RAGE

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5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1788 Ratings

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  1. Fixxed
    Sep 25, 2013
    10
    First of all, i dont wana teach people how to write reviews or match rating with the written review.. but i must say that imo 2 points out of 10 are a question of personal taste. Not only that, but i must also say that you can review black without knowing white, same goes for saying x is great is y doesnt exist... this means that rating is possible and legit when you compare to other gamesFirst of all, i dont wana teach people how to write reviews or match rating with the written review.. but i must say that imo 2 points out of 10 are a question of personal taste. Not only that, but i must also say that you can review black without knowing white, same goes for saying x is great is y doesnt exist... this means that rating is possible and legit when you compare to other games in its category or atleast with similarities... With this said... i give this game a 10 and i am surprised with the low rating and reviews...

    Where can i start? well with the fact that, this is a bethesda game... so to those complaining about graphics.. they are perfect to me.. if you want a game to escape your CoD or Battlefield addiction dont low rate a good quality game just because graphics arent similar... On the same road, i must say that i am surprised that this marvelous fps game is from bethesda, since they are renowned for their rpgs. So it was indeed a great positive surprise for me...

    The shooting is great, the combat smooth, the whole idea of wasteland violence and surprise attacks is just... 10... right of the bat i got spooked out with a bandint jumping on me. The fact that ammo keeps running low is also good imo, since it adds to the difficulty (which may i say, scales awesomely well... hard to see a fps with such a great difficulty scaling(usually its either dumb dummies or headshot bots))
    The vehicle combat is really fun and interesting. Side quests (even though it is not an rpg) exist and are great.helpful and fun...

    Now... to all negative reviews.. i just gota say that, ofcourse you cant compare this game to cod or battlefield.. this game has a great story, and alot more than mere shooting, its bethesda... Comparing it to fallout is also silly, even though both are bethesda and involves wastelands, 1 is a rpg and the other fps with little rpg elements. I must say that this is also a great point for this game, the rpg elements are genious... they are just enough to maintain fps status but still give some extra stuff to do and work on.

    This game cannot be compared to Stalker also... Stalker is also fps true, but has way more elements of rpg.. Its a great game also, BUT simply cannot be compared to RAGE. Whole different ideas, 1 has intense combat which is cohesive to the fact that you are being hunted down, the other is honest and loyal to the idea that you are a stalker... and therefore is just existing like other stalkers (scavenging)

    Compare this game to metro last light... which as i reviewed... is really really unfinished. Compare both games... both fps, both of them are post apocalyptical games and both pursue the idea of intense combat. However... metro has no side quests, no minimum rpg elements... many strings that you pull only to realise there is nothing on the other end...

    Rage does have a story and its pretty linear... you cant simply cant get lost... if you get lost playing rage.. you should stick to basic left to right games.. STILL it manages to give you room to work on smaller stuff.. Yes the story aint deep... but tell me 5 fps games that get you immersed in its story....

    I sincerly find it pretty sad, to see critics unable to match their writing to their number rating. Even more to see players and pro critics alike comparing this game to cod when it comes to shooting and graphics and story to other bethesda rpg games... seriously... giving metro last joke a 8 and this game a 4.8 user rating is just ridiculous.... If you played stalker or metro the joke and like post apocalyptical fps games... Rage is an awesome surprise... dont trust ratings from people who compare it wrongly... just give it a chance... its bethesda ffs.... ID made great game aswell... why on earth wouldnt you try it?

    Oh and to all bug this.. crash that... graphic that" seriously... people dont downvote jokes like darksouls for its pathetic unplayable pc version but will downvote this because it has better graphics on console?!? ilogical imo... The game runs fine... if by any chance you think its lagish due to low fps, press esc, go to options and there you shall find video options that you can change... judging by what i see on many reviews, this is apparently really hard to do...    … Expand
  2. KingShree
    Sep 19, 2013
    9
    Your enjoyment depends on what you expect. If you expect a game that is Skyrim, Doom and Fallout all in one, then you will be disappointed. But if you expect a good shooter, variable enemies and enviroments with some more space to walk and more RPG like story then you will be happy. The only bad thing is tons of bugs at launch of the game (currently in 2013 all problems are fixed) and weakYour enjoyment depends on what you expect. If you expect a game that is Skyrim, Doom and Fallout all in one, then you will be disappointed. But if you expect a good shooter, variable enemies and enviroments with some more space to walk and more RPG like story then you will be happy. The only bad thing is tons of bugs at launch of the game (currently in 2013 all problems are fixed) and weak ending. Also I didnt like that main character has Gordon Freemans syndrome. But overally if you dont expect too much you will love this game.… Expand
  3. LowBrainSpace
    Sep 14, 2013
    8
    It's a nice game when you are a casual gamer. It looks nice but its every time the same mission design.
    For this price its ok, not more. Buy it if you want but its not a must have.
  4. Roflcopter990
    Sep 6, 2013
    0
    This game is not a game it is torture. After 79 minutes i am not motivated to play this stupid game. The gameplay is bad, the worst thing of it is the defibrilator, because it takes the challenge from it. The races are boring as and the story is boring and not well told. I bought this game in a steam sale for 2,50€ and i tell you i should rather have spend the money for something diffrent.
  5. WATCHAMACOLITE
    Sep 4, 2013
    8
    So, i bought this game. I didnt want to download it for so long because it was 20GB, but i did anyway.
    ~THE GOOD~
    1. Holy SH*T the graphics. They are amazing. Beyond that, they are godly. I have all my setting switched to LOW, and the world looks gorgeous. Skyrim? Okay graphics. Some stuff is pretty, but you dont pay for graphics. Fallout? Meh. Ive seen better from bethesda. RAGE?    So, i bought this game. I didnt want to download it for so long because it was 20GB, but i did anyway.
    ~THE GOOD~
    1. Holy SH*T the graphics. They are amazing. Beyond that, they are godly. I have all my setting switched to LOW, and the world looks gorgeous. Skyrim? Okay graphics. Some stuff is pretty, but you dont pay for graphics. Fallout? Meh. Ive seen better from bethesda. RAGE? F*nking beautiful graphics. They are so amazingfullnesstastic, holy shat, the best graphics ive ever seen on a game. Ever.
    2. I haven't yet used combat, but the movement is good too. I just started.
    3. Holy graphics    … Expand
  6. parpabico
    Aug 31, 2013
    5
    I liked the game's technological make-up (that is, looking very nice with the custom config and all while not even utilizing my average PC's processing capabilities to the full extent), but gameplay wise this is a shallow experience and I felt unengaged by the story whatsoever during my 3-4 hours spent playing the game.
  7. AlienSpaceBats
    Aug 27, 2013
    6
    Appears highly derivative of Fallout 3 and Borderlands, though has a nice, unique art style and the driving sections/activities do add a little bit of variety. There is little to recommend the game, despite a few cool moments here and there (the giant boss in the hospital was fun) but he final mission is as abrupt and weak as if the development was cancelled at the last minute. WouldAppears highly derivative of Fallout 3 and Borderlands, though has a nice, unique art style and the driving sections/activities do add a little bit of variety. There is little to recommend the game, despite a few cool moments here and there (the giant boss in the hospital was fun) but he final mission is as abrupt and weak as if the development was cancelled at the last minute. Would recommend picking up cheaply only.… Expand
  8. Slaye_114
    Aug 23, 2013
    5
    Pretty meh. Come on iD, you can do better than this... seriously, this is a terrible console port of an average game. I expected much more. Also crappy textures.
  9. Speed4Runs
    Aug 21, 2013
    0
    The game is full of bugs and it's poorly optimized for PC. Very bad game and disappointing. There aren't many weapons and the gameplay is very boring...
  10. rcruk
    Aug 15, 2013
    7
    Superb game! Good graphics, beautiful character design: a dry, desolate future world that lives and breathes. Controls for all parts of the game are fairly intuitive. Combat is fairly fluid. Driving is natural feeling.

    I spent £4 for the main game and scorchers DLC, best value money I have spent on a game in a long time. No technical issues and a few hours in I have become captivated.    Superb game! Good graphics, beautiful character design: a dry, desolate future world that lives and breathes. Controls for all parts of the game are fairly intuitive. Combat is fairly fluid. Driving is natural feeling.

    I spent £4 for the main game and scorchers DLC, best value money I have spent on a game in a long time. No technical issues and a few hours in I have become captivated. Don't listen to the trolls...

    My criticisms are the invisible walls on rooftops restricting exploration of some interesting areas, not a huge problem, and the limited size of the game world, also the limited replay ability, though I feel that's pretty standard with visual rpg type games.

    (I play on an imac with i5 processor, 12GM RAM, 2GB gfx card, windows 7, fulls settings, had no technical problems whatsoever so far fingers crossed)

    I hope they continue to expand the game with new DLC, it deserves it    … Expand
  11. R3VEIWR
    Aug 10, 2013
    0
    I am glad I only paid $5 for this game. Considering the studio and the people behind this title, it should have been better. I won't repeat all the same complaints you heard a million times.

    I will add one positive, the mini games were at least amusing for a short time.
  12. breezy808
    Aug 5, 2013
    9
    Nearly 2 years after the release most of the problems solved, I still got some funky things going on with the graphics, it's not a big problem but it is annoying when you first start the game and seeing SMALL spider webs in the back ground, I am on an integrated garbage graphics card, a good bit better than recommended but still integrated. Anyways I'd like to say this was veryNearly 2 years after the release most of the problems solved, I still got some funky things going on with the graphics, it's not a big problem but it is annoying when you first start the game and seeing SMALL spider webs in the back ground, I am on an integrated garbage graphics card, a good bit better than recommended but still integrated. Anyways I'd like to say this was very enjoyable,especially early on! Getting new guns, obtaining/buying different ammo types enhances the weapons flavor.

    The personalities are a bit more realistic something that you could expect in a wasteland like this, if you like BL2 personalities and expect that, don't. Because they aren't outrageous,inhumane, and stereotypical like in BL2.

    The weapons Each weapon has purpose throughout the game because of their different ammo types
    There are plenty of weapons and you can keep them all on you, this game is also awesome because a lot of times you need to prepare, so you go to the store stock up on whats appropriate for the mission and go out and handle your business. By the end of the game, if you're an explorer type of player or you just want to do the main quest line, you will all end up with the same weapons, just explorer type of players will get them sooner, and also have a lot more money. It's too bad they couldn't reward explorers more though, but still fun and exciting to explore!

    Schematics I wish they had more and I want to cut down the score by .5 because of it but thats only because the schematics are so cool I want more!!!! If they were garbage or just plain uninteresting or useless, I wouldn't care but the schematics feel great and you guys will love it!

    The entire map There are many places to explore but they don't reward explorers as much as fallout for example, I know it's 2 different games but I don't see what the problem would be if they added more weapons, unique weapons, and weapons that can only be found by exploring.
    The landscape is beautiful sometimes you just need to sit back and just stare at the buildings details, the ground,rocks, sky. It's great!

    Overall a great game, I usually don't finish games they bore me half way through or just plain piss me off with stupid game design decisions. But this game I finished and up until I ran out of optional things to do the game got a little less exciting. This game is a 15-25+ hour game and if you like this type of game, definitely get it! The only regret I have is paying discount price    … Expand
  13. KiRa900
    Aug 2, 2013
    1
    Texture worst than PSOne, A lot of graphic bugs/glitches and "stutter", only and always stutter.
    No way to solve: this game is really really bad, a wast of money!
    Stay away from it, it doesn't deserve not even 1$.
  14. Sdric
    Jul 30, 2013
    9
    The bad reviews are outdated.

    There are graphic fixes and guides for your setting which make result in a very enjoyable environment. Most bugs have been fixed (haven't experienced a single bug in my playthrough!). Note: graphics are instantly loaded into ram when entering a map; this can result in ~30 seconds of lag right at the start. However after that it's flawlessly fluent.    The bad reviews are outdated.

    There are graphic fixes and guides for your setting which make result in a very enjoyable environment.
    Most bugs have been fixed (haven't experienced a single bug in my playthrough!).
    Note: graphics are instantly loaded into ram when entering a map; this can result in ~30 seconds of lag right at the start.
    However after that it's flawlessly fluent.

    The game gives you a great variety of weapons right from the start which partwise transform into completely new weapons just by switching the ammo.

    The story could have been better, but well it's not like CoD and Co had good stories either.

    This game might have had it's issues, but they're gone now.

    If you see this game on sale grab it!
    It's definitely enjoyable abd worth the money!    … Expand
  15. Osmium
    Jul 29, 2013
    7
    A surprinsingly enjoyable shooter. Rage comes with satisfying gunplay, a very well designed game world. Great atmosphere due to (among other things) great graphics and sound, interesting characters, and a story that despite its lengthy parts was able to keep me entertained throughout the game. Technical issues like reloading or disappearing textures or character models, the boring re-useA surprinsingly enjoyable shooter. Rage comes with satisfying gunplay, a very well designed game world. Great atmosphere due to (among other things) great graphics and sound, interesting characters, and a story that despite its lengthy parts was able to keep me entertained throughout the game. Technical issues like reloading or disappearing textures or character models, the boring re-use of the same areas over and over again, and lack of variation of surroundings or enemies keep me from giving this a higher score though. I think it's still recommendable for shooter lovers though.… Expand
  16. wootini
    Jul 26, 2013
    7
    Good graphics, but really lame pieced together setting. And why can you only run for like two seconds before your character starts panting and slows down?
  17. Duskspark
    Jul 26, 2013
    8
    One night, Fallout 3 had a drink or two at a local bar. There, she met Borderlands. A man with strong potential and people all around the world were interrested in him, just like they were interrested in her! There was a spark between them, and after a few more drinks of which the amount of alcohol could burn straight through the vault of a mob bank, they had some real sexy love making.One night, Fallout 3 had a drink or two at a local bar. There, she met Borderlands. A man with strong potential and people all around the world were interrested in him, just like they were interrested in her! There was a spark between them, and after a few more drinks of which the amount of alcohol could burn straight through the vault of a mob bank, they had some real sexy love making. From that, their baby was born. An unspoken child. "Rage". Although "Rage" may have daddy's eyes and mommy's body, "Rage" makes for an enjoyable and visually gorgeous experience you wouldn't want to miss out on.… Expand
  18. Vayra
    Jul 18, 2013
    3
    Rage tries really hard to trick us into believing we are playing an open-world, sandbox-ish Borderlands clone. Unfortunately, none of the elements of this game are worked out well;

    - The open world consists of nothing more than a series of three 'areas', which in themselves offer nothing more than the ability to drive by the 'levels' and enter them straight from this 'open world'. The    Rage tries really hard to trick us into believing we are playing an open-world, sandbox-ish Borderlands clone. Unfortunately, none of the elements of this game are worked out well;

    - The open world consists of nothing more than a series of three 'areas', which in themselves offer nothing more than the ability to drive by the 'levels' and enter them straight from this 'open world'. The actual missions are separated from this world by a loading screen and extremely obvious entrance points. In fact, the only freedom RAGE offers is being able to select one of three available missions and the order in which you do them.

