Mad Max (2015)

Open world? References to lore established in the previous movies, like that statue in the teaser? Actually fully customizable car? Meaningful progression? Batman styled combat? Actual blood and gore? Amazing backgrounds and breathtaking scenery? Glorious weather effects?

Too good to be true. It doesn't happen often and this might not be that time. I'm skeptical.

EDIT: Motherfucking preorder bonus. Well, I hope that's the only downside. MFW:



EDIT2: I hope the desert is really big and really empty. I don't want to step into a quest every five feet of the way, it's supposed to be post-apocalypse, not a Neo-Tokyo with an overpopulation problem.

 

Just to clarify, I don't want less content, I just want it to be a bit more spaced out.

 

20 bear asses!

 

I'm really looking forward to this game, but am just as worried about it at the same time. The vehicle stuff looks awesome, and the world looks great - I just hope it is as much an "open world" as possible and not scripted and controlled to merely give the impression of an open world. That this is coming from the developers of Just Cause gives me some confidence that we might get a proper open world, though, and I do also hope the world is vast and encounters/etc are spaced out well to fit the setting. As this is starting to look like it could be one of the few games I always dreamed of, I am, of course, expecting to be rather disappointed!

 

It looks pretty damn cool. My only complaints are that it appears like Max's enemies will only attack him, one by one, rather than all in a group. It stick true to action movie fighting sequences but not to how it might actually be in the post-apocalyptic world (I had a similar complaint about AVP 2010). Another thing is the vehicle combat: while I find it intriguing, I think there hasn't been a game that does this very well. The closest game that resembles its properties is Rage, by ID. In Rage, the vehicle combat was decent, but something about it didn't feel how it imagined it would. I just think it's a very difficult thing to capture -who knows though, the team from Just Cause might be able to deliver this; and from the video, it looks like there will be a first-person perspective from inside the vehicle, which is very cool. I've never played the Just Cause games, but the gameplay sure looks destructive and fun. Now the open-world part: Rage wasn't necessarily the largest open-world game out there, but it was open enough to where it got boring having to travel from point B then back to point A. Also, the enemy vehicles spawned in the same area, over and over, and that got old pretty fast. I really hope the Mad Max game enemy's spawn location is random. Lastly, the "you're our only hope for every little settlement" thing: I really do hope this ins't how it's going to be like. There has to, at least, have some negative world consequences when you help out one town and then you help out their "not so friendly" neighboring settlement.

 

It looks cool and has very good ratings and reviews. I guess I'll check this one out.

 

That's the most theatrical game trailer that I've seen

And I just read some articles about the new trailer. One article mentioned all the negative things about the game while the other kind of praised it; but with any comparison, the negative always seems to draw the most attention. On the positive note, it's said that (and one can even see it in the trailer) the steering wheels inside the vehicle are actually on the right hand side; as opposed to how it was done in the movie, where they were positioned on the left side.

 

I don't remember if all the vehicles have the steering wheel on the left side, but for sure the oil tanker does. They might just all be missed and matched to give the movie some variety.

I like the steering wheel to be on the right side. It looks cool, but I guess that's simply because right sided driver seats are uncommon in the US and I just fancy something foreign. The only thing I find weird is driving on the left side of the road . So strange, but the steering wheel on the right is something I prefer.

 

Can confirm drive on the roof



Or the right what ever

 

Nice demonstration on what's to be expected of the game; but, I already saw a few things that I didn't like -one of them being the HUD. The ammo counter/health is okay, but the mini-map has always been a pet peeve of mine. I also didn't like the health meters shown above enemies, especially during vehicular combat. The highlighting of enemies is another thing. Also, the constant achievement checklist popping up; such as when one has unlocked something knew for Max's car, ran over so many warboys, punctured so many enemy tires, etc. The achievement thing is fine with me, but I wished it would be something that could be accessed by pressing a key, like the TAB key, rather than having it appear, on screen, all the time. Lastly, the guy being interviewed said that Max's major concern is to build up his car to the best war-rig possible; but, from the video, it already looks like his car is undestructible. He bulldozed his way through so many vehicles, with hardly any damage done to his car, as if he had one of those zombie-plows attached. I really do just hope, if at all, they could make the achievement list notifications hidden, enemy health, and the heads up display an option.

The one thing I'm really excited about, though, is the first-person vehicle combat....

 

Thanks Bamul!