14 DAY TRIAL // Avalanche Studios made a name for itself by delivering some truly great open world action games, including the still popular Just Cause 2.
Now, the developer is busy on Mad Max, a game based on the famous franchise that aims at telling an original story with the famous Road Warrior.
In the game, Max, a lone survivor out in the Wasteland, is nearly killed by one of his enemies and, what's worse, his famous ride is stolen.
As such, he's now partnered with Chumbucket, a brilliant mechanic, to create his Magnum Opus, a brand new car that will take Max to the stronghold of his foe, on the opposite side of the Wasteland.
To build his ride, Max will go on a series of adventures, many involving the theft of legendary vehicles that have different parts, from powerful engines, to transmissions, or other parts.
After Max collects them and drops them off as intact as possible to their destinations, he can collect the important parts. Finding, getting them, and dropping them off, however, is easier said than done.
These cars are usually in bandit settlements filled with ruthless enemies that don't take too kindly to Max's mad ways and his plans with their rides.
As such, he needs to adopt different tactics for different settlements, as well as to plan on how to take down pesky dangers, like snipers. Many different approaches are supported by the game, as is going in guns-blazing, wielding Max's trademark sawed off shotgun, while engaging in some really impressive hand to hand combat that's reminiscent of the FreeFlow combat from the Batman Arkham games.
The game is quite violent and this is even more apparent when it comes to the car combat, as players have the option to slow down time and aim at different parts of enemy cars in order to prompt explosions, collisions with other things on the road, or just flat tires that eliminate them from the encounter.
As Max earns more parts and money, he can modify his Magnum Opus in many different ways with the help of Chumbucket, from the chassis and bull bar to the engine, nitrous, or the paint job, as some color schemes offer passive benefits like fireproofing.
Mad Max is out in 2014 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.