00:00...handcrafted from the ground up to rival the best open world games out there.
00:05So, what we're going to show for you today is hopefully a wide range of different mechanics.
00:11You're going to see, we've jumped into about halfway through the game and you're going to see some of the
00:15characters that you'll quirky waste on characters through to the Mad Max lore.
00:24That you're going to have to deal with.
00:25It looks beautiful man.
00:27And this is a live demo.
00:28I think you've joined us before and we've had trailers and what not, but this is the first time I've
00:32actually seen it played live.
00:36Yes, you see Evan here is playing as Max.
00:40What he tore down there, he used a harpoon, which is one of the weapons that we have loaded onto
00:45the back of the Magnum Opus.
00:47That's Max's car that he's trying to build.
00:49And he used that harpoon, very versatile weapon, until he used it to pull down a Scarecrow.
00:56Oh man, that took him down.
00:58It did.
00:59Now you only need to do that once, right?
01:01I would think.
01:02Yeah, if your ambition level is low, but if you want to do it plenty of times, that's fine too.
01:10So, what we're doing here is strengthening, we're working the wasteland, trying to weaken Scabrous Scrotus, who is the warlord
01:19in this region, weaken his stranglehold.
01:23And you saw Evan using the harpoon to take down some of the tethers for this balloon.
01:34And now that it's loose, hopefully we can use it for something.
01:38Oh, he's not happy that you did that.
01:43Oh, nice.
01:52Oh, he just kind of crumbled down there.
01:56So, you see some hand-to-hand combat there.
01:59Max is, you know, fairly brutal, efficient fighter.
02:06Definitely prone to use anything within arm's reach, weapons, disarm enemies, shivs.
02:12And as you progress throughout the game, you know, new sort of combat moves and abilities and buffs will open
02:20up.
02:23So, this is our first look at everything, the wasteland, okay, here you go.
02:30And once we take this view, we'll have lots of opportunities exposed for us on the map.
02:41This gives us a bit of a strategic view of the region.
02:45There's also a bunch of stuff that we'll discover on the way, as we're exploring.
02:49And there's a bunch of stuff that will never be, you know, marked on the map, like random encounters,
02:53things that just pop up and bite you in the ass.
02:56No, they just come out of nowhere?
02:58Yep.
03:03So, you know, again, the open world, one of the things that is the avalanche promise is that if you
03:09can see it, you can go there.
03:11Go to it, okay.
03:12And you can choose, we could just head west, keep on driving, and forget that there's a game full of
03:18content waiting for us.
03:20So, yeah, you really, you could just get lost in all the side quests and all the other crazy things.
03:24Yep.
03:25In fact, we have, we usually try to, internally we say that we promote the character to be one, or
03:32the world, to be one of the game's main characters.
03:34And we want you to feel like you can uncover secrets and uncover its personality and, you know, clues to
03:41what it was before the apocalypse.
03:42So, we reward you with, you know, items and clues as to what happened in this world.
03:49Oh, wow, that was awesome.
04:11Yeah, so that harpoon is definitely a weapon that you can become addicted to pretty fast.
04:18Okay.
04:20Okay.
04:21Oh, smoke rises, roots have descended.
04:26Cam, pissed.
04:28We must make our presence felt.
04:29No, there's no reason to risk your skin here.
04:34If you think I should die.
04:35We'll use the gear that's in there.
04:37Your favorite fingers are nimble enough.
04:39My fingers won't fail me, Saint.
04:41But these defiers, the very same ones that destroyed my sanctum.
04:48Saint, summoning to mine the horrors they brought.
04:51They will do the very same here.
04:52And they will leave no sacred tools.
04:56They'll burn what they can't carry.
04:58And they break what they cannot burn.
05:03Then let's go.
05:05Yes, yes, Saint.
05:10So that hunchback guy.
05:12Yeah.
05:13He is your companion.
05:16All right.
05:17Unfortunately, Chris Schombacher.
05:20He's a Blackfinger, a Wasteland mechanic.
05:23Okay.
05:23And his design is he wants to build the greatest Wasteland war machine.
05:29Oh, that's his thing.
05:30That's what he wants to do.
05:31Yeah.
05:32He started calling Max Saint.
05:34There's something that happened there.
05:37It's like a religion for these guys.
05:40But he knows that he needs Max to help him out.
05:44You know, scavenge for parts.
05:46Oh.
05:47Heat up Scrotus.
05:48Oh, no.
05:50Oh, man.
05:51That was a gutsy move getting out of the car.
05:52It's a good thing he rolled out of the way both times.
05:58Oh.
05:59Is it okay to have a game over on a live Twitch stream?
06:01Yeah, absolutely.
06:02This is a live game.
06:09Okay.
06:11So we're going to try and take down some of these defenses.
06:13What's happening here is that one of Scabra Scrotus' lieutenants, a guy called Stankum, particularly
06:19evil.
06:20He's attacking this stronghold.
06:23And Max and Shunbucket, after a little negotiation, decide that if they manage to thwart the attack,
06:31defend him off, then they can gain favor with Pink Eye.
