RAGE

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  1. LordOFlibertY
    Oct 11, 2011
    1
    Dear lord in heaven and earth, bethesda softworks has utterly rushed the port to PC and more the half the time you'll be facing with constant texture pop-ins, frame drops and crashes. My friend let me borrow this game because he wanted me to feel the torture of playing this game.
    In all honestly I rented this game for my xbox and trust me, BUT THIS GAME FOR THE CONSOLE NEVER FOR THE PC.
  2. CalUKGR
    Oct 7, 2011
    1
    A huge disappointment and a public embarrassment for John Carmack and id. RAGE is plagued with technical issues on my 'well-over-the required-specifications' rig, the texture work is appalling in places and overall this game - visually at least - emerges as a very poor example of what PC gaming has to offer in 2011.

    How could it all be so wrong? It's baffling that a game that has been in    A huge disappointment and a public embarrassment for John Carmack and id. RAGE is plagued with technical issues on my 'well-over-the required-specifications' rig, the texture work is appalling in places and overall this game - visually at least - emerges as a very poor example of what PC gaming has to offer in 2011.

    How could it all be so wrong? It's baffling that a game that has been in development under the aegis of one of PC gaming's most respected developers could be quite so awful to look at, remain quite so unoptimised for modern PC rigs. Forums are full of disappointed gamers spewing nerd-rage - and quite rightly so, in my opinion. We had a right to expect far, far better from id than what RAGE has actually delivered.

    The biggest disappointment of the year, without a doubt. Godspeed the patches.    … Expand
  3. Nehaxak
    Oct 16, 2011
    1
    Wow, this game is so bad even metacritic are removing negative reviews now.
    Let me just state, once again, before metacritic remove this review again also, that this game contains NO multiplayer of any significance at all, nothing. There is a co-op and a "invite your friends" type of rubbish multiplayer along with a stupid racing multiplayer (why?!??) but there is no proper FPS    Wow, this game is so bad even metacritic are removing negative reviews now.
    Let me just state, once again, before metacritic remove this review again also, that this game contains NO multiplayer of any significance at all, nothing. There is a co-op and a "invite your friends" type of rubbish multiplayer along with a stupid racing multiplayer (why?!??) but there is no proper FPS multiplayer, the game is complete and utter rubbish. Don't waste your money on it, even if it's on sale, it's not worth anything.
    Complete let down from ID, one of the last remaining PC developers sell out to the childish consoles generation.    … Expand
  4. gvazdas
    Oct 5, 2011
    1
    This game is **** Not only it looks better on consoles, ID and Bethesda only added an option to the game for anti-aliasing and no other graphical options, the key binding is TROLLING me.
    So far I have gotten into the game is after the intro. After that, I get HUGE lag spikes in the game that happen every second or so which make it 100% impossible for me to play. Unless you enjoy walking 10    This game is **** Not only it looks better on consoles, ID and Bethesda only added an option to the game for anti-aliasing and no other graphical options, the key binding is TROLLING me.
    So far I have gotten into the game is after the intro. After that, I get HUGE lag spikes in the game that happen every second or so which make it 100% impossible for me to play. Unless you enjoy walking 10 meters in 10 minutes. With loads of lag.
    So basically I wasted 60 dollars and couldn't even finish the first level of the game. Way to go id. I will clap for you all the way to hell.
    The only reason why I'm giving this game a 1/10 instead of a 0/10 is because of the mediocre enough intro movie that didn't suck as much as the game.    … Expand
  5. steffon
    Oct 16, 2011
    1
    I though Duke was worst game of this year, but no... worst game of the year is Rage!. So buggy... crashing when I want to change resolution, texture popping and more annoying: meshes popping! Why the hell on first frame for example doors are not drawn and I can see what is behind? Gameplay is boring as hell, no dynamic lighting, no physics, no AI (everything is scripted) and worst ofI though Duke was worst game of this year, but no... worst game of the year is Rage!. So buggy... crashing when I want to change resolution, texture popping and more annoying: meshes popping! Why the hell on first frame for example doors are not drawn and I can see what is behind? Gameplay is boring as hell, no dynamic lighting, no physics, no AI (everything is scripted) and worst of all... this game has the one of the worst sound design I've heard this year so far... maybe Carmack was limiting resources and memory for sound, I don't know... Explosions sound like somebody kicking cardboard box, almost no ambient sounds, vehicle sounds are same quality as on Atari ST... 20 years ago, gunshots sounds are cut in the middle and even in cutscenes sound distorted by clipping... Turd of the year!… Expand
  6. 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
  7. scott_wa
    Oct 7, 2011
    1
    ID and Bethesda just spit in the face of PC enthusiasts by releasing Rage in it's initial state. Even after the more seemingly able community created various "workarounds" and "fixes" Rage is still riddled with a limited console based menu, lagging input, low frame rates (even on higher end PCs), texture popping, and various other visual bugs.

    Shame on ID.
  8. Urrid
    Oct 4, 2011
    1
    I registered an account here just to say how horridly iD and Bethesda botched the PC port of Rage. I have a system that is well above recommended specs with a very common ATI card and the texture draw in and framerate issues on launch are horrendous. How this game got out the door in this shape is a mystery to me, but now I would be curious to see it on my PS3. Perhaps PC users are noI registered an account here just to say how horridly iD and Bethesda botched the PC port of Rage. I have a system that is well above recommended specs with a very common ATI card and the texture draw in and framerate issues on launch are horrendous. How this game got out the door in this shape is a mystery to me, but now I would be curious to see it on my PS3. Perhaps PC users are no longer worthy of receiving a working product?… Expand
  9. Crage1887
    Oct 4, 2011
    1
    A game that touted its graphics. Its gameplay. Marred in glitches. The MEGA TEXTURE was reduced to comply with the poor performance of consoles. Unfortunately that reduced quality texture work made it to the PC. The game as in gameplay is a rather generic FPS with some pretty charismatic enemies. Unfortunately those enemies are in a corridor esq environment all of the time. Though it looksA game that touted its graphics. Its gameplay. Marred in glitches. The MEGA TEXTURE was reduced to comply with the poor performance of consoles. Unfortunately that reduced quality texture work made it to the PC. The game as in gameplay is a rather generic FPS with some pretty charismatic enemies. Unfortunately those enemies are in a corridor esq environment all of the time. Though it looks like open world, it is in all reality a DOOM with a sun roof. If you are in the market for this game stay away until they Patch it, Enhance it, and update the graphics settings to comply with todays pcs. Carmack was interviewed recently and expressed his regret in making the game simultaneously for the pc and consoles, due to the fact that pc kept multiplying in power over the 6 years they took to make the game, the game suffered from having to choose between the horse power of the pc or the 50 million sold xbox and PS3s, they chose the latter and it shows. . Unfortunately, until the issues of the horrid textures (at it's best Prey at it's worst comparable to shenmue), the graphical anomalies, the no settings attributes and perhaps even the less then enthralling environments on which the game has you duke it out with its foes. It remains a game locked in the past with DOOM 3 hiding under a ruble of it's own ambition, an ambition marred by 6 year old tech… Expand
  10. Cebit
    Oct 4, 2011
    1
    I bought this game for both my PC and Playstation 3, the only clearly issue is that on PC the game stutters like something out of this world. But on the other side on the PS3 I cant even get into seeing my own character like I can on PC with waiting for 20 minutes. I guess the game would be an awesome game if they released the zero day patch which is very needed at the moment, due toI bought this game for both my PC and Playstation 3, the only clearly issue is that on PC the game stutters like something out of this world. But on the other side on the PS3 I cant even get into seeing my own character like I can on PC with waiting for 20 minutes. I guess the game would be an awesome game if they released the zero day patch which is very needed at the moment, due to errors of coding.… Expand
  11. SeekeReason
    Oct 4, 2011
    1
    UNACCEPTABLE. How does this have ANY positive critic scores? That makes absolutely no sense unless these reviewers are blatantly mentally disabled.