    - Enemy AI does nothing to entertain you, is blatantly stupid and adds nothing to the game.

    - Graphics look nice but nothing we haven't seen before. There is a lot of talk about great textures, yes environment looks OK, but is nowhere near worth buying the game for; especially since all the other elements are done so badly.

    - Weaponry feels like we've been there before. Bioshock comes to mind in terms of gunplay mechanics. Don't expect any original weapons and certainly don't expect them to give you a satisfying grin shooting with them. The special items such as the Wingstick are actually the very things that add some level of joy (you can also make RC Bomb cars...) but they horribly destroy the game's difficulty.

    Overall, RAGE feels like a showcase for the great megatexture technique from ID, but offers little to nothing for any player who has already played good old DOOM, and falls horribly short of the kind of game it wants to be. Having played the whole storyline, I am still left wondering what the actual point was.    … Expand
  19. uxya
    Jul 9, 2013
    1
    This game is not worth a dime.

    It would have been better placed as something that someone developed by themselves in their basement or something, because that's what it feels like. Let's go from good to bad here. Good: decent car play, okay gun variations, somewhat cool race mechanics. Bad: everything else. Stupid and unbalanced gunplay, weird and buggy graphics, weak to    This game is not worth a dime.

    It would have been better placed as something that someone developed by themselves in their basement or something, because that's what it feels like.

    Let's go from good to bad here.

    Good: decent car play, okay gun variations, somewhat cool race mechanics.

    Bad: everything else. Stupid and unbalanced gunplay, weird and buggy graphics, weak to terrible voice acting, disgustingly stupid story, short play time, fetch side quests, no variations in enemies, and the sparsest overworld since the original Halo. (and that game came out 13 years ago... so that's pretty bad.)

    Let's be real here. The real reason everyone hates this game is the absolutely stupid gunplay. The game would have been vastly better served in making all of the guns significantly stronger, and instead making the ammo so rare. (Where do the shops get the thousands of rounds of ammo you need to kill all your enemies?) Solid gunplay could have made this game satisfying enough...

    But it wouldn't have saved the idiotic story. There is no way the devs couldn't know that this was one of the worst plots in a AAA shooter in a long time. You have no personal motivation to do any of the things other characters to do, and the ending was absolutely stupid.

    Which is sad, because the ending level is pretty cool. You can tell that the game's engine better serves the futuristic areas versus the sparse, empty, and dead wasteland.

    Finally, the enemies absolutely ruin this game. The mutants are the closest thing to a challenge and engaging gameplay, but the rest aren't worth the buckets of bullets you have to pump into them.

    Overall, this game was a sorely disappointing waste of a few hours of my life that I can't get back, and the fact that the critical reviews aren't more scathing brings up certain... ethical... questions...    … Expand
  20. xxdiyxx2
    Jul 7, 2013
    0
    low quality graphics and gameplay, the lack of optimization for video cards Radeon graphics card. Low quality textures and terrible gameplay. My assessment 0 points out of 10. Hard to believe that Id could fall so low
  21. goettel
    Jun 11, 2013
    10
    What with the ridiculous number of 0's and 1's here, I'd felt obliged to balance it out with a 10. Rage is initially stunning to look at, but it's easy to get used to the graphical splendor. Whoever claims this game doesn't look great needs to a) upgrade their PC and/or b) have their eyes checked. Gameplay is solid, with good enemy AI, nice guns and handling of them and an overal greatWhat with the ridiculous number of 0's and 1's here, I'd felt obliged to balance it out with a 10. Rage is initially stunning to look at, but it's easy to get used to the graphical splendor. Whoever claims this game doesn't look great needs to a) upgrade their PC and/or b) have their eyes checked. Gameplay is solid, with good enemy AI, nice guns and handling of them and an overal great level of polish. Even the voice acting is pretty solid. It might be that many of the negative reviews are simple due to unrealistic expectations ("it's ID, so it HAS to be some next level and/or the early bugs (I experienced none so far). In 2013, in a sale, Rage is a great shooter with some small but nice RPG overtones. I enjoyed it more than Borderlands 2, so far, if that's any help. On the negative side: it's a bit repetitive (like most if not all shooters), it's more lineair than it likes to pretend. A great buy at a tenner or two … Expand
  22. iamTylerDurden
    Jun 10, 2013
    9
    Great game period. Granted not perfect but obviously its combo of incredible graphics, textures, gorgeously fitting color pallet, and stunning frame rate (60fps) make it a visual masterpiece with best in class aesthetics dominating its commonly compared borderlands and fallout 3 bretheren in this department. Guns feel heavy, gunshots sound aggressive and badass, and enemies react to everyGreat game period. Granted not perfect but obviously its combo of incredible graphics, textures, gorgeously fitting color pallet, and stunning frame rate (60fps) make it a visual masterpiece with best in class aesthetics dominating its commonly compared borderlands and fallout 3 bretheren in this department. Guns feel heavy, gunshots sound aggressive and badass, and enemies react to every shot they are hit with in a realistic way with impressively animated deaths. The animators at id software knocked it out the park with the games many fluid and jaw dropping animations, from crazed mutants ravenously coming after you, to salty bandits flailing back from gunfire ultimately spinning and falling face first to their death these animations are handled with a smoothness and degree of movement not often(if ever) seen in the video game industry. The sound shines with the vaunted John Goodman lending his voice acting talents. The game isn't short with all the side quests and loot hunting offered as well as a very arcade like but enjoyable racing and vehicle combat section (though a bit easy). The weapons are varied enough with all guns and crossbow having several different ammo types, but the clear cut star of your arsenal is the innovative and devilishly fun wing stick. The wing stick is a type of three bladed boomerang that you throw at your enemies for frequent decapitations and severed limbs, it also can be upgraded to target enemies,do more damage, and return to your hand like a boomerang (did i mention it can slice the head off of multiple enemies in a row).You also find or buy blueprints in the wasteland which build new weapons/guns, upgradable turrets and robots, and even a mini remote controlled truck with bombs attached to it which you can remote detonate (also useful for scouting out enemy camps). You do however rehash the same levels at times with minor differences but with having to make such detailed landscapes it's understandable. The game includes many enjoyable mini games such as five finger fillet, a guitar hero like game called strum, and a very fun card game similar to magic the gathering with picture cards of different in game characters and factions that you find throughout the wasteland to strengthen your deck(trust me i am not a card or magic t.g. fan but this is fun). The world isn't as big as fallout but it is as big as it needs to be.It has a fun but not as varied separate coop campaign and online multiplayer in the form of exciting vehicle combat races. I know it isn't the 4 player coop of borderlands but unless you are the type who is compulsive about having 50,000 guns and cell shaded graphics it might be a better all around game than the first borderlands(i do love borderlands by the way). People say Rage doesn't have a story and it has an "okay" if not fleshed out enough story but borderlands though it is entertaining has basically no story at all(you are on pandora- now find this vault).Some found Rage to have a weak ending? Not half as dissapointing as borderlands ending (can anyone say they were pleased with what they found in the vault?) Overall Rage is a breath of fresh air that beckons back to id's yesteryear of gaming (doom,quake) the combat is in your face and aggressive differing from this generation's Gears of Wear totally cover based pop and shoot style of combat (when i am a badass muscle bound space marine i don't want to spend 75% of the game on my knees, i know a few gals who hangout on the corner they can give marcus pheonix a pair of kneepads they spend alot of time on their knees too).Rage has a ton of nostalgic eastereggs too, if you are a Doom,wolfenstein, Quake or id fan you need to get this game for the eastereggs alone! I won't spoil it but let's just say these eastereggs are very.....interactive. The sad thing is that Rage2 was in the works but seeing how Rage undersold they cancelled production and killed the would be series. This was new IP from the fathers of FPS and after all that time they delivered, and after getting their feet wet in this generation with Rage i can assume building on Rage's engine and the experience with Rage would have prepped them to deliver even bigger on Rage2 (can you imagine what that game would of looked like.) Rage is a very strong game and worth the experience it should have sold 5mil. Rage gets a 9 out of 10. j… Expand
  23. Toffenuff
    Jun 9, 2013
    6
    I actually enjoyed this game, although it is far, very far, from being an excellent one. At best, it's a fun shooter with nice graphics and decent gameplay. At worst, it is a rigid (I'm admittedly biased towards more open-world games now) game that fails to live up to all its great potential with shallow characters and a plot you don't really get truly invested in. The PC port of thisI actually enjoyed this game, although it is far, very far, from being an excellent one. At best, it's a fun shooter with nice graphics and decent gameplay. At worst, it is a rigid (I'm admittedly biased towards more open-world games now) game that fails to live up to all its great potential with shallow characters and a plot you don't really get truly invested in. The PC port of this console-first game is very shoddy and buggy, particularly in the display/graphics texturing side. (unlike some others, I did not have framerate issues)… Expand
  24. Bongo_clive
    Jun 4, 2013
    4
    There is no surprise this is made by the guys who brought us DOOM, the game play is EXACTLY the same as it's 20 year old brother, just strafe and shoot, strafe and shoot.

    Can look spectacular, but you're never given a chance to explore the world as you're kept in a corridor and pushed towards the next bullet sponge. Very disappointing.
  25. sft
    Jun 3, 2013
    7
    Just a bit miffed, I’d say

    There’s a great game in here somewhere, struggling to get out. Unfortunately it never quite succeeds. RAGE was hyped up enormously prior to its launch and I was one of those gamers who looked forward to getting around to playing it. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the game but I was always aware that it could have been so much better. The story is standard    Just a bit miffed, I’d say