06:34And she'll give them some information about an important engine that they need to complete
06:38their car.
06:42So, beyond the films, the Mad Maxes, what other insight is there into the character?
06:48Are there books and whatnot, or is it just the films that exist for you to get, like,
06:53information to create an original story on this?
06:55Yeah, so it's the films.
06:57It's the mind of George Miller.
06:59Okay.
06:59Um, it's, I mean, we have taken influences from, you know, the subculture that has grown
07:06up after, since the films, because it had been a long time.
07:09Right.
07:09So people are filling in the gaps, you know, you have Waste on Weekend and a whole bunch
07:13of cosplayers.
07:14I've seen loads of them here at the show.
07:16So, you know, a lot of people have, uh, kept the Mad Max lore and things alive.
07:23Oh, that was awesome.
07:27So, if we can show a bit of, uh, first person.
07:34So, you see a lot of weaponry there that Chum will help you use.
07:38Carpoon-mounted thunder sticks.
07:41Shotgun.
07:44Even have a sniper rifle.
07:52Let's finish this guy off the old-fashioned way.
07:59Oh, what is he going to do?
08:00Just, like, help out, work on the car while it's, like, on fire?
08:03Yeah, he's, he's mending your car.
08:04Oh, that's awesome.
08:05Yeah.
08:06In fact, if you get lost, just, just give him a whistle and he'll drive your car here.
08:11Oh, he'll just bring it to you.
08:12Yeah.
08:24So, we're using all of the, sort of, um, offensive options that we have on the vehicle here.
08:30Oh, sniper rifle.
08:36Oh, man.
08:37He ran into it.
08:39Wow.
08:40That's what Pink Eye can hold their own until we find a way in.
08:46And you see Max reloading their ammo, fuel, health, uh, so water and food, all of those things
08:55are important economies that you're going to have to, sort of, manage.
08:58You're going to have to, I was going to ask about the fuel.
09:00So you have to manage fuel?
09:01Yep.
09:02Okay.
09:02So you can run out.
09:03You won't be totally stranded.
09:05You'll just go at a much lower pace.
09:07Much lower pace.
09:08Yeah.
09:08Okay.
09:14Oh.
09:19So you see a thing called the fury meter.
09:21Oh, he's getting there.
09:22The top right.
09:23So if you pull off, sort of, well-timed parry counter moves or combos, uh, and master the basics
09:30of hand-to-hand combat, you'll fill that meter, and once it gets full, it'll go into this fury
09:35mode, which makes him super powerful, does much more damage, opens up a whole bunch of
09:39really killer, uh, you know, finishing moves, and, oh, well, how hard is it to, uh, find ammo?
09:50I mean, I see him shooting people and whatnot.
09:53Yeah, so for this demo, we've buffed him a little bit.
09:55Of course, of course.
09:57But, uh, you definitely will ammo, food, water, um, fuel, you, you wouldn't, for example,
10:06pass a bunch of valuable scrap without picking it up there.
10:22So we're just, uh, making our way into Pink Eye's Stronghold.
10:27You see that it's still infested by Stankgum's henchmen.
10:36It's gotta hurt.
10:46Oh, it's awesome.
10:48Oh, he just popped.
10:52Going back to pick up some thunder sticks.
10:56Oh, that was amazing.
11:07Oh, yeah.
11:08There you go.
11:09Now we're in fury mode.
11:11Oh, he is.
11:11Okay.
11:12So he's just going ballistic now.
11:15We're just gonna stomp him down.
11:24So as you can see, you know, he's Mad Max.
11:28He's an experienced fighter.
11:30He's skilled in the arc of survival.
11:32Very efficient at combat.
11:35What if he never would have gotten angry?
11:37What if his, what if those biker gang would have just left his family alone in the first film?
11:41It'd be called my friendly lacrosse.
11:44We finish it.
11:46Cold the block, wheels.
11:49It finishes today.
11:52The total erratic for fucking Gation of all.
11:57You, everything here.
11:59Master order this?
12:01Scrotus word?
12:03Are you playing solo?
12:05Oh, it's sanctioned.
12:06Come in, man.
12:25The lady in the wheelchair is Pink Eye.
12:27She's the one that occupies the stronghold.
12:30Oh, okay.
12:31It's kind of like, you know, one of the last bastions of resistance in the next time.
12:36Incredible stuff.
12:37Thank you guys so much for coming out here and showing this with us.
12:40I hope, I don't know what happens after this.
12:42Maybe Max helps out.
12:44Maybe everything works out for the best.
12:45We're just going to have to wait until September 1st, right?
12:47September 1st, PS4, Xbox One, PC.
12:49This could be the very end.
12:50Max might not be able to make this.
12:52I actually could get him over.
12:53Yeah, he doesn't know.
12:54He doesn't, I don't know.
12:55You guys made it, but you're not telling us anything.
12:56Thank you guys so much for coming out here.
12:58Is there anything else you want to share with us real quick?
13:00No, just the platforms, PS4, Xbox One, PC, September 1st, as you said.
13:04Hope you like it.
