Mad Max Won't be Set in Australia

[Abomination]

Of course it isn't going to be set in Australia. Australia's not 'MURICA!!!! enough.

You know, we really aren't like that. I'd love to see a video game set in Ireland or New Zealand, hell I even bought both titles in the Metro series in addition to the book, but fuck man, that was just insulting.

Haven't you played any of the Lord of the Rings games?

They're all set in New Zealand, a few thousand years ago.

When the Elves sailed West they went to Tasmania... people just don't pay attention to this kind of thing, seriously.

Psht. I just want to see GTA: Auckland

As an Auckland resident I can assure you that a GTA game in Auckland would be a bad idea. The city is poorly designed from a transportation perspective, it's far too hilly and the roads are hardly ever straight. Not to mention New Zealand doesn't have the society worthy of satire like the USA or UK does - a staple of the GTA humour.

 

[kingmob]

This sounds a lot like 'Wait, it's supposed to be in Australia?' and then trying to come up with a response tbh. Indicative of the casual way developers work with aquired IPs. There's absolutely no reason (even after their given statement) for it to NOT be in Australia, so I claim Occam's razor here and assume they simply didn't know.

Such disregard should be a nice indication of the eventual quality... (not that I particularly care where it takes place)