Mad Max Won't be Set in Australia

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Astoria

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Aaaannnnndddd there goes much of my interest in this game. There are a billion and one post apocalyptic games set in America, why not set one in Australia. Basically they're just using the name to get some extra interest. Their loss I suppose, instead of standing out now this game will probably be lost amoung the many others that are just like it.
 

Halfie2

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So it's not "real" Mad Max but uses the name to get more sales?

Sounds an awful lot like Max Payne 3.

I think there's a connection there somewhere.
 

Gordon_4_v1legacy

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.....you bloody mongrels!

If Mad Max were any more Australian he'd bleed meat pies instead of blood. The setting itself is clearly 'The Outback' since that makes it visually distinct from the deserts of the United States or even the Middle East. Also the iconic car is a Ford Falcon; you know, a car that has only ever been built in Australia and the XB GT Hardtop was limited to less than 1000.



No Australian setting, no Falcon Interceptor!
 

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Blachman201 said:
What kind of heresy is that?! That is like making a Fallout film that takes place in Europe!
To be honest it would be interesting to see what is happening in Europe in the Fallout universe... but I'd want it to be game and not a film. The first Fallout film (if there ever is one) should be set on the West Coast for obvious reasons.
 

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Wow.....just freakin wow....As an American and a Mad Max fan I find this news extremely disappointing and outright insulting to Aussies. This was Australia's classic property, something that was made all the more special knowing that this was created and played out in that country. The whole movie is filled with all things Australia, accents, landscapes, vehicles etc. Who the hell thought this was a great idea?

I seriously can't facepalm hard enough at this news...

 

blackrave

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Why?
What is Australia?
[Wikipedia, here we go!]
1. Continent-lite (~7.5M km2). Big enough to feel expansive, small enough to be doable in 1:1 scale in computer game (or scaled down just a little).
2. 7 main cities (8 if we count Tasmania) with vast open spaces in between (perfect for car based game)
3. 5 climatic zones (so that we can have quite different feel while traveling through various locations)
4. Fauna that is vastly different from remaining world, even unique. Not to mention that many of reptiles, amphibians, insects and arachnids actively tries to kill you. Throw in some radiation and biological weapon remains and we have perfect scenario for some creatures straight out of nightmares.
5. Mostly inhabited by descendants of criminals (and if crime is even remotely influenced by genetics, then those traits will be back when the shit will hit the fan)
6. Awesome accent of locals, that haven't been done to the death, contrary to grizzled murican bro accent.

So let me repeat myself.
WHY???
Australia is perfect location for Mad Max game/movie/novel/comic/poem/song/anything.
The fuck is wrong with these developers?
If they don't want to make Mad Max game, then they shouldn't make it.
They should make
[pulling some stupid name out of my head]
Terrafall.
Terrafall is based in post-nuke Nevada, where civilization is located around few settlements and cars are main means of transportation.
Done, make Terrafall and leave Mad Max alone, dammit!
 

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Abomination said:
Blachman201 said:
What kind of heresy is that?! That is like making a Fallout film that takes place in Europe!
To be honest it would be interesting to see what is happening in Europe in the Fallout universe... but I'd want it to be game and not a film. The first Fallout film (if there ever is one) should be set on the West Coast for obvious reasons.
Actually in my head Fallout, Metro and Mad Max are set in one world, just in different locations.
 

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As an Aussie, this pisses me off... Though future me argues that when this game comes out, and sucks, there'll be the silver lining of 'it wasn't even set here'.
 

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NinjaDeathSlap said:
I don't agree with the decision. That said, when Australia is probably going to end up banning the game for being too violent (because, y'know, Australia), then I kind of understand not bothering to try and appeal to that market.
That's plain stupidity and shows ignorance of Australia and it's gaming market. We don't ban games the way you think of it, and even with those that were refused classification alot have been reclassified, however when they were RC'd they were still legal to buy and import, they weren't contraband or anything. Mortal Kombat was recently released as the complete edition (not cutting down), now that R18+ rating has been created the problem no longer exists.

