2014 is quickly shaping up to be a great year for fans of
the Mad Max series. With the new movie Fury Road already in post production, it
was announced Monday at E3 that a new videogame adaptation featuring the
infamous anti-hero is also in the works. The last time any console saw Max was
in 1990 on the NES, but Avalanche Studios -the same team responsible for the
"Just Cause" games- has teamed up with Warner Brothers to bring the
road warrior back in an all new interactive adventure that will be coming to PC
as well as current gen and next gen consoles.
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Peter Johansson, who's the projects Senior Game Designer
mentioned in an interview with Game Trailers that the game will be a massive
open world third person action game. The details surrounding this completely
new and canon-independent story is that while exploring the vast wastelands,
Max's iconic XB Falcon interceptor gets stolen by a group of marauders and now
must build a new battle ready machine with the help of a new befriended
mechanic. In order to do that however,
he must scavenge the land for various parts, supplies, and fuel in the huge harsh
environments surrounding him all the while battling the many rival gangs that
inhabit the area. It is unclear at the
moment if players will be limited to a single vehicle to serve as their
mechanical canvas or if multiple model types will be available at their
disposal but it is certain that customizing will play a huge role in the
finished product. Upgrading and tuning
engines, turbos, suspensions, along with implementing a wide variety of visual
modifications hopes to be so in depth that every car created will be truly
unique. Vehicles will have a realistic heavy feel to them as a new physics
engine has been developed to help everything feel as authentic as possible in
this vehicular combat oriented game. One thing for sure is if you're the type
of person who likes getting nerdy with adjusting how your ride handles and accelerates,
Mad Max is sure to please.
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| Mad Max's environments will be gorgeous, in very gloomy sort a way. |
Being a massive open world title, Mad Max will share a plethora
of side missions along with the story driven ones to keep players busy. Like
"Red Dead Redemption", players will also have random events arise
where they can choose to engage in how they see fit or have the ability to
ignore the situations all together. Since
Max is known to be the "loner sort" no multiplayer or co-op mode will
be available. Avalanche's personnel declined to comment on whether Max's canine
companion will be in the game but since the game won't be mentioning any of the
key events in the films it's anyone's guess. Max will not depict likeness of
either Mel Gibson or Tom Hardy but instead will take on an original rugged appearance
but will sport the iconic black leather outfit the character is known for.
Developers have said that the game will not shy away from violence and reports
from people lucky enough to play the live demo have stated that the gore was
cranked up to eleven. Though it's way too early to tell, Mad Max is already
sounding like a promising title. With Avalanche Studios working along with Warner
Brothers -a company with plenty of big hits under its belt as of lately- fans, including myself can't wait to find out
more.
Ryan Pierce
Those who haven't seen the CGI trailer yet definitely owe it to
themselves to check it out. It's short but like the XB Falcon interceptor, is very
powerful.
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