    To release a multi-platform game, priced the same as the other platforms, that is severely lacking compared to other platforms, is a CRIME and false advertising! The fact that people paid 59.99 or at best 10 dollars off that price for a game    UNACCEPTABLE. How does this have ANY positive critic scores? That makes absolutely no sense unless these reviewers are blatantly mentally disabled.

    To release a multi-platform game, priced the same as the other platforms, that is severely lacking compared to other platforms, is a CRIME and false advertising!

    The fact that people paid 59.99 or at best 10 dollars off that price for a game where you can't look around without seeing horrible glitchy pop-in and other texture and graphical issues, should be brought to ID's attention.

    Customers should be able to get refunds for this piece of **** or at least their money back for being promised a game that WORKED PROPERLY! Once a PC developer, now a memory. Thanks for treating PC gamers as third class customers. I made an account just to review this P.O.S.    … Expand
  12. HellAvenger
    Oct 4, 2011
    1
    Just signed up to warn all PC gamers to not buy this game. Texture pop in is so bad that itself make it unplayable. Demonstrating that Id didn't even test this game on PC before release. Everytime you turn, your world become blurry and graphics has to be loaded...

    Buy this after this issue is resolved, if it will ever.... Don't touch it else you will regret it so bad. It is honestly worth    Just signed up to warn all PC gamers to not buy this game. Texture pop in is so bad that itself make it unplayable. Demonstrating that Id didn't even test this game on PC before release. Everytime you turn, your world become blurry and graphics has to be loaded...

    Buy this after this issue is resolved, if it will ever.... Don't touch it else you will regret it so bad. It is honestly worth $10 at this current state.    … Expand
  13. Raddra
    Jan 15, 2012
    1
    I give it a 1 for some fairly decent looking landscapes, but that's all this game has going for it.

    I should have listened to the reviews.. believed the poor ratings, but I decided to get this game anyway when I had a strong nostalgia for something wasteland-ish and having already played all the other games out there. It was terrible.. that big red rating up there? that is accurate. In    I give it a 1 for some fairly decent looking landscapes, but that's all this game has going for it.

    I should have listened to the reviews.. believed the poor ratings, but I decided to get this game anyway when I had a strong nostalgia for something wasteland-ish and having already played all the other games out there.

    It was terrible.. that big red rating up there? that is accurate. In fact its worse.. that 4.4 has been padded by fanboys and what I believe to be company employee's rating 10.

    Textures take time to load when you turn around. The plot is so insanely contrived its abysmal. The starting sequence is 'get out of pod, get attacked by previously invisible enemies, guy pulls you on a car after psychically knowing you were there and drives you home, doesn't offer you a drink or a rest.. puts a gun in your hand and says 'go kill' its insane and I think 10 year olds could write a more believable start to this game. After getting cut-scened to progress the plot (I despise cuts-cene defeats with the passion of a thousand suns) I just gave up.. its poorly wrote, buggy, has a counter intuitive UI and leaves you utterly frustrated at every turn.    … Expand
  14. PaulMorel
    Oct 4, 2011
    1
    Do not buy this game. I can't fathom the reviewers who give this more than ... maybe 3 stars. The published reviewers must not be playing the PC version, or they're just liars. The technical issues destroy the game. The texture popin is so distracting that the game is unplayable. Basically there's constant flickering in your peripheral vision due to texture popin. Buy Borderlands. ThisDo not buy this game. I can't fathom the reviewers who give this more than ... maybe 3 stars. The published reviewers must not be playing the PC version, or they're just liars. The technical issues destroy the game. The texture popin is so distracting that the game is unplayable. Basically there's constant flickering in your peripheral vision due to texture popin. Buy Borderlands. This game is just a terrible mutilated version of Borderlands. Oh, but John Goodman is good.… Expand
  15. wiLD0kl
    Oct 5, 2011
    1
    If id wanted to exit the PC games business they should have just not made a PC version. There's no need to be all passive aggressive about it. They're on deathwatch with the PC community as of today. This release is just completely unprofessional.

    And congratulations on getting an Indian outsourcing company to fake some user reviews. Go domestic next time so it's less obvious.
  16. nazg
    Oct 5, 2011
    1
    Game starts, well no texture at all in the first room. The sound is totally **** up ("hrrr hrrr hrrr"), i just cut it off. Then i move outside this very first room, and "voila"...crash.

    "ID_AA_Carmack John Carmack I'm going to be at the Mesquite, TX GameStop Monday night for the midnight Rage release if anyone wants to say hi." I hope no PC player came back that morning my old friend.    Game starts, well no texture at all in the first room. The sound is totally **** up ("hrrr hrrr hrrr"), i just cut it off. Then i move outside this very first room, and "voila"...crash.

    "ID_AA_Carmack John Carmack I'm going to be at the Mesquite, TX GameStop Monday night for the midnight Rage release if anyone wants to say hi."

