Mad Max
In Mad Max, the player takes on the role of titular character Mad Max; a dangerous melee fighter and can use his attacks to kill almost anyone. His weapon of choice is his shotgun. He is assisted by another…
Mad Max is an adventure developed by Avalanche Studios, released 1 September 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and Mac. It currently starts at $2.99 at Humble Store. The main story takes about 59.9 hrs to finish.
What Mad Max is
Mad Max is an adventure game developed by Avalanche Studios and released in 2015. It was published by Feral Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Avalanche engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Max must traverse a barren desert wasteland in search for his lost treasured vehicle, the Pursuit Special (also referred to as The Interceptor).
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 49 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Mad Max series
Mad Max is the second of 2 entries we hold in the Mad Max series. It arrived 25 years after Mad Max. It is the most recent released entry in the series.
How it was received
Mad Max holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 3 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 590 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 59.9 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $2.99, that works out to about $0.05 per hour of the main story, or $0.04 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-650, 3.2 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 Ghz, 6 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660ti (2 GB Memory or higher) or AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2 GB Memory or higher). An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 32GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.99 at Humble Store, 85% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Mad Max launched on 1 September 2015, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn and Soma. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn, Soma.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mad Max yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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