Ironically, it wasn't just the sandstorms of Mad Max's wasteland that make the titular hero occasionally hard to find, as the game itself released right alongside Metal Gear Solid V, thoroughly scuppering any chance of recognition when it came to where gamers were going to plonk down their cash at the time. However, one of the standout positives that you just have to see regardless, are the blisteringly brutal weather conditions in-game. Showing off Avalanche Studios' impeccable graphics engine, as soon as one kicks in the screen will be a miasma of dynamic lighting effects as the billowing smoke reduces all light around you to tiny shards of hope occasionally poking through. Debris fills the skies and you'll need to keep your finger on the dodge button to even stay alive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rxdwLQx4Rk A few wrong moves will finish Max off if you're away from your vehicle, but riding one of these things out and emerging in one piece as the whistling wind calms down again is truly jaw-dropping.