    I hope no PC player came back that morning my old friend. You really **** this one.    … Expand
  17. f0lly
    Oct 9, 2011
    1
    My second review. The first was a low score due to the initial **** graphics issues. Once those got sorted I was going to update with a higher score...and then I finished the game...wtf id? That's it? That tiny little short arsed campaign is the very best you can do after 7 goddamn years!? I swear I thought I was about half way through when the credits started rolling. Campaign wasMy second review. The first was a low score due to the initial **** graphics issues. Once those got sorted I was going to update with a higher score...and then I finished the game...wtf id? That's it? That tiny little short arsed campaign is the very best you can do after 7 goddamn years!? I swear I thought I was about half way through when the credits started rolling. Campaign was boring, non-sensical, and did I mention short? Waste of money. Avoid this game until it's in the bargain bin (after which time it will be patched as well).… Expand
  18. lolhax
    Oct 6, 2011
    1
    The game Rage fails at even it's most basic function - to show off the ID Tech 5 Engine, the engine in it's capacity used by Rage demonstrates a company who has lost the plot entirely with respect to pioneering 3D gaming engine scene. All static lighting baked into textures, awful looking low resolution static shadows baked into the textures, low resolution so called megatextures andThe game Rage fails at even it's most basic function - to show off the ID Tech 5 Engine, the engine in it's capacity used by Rage demonstrates a company who has lost the plot entirely with respect to pioneering 3D gaming engine scene. All static lighting baked into textures, awful looking low resolution static shadows baked into the textures, low resolution so called megatextures and highly compressed audio, if they had a time machine and released this engine in 2005 they'd stand to get some praise, everything about the direction they took was a poor decision on their part. The only thing that can be praised about Rage is the AI - everything is subpar for a 2011 AAA title release.… Expand
  19. MrCrowT
    Oct 6, 2011
    1
    I signed up to Metacritic just to write this... This is how badly this game was ported to the PC. Sure it works okay for some, but heaven forbid you have an AMD/ATI video card. From Tuesday to today, (Thurs 10/06) I have spent over two hours reading forums, creating cache folders, writing config files, and changing steam launch options just so I could tolerate looking at this game.I signed up to Metacritic just to write this... This is how badly this game was ported to the PC. Sure it works okay for some, but heaven forbid you have an AMD/ATI video card. From Tuesday to today, (Thurs 10/06) I have spent over two hours reading forums, creating cache folders, writing config files, and changing steam launch options just so I could tolerate looking at this game. Finally, finally after all that toil I was able to play it and the texture pop-in was tolerable, still there but TOLERABLE. I still had issues with spastic, flickering npcs but I was able to work with it, but then something else started to happen. I was going about my merry way furthering the "story" along when I tried to zone or load into a new area. After 2 minutes of staring at a loading screen I alt-tabbed to find the came had crashed on me. I tried again and it was fine. Later the same thing happened, except it took 3 tries to load in an area I had actually been to before. Then came the horribleness of the BashTV segment. You see, before when the game crashed, it at least had the decency to save my game before crashing and burning, so that when I reloaded I was right where I left off. Not with BashTV, I had to redo the whole segment five flippin' times (5 - 10 minutes each time) before I successfully loaded out of that nightmare. Now I'm at another point in the game were I've tried to enter an area atleast a dozen times and as of this posting are still not able to enter, despite numerous attempted fixes (dropping resolution, windowed mode, no AA). This product has got to be the worse PC port I've ever played; New Vegas didn't give me this much trouble. It also doesn't help that all I hear from the developers is to make sure I have my drivers updated. I did it and it doesn't help. I think the worst part about this whole situation is that I kind of like the game that is underneath all of this manure; that's why I gave this a one instead of zero.

    There's this one point early in the game where you're on the way to some radio tower, and you can go into this cave underneath a shack. The only thing in this cave is a hole in the ceiling and a bucket full of fecal matter. That is what I think of when I think of this port.    … Expand
  20. Endo
    Oct 6, 2011
    1
    Amazing how much hype was applied to the pre release of this title, advertising that it will litteraly 'blow your socks off'. The only thing it did was blow a hole in my pocket and in the heart of all the fans. There is nothing amazing about this title at all, looks and feels like any other mid range fps, and comes with a unique low res texture popin at every turn. Rage should never haveAmazing how much hype was applied to the pre release of this title, advertising that it will litteraly 'blow your socks off'. The only thing it did was blow a hole in my pocket and in the heart of all the fans. There is nothing amazing about this title at all, looks and feels like any other mid range fps, and comes with a unique low res texture popin at every turn. Rage should never have been released, letalone be sold for more than $20, ID has truly dropped the ball on this one, i purposly made a metacritic account for this review.… Expand
  21. shawnrhod
    Oct 7, 2011
    1
    Very disappointing game. I will leave the graphics and texture issues to the other users. My biggest issue is the game play and story line....very very weak. Like "Urrid" (another reader) I actually registered an account here to properly rate this child game. I got caught up in the marketing and the fact I just haven't played a good game all year. Maybe Dues Ex, but that had it'sVery disappointing game. I will leave the graphics and texture issues to the other users. My biggest issue is the game play and story line....very very weak. Like "Urrid" (another reader) I actually registered an account here to properly rate this child game. I got caught up in the marketing and the fact I just haven't played a good game all year. Maybe Dues Ex, but that had it's shortcoming, which drove me to look for the next game to fulfill my internal itch..or ID...ir whatever.. Ok, my psychological issues aside, here is my problems with the game. 1. Story line - What is the point of me being there. I've played for a few hours and I am just running missions with no real character need. 2. The open world is really a closed world. Visually it looks OK, but there are only a few paths to take. 3. Missions are super easy (on Difficult) and are to focused on the path the game wants to take me. I can't diverge it some other sector of the game if I wish to. Sure there are side missions, but they are completed quickly. Talking to the other characters in the game is boring and in today's market, games should provide a path to take the conversations. This is a one to one and start a mission. 4. The bosses look pretty cool but are easy and somewhat stationary. 5. Character enhancements and weapons. Just plain weak. In all this game should not be rated M. It is kids 8-14. And that is an insult for anyone over 8 years old. This game is simple in game play, story line and graphics. I will keep playing until someone recommends an alternative or until MW3 or ME3 comes out....The developers did get my money though. *sigh* what a disappointment.… Expand
  22. incugus
    Oct 8, 2011
    1
    As an OPEN WORLD game it fails, because its not OPEN. dont let the critics fool you. There are no dialogs, texture glitches everywhere, bad graphical config (no options), and a **** of graphical bugs. (screen tearing , no vsync enabling, etc)

    This game is bad, its a bad port and a bad game. Nice graphics (bad texture bugs) , nice music , nice ambient, but hideous gameplay.
  23. qzip
    Oct 9, 2011
    1
    Well, this game is complete disappointment. Even if forget about unplayable bugs (I managed to launch Rage with acceptable graphics only after I edited .cfg file manually... it's probably acceptable for a alpha version of small program created by schoolboy but not for a $60 game) the story line is really dull and the game world small and boring, filled with invisible walls and lockedWell, this game is complete disappointment. Even if forget about unplayable bugs (I managed to launch Rage with acceptable graphics only after I edited .cfg file manually... it's probably acceptable for a alpha version of small program created by schoolboy but not for a $60 game) the story line is really dull and the game world small and boring, filled with invisible walls and locked doors. Also, Rage looks like a exact copy of Borderlands, but a really bad copy. Rage isn't worth it's current price, $15 is the maximum price for that junk. I wouldn't recommend this game to anyone.… Expand
  24. Oxymore
    Oct 9, 2011
    1
    Technically awesome (if you know how to tweak some config file) but that's all. Weapons are boring, driving is boring, mission are boring. The game is boring, and short.
  25. Ursadorable
    Oct 9, 2011
    1
    Extremely buggy, even with latest tuned drivers. This game was so overhyped, yet turned out to be a borderlands clone, but less enjoyable. Half my time was spent trying to get the game to run. Sorry Id, I won't be wasting another gaming dollar on your consolized ports.
  26. majorwitty
    Oct 10, 2011
    1
    If you want to pay $59.99 for a 6 to 7 hour FPS with okay graphics when they work without glitches & barely acceptable storyline with zero replay value then buy Rage. If you want an a deep FPS / RPG in a post apocalyptic world that takes 20 to 40 hours & have excellent replay value go with Fallout 3. Id software is spending more time on consoles & mobile phones than pumping out genreIf you want to pay $59.99 for a 6 to 7 hour FPS with okay graphics when they work without glitches & barely acceptable storyline with zero replay value then buy Rage. If you want an a deep FPS / RPG in a post apocalyptic world that takes 20 to 40 hours & have excellent replay value go with Fallout 3. Id software is spending more time on consoles & mobile phones than pumping out genre changing or even a good fun game. If you must have this then I'd suggest waiting for $10 discount price in 6 to 12 months.… Expand
  27. entreprenr
    Oct 10, 2011
    1
    OMG what an unbelievably dull game. Lifeless characters, repetitive, boring quests, and a stupid, unfinished story. The writers probably fell asleep somewhere in the middle of the story. But I guess I should've known that id is not capable of that. And guess what, even the weapons and the fighting are kinda dull. Very dissapointing...
  28. Stealth3
    Oct 27, 2011
    1
    My rating is based on the quality of the game and keeping in mind that its a 60$ game. This game is nothing but hype, and the bad kind too. Its not that it fails to deliver, some of the components that its suppose to deliver are just not present altogether.

