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Mad Max - 70 minutes of gameplay
- Thread starter Fret
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I do. I'm looking forward to Mad Max.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
I'll be grabbing it on the 1st, but seriously... poor decision to release on the same day as The Phantom Pain. It's gonna suck all the oxygen out of the room.
AusRoachman
Member
Anyone know when reviews hit ? If its launch day then that would be very disappointing.
ScaryShark
Banned
Useful post.
Thanks for posting OP. Better than that poor quality video that was floating around last week.
DOWN
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They had to get it out when the movie hits stores.
Alcoholikaust
Member
best performing footage I have seen
although it still seems very monotonous-curious how this will do
although it still seems very monotonous-curious how this will do
halopower67
Member
Such a shame that it comes out same day as MGS. Kind of super unfair for it.
I don't even know when i'll be able to play this game. Between MGS V, Fallout 4, and Just Cause 3.... there is a LOT of game to play.
I don't even know when i'll be able to play this game. Between MGS V, Fallout 4, and Just Cause 3.... there is a LOT of game to play.
MiguelItUp
Member
I most definitely care, quite a few people do to be honest. 9/1 will be an excellent day in a LONG time. Cannot wait! I think they did an excellent job capturing what the world of Mad Max looks like, and that harpoon gun looks so much fun! Thanks for sharing this video OP! Soooo glad I took some time off that week!
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Boy, those Green Man prices are insane.
Oh yeah, this is a realistic and fair thing to say.
Actually kind of looking forward to this. Will give it a play for sure.
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Deleted member 471617
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Watched that video earlier today twice. Really pumped and excited for the game. While im getting MGSV too, September 1st is all about Mad Max for me. Brutal melee combat, great car combat, exploration, survival and resource management plus RPG elements and a story that outside of the beginning is it's own story.
Hopefully, those who are reviewing Mad Max actually want to play and review the game and aren't just zooming through it or not interested in it because that would be a shame and not fair to the game or the developer Avalanche Studios.
Bad release date but the Fury Road movie comes out on Blu Ray/DVD the same day so it makes sense as the game can be marketed next to the movie.
For me, September 1st is going to be a MAD!!!!! day.
Hopefully, those who are reviewing Mad Max actually want to play and review the game and aren't just zooming through it or not interested in it because that would be a shame and not fair to the game or the developer Avalanche Studios.
Bad release date but the Fury Road movie comes out on Blu Ray/DVD the same day so it makes sense as the game can be marketed next to the movie.
For me, September 1st is going to be a MAD!!!!! day.
I'm actually getting quite excited to try Mad Max. The Arkham'esque combat looks entertaining. It's probably not as thorough as the Arkham games, but I'm in the camp that doesn't care too much about Batman's numerous gadgets. I just want to dish out some punches. I'm a bit worried about the monotonous nature of roaming a desert. I hope there are enough weird landmarks and buildings to spice the world up.
Any idea why the PC price is so low? I can find Steam download codes for around $22. And that's on legit sites. Could it be to combat MGS5 sales?
Any idea why the PC price is so low? I can find Steam download codes for around $22. And that's on legit sites. Could it be to combat MGS5 sales?
What legit sites are selling it that low?
Krappadizzle
Member
Picked it up for $36.
Looks awesome. Avalanche games are just big giant sand boxes that are a blast to play.
The environments and storms look awesome.
Looks awesome. Avalanche games are just big giant sand boxes that are a blast to play.
The environments and storms look awesome.
Hopefully this WB PC release is of Mordor quality, and not batman..
Oh yeah, that would almost work better as a game than as a movie.
In my heart I want to believe that WB learned from Batman but my mind says no.
The PC version is being made by Avalanche themselves. Don't worry.
That's good to know. I'm not sure if I'll pick up the game myself, especially with Metal Gear so close, but I hope it ends up being good.
Love the style and the car gameplay but looking at that map with its dozens of same-y sidestuff icons ... man, I just can't do it anymore. I just can't take the AC approach to game-design anymore. It's just too formulaic, too bloated and most importantly it all feels meaningless.
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
Game is looking good.
Krappadizzle
Member
Is this a Ubisoft game?
Nope. But the Just Cause games have a very similar formula.
Krappadizzle
Member
I'd hope they've learned since then. I wouldnt hold them to a fire for Ubi's shitty design practices. JC3 looks to be a bigger better version of itself and I'm excited for that one too.
It's overwhelming to some sure, to see so many options and choices but they are just that. Options and choices and not requirements. Sounds like people are just getting burnt out on open world design in general and should take a break from the genre.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Agreed.
I would prefer they just don't clutter up the map but force you to explore the wasteland and organically encounter extremely well done and written side missions instead of fulling the entire map with garbage things like take down outposts, etc.
Make a smaller map, fill it with interesting things to see and do and focus on some compelling side missions with memorable stories/characters.
Bedameister
Member
That sand storm was very impressive. But to me this feels like another Shadow of Mordor. Solid open world game but in the end it's just another ubisoft like mini quests and collectables. This is not hyping me really.
"Better", sure I'm down with that. But "more" and "bigger" are reasons for concern these days. How can you possibly fill these worlds with interesting and engaging stuff? In the end it'll just be an even bigger map littered with the same "take down the outposts" and "find the resources" activities.
I've decided that I don't want to spend my time playing videogames with those type of games anymore. They've increasingly felt like a waste of time and at times they even felt like work (Hi, AC games!).
Definitely. It's not easy though when many of your favorite gaming series go open-world suddenly. I'm currently burned out from the Witcher 3's open world and I have yet to finish the game. I probably don't even have it in me to play MGS5 right now despite being a fan of that series. Then there's Mad Max, which I thematically love; also Fallout 4 at the end of the year. At best I'll be able to play one of these games, maybe none. The task is just too daunting and too time-consuming.
In the end it comes down to whether the game gives me back an experience interesting and fulfilling enough for the time it consumes or whether it's just a huge time-sink that I just want to be done with halfway through. Right now it seems that MGS5 might be the game that gives back the most in exchange for my time.
I care.
I won't be picking it up on the 1st for obvious reasons, but I will be picking it up shortly after. Avalanche have got a masterpiece on their hands.
I think that's why Sleeping Dogs and to a lesser extent Sunset Overdrive were so successful as they were smaller but more concentrated. You had to work to get Wei Shen upgraded and the side missions were fun and not (always) generic.
I think that JC2 allows this organic exploration too and is the biggest OW game to do it, but games where it's just desert (Red Faction, RDR) just don't appeal, in fact (controversial opinion incoming) RDR was REALLY boring to me .
I hope MM is not the same, I've got this on pre-order, but all that desert and sand? *shudder*.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Spoilers incoming, do not highlight if you don't want to know about the locations in this game:
There's a ton of desert and sand in Mad Max The Videogame developed by Avalanche Studios published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment [/spoler]
Also
Also
Akiyama_AE
Member
Will buy but coming out the same day as MGS so I'm thinking I'll buy it during a month where I have nothing to play
CrimsonEclipse
Member
Is it? If so - probably gonna buy it then, as I can get it super cheap.
WadiumArcadium
Member
Definite buy at some point but they've sent it out to die releasing it on that date.