OT: Bloody idiots, seriously fuck them! I was thinking finally a game made in Australia, finally I could stop listening to annoying yanks (not that I hate American accent, just sick of nothing but it in games/tv), but no they had to stuff up something so simple. If your not going to set it in Australia with Australians then its not Mad Max, so why waste the money on the IP when your just making another boring American wasteland game you stupid gits!! Seriously, someone over in the states go up and smack these idiots down.
 

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Blachman201 said:
What kind of heresy is that?! That is like making a Fallout film that takes place in Europe!
Actually, the head designer of New Vegas said one day he would do exactly that.

Or, was it a game...I can't remember...eh, something fallout in Europe
 

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Well, this looks like a right load of bollocks now doesnt it? though i have to say the annoucement is impressive; Christofer Sundberg deserves some kind of Platinum bullshit award for his attempt to 'explain' why Mad Max doesnt have to be set in Australia.

Fine then, why not set the thing in downtown fucking new york, forget the post apocolyptic setting entirely.

Fucks sake, these idiots....
 

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Boris Goodenough said:
Would they also set Waterworld on the moon? Or the sun?!
The Sun is about three quarters hydrogen. That kinda makes setting a Waterworld game on it truer to the source material than not setting Mad Max in Australia, if you look at it from an angle.
 

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Steven Bogos said:
"We treated [the Mad Max game] as a completely new property, and that was really the only way for us to take on a licensed game."
Except it's not, it's a Mad Max game.
 

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I expect this decision to be reversed. Thinking about it, maybe not... If they were stupid enough to think this was a good idea in the first place, they might actually think the backlash is GOOD. This just seems painfully silly.
 

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Alfador_VII said:
Abomination said:
I'm afraid you are wrong. The Shire is squarely in Matamata, North Island, New Zealand. I've even climbed Mt. Doom, it's not volcanic any more - what with Sauron being defeated at the end of the Third Age. We now call it Mount Ngauruhoe and it's a right ***** to climb, entire thing is just volcanic rock and every step causes the stones beneath you to shift or give way.

I wasn't being serious about Lord of the Rings, ya dink! Of course it isn't real!
I didn't say it wasn't filmed in New Zealand, just that it wasn't a defining feature of the movie, especially as I'm pretty sure Tolkien never went there, so couldn't have intended NZ to be Middle Earth.

Most of the descriptions of the Shire sound like a fairly typical English country village, and yes, Peter Jackson managed to put that in New Zealand perfectly.
Pretty much every location in the series is based on places he grew up in. If I remember rightly, Mordor is based on some factories or something?

But I know this because I live near (not actually near but people think it's close enough) one of those areas and whenever there's a slow news day, they run a piece about it.
 

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Just having the opportunity to sit and read all these replies back to myself in a grossly exaggerated Australian accent makes it all seem worthwhile... Thanks I guess.

I find repeating words like 'Australia' or 'Australian' in particular as many times per paragraph as possible to be the most therapeutic ^^ =b
 

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Desert Punk said:
Evil Smurf said:
Australia is important you know.
Psht, no its not!
Important enough for one tripple-A game out of the one billion and one American ones.
Desert Punk said:
Abomination said:
Blachman201 said:
What kind of heresy is that?! That is like making a Fallout film that takes place in Europe!
To be honest it would be interesting to see what is happening in Europe in the Fallout universe... but I'd want it to be game and not a film. The first Fallout film (if there ever is one) should be set on the West Coast for obvious reasons.
Moving a Fallout to Europe wouldn't even be Fallout anymore, just like this is not gonna be like Mad Max anymore.

You wouldnt have A) Enclave (Former US government), B) Brotherhood of Steel (Former US military/DARP), C) Vault-Tec (Non international US company) D) Super-Mutants (US Govt prototype weapon), E) Power-Armor (US weapon developed to fight the chinese in Alaska made by West Tek), Ect...

So all you would really have is a game with some radioactive zombie things, bandits, and bomb blasted wasteland with a maybe 50sh theme...
I'd still be really interested in this, but you're right, it wouldn't be a natural Fallout game. I'd like to know what the rest of the world was up to. I swear, in the Fallout universe they can bring back power armor, lasers, gunships and giant robots but know one knows how to fix:
a) A car
b) International communication