    -Trash story, even for an id game. -LINEAR, EXTREMELY LINEAR. Corridor shooter at its best, this is what this is. Corridor    My rating is based on the quality of the game and keeping in mind that its a 60$ game. This game is nothing but hype, and the bad kind too. Its not that it fails to deliver, some of the components that its suppose to deliver are just not present altogether.

    -Trash story, even for an id game. -LINEAR, EXTREMELY LINEAR. Corridor shooter at its best, this is what this is. Corridor shooter with a skybox.
    -Texture bugs which are part of the design which will never get solved. The only game in 2011 that has textures from 1999.
    -Horrible gameplay mechanics.
    -The true definition of a console port. This is a "console port" benchmark for future games to come.
    -Anything gameplay related to this game, just terrible.

    The only reason it doesn't get a 0 is because it has nice animations, so that bumps it to a 1. Do not buy, you were warned!    … Expand
  29. dimon222
    Nov 8, 2011
    1
    Baddest optimisation ever. I didnt got it to work on my i7 930, Corsair C4 2x2GB, HIS Radeon HD6950.
    I was trying update drivers, change config files, use patches. No way for start campaign.
    Carmack fully change my minds about ID Software. This fail means more then Doom 3 previously.
  30. Blackend
    Nov 9, 2011
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was brilliant. The way it started, the way the story was told and everything else about it was simply faultless! The towns are fantastic, the graphics are unbelievable and enemy AI is pretty decent. The story of the game is quite thrilling as well. Yet it has one crucial fault that makes me rate it the way I have.

    The Ending. Its horrible, beyond comprehension. I"literally went "wtf just happened here?" as the credits began to roll. They ruined a marvellous game by being lazy and pushing out the game before it was ready. When I went to the last mission, I had no idea that it was the last mission. I was expecting a huge ass boss with atleast 15 mins of incredibly fast paced lobbing of grenades and bullets and maybe my brother at it to kill it. But I was greeted with a small horde of mutants and 3 buttons. Yes thats right, the glorious boss fight at the end of the game is against 3 buttons. They werent even that tough to push to be honest. There wasnt enough of the game to justify its 20gig+ size! They have somehow setup the end to signal the coming of a sequel or DLC's, but the fact is that after such a horrible experience, I will never buy anything from this game again.

    If you are a fan of endings that appeal to common sense, do not buy this crap.    … Expand
  31. nyran125
    Nov 18, 2013
    1
    Sorry, forget the engine, forget the graphics for a minute, forget the texture issues ok? Its ok if you have the hardware after some patches.

    But lets get down to it, because i CANNOT believe ANYONE on this planet gave this game a score over 5. Have you not played it? did you finish it? Ok, its not that short if you are one of those people that like to get out the car look around and    Sorry, forget the engine, forget the graphics for a minute, forget the texture issues ok? Its ok if you have the hardware after some patches.

    But lets get down to it, because i CANNOT believe ANYONE on this planet gave this game a score over 5. Have you not played it? did you finish it? Ok, its not that short if you are one of those people that like to get out the car look around and stop and smell the roses kind of guy like i am. I love looking at the universe of everything and taking everything in in a game. A game like COD which is really short, will still take me a little longer because i read everything and kind of stop and smell the roses.

    The game starts your in an ark, you leave, go to nearest town attack some stuff, do a couple of missions check a sewer leave town, go to next town do a couple of missions do a few races fight the bad guys called Authority, open a satalite beacon thing, some things come out of the ground, that i guess have been in the earth for ages and its over. Ive gamed for a LONG long time, but i have to say what happened? Did they run out of money? it took 7 years to make this.

    But the biggest question is, how did the guys at gearbox make Borderlands in 3-4 years with MASSIVE amount of content, tons of towns, heaps to do and tons of characters, monsters, interesting stuff and RAGE took 7 years and ......

    Ok seriously, if you want this game, buy it for the IDSoftware deal on STEAM or something, RAGE will likely be included in the IDSoftware complete package at Xmas or something. But i warn you you will play it, get to the 2nd town and then get to the end and think, right the 3rd town(whatever it is, must be the last town and i'll get a finale.

    YOU WILL BE SHOCKED when you get to the end.

