Work on Mad Max continues, game still a ways off
by Jason Dobson 
{ Oct 17th 2008 at 8:00PM }
Barlog's work on the game's story with Mad Max film producer, George Miller, appears nearly done, the pair having "put the final touches on the Mad Max story and game design structure and mechanics." However, Barlog adds that they're "working with some publishers to get a deal locked down so we can start making this bad boy," so don't go expecting to hunt gangs across the dystopian Australian highways anytime soon.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
RagnarokSam @ Oct 17th 2008 8:23PM
well that is a cute puppy...
tmacairjordan87 @ Oct 17th 2008 8:28PM
Sorry but my interest in this is shaky right now cause in a couple weeks I'll pretty much be playing a mad max game (fallout 3). The only difference is my guy won't be mel gibson.
Well....that is a huge difference :(
syrik zero @ Oct 17th 2008 8:34PM
Those are both good points...
Looks like they're a day late and dollar short
PC version could be made with a MOD for Fallout 3. You could be Mel and all!
Ihavepants @ Oct 17th 2008 9:03PM
Ehh, Mad Max and Fallout are very, very different.
syrik zero @ Oct 17th 2008 9:05PM
With a good mod the change could be made though
Saria the Cat @ Oct 18th 2008 4:30AM
@Ihavepants: I don't know if you're talking about the concepts or the actual games, but both are near-future post-apocalyptic settings with a male protagonist and people who have gone crazy in the aftermath of the "apocalypse."
Sure, the stories aren't exactly the same, but their settings are similar enough to warrant concern for Mad Max if released close together. It'd be like a new KOTOR and Mass Effect being released at the same time. Totally different universes, but theme similar enough to be detrimental to the games.
Ihavepants @ Oct 18th 2008 5:37AM
Fallout 3= World has been destroyed by nuclear war during the early 20th century. The result is a radioactive wasteland where life has mutated and evolved in turn. Everything is 50's styled to what they may have imagined to the future.
Mad Max= World has run out of oil/petrol sources. Movies set in Australian Outback (which is already desert now).
Similarities: Future is bad. The main character has a dog.
syrik zero @ Oct 18th 2008 7:28AM
Ihavepants, just give up. You've lost and you're just being stubbornly lame now
Ihavepants @ Oct 18th 2008 8:24AM
What? How have I lost?
By saying that I've lost and providing no points against what I've said that isn't really how you "win" a debate.
Please do actually tell me why I'm so wrong and if they make sense I'll agree with you and have parties and fun times.
Saria the Cat @ Oct 18th 2008 10:18AM
@Ihavepants: I would like to have said parties and fun times. :D Especially since we're both saying the same thing anyway. We both agree the universes are not the same. I guess our disagreement lies in how Fallout's release could take steam from Mad Max's release, and how similar the two games are in mood, etc. Either way, I still demand fun times.
Ihavepants @ Oct 18th 2008 11:28AM
(Hands you a party)*
*Fun times are on back-order. 8(
theturtle363 @ Oct 17th 2008 8:40PM
he should just make a mod for fallout 3 that includes mel gibson and the pursuit special
Titanium_Orchid @ Oct 17th 2008 8:44PM
p.s. please include the wild boy who throws a boomerang at people's heads
syrik zero @ Oct 17th 2008 8:49PM
Damn it Batman! I already put that....
theturtle363 @ Oct 17th 2008 9:11PM
but you didn't mention the pursuit special?!
syrik zero @ Oct 17th 2008 9:14PM
Haha okay... You got me there...
You're always a step ahead batman
Orcef @ Oct 17th 2008 8:44PM
No,no,no. Mad max was an excellent movie and I don't want it sullied by becoming another movie-game disaster. Let Fallout satisfy the video game industry's lust for a post apocalyptic playground. It's good, it'll sell and it won't ruin a movie that's still awesome after 30 years. "Just walk away. You can put stop to all this. Just walk away."
