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Wait, is Mad Max a Generic Action Game?

The game seems to be shaping up as nothing more than something we have already seen tenfold over; the original promise of a brand new apocalyptic car molestation experience is whipping up into just another run-of-the-mill actioner.

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ValKilmer3255d ago

I'm beginning to worry about this as well. The story trailer seemed to capture the general feeling of the universe quite well, but I worry that cutscenes and dialogue will be few and far between and this will just be Just Cause in the desert.

KiwiViper853255d ago (Edited 3255d ago )

Sounds like the exact same criticisms Shadow of Mordor received last year... Does "Assassins creed in middle earth" sound familiar?

Personally I've never played a game that includes 3rd person melee combat, 3rd person shooting, and vehicle combat, with extensively customisable vehicles. So I'm excited.

This game does look like it was made for the Nemesis system tho, a missed opportunity there.

Palitera3255d ago

^ more upvotes needed

Seriously, devs should hear your last point.

Reibooi3255d ago

I see what you are saying and this will only be made worse for people who have seen Mad Max Fury Road. I mean after that incredible movie pretty much anything will pale in comparison. It also would not shock me if all they want the game to be is Just Cause in the desert they may think that is all they need to do.

I'm kinda on the fence and I am hoping it will pull a Shadow of Mordor and come out of nowhere and surprise everyone but I think it's better to keep expectations low.

Rimeskeem3255d ago

I would honestly be ok with just cause in a desert. We know the it has huge vehicle customization and car chases and battles. I'm excited

dancerOfDeath3255d ago

I have been getting that vibe from the start. Looks good in small doses, cant imagine it'll hold up.

Mad Max will be a generic action game. Just Cause 3 will be THE generic action game. That's where my money is.

crazychris41243255d ago

How is Just Cause 3 generic with physics based destruction??

MysticStrummer3255d ago

Wait, it's time to start casting doubt on another game that won't be released for quite awhile?

Most games are very derivative and generic in one way or another. If you expect that you'll enjoy more of them than if you expect ground breaking experiences all the time.

Freddy_Millz13255d ago

I dont understand what some so called "gamers" want now days. 1st, they attack a game for having too much emphasis on cut scenes and story, then they attack a game for getting straight to the action and not having enough cut scenes and not looking like it has a story....from TWO trailers, this assumption has been reached.

Yet CoD flies off of the shelf, day one and majority of the buyers never even look in the campaign's general direction?
Which has basically been "Shoot the guys as they pop out of cover" simulator for the last 5 iterations.

.....I quit gaming for a while, i give up. ALL HOPE IS LOST.

averagejoe263255d ago

You quit gaming because of people complaining on the internet?

That's...just ridiculous.

KiwiViper853255d ago

Just quit the internet....

u4one3255d ago (Edited 3255d ago )

at this point in time, you'd think the internet was designed as as a complaint/opinion delivery system built for cynical people who have nothing to do than hate any idea that anybody has about anything while contributing nothing substantial. i wouldn't worry too much about what people on the internet say or how many copies of COD fly off the shelf. if theres a game out there that looks great to you - thats all that matters. your console, your time, your money. there are plenty of non COD games that are good quality. :)

DaGR8JIBRALTAR3255d ago

Preach my brother....100% correct!

Summons753255d ago

Probably, the reveal wasn't that spectacular and the new movie was boring. I'm not expecting it to be that great. But who knows, I could be pleasantly surprised.

KiwiViper853255d ago

Are you sure you were in the right cinema?

MrChow6663255d ago

I agree with him, that movie was brain dead, it was cool for 20 minutes then it was just dumb and boring, and I am a big fan of the classics wich are far better

Summons753255d ago

Yupp, nowhere near as good as the originals.

DerekFlint0073255d ago (Edited 3255d ago )

I agree with you summons, during the entire film i just didn't give a stuff or care about any of the characters and even though there was mayhem happening onscreen i was numbed into boredom. I absolutely love a good action film as much as the next man but this film to me was overrated garbage. Every critic says George Miller is a directorial genius, well he has surpassed himself this time by making the wonderful Tom Hardy see Bronson/Lawless act like a plank of wood.

Even the much celebrated stuntwork is a let down in parts which does a serious disservice to the efforts of the stunt team. Due to an over abundance of post production, wire work, matte work, colour saturation, jump cuts, speeding up the action and some horrendous cgi overlay effects it falls into the trap of actually making all the stunt work look like a mix of fakery and cgi.

The whole film to me was an empty hollow experience because there is absolutely zero character development. Obviously i know this is a Mad Max movie we are talking about here and i'm not expecting The Godfather but as the audience are given no one to care about i just switched off and lost interest. I would liken the experience to watching a big horse race, except the problem is that you have not put a bet on any of the horses therefore your interest in the race has drastically fallen of the radar as you have nobody to root for and get behind.

In a years time the critics will cringe when they look back aghast at all the lavish praise this film has received as it will almost certainly be mercilessly torn apart, lampooned and parodied by comedians for years to come.

Best action film ever made the critics are saying. It's not even the best film this year. Kingsman The Secret Service is superior in my opinion.

The Raid movies starring Iko Uwais are great stunt driven action films.

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6 Games That Genuinely Deserve A Current-Gen Upgrade

Games such as Mad Max, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Batman: Arkham Knight desperately deserve a modern-day revisit.

thorstein8d ago

Mad Max is underrated. Such a fun game.

Cacabunga7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

RDR2 still looks astounding on PS4 Pro. i cannot imagine how it could look with a next gen upgrade.

JonTheGod7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Probably not very different.

No idea why this article is highlighting recent beautiful graphically-advanced games and saying they need current gen makeovers. They already look better than most new releases; just compare Arkham Knight and Suicide Squad!

Yi-Long7d ago

It's obviously never gonna happen since Sony killed the game and studio, but Driveclub. Even in its current state, 10 years after release, it still puts many competitors to shame ...

Demetrius7d ago

I'm not into racing games but yeah I even looked at gameplay of that sometimes

Demetrius7d ago

Mad max ikr! Far cry primal, it amuses me how ubisoft just left ac unity hanging, sadly most of the good staff left from rocksteady while being forced to make that abomination smh

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5 of the Best Underappreciated Licensed Video Games

BY MOSHE SWEET: These are the best licensed video games that are not Spider-Man or from the Batman: Arkham series.

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offtherecord348d ago

I had a blast with a Bugs Bunny game on PS1 as a kid. It is probably trash now but at the time, it was awesome.

purple101347d ago

"50 Cent: Blood in the sand"

Ps3 scored 6/10 all round loads of review sites but was so much fun while not a technical masterpiece in any way has a worthwhile engaging story and script and of course an unbeatable soundtrack.

jwillj2k4467d ago

Honorable mention to Drive Clubs Ferrari Fxx-K. Should be there over Horizon.

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TheColbertinator466d ago

The Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak from the Gran Turismo series

Nissan Skyline from Need for Speed Underground

Motorcycle Steamroller from Dead Rising 3

And finally a car you never drive but saves your ass over and over : Honey Badger from COD MW2

Gardenia466d ago

I was thinking of Mad Max. That V8 felt really good to drive around in, especially with upgrades.

dumahim466d ago

No one liked the Batmobile in Arkham Knight. Top 10?

toxic-inferno466d ago

I don't know... It was a strange addition to the game, and the parts of the game where you had to fight in it were tedious. But driving it around Gotham felt brilliant.

BrainSyphoned466d ago

FFXIII-Snow's Shiva motorcycle
Persona 5-Makoto's Persona motorcycle