How many of you in Morrowind saw the dude falling from the sky, looted him of these neat scrolls that Fortify Acrobatics by +1000 or so, then used it and flow off into the sky.
How many of you then had the presence of mind to cast a second one before you discovered that in a contest of chicken the ground always wins.
How many of you in Morrowind saw the dude falling from the sky, looted him of these neat scrolls that Fortify Acrobatics by +1000 or so, then used it and flow off into the sky.
How many of you then had the presence of mind to cast a second one before you discovered that in a contest of chicken the ground always wins.
How many of you in Morrowind saw the dude falling from the sky, looted him of these neat scrolls that Fortify Acrobatics by +1000 or so, then used it and flow off into the sky.
How many of you then had the presence of mind to cast a second one before you discovered that in a contest of chicken the ground always wins.
I just enchanted a ring and flew everywhere all the time.
and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
but they're listening to every word I say
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#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
Mad Max is competent at everything that it does. It has all the elements you'd expect from a game based on the franchise — violent combat, intense vehicular chases and battles and a grim world where everything that can go wrong will. It checks all the boxes for a modern open-world game too, from a sprawling 30-hour campaign to a giant map littered with hundreds of sidequests and bonus objectives.
Yet there's a feeling that pervaded my time with Mad Max, a sense of everything in the game being ... okay. The films that developer Avalanche Studios are ostensibly drawing from are driven by ambition. They build visions of a world shaped by off-the-wall absurdity and chaos. This Mad Max, by comparison, feels safe and, frankly, boring.
...The film franchise has always transcended the summer blockbuster genre, providing worlds and characters and scenarios that have stuck in my mind. Mad Max the game is the opposite; it's got chase scenes and big explosions and bloody fights, but nothing to remember it for. In spite of some annoying technical issues and questionable design, Mad Max is functional, but it's fluff, plain and simple.
At the end of the day, Max overtook some bases, ran a couple hundred cars off the road, met some forgettable characters, and buried his fist into the sunburnt skin of the villainous locals. Was it worth the effort? That ultimately depends on how much fun you had in performing these basic, repetitious open-world activities.
Some interesting characters, impressive environments and great car combat draw you in and incentivise you to keep going, but it's when you get out of the car that things fall apart. Mad Max's combat system is too dumbed down to enjoy, and repetitive activities such as searching for scrap and invading small enemy camps gets old fast. Mad Max offers some great experiences, but for a game that tries to impose the realities of survival on you, it does a poor job of following up on this pressure. Mad Max is too focused on providing you with an open-world that's filled with missions, and not focused enough on making those missions worth your time.
The film franchise has always transcended the summer blockbuster genre, providing worlds and characters and scenarios that have stuck in my mind. Mad Max the game is the opposite; it's got chase scenes and big explosions and bloody fights, but nothing to remember it for. In spite of some annoying technical issues and questionable design, Mad Max is functional, but it's fluff, plain and simple.
Mad Max is a juxtaposition of exciting, thrilling fun set in a world of disgusting, primal depravity – like a singing telegram informing you of a death in the family, or an ice-cream cake with your terminal test results written in frosting. It’s a conflicting place of despair, a personal playground of explosive action and compulsive, unending progression that I can’t wait to get back to, and one hell of a ride.
I was kinda expecting the reviews to be along these lines, which is why I didn't pull the trigger till I got it for 30 bucks. From the videos I watched I'll get my moneys worth out of it even if I don't finish, then it'll be off to MG5
Most of the reactions I've seen boil down to "5 outta 10? Ouch, guess I'll be skippimg it"
And from Polygon's own site:
A score of five indicates a bland, underwhelming game that's functional but little else. These games might still possess quirks or aspects that appeal to certain players.
Functional but little else doesn't sound like a good middle point. But this is why review scores are dumb, and plain words are better.
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PaperLuigi44My amazement is at maximum capacity.Registered Userregular
Most of the reactions I've seen boil down to "5 outta 10? Ouch, guess I'll be skippimg it"
And from Polygon's own site:
A score of five indicates a bland, underwhelming game that's functional but little else. These games might still possess quirks or aspects that appeal to certain players.
Functional but little else doesn't sound like a good middle point. But this is why review scores are dumb, and plain words are better.
You probably should skip a 5 out of 10 game. There are so many good ones out there that unless you really, really, really want the specific experience this one gives (even if it doesn't do it great) you shouldn't waste your time.
"Functional but little else" is just another way to say the only positive thing you can say about it is that it works, and that there aren't significant negatives in regards to content to bump it any lower. Sounds like a fine middle ground to me. Nothing worse than middle of the road.
Well my copy of Mad Max is already in the mail so there's no going back now.