    There’s a great game in here somewhere, struggling to get out. Unfortunately it never quite succeeds. RAGE was hyped up enormously prior to its launch and I was one of those gamers who looked forward to getting around to playing it. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the game but I was always aware that it could have been so much better. The story is standard post-apocalyptic fare and, more notably, the script lacks humour. The gameplay and combat, while good at times, are never outstanding. It tries to create the illusion of open-world play but in fact it’s pretty much a corridor shooter with defined routes and little opportunity to explore. The graphics are also deceptive: the landscapes look good from a distance but close-up the textures are disappointing. It should be noted, however, that the background music is quite impressive. There are echoes of both Borderlands and Fallout 3 here, but RAGE is a subpar game when compared to either. It’s a shame that the people who brought us the excellent Doom series failed, on this occasion, to match their earlier success. I’ve no doubt, however, that they will regain their form in the future.    … Expand
  26. Abelli
    May 18, 2013
    0
    You'll find no spoilers here because to spoil the game it would have to be playable... which it isn't and is also why you shouldn't buy the game. At the very least the title is appropriately named so I'll give it half a point for that but I'm still going to round down and give it a 0.
  27. goodstuff
    May 5, 2013
    10
    Great game. Absolutely stunning. I cant believe I wasted so long to get it, because of all the negative reviews here. The graphics are truly amazing and the game play is quite original. Well worth 20 bucks if you ask me. I have had no problem with the game whatsoever. A must have for any fps fan.
  28. pkpkavanagh
    Apr 30, 2013
    7
    Rage is the newest release from id Software, the pioneers of the FPS and creators of such games as DOOM and Wolfenstein. This game is id Software’s proclaimed return to the business of creating games, after being absent for a few years. Does Rage stand out enough to make it a front runner in FPSs’ to come? Or is it just another crude shooter?
    Rage takes place in a post apocalyptic world    Rage is the newest release from id Software, the pioneers of the FPS and creators of such games as DOOM and Wolfenstein. This game is id Software’s proclaimed return to the business of creating games, after being absent for a few years. Does Rage stand out enough to make it a front runner in FPSs’ to come? Or is it just another crude shooter?
    Rage takes place in a post apocalyptic world after nuclear war and meteor strikes have decimated the majority of life on earth. Your character (who is never named) is an ark dweller, person chosen to be placed in an ark underground to avoid the struggle of the war. The first scene in Rage involves your character waking up from his hibernation in his ark, and stepping out into the world.
    This moment of discovery was one of the most awesome experiences I have had in gaming for a while. Once outside of the ark, you are given the opportunity to look around your surroundings. It is this moment that you can tell the developers did not waste any time making this game look awesome. I spent at least 5 minutes looking just at the sky to watch the clouds overhead. These graphics were some of the best I have seen in a very, very long time, however just because the graphic s are good does not mean that this is an overall good game.
    Part of my problem with this game is the lack of originality in the story. The main plot emphasizes the role of a small, underground, rebel organization working in secret to try and overthrow “The Authority”, a repressive central government. Honestly this plot has come up in so many other venues that from the get go I was not interested.
    One aspects of the game that I was interested in was the gunplay, at least at first. This game really delivers on creating realistic enemies that react appropriately to gun shots. One of the best moments in the game was facing my first mutant, him running down the hallway at me and me taking a couple seconds to place a shot in both legs. The mutant responded very well, tripping and stumbling when the bullet hit him. Even though this was cool for the first few hours of the game, the novelty eventually wears off and gunplay becomes a chore, something you do because you have to, not because you want to. There was a severe lack of weapons in Rage, which made the FPS lose its shine fast.
    Mission variety is another low point in the game for me. Not only has Rage generic fetch quests, some of the mission environments are replayed, which I did not enjoy. For example, in one mission you had to go through an abandoned laboratory to collect medicine, and then later in the game you go back to that same location just to run through the entire same building backwards. I feel that this really poor choice to make, because the developers had such a cool setting for the game.
    I would say that the environment of Rage is neat, but the developers failed to expand upon it. When a game this comes out, I expected some heavy environmental exploration and discovery, however this was not so. The extent of exploration was limited to driving in between levels to complete generic missions. This would not bug me, if the “wasteland” (the land outside of hub worlds and levels) had any incentive to explore. In my time spent with the game, I never felt the urge to actually explore; I just drove from mission to mission without a second thought.
    Rage was a highly anticipated release; however it fails to deliver in many aspects. From mission variety to gun-play to story, this game falls short in compare to others in its field. The only thing that stuck out to me in this game was the graphics, which were nothing short of stunning, unfortunately this is the only high point in the game.    … Expand
  29. a_big_favor
    Apr 23, 2013
    3
    Strictly talking gameplay wise, this game is a turd.
    This is a shooter, that has an "overworld" where you get quests and you have to drive to missions on a buggy. You know the mission area begins because you have to get off your buggy.
    Picking up items is tedius, shooting people is tedious, making things adds an extra step incase you werent bored enough, the maps are rehashed very early    Strictly talking gameplay wise, this game is a turd.
    This is a shooter, that has an "overworld" where you get quests and you have to drive to missions on a buggy. You know the mission area begins because you have to get off your buggy.
    Picking up items is tedius, shooting people is tedious, making things adds an extra step incase you werent bored enough, the maps are rehashed very early on, and you play a minigame instead of dying...
    The most fun I had was when I first killed an enemy because he jumped to the side and hopped on the cieling, and i realized there was not aquick meele button. The suck set in and now the only thing entertaining is crashing your buggy and flinging yourself into the mission.
    The story is not engaging. There aren;t many "transition" animations where you get in a vehicle or grab a zipline, the screen just goes black sometimes, and that is really lazy. And for some reason when you shoot people in a town, blood gushes but nothing happens..
    Lots of other problems but these jump out at me as actively deciding to not make a good game. I don't know why critics reviewed this so positively.    … Expand
  30. nitai007
    Apr 21, 2013
    7
    the game is overall really good. its just to bad that the game is so buggy and has some much technical issues. texture popping happens a lot. the texture popping is really bad and really takes you out of the experience. aside of the bugs, this game is really good. though the story is kinda boring, the gameplay is really awesome. the sound design in this game is really impressive, and thethe game is overall really good. its just to bad that the game is so buggy and has some much technical issues. texture popping happens a lot. the texture popping is really bad and really takes you out of the experience. aside of the bugs, this game is really good. though the story is kinda boring, the gameplay is really awesome. the sound design in this game is really impressive, and the guns feel great. the enemy AI is outstanding, doing a really good job of giving you a challenge.
    its to bad that the thechnical are so big, and that the story is lame for the most part, but exept these ussues this game is great.    … Expand
  31. graverobber83
    Apr 16, 2013
    9
    underrated game. great gameplay, great shooting. great design (the best!). one of my all time favorites.
    It has an abrupt ending. that was disappointing. Also, I would like to see more in the wasteland. there was not much to do. No good reason to explore.
    i had no technical issues with it. (geforce 9800 gtx & geforce gtx 550 ti)
    i hope they make a sequel
  32. slipperygun
    Apr 8, 2013
    9
    Gunplay is fast and fluid, enemies have good AI and the arsenal is fun to shoot. Just a real joy as a shooter, it feels true to id's legacy. Similar setting as Fallout, but it's more linear, more about the action, with a fresh visual design. Character animations are great. Lite rpg and racing elements work well but are simple so as to emphasize shooting.
    Performance issues killed the    Gunplay is fast and fluid, enemies have good AI and the arsenal is fun to shoot. Just a real joy as a shooter, it feels true to id's legacy. Similar setting as Fallout, but it's more linear, more about the action, with a fresh visual design. Character animations are great. Lite rpg and racing elements work well but are simple so as to emphasize shooting.
    Performance issues killed the general reception of this game. Make sure you update your graphics drivers and patch the game. There's plenty of advice online on solving these issues.    … Expand
  33. Rahza
    Mar 30, 2013
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game deserves a "GG!". All of those so-called "bad reviews" were made in Rage's early days; when the game had just come out and still had problems (albeit big ones). Now however, the game has been out for about 1 1/2 years, and it has improved a lot. I bought it for 5$ on steam during a sale, and it was totally worth it. The fighting is fun and hilarious, both on foot and in the cars. The guns are awesome and the different types of ammo you get for the guns (my favorite so far is the Mind Control Bolts for the Striker Crossbow weapon) make them really dynamic. There is racing in the game (which at first, I was not all that excited about) but it turned out to be seriously cool. There are 4 different race types, "Time Trial", "Rally", "Non-combat", and "Combat". The Time Trial race is a SP race only, where you try to complete a race track 3 times before a timer runs out. The Rally race is an SP or MP race where racers compete to try and collect rally points that are scattered across the map, and the first to 50 points wins, with the rally points giving 5 points each. The multiplayer is not quite what I had thought it was, as you cannot do the entire campaign with a friend, but rather, you can do specific quests from the campaign with a twist to them. The physics is amazing. The way they react when you shoot them is phenomenal. You hit a helmeted enemy in the head, and he falls over and tries to recover. You hit a mutant in the leg as he charges you and he starts to trip. The AI is really smart, they know what you are doing and tell their friends what to do based on that. I take out 3 bandits out of a group of 5 and they yell, "Fall back! Don't let him get through!". One of the negatives however, was that, it was not quite as much of an open world game as I would have liked. It feels a little bit like there is one path to go down and there are only a few other places to go besides there, but they do it in such a way so you get used to it. Another negative I had was how short the game was (I finished the solo campaign in about 44 hours even though I did most of the side missions as well) but for 5-15$, I suppose I shouldn't have expected as much length (I Also, they don't do a good job explaining what the options do in the game. For example, there is an option in there called "GPU Transcode"...huh? What does that do/mean exactly? I turned it on and the benchmark went up by 50, so I left it on, but I would like to know what that means. All of the intro movies and all cutscenes are inescapable as well. So in the end, I take 1 point for the shortness and linearness, and 1 point for the other negatives I mentioned earlier. All in all, great game. Good luck in the Wasteland!… Expand
  34. Kobold
    Mar 20, 2013
    3
    Rage is just not a very interesting or engaging game. A summary of the plot is a giant meteor strikes the Earth and you are a chosen person who goes into suspended animation. Naturally when you wake up everyone else is dead and it is the post-apocalyptic future. The best summary of this game is it's like a poor man's Fallout except a First Person Shooter hijacked it and took it's garb. ItRage is just not a very interesting or engaging game. A summary of the plot is a giant meteor strikes the Earth and you are a chosen person who goes into suspended animation. Naturally when you wake up everyone else is dead and it is the post-apocalyptic future. The best summary of this game is it's like a poor man's Fallout except a First Person Shooter hijacked it and took it's garb. It is nowhere half as good or as fun. Your weapons suck, they lack a killer punch, the car driving sucks and car battles are just tedious. The first person action is not very engaging and it becomes annoying very fast if you can't even jump on top of a box and invisible walls block you, sometimes in really stupid places for example you could slide down a slope early on then crawl back up it but despite being big and solid enough to hold you, the curse of the invisible force wall strikes, The graphic engine is not going to win any prizes any time soon. I am glad I picked this up in a sale and not full price. It frankly is just boring. Can I endorse this as a purchase to you? nope sorry, not even in the sales bucket. There are other titles out there in the sales bucket that are a lot more fun to play.… Expand
  35. Eklypze
    Mar 18, 2013
    0
    Made an account just to say I've never played this game. Which is funny cause I own it. Pretty sure Bethesda should have been sued for this pile of crap. I was never able to get passed the sequence after the really amazing looking intro.
  36. Erikchendo
    Mar 14, 2013
    8
    This game is funny. I remember the movie mad max Run on the desert is beatifull and dangerous.
    The races are excelent too much hardcore.
    The weapons are excelent, real.

    The only problem that make me sad DON' T HAVE A FINAL BOSS...
    without a final boss I only can put 8 points to score.

    Id software are doing funny games, I'm wainting to the continuation
  37. Oxcart
    Mar 12, 2013
    4
    Rage is one of this games that could have, should have, been really great. One of those games that not only game with a lot of promise, but started in such a way that you think, "this is gonna be awesome!"...inky to smash those hopes on the rocks a few too many times. The premise: Earth was clobbered by the Apophis asteroid (real rock, look it up for more info). Select survivors (includingRage is one of this games that could have, should have, been really great. One of those games that not only game with a lot of promise, but started in such a way that you think, "this is gonna be awesome!"...inky to smash those hopes on the rocks a few too many times. The premise: Earth was clobbered by the Apophis asteroid (real rock, look it up for more info). Select survivors (including you) were buried in stasis in subterranean "arks," while the majority were left to enjoy a huge asteroid whacking the planet from the front-row seats. Nevertheless, there were survivors on the surface amid the destruction, and this is the world into which you emerge: blasted rubble, hardscrabble existence, and no shortage of conflict. So, great premise. Graphics are unbelievable, particularly the environments, vehicles, and especially the first-person weapon renders. Audio is great (SFX are top-notch). Writing is good (enough), voice acting very good. The crafting system for creating ammunition, tools, and weapons was clever and, amazingly, not tedious. So what went wrong? Well, in a word: id. Yeah, the old warhorse of FPS gaming, id Software (remember Doom? Them.) totally wrecked an otherwise grand game. Short story is that Rage suffers from ego poisoning. It's impossible to play for more than a few minutes before you run into another self-serving self-refence to another id game, be it Doom, Wolfenstein, or whatever. Look, I have no problem with easter-egg appearances. When I saw the space marine bobblehead on a dashboard within the first five minutes of gameplay, I thought "cool dev nod, nice." But after dozens of references, half of which were absolutely ridiculous, I spent more time rolling my eyes and getting mad at id than I did enjoying the game. (Seriously, there was a Doom hell prince as the texture for a COFFEE POT. Someone deserved to be slapped for that.) id's ego was out of control and disproportionally so; Bethesda Softworks snuck in one easter egg, a vaultboy bobblehead from Fallout, which was cool because it actually appeared in the original game, unlike the Doom hell prince which I don't think ever took up residence in small kitchen appliances. That aside, the game felt unfinished. Missions were clever and varied until the end, whereuoon the game took on an attitude of "we ran out of ideas, so here's some leftover 1990's style monster box gameplay and then we're gonna roll credits." Devs, take note, because this is what really screwed up Fallout 2: too many pop culture references. Game worlds, like film, are about suspension of disbelief. Keep bombarding the audiene with references and you blow that. Lose it and the experience suffers and the faults become far apparent. It's worth noting that I bought this game on the faith and belief in Bethesda's commitment to quality; by my experience, they'd never made a dud, and I had no reason to think they were going to start. One $60 mistake later and that trust was vapor. Six out of ten is very generous for this ego hodgepodge blended unevenly with an actual game...too generous. Make it five.… Expand
  38. UnderTheRain
    Feb 16, 2013
    4
    What we were all waiting for was a pure hard core fps in the finest tradition of the genre from its creators what we actually got was a buggy not very open ended world the enviroments are not that big action rpg with teadious questing and not enough shooting. id at one time were the undisputed masters of this genre but ever since quake 1 they have been moving further and further away fromWhat we were all waiting for was a pure hard core fps in the finest tradition of the genre from its creators what we actually got was a buggy not very open ended world the enviroments are not that big action rpg with teadious questing and not enough shooting. id at one time were the undisputed masters of this genre but ever since quake 1 they have been moving further and further away from what we loved them for. Fast pasced full on adrenaline pumping action. Rage is a buggy dreary game best forgotten. My real fear is that now id are working with Bethesda that Doom 4 will follow rage down the rabbit hole and come out with myxomatosis. GOD I HOPE THEY GO BACK AND DO WHAT THEYRE GREAT AT!!!!… Expand
  39. Rodrrico
    Feb 16, 2013
    2
    i bought this game after watching trailers and looking at screenshots. It looked amazing! Until I put it on my rather powerful PC rig and it ran like a one legged dog. The texture filtering issue is a game breaker in itself and make the game feel unfinished. The story had a good premise (even though the post apocalyptic world was well know to the gaming universe by now), but delivered likei bought this game after watching trailers and looking at screenshots. It looked amazing! Until I put it on my rather powerful PC rig and it ran like a one legged dog. The texture filtering issue is a game breaker in itself and make the game feel unfinished. The story had a good premise (even though the post apocalyptic world was well know to the gaming universe by now), but delivered like Mad Max 3.

    The gameplay frustrated me more than anything else, particularly when I cleared an area and then as soon as I go back, it is full of the same Serious Sam enemies that simply rush you like Justin Beiber fans at the airport. Other than this the missions are uninventive and repetitive. Finally to top it off, I hate when you know a game is a simple port of a console game when it tells you not to 'turn off your PC while saving'. Yeah, I think i might just reach around the back and yank out the power supply from my $4000 computer during a save load. This insults my intelligence and dumbs down the game.

    Here are two top tips for future cross platform games not originally designed for PC: 1.) Don't paste the game folder into 'Bobs game converter' to solely change the necessary files into a wizz PC format. 2.) Actually take the time to make the game into another format, such as PC and play test it first before boxing it up for release. You don't see chefs sending out food to paying customers before checking it is cooked and tastes right.

    Therefore, for the above flaws, Rage on the PC is only worth a 2/10.    … Expand
  40. El_Guap0
    Feb 13, 2013
    1
    Feels utterly rushed with half finished assets all over. Bullet sponge enemies, lots and lots of invisible walls and a predictable and starved storyline.
    They don't have enough levels to be a AAA game, so they make you play the same levels TWICE and re-skin the same enemies.
    Seems like it could have used a year or two in development to flesh out the quests and ditch bad stuff. I will    Feels utterly rushed with half finished assets all over. Bullet sponge enemies, lots and lots of invisible walls and a predictable and starved storyline.
    They don't have enough levels to be a AAA game, so they make you play the same levels TWICE and re-skin the same enemies.
    Seems like it could have used a year or two in development to flesh out the quests and ditch bad stuff.
    I will never listen to bought reviewers again.    … Expand
  41. Diablo92
    Feb 5, 2013
    10
    Got this game on sale for $10 and i'm am no way regretting it.. I can see and understand why everyone hates this game so much, cause the engine needs alot of giddy-up, even my PC ain't exactly capable of running the game at 100% fine. I like the weaponry collection it has and the gameplay is cool, being out in the middle of nowhere with just some folks and doing missions along the way asGot this game on sale for $10 and i'm am no way regretting it.. I can see and understand why everyone hates this game so much, cause the engine needs alot of giddy-up, even my PC ain't exactly capable of running the game at 100% fine. I like the weaponry collection it has and the gameplay is cool, being out in the middle of nowhere with just some folks and doing missions along the way as you go, you meet more people and earn more money by bidding or doing a race and finishing as first (for an example) the card game called rage frenzy is ok every now and then but I concentrate on the missions. I see collecting books, cards, and bottles and junk to be more of an optional thing but I have come across 30 cards so far and i am in the 3rd town.. The three missions towards the end of the second town was the best so far IMO, I love killing the convoy more than the raiders sometimes cause I have a feeling some are overpowered but then again KEEP IN MIND it counts where exactly you hit the enemy, not how many times you shoot the enemy. The machine gun on the vehicle is a real huge help (has auto aiming) and when you break down you can call for help or just drive back to nearest town and repair it for a nice cheap price. I like how the GFX look, at first I thought it was kinda dumb but now I think its more of a fun way of driving it towards realistic but sometimes when I walk into new areas the ground, walls, items, aumo, etc. look fuzzy or really super blurry, I walked into this one building and got up to the next floor and everything was blur, it got stuck like this for about a half a minute but i was still able to walk around just fine without any lag, however there are times when I turn my head and my screen just freezes for a quick second or so. When going to the missions, you will sometimes use the same route over and over, this can get kind of boring and killing the same raiders you just killed in a previous mission but its all the fun in the game but could still use a different approach every other time. This game kind of makes me think of Metro 2033, the way the gameplay is, there both a apocalyptic game and both have limits like you can't go through certain holes or jump on top of walls or such, there both small games and both are FPS.. However I'm no way saying the games are the same cause they most certainly are not the same, they differ in so many ways. I'm gonna have to give this game a 10… Expand
  42. emperorkibbles
    Jan 25, 2013
    4
    After hearing the developers brag about this "megatextures" nonsense, the actual textures in-game are horrifyingly disappointing. In fact, almost every aspect of the game is horribly disappointing. The story might as well be nonexistent, the weapons are bland and you really don't need anything else once you get the Authority LMG (which has less recoil and a higher rate of fire than theAfter hearing the developers brag about this "megatextures" nonsense, the actual textures in-game are horrifyingly disappointing. In fact, almost every aspect of the game is horribly disappointing. The story might as well be nonexistent, the weapons are bland and you really don't need anything else once you get the Authority LMG (which has less recoil and a higher rate of fire than the assault rifle), and the shameless backtracking at parts is just unforgivable.

