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Yeah, if you watch it, their review here is overwhelmingly positive.

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Gamespot only gave it a 6.

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That review sounds great. Framerate issues worry me though. Huge pet peeve of mine in gaming.

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Gamespot is terrible these days.

Not arguing about validity of that particular score, but seriously, I used to love that site.

Polygon: 5/10
Gamespot: 6/10
IGN: 8.4/10
GamesRadar: 4/5
God is a Geek: 7.5/10
Game Informer: 7.5/10

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Word from people that have been playing it today is that the frame rate issues have already been patched.

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My copy of Mad Max from Best Buy rang out at 39.99 plus tax (bundle) instead of my GCU price of 47.99 plus tax. I purchased this and the movie on the same receipt so it must be giving a greater bundle discount. Alright with me.

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IGN is doing a live play of the game right now, mates. . Looks really good in play. I am officially interested in this motherfucker.

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I've enjoyed my first three hours with this. It's like all games mashed into one game. All the games.

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Solid game; captures the tone of the films well and is by no means easy; really puts the Arkham games to shame in the difficulty category.

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I hope this game does well and about every trailer of in-game footage looks good. I can see the single player aspect but this game would be a blast if there was some "Horde" type mode where 2-3 Mad Max characters could defend an outpost, platform or depot of some kind much like in the Mad Max 2 movie. hope to see and hear more on this....may end up being another sleeper hit like Shadow of Mordor.

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I picked it up and only played for about an hour so far. Enjoying what i have played though and no regrets so far. Gonna be a fun Labor Day weekend between this and Phantom Pain.

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This looks like one movie tie-in game that is worth its price tag. Adding to my must-play list.

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I played it for an hour or two. Pretty fun so far.

They could have done a better job with the button mapping. Making the same button for "Drop Down" and "Fire your incredibly rare shotgun ammo at nothing in particular"? Not the brightest decision.

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4 hours in and I am very happy I picked this up.

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I've got 9-10 hours in and love it. The only problem is that you could be having a car battle and they just disappear. Sucks when you spend a couple of minutes ramming them for scraps to have them just go bye, bye. The map is pretty damn massive and detailed.

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Thirteen hours in and about 25% complete, hasn't felt repetitive at all.

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This is what kind of worried me.

How varied are your objectives?

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The game is somewhat repetitive but also addicting. You knock down scarecrows, take out snipers, search a bunch of little sites/camps for scraps, take down various camps, tackle caravans of 6 vehicles (maybe more), run races, search for water, upgrade Max and his vehicle(s) and do the story missions. Using the harpoon from a vehicle on other vehicles or people is bad ass. I'm around 25% finished as well with about 12-13 hours played. There is a lot of little stuff to do to get the platinum. It will be a bit of a pain in the ass but someone has already Platted it. Go figure!

Also, the storms that happen in the game are probably one of the most intense things I have ever seen in a game.

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So what do you guys think: is this a game that will get a "game of the year version" or will it get a season pass/DLC pack(s)?

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No idea on dlc at this point, but this game is a lot better than metacritic will have you believe. It is fun as hell, has tremendous atmosphere, solid controls and while it suffers from a bit of repetitiveness that all open world games have, it is a little better in that area because the game feels so different. Also, the camp take over missions are so different from each other that I look forward to them.

Also, has had a few WOW moments that really have to be experienced...and probably one of the, if not the, greatest cinema to actual gameplay transitions I have ever seen. I knew it was coming, and it was so smooth and so well done it still blew me away..

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what would you say is the % of driving to hand-to-hand combat and foot quests, like 70/30?

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I feel like I am spending 50/50 in the car vs foot...

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that's not bad. i'm wondering because i hate driving games and even light driving, like in Borderlands, bothers me. something about the controls that i could never get used to...

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The game may feel like Borderlands in certain parts, but never when driving. The driving in this game is MUCH faster and MUCH better.

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and the controls aren't too cumbersome with all the stuff you have to do while driving?