Game Reviews7.2/10
Mad Max’s open world is a coat it can’t quite wear
A review of Avalanche Studios' 2015 open-world game Mad Max, where building the Magnum Opus is the whole point and the driving outshines the fighting.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
Tag: Vehicular Combat
Game Reviews8/10
Twisted Metal 2 Turns Vehicular Combat Into a Global Tour of Destruction
Twisted Metal 2 review: the 1996 sequel took the arena combat global, added cloak, shield and fire bombs, and gave the campaign two boss fights worth playing.
Game Reviews8/10
A 1995 Racing Game Where Wrecking the Car Beats Winning the Race
Destruction Derby (1995) review: Reflections made the crash the point, with predictable physics, a punishing radiator, and The Bowl as the purest mode.
Game Reviews8.8/10
The 1970s That Never Happened, and the Vehicular Brawler Built on Top of It
Vigilante 8 review: Luxoflux's 1998 vehicular combat classic, its alternate 1975 oil-crisis setting, the Site-4 ambush, and why it still holds up.