    I've played worse games, but this is just a generally bad game.    … Expand
  43. treepop
    Jan 16, 2013
    10
    What a great game. After looking at all of these negative reviews I have to wonder if the game has been massively patched since its release. I decided to purchase game on a steam sale for $5 and am so glad I did. The combat is intense and satisfying. The characters are engaging. The racing combat is fun. The upgrades to all of your weapons and vehicles is sweet. The engineering aspect isWhat a great game. After looking at all of these negative reviews I have to wonder if the game has been massively patched since its release. I decided to purchase game on a steam sale for $5 and am so glad I did. The combat is intense and satisfying. The characters are engaging. The racing combat is fun. The upgrades to all of your weapons and vehicles is sweet. The engineering aspect is super cool. And again the gameplay is FLAWLESS. Either there is some sort of massive conspiracy going on or this game has been heavily patched since its initial release. There is no question that you should buy this game. I really feel that John Carmack and his team got $crewed with all this negative press. This has been one of the most fun games I have played in years. BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!! I am giving this game a 10 (even though no game really is perfect) because of all of the lopsided reviews giving this game a freeking 1! Which is ludicrous.… Expand
  44. hedworm
    Jan 14, 2013
    8
    Despite all the negative user feedback, I decided to buy this game during a steam sale event. MAN am I glad I made that decision!! Since so many of these reviews are bias and subjective, I'll try to provide objectivity. Hands down, the graphics are some of the best Ive seen in a long time. Controls are easy to learn, and intuitive to any fps veteran. Combat is tough, dynamic andDespite all the negative user feedback, I decided to buy this game during a steam sale event. MAN am I glad I made that decision!! Since so many of these reviews are bias and subjective, I'll try to provide objectivity. Hands down, the graphics are some of the best Ive seen in a long time. Controls are easy to learn, and intuitive to any fps veteran. Combat is tough, dynamic and suspenseful. Different types of enemies provide a challenge, and an opportunity to creatively use all your fabricated weapons and explosive RC cars 8] . The characters models are fantastic and each one is different. The way they talk and the expressions they make are amazingly well made. I am so impressed with the attention to detail bethesda and id have taken in character personality. Back to killing - its just awesome. Shooting a guy in the ass makes him scream and pain and clutch his bum like its been bit by a ravenous donkey! Missions are engaging and entertaining - and usually provide some kind of perk or schematic for the players benefit. There are seemingly endless battles to be fought, and elixers to be made - boredom is a rarity. My few main gripes are this - The world has too many boundaries. Th player cant explore the cliffs or even jump over a car thats 2 ft off the ground - makes for an unrealistic restricted feel, which I dislike. Also, id has always made games with fun little secret doors, and locations for the true gamer who likes to explore. Rage provides little if anything like this. Overall, gameplay, gunplay, combat, the stories, and character modeling/ voice acting are all phenomenal, which is all I require to have a blast in any pc game. Enjoy it for everything it is!… Expand
  45. PHS69
    Jan 13, 2013
    1
    OK guys, the demo is reasonable, now when are you going to release the game for real?

    I was extremely disappointed with a game I waited for months (years!) to play and the result was silly, short and at times monotonous. I had no technical problem with the game and put almost all graphics options at the maximum, except for texture detail which I left off, but being on you can play,    OK guys, the demo is reasonable, now when are you going to release the game for real?

    I was extremely disappointed with a game I waited for months (years!) to play and the result was silly, short and at times monotonous.

    I had no technical problem with the game and put almost all graphics options at the maximum, except for texture detail which I left off, but being on you can play, although there is a slight delay in some fast motions.

    The graphic quality is only fair. A critic of GamingXP speaks of "an unmatched graphics experience"! Maybe if this engine had been used in 2004 to make Doom 3 that description applies, but in 2011! I wonder how much was invested in work hours and money to make this new engine, which is not     … Expand
  46. spookychief
    Jan 10, 2013
    8
    i just picked this game up for a serious discount and i would have to say it was a steal. This game is fast paced and brilliantly fun to play. id games have a certain feel to them that other shooters just cant match IMO. Lots of people seem to complain about the graphics in the game for PC, but seriously easy to fix with a config file to change the textures to 4k, 8k or 16k textures. I rani just picked this game up for a serious discount and i would have to say it was a steal. This game is fast paced and brilliantly fun to play. id games have a certain feel to them that other shooters just cant match IMO. Lots of people seem to complain about the graphics in the game for PC, but seriously easy to fix with a config file to change the textures to 4k, 8k or 16k textures. I ran the game with 8k textures and it looked amazing with my 7950 and it ran 40FPS+. The biggest issue with the graphics is texture quality when close to objects which is common but with stock graphics the textures are some of the worst ive seen up close in a while but the 8k "mod" fixes a lot of this. I know people **** saying well we shouldnt have to make a config file to up graphic quality, fact of the matter is people do this for all kinds of games and modding games is just part of PC gaming these days. id is old school and thats what i love about their games. They make their games linear which to me ups the fun, especially in frantic situations. nobody wants a open world doom game and i certainly dont want rage open world either. i recommend picking this up as far as i can tell there isnt many bugs in this game at all though i didnt go out of my way to find any either. Rage took me about 20 hours to beat (23 hours with the DLC) and that is completing all the little side missions and races. Which for a FPS this day and age is really good considering i beat most FPS games in 5-6 hours. There have been some patches that fixed a lot of the graphic options in the games settings so disregard older reviews of this game which state there are none. I loved how id stuck to their guns with this game and didnt conform it to more "modern" **** shooters that only let you carry 2 guns, carrying 9+ guns is just plain awesome. One feature i wish they would have left out was health regeneration but there are medpacks as well. Rage also includes very minor RPG elements as well that makes the game more interesting. You can craft things like turrets , rc car bombs medpacks, wingsticks are really fun to use decapitating enemies is just plain awesome. sure maybe the story is not up to par and the characters are uninteresting but when has id ever put a lot of stock into character development. This game is just plain fun up the difficulty though the normal setting seems more like very easy ramp it up to hard or higher.… Expand
  47. CJR
    Jan 5, 2013
    9
    Technical issues aside, This game is a very well executed shooter with an artistically designed over world and linear run and gun missions. This game has presented us gamers with a world with great potential, this game will leave you wanting more, and enthusiastic for a sequel.

    The action is not highly realistic, some enemies will keep running at you even when you pump a shotgun load    Technical issues aside, This game is a very well executed shooter with an artistically designed over world and linear run and gun missions. This game has presented us gamers with a world with great potential, this game will leave you wanting more, and enthusiastic for a sequel.

    The action is not highly realistic, some enemies will keep running at you even when you pump a shotgun load into their heads, but that is how the guys at id have done it for years with their shooters, once you get over that little bit of un-realism, you will kinda get what it's about.

    There missions are basically go and retrieve something or rescue someone, and you kill lots of bad guys along the way, I find that fund in the environments presented in this title, The weapons and their upgrades are good, no need for any kind of grinding or absurd amounts of effort to achieve them and they are rewarding. Vehicle action in Rage is surprisingly well pulled off for a software house that mostly only ever did shooters, it is fun to race around and blow up bandits and race for upgrades. For the mix of linear run and gun and a vehicular oriented over-world there is a huge scope of achievement in rage technically and for a video game that delivers as much play time as it does is nice these days. It's not a futuristic skyrim, there are RPG elements only, like making items from supplies, upgrading armour and weapons, but it ends there, just some rewards to keep you playing and offer choices on how you slay enemies.

    Graphically flawless o the right hardware, No show stopping bugs and a well rounded title with at least 10 hours of play. Replayability is good too.

    There are a lot of negative reviews complaining about a lack of graphical options and bugs etc, but alot of that has been solved now through updates and new driver updates on the part of both nvidia and ATI. Everyone had this idea in their head that id software is a huge software company with infinite fund to test their titles on every combination of hardware, but this was primarily a console title, which we as the public were lucky enough to get a pc version. id usually does fix most bugs in their releases and rage should be no different.

    A year later, this title is great on decent hardware, if you have a mid range PC and are not comfortable with doing some research on pc game tweaks on the internet I would recommend this title on a console rather than PC. If you invest the time though, this is a very graphically impressive title with some minor config file tweaks.

    A great FPS and Vehicle game with RPG elements with plenty of fun and story content.    … Expand
  48. stinkybum
    Jan 1, 2013
    5
    This game runs awful on my computer. AMD Phenum II QuadCore 3.4Ghz 8GB DDR3 200GB SATA III SSD RAID Stripe NVidia 550ti 2way SLi. Winodws 8. I bought this game for 5 bucks, it's not really worth the amount of data to download it. The way this games engine works is similar to how a flathead V8 from a 58 Packard accelerates. Or similar to a FORD PINTO towing a trailer full of gymThis game runs awful on my computer. AMD Phenum II QuadCore 3.4Ghz 8GB DDR3 200GB SATA III SSD RAID Stripe NVidia 550ti 2way SLi. Winodws 8. I bought this game for 5 bucks, it's not really worth the amount of data to download it. The way this games engine works is similar to how a flathead V8 from a 58 Packard accelerates. Or similar to a FORD PINTO towing a trailer full of gym equipment uphill on a cold day. That said, the game ran better on 3.4Ghz on 4 cores, rather than 4.2Ghz on 2 cores. I suspect the more cores, the better the game will run. It loads textures very slowly, it took almost 2 minutes for the game to load all the textures while playing, during that time you can barely move and get to stare at a slide show.

    Aside from the horrid game engine, it looks like a counterfeit version of Borderlands. The story is a bit more exciting however.

    This is the worst game performance on my computer... ever. I might go out and buy an 8 core CPU just to see if it runs better.

    I would post more info on the game if I could play the bloody thing without all this lag and terrible graphics rendering. Sorry my computer sucks, it is old, almost a year old.    … Expand
  49. Handsome_Devil
    Dec 31, 2012
    10
    Well what a great game, Good graphics fun car battles and slick and interesting weaponry. What really makes this game stand out is the plot and some mission have you jumping out your seat in surprise or fearing moving around the next corner for fear of what might be there. For £7 buy it now!
  50. Swirler
    Dec 22, 2012
    7
    Kind of shocked to see the amount of negative reviews this game has gotten. (Altho many 2011 reviews comment on bugs and crashes. I cant comment on the state of the game at launch but I can tell you that as of writing this review I played thru the game from start to finish at max settings @1600p and it played smooth without a single hitch on a high end rig). This is a decent FPS, its notKind of shocked to see the amount of negative reviews this game has gotten. (Altho many 2011 reviews comment on bugs and crashes. I cant comment on the state of the game at launch but I can tell you that as of writing this review I played thru the game from start to finish at max settings @1600p and it played smooth without a single hitch on a high end rig). This is a decent FPS, its not ground breaking and given the pedigree of the team involved you may have understandably some high expectations. But while there are better FPS shooters out there, this (particularly at the cheap price it is these days) is still worth a go. Its actually a mixture of Motor Storm (a racing game if you didnt know) and a little Borderlandsish (enemies)! Its maps are especially large, which impressed me considering some of the beautiful detail. The AI isnt too bright, thankfully they are agile and have some randomness about them, but dont expect much trouble taking them down. The weapons are a bit of a let down, nothing feeling as good as it should - your melee attack is a force to be reckoned with, but a steel-tipped arrow directly hitting a naked head - apparently not that devastating :s I can see why some may have felt disappointed with this, especially if you bought it early and had the hype building. But as a game that can be found for under a fiver, its worth the money.… Expand
  51. Willhelm
    Dec 18, 2012
    5
    Okay, Ignoring the ending (which was a complete let down) Pretty good game. I played it on the PC and got very few errors and glitches. Solid gameplay (on hardest setting) fun mini games, great fps in most regards. The only reason why I'd not recommend it is because of the ending. Big build up, tension peaks, and you shoot stuff and it ends. no boss or anything. I mean: pshaw. other thanOkay, Ignoring the ending (which was a complete let down) Pretty good game. I played it on the PC and got very few errors and glitches. Solid gameplay (on hardest setting) fun mini games, great fps in most regards. The only reason why I'd not recommend it is because of the ending. Big build up, tension peaks, and you shoot stuff and it ends. no boss or anything. I mean: pshaw. other than that good game.… Expand
  52. suneater
    Dec 13, 2012
    5
    Another fantastic game from id with awkward graphics. The main campaign will take you about 10 hours between two hub cities filled with side activities to do, like playing a CCG, "wanted board" quests, gambling, and car racing. In fact about half of the game takes place in your vehicle of choice; whether you are traveling to the next mission objective, farming upgrade tickets, or justAnother fantastic game from id with awkward graphics. The main campaign will take you about 10 hours between two hub cities filled with side activities to do, like playing a CCG, "wanted board" quests, gambling, and car racing. In fact about half of the game takes place in your vehicle of choice; whether you are traveling to the next mission objective, farming upgrade tickets, or just hunting for sewer entrances (hidden DLC missions that comes free), there is a lot of non-FPS stuff to do. The main problems with this game are engine issues. There is a lot of texture popup without .cfg tweaks and a lot of the environmental objects (tables, radios, books, etc.) look like they have a single texture on them. It's a bit jarring when characters have real fluid, complex animations and top-notch texture and model work but they are surrounded by untextured objects. If you can deal with the uneven graphics, this is a real solid (albeit too easy) game.… Expand
  53. Zonerider
    Dec 10, 2012
    2
    Wasted Potenzial. The biggest problem is the empty dead game world. After Oblivion Bethesda has forgotten the art of create living Dungeons. After Wolfenstein 3 ID has forgotten to give the Option to replay any level whis all weapons and skills. After the first visit all dungeos are empty forever, no creature will hiding in a empty hole. Its like Borderlands without enemys. Its like otherWasted Potenzial. The biggest problem is the empty dead game world. After Oblivion Bethesda has forgotten the art of create living Dungeons. After Wolfenstein 3 ID has forgotten to give the Option to replay any level whis all weapons and skills. After the first visit all dungeos are empty forever, no creature will hiding in a empty hole. Its like Borderlands without enemys. Its like other Bethesda games in the last time, wunderful ruins and dungeons but empty and boring! The simple OPTION to switch RESPAWN ON and OFF, for peoples they love it or love it not, is to complicated for ID and Beth. Shame!… Expand
  54. cdr_virus
    Dec 2, 2012
    7
    CONS..........Well lets start with the cons. It seems that a lot of individuals are having problems with the programming of the game. Now I can say that I just recently bought it and beat it AND I HAVE NOT encountered any crashes. None what so ever, the game has been patched and that's it. Minimal glitching if ever, I got my car stuck once in the entire game. If you don't save often, youCONS..........Well lets start with the cons. It seems that a lot of individuals are having problems with the programming of the game. Now I can say that I just recently bought it and beat it AND I HAVE NOT encountered any crashes. None what so ever, the game has been patched and that's it. Minimal glitching if ever, I got my car stuck once in the entire game. If you don't save often, you will pay the price. The hardest setting is underestimated, it is brutally hard, sometimes just getting hit once you will die. I did beat it on nightmare mode, but I saved often and I am a veteran FPS. If your not and think this is going to be some Halo legendary difficulty. You will be wrong, an average soldier needs to be hit at least twice in the head WITH A SNIPER ROUND to kill him. You will never on nightmare difficulty, kill an authority with one bullet. They have what is called a Fat Boy, which is an expensive round and probably one of the most powerful. Still going to take 3 or 4 shots. The story is intriguing, but I wanted a little more information on the history of present and past. The asteroid hits and destroy's mankind and then you start playing. I want to know more of the last 50 years, a little more give would have been nice. Spoiler somewhat here, be aware........The most problematic contusion with the game, is that this game is seemingly supposed to be the start of a franchise. That being so, if the game is not continued into a sequel anytime soon, then the story ending is without a doubt horrible. It is a 20 second ending, that is all they give you.

