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Mad Max screens show an unforgiving wasteland

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Gavin got to see publisher Warner Bros. and Just Cause Developer Avalanche’s take on Mad Max in 2013, and he still won’t shut up about it. Two years on, and it’s still sitting very much at the top of his list of games he very much needs to play.

It’s finally out this year in September, which is quite nice considering earlier rumours had it pegged for cancellation. Now that Mortal Kombat X is out in the wild, Warner is free to ramp up marketing on its other games, so expect a lot of Mad Max hype in the coming months. Let’s kick it off with some screenshots.

I’m still not sold yet. Without much of an attachment to the films, it all just comes off as yet another bit of post-apocalyptic humdrum; a bit like the first borderlands, only without any soul or humour, or Fallout intermingling with Motorstorm.

I sincerely hope I’m wrong, because as thematically dull as the screenshots look, they’re technically impressive – and if the game ends up looking like that, plus having the same sort of fun Avalanche regularly injects in to its games, it’ll be a winner.

The game is out in September (four months after the new film) , and features open-world vehicular combat.

In the Wasteland it’s every man for himself. Playing as reluctant warrior, Mad Max, you must embark on a treacherous journey to build the ultimate war vehicle, and leave the madness behind.

It’s coming to PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Last Updated: April 21, 2015

29 Comments

  1. Admiral Chief asked for this

    April 21, 2015 at 11:34

    Is it just me, or does it look meh-ish?

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    • Greylingad

      April 21, 2015 at 11:43

      Hehehe, I’m sorry, I’m going to do it… Meh Max? It does look a little bland though, I don’t know, the Mad Max series has always been one of grim nature, nothing much more than desert and sand with drama…and guts of course…

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    • Sageville

      April 21, 2015 at 11:44

      I’m wondering the same, if that’s it, with arb standard gameplay then I’m sorely unimpressed.

      I hope you can mod / build your own vehicle….

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      • Geoffrey Tim

        April 21, 2015 at 11:45

        You can. It’s one of the core mechanics.

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        • Blood Emperor Trevor

          April 21, 2015 at 11:46

          Excuse the pun. tee hee.

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          • Hammersteyn

            April 21, 2015 at 11:48

            rofl

        • Sageville

          April 21, 2015 at 11:48

          That could be cool… I will contain myself till further info is available.

          Reply

    • Mighty Meh

      April 21, 2015 at 13:17

      You called?

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief asked for this

        April 21, 2015 at 13:32

        You are 1hr 45mins late soldier!

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        • Mighty Meh

          April 21, 2015 at 15:53

          My bad, Jobs really cut into the day :/

          Reply

  2. Blood Emperor Trevor

    April 21, 2015 at 11:41

    I’m interested in seeing this in action. It’s like a Just Cause/Rage mash-up, and I loved both of those.

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  3. Hammersteyn

    April 21, 2015 at 11:44

    Max looks a little like Joel from TLOU
    *Cannot be unseen

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    • Admiral Chief asked for this

      April 21, 2015 at 11:45

      Have a little crush don’t we?

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      • Izzy

        April 21, 2015 at 11:51

        Can you blame him? Joel’s a bona fide badass! Oh, how I loved TLOU to bits!

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      • Hammersteyn

        April 21, 2015 at 11:51

        It’s the beard.

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    • Sageville

      April 21, 2015 at 11:46

      My Max can only be a young Mel Gibson….at a stretch Hugh Jackman…. but Joel??

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  4. Greylingad

    April 21, 2015 at 11:47

    I don’t know…This game will have to outperform everything else, that includes Rage and Fallout, and I’m a little tired of the latter…If it’s a driving oriented game, it’ll need something very special to impress…

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  5. Hammersteyn

    April 21, 2015 at 11:48

    From the trailer I can deduce obvious MP game is obvious. Also preorder now for exclusive engine, bumper, NOS, etc. DLC and buy the season pass for access to the Tom Hardy exclusive movie character.

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    • Sageville

      April 21, 2015 at 11:49

      The DLC will let you be the heli-copter guy….

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      • Hammersteyn

        April 21, 2015 at 11:50

        I want to be him.

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    • Sageville

      April 21, 2015 at 11:49

      Mind you, THUNDER DOME!!!!

      That could be awesome….

      Reply

  6. Lord Chaos

    April 21, 2015 at 11:52

    Just give me Fallout 4 damnit.

    E3 is coming

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    • Hammersteyn

      April 21, 2015 at 11:53

      This is why we have Kickstarter. People got tired of waiting for publishers to pull their finger out of their asses.

      Reply

      • Gavin Mannion

        April 21, 2015 at 12:08

        I think it’s fair to say that Kickstarter is yet to produce a AAA quality game

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        • Hammersteyn

          April 21, 2015 at 12:33

          This is true…. Throw more money!

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        • Geoffrey Tim

          April 21, 2015 at 12:43

          Pillars of Eternity is pretty amazing; one of the best games of the year (so far). It’s AAA stuff..just old-school AAA.

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        • Mark Vincer

          April 21, 2015 at 13:32

          Here is the game to prove you wrong: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strafegame/strafe

          I haven’t even played it but deep in my soul I know it to be good. Those insanely detailed graphics!

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    • Admiral Chief asked for this

      April 21, 2015 at 11:53

      I used to play Fallout, until I could sprint on some knees

      Reply

  7. Jonah Cash

    April 21, 2015 at 14:26

    Still waiting on actual gameplay!! I don’t know what it is yet? A racer, a brawler, a third person adventure game????

    Reply

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