This year's Mad Max game has been a long time coming-and, really, so has the film. (That said, Mad Max 2 also usedВ a rape to show thatВ Humungus was a really, really bad guy, which didn't win the film any female-portrayal points.)ДЄnd withВ the latest film's prolonged production schedule in mind, it's no wonder that the game's producers weren't eager to tie its developmentВ to Fury Road's plotВ and characters. Up until Fury Road, Mad Max movies have had largely male leading casts, but even Mad Max 2'sВ Warrior Woman character was a weapon-wielding survivor and defender as opposed to a love interest or a helpless bystander. In some ways, the game's initial dude-filled revealВ fits the general casting scope of the prior Mad Max films, with the major exception of Tina Turner's leadingВ role in Beyond Thunderdome. To understand how this happened, it helps to understand the game's long development cycle. Instead, the game trailer revolves around dudes, dudes, and more dudes, all driving cars and getting into fights-with the exception of a single woman whoВ appears to be both an unwilling captive of a bad guy and Max'sВ romantic interest.В Given itsВ ties to a film packed with combat-ready women, a careful portrayal of sexualization, and a major consultant best known for penning plays like The Vagina Monologues, the game's approach may raise eyebrows among some players. Theron recentlyВ called the new film ' an incredible feminist movie' Internet commenters haveВ since arguedВ over whether that description is entirely apt, but Theron is certainly less likely to say the same about the upcoming game, at least in its current state. The Mad Max game trailer and the gameplay we've seen includeВ no major female characters, such as Fury Road's Furiosa character (played by Charlize Theron in the film) or Beyond Thunderdome's Aunty Entity. But for now, I'd like to focus on something notВ seen in the game: the bestВ female characters from the film. Further Reading The new Mad Max game isnвЂ™t Fury Road, but it has its momentsThe game comes out in September, and we've laid out our impressions of a recent preview build shown to the press.

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