The success of Mad Max: Fury Road and the upcoming Furiosa movie have reignited interest in the Mad Max universe. Director George Miller reflected on the 2015 Mad Max game and the potential for future games in the franchise.
Mad Max director George Miller wants Hideo Kojima to develop a new Mad Max game
In an interview with Gaming Bible at Cannes, George Miller made candid statements about the Mad Max game developed by Avalanche Studios in 2015. Miller stated that the game did not meet his expectations and said, “The game was not as good as I wanted it to be.”
Miller said he felt that not being directly involved in the project and having to give all the material to Avalanche lowered the quality of the game. “I’m one of those people who prefers not to do anything unless it’s done at the highest level,” Miller said.
While Miller would like to see a new Mad Max game made, he sees Hideo Kojima as the ideal person to lead the project. Kojima, creator of Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding, has made it clear that he’s a big fan of Fury Road. Miller said that he had spoken to Kojima but that he was hesitant to make such an offer because he was busy with his own projects.
Avalanche’s Mad Max game was released a few months after the release of Fury Road and featured a story set between Fury Road and Beyond Thunderdome. Although the game received positive reviews upon its release, it had to compete with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which came out the same day, which negatively impacted the game’s sales.
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Christofer Sundberg, co-founder of Avalanche Studios, said that Warner Bros. insisted on not changing the game’s release date, which had a negative impact on sales. Sundberg said that Warner Bros. canceled some DLC because of this and that the potential of the game was lost due to political reasons.
Sundberg also dismissed Miller’s criticism of the game and argued that Warner Bros. forcing the game into a linear structure negatively affected the development of the game. He said that he thinks that if Kojima were to make a Mad Max game, it would offer a completely different experience.
Since its release, Mad Max has become a cult classic and is playable on both PC and consoles. With the Furiosa movie, the Mad Max universe is back in the spotlight and perhaps the game will get more attention in the coming days.
