Will "Mad Max" be another garbage videogame based on a movie?

I'm glad you made this thread, because I am also super excited come September the 1st. We get two big titles releasing on the same day with Mad Max and Metal Gear Solid 5, which should make things really interesting. I do hope this game lives up to it's expectations because from the gameplay videos I've seen it's been looking pretty great. I just have a feeling all their attention might be going to the new Just Cause game and Mad Max might fall a little short, it will be interesting to see what reviews have to say nonetheless but I have a feeling I'm going to play this no matter what they say.

I'm really excited for Mad Max and the gameplay footage they released has looked good. It borrows mechanics from Assassin's Creed (The revealing map system) and the Arkham Series (the combat) which is fine but also has intense vehicle combat which I'm a sucker for. As far as story goes, I'm not sure what the game is going to be about or if its going to be any good, but large open wasteland with vehicle travel/combat sounds fun. It reminds me of how RAGE should have been. Rage was fun but was the world was small and didn't have anything to do, and they also dropped the ball on the story. Even if the story is a flop, which I hope isn't the case, one of my favorite games from last year, Shadow of Mordor, had a story I couldn't care less about, but it was fun because of the unique Nemesis system.

I don't know if this will be a day 1 purchase for me, but I will pick it up before the year ends. If the reviews for it are great, then I'll buy it within the week it came out, if the review are mediocre, I might pick it up on black Friday or around Christmas.

The best way to figure this out is to find out who the developer is and see their track record....or just wait for the reviews after the game releases.

This is why I follow developers, I tend to get far more excited at my favorite developers new games rather than a brand. I like Mad Max, but the idea of a game doesn't excite me until I know who the devs are.

Luckily I found out ages ago that this upcoming game will be developed by the decent Avalanche Studios (mid 70s/100-low 80s/100 dev), so I think at the very worst this game will be decent at the 75/100 metacritic, which is still good for fans. I honestly think they will hit low to mid 80s though. I always look up developers for games I'm interested in.

That doesn't mean that the past dictates the future of course. It's just an indicator of what we are in for. Same kind of information is used in Sports, and other fields that require statistics.

For example a hypothetical, middling, low tier developer can skyrocket to fame at any time or trend upwards towards an amazing game, but that would be the exception, not the rule. Avalanche Studios is a mid tier dev on the rise as the title they did for SquareEnix, Just Cause 2, was pretty good 81/100 MC. Their followup title for SEGA was Renegade Ops which was in the 81/100 range.

Avalanche is a decent studio, so this game they are doing for Warner Bros. shouldn't be trash and as an added bonus, the upcoming Mad Max game will not be cross gen! Hurray! Mad Max is only for PS4/Xbone/PC, so no last gen assets and hardware holding them back. On the flipside, this title will be a 1st generation title for Avalanche so they still have years and sequels to roll out to impress us.

My guess is yes. The driving part might be fun but the melee part looks like the same old batman type stuff. It basically looks like shadow of Mordor with cars to me. SoM got boring for me quickly

Good stuff, thanks for the input guys. When I found out yesterday that it is the same studio that did Renegade OPs, I was really happy, because I enjoyed that game very much last gen.

The thing with car combat games is they don't come around often, especially big titles like this one. Hopefully MM won't be thin on content, I'm quite hopeful it will be decent, I just wanted to see what people thought because I am afraid it turns out really bad simply because it is based on a movie.

There is one other detail that gives me extra reassurance, and it's that they did not release the game at the same time as the movie(often with garbage movie-games, they release it very close to the movie's release date because they know fans of the movie will have their judgement somewhat clouded having experienced the movie so recently). Here, it's coming out a few months later.....that feels like a positive to me. We'll see soon enough :)

The Mad Max game seems intriguing. Imho though, the only thing good about the re booted fim was the acting skills of Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron etc. The film itself was very poor. I don't think the game will capture the atmosphere of the original films. They should have stayed away from this one. That is just my personal opinion though, want to make that clear.

I'm looking forward to it, I've always been a fan of the movies and now I'm excited to finally have a Mad Max game.

I hope it won't be, but there is always a chance it may be bad. With the developer behind the game making Just Cause 2, I have faith the game will look great and will have some interesting ideas. I just hope the story turns out good. Given this is a film franchise being put into game form, there is a chance the story will be good and that could be what makes this a very special game (as in Just Cause 2 with a good story, that would be a near 10/10 for me). I will see how the reviews for this and Metal Gear Solid turn out. Both have potential to be great, but could easily fall the other way as well.

I hope it turnos out as good as Shadow of Mordor was for the Lords of the rings games, the gameplay videos so far look ok, so I hope it turns out decent, and as a long time fan of Mad Max, I'm fairly excited for this game, I will do my best to share my opinions with you guys!

I'm hopeful that it is good as well, but the lack of any marketing at all has me worried. Are they just too interested in pushing their own property(Just Cause) or is it a sign that they are not 100% happy with the product that is the Mad Max game so they're not pushing it.

Same dev as Just cause? Not tied to the movie at all.

Yes, it's the same developer (Avalanche).

I have no idea about how the product incorporates into the movies though. I take these movie/franchise games with a grain of salt. When they release I fiddle around with them and if they are fun games, complete them. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Avalanche should produce a 75/100+ scoring product at the very least based on their track record.

Yeah I'm also looking forward to mad max I've seen some gameplay footage and it looks good i just hope they have filled the world with lots of awesome activities and the car combat looks interesting i just hope it gets good reviews.

The fact that it's being made by a developer I respect and have faith in, it's an IP I want, and so far it looks to be shaping up good; I'm excited and hoping for the best.

If there's a worry it won't be worth your $60 off the bat, I hope they can incentivize people to pick it up or pre-order it, like say maybe offer last minute the ability to redeem a digital copy of the Fury Road if you pre-order or pick up the digital version of the game in the first couple weeks or something.

I thought the whole idea was shadow of modor with cars.

To me that sounds pretty hard to mess up.

@Riverwolf007: Sounds good to me.

I just found out another detail that I consider positive, for this kind of game anyways. It has no multiplayer component.....don't get me wrong I would love multiplayer in the game, in fact it looks like it would be perfect for coop or competitive online...but I would rather they focus on quality than tack on mp.....the fact that it is based on a movie already has a bit of stigma attached to it.

Anyways, I simply couldn't resist and already preorderd the game digitally.....hopefully I won't have to eat my words too much on launch day :)

The past few years I have actually been looking forwards to sp only games.

No organizing with my buddys for everyone to have a comparable time to play.

No worrying about if everyone has the same compatble dlc.

No having to listen to chit chat while I am trying to play.

No downtime while everyone else is getting their stuff together or going bio or dealing with stuff going on in their homes.

I still love mp with my friends but sometimes a break is nice.

It looks decent, it seems more like the concept of mad max was made into a game, rather than the movie being made into a game. Shame it comes out on the same day as mgs v