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So, who's buying Mad Max next week?
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British Monsoon
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Gah, don't get caught on foot next to one of the molotov tower guys - if you get directly hit with one the shitty, shitty uninterruptable animation leaves you entirely in the path of the next volley and unable to escape. Boy, that was fun.
Definity
Member
Since they don't appear to take streams down - I'm going to stream for a couple hours or so. Doing story missions, side missions and whatever else I come across.
http://www.twitch.tv/defnix
http://www.twitch.tv/defnix
Yeah it unlocks on Monday for US (one hour after midnight for EU) not tomorrow
Tomorrow is August 30th 
addyb
Member
As much as I'm looking forward to MGS next week I always knew it was going to be great so I'm in safe hands there. Mad max I always wanted to be this years SoM but had a bad feeling it would be a turkey. So glad it's not. Pretty hyped to play it next week. Shame no bikes are in it. A variation of mordors nemesis system would of been cool as well.
dealer-
Member
Played four so far, mostly collecting parts for the Opus and eliminating camps. Similar to Mordor again in that there are strongholds you need to take down. Combat plays out exactly the same, large groups, chain combos, finishers. Maybe the missions will open up more later on.
It's definitely more of the same open worlds we've been playing for the last few years within a Mad Max setting, so if you like the films and okay with The Mordor/AssCreed/FarCry template then you'll enjoy it.
Sounds awesome. I saw it but didn't understand what it was for so haven't tried it yet!
KillerIsJed
Member
I'd say avoid it. Review copies went out late, there are already deep discounts all around for it.
It has all the signs of a game that the publisher is sure is going to fail.
It has all the signs of a game that the publisher is sure is going to fail.
AgentOtaku
Member
cmon now
Fail because it's literally launching the same day as Metal Gear.
Review embargos going up the day before it pretty standard. Shit like MGS reviewing like a week early is, to me at least, the exception, not the rule.
Wasn't Sleeping Dogs like that?
Green Yoshi
Member
The main problem of Mad Max is Metal Gear Solid V - The Phantom Pain.
Interesting that Avalanche Studios releases two games (Mad Max and Just Cause 3) within a couple of months. They never did this in their history.
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Stay classy.
Krappadizzle
Member
The publisher is WB. They have a track record of just not being a great publisher, doesn't mean the games they publish aren't good-to-great though. MKX, Shadows of Mordor, Batman, all good-to-great games.
It coming out now as opposed to a few weeks ago or a few weeks from now is a sign that the publisher just doesn't give a shit in general. All the multiple hours of footage of the game out in the wild show the game is in a great condition, framerate appears solid, graphics are solid. It seems it's just s shit-roll of the dice for Avalanche than it is to the actual quality of the game.
This. All of it.
probably down to a few things...
1. Mad Max has been ready for a while and they just held off on release to coincide with the move release?
2. Possibly larger team due to the previous success of just cause which allows them to work on others?
I don't know why everyone is getting so wound up over the reviews isn't it common for WB to do this? not to mention plenty of other games have delayed reviews to the last minute I think Bloodborne was 24hours before release which was a pretty big release....
Bill Rizer
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If memory serves me well, Mad Max is the JC2 team (Avalanche main team), while JC3 is fundamentally a new one.
Krappadizzle
Member
Was there and embargo on Arkham Knight before release? I can't remember.
I think you're right.
Q
Queen of Hunting
Unconfirmed Member
I feel like this game is a tie over till just cause 3 which will be the big hitter.
NickatNite
Member
Correct. The New York team is doing JC3, and the Sweden team is doing MM.
Krappadizzle
Member
JC3 is an established franchise. You'd expect it to be the bigger hit. It looks incredible though. But if anything this game is made from the JC2 team and JC3 is a bunch of new guys hired by the studio. Which goes more to show that they are confident in what they've established from JC1-2 that they can hand it over to the B-Team.
Nyteshade517
Member
correct...Mad Max is being developed by Avalanche Sweden (the main studio) and Just Cause 3 is being developed by Avalanche New York
edit: beaten like a <insert Mad Max joke here>
Krappadizzle
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addyb
Member
Gears, MGS V and max bought for a grand total of £55. Gotta love foreign shopping and game sharing on the Xbox. What a start to the next few months of some quality releases. I really want until dawn as well but think I'll save it for Halloween and have a trashy night watching slashers and playing that.
Krappadizzle
Member
This year has been an amazing year for gamers so far. Started a bit slow, but these last few months have just had frenetic releases. 2015 feels like how I felt about 2010.
AHA-Lambda
Member
To me it shows a lack of confidence in the title :/
Simo
Member
Or after enduring said shitstorm for their previous DLC practices and passes they decided to tone it down for their next release.
Also the game takes place in a different part of the wasteland than the movie explaining the lack of guns and ammunition.
Which would be strange. As the impressions are great and the tons of footage makes the game look like a blast. I have seen more than enough to know that it is beyond solid.
mercenar1e
Member
im watching the stream and the world just feels boring.. what are some of the impressions of early buyers? im getting Rage vibes and i didn't enjoy that
for ps4? how? mad max alone is 69....
