Mad Max open world game coming in 2014, err, 2015

[Syt]

FUCK YEAH! (Use of avatar is purely coincidental.)

http://www.madmaxgame.com/en/

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/06/11/mel-of-a-time-avalanches-mad-max-open-world-game/

The makers of sandbox destruction classic Just Cause 2 + the quintessential movie wasteland setting? Yes please! Er, just one thing... Could you maybe not involve World's Worst Human BeingTM Mel Gibson? It'd kind of put a downer on things.

Fortunately, Warner make no mention of Mr Sugar Tits in their blurb about the game they're calling simply Mad Max, and it's also unclear as yet whether this relates to the original Max Max / Road Warrior films, or the upcoming, Bane-starring reboot called Fury Road.

Never mind, let's have a CGI trailer and think about what Fallout With Cars might be like, eh?

"Scheduled for release in 2014, Mad Max will deliver dynamic, open-world gameplay where gamers fight to stay alive in The Wasteland, using brutal on-ground and vehicular combat against vicious gangs of bandits. Players are challenged with treacherous missions as they scavenge the dangerous landscape for supplies to build the ultimate combat vehicle."

Out on PC, the dusty old toyboxes, the expensive new toybox and the outrageously expensive new toybox*. Tina Turner DLC is TBC.

* Hilariously, a man went apeshit at us on Twitter the other day because he felt personally offended by our long-running consoles/toyboxes joke. He's the real Mad Max here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4ja47hx9RDs

[11B4V]

FUCK YEAH! (Use of avatar is purely coincidental.)

http://www.madmaxgame.com/en/

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/06/11/mel-of-a-time-avalanches-mad-max-open-world-game/

The makers of sandbox destruction classic Just Cause 2 + the quintessential movie wasteland setting? Yes please! Er, just one thing... Could you maybe not involve World's Worst Human BeingTM Mel Gibson? It'd kind of put a downer on things.

Fortunately, Warner make no mention of Mr Sugar Tits in their blurb about the game they're calling simply Mad Max, and it's also unclear as yet whether this relates to the original Max Max / Road Warrior films, or the upcoming, Bane-starring reboot called Fury Road.

Never mind, let's have a CGI trailer and think about what Fallout With Cars might be like, eh?

"Scheduled for release in 2014, Mad Max will deliver dynamic, open-world gameplay where gamers fight to stay alive in The Wasteland, using brutal on-ground and vehicular combat against vicious gangs of bandits. Players are challenged with treacherous missions as they scavenge the dangerous landscape for supplies to build the ultimate combat vehicle."

Out on PC, the dusty old toyboxes, the expensive new toybox and the outrageously expensive new toybox*. Tina Turner DLC is TBC.

* Hilariously, a man went apeshit at us on Twitter the other day because he felt personally offended by our long-running consoles/toyboxes joke. He's the real Mad Max here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4ja47hx9RDs

I'll be keeping an eye on this.

[Tonitrus]

Over-under on the number of player names that are a variation of "Humungus"?

[Syt]

Over-under on the number of player names that are a variation of "Humungus"?

It appears this is going to be primarily a single player game.

[Tonitrus]

Over-under on the number of player names that are a variation of "Humungus"?

It appears this is going to be primarily a single player game.

We could have had a Languish road gang, with Ed as the Humungus and garbon as the Tina Turner character. 

[11B4V]

Over-under on the number of player names that are a variation of "Humungus"?

It appears this is going to be primarily a single player game.

We could have had a Languish road gang, with Ed as the Humungus and garbon as the Tina Turner character. 

Naw, CdM with Garbon riding bitch. 

[CountDeMoney]

Naw, CdM with Garbon riding bitch. 

  garbon doesn't strike me as one that settles for the bitch seat, however.

Lettow as feral Boomerang Boy.

[Tonitrus]

Naw, CdM with Garbon riding bitch. 

  garbon doesn't strike me as one that settles for the bitch seat, however.

Lettow as feral Boomerang Boy.

That's why I went with the assertive dark-skinned blonde. 

[garbon]

Naw, CdM with Garbon riding bitch. 

  garbon doesn't strike me as one that settles for the bitch seat, however.

I've only been on a motorcycle once and I rode bitch but shortly after, I rode the bitch.

[Syt]

Gameplay trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Cym9KaH_hO8

[Ed Anger]

Over-under on the number of player names that are a variation of "Humungus"?

It appears this is going to be primarily a single player game.

We could have had a Languish road gang, with Ed as the Humungus and garbon as the Tina Turner character. 

[Caliga]

Is this gonna be more like Mad Max, Road Warrior, or Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome?  I liked the settings better as the movies progressed.

[Razgovory]

I like how serious the trailer is, considering the game probably going to look like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYoI13P3Gfs

[Syt]

The game is out next Monday. I've watched some live stream from Pax yesterday. Impressions: looks decent (though they were playing on PS4, so PC quality might differ). Lots of sand. Lots of driving. Vehicular combat looks fast paced and action-y (though obviously doesn't get close to the utter madness of Fury Road), with lots of explosions and car crashes. Hand to hand combat looks like Arkham/Shadows of Mordor, with an addition of ad hoc weapons (e.g. wrench lying around).

The map looks huge, with lots of stuff to do.

Only thing has me worried is that while watching half an hour of gameplay was fun and had me itch to try it, it looks a bit repetitive (drive somewhere, maybe get attacked by thugs or run into a convoy, beat up baddies), though this might get broken up by faction quests and special locations - e.g. the guy cleared out a tanker turned oil pump.

Definitely waiting for reviews on this one (esp. how the PC port is, considering WB Game's Arkham blunder).

[Syt]

Also, Polygon's 70 minute gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSeudN-hpgk