    IM saying this now, CALL OF DUTY the Modern warfare trilogy 1-3 was a MILLION times better than this game. Im serious. this has probably been really incoherant, because im still shocked at the ending of RAGE. People that say they werent surprised. DOOM had an ending ok? Even just the text at the end of Doom 1 or 2 was a better ending than this. Im serious.    … Expand
  32. turtlenuggets
    Nov 11, 2011
    1
    Rage is kind of like 2 games in 1. There is the FPS campaign bit & the online multiplayer vehicle bit. The campaign is really really bad. it is so restrictive & linear that it doesnt really even qualify as a fps but should be classified as a rail shooter. The enemies are super repeditive & the NPCs just taaaakkke sooooo loooonnng to do anything that it gets super frustrating. As far asRage is kind of like 2 games in 1. There is the FPS campaign bit & the online multiplayer vehicle bit. The campaign is really really bad. it is so restrictive & linear that it doesnt really even qualify as a fps but should be classified as a rail shooter. The enemies are super repeditive & the NPCs just taaaakkke sooooo loooonnng to do anything that it gets super frustrating. As far as the story goes I didnt even realise i was at the end of the game when the credits came. Chalk that up to a plot fail. Worse than this though was me sitting there for ages installing the game onto my xbox HD & then being told to change my discs over halfway through the campaign??? That is retarded. But worse of all was the box saying it was multiplayer & then having a SINGLE PLAYER campaign. A friend & I bought the game so we could play it together & then had a very severe case of wtf when it turned out to be **** I guess I should read the fineprint closer. The multiplayer vehicle component is really fun though so I dont feel like I have totally blown my money, but I would have hoped the core game would be much much better thatn it was.… Expand
  33. 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
  34. oivalfselat
    Nov 17, 2011
    1
    When I bought Doom 3, I liked the darkness of the scenarios, because at the time, normal map and real time stencil shadows were interesting to look. But the gameplay, storyline and multiplayer... so I bought in the end, 50% of the final product, considering these, the system of light and textures. The game is disposable.
    For a long time, I was surprised with RAGE, his images show a game    When I bought Doom 3, I liked the darkness of the scenarios, because at the time, normal map and real time stencil shadows were interesting to look. But the gameplay, storyline and multiplayer... so I bought in the end, 50% of the final product, considering these, the system of light and textures. The game is disposable.
    For a long time, I was surprised with RAGE, his images show a game visually compatible with the feeling that quake caused on me, look something new. It was a long download on Steam, where I bought the game. I confess that the texture cause less problems using a nvidia gpu, but the lag occurs. Was just the beginning of the frustration.
    After thousands of interviews, the good and bad sides of the new engine second John Carmack, the PC as the best visual and the product selling as the best game ever made by id! I finally bought RAGE. I bought 70% of advertising.. yes, advertising is the real seller always. Because the final product is just half of the real deal. In 10 hours, all cards, itens and quests done.. minigames and races, please...
    The best looking game! is just a pile of low res with more closed doors, than options.
    Again, the game is disposable.
    I feel cheated, it was my last effort with at id software.    … Expand
  35. Lobby007
    Jan 3, 2012
    1
    If you really like game like Borderlands, this game may be for you, but is well below it. If you are a fan of Mario Kart, you may be pleased with this game, but it's, of course, less funny. But so far, I know NO ONE that likes both games. And this is what Carmack has done, a sorrowful mixture of both games. And even worse. HE HAS DESTROYED ID BRAND. I will never forgive him. And finally,If you really like game like Borderlands, this game may be for you, but is well below it. If you are a fan of Mario Kart, you may be pleased with this game, but it's, of course, less funny. But so far, I know NO ONE that likes both games. And this is what Carmack has done, a sorrowful mixture of both games. And even worse. HE HAS DESTROYED ID BRAND. I will never forgive him. And finally, in addition to design, the technical issue has been full of bugs. Damn them!!!… Expand
  36. diogenesxxx
    Jan 10, 2012
    1
    Vehicle handling extremely poor, cannot finish even simplest required races, This makes the game virtually unplayable from Wellspring episode forward. Cannot recommend this game to anyone. Not to mention the Borderlands clone appearance. At least in Borderlands the mouse interface allows the vehicles to be drivable....
  37. Ophion
    Jan 27, 2012
    1
    Reviewer scores reek of payola -- just look at opinions from actual players of the game. I too made an account just to lambast this steaming pile. Graphics were pretty good for me, at least nothing to complain about. But the lack of story, the blatant plagiarism (basically the worst of Fallout 3 and Borderlands), the stunning anti-climax that was the end of the game... For yourReviewer scores reek of payola -- just look at opinions from actual players of the game. I too made an account just to lambast this steaming pile. Graphics were pretty good for me, at least nothing to complain about. But the lack of story, the blatant plagiarism (basically the worst of Fallout 3 and Borderlands), the stunning anti-climax that was the end of the game... For your hub-and-spoke mission system, there are *TWO* hubs, really closer to 1.5. Despite the vague whiff of an open world, the missions and story are entirely linear. The characters are caricatures. The driving is passable, but busywork (along with the occasional fetch quest). There are no choices, nor roleplaying. Quake was more fun, lived up to its potential and recognized its strengths. Rage is a buggy mess with nothing to recommend it.

    1 point instead of 0 for not being Duke Nukem Forever.    … Expand
  38. quood
    Feb 14, 2012
    1
    Mac version... I DLed this from the App Store (£27) having heard it's similar to Borderlands. OMG what a mistake. Filled with technical glitches, which meant it took 2hrs to even get playing. Driver support for controllers is a nightmare; I lost count of the number of times I went through various processes, restarted my iMac, etc, etc, before finally getting the blasted thingMac version... I DLed this from the App Store (£27) having heard it's similar to Borderlands. OMG what a mistake. Filled with technical glitches, which meant it took 2hrs to even get playing. Driver support for controllers is a nightmare; I lost count of the number of times I went through various processes, restarted my iMac, etc, etc, before finally getting the blasted thing to work. The game itself is filled with dire, dull, excruciatingly bland cut-scenes which cannot be skipped. Replete with characters it's tremendously hard to give a monkey's about, and who spiel out the most unutterably bland dialogue. "I'm a mechanic. You can fix your car here. Press Y to have me fix your car. You can also call me by radio..." Bluergh. I've taken to checking my emails / cutting away from Rage whilst the dull-as-ditchwater cutscenes play out. Gameplay is uninspiring. The RPG / upgradeable element is almost non-existent. 'Choose one of four armour suits, which'll give you a static benefit throughout the game.' Great. Firing weapons is remarkably tedious: all weapons have 100% predictable stats (unlike Borderlands), with crosshairs that *do not waver one inch*, even in hyper-zoomed sniper rifle mode. There's no element of chance, either; every weapon (even the pistol) hits 100% if your entirely stable crosshairs are 100% on the target. Bleurgh. Silent weapons - afaict, and having completed the single campaign - are utterly pointless, bringing no benefits whatsoever. Even the potentially interesting weapons - like mind control bolts - turn out to be futile 95% of the time, and only marginally less useful than usual bullets the other 5%. AI is dull. Everyone behaves the same. Everyone seeks exactly the same cover points: keep throwing grenades until everything's obliterated. Things only get remotely interesting in the later levels, with LARGE hordes of melee fighters. Penultimately, the racing rapidly switches between ridiculously easy and a matter of raw luck; the 'driving' aspect of the game only brings 4 cars with it, each of which have a very finite number of worthwhile upgrades. Finally, the campaign is chuffing tiny. Like, 11hrs and 20 minutes in - and I thought I was taking things slowly - I've finished a 'normal' campaign. Replay value feels minimal, though I'm trying to gather the inspiration to have a go at 'hard' or 'nightmare.' Compare that with Borderlands - the best part of a year on, I've got 2 characters running the various campaigns, with well over 60hrs of gameplay between them. I was kinda stunned when I realised I'd finished Rage, in a very much 'is that ACTUALLY it?!' kinda way. On any replays, I'll look for a bit more in the way of side missions / exploring... but I get the feeling there isn't much there. All in all, vapid, dull, characterless, bland. Beautiful scenery. But - good grief - I really can't understand why anyone would choose this over Borderlands. Or even Bioshock (or Bioshock 2, soon to be released). Particularly on a Mac, at the moment, Rage is nowhere near worth it.… Expand
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. Cotroneo
    Apr 26, 2014
    1
    For PC, this game lives up to its name, as it brings unreal amounts of frustration and hatred towards the dev's at iD.

    I'm giving it a 1 because it's a fun game, but a only a 1 because it's a game that you can barely play (If you're able to play it at all). I've never, ever, EVER played a port so excruciatingly bad in my entire life The adventure begins at the menu as you struggle    For PC, this game lives up to its name, as it brings unreal amounts of frustration and hatred towards the dev's at iD.

    I'm giving it a 1 because it's a fun game, but a only a 1 because it's a game that you can barely play (If you're able to play it at all).

    I've never, ever, EVER played a port so excruciatingly bad in my entire life
    The adventure begins at the menu as you struggle to have your cursor move smoothly, as it likes stopping in place, more than it does moving.

