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Mad Max—7.5/10

Lots of fun gameplay, but there are a lot of problems with this game.

I've never been one to really talk about framerate, but holy shit did this game have some framerate issues. A few times I almost had to reset my console because its was borderline unplayable. It happened way too much for my taste.

My other complaint is how much padding there is in the narrative of this game. Far too often you are taken away from the main story to do hundreds of fetch quests, very irritating.

But, when the game does get to its story, those moments are riveting and the story very good. There are some things done in this game's story that I think are better than the movies.

Another complaint of mine is that there aren't really interesting side quests in the game, like the stranger encounters in Red Dead.

And now for some personal complaints.

The story takes an unnecessarily bleak turn at the end. Without spoiling anything specific, this game does not allow Max to find peace. I know the movies sometimes do this too, but this game takes it a step further. Max usually at least ends up saving people and ending on a high note before going back to being by himself in the movies, but not here. Just far too bleak, and I think would have been far more interesting if they had gone an optimistic route, especially since they teased it so much.

My other personal complaint is how the Black on Black is taken from you at the beginning of the game and is not the main car. The Magnum Opus just wasn't as cool. They could have just allowed you to customize the Black on Black I think.

Okay, I know it sounds like I'm bashing a lot....but I still did enjoy this game and I feel like it has fleshed out the character of Max and his world a bit more while giving fun hand-to-hand and vehicular combat. Thus, I give it an 7.5 out of 10.

It was hard to decide to not give it an 8, maybe my mind will change the longer I think, but I just think it had too many problems for an 8.