Mad Max

I will say the game is beautiful and I liked the idea and would have loved to really get into it. Unfortunately its one of those games that they couldn't quite get the right UI. The controls are too funky on the PC and too complex for the controller. I wish they would just make games for console OR PC...they rarely ever work out when trying to please both crowds - and this one doesn't work either way for me. Plus this game gives zero learning curve...it expects you to understand the combat (including the funky controls) without any real practice/tutorial and then throws you into the meat grinder. It would have been nice to either have a little more combat experience or an easier game mode to play first and then ramp up the difficulty by starting a new game. I don't have time to fart around with replaying a mission over and over again until I get the hang of the game.

Mad Max is dramatic, absorbing and brutal. It's a good mix of gameplay styles, and the story and characters are well-written. Best of all, though, is the world-building, which is outstanding. The post-apocalyptic landscape is varied, incredibly well-presented and fun to explore. Mad Max will live on in the memory more than most games. Especially the final act, which is relentless and shocking. The developers have done a brilliant job of bringing Fury Road to life in this game and it is well worth playing through to the end. I was surprised how good Mad Max was. Highly recommended.

I own the Steam version and have completed it. It's one of those games that you wish wouldn't end. It's that good. It has to be one of the very best games I've ever played and top of my list of the best in the last decade. Not brutally hard just right. Everything about it from the story line all the way down to the music is incredible. Get it. You'll see quickly what I'm writing about. If you like post apocalyptic storylines you're going to enjoy every moment of it. I just wish they would do a sequel like they did with the movies.

I love this game to the core and I haven't even seen any of the mad max movies or lore. It's so sad that WB never advertised this game to mainstream and other well known games of that time buried this masterpiece. So little people know of this game, it's just sad. imo everyone should play this game at least once! This is a must play trust me! You won't regret a second of this game!

Wether Mad Max is good or bad depends a lot on how many Ubisoft style of openworld games you've played so far. If it would have been the first I think it would rank as one of the best games you've played but personally I rank it as above average. Still as part of the Mad Max franchise it could have been a lot worse. What I liked is the vehicular combat and like the top reviewer said the convoy take outs are by far the highlight of the game. Though vehicular combat becomes trivial once you unlock the thunderpoons (guided missiles). What I didn't like is the beyond meaningless lootgrab and collect achievements. The only things I liked collecting we're the historic relics, but each base or scavenge area you need to clear of scrap and insignia's and nothing to spend it on anymore. It just drove me to insanity. Something Mad Max does very well is that it has a thick atmosphere of humanity's post apocalyptic descent into barbarism. It did strike a bit too close to home though, with all the going on's in the world at the moment. As such I haven't finished the game, though I think I'm very close to it, because I can only imagine it isn't going to end well.