Why did this game get such bad reviews?

[Trapped in Purgatory]

I mean, 6/10 from Gamespot & 5.5 from Polygon? This game isn't "that" bad. It is like a mixture of Rage, Batman Arkham, and Red Faction. Sometimes I think game reviewers just want to hate on a game for no real reason than to be "that guy."

[DeathWantsMore]

Not innovative enough I guess and pretty repetitive. The combat is just a simplistic arkham-ripoff with a hefty amount of bugs. I liked the game, but I can see why they'd give it a mixed score.

[Ryuu]

Teaches you to never trust those ♥♥♥♥♥♥ web-critics.
It's very close to what most Mad Max fans expected it to be, with some rough edges. It's one of the very few and the only Mad Max game worth playing.

[Trapped in Purgatory]

Originally posted by DeathWantsMore:

Not innovative enough I guess and pretty repetitive. The combat is just a simplistic arkham-ripoff with a hefty amount of bugs. I liked the game, but I can see why they'd give it a mixed score.

Yeah but still, a 5.5 is like pretty much unplayable bad in my opinion. Mad Max is at least a 7 or higher. Heck if I was a "professional" reviewer, I would have given it an 8 at least. The combat is brutal, the graphics are great, and it really captures the world of Mad Max. I don't like the gunplay and the voice for Max.

[Snail]

It is a rough diamond that only certain Mad Max fans enjoy!

[Chadwbacca]

I like Mad Max movies, but this game, jesus, it's really repetitive and uninspired, the melee combat it's bad and simple, the car fights are better, but you end up really overpowered in just a few hours, and the game it's never hard. But the environment capture the essence of Mad Max perfectly, and to see those storms... Awesome.

[Pantherr]

The only bad ting about the game in my opinion is that is was made by WB...

[Trapped in Purgatory]

Originally posted by Pepsiman:

I like Mad Max movies, but this game, jesus, it's really repetitive and uninspired, the melee combat it's bad and simple, the car fights are better, but you end up really overpowered in just a few hours, and the game it's never hard. But the environment capture the essence of Mad Max perfectly, and to see those storms... Awesome.

You can kinda call every game repetitive in a way. Just saying this game might not be great, but it is far from a 5/10 in my opinion.

[vukotlak]

this game is great. I just started to install it again for another playthrough.

The combat might be a ripoff of batman but it is done a lot better. The combat astetics are awesome. I cant get enough of it. So satisfying playing with the enemies. So satisfying to walk behind a enemie on his knees and break his neck :) Dat ♥♥♥♥ is too good.

Also this game might have the best explosions to this day.

Who cares if you do allways the same as long as what you do is great, I rather do one thing over and over i enjoy then having the choice between 10 things that all equaly suck. Looking at you Ubisoft...

Originally posted by Snail:

It is a rough diamond that only certain Mad Max fans enjoy!

I am not a Mad Max fan and i still love this game

[Slutski]

"Gamespot"
"Polygon"

Do people even look at rating from those "gaming journalists"? Remember, gaming journalists are not yor friends. They are obviously getting paid in order to "shape" the crowd. I even recall the IGN post about PC version of Destiny 2, which the "journalist" blamed and called it a bad version on the game. Just to conclude in the end that It's bad in the same sense of that It's so good he can't get back to the console version now, hence why It's a terrible experience. He was doing it unironically. Does it make any sense? I don't think it does.

I lost the 4chan (edited: 4сhаn is censored lol) link regarding the latest Diablo outlash, which had a lot of "gaming journalists" attacking the crowd who got mad at (Activision) Blizzard and their presentation for the right reasons. Just like if they were paid to take action in the damage control.

There is a lot of examples of how rеtarded those companies are. There is a lot of examples on the Internet, but do you really expect people who write that[i.imgur.com] to be in their mind and give you an actual representation of the game?

Excuse me for the long post. I just want to tell that crowd reception is what matters. Those "gaming journalists" can suck my dong.

[Just Chill]

Originally posted by Pantherr:

The only bad ting about the game in my opinion is that is was made by WB...

It was made by Avalanche Studios.

WB is only publisher.

[vukotlak]

Originally posted by Pantherr:

The only bad ting about the game in my opinion is that is was made by WB...

How can a products only flaw be that it was developt by a certain company. If it is a good product the company was certainly doing a good job. i realy would like to understand what exactly youre opinion about WB is and why you consider it as a flaw.

[Ryuu]

It seems WB scrapped DLCs that were being developed. In Origin version there are DLC folders with dummy files. Names suggest it could even be side mission packs, not just ornaments and vehicles.
They didn't put enough trust in the game because of those rotten journalists and their reviews.

[vukotlak]

Originally posted by Ryuu:

It seems WB scrapped DLCs that were being developed. In Origin version there are DLC folders with dummy files. Names suggest it could even be side mission packs, not just ornaments and vehicles.
They didn't put enough trust in the game because of those rotten journalists and their reviews.

ya but thats just taking a guess. i was just reading an article today about the warcraft movie and how it was ruined by certain companies and investors. Its sad when a piece of art gets deformed like that.

I realy want a mad max sequel and a warcraft sequel.

[3 Crab Fish Sauce]

imo, this game is totally underrated.
Not exactly my choice of genre for a mad max game but enjoyable none the less.

Professional critics are never to be trusted. User reviews are better.

[Trapped in Purgatory]

I honestly don't care about a game's review but it does hurt the game because dumb people will choose to not buy the game, causing it to lose money and then the chances of a sequel is no more. Meanwhile COD and Assassins Creed are yearly games that are the same thing except with different models and textures, and they all get the same perfect scores, thus making the developer release the same crap over and over.