    I truly believe that the dev's had one person test this game for 15 minutes, and left the buyers to continue testing the game, only for there to be no final, working version.    … Expand
  43. 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$.
  44. eelegendo
    Dec 28, 2014
    1
    It was a console port, but it looked good and I enjoyed up to the point where a racing game was forced on me. A racing game I hate by default (I've bargained for an fps...) and even it that field it is a joke. Stupid controls that are not working, dumb physics and again: it is forced on you. If you put sh.t in your game, please let me skip it. Like in LA Noire.
    I left the game at the 1st    It was a console port, but it looked good and I enjoyed up to the point where a racing game was forced on me. A racing game I hate by default (I've bargained for an fps...) and even it that field it is a joke. Stupid controls that are not working, dumb physics and again: it is forced on you. If you put sh.t in your game, please let me skip it. Like in LA Noire.
    I left the game at the 1st race I could not win after 3-4 tries. That made me hate the whole thing. If I die in an fps, I do it over and over again, but not with racing (that is uncontrollable).
    If you sell a game for the pc, please port it to the pc. I would not call this a port, it's a console game that uses keyboard.    … Expand
  45. Arphiax
    Jan 3, 2014
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm giving this game 1 point for living up to its name. By the time I was done I felt a bit of rage.
    Story/dialogue: Really weak. The mayor of "Subway Town" is supposed to be this big bad ass you have to impress to be able to stay around, then a couple missions later "The Authority" shows up and he is gone. No explanation, no resolution, he is just gone. I would assume he is dead, but the writers couldn't be bothered to actually write the story. Then the ending... wow such fail. Even though throughout the game you see the Arks as broken down and mostly full of dead people, the end of the game is when you make the rest of the Arks around the world surface. End scene. Really, look it up, it sucks. Even if we assume that the other Arks worked, why would they join the resistance against the stupid authority? Why does the game end without actually winning the war?
    Gameplay: Mostly boring. This is an area with so much missed potential. All of the different ammo types and little killing machines you can craft should have been awesome, but they just didn't work out. RC bombs always get shot before they reach their target, and the armor "effective" ammo is anything but. Also, why does it take precisely 2 perfectly aimed sniper headshots to kill a guy, when you clearly see a good liter of blood fly out of his head on the first one? Why does it take more than one point blank shotgun blast to the face to kill an un-armored human? This is what I call artificially inflating the difficulty and killing any possible fun. The lack of a map in towns is just ridiculous. I had a story mission to turn in to "Carlson" after taking a break from the game for a couple months, and with no map, no nav points, and no hints on where in town he would be I had to google it. Lame. Then later had to google where to find someone else. If the game wants me to literally make friends with the characters and remember their names, then they should at least have some personality or something.
    There is also a big chunk of racing mini games, but I was bored of them immediately and skipped it. Maybe that was the good part of the game.
    Graphics: Decent, as long as you don't turn your head. Textures pop in and out as you pan the view around. I don't play games for the graphics, but this was kind of annoying. I would rather just have lower res textures.

    Also, the comparisons to Borderlands should not be happening. This game is nothing like Borderlands. At all. If anything it was trying to be a Fallout clone, but it failed at that.    … Expand
  46. Chupwn
    Oct 6, 2011
    0
    An AMD 6970 should make quick work of games, even those optimized for Nvidia cards. The texture pop up is so damn obvious, it should've been fixed in EARLY beta! Do not buy this game until they have updated the game to a proper release candidate.
  47. Fr0s7y
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    Sad to see the day when a company like ID becomes yet another developer that's content with giving PC gamers a crap console port. I expected much better, but it's a lesson learned, and this company won't get a single cent out of me ever again.
  48. SAMF2000
    Oct 6, 2011
    0
    Seeing the various magazine and critics giving this an 8 makes me honestly believe they are either blind or bribed to lie for a good review. This game is incapable of running on pc without texture errors and pop ins all over . How this pile of mess got out to retail makes me also believe ID only cares about money and hoping people will spend $60 for crap. Thank goodness I did not lay forSeeing the various magazine and critics giving this an 8 makes me honestly believe they are either blind or bribed to lie for a good review. This game is incapable of running on pc without texture errors and pop ins all over . How this pile of mess got out to retail makes me also believe ID only cares about money and hoping people will spend $60 for crap. Thank goodness I did not lay for this pile of crap… Expand
  49. JamesSteal
    Oct 15, 2011
    0
    This game should serve as a reminder to all of those who foolishly pre-order or purchase games before viewing the reviews and ending up disappointed in the final product.
  50. Nafod
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    Unplayable on a comp that exceeds all minimum specs and most recommended specs. Comp runs Deus Ex Rev and S2TW on max settings flawlessly. This is such a pile of $%^& from a formerly respected developer that I'm losing confidence in PC gaming. I smell Bethesda in this one, they threw in the towel on their customers of old years ago (I played Morrowind off and on for 5 years, andUnplayable on a comp that exceeds all minimum specs and most recommended specs. Comp runs Deus Ex Rev and S2TW on max settings flawlessly. This is such a pile of $%^& from a formerly respected developer that I'm losing confidence in PC gaming. I smell Bethesda in this one, they threw in the towel on their customers of old years ago (I played Morrowind off and on for 5 years, and Oblivion for less than 10 hours). Hell why not start another indie dev shop and produce something that's worth $5 or $10? Apparently the strongest competition is completely asleep at the wheel...… Expand
  51. nirvycn
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    Extremely Disapointing. Story line is Dull, Graphics are very poor, and VERY brown, with a hint of dark brown to change it up. Gameplay is rather dull, offers nothing new, or innovative. Texture pop in awful on my i7 2500k Nvidia 560TI 1GB. Low Frame rates, long loading times, ZERO graphics options, unable to turn on V-SYNC so the tearing is bad. gunplay is well.. shockingly badExtremely Disapointing. Story line is Dull, Graphics are very poor, and VERY brown, with a hint of dark brown to change it up. Gameplay is rather dull, offers nothing new, or innovative. Texture pop in awful on my i7 2500k Nvidia 560TI 1GB. Low Frame rates, long loading times, ZERO graphics options, unable to turn on V-SYNC so the tearing is bad. gunplay is well.. shockingly bad considering who made this, the guns dont have any UMPH and seem poor when you hear the noises.

    By far the most disapointing game i have played this year. What the heck happened to you ID?    … Expand
  52. Pumpkins
    Oct 7, 2011
    0
    Sadly a veeery boring game without story line. *spoilers* You start the game and you dont know who you are, why you are there and why a farmer saved your ass. So, you, that seems to be a super human with special habilities are only there to work like a slave. Boring quests like, go there and kill some raiders or go there and collect some items.

    The enemies are just lame and dumb.. they    Sadly a veeery boring game without story line. *spoilers* You start the game and you dont know who you are, why you are there and why a farmer saved your ass. So, you, that seems to be a super human with special habilities are only there to work like a slave. Boring quests like, go there and kill some raiders or go there and collect some items.

    The enemies are just lame and dumb.. they can do only 3 things: They go in cover or they rush with melee or they throw a granade.

    The ai is **** dumb and are ease to shot even in cover.. its just a shame, Im playing in Nightmare and I didnt die one single time.