    Pros........ The game is totally atmospheric, and brilliantly designed with the beauty of a grand canyon like symmetry. The graphics are phenomenal, the reason why viewers are upset is that objects you are not looking at will degrade in texture. Usually if your out in a very large opening, by tweaking the graphical settings, this is fixed. On the regular setting it does downgrade textures you are looking at, this because not everyone owns a super computer like myself. Wider audience is what they were shooting for. The enemies intelligence is surprising and cunning. The way they hide and communicate, the true terror of being chased down by a group of mutants. This is without a doubt one of my most adrenaline fueled games I have played recently. The character acting is well done, it is short, John Goodman in the begging, I would have liked to have seen more of him, his style in the initial start is intriguing. The animation is on bar with some of the best games out their, facial appearance of the character is one of best. Only being beat by the likes of Crysis. The races are surprisingly fun and addictive, leveling up your ride with race certificates is fun and rewarding. And you will need a better ride if you chose to survive in the wasteland. You can win money, by participating in Mutant Mash Tv. Each episode of the tv show gets increasingly harder. With the cash from the show, you can upgrade your weapons with better ammo or buy better weaponry. The game does a good job at showing you were to go on the mini map, I would have like an interactive map that blew up on to my screen. But it was efficient, I liked the way of the dotted line points you to where you are supposed to go.

    Final thoughts- I am much intrigued with how they fixed the game from it's initial launch. Yet by having inefficiencies during the launch. It has haltered and almost created a cult like negative talk about the game. If players were to play it today, they would not see the same game on launch. It is fixed, but maybe to late. I waited to buy this game, and bought it for $5. Now after paying for it, I would have bought for $40. But their just isn't enough their for a $60 purchase. I recommend it, but not at a premium cost. The game gets a 7.8 out 10 from me.

    Review By CD0    … Expand
  55. Mercury_Filter
    Dec 2, 2012
    6
    I will preface this by stating that I played this game ages (in computer time) after it came out, so I can not really comment on the numerous technical problems that heard of. From what I saw, I am forced to assume that they have been resolved; whether by the updates to the game or as a result of the higher-powered hardware, I cannot say.

    Giving RAGE a six out of ten was not an easy    I will preface this by stating that I played this game ages (in computer time) after it came out, so I can not really comment on the numerous technical problems that heard of. From what I saw, I am forced to assume that they have been resolved; whether by the updates to the game or as a result of the higher-powered hardware, I cannot say.

    Giving RAGE a six out of ten was not an easy thing for me to do. There was a part of me that really wanted to give it a higher score. I can honestly say that I really enjoyed it, but I am forced to ignore that feeling and address the things whose absence kept the game from really standing out among the rank and file.
    The core mechanics are solid. I mean really solid. The shooting sections of RAGE felt balanced, challenging enough to kill me occasionally, but not so much as to cause frustration. The various "tools of the trade", so to speak, allow the player to approach combat as they see fit; whether that be picking the enemy off from a distance, or tromping right into the thick of it with guns blazing. The levels are indisputably linear, and while that certainly affects the game as a whole I cannot say that it took away from the core experience that I expect when sitting down to play a shooter. When stepping outside the various locations and hopping behind the wheel of one of RAGE's vehicles, I was pleasantly surprised. It felt like id really put in some time on the physics here. The vehicles have a feel of being driven, not just moved. The combat here was fun as well, the skill for success being primarily knowing how and when to use your items for optimal results. Possibly the worst part of my time in the cars was that it drew attention to what was missing, but more on that later.
    Overall, I was impressed by the graphics. To the point where my completion time for the game was probably stretched out due to my stopping from time to time to appreciate the rocks. There were certainly things that could have been improved. I ran across a fair amount of textures that were not up to par with the rest of them, often strangely situated on object that were definitely going to be right in your face. I can only assume that either higher quality versions are not loading, or they were just considered to be of less importance (several times this occurred in places where there was something you would normally have focused on primarily, and I did not notice until reviewing screenshots I took). Perhaps the most wonderful part of the graphical element of the game to me was the expressiveness of the characters. They had their own ways of moving, and their own facial tics. The result of this is that I can say id has sold me the most believable digital person I have seen in a video game to date, if considered for expressiveness alone. This, unfortunately, also served to highlight some of the things that I felt were woefully absent, and could have made RAGE into a great game.
    For all the parts of a great whole that are present, it feels like some components were not assembled to spec. There is an open desert wasteland, and it really does not feel like there is anything there. You are given freedom, but nowhere to go. The game seems like a hint at some massive idea of a much greater scope that was not realized. The characters have wonderful expression, but they don't really play much of a role for the player, other than to dispense supplies and missions. This is probably the greatest shame of RAGE. If there had been a stronger story, the characters may have had something to express.
    In closing, I would agree that the game is rather short, even if I did enjoy the time that I spent playing it. I would recommend playing it, but with the caveat that the best parts of RAGE are the parts where you are shooting things. You should probably enjoy shooters if you plan of buying this game. If you are looking for a sandbox, it sadly falls short of the mark, even if it feels like it could have hit that mark easily. To be bluntly honest, I think seeing how the characters move and emote, and just how damn pretty the game world is is fun in its own right.

    Now, for my list of petty grievances:
    A lot of the characters seem to have poor quality textures on their hands.
    The game feels like a primer for a sequel, but it does not feel like there is adequate story for more than a prologue. (I treat this as petty because I consider RAGE as a shooter, not a book, regardless of how I feel the lack of a strong story negatively impacted the characters)
    Please stop blocking paths in ways that could easily be circumvented by myself, and effortlessly by someone able to battle authoritarian forces bent on domination. A chair does not weight that much, I can move it. And yes, I won't run through fire but I might just step up onto the chair that is positioned a meter to the right of the fire filled opening, and climb over the chest high barrier that the opening passes through.    … Expand
  56. Rezear
    Nov 23, 2012
    0
    Unplayable with a Ati Radeon HD 6790 graphics card, you have to downgrade to driver version 11.8 to be able to play. This game is more trouble than it's worth.
  57. Jacer200
    Nov 17, 2012
    7
    The game play and ambiance of the game is pretty good. The character models are great but the textures are terrible for high end gaming rigs. The voice over and sound fx are outstanding and sound great with a decent sound card. For high end machines just google rageconfig.cfg to get the best quality out of this game. The game is only about 10hrs long.
  58. MalcomGTX
    Nov 14, 2012
    5
    I played it on STEAM just a bit ago, it took me 19 hours trying to get everything and find everything and I am utterly dissapointed, The ending just, ends. No explanation, no boss battle, no closure. I was enjoying the game 'ok' but kept feeling like something was going to happen. I kinda felt like the 'bad' guys had no reason to be labeled 'bad'. I never actually saw them do anythingI played it on STEAM just a bit ago, it took me 19 hours trying to get everything and find everything and I am utterly dissapointed, The ending just, ends. No explanation, no boss battle, no closure. I was enjoying the game 'ok' but kept feeling like something was going to happen. I kinda felt like the 'bad' guys had no reason to be labeled 'bad'. I never actually saw them do anything wrong. I thought there would be some kind of 'surprise! they aren't bad!' ending, but no.. bland and derpy. The character animations and textures are great and I didn't encounter any bugs aside from intentionally glitching out of the level once. I really wanted to know more about the people but each one only has maybe 5 lines of dialogue. The game is gorgeous as long as you stand still as if looking at a painting; quick movements cause texture pop-'up' not really pop-in, but sort of uprezzing on the fly. Even with a modern AMD 7850 and Intel 3570. In short, a huge let down, could have been so much more and leaves me with a dead feeling. Not recommended even at bargain prices since the ending is such a letdown. The DLC is absolutely worthless.… Expand
  59. Karmatic
    Nov 13, 2012
    8
    I guess i've been one of the fortunate ones that has NEVER had an issue with this game. No bugs, no glitches, nothing. My only complaint with this gameplay, is it's way too easy. The locked config files preventing us from disabling the auto-heal, which would have made this game harder. Overall, fantastic gunplay and weapons, although the shotgun is ridiculously over-powered, greatI guess i've been one of the fortunate ones that has NEVER had an issue with this game. No bugs, no glitches, nothing. My only complaint with this gameplay, is it's way too easy. The locked config files preventing us from disabling the auto-heal, which would have made this game harder. Overall, fantastic gunplay and weapons, although the shotgun is ridiculously over-powered, great graphics (except really up close) and a decent story that should have been expanded upon more. Would have been a 9, except the game was hindered by quite possibly the worst ending i've ever seen.… Expand
  60. Lordeldar
    Nov 11, 2012
    8
    RAGE is certainly not the greatest game ever made. At first it was pretty much impossible to play on PC, but that's been fixed now. And it's much easier to see just how fun the game really it. It still has it's cons, I didn't really think much of the multiplayer and the story was fairly weak. But with them out the way, RAGE is great fun to play. The graphics are amazing, the action isRAGE is certainly not the greatest game ever made. At first it was pretty much impossible to play on PC, but that's been fixed now. And it's much easier to see just how fun the game really it. It still has it's cons, I didn't really think much of the multiplayer and the story was fairly weak. But with them out the way, RAGE is great fun to play. The graphics are amazing, the action is enjoyable, the driving is fun, the minigames are fairly interesting. The concept is also amazing, although it could've been executed better. I see why other don't like this, but I love it.… Expand
  61. potatoes351
    Oct 28, 2012
    9
    id software is back on top form with this knock-out shooter. Rage is set in a post apocalyptic future after an asteroid hits the Earth, only a small handful of humanity survived and you attempt to rebuild humanity through help of the Resistance. Whilst the game comes on 3 discs it only lasts you around 12 hours for a straight run, 18 hours roughly to do all the side missions and extras.id software is back on top form with this knock-out shooter. Rage is set in a post apocalyptic future after an asteroid hits the Earth, only a small handful of humanity survived and you attempt to rebuild humanity through help of the Resistance. Whilst the game comes on 3 discs it only lasts you around 12 hours for a straight run, 18 hours roughly to do all the side missions and extras. Rage is not a long game and its story is fairly weak with a cop-out ending but the shooting is masterful and the graphics are gob smacking. Usually I wouldn't rate a game this high without a impressive story to back it up but Rage has that old timely feel to it that has managed to blend into modern shooter mechanics making it a near perfect shooter. The PC version is slightly better than the console versions due to its higher graphical standard and it being made for PC to begin with.… Expand
  62. JerryYeh
    Oct 7, 2012
    0
    First things first, the graphic is ugly.

    Yes, my pc's specification is way above recommended spec , and the graphic still looks like it should came out 3 years ago. Especially for a graphic designer who knows 3d software myself, the texture is so heavily compressed, you can see the artifact which in Photoshop term "Over-Sharpened". Any other open world game came out 1~2 years ago can    First things first, the graphic is ugly.

    Yes, my pc's specification is way above recommended spec , and the graphic still looks like it should came out 3 years ago. Especially for a graphic designer who knows 3d software myself, the texture is so heavily compressed, you can see the artifact which in Photoshop term "Over-Sharpened". Any other open world game came out 1~2 years ago can beat Rage's graphic, this is nothing but disappointing to see id failed on the PC like this, which was supposed to be their primary platform.

    And the story is just plain and uninspired, I have no urge to keep playing after the first few missions, the world is dull, the characters are dull, and everything looks very dull. There's nothing driving me forward. Unlike Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas, both sucked me in for weeks, even months, not even counting the DLCs by the way.

