Mad Max (Gametrailers Review) (PC/Xbox One/PS4)
2Original Description: After wrecking cars, smashing skulls, and eating maggots, we decide whether Mad Max is worth getting sand in your boots.
Original Upload Date: September 3rd, 2015
Score: 7.4
Reviewer: Brandon Jones
Game Description: Mad Max is an action-adventure video game based on the Mad Max franchise. Developed by Avalanche Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, it was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in 2015. Feral Interactive published the game's Linux and macOS versions. In the game, players control Max Rockatansky as he progresses through the wasteland building a vehicle, the "Magnum Opus", to do battle with a gang of raiders, led by Scabrous Scrotus, and to reach the storied "Plains of Silence", where he hopes to find peace. Mad Max emphasizes vehicular combat, in which players can use weapon and armour upgrades on their cars to fight enemies. It is set in an open post-apocalyptic wasteland of deserts, canyons, and caves. Two other Mad Max games, developed by Cory Barlog and Interplay Entertainment respectively, were in production before the announcement of this game, but neither of them was successfully released. Although Mad Max is not based on the film series, it was inspired by its universe, and franchise creator George Miller was consulted during the game's pre-production. Avalanche Studios found developing a vehicular-combat video game challenging because of their inexperience with creating that type of game. Announced at E3 2013, the game was re-tooled during development and the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were canceled.