Mad Max 4 - The Game (September 1st 2015 PS4, XB1, PC)

[DGSimo]

This is the poster they're giving away drawn by DC Comics's Shane Davis who also did a signing for it today:

[Mud Guts]

Cod piece!

[Bomber]

My take on the game is this. They want to make a Mad Max game but they also want to make money. If they make it to only appeal to hardcore Mad Max fans it won't sell much. They need to make it to appease people like us on here but it's also has got to appeal to a wide audience that only has heard of Mad Max or maybe seen 1 or 2 of the movies once.
I played the original Fallout 1, 2 and Fallout Tactics in the late 90's when Fallout 3 was annouced and I saw the trailer I thought it looked horrible. The VATS system looked ridiculous. It seemed as though they had just stuck the name on a generic 3rd or 1st shooter game. I gave it a chance and found that while it was made to appeal to a mass audience that they kept it close enough to the spirit of the originals that it did indeed feel like the Fallout world with references through out to the originals that the same mass audience would get only as part of the story where as I knew what they referenced from the original.
I'm hoping the same from this game as well.

[Mad Max RW]

My take on the game is this. They want to make a Mad Max game but they also want to make money. If they make it to only appeal to hardcore Mad Max fans it won't sell much. They need to make it to appease people like us on here but it's also has got to appeal to a wide audience that only has heard of Mad Max or maybe seen 1 or 2 of the movies once.
I played the original Fallout 1, 2 and Fallout Tactics in the late 90's when Fallout 3 was annouced and I saw the trailer I thought it looked horrible. The VATS system looked ridiculous. It seemed as though they had just stuck the name on a generic 3rd or 1st shooter game. I gave it a chance and found that while it was made to appeal to a mass audience that they kept it close enough to the spirit of the originals that it did indeed feel like the Fallout world with references through out to the originals that the same mass audience would get only as part of the story where as I knew what they referenced from the original.
I'm hoping the same from this game as well.

I feel the same way. Even though Fallout 3 was still a big disappointment for me I really enjoyed Fallout: New Vegas made by the same team who was originally developing Fallout 3 years earlier. Today I don't feel upset about the Mad Max game. Like I said earlier when I mentioned Aliens: Colonial Marines, it's not like us lifelong Max fans have been getting shit on with terrible games and movies for decades. Does that mean there's less meddling in the development process because it's an untested franchise? Who knows. But I'm sure we'll find out.

[rustycarr]

My 2¢ on the game. Its a great chance to get the
Younger generation and social media intrested and educated on
Mad Max , giving Fury Road a jump start.

[Bezumnii_Max]

The poster is really nicely done. Even if the character don't represent the look of Gibson or Hardy. And I also think it would be better if the char had fingerless gloves. Btw guys you didn't say anything about my trailer I posted a few pages ago, I guess you didn't liked it

[BRC1974]

This is the poster they're giving away drawn by DC Comics's Shane Davis who also did a signing for it today:

kind of reminds me of

[croft007]

I am really stoked about the game and movie.....from all pics and trailers from the game etc....now as a huge fan and interested party.....dont like the artwork /poster...it is rather commercial-ish generic ( kinda like the current generic mysterious bloke on the Dome TV series )....Hmmmm...ITS GREAT THAT ITS HAPPNIN AND LOOKS COOL....still not convinced about Hardy either...anyways lets see....

[MWFV8]

They need to make it to appease people like us on here but it's also has got to appeal to a wide audience that only has heard of Mad Max or maybe seen 1 or 2 of the movies once..

We're nothing to the prodco's behind any of this. Even if you took all the hardcore MadMax fans from around the world, they'd represent less than 1% of the available audience, if you then consider how few us are actual theatre goers that number is dire. We're not worth appeasing.

For a theatrical release and supporting media, things have to be like you say in your latter point. The theatre going demographic is shrinking to mainly young adults, so these tent pole movies have to focus on them; and the high budget means the appeal has to be made more generic.

The only way Mad Max could have stayed close to its humble roots would have been a high budget TV series akin to The Walking Dead, Revolution etc, since that's where the more mature audience is now. But there's much more money to be made in a sensational high budget movie that exploits the franchise.

[Bomber]

They need to make it to appease people like us on here but it's also has got to appeal to a wide audience that only has heard of Mad Max or maybe seen 1 or 2 of the movies once..

We're nothing to the prodco's behind any of this. Even if you took all the hardcore MadMax fans from around the world, they'd represent less than 1% of the available audience, if you then consider how few us are actual theatre goers that number is dire. We're not worth appeasing.

For a theatrical release and supporting media, things have to be like you say in your latter point. The theatre going demographic is shrinking to mainly young adults, so these tent pole movies have to focus on them; and the high budget means the appeal has to be made more generic.

The only way Mad Max could have stayed close to its humble roots would have been a high budget TV series akin to The Walking Dead, Revolution etc, since that's where the more mature audience is now. But there's much more money to be made in a sensational high budget movie that exploits the franchise.

The game will definitely be geared mainly towards the masses. It's a business and a businesss needs to make money. I'm sure though there will be "inside" content in it that will only be fully understood by Mad Max fans.