    In the end, I just don't see any reason you would want to play this game, I don't see any merits in this game. Mind you this is very rare for me, I usually do find some small things that's worth noting in some very bad games, but in this case, Rage simply have nothing for me to recommend to others, so sorry to say this, but don't buy this game. Play Fallout or Elder Scroll series, that's the kind of open world game you would want to play.    … Expand
  63. Viacota
    Oct 7, 2012
    9
    Muy Buen Shooter, buenos gráficos, variedad de armas y municiones, armamentos de ingenieria, buenos escenarios. Lo malo, no epic final.

    Aún así muy recomendable
  64. The-Crow
    Oct 3, 2012
    6
    RAGE has been out a while now but I only just got to this review in part because I only just dragged myself through it.

    Graphics: ID Software are known for their graphics engines, first it was Wolf 3D Engine which Lead to Doom Engine which was recycled into Rise of the Triad, Blake Stone and eventually even Duke Nukem and the unforgetable Shadow Warrior. Then came Quake the engine of    RAGE has been out a while now but I only just got to this review in part because I only just dragged myself through it.

    Graphics:
    ID Software are known for their graphics engines, first it was Wolf 3D Engine which Lead to Doom Engine which was recycled into Rise of the Triad, Blake Stone and eventually even Duke Nukem and the unforgetable Shadow Warrior. Then came Quake the engine of which was enhanced and used in the sequel and also famously used in Halflife. From there Various Engines came along in the ID tech family leading us to The Engine Rage is designed to show of Known as ID Tech 5 which is quite nice and know available for all Bethesda partners to use but only them. Where the graphics suffer is in that they are designed for Console, interestingly items often look nicer from a distance than up close, good from far but far from good. Up close textures take on a truly grainy horrible appearance which it seems no amount of hours of config tweaking will ever be able to fix. Probably the most Heinous sign of consolification is that within a few seconds of killing a non lootable enemy they magically disappear, giving you little opportunity to take a look at the enemies you face which from the various screenshots around the internet are interesting and very detailed. So I give 8 because of the grainy up close textures and the idiotic decision to remove all bodies.

    Sound:
    This is where the game truly does Shine, I found the sounds, ambient effects & music to be excellent and the games use of surround sound is some of the best I have encountered.

    Game Play:
    While the graphics have come along way from the days of Doom, Sadly the game play has not. In a nutshell this game plays like Doom in a modern engine with slightly upgraded AI (and I do mean slightly) some scripted attack sequences and slightly less flat levels than Doom. Does anyone remember the original team fortress ? It was the first FPS to include head shots, following that was Golden Eye on N64 and for most PC gamers probably their fondest head shot memories came from a little game called SiN ? (or if your younger maybe you discovered the joys of head shots & dismemberment with Soldier of Fortune). In Any case RAGE does not have head shots..... well it does they just don't really do anything. In Rage you you get a head shot and maybe a piece of armor or a hat flies off and an enemy gets stunned a moment then keeps shooting at you having taken no extra damage for the headshot, hello pre-1996 game mechanics... it is not really acceptable IMHO 15 years after head shots became the norm to exclude them from your game. If you don't want them to influence game play heavily then design around it (give enemies head armor to blow off like in Bet on Soldier or something.
    In Short there are no head shots and to top this off enemies are simply bullet sponges. The craptastic AI usually marches them straight at you (I played through on Normal difficulty) and the fast enemies who are weaker and like to melee and use heavily scripted climbing & swinging attacks are easily dealt with. In fact once you have the shotgun you can safely complete 98% of the game with just that and buckshot shells, a fact which is very telling. Beyond beating down bullet sponges with Adamantium heads the game usually has you doing mundane things like go through a level, hit a switch to move to next part, pick up a mission item etc. It even does the cheap "close a locked gate behind you and don't open the gate again until you kill all enemies who rush you" mechanic which was also popular in the 90's. The game makes you often backtrack through the same level and sometimes even sends you back to the same level to do something else more mundane than your last visit. There is a crafting component but you wont use it unless you are forced to IE: building certain items to reach gear stashes, building items such as remote control bomb cars to complete objectives only they can reach. There is driving, its nothing to write home about and is more like a mini game than anything.

    Story:
    I found the Story underwhelming, there wasn't much to make me care about anything going on in the world beyond my own survival and you go from average Joe to "The Messiah" in the Blink of an eye. Speaking of Blinking, just when you think the story is getting a tad interesting you blink & the game credits are rolling past & its all over..... The Setting (quite possibly owing partly to the art style) also felt a lot like Borderlands, only borderlands pokes fun at its own attempts at story and concentrated on fun game play instead.

    If its a toss up between RAGE and Borderlands (Since they seem so similar) I would go with borderlands over RAGE every time.    … Expand
  65. CaptainChaos
    Sep 27, 2012
    8
    I really wanted to give this game a low score - it so clearly a bad port from consoles, where I cannot even configure the number pad separately from anything else - I mean it so aggravating, it's aggrifying (horrifyingly aggravating). That said, the is addictively fun. It is an very linear FPS with a bare but serviceable story, but everything clicked - for meat least: simple but funI really wanted to give this game a low score - it so clearly a bad port from consoles, where I cannot even configure the number pad separately from anything else - I mean it so aggravating, it's aggrifying (horrifyingly aggravating). That said, the is addictively fun. It is an very linear FPS with a bare but serviceable story, but everything clicked - for meat least: simple but fun racing, a good shoot em up, the beautiful scenery, the story, and the building weapons, even the minigames were both original and fun and that never happens. The FPS elements are awesomely butter smooth - I have never seen AI so good at evading you while coming toward the player AND the most amazing thing I ever have seen - actual acknowledgement of where they got shot. If you shoot an opponent in the side, he will grab his side; if you shoot him in the leg, he will limp. Also, they acknowledge your weapons and take evasive action accordingly ("watch out he is has a wingstick!"). I had a lot of fun customizing and building weapons; it's sort of up to you - do you prefer to build robots to walk alongside you, or just buy lots of armor and shoot it out. They have a stealth system but it's very very primitive at best, but you can try it. Finally, even though the game is not very hard per se (even Hard was very easy but hard on your ammo), they do keep uping the challenge level as you go, with enemies having more armor, or using creative tactics. At first, I though ho-hum they will just keep reusing the same space with the same boring enemies - they do reusue a lot of space, but it's done creatively and also there are some stunning surprises like Dead City or the Jackal bandits which was nothing short of AMAZING. So, I'll give it an 8, even though arguably it is really a 7.… Expand
  66. Old_Timer
    Sep 26, 2012
    7
    I'm just now getting around to playing RAGE on PC, and I gather it's a good thing I waited for both patches. I'm running on an old outdated Phenom II 3.4GHz quad-core, Nvidia GTX 460, resolution @ 1680x1050 and it's been smooth for the most part (using "smart" V-sync). My score will be higher than many simply because I didn't have to endure all the problems it had at launch. I didn'tI'm just now getting around to playing RAGE on PC, and I gather it's a good thing I waited for both patches. I'm running on an old outdated Phenom II 3.4GHz quad-core, Nvidia GTX 460, resolution @ 1680x1050 and it's been smooth for the most part (using "smart" V-sync). My score will be higher than many simply because I didn't have to endure all the problems it had at launch. I didn't expect some magnum opus regarding story considering this is iD, so I'm not that let down there. You'd think that after Doom 3 it would also be unrealistic to expect decent textures, but after the much touted "mega-texturing" feature, I was hoping not to see Playstation 2-like, 8-bit color stuff at the very least. For every (just) decent texture, there are dozens that look just plain horrible. Like some other developers of late, they seem to have forgone texture artists in favor of shader code. I suppose this is yet another result of the recession/depression we are still having to endure, thanks to the current administration. Rage is mindless fun, like all other iD shooters, and truly is quite a bit more fleshed out than any game they've made to date. However, I can't see many developers lining up to license this engine, as it doesn't bring anything new to the table that I can tell. This is problematic for iD, who has always depended more on engine licensing than sales of in-house developed titles.… Expand
  67. CainGaming
    Sep 24, 2012
    4
    I was eagerly anticipating this game, because it looked like something of a cross between Borderlands, and something else I can't quite remember now. I pre-ordered it on steam, and when it finally came out I was so hyped, I couldn't get home quick enough to start playing.
    Except I couldn't.
    Because the launch was so bug-filled it took several days to work out the problems with my ATI    I was eagerly anticipating this game, because it looked like something of a cross between Borderlands, and something else I can't quite remember now. I pre-ordered it on steam, and when it finally came out I was so hyped, I couldn't get home quick enough to start playing.
    Except I couldn't.
    Because the launch was so bug-filled it took several days to work out the problems with my ATI card, which at the time (HD 6970) was one of the best ATIs on the market. But alas, the problems plagued it.
    When I finally managed to get onto the game, again, the textures kept popping, screen tearing even with VSync on, etc. It was terrible.
    I think I left the game for a while, waited for a big patch or two, then came back to it eagerly. The first two-three hours of gameplay were quite enjoyable, but quickly I began to tire. The same repetitive scenes with repetitive enemies were boring, I expected a more open-world sort of thing, like Borderlands, instead of the enclosed canyon walls. If there is more than that, I didn't get up to that because I never finished the game.
    The weapons were another thing that annoyed me. Although I did love the wingstick, and the grenades/throwing items in general were cool, the shooting element was terrible. The assault rifle was terrible. It took damn near two magazines to kill someone! Although it /may/ have been some bad marksmanship on my part, it still took ages to kill people. The driving was a decent element, the races were pretty fun half the time, I guess. The crafting element was interesting too.

    But overall, it could have been a much better game. The gameplay was repetitive and got boring very quickly, plagued by graphics problems, and even now I think my card struggles slightly due to bad optimization. The only thing that prevents me from rating this a solid 0 is the fact it's a decent attempt, some parts of the game are fun, although the story had me completely lost very quickly. Although the post-apocalyptic genre/theme has a lot of scope and if pulled off correctly, could become a fantastic game comparable to legends like Fallout, and Borderlands, but RAGE doesn't come close.
    I expected much more, iD.    … Expand
  68. Gamecritic0111
    Sep 22, 2012
    7
    Come on guys whats with the bad reviews. Although, they game has a tendency to crash quite often, which caused me a lot of frustration. The ending is weak, and unsurprising. The opponent ai is almost of behavior of a regular human. To run this game you need to set graphics low, as it has a chance of crashing. So overall a seven.
  69. Brumbek
    Aug 31, 2012
    10
    Despite technical issues and horrendously ugly textures, Rage is an exceptionally fun game that expertly merges precise combat, wasteland exploration, questing, and mini-games into a compelling package. **** The perfectly paced levels are full of interesting sights and clever enemies. The rock-solid shooting mechanics and diverse weaponry delivers satisfaction kill after kill. The loot,Despite technical issues and horrendously ugly textures, Rage is an exceptionally fun game that expertly merges precise combat, wasteland exploration, questing, and mini-games into a compelling package. **** The perfectly paced levels are full of interesting sights and clever enemies. The rock-solid shooting mechanics and diverse weaponry delivers satisfaction kill after kill. The loot, bartering, and crafting systems are easy to use and greatly reward enterprising players. **** The characters, who are detailed and expertly animated, deliver a sense of believability as they speak their minds and further the story. The wasteland ties everything together, letting you explore and progress at your own tempo. **** To sum it up, Rage offers a purebred FPS experience that maintains the classic id-shooter feel while perfectly mixing in modern conventions. It is an outstanding game and an exemplar of the genre. It gets a 9/10 but since all the fools gave it a 0, I give it a 10/10.… Expand
  70. PsY1_OcB001
    Aug 25, 2012
    7
    rage est un gros défouloir où il est moyennement possible de jouer à sa manière. Si vous souhaitez tout dégommer c'est du tout cuit !!! Son côté répétitif me fais baisser la note.
  71. timmytimster
    Aug 21, 2012
    7
    I bought this on the Summer sale, and what I was expecting was a fairly standard post-apocalyptic shooter with excellent gunplay. That's exactly what I got and it was pretty fun. I will say though, that the story is extremely weak, and that you really never visit any new areas, you are constantly going back to old areas and back-tracking which is pretty aggravating to say the least. ThereI bought this on the Summer sale, and what I was expecting was a fairly standard post-apocalyptic shooter with excellent gunplay. That's exactly what I got and it was pretty fun. I will say though, that the story is extremely weak, and that you really never visit any new areas, you are constantly going back to old areas and back-tracking which is pretty aggravating to say the least. There are also a few mini-games like racing and cards and other small games, where I feel development time could've been used for other more useful purposes. I will say though that I did enjoy the game, and will recommend if it's on a sale, but don't pick it up for full price.… Expand
  72. RainbowDashie13
    Aug 17, 2012
    10
    A very nice and fun shooter that is so much in one game. The game is open world but also has designed levels, it's an RPG, and even a racing game.
    I'm not a fan of racing games but the car controls in this game are excellent and just perfect for me, you also use your car to fight enemies in the open road , you grab a mission from someone and use your car to go the destination you needed.    A very nice and fun shooter that is so much in one game. The game is open world but also has designed levels, it's an RPG, and even a racing game.
    I'm not a fan of racing games but the car controls in this game are excellent and just perfect for me, you also use your car to fight enemies in the open road , you grab a mission from someone and use your car to go the destination you needed. The game has a bit of a retro feel to it, there is no limit to the guns you carry or hell! there is no limit to the ammo either and there are plenty of enemies to kill in this game. Also there are Iron Sights which I hate in FPS but you don't have to use it, the crosshair works just fine with all weapons besides the Sniper of course. The game has towns with NPCs that give you quests and sell you stuff like ammunition and ingredients for crafting, and also there are very fun minigames throughout the game. The levels are well designed and the overall the storyline is nice, although the ending didn't feel like I finished the game, it just felt like it ended in the middle...    … Expand
  73. CannibalBob
    Aug 15, 2012
    7
    It saddens me to say that id has fallen off the throne as the FPS king. Rage felt like a hodge-podge mix of multiple games, such as racing, adventure/RPG, casual and shooter. With the exception of shooter, the other types of games were below average and felt like tedious wastes of time once the novelty has worn off. It's quite unfortunate, since the FPS aspects were absolutelyIt saddens me to say that id has fallen off the throne as the FPS king. Rage felt like a hodge-podge mix of multiple games, such as racing, adventure/RPG, casual and shooter. With the exception of shooter, the other types of games were below average and felt like tedious wastes of time once the novelty has worn off. It's quite unfortunate, since the FPS aspects were absolutely fantastic! A plethora of weapons and utilities, amazing animations and visceral combat easily made the FPS portion of Rage a must-play for FPS fans. While I was sorely disappointed by this anticipated release, I definitely recommend you grab it in a sale.… Expand
  74. MikeJezZ
    Aug 13, 2012
    0
    Once upon a time, there was a creative guy in a basement, creating genious projects. They were Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and several other games to follow by.

