Unlocking additional - abilities using both XP and scrap - allows you to become more resilient to enemy attacks, like the ability to block weapon attacks and other skills to gain you upper hand. You parry and dodge enemies attacks based on onscreen prompts before violently smashing them into the nearest floor or wall.
The combat is similar to the Batman Arkham game’s, with Max proving an equally vicious fighter. Once inside its time to get down and dirty. The sniper rifle lets you silence their defenses, while the harpoons can rip open doors and other defenses. While there are plenty of opportunities for you to hop out of your car and enter combat, the most important time is to break into rival factions bases. This harpoon, along with a sniper rifle upgrade, are vital for the game's other main mechanic - taking down enemy strongholds. This last of these is the most useful, letting you rip people from their vehicles and then drag them helplessly behind you – slightly sadistic, but I am assured they deserved it. Here upgrades allow your car to shunt left and right, bullbars to ram, and harpoons to grapple and rip apart opponents machines. The vicious world also frequently forces you into car combat. And you can drive anywhere, with your sturdy vehicle able to take all kinds of punishment before needing a repair by your in-car mechanic, Chumbucket. Racing along the dirt track produces the fastest results, but watching your car kick up plumes of dirt as you skid around off-road is great fun. Your car, your Magnum Opus, is the main focus of Mad Max – and understandably so given the vast scale of the map. “That would be the first place I’d look” is Max's response, highlighting the brutality of this world after the oceans dried up. One brilliant scene has you find a photo of a bunker with a note telling loved ones to hide there. It does add fascinating color though, especially when picking up old photos and messages that lead to Max commenting. Starting with his meager belongings and his car taken from him, it is up to you to rebuild Max’s arsenal so he may continue his journey through the game’s open-world.Īlong the way you discover more about the fate of the world, but this plays into the story. He’s not truly sure why – and nor are you – but that doesn’t matter, it is his driving force that compels him to battle his way through the world. The only thing Max is concerned with is his journey.
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