Simo
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A few in this thread, plus there are a couple more posters here that have it and have been posting about it along with some awesome gifs.
First impressions on Xbox One:
- intro and the part before you get your actual car is kinda okay I think
- seems to be 1080p, yes.
- framerate is also fine while the game looks really good.
- but there is something that makes the controls feel slightly slow, could be input lag. In menus it's much better. (Could also be that movement and driving has some weight attached to it.)
- car combat and fist combat feel both awesome and have good feedback
- some weird control scheme. Jumping is on LT, aiming on LB, shooting on B.
- no gamma control
- but a quite huge selection of audio presets: cinema, tv, rage (makes everything louder), headphones and night (made for low volume)
- German version has only German subs
- you can drive in first person (double tap down on the d-pad)
That's it so far. Haven't seen enough of the rest yet.
I've played for like 8 hours and here are some impressions.
- combat feels good. ofc it's batman formula, but it feels more personal. and I like that there's FURY meter, whichs fills up and Max enrages, his moves change too. he starts hitting way harder, kicking with both legs and even suplexing the enemies.
- car controls are very arcady and it feels fun to even roam the desert without a mission.
- to be honest in it's core the game is closest to Far Cry 3/4 with the difference that you upgrade both Max and his car. (I really like how the game plays so far)
- I was worried that world would feel like that of Follaut 3. there was an apocalypse, but things are OK and there's stuff everywhere. Nope. it's real damn desert with some outposts and totems of war boys here and there. I think it's the only game that gives me real feel of a desert. and I like the imagery too. game locations are on a former see floor - and so there are oil rigs, shipwrecks, lighthouses, submarines - all kinds of nonsense.
-I was thinking this game would have more shooting. But it's closer to Assassins Creed style with shotgun being one of skills and ammo is realy rare without some skills and sidemissions.
-car combat is OK I guess. I mostly use harpoon to take care of any threats, but there are some more weapons later in the game.
-I also like the idea that the devs made both water, food and fuel in-game resourses. I think most devs would only make them apper in cutscenes, but here food is rarely found around to refill HP, water can be gathered in a canteen for use like health-kit and fuel is consumed by car and by some weapons like side-flame-throwers.
-graphics are very nice on PS4. I think it never drops below 30FPS as well. the only downside is somewhat long loading times. sometimes war boys would kill me and game would take up to 1 minute to reload auto-save file. and It had day-zero patch of 400 mb
-one little thing I noticed and liked - Max has leg brace like in the old movies - and when you jump from hights or out of the car - he would limp his leg. he feels very alive in the moments like this
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Overall I enjoy the game very much. It plays like Far Cry 4 - and it looks somewhat like the movies do. Quite enjoyable to say the least
Feel free to ask some questions
Krappadizzle
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Lol, I was watching Def's stream and I didn't know he had made me a mod. I thought I could personally time out people so I didn't have to read their bullshit chat and it'd only affect me, before I realized I had timeout's/bans on like 10 dudes. Sorry about that def. If you couldn't tell I'm rarely on Twitch.
Definity
Member
haha, damn twitch chat is toxic.
getting ddos at the moment and was signed out of PSN. people suck.
It's like people are begging, praying and hoping that this game fails.
Oh well, hope you guys enjoyed. I tried to show side missions, fort upgrades, story stuff, all of it.
No worries. Would have taken more than one mod to clean that mess up once we past 1000 viewers. Jeeeeezus. Just play video games people and have fun!
getting ddos at the moment and was signed out of PSN. people suck.
It's like people are begging, praying and hoping that this game fails.
Oh well, hope you guys enjoyed. I tried to show side missions, fort upgrades, story stuff, all of it.
No worries. Would have taken more than one mod to clean that mess up once we past 1000 viewers. Jeeeeezus. Just play video games people and have fun!
Krappadizzle
Member
Yeah, that chat was awful. Which sucks as there were a few guys there that had some interesting things to say. O well. You got DDOS'd? really?
Lurgan1337
Banned
spoiler about ingame items:
there's a feature to search for different "historyc relics" which are photos with wrightings on the back. and I found one with some kind of bike pictured and the text on the back was "What the fuck is that thing?!". pretty smart of them to do
and edit in a couple more of things:
-control scheme is really funny. at first I found it wierd, but I don't pay attention during gameplay. as it was mentioned above - L2 is jumping (really small jump, it's like they decided to add it just because they didn't want that button missing). L1 is aiming, but you can't move during aiming and it's real slow aim. R1 is dodge-roll. R2 is running. O is shooting both on-foot and in car. basicly if you wanna shoot someone during combat - you just chain combos and then press O - Max would shoot the shotgun. and yeah - that's not a GTA clone in weapons department. I don't think there are other firearms in the game and it's very limited for you.