    The same guy who created these games, loved tech. High tech. Graphic and engine design was his speciality. Now John Carmack has forgotten who made him famous. Throwing all the love at the consoles, and feeding his PC enthusiasts    Once upon a time, there was a creative guy in a basement, creating genious projects. They were Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and several other games to follow by.

    The same guy who created these games, loved tech. High tech. Graphic and engine design was his speciality.

    Now John Carmack has forgotten who made him famous. Throwing all the love at the consoles, and feeding his PC enthusiasts with with such horrindous ports, that you actually get quite angry and want a refund. Even though I bought this on sale for like 6 bucks, I felt cheated because I got some **** software that runs with 5-15 FPS on my high end where newer games runs smooth all maxed out.

    Carmack, I will NEVER buy a game from your studio again. You've proven that only the console boys mean something to you, while we PC folks apparently are nothing but trash to you.

    So much for money, right John?    … Expand
  75. hannibalektr
    Aug 7, 2012
    9
    Bored of all my present games, I keep getting new ones hoping something will keep me entertained, this one did it. Yeah it's a bit linear, not a sandbox for the most part, but it's actually been really fun! Kind of reminds me of borderlands, but I always hated the sketched cartoon look of borderlands. I also wasnt that crazy about the leveling system. This game does away with all the stuffBored of all my present games, I keep getting new ones hoping something will keep me entertained, this one did it. Yeah it's a bit linear, not a sandbox for the most part, but it's actually been really fun! Kind of reminds me of borderlands, but I always hated the sketched cartoon look of borderlands. I also wasnt that crazy about the leveling system. This game does away with all the stuff I did not like about borderlands, in fact, prior to playing borderlands this game is what I thought borderlands would be.

    The graphics (artwork) are top notch, and honestly they put alot of work in on artwork, and acting is good. Every new area I go to I find myself looking around and taking it in. Get this on a steam sale and you can't go wrong IMO.

    I read alot about bugs and bad filters on this game but I experienced none of that on my system. i7 proc with 8ghz ram and 560 Ti Nvidia graphix card. All settings maxed out, 60 frames with a few drops in towns, but only like five frames here and there.

    Hope this helped some bored dude like me.

    PS
    I gave it 9 out of 10 because I am a big fan of sandbox games, and the co-op is a bit weak. You should be able to do the entire game in co-op, not just a few missions. Nice bonus they had that at least because that is what made me buy it to try it.    … Expand
  76. AnEwOkSeXsLaVe
    Aug 7, 2012
    6
    THIS GAME TICKLES YOUR ASS WITH MANY FEATHERS.... I just played and beat the game on Ultra Violence (Hard). It took me 18 hours total and I did most of the side missions. (I'm pretty experienced at these though, so I got through fast). I'm going to go through the GOOD briefly, then the BAD. GOOD: Been a player since the original DOOM series... I play all the Id and Raven games...THIS GAME TICKLES YOUR ASS WITH MANY FEATHERS.... I just played and beat the game on Ultra Violence (Hard). It took me 18 hours total and I did most of the side missions. (I'm pretty experienced at these though, so I got through fast). I'm going to go through the GOOD briefly, then the BAD. GOOD: Been a player since the original DOOM series... I play all the Id and Raven games... they are awesome developers and they never cease to break new ground. The beauty of the game and the feel of it is unmatched, it REALLY makes you feel like you are immersed in this world and in the story. They always set these games up that way... making you a nameless/faceless charachter so that you FEEL there, personally. As the professional critics said: they spread their ideas too far and wide; although the racing, weapons, variety of mini-games, crafting and quests are all very fun... they are abrupt and don't really fit in anywhere in the story. The story builds and keeps you in suspense but it falls off of a post-apocolyptic cliff and into a void. You are playing through and having good fun, you are waiting for plot twists or huge climaxes in the story, such as a town being attacked or something more happening with the charachters... but nothing happens. lol It's a 3-town/phase game and then you get the final mission... which was very fast and with NO BOSS. It ends so abruptly your head spins and you're eyes are as big as frisbees staring at the screen... waiting for something else ot happen, but nothing does. lol Then you're in a love-hate tragedy. I believe the focus of this game was NOT story (which was a massive mistake) but it was simply playing with all the new features and various aspects... it was a game of mini-games with a fast and dry campaign. MUCH MORE could've been done wiht the story here and you wish there was. Despite this being a novel of random blank pages... ALL other aspects are awesome and as usual Id manages to make a very fun game once again. (I know Doom 3 had me dissapointed in the same way though, being that the final level and CyberDemon boss was really a lame setup and too easy... this might be becoming a trend with them). The beasties and baddies and all the different bandits are awesome though, all unique to fight (although they all share the same voice in each tribe). The combat racing was pretty good. The weapon variety was fun; you can uniquely tailor your fighting style because there's so much you can do with killing-instruments and crafting. The world does look really amazing and nothing is cookie-cutter cut and past, all areas are unique which must've been A LOT of hard work. No hallways that all look the same or similar-anything, everything is art in the instances and levels. The aesthetics are always awesome. I also have the LOWEST requirements to run this game and it really run superb with my outdated **** Still looked great too with the minimal graphics card. (Other people complained and I don't know why... it ran just fine for me, the textures smoothing out quickly I didn't mind a bit).

    Enemies are challenging to fight. It does get to be WAVES on some levels at times... but it's also a first person shooter that's challenging you, (so there's to be a lot of enemies at some points) and all combat instances are different, not just "waves". (Depends usually who or what you're fighting). The game is thrilling as well; no matter how used to these you are or how brave you are you still manage to jump quite a bit. The main boss in the Dead City will make surprise the **** out of you! They've always done an awesome job with this aspect as well... making great sci-fi horror games. Despite all these things they did well... most people are pissed off simply because the story is short and dry and the suspense that builds in you from the game ends up being for nothing. People love stories. Knights Of The Old Republic, released a decade ago, was a legendary game, primarily because of it's story, it was just fun and fantastic; you don't need a lot of flash and features if you have a great plot.

    Many game makers for a long time at this point, have been neglecting what's really important and what made games great in the past in a race to outdo each other with "features". A great game is like a timeless hit-song, most of them are simple, they just know how to strike you. All-in-all I hope they create something like the originals again and can produce a plot that keeps you enthralled as well as a reasonably fun game. No one cares about a bunch of different towns, scenes and charachters that essentially do nothing and are like plantlife.    … Expand
  77. Diabla
    Aug 6, 2012
    5
    RAGE had a lot going for it really. The game-play was solid (as FPS and the driving aspect), the graphics top-notch (nVidia 560Ti), the UI was simple and easy to navigate (better than I expected) and the story started out good. However, I'm giving this game a 5 because of the ending....WTF just happened? I'm done? Wait....what? The game just freakin' ends....no real boss fight and justRAGE had a lot going for it really. The game-play was solid (as FPS and the driving aspect), the graphics top-notch (nVidia 560Ti), the UI was simple and easy to navigate (better than I expected) and the story started out good. However, I'm giving this game a 5 because of the ending....WTF just happened? I'm done? Wait....what? The game just freakin' ends....no real boss fight and just when you start to believe that the story and game is getting better. So sad, this game had such potential to be better. I'm glad I waited to buy this game and got it for $14.99. If I would have paid $60 for this I'd be very upset and I can understand the rage by some ppl. I'd recommend this game but only for $10 or less so you won't feel so dirty, lol.… Expand
  78. jtgunner
    Aug 3, 2012
    4
    i dont undersatnd what went wrong .but it has.terrible textures even on pc.i have a high end pc i built and not my 1st build.the idea is amazing the world setting is awsome ,but the bugs,omg the bugs.horrendous texture draw.i cant believe this made it out to the public total failure.i want my money back Carmack
  79. Tarrak
    Aug 3, 2012
    3
    Simply unsatisfying. It had potential and it had hype. Neither were anywhere near fulfilled. Admittedly it does have those little things that make you believe when you hear about it, but when you see that it isn't all that developed you get doubly let down.
    You can easily have fun with the game, but the entire multiplatform business ruined what could have been a real gem.
  80. Longtime
    Jul 31, 2012
    3
    Not pretty, not engaging, combat is ho-hum, just really nothing to say is "good" in this game. Borderlands minus the fun. Happy I bought it on a deep discount or I would have been more RAGING at this wasted game.
  81. medical_dom
    Jul 29, 2012
    5
    Initially this game when it came out was too buggy to play, after 6 months I returned to play after the patches had been released. Game is boring with uninteresting story. On rails shooter with a bit of driving.
  82. Kimomarudotcom
    Jul 24, 2012
    1
    A low point in Id's existence. On a technical level, the horribly distracting texture problem can be somewhat forgiven as the engine's ambition was perhaps far greater than the average system can handle today. Fine. What's not forgivable is the horrible design. This is no example of "old school" gameplay, this just plain sucks, it's boring, and there's no payoff. If you see it onA low point in Id's existence. On a technical level, the horribly distracting texture problem can be somewhat forgiven as the engine's ambition was perhaps far greater than the average system can handle today. Fine. What's not forgivable is the horrible design. This is no example of "old school" gameplay, this just plain sucks, it's boring, and there's no payoff. If you see it on Steam for 10 bucks, go find another game. Id should be PAYING people to play this, not the other way around. It even fails as a tech demo since the engine won't be licensed out. So, then, what's the point of making this game?… Expand
  83. MysticalChicken
    Jul 24, 2012
    0
    Very disappointing, just another **** generic shooter poorly ported to the PC. Combat is repetitive and boring, story is uninteresting and **** and definitely would not recommend to anyone.
  84. Migz
    Jul 23, 2012
    7
    Once I got over the strange graphics in the very first room, I was able to get into the environment and artistry id created in Rage. If you like post-apocalyptic mayhem w/ great artwork, I definitely recommend picking this up for $20 or less.

    Composite score of 7.375/10. **Entertainment value: 7/10** "Surprisingly, I'm having fun playing it."-what I told my brother after 10    Once I got over the strange graphics in the very first room, I was able to get into the environment and artistry id created in Rage. If you like post-apocalyptic mayhem w/ great artwork, I definitely recommend picking this up for $20 or less.

    Composite score of 7.375/10.

    **Entertainment value: 7/10**

    "Surprisingly, I'm having fun playing it."-what I told my brother after 10 hours into the single-player campaign.

    The artwork and exterior environments were the primary draw for me once I was actually playing this game. Nearly every surface and texture is unique, and all of the models are so detailed. It was really nice to see.

    The story is nothing ground-breaking: civilization is destroyed, and we play a person from the past thrust into a post-apocalyptic nightmare. It's still decently pulled together though, and I didn't feel any more forced to complete this storyline than I did playing through Fallout 3's main line.

    Although the vehicle combat and side games got old, the personal combat was pretty decent. I'll elaborate more in Design and Gameplay below.

    **Graphics: 7/10**

    Rage seemed more designed for the current generation of gaming consoles and smart phones than it did for PCs. Although PCs can run Rage, the game does not take advantage of SLI/Crossfire. It does, however, support anti-aliasing (AA) and anisotropic filtering (AF).

    By default, Rage's graphics look mediocre. (Not as bad as at launch, but still not excellent). However, after some tweaking (see Nvidia's tweak guide @ www.geforce.com), I got the game to look amazing in outside environments. The artistry really shows through now. Character textures also really look great. Interior images are a different story though, because most interior building textures look washed out and grainy.

    Due to the way Rage's graphics engine works, expect texture pop-ins (surfaces go from super blurry to detailed) along the edge of your screen as you turn your camera. EVERY time you turn your camera. I'd be lying if I said I got used to it.

    Also, because of the tweaks I used to make the game look great (I still got well over 60 fps with a single Geforce 570), my zone loads were very long. Expect to wait a minute after every zone load for textures to finish loading... it's unplayably laggy if you don't wait.

    These problems occur, because every structure/surface in the game was uniquely created and painted. Unlike most games, Rage doesn't use a few hundred textures over and over in tiles; each surface was individually done. Those textures account for nearly 20GB of data.

    So, loads are slow

    **Sound: 8/10**

    I didn't score a 10 here, because there was nothing ground-breaking. However, I noticed no negative sound artifacts or errors. The sounds all felt organic to the environment.

    **Design and Gameplay: 7/10**

    Rage is a semi-open-world post-apocalyptic shooter full of stereotypical mutants and bandits. Pretty standard fare. But, who doesn't like eating their favorite food for the 100th time? Same thing here. id made Rage's enemies fairly aggressive, so you end up with a lot of mobs charging into melee range with you after jumping off random debris. So, surviving was a little more challenging than in the current cover-based shooters.

    Rage has a few mini-games which have nothing to do with the story. I really don't like those. But, if you want to play a pokemon style card game while playing a post-apocalyptic shooter, Rage has one ready for you. It also has a lot of car racing which is actually pretty fun until you have to do the relay races. There's too much roll-of-the-dice involved for my liking in the relay races.

    The quest giving and tracking system was clumsy. I'm pretty sure I missed some side quests, because I never knew the quest givers wanted help. Exclamation points above people's heads is totally artificial, but having the option to turn them on would have been nice.

    Every time you leave a settlement or city and enter the wasteland, you're either driving as fast as you can to get away from someone chasing you, or you're fighting them. That environment makes it really difficult to explore the wasteland, and it's really easy to miss things. For instance, there are supposedly a lot of sewer entrances for players to enter, but I only found one, and it was pretty obvious.

    Although I did not participate in the multiplayer side of Rage, I know there's no regular PvP element... only car races/combat.