    Dark days! Creators of DOOM and QUAKE made this crap.. oh boy...    … Expand
  53. denimbrcina
    Oct 8, 2011
    0
    this is awful. I have a pc that can on paper run rage without problems. but i have most times maximal 14 fps. and there is a lot of bugs, bugs and bugs. Textures are for **** and the worst problem is that the game works perfectly well on consoles! DONT BUY THIS GAME FOR PC!
  54. digimortal81
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    this game has terrible graphical issues that will leave you with a headache and ultimately the tearing and popping gets so bad you cannot play. enemies pop in and out while fighting them. I do not see next gen graphics here, Hard Reset and Stalker look better visually, this game has just a little more color than Fallout 3 I'd say.
  55. elvecxz
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    Who knows. I might like it if I could play it. I can't play it because they did not beta test, and so the game doesn't run. I want to like it, I do. If they fix this EXTREMELY quickly I'll alter the score to whatever is appropriate. However, this game is currently a complete steaming pile and I can't give them any points for a game I can't play.
  56. Sariden
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    I have not had the stuttering or crashing problems that most others have reported. However, I have to say that of all the ID titles I've purchased over the years, this is the first that is really disappointing. I'm not someone who is overly focused on graphics, but as soon as I saw the opening scene of the game within the arc, I knew that this game had been cannibalized for consoles.I have not had the stuttering or crashing problems that most others have reported. However, I have to say that of all the ID titles I've purchased over the years, this is the first that is really disappointing. I'm not someone who is overly focused on graphics, but as soon as I saw the opening scene of the game within the arc, I knew that this game had been cannibalized for consoles. Textures were noticeably poor up close on virtually every surface that I looked at, and not just a little washed out / flat, but reminiscent of games like half life 1. In my opinion, every indoor/ close quarter environment is an order of magnitude worse than Doom 3 in terms of quality. While I have no doubt the engine can do much more, the fact that they cut it down so much just to make it look decent on the garbage console hardware is upsetting.

    Now, this would be OK from an indie developer, or even a low budget game, but as the newest flagship title from a company that has consistently produced many of the best looking graphics engines over the last decade and one which has been hyped as having incredible graphics, it leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth. The marketing was deceptive and the virtually nothing that I have seen so far comes remotely close to spin put out beforehand. As ID has apparently switched their focus from quality and is going the way of Bioware, I have to say that they will not get money from me again until the player reviews are in.    … Expand
  57. biship
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    Game runs 10% of the time. Crashes on launch , or when you exit the arc. Approx 20fps with 2x6970's and no AA. When it does run, look left, look back and the textures have gone. Wait and they reload! lol wtf is this crap.
  58. City17
    Oct 8, 2011
    0
    Never seen such a high profile game get so little support, the amount of effort and tweaks and hacks to get it running are pathetic. And to top it all of it still crashes when ever I pause the game. Great work id.

    Even for the little time I did get it to play the texture pop in is really bad to say that is one of the selling points of the game.
  59. Gladio77
    Oct 23, 2011
    0
    DONT WASTE your money

    Game is full of bugs and well I have trying to get it fixed for quit some time. If company sells you a 50 euro product you may expect that it works. This does not and after spending hours of fixes I have given up. ALL THE RAVE REVIEWS are nice for the user for who the game works. For me and a lot of other people it does not. A zero is the only number which this    DONT WASTE your money

    Game is full of bugs and well I have trying to get it fixed for quit some time. If company sells you a 50 euro product you may expect that it works. This does not and after spending hours of fixes I have given up. ALL THE RAVE REVIEWS are nice for the user for who the game works. For me and a lot of other people it does not. A zero is the only number which this fawlty product deserves. Dont believe me? read what the lead designer says

    On Saturday a massive patch landed for Rage, eagerly awaited by players struggling with blurry, popping textures, low framerates, psychedelic artefacts and more. The mess of a PC launch has been so severe that John Carmack referred to it as â    … Expand
  60. 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.
  61. Nautilus
    Oct 22, 2011
    0
    This game is a good example what pursuit of money does to a developer. Welcome to the buggiest wasteland experience of all times! Your gaming experience will be cut short due to CrashToDesktops happening every once in a while. Textures are so low-res that they look like turd and "Megatexture" is just a buzzword. Nothing is so special about idTech5 engine. Graphics are so aged and gameplayThis game is a good example what pursuit of money does to a developer. Welcome to the buggiest wasteland experience of all times! Your gaming experience will be cut short due to CrashToDesktops happening every once in a while. Textures are so low-res that they look like turd and "Megatexture" is just a buzzword. Nothing is so special about idTech5 engine. Graphics are so aged and gameplay is dull. Avoid this crap on PC at all costs and save your money for better games. Once legend Carmack has lost his soul. I bet he preordered MW3 for his Xbox360 as well. Good for him, none of his titles will be on my PC anymore.… Expand
  62. adler
    Oct 5, 2011
    0
    Totally broken console port, frame rate issues make it unplayable, ID you should make your game to have 60 fps and not 10 fpm (frames per minute), no graphic options whatsoever. This broken piece of software deserves to be thrown with other junk and quickly forgotten.
  63. rottencat
    Oct 5, 2011
    0
    This thing is about as open world as Wolfenstein 3D, which would be fine if it weren't 2011. After spending an hour getting video and texture issues resolved and then actually playing it for 2 hours, the realization that crept in as I was prevented from venturing out anywhere or jumping over anything - like I can with any sandbox game since early 2004's FarCry - is "this is an old-schoolThis thing is about as open world as Wolfenstein 3D, which would be fine if it weren't 2011. After spending an hour getting video and texture issues resolved and then actually playing it for 2 hours, the realization that crept in as I was prevented from venturing out anywhere or jumping over anything - like I can with any sandbox game since early 2004's FarCry - is "this is an old-school corridor shooter with an outdoor overlay".

    there is zero interaction with the environment, it is illusory. it is 99.99% static. depressing. screenshots look pretty but the environment is essentially wallpaper. and when you drive vehicles, its like green screen, it feels like just a canned vehicle model superimposed on a moving background.

    i'm losing patience real fast with this corridor b.s. -- its not as wretched as Duke Nukem Forever but i'll put maybe an hour more into it and if it doesn't pick up I'm over it. i swear its like id software has been in a 10 year hibernation and never got the memo that the industry had long moved on. so strange considering the last id Tech engine supported basic things like moving or breaking a box, FFS. They say development on Rage began 6-7 years ago and in fact it feels like a game from 6-7 years ago.    … Expand
  64. Zarunil
    Oct 7, 2011
    0
    Another shameful console port from a major developer, unworthy of PC release. Stay clear of this one. Blurry textures from the 90s, no graphics options to speak of, Press ENTER to start, consolified user interface, and so fort. All the major red flags are here, this is a game for consoles and not for PC.
  65. Pedalbear
    Oct 8, 2011
    0
    Deer id
    What the hell do you think you are you doing!?
    Such a bug ridden poorly though out game. Would love to say oh at least it looks amazing but it looks like SH17!

