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Mad Max: Review Thread.
- Thread starter Krappadizzle
- Start date
Where does it say to not buy the game? All it says is that it's average which is perfectly fine.
bodine1231
Member
Wow, a 7 is mediocre to you people,wtf.
bananafactory
Banned
Embargo is 4 pm PT Monday.
This should probably be locked until then...no point in discussing 2 nothing sites who just wanted to get attention by posting early
This should probably be locked until then...no point in discussing 2 nothing sites who just wanted to get attention by posting early
Garrett Hawke
Member
In the year 2015, some small time games press writers can't spell the word definitely.
this post was almost 2edgy4me but I had to reply.
fastballspecial
Member
LOL The Reader's Gambit reviewer didn't even finish the game...
LOL oh shit. I didn't even bother clicking the link to that one after I perused the other one.
God damn. BAD FORM.
Ghost Slayer
Member
I loved Wolverine Origins a lot. It's a shame Activision closed the studio (or turned it into CoD supporting studio?)
timmyp53
Member
Dead.
Yeah definitely waiting for more reviews. Gameplay looks good and it has great graphics. I'm wagering 8 average.
NullPointer
Member
Absolute judgment, huh?
In the 7-10 scale it absolutely is. Doesn't mean its not fun tho!
| Praxis |
Banned
It also had the nemesis system, which was fun to play with.
It's too early to call yet review wise. These aren't exactly the most trustworthy reviewers. From what I have seen of it I went from uninterested to curious and now I want to play it at some point. Unless it gets plenty of below 6/5 reviews I will be picking it up at some point. I love the films (except Thunderdome obviously) so if it nails the atmosphere of those it will be worth my time.
Slightly inflated? Game won things like "best story" out of nowhere. This looks like the exact same thing (empty-ish world, arkham combat without the agility that makes arkham fun), but that core driving combat loop looks pretty bad.
I want this to be good. I wanted this to be good. But... it doesn't look good.
Just Cause 2 had a grappling hook and emphasis on explosions that made it fun. Mad Max doesn't really seem to have that same emphasis.
Averages are going down across the board. We're going to see 7 become the average pretty soon.
In game reviews scale, that's generally what it means
Krappadizzle
Member
I mean if you read the review it seems more than fair for each specific reviewer. That said, I don't think a 7.5 is a bad score at all. Even still, there's gonna be dozens of more reviews so I hope to see it start curving up.
Definity
Member
Totally agree.
BigWeather
Member
Yeah, using "defiantly" instead of "definitely" is a huge pet peeve of mine, that score at least gets tossed in the trash heap for me.
Baldwin_the_First
Member
Yep, the game was a blast. A long game too, with lots of moves to unlock and customisations with the genes stuff.I loved Wolverine Origins a lot. It's a shame Activision closed the studio (or turned it into CoD supporting studio?)
Just Cause 3 has more stuff closer together and more room for playing around, based on everything I've seen. Mad Max has a lot of empty space because it's a driving game in a wasteland, which is going to hurt it.
It's like in school.
90% or higher is good
80% to 90% is average
70% to 80% is baseline
60% to 70% is "you're probably going to have to retake this class."
under 60% is "you failed."
Garrett Hawke
Member
True, I forgot about that. But I feel like it was a good system that was also over-hyped as it was nowhere near as deep as some reviewers were making it out to be. I'm interested to see where they'll take future iterations of it, though.
I do think we need to wait for more trustworthy reviews as well. I was just suggesting why this might be of similar quality to SoM but review worse.
I was trying to be polite :/
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
I'd bet money on JC3 if I'm honest
Just 2 reviews, but considering all the previews that I read about, it'll probably stay in the high 60's - low 70's range. That doesn't mean it's a bad game though, stupid gaming review standards aside.
The Chronicles of Riddick is one of the best FPS games to have ever come out, top 10 easily.
The Chronicles of Riddick is one of the best FPS games to have ever come out, top 10 easily.
Putting money on JC3
It's hard to imagine JC3 not being the better game. It at least looks fun in videos, which I can't personally say about Max.
He defiantly can't spell definitely.
Cave Johnson
Member
Awaiting biogamer girl review.
Beelzebufo
Banned
I think he was saying you could stick it to the low reviews and game industry by trying the game out anyway.
What's interesting is the JC2 team did Mad Max, and the JC3 team is the brand new American team.
This is like Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2 in terms of its relation to the source material. And the problem isn't that it's a low-budget, low-effort game. It's absolutely an AAA game. It's just that, like Shadow of Mordor, it appears (stressing because I haven't played) to be an assemblage of overused parts with a couple interesting ideas that aren't tightly integrated.
Shadow of Mordor had a really, really crappy world and some weak encounter design, for instance, so there were individual moments that were amazing, but a lot of the 'downtime' in the game was boring, or you'd go into situations that ended up playing out the same way just a bit too often. It's a problem with open world games in general, but we're starting to see it more and more because Ubisoft and WB are doubling down on it.
James Scott
Banned
Not exactly movies, but Batman and Shadow of Mordor by WB were pretty good and inspired by movies (other mediums)
Flame Lord
Member
I don't see what you're upset about. It's not like he said don't buy it, just that it was average.
styl3s
Member
That sentence is the most nonsensical shit. It's not the worst or best? Just described a large portion of games.
Krappadizzle
Member
I mean, Just Cause 3 has a wingsuit. My main mode of transportation in JC2 was Superman Mod. So they essentially are giving me exactly what I want at a base level. Plus as an established franchise that looks to have grown and improved on it's formula, I'd expect it to review better.
That said, I really don't understand the empty desert complaints from the reviewers. What else would you expect from a Mad Max game?
Played this at X15 a week or so ago and it was not fun. Concept behind the game was good. I felt the graphics were good for a open world game. The map size seemed HUGE. But the the thing that killed it for me was the combat. It just didn't feel good. Car combat just felt clumsy. LB to to aim, which also slows down time. You would assume that RB would fire the weapon, but for some reason "B" fires it? All this while you are still trying to maintain speed and direction led to just crashing into enemies or driving way off course.
I did like the idea of targeting specific parts of the car and doing damage to it. Like aim for a wheel and pulling it off with a grapple hook or ripping off armor on a heavy vehicle. But the mechanics kept if from being fun. I will cut it some slack though, it was the last thing I saw that day so maybe I was just burned out. Just my two cents after playing for 15 minutes.
I did like the idea of targeting specific parts of the car and doing damage to it. Like aim for a wheel and pulling it off with a grapple hook or ripping off armor on a heavy vehicle. But the mechanics kept if from being fun. I will cut it some slack though, it was the last thing I saw that day so maybe I was just burned out. Just my two cents after playing for 15 minutes.
bodine1231
Member
Yeah but in the 1-7 scale its a classic.
NullPointer
Member
B button to fire your car's weapon? That sounds bonkers.
I have a nice soft spot for mid-tier titles, if they can provide something other games don't. In this case the Batman combat and Ubisoft-esque map filled with icons aren't doing the game any favors, but who knows what the game is like when you're high on nitrous and just want to speed across a destroyed world for kicks? Jury's still out I guess.
Sure does. 7/10 is that sweet spot for game reviewers.
That counts shovelware. 70 for a triple AAA game like this is disappointing.
Well, all of them but two, to be exact.
Beelzebufo
Banned
Right, so if anything it's worse than mediocre.
Krappadizzle
Member
There's multiple control configurations. But for a default config, it does seem odd.