-FarCry/Shadow of Mordor style outpost captures are some of the best moments in the game. basicly they are all around the map and you capture them for fame, to lover threat level in an area etc. first you would better to scout out the defences. park you car a hundred meters away and take a look at the binoculars. There are sniper towers, flamethrower-mounted towers, flamethrowers on the games, reinforced gates, etc at the citadel. you need to break their defence on the car first. and then you go in on foot. you kill a bunch of war-boys and make your way to an oil pump. grab a gas tank and blow that shit up. always feels good. burning oil-pump is basicly win scenario for outposts like this.
-storms are random and they look really good. just as good as in the latest movie. first Chum warns you about it coming - and then wall of sand, wind and lightnings goes all around you. scrap flies by everywhere. and big treasure chests with hundreds of scrap parts fly around too. I always try to pick a few for quick upgrades of the car. that's jsut like sailing in the storm in pirate games. big reward for big risks.
-not much gore in the game. as it is not a shooter - most violence is just endless brawls with mobs. with some skills there are bone-breakers which look cool. and during enrage Max goes berserk with suplexes and such. not a successor to Soldier of Fortune for sure. but blowing up gas tanks, cars and thundersticks blows people into pieces.
-the first thing you do after game starts is selecting gamma setting. poster above said there's none. so may be after you set it up - it's not in the menu. idk
This is my main gripe too.
I have been watching numerous streams and have seen countless videos and I just cant seem to have the game world click for me. On paper its everything I want and it looks beautiful while doing it but it just seems too....sterile? samey? uninspired?
I geuss that technically is a wasteland in a desert and it does work..but to spend countless hours in that sandbox ( lol...) does not seem appealing unless there is vast scenery changes.
Krappadizzle
Member
spoiler about ingame items:
there's a feature to search for different "historyc relics" which are photos with wrightings on the back. and I found one with some kind of bike pictured and the text on the back was "What the fuck is that thing?!". pretty smart of them to do
Hahah, awesome.
Nyteshade517
Member
So just to check...that whole "unlocking tomorrow" thing was just a misunderstanding of the game's launch time in Europe or something?
Krappadizzle
Member
My understanding now is that ~1600PST will be the unlock time Monday.
| Praxis |
Banned
It's definitely a looker. I'm wanting this game more and more. I enjoyed Mordor and felt the biggest thing it lacked was a fun transportation system, and this has that covered. Looks like I will pick it up sooner than I expected.
Has there been any word on how the PC version runs?
addyb
Member
On Xbox mate. I'm uk based but buying from foreign stores is a lot cheaper. For example metal gear solid 5 is £49.99 on the uk store but it's £25 on the Hong Kong store. Max cost me £34 but both games I split the costs with my game sharing mate so it's bargain prices
Krappadizzle
Member
I felt the SAME exact way about Mordor. The teleport attack was bad ass, but not enough. And using the lion things wasn't enough.
By all indications, PC version will be fine. JC2 was great on PC and they've shown ~20 min's of footage or so of Mad Max running on PC, but it was broadcast at 720p as to make it available to the widest possible audience so it's hard to make a judgement on the quality of the port. But the 20 mins or so looked fine, framerate was 30fps but they say it'll run at 60 and I didn't notice any major issues.
Footage if you're interested.
NickatNite
Member
The stream was 720p at 30fps, has stated by the Devs.
And yeah Avalanche are working on the PC version themselves.
Nyteshade517
Member
They showed the PC version this week on a Twitch stream. They didn't archive it (or any of the other streams on their official Mad Max channel) so there's only a small clip on Youtube I could find. From everything I saw it ran with no issues and they did it to mainly show people they had things under control. I believe they also made a comment on another stream that internally the PC version was the best version of the game when they tested things. I'll put the clip below of some of the PC footage...just skip a couple minutes into it to get to the gameplay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIUQSeeIWX0
Krappadizzle
Member
They state in the stream that the game will run at 60fps. But you're right, footage is at 30fps.
Simo
Member
For what it's worth the below official gameplay overview trailer was captured from the PC version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hDPmTvqob0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hDPmTvqob0
Krappadizzle
Member
The PS4 trailer is PC footage? That's misleading. It's an awesome trailer though. Looks super clean.
Simo
Member
It's just on the Playstation channel with their logo edited on is all, it's not the PS4 trailer. Here, the same trailer on the game's YT page:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKRGvSi5xXk
When the trailer debuted I asked Christofer Sundberg about it and he said they capture all their trailers from the PC builds because it's easier for them to capture and edit.
Nyteshade517
Member
another comment they made on the PC version (on the PAX stream I believe) was that it wasn't frame capped...so it's not just locked to 60 even if you can go over that
edit: it was the Machinima stream
edit: it was the Machinima stream
Krappadizzle
Member
I must have missed that. That is awesome news. I wonder if I'll be able to hit 144fps. Thanks for mentioning this, you have no inflated my hype balloon even further.
I'm not complaining, I'll take PC footage all day. Just seems a bit shady of Sony to edit in their PS logo on top of PC footage.