There is no question we've all waited far too long for an open world post-apocalyptic Mad Max game. An adventure with Mad Max blazing around sand filled wastelands with his V8 Interceptor taking on gangs of marauders as he searches for gas and water seems like a no-brainer.

Mad Max might be formed from familiar parts of other games, but the car-wrecking, skull-cracking chaos it creates is a rewarding and expansive adventure.

There's a huge open world to adventure through however you see fit; A great balance of on-foot and car action full of emergent stories; Very satisfying character and skill progression

A paper-thin story; Poor mission system and tracking; Too many bland American voices for such an iconic Australian character

Mad Max: Fury Road brought fresh life to the film series that last saw an entry with Beyond Thunderdome. It had a new star behind Max, no Mel Gibson but Tom Hardy instead. It received fairly positive reviews, so I was surprised to see a game in the pipeline for the series that actually had no ties...

Mad Max was, without a doubt one of the games I was most anxious to play. Why wouldn't I be? After all it was in the hands of Avalanche studios, the acclaimed creators who were responsible for the zany and over the top Just Cause series .

Fluid Animations; Gritty Car Combat; Groundshaking Explosions; Powerful Voice Acting and Writing; Chumbucket

Combat Lacks Polish at Times; Car Physics; Forgets Gameplay in Favor of Cutscenes

That ties neatly into the harsh world of Mad Max, though, as does the slightly cultish feel of a game whose rough edges might scare some people away. You'll have played other, better examples of the genre, and you've likely been a tourist to the post-apocalypse a few too many times before, yet...

is very good, you must play it!

Now, after the franchise managed to get back into the mainstream thanks to the stellar "Fury Road," the long-awaited video game adaptation of the series, titled simply Mad Max, has just been released by developer Avalanche Studios and publisher Warner Bros.

Great progression for both the car and Max; Compelling revenge story; Plenty of activities; Good visuals throughout the wasteland

Some repetitive tasks and missions; Takes some time before the player is free to do anything; Some upgrades and mechanics aren't properly explained

A Mad Max open world game, the massive wastelands filled with roving bands of psychotic killers, skipping souped-up cars over the dunes, and then jumping out to take part in brutal hand-to-hand combat

If only our Aussie hero wasn’t holding the Magnum Opus back, then Mad Max would be a smash from start to finish. As it stands, the game is left in the shadow of its contemporaries, with a formula that ever so slightly misses the mark.

Riding round in the Magnum Opus; A desert sprawl to explore; Adds to a famous filmic lore;

Combat gets repetitive;

With the release of a new Mad Max movie earlier this year, it's no surprise that Warner Bros. would want to release a video game that ties into the movie for some quick cash. I was ready to dismiss the game at E3 for those exact reasons, but playing it gave me second thoughts.

Open world game that takes strong cues from Assassin's Creed; Batman: Arkham Asylum; and inFamous and incorporates them very; very well; and includes unique car combat that nevers gets tiresome; as harpooning drivers out of cars never stops being fun

Not much innovation since it does take those cues from other games; no deep story; lots of fetch quests; and open world mechanics can be tedious