Ranking 2015’s Summer Video Games From Worst To Best

6. Mad Max

First missing its tie-in window with the fantastic Fury Road movie, and then going up against the behemoth that is Metal Gear Solid V on the same release day, it seemed as though Mad Max's first game in 26 years had a cultural reception about as barren as his own wasteland. However, like last year's Shadow of Mordor, all it takes to shine through in the face of any odds, is a solid gameplay engine - something that in MM's case is propped up by some of the most gloriously anarchic visuals seen on current hardware. Seriously, thanks to the dust, oil n' blood-soaked landscape everything takes place in, every thunderous haymaker and every ignited flame burns with one hell of a sense of grit and desperation. It's this sense of immersion that helps carry Mad Max above the competition. Plenty reviews have slated its by-the-numbers approach, but sometimes you don't need a medium-pushing narrative extravaganza - sometimes it's just plain fun to barrel across a deserted wilderness, replicate the convoy-robberies from the movie and mount an explosive offensive against a dude called Scabrous Scrotus. Sometimes a game can be a game, and considering it's Just Cause-devs Avalanche pulling the strings, the overall level of physics-based vehicular carnage is completely unmatched. Until part three of their main franchise, anyway.