oscars

[@MCJJ10]

During the sandstorms you are supposed to look for large crates of scrap blowing about. They have heaps of scrap in the.

[@epicengies4342]

lost my shit at mario cart "just walk away"

[@RLDragonStrider]

I am Bulgarian and that reference caught me off guard XD

[@RubberFacee]

When game iz better than movie

[@nickbrowning3270]

+Dr.RubberFace I dont think so

[@pixelsheep1552]

+Dr.RubberFace No

[@TaylanUDogan]

+Dr.RubberFace Hahaha, no.

[@nopresiii]

Both are amazing. Aside from the massive bugs the game has...

[@ThierryRocksTV]

+Dr.RubberFace Spiderman 2

[@FizzleFX]

1:23 Megaman was the one that did that. it gave you a playable tutorial and then stripped you off your powers to give you a first taste of the power fantasy you can achieve! So the Player knows what he is looking forward to! .. but that would have made for good game design.

[@SJMX6]

I loved the part in Mad Max when Max said "It's Maddin' Time" and Madded all over those guys :D

[@thicboibigsmoke7220]

I respect people not enjoying the game as much as I did, but my god the world is beautiful. I cannot help but just loom around at the ruined landscapes and go “oooooh, ahhhhh” at the rusted train cars and broken bridges.

[@EvilExcalibur]

how in the name of shit did they fuck up Batman + Twisted Metal?

[@krish698]

+That guy with the face How did they fuck it up exactly?

[@kalistowns]

+That guy with the face The gameplay itself is fine, the car combat and hand to hand combat is solid. The story is poor. Did you listen to Yhatzee?

[@Nixel85]

+I'm Old Gregg At least tell me if there's a "Big Bad" really hard boss at the end that makes the grinding feel rewarding. That's all sandbox games really need; a distant, hard-to-reach final mission that justifies the plot &/story, but I guess I can't expect much story for a guy riding around a wasteland looking for his next can of dog food to eat.

[@EvilExcalibur]

I'm Old Gregg I did listen to him. And if you had an ear for subtext you'd see where I'm going with this The game is standard by all accounts. Nothing more. It's not trying to be an experience, but rather a time sink. While other sandbox games try to bring something to the table, this one brought absolutely nothing. Even mediocre sandbox games like prototype 2, red dead redemption and Batman: Tank Wars at least tried to bring something memorable, be it in writing or game play. Disturbed Mel gave us nothing

[@JunohProductions]

+The Pickles I wouldn't say that the boss is that difficult. It was easier than comparable missions I already did and I had more trouble with the top dogs than I did fighting the final boss.

[@LilacMage]

I still love this game.

[@tokyoe100]

Simple games for simple people.

[@yureschede9692]

Offensive.

[@gustavoholdrigo9139]

Max screaming at Chum about how he wanted a V-8 engine instead of a V-6 has the exact same air as a toddler throwing a fit.

[@Shindai]

I spent so long clearing the threads and collecting shit now that I've started the story missions I hate the game but need to finish it to justify wasting so much of my life :P My biggest gripes are that the top dog camp bosses are all identical, when they could have made those really exciting, unique things (that would take intel more useful than having someone point out that a guy is weak to being stabbed :p), and the greatest foe I've faced thus far is the fucking camera that insists on dicking me over constantly if there's a wall anywhere near or if I steer the car more than a little bit.

[@firedoom]

I am Bulgarian, the handball team joke was nice. Thank you.

[@TheFrugalVideoGamer]

Door Monster made an entire video based around the "Get out of my car to force melee combat" idea.

[@Zerklass]

So fucking true, I have, like, 53 hours in, and i'm only half way though. The game is a cake walk from here. Upgraded Max to full power, now only need a V8. (Which, you can get earlier I think by wiping all the red bogie stains off of one section of your map.) Either way, I still love it.

[@PitaPaka91]

Good thing I've refunded Mad Max after an hour of playing and gotten myself MGSV:PP. yay

[@Hexthrill]

+Asylation MGSV is also shit.

[@Hexthrill]

Paul Hardy Ok here, booth games are good, like they're shit but they're still fun as shit. I dislike MGSV cuz they advertise it as a serious sneaking game, but than there's the stupid shit like walking around in boxes and chuting everything up into a carrier plane and the fucking fire guy and all (could go on for a while).

[@Tenchigo100]

+NarkDights | Hexthrill Err... you've never played or heard of a MGS:V game have you?

[@Phantom-kc9ly]

Anyone who says anything even slightly negative about MGSV is factually incorrect.

[@BlackINKim]

+NarkDights | Hexthrill They... advertised MGS V as a serious sneaking... game? Where were you living in the past two centuries? In an Isolation chamber buried under the Himalaya? It's Metal Gear Solid we're talking about! The franchise with bondage lover mind reader that can tell if you're a Castlevania enthusiast, the *multiple* cyborg ninjas and were looking at ennemy soldiers's ass is a legit gameplay mechanic! Even if you haven't played the previous Metal Gear Solid, have you not seen the flaming unicorn that was in practically every single trailer ever? How could you thought that it was supposed to be some sort of down to earth stealth game a la Splinter Cell? Or did Tom Clancy's writting really changed during his late years and nobody told me?

[@jamesverner9132]

It has to be maddening to be a prophet of gaming. Yattzee expressed how Batman Arkham would have made bank for patients to counter combat. In the same video mentioned the unique orc Nemesis system, now a straight controversy.

[@sasukesarutobi3862]

Having experienced the Birmingham one-way system, I felt that closing comment deep in my soul. Still, could be worse. Could be the Leicester one-way system.

[@Biodeamon]

also sandstorms are times when rare loot drops right in your face most of the time painfully

[@granadatt34]

Still one of the better movie-licence games I've seen in a fair while.

[@cometothelight7291]

the original movie mad max started in the early eighties , it happend around Australia they had a fuel shortage at that time . it's crazy I know.

[@mnikolov2]

Good shout out to the Bulgarians. I might be one of the few who watch ZP but never the less. You tell 'em Yahyzee. Maybe someone will listen and actually make a something unique some day I don't know what ever.

[@andrewmahaffy5802]

Hey Yatzee, I'd love to see you do a retro review of Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine.

[@argus2389]

I believe this game's observation balloons inspired breath of the wild's observation towers, since u have to actually spot something for it to be on the map

[@warlord5797]

That gamesworkshop reference was perfect