The Mad Max franchise has a lot of history to pull from, including both the original movies and the new Fury Road entry. Thankfully, the developer of the video game, Avalanche Studios, decided to pull liberally from that world while forging ahead with their own storyline which is not directly...

Mad Max: Fury Road brought fresh life to the film series that last saw an entry with Beyond Thunderdome. It had a new star behind Max, no Mel Gibson but Tom Hardy instead. It received fairly positive reviews, so I was surprised to see a game in the pipeline for the series that actually had no ties...

"In a world gone mad. Only the savage survive." These are the words of Mad Max 's developers Avalanche Studios . As such, it sets up what should be an epic romp in a post-apocalyptic world full of rich, colourful and nuanced characters.

Beautiful landscapes and environments; Great driving gameplay; Interesting vehicle designs

Boring protagonist; Fighting mechanics buggy; Mini-games not immersive

Watch the embedded video above, featuring an audio reel supplied by Mel Gibson's brother, Donal Gibson The intro reel and audio you just heard is, of course, not from the final product we're talking about here.

I must admit that open-world games set in wastelands sound a bit unappealing, but if a development team has the talent, it's possible for them to create a well realised world that is distinctive when compared to many other open-world games.

A Mad Max open world game, the massive wastelands filled with roving bands of psychotic killers, skipping souped-up cars over the dunes, and then jumping out to take part in brutal hand-to-hand combat

There are video games made to accompany movies and there are video games that take a movie's lore and make something new out of it. Mad Max belongs to the latter category. The game uses the lore [...]

Brilliant Vehicular Combat; Right Hand Drive; Attention to Detail; Interesting and Challenging Open World that extends beyond its borders

Backstory not clearly explained; Sidequests may not keep up with main quest events; Restrictive Fast travel

With the release of a new Mad Max movie earlier this year, it's no surprise that Warner Bros. would want to release a video game that ties into the movie for some quick cash. I was ready to dismiss the game at E3 for those exact reasons, but playing it gave me second thoughts.

Open world game that takes strong cues from Assassin's Creed; Batman: Arkham Asylum; and inFamous and incorporates them very; very well; and includes unique car combat that nevers gets tiresome; as harpooning drivers out of cars never stops being fun

Not much innovation since it does take those cues from other games; no deep story; lots of fetch quests; and open world mechanics can be tedious

I certainly feel Mad Max will go down as one of the most underrated and underplayed games of 2015. It's far from perfect and design issues can severely hinder the experience, but I like how Avalanche Studios has created a game brimming with life, ironically within a world that is hostile towards the...

+ Rewarding commitment to survival; + Car combat is confronting and satisfying; + Harsh landscape with moments of beauty

- Mission design sometimes lacks clarity; - Task of scavenging might become tiresome for some; - Horrible framerate drops

AMAZING price and delivery