Alcevious @ Oct 17th 2008 9:56PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgJYoHCRITI
That is all that needs to be said about this thread.
syrik zero @ Oct 18th 2008 2:48AM
Dude, that was awesome! Weird but awesome thing is... My first name is Marcus! And I'm not kidding. I'm also white with a stache but I have other facial hair as well...
To the guy below... I think a mod could easily make Fallout 3 into Mad Max. Anyone that says otherwise is just stubborn
kamu @ Oct 17th 2008 11:39PM
Heh, compare above pic with http://www.frictionlessinsight.com/newspics/2008_04/Fallout3A.jpg
Aranniel @ Oct 18th 2008 11:31AM
Great!! a new Madmax!! looking forward to it!!
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Bob @ Oct 18th 2008 5:22AM
Ehh, Mad Max and Fallout are very, very different.
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Ihavepants @ Oct 18th 2008 5:39AM
Fuck yeh I got quoted by a spam bot, beat that Jesus!
Bob @ Oct 18th 2008 5:40AM
Erm, im not a bot dude. I just agreed with your comment :) haha. Sorry wont happen again.
Ihavepants @ Oct 18th 2008 11:24AM
Oh, so you're a person advertising... with your only comment being a copy-paste.
Much better.
Psalm Bowser @ Oct 18th 2008 5:26AM
Mad Max?
theturtle363 @ Oct 18th 2008 11:26AM
GTFO
Psalm Bowser @ Oct 18th 2008 11:39AM
Batman?
Genisus @ Oct 18th 2008 8:34AM
I just wish that all 3 films would come out in a boxset with the ORIGINAL UNCUT Aussie versons and none of this American edit crap!
And maybe put all three films in a nice digi-pak like the recent Rambo set......ooooo I said Rambo.....guess libs will be jumping on me for that.
j.howlett @ Oct 18th 2008 10:16AM
what's wrong with rambo
Rob Accomando @ Oct 18th 2008 12:30PM
It's about time they gave us another Mad Max game. My NES cart was getting worn out.
AtomicPlayboy @ Oct 18th 2008 12:35PM
Not only do we have the "lone man fights through the PA wastes" scenario covered by Fallout 3, we've also got the "bandits fight each other in lethally modified vehicles in the PA wastes" covered with the upcoming Rage (and arguably Borderlands). So, apart from the actual character of Mad Max, I don't think this game could bring much that would be better than these other contenders. My fear is that it will be greenlighted just as a cash-in on the movie sequel, nothing more.
Ihavepants @ Oct 18th 2008 11:41PM
It's not a post-apocalyptic wasteland, it's Central/Western Australia, the rest of the world looks fine.
AtomicPlayboy @ Oct 19th 2008 5:32PM
OK, I stand corrected, it's a post-apocalyptic _Australian_ wasteland. Wait, I don't stand corrected, as I never said it was anything else. Why the correction?
Ihavepants @ Oct 19th 2008 5:38PM
Because it's not really post-apocalyptic. It's just that out in the desert is bad. A desert which was not caused by the "apocalypse".
Doesn't matter though, continue forthwith along your private thought train good sir.
AtomicPlayboy @ Oct 19th 2008 5:53PM
Not post-apocalyptic? Please see:
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max_2:_The_Road_Warrior): "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (known as The Road Warrior in the U.S.) is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic action film."
IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082694/): "In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits."
It may not be post-nuke like Fallout, but it's certainly post-apocalyptic. It's not just about the struggle for survival in the desert, it's about the struggle for survival in a world where natural resources have been depleted to the extent that civilization has collapsed. Hence all the fighting over gasoline, the lack of electricity, and the completely lawless wasteland. You don't find marauding bands of spike-clad barbarians driving souped-up killing machines in the Outback, you need the world to go to hell first. If you need more proof, check out the end of MM3:BT, where we see the ruins of Sydney, proof that this societal breakdown wasn't limited to Central/Western Australia.
Ihavepants @ Oct 19th 2008 7:53PM
K.
wiredknight @ Oct 18th 2008 2:24PM
Wait. How could they possibly have put the final touches on the game design and structure if they haven't even started making it yet? Have they forgot of a little thing called "testing?"