Mad Max Won't be Set in Australia
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This is very disappointing news.
I was looking forward to a Gibson inspired Max (with accent) in the Australian wasteland, even seeing Lord Humungus (sp) as such. This really kills any hype the game had going for it for me.
Putting Mad Max in the wrong setting just makes it a bad Fallout rip-off (yes I know FO was inspired by Mad Max), it loses all its originality.
This just went from "really interested" to "couldn't care less". Way to go devs.
I was looking forward to a Gibson inspired Max (with accent) in the Australian wasteland, even seeing Lord Humungus (sp) as such. This really kills any hype the game had going for it for me.
Putting Mad Max in the wrong setting just makes it a bad Fallout rip-off (yes I know FO was inspired by Mad Max), it loses all its originality.
This just went from "really interested" to "couldn't care less". Way to go devs.
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.Chaos Marine said:
Technically he is American but he moved to Australia at a young age and has an Australian accent because of it.Zenn3k said:
OT
I would have loved to finally see a game where everyone had Australian accents, they are hilarious. But alas we have to settle for the typical american gruff voices because that's what sells.
If anybody cares to sign it, there's a petition that's been set up o'er here: http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/avalanche-studios-hire-an-australian-actor-to-portray-max-in-the-mad-max-videogame-2?utm_source=guides&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_created
I agree with this decision. Australia is a terribly overused setting, just above Europe and just second to the done to death Asia.
It might not be true to the films but I'm glad we finally get a game set in the United States. It has frankly been a long time coming.
It might not be true to the films but I'm glad we finally get a game set in the United States. It has frankly been a long time coming.
Oh the sarcasm drips from this comment.Atrocious Joystick said:
OT: Why isn't set in Australia? I mean really? Even as an American, I'm getting tired of seeing post apocalyptic US all the damn time. Somewhere else would be at least more interesting like imagine
Hey! Mister Prime Minister! Andy!j-e-f-f-e-r-s said:
And now I'm just adding nothing to the conversation.
We need to take a traditionaly American franchise and just set it in Australia for a change. Or maybe South Africa, or even Brazil.
As an American I apologize on behalf of my fellow countrymen. We have difficulty remembering there are other countries on the planet (besides Canada and the ones we're invading).
As an American I apologize on behalf of my fellow countrymen. We have difficulty remembering there are other countries on the planet (besides Canada and the ones we're invading).
Err, I don't see why this is such a big issue, sure Australians are more interesting than americans, and therefore this game is gonna have less interesting characters. But the movies never explicitly mentioned they were set in australia. It was only filmed in australia because it already looked like it was a post-apocalyptic landscape. Infact, I think it was implied that the whole world now looked like that, so it would make sense for the films to actually have been set outside Australia, where the world had been reduced to looking different, not like it always did...
And the aussie accents were really just there out of necessity as the films (the first one in particular and to a lesser extent the Road Warrior) were low budget films and they couldn't afford to get any big name actors from america and had to use local talent, who for the most part were all pretty rubbish by todays standards, (but perfect for 80's action movies)
I'll reserve judgement til i play it, or at least read/see a few reviews.
And the aussie accents were really just there out of necessity as the films (the first one in particular and to a lesser extent the Road Warrior) were low budget films and they couldn't afford to get any big name actors from america and had to use local talent, who for the most part were all pretty rubbish by todays standards, (but perfect for 80's action movies)
I'll reserve judgement til i play it, or at least read/see a few reviews.
True, Bethesda tried using a real drug (morphine) instead of a fictional one like those found in Fallout 1+2. It was a dumb idea and we're all glad they didn't get to go through with it.rapidoud said:
I think you're looking for this:VanQ said:
Stupid F-ing Corporate goons. Always trying to take something unique and interesting and turn it into bland generic tripe.
I support Aussie Mad Max! Woo!
Mad Max game? Very interested, I love those movies. I have so many good memories watching the movies with my old man, as a boy.
Wait.....its not going to take place in Australia? Fuck it, not a Mad Max game and I'm no longer interested.
Wait.....its not going to take place in Australia? Fuck it, not a Mad Max game and I'm no longer interested.
Setting not important? Pff, I'm not buying it. Clearly just using the Mad Max brand to shift units for a shitty generic-as-piss post-apocalypse game. Fuck that noise.
But then it wouldn't be available on Xbox One!-Dragmire- said:
This is marketing stupidity in it's finest.
This +1.PunkRex said:
What kind of buffoon could believe that using a licensed IP as a completely new IP makes any kind of sense? What kind of imbecile would then outright state that they've thrown the license out the window and just done their own thing?
Was nobody paying attention when Syndicate went down in flames or have all these marketing pinheads just repressed the memory?