Hello and welcome to another mad max post, this time it’s the magnum opus from mad max the game. Mad Max is a single-player third-person open-world adventure video game developed by Avalanche Studios and released in 2015. Despite taking significant influence from Mad Max: Fury Road, the events depicted are non-canon. In search of fuel, MFP patrol officer-turned-survivalist Max Rockatansky journeys to the Plains of Silence, believing that the voices of those he couldn't save will go away once he reaches them. His voyage takes an unexpected turn when he runs into a group of War Boys led by Scabrous Scrotus, the psychotic son of Immortan Joe and ruler of Gastown. Scrotus and his War Boys run Max off the road and steal his clothes, supplies, weapons and car, leaving him to die in the desert. Wandering around the desert, Max finds an overzealous, hunchbacked mechanic named Chumbucket who calls him the Driver. Chumbucket leads Max to Scrotus and the War Boys' camp, where Max spots the Interceptor and says that he is going to get the car back. Chumbucket tells him that it is pointless, that it will be scrapped by the time he gets down there. He tells Max that with his help, he can build a car faster and tougher than the Interceptor. Max agrees and they return to Chumbucket's hideout. His hideout is an overturned tanker ship. Chumbucket shows him the car, which he has dubbed the Magnum Opus. Initially, Max is dismissive, as it is nothing more than a frame. However, he changes his mind upon seeing the specs Chumbucket has drawn on a blackboard, insisting that the car be fitted with a V8 engine. Chumbucket agrees, but states that first they must claim a body. They go to a car graveyard in the middle of Buzzard territory to claim a body, barely managing to escape. Chumbucket fashions a harpoon and installs Nitrous, and they clear out the area of Scrotus' War Boys. Max is angered when he checks the engine and realizes that it's only a V6. Chumbucket states that they can get a V8 in Gastown.
The Magnum Opus is a customisable vehicle created by Chumbucket with the help of Max Rockatansky. Chumbucket led Max to the vehicle after Max's V8 Interceptor was stolen by Scabrous Scrotus. Chumbucket showed Max the plans for upgrading the Magnum Opus, as well as how he plans to replace the V6 engine with a V8 to give it more power.
The car has six potential bodies, some of which, like other vehicles in the game, are based on vehicles from Mad Max: Fury Road:
Death Rattle - Based on a 1934 Chevrolet Master 5 Window Coupe
Die Rolla - Based on 1960s Rolls-Royce
Wild Hunt - Based on Ford Falcon XB 1973
Shovelface - Based on a 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback
Furnace - Based on a Perentti Coupe, an Australian kit-car based on the chassis of a Chevrolet C3 Corvette
Ripper (DLC) - Based on a 1960s Pontiac GTO
I picked the Shovelface design for my build
Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more builds
Comments (1)
Very cool!