But honestly I wasn't expecting a great story or clever misisons or anything, I expected a lot of punching people and driving cars, and if those things are fun then that game is exactly what I expected and wanted it to be.
and if there is any video game review site that I safely ignore time and time again it's polygon
Curiously, the pretty-reliable Eurogamer didn't hate Mad Max, going so far as to give it a 'recommended' rating (they don't use scores any more, you only get text unless it's good or really good).
How many of you in Morrowind saw the dude falling from the sky, looted him of these neat scrolls that Fortify Acrobatics by +1000 or so, then used it and flow off into the sky.
How many of you then had the presence of mind to cast a second one before you discovered that in a contest of chicken the ground always wins.
I just enchanted a ring and flew everywhere all the time.
I had emergency pants that did basically the same thing.
My biggest problem with Mordor is it eventually felt like I was M. Bision from the Street Fighter Movie.
"The day the gravewalker killed your boys and cut off your hand was the most important day of your life. For me, it was Tuesday."
Seriously orcs would show up and yell how I ruined their life and I'd just be like "who are you? "
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Morrowind is a game I really wish I had played when it was first released, because I would have loved it to death. But I first tried to play it years later and could never get over the clunkiness.
How many of you in Morrowind saw the dude falling from the sky, looted him of these neat scrolls that Fortify Acrobatics by +1000 or so, then used it and flow off into the sky.
How many of you then had the presence of mind to cast a second one before you discovered that in a contest of chicken the ground always wins.
I just enchanted a ring and flew everywhere all the time.
I had emergency pants that did basically the same thing.
I flew via spells, but had trousers enchanted with permanent Slowfall as a safety precaution.
I hope the next Witcher game let's you make your own Witcher, complete with more choice in weapons and spells. I mean, I like Geralt but I wanna be me.
I hope the next Witcher game let's you make your own Witcher, complete with more choice in weapons and spells. I mean, I like Geralt but I wanna be me.
I dunno, I enjoyed playing "what would Geralt do in this situation?", instead of "what would random create a character #125897 do?"
Fully customizable is cool and all, but I don't think every single rpg needs to go down that road.
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I'm keen to coop on PS4, I wanna get that Platinum
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
How many of you then had the presence of mind to cast a second one before you discovered that in a contest of chicken the ground always wins.
I had a better idea: slowfall.
I just enchanted a ring and flew everywhere all the time.
but they're listening to every word I say
Let's do it.
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Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Yo, I'm already on your list. I just didn't want to bust into your game. I'll keep this in mind next time I see ya playing.
That dude's a hoot
Also, some of the latter stuff is really, really hard
So it's scoring in roughly the area I expected
That seems silly.
Anyway finally got the GI link to load
Hilariously, it seems more negative in tone than that 5/10 from Polygon
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/mad_max/b/playstation4/archive/2015/08/31/desert-sessions-in-repetition.aspx
Because with an out of 10 people jump to school grades, where a 5 is failing
2.5 - 3 stars is "yeah this is fine"
It is a solid slightly above average game with a cool setting and is totally worth 30 bucks during the next Summer or Winter doldrums
And from Polygon's own site:
Functional but little else doesn't sound like a good middle point. But this is why review scores are dumb, and plain words are better.
That reminds me of the evaluation I had to do for my boss on a 0-6 scale, 6 was 'all the time', 0 was 'never' and 1 was 'often' :?
Gmg has it for 36. Until the energy of tonight, I guess
You probably should skip a 5 out of 10 game. There are so many good ones out there that unless you really, really, really want the specific experience this one gives (even if it doesn't do it great) you shouldn't waste your time.
"Functional but little else" is just another way to say the only positive thing you can say about it is that it works, and that there aren't significant negatives in regards to content to bump it any lower. Sounds like a fine middle ground to me. Nothing worse than middle of the road.
So basically, sounds accurate to me.
But honestly I wasn't expecting a great story or clever misisons or anything, I expected a lot of punching people and driving cars, and if those things are fun then that game is exactly what I expected and wanted it to be.
and if there is any video game review site that I safely ignore time and time again it's polygon
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I had emergency pants that did basically the same thing.
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"The day the gravewalker killed your boys and cut off your hand was the most important day of your life. For me, it was Tuesday."
Seriously orcs would show up and yell how I ruined their life and I'd just be like "who are you? "
I flew via spells, but had trousers enchanted with permanent Slowfall as a safety precaution.
My parachute pants.
I dunno, I enjoyed playing "what would Geralt do in this situation?", instead of "what would random create a character #125897 do?"
Fully customizable is cool and all, but I don't think every single rpg needs to go down that road.