    **Game Length 9/10**

    I believe a $60 game incorporating a multiplayer side should provide at least 20 hours of single-player content. The single-player campaign took me 19.5 hours to complete on Hard, but I only played races and skipped the other mini-games. Since this game technically has a multiplayer component, I should really give this a 10, but since that component is so weak, a 9 is the best I can do.    … Expand
  85. sinosleep
    Jul 22, 2012
    9
    Meh, don't really get all the hate. I had a friggen blast playing this on a rig that's mostly several years old with the one newish piece being more of a sidegrade than an actual upgrade considering I replaced what was a top of the line video card when I bought it with what's currently a middle of the road card at best. Game looks great, actually takes advantage of the PC-centric tons ofMeh, don't really get all the hate. I had a friggen blast playing this on a rig that's mostly several years old with the one newish piece being more of a sidegrade than an actual upgrade considering I replaced what was a top of the line video card when I bought it with what's currently a middle of the road card at best. Game looks great, actually takes advantage of the PC-centric tons of guns load out as opposed to what's become the norm of 3 - 4 weapons just to better suit controllers, the racing is fun, the setting is great, and I've just generally had a good time. User ratings on meta-critic are pretty much useless any way. ME 3 has a **** score based almost entirely on the ending, the games has a **** score based largely on glitches that have been resolved, etc, etc, etc. User ratings essentially break down into fans taking issue with one particular thing as opposed to judging the game in it's entirety.… Expand
  86. Mortreal
    Jul 22, 2012
    0
    The game doesn't work, it runs smooth but textures are bugged, spent two days trying everything, it won't work for me. I kinda feel like I've been stolen, we should all bring them to court and get our money back, you can't get stuff that doesn't work on the market and steal peoples money like that, this should not be legal...
  87. Sideras
    Jul 16, 2012
    0
    Utter **** Nothing else to say really. This game tries so hard to make you stop playing, this has got to be the shortest time I've spent in any game, and not because I wasn't willing to continue but because it wasn't even **** playable. id softwhore, welcome to my ****list.
  88. edjiang
    Jul 16, 2012
    0
    This game is terrible. It feels like id ran out of budget in the middle of making the game and decided to cut it off. To top it off, the gameplay was boring and repetitive, none of the characters were remotely interesting, and the guns are ridiculously underpowered. The most powerful weapon in the game is a boomerang, which one-shots almost everything except bosses. The game is alsoThis game is terrible. It feels like id ran out of budget in the middle of making the game and decided to cut it off. To top it off, the gameplay was boring and repetitive, none of the characters were remotely interesting, and the guns are ridiculously underpowered. The most powerful weapon in the game is a boomerang, which one-shots almost everything except bosses. The game is also riddled with bugs and game-breaking glitches.… Expand
  89. rasta_man2357
    Jul 10, 2012
    1
    Oh dear, I must remember never again to look forward to a new ID game. After the somewhat awesomeness of quake wars enemy territory, I had quite high hopes for the mention of a new title to add to my ever favourite game developers name and with mention of the new 'ID tech 5' engine I couldn't wait to pre-order this 'Big crazy shooter'.
    'ID tech 5' was actually just a slightly suped up    Oh dear, I must remember never again to look forward to a new ID game. After the somewhat awesomeness of quake wars enemy territory, I had quite high hopes for the mention of a new title to add to my ever favourite game developers name and with mention of the new 'ID tech 5' engine I couldn't wait to pre-order this 'Big crazy shooter'.
    'ID tech 5' was actually just a slightly suped up bulletstorm engine and was used badly. The graphics are medioca at best with many glitches, boring combat and although there are a hell of a lot of weapons, they all seem a bit, samey. Co-op was also un-surprisingly boring with hour after hour of banging one's head against the wall trying to ****ing defibrillate yourself to life.
    I enjoyed the classic ID titles: Doom, quake (Oh, I could gush about quake SO MUCH) and wolfenstein but rage is a title that should bring ID shame as such a poor comparison.    … Expand
  90. Lontra
    Jun 13, 2012
    7
    This game was far too easy for me. I am not a FPS player, but I set games as hard as I can to see how I do. Even on insane I walked through this game with no problem. Otherwise the game is great, very few bugs that I noticed decent graphics and fun mini-games left me with an overall positive impression.
  91. stg
    Jun 6, 2012
    4
    Nice looking, but a bit slow in action and way too buggy. It is amazing that this game was released as it was - with major problems on very common video cards - but it is even worse that several months after the release major problems exist.
  92. hwanin
    Jun 4, 2012
    5
    I formatted my first review and it does not work, so I will list my opinion with letters and ')'. Let's start.
    a) I live in Hungary, I pre-ordered this game and I could take it on the day of the official street date. I tried to install the game, I had the physical release in my hand (I only buy boxed releases) and Steam did not let me install it - the error was: the game is not out yet! I    I formatted my first review and it does not work, so I will list my opinion with letters and ')'. Let's start.
    a) I live in Hungary, I pre-ordered this game and I could take it on the day of the official street date. I tried to install the game, I had the physical release in my hand (I only buy boxed releases) and Steam did not let me install it - the error was: the game is not out yet! I said what the f*ucking hell?! If I can buy it in this **** country (Hungary), then it's out :) NO! I wrote to Steam, they answered it will work next day. THIS IS A JOKE. You hold a strongly single-player game in your hand and you cannot install, because it's not digitally distributed yet. Ridiculous! b) After I installed it, the game simply did not load. I made searches - "known" bug, only for AMD videocards. Hmm, I love games that got released, but not tested properly. That's why we pay FULL PRICE for a game? Of course not. c) Invisible walls pretending the player to reach certain places. d) You feel like you're running in a tube... the game is so linear. e) The objectives/quests (or call whatever you want) are primitive as a piece of rock. f) While the intro is cool, the ending of the game is poor in content. The difficulty was really serious at the end of the game, but I could survive, just because of a bug! I crouched next to a panel at the very last scene and because the enemies couldn't crouch, they "couldn't" kill me. LOL!!! g) Poor physics. h) Re-spawning enemies! WTF? i) Very short gameplay, even though I always explore every corner in every game I play! ---- Summary: The graphics is beautiful, the textures are very detailed and the small games during the gameplay could be very entertaining, though they are repeating. I played through the whole game and I felt like there is an expansion or Rage2 already planned, due to certain design elements... I saw huge possibilities in this game, but most of them remained intact. Possibility is not enough. 5/10 and I was so generous. What is sure, I will not _pre-order_ any more ID Software game...    … Expand
  93. DrBrogbo
    Jun 4, 2012
    8
    I'm going to preface this review by saying that I absolutely HATED Doom 3, and thought Quake 4 was insanely boring. I am no id fanboy. I laughed at how virulently people railed against this game when it came out and thought "Yeah you tell 'em, fans! Developers can't get away with this trash any more!" Then I actually played it. I picked it up on sale for $5 or something ridiculous, andI'm going to preface this review by saying that I absolutely HATED Doom 3, and thought Quake 4 was insanely boring. I am no id fanboy. I laughed at how virulently people railed against this game when it came out and thought "Yeah you tell 'em, fans! Developers can't get away with this trash any more!" Then I actually played it. I picked it up on sale for $5 or something ridiculous, and once I fired it up, I was fairly well blown away. This game will invariably be compared to Borderlands, but they're not even close to the same type of game. Borderlands is an open-world, sanbox-shooter. Rage is a much more linear, story-driven shooter. Granted the story is sort of lame, but that's the genre Rage fits in. The graphics are absolutely gorgeous. Sure, zoomed in all the way on certain textures makes it look ugly, but the scenery and level design are absolutely top-notch, and there were quite a few times in the game where I paused to simply admire the view. I like it when that much love goes into designing the environments. The character models are EXTREMELY well-done as well, and their animations are amazing. The characters have pores, individual chest-hairs, skin blemishes, and you can see their irises (they even make minute little movements when they're looking at you, just like a real person does). The game is very well optimized, too. My laptop has a 2.2GHz C2D processor with a 1GB mobile 9800GTS, and it ran absolutely fine for the entire game. I had most of the graphics options (of which there are not very many) turned down, but it still looked awesome (and ran way better than games like Dungeon Siege 3). If the game weren't almost 25GB, I'd be inclined to download it again on my new gaming desktop and try it out with the options maxed. Anyway, a lot of the praise I've heard of this game is aimed at the racing portion of the game, but I thought the driving aspect was rather annoying. Thankfully there are only a few required races in the story, and they are INSANELY easy. Seriously, when I was racing the "best racer in town," I was ahead of him by an entire half-lap at the end of our 3 lap race. Speaking of which, this whole game is rather easy. I played it on Normal, but am now wishing I played it on hard. I had to use the defibrillator thing exactly 1 time outside of the little training thing. I have a feeling the higher difficulties would be annoying though, since the game will throw wave after wave after wave of the little weak grunt guys at you. I'm not sure if the designers thought that would make it challenging, or were merely trying to make you waste ammo. There were a few parts in the game where I shouted at my screen "Alright! ENOUGH with the stupid little guys!" One last thing, the guns look/behave amazingly. The shotgun model is one of the coolest-looking guns I have ever seen in a video game, and thankfully (unlike other id games) when you pull the trigger, the guns go BOOM! No more of that stupid toy sound like Doom 3 had. This is a game you will want to crank up the video and sound. The ending is abrupt and rather anti-climactic, but you know it's coming. It's not like Halo 2, where there was just suddenly not a next level. Speaking of endings, this review's ending will be right after this period.… Expand
  94. BigCheesey
    Jun 2, 2012
    4
    This is a mediocre game that could've been great. The large scale, panoramic graphics are gorgeous, but small items are often pixellated and barely recognizable. The mix of FPS, item crafting and upgrading, racing, and vehicle combat is compelling, but it's overshadowed by a lack of content. The plot could easily have been developed into a solid new post-apocalyptic franchise, but there'sThis is a mediocre game that could've been great. The large scale, panoramic graphics are gorgeous, but small items are often pixellated and barely recognizable. The mix of FPS, item crafting and upgrading, racing, and vehicle combat is compelling, but it's overshadowed by a lack of content. The plot could easily have been developed into a solid new post-apocalyptic franchise, but there's no development of the characters beyond a few intro quests. Even the main story line feels clipped, like they stopped at chapter 15 of book with 30 or more chapters. I really loved this game until it became clear that nothing about it would be fully developed, and the restriction of multi-player content to a small number of co-op levels and vehicle races prevents it from having any replay value. It feels almost like I was duped into paying for a tech demo. And the lack of response from the developer and publisher is maddening. The promised level editor never showed up. The 64-bit exe and high res texture pack for PC never showed. And even though they promised DLC 'soon' after release, they're still refusing to confirm if it even exists nearly eight months later.… Expand
  95. Ghoster
    Jun 2, 2012
    10
    This is probably best game of the year. Not too much RPG elements but just enough to put some variety in game and provide awesome fun to shooter fans. RPG fans would probably not love Rage that much because it's too much packed with action. Fallout boring is much more recommended, so advice to all RPG fans to keep as far possible.

    There are also 2 bad things in the game. 1) Don't want    This is probably best game of the year. Not too much RPG elements but just enough to put some variety in game and provide awesome fun to shooter fans. RPG fans would probably not love Rage that much because it's too much packed with action. Fallout boring is much more recommended, so advice to all RPG fans to keep as far possible.

    There are also 2 bad things in the game. 1) Don't want to provide spoilers but ending is really BAD!
    2) In my opinion creators were in some kind of rush with deadlines. While first part of the game is perfect 2nd part looks somehow "unfinished".    … Expand
  96. lucidanarchy
    May 23, 2012
    4
    I really enjoyed this game up until the end, where it just ended without any ability to continue playing the game. Not sure what was the point of upgrading vehicles, weapons and talk of how dangerous the authority is, when it was quite the opposite and saw really none of them. The ending of the game really made the journey through the entire game pointless.
  97. getorky
    May 22, 2012
    10
    Rage is one of the best first person shooters in existence. Awesome graphics and fluid, responsive gunplay set it above all other games of this genre. Rage really is one of the finest games ever made.
  98. dryerlaw
    May 15, 2012
    9
    Technically superb; great SFX, sound-acting, music, excellent graphics and lighting, gripping facial expressions and immersive world. The characters are very convincing and have personalities. The world and characters respond to your game progression when you bump into them in the cities, providing a great role-playing atmosphere. Many mini-games to keep players occupied; although most ofTechnically superb; great SFX, sound-acting, music, excellent graphics and lighting, gripping facial expressions and immersive world. The characters are very convincing and have personalities. The world and characters respond to your game progression when you bump into them in the cities, providing a great role-playing atmosphere. Many mini-games to keep players occupied; although most of them are generic and not highly inspiring, they're a welcome addition to the hybrid game. Action and gameplay-wise, though, the game isn't too revolutionary. It isn't bad by all means, but it doesn't have a highly satisfying moment throughout the story. Still, it is a great fun amidst all the generic shooters nowadays. As of 2012, most of the bugs and technical issues have been fixed.… Expand
  99. binioslaw
    May 14, 2012
    5
    Nice shooter with terrible/laughable story, flat characters and empty world.There was a lot of potential for a great Mad Max esque game, but it was all squandered.My rating: 5/10
  100. hassenpheffer
    May 10, 2012
    7
    OK so it's a lot like Borderlands. Yes, that may be true but what it doesn't share with Borderlands are the boring, repetitive missions, redundant and overly diverse weapons and lack of fun. Rage is a fun adventure FPS with driving elements that are reminiscent of Carmageddon and the Twisted Metal series. Rage succeeds in creating a credible environment with interesting charactersOK so it's a lot like Borderlands. Yes, that may be true but what it doesn't share with Borderlands are the boring, repetitive missions, redundant and overly diverse weapons and lack of fun. Rage is a fun adventure FPS with driving elements that are reminiscent of Carmageddon and the Twisted Metal series. Rage succeeds in creating a credible environment with interesting characters (great voice-over work although your character doesn't speak) and an engaging storyline. Everything looks beautiful and runs smoothly. The store system is very simple and is great for the engineering aspect of the game. It does lacks any real upgrading abilities though in terms of the weapons. The biggest problems with the game are that it is too short and most missions are similar. The racing circuit is very easy aside from the latter races that can be a bit challenging but there isn't many of them in general. There were far too many closed doors and the enemies would regenerate right after the areas had been visited. The ending was WAY too easy especially with the BFG. I had no issues with full video settings. I did have some sound issues at times though. It's not a perfect game but it is a fun one with some great visuals and story. The gameplay is challenging and exciting. Overall it needed a bit more. Also, I have absolutely no idea why this game is called "Rage" when there is no actual raging. Weird.… Expand
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#56 Best PC Game of 2011
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#11 Most Discussed PC Game of 2011
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#12 Most Shared PC Game of 2011

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 32
  3. Negative: 1 out of 32
  1. PC Games (Russia)
    Nov 23, 2011
    80
    A pretty, fast and aggressive shooter, striving in vain to be something more. [December 2011, p.62]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Nov 15, 2011
    80
    Far from perfect Rage somehow is has fun post-apocalyptic action where the principles are set –fortunately – bit different than in other games of FPS genre. [Nov 2011]
  3. CD-Action
    Nov 9, 2011
    75
    It seems id Software is still living in its golden days and failed to notice that times have changed since Doom and Quake. Rage is just a decent, linear, old school shooter combined awkwardly with an arcade racing game. The world is only 'kinda openish' and the story must have been written by the coders while they were compiling the alpha version. The game looks great though – if you're lucky enough to have the it run smoothly and without technical issues that haunt the PC version. [November 2011, p.46]
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