Mad Metal

Mad Metal is a vehicular combat game set in America in the 2080s. AI corporations created sentient machines that now roam the wastelands abducting humans and using them to produce a new half-human, half-machine race. The player takes the role of one of the few remaining humans, whose wife has been taken and whose daughter is held by the machines.

Combat centres on a Dead Aim Targeting System that slows time so players can aim at specific components. Doors can be broken to target the driver, fuel tanks can be punctured to cause explosions, and wheels can be destroyed to stop a vehicle. Players view the action from a first-person cabin perspective and monitor dashboard instruments, including weapon overheating and ammunition. A sidearm can be drawn when other weapons are unavailable. Vehicle building involves trade-offs, as each part adds weight and affects aerodynamics, and augments found during a run can upgrade weapons and the vehicle.

The game offers a solo campaign, open-world co-op, an extraction mode in which teams must survive to escape, and ranked and unranked 1v1 deathmatches. Other features include boss encounters with specific weak points and tactical abilities that can be combined with a loadout. Examples include sonar for tracking enemies through walls, caltrops for disabling vehicles, and a jetpack for reaching higher ground.