    Get your act together or better yet get steam to give me a refund...
  66. Chapa9dj
    Oct 8, 2011
    0
    The game works well, all maxed out 60fps, etc, but the textures looks ugly as hell and its all buggy. This feels like an unfinished product. An insult to those of us who been waiting 5 years.
    ID Tech 5 is absolutely horrible, even Doom 3 looks better than this.

    Please stay away from this horrible abomination, don't make the same mistake i did. Save your $60 bucks and spend it in some other game.
  67. Whirbl
    Oct 5, 2011
    0
    Looks like all the reviews are for the console version, because the game barely runs at all. Texture pop in and constant artifacts and crashing. Seems like id didn't even bother with QC for PC.
  68. bedsidetrash
    Apr 5, 2012
    0
    I assumed that technical issues would be resolved by now, so I bought it. Turns out I was wrong. I have a gtx 570 but apparently that isn't good enough to run the game without texture problems.
  69. DarkChaplain
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    Horrible bugs and issues. Since when do ATI/NVidia need to heavily adjust their drivers so that a game runs smoothly? Horrible lack of optimization, video settings are laughable, bad gamepad layout, texture-pop-ins everywhere, critically bad texture quality overall.
    By no means a game worth the $60 pricetag.
  70. MB_
    Oct 14, 2011
    0
    I'd love to review the PC version of this game but it's not been developed. Instead we get a version of the PS3 game with an emulator. That's what it feels like. With all the video glitches it feels like I'm playing an emulated console game. When it starts it immediately kicks you in the face with 'press enter to continue' what else am I going to do?! I clicked the link to play the gameI'd love to review the PC version of this game but it's not been developed. Instead we get a version of the PS3 game with an emulator. That's what it feels like. With all the video glitches it feels like I'm playing an emulated console game. When it starts it immediately kicks you in the face with 'press enter to continue' what else am I going to do?! I clicked the link to play the game duh. On release there were no video settings to change but they fixed that now. They haven't fixed the graphics but the menu has actual options now cool. Oh except that I can't bind my usual keys, I'm a weirdo who likes to use they Keypad. When you get down to it its another missions and killing game. Dull as ditch water, which is what it looks like, the over compressed brown textures literally look like ditch water. I'd rather go to a ditch and drown myself than play this game any more. I'll write off the £30 and get back to playing some good games Deus Ex and Dead Island for example. On a side note what's with the reviews, us humans are rating it crap, the paid reviewers are praising it to the heavens. Is the review copy different or are they being bribed? Something ain't right there.… Expand
  71. zer0_c0ol
    Oct 10, 2011
    0
    hmm i truly don t know where to start, from a buggy beginning to the missing entire world textures to npc that have no life in them i just cant explain how much this game is bad i just don t know i apologize


    all i can say is HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN the pc pioneers are now a bunch of old glory self loving money grabbing console sucking ****
  72. Sprock
    Oct 5, 2011
    0
    The game is currently UNPLAYABLE for me. Im getting well above 60FPS, but the textures are HORRIBLE, black squares appearing EVERYWHERE lines flashing across the screen, pop-in textures, horrible horrible screen tearing. The worst is the black squares and crap everywhere, it is the most buggiest game on release i have ever played. Surely SURELY someone would have picked this up in BetaThe game is currently UNPLAYABLE for me. Im getting well above 60FPS, but the textures are HORRIBLE, black squares appearing EVERYWHERE lines flashing across the screen, pop-in textures, horrible horrible screen tearing. The worst is the black squares and crap everywhere, it is the most buggiest game on release i have ever played. Surely SURELY someone would have picked this up in Beta testing or something? WAS IT EVEN TESTED AT ALL FOR PC????? I understand some maybe minor bugs are inevitable in games, after all they are Human. But this is TOO BIG of a **** up, especially when i paid $88 for this game, i expect it to be PLAYABLE!… Expand
  73. TheSmileMan
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    WOW! I would be emberrased to have shown my face if I was ID. This console port is a joke. They spent NO time on it. Also the textures are a joke you have on decent (not good) texture right next to one that is a complete blur. No graphics settings. You have to force Vsync externally. What a joke.

    Oh also: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs... Oh and some more bugs.
  74. MrMan68
    Oct 5, 2011
    0
    IGN's review of DNF:

    IGN Jun 14, 2011 55 It's a muddled, hypocritical exercise in irritation with solid shooting mechanics and decent encounter design. There's some dumb fun to be had in Duke Nukem Forever, but the game tries hard to ensure it's only fleeting. IGN's review of RAGE: 85 Despite the lack of genuinely exciting context, all the content packed into Rage is still a blast to    IGN's review of DNF:

    IGN
    Jun 14, 2011
    55
    It's a muddled, hypocritical exercise in irritation with solid shooting mechanics and decent encounter design. There's some dumb fun to be had in Duke Nukem Forever, but the game tries hard to ensure it's only fleeting.

    IGN's review of RAGE:

    85
    Despite the lack of genuinely exciting context, all the content packed into Rage is still a blast to play, including the surprisingly entertaining car combat mode and co-operative challenges. Rage isn't revolutionary, but is an expertly crafted, beautiful shooter.

    I'm pretty sure GAMESPOT will be about on par...

    All you DNF haters need to be crying about RAGE being linear and /insert whine here. Oooooh give us weapon lockers loaded with all guns and ammo so we don't have to actually THINK about what we should use on the current level we are playing.

    RAGE: Brought to you by the makers of THE AMAZING HALLWAY FLASHLIGHT SIMULATOR aka DOOM 3.    … Expand
  75. Alvord12
    Oct 5, 2011
    0
    The positive reviews are written by retards who have just played the game for an hour or two. Why did people buy into the hype anyway? id, clearly failed at pleasing the PC crowd with their **** console port. I'm not even pirating this piece of ****
  76. CLUTCH
    Oct 13, 2011
    0
    I was really looking forward to this game. My girlfriend pre-ordered it for me for my birthday. I think she is more disappointed about it being a broken mess than I am because it was her present to me.
    At present, the game is just taking up 21GB of space on my HD...Which brings me to a point about the graphics..For the size of the game, they really aren't very good. A lot of the texture    I was really looking forward to this game. My girlfriend pre-ordered it for me for my birthday. I think she is more disappointed about it being a broken mess than I am because it was her present to me.
    At present, the game is just taking up 21GB of space on my HD...Which brings me to a point about the graphics..For the size of the game, they really aren't very good. A lot of the texture resolutions are like something from the year 2000 and 'megatextures' were supposed to be 'the big thing' about this game. I reckon it will be the last iD game I will buy, considering how they have handled the PC launch. I can't rate the game for anything other than being broken...I'd love to, but I can't.    … Expand
  77. brand_eins
    Oct 14, 2011
    0
    Totally crap game. Buggy as hell. You have to start the game 10 times, then it will probably run for the next 15 minutes. Even on a very decent system the game looks aweful. The game is always "streaming" new textures, slowing down the game. Just **** **** **** For God's sake!! AVOID THIS TURD!!!
  78. Entrope
    Oct 27, 2011
    0
    Well, Carmack himself did say "We do not see the PC as the leading platform for games," - should have seen the end result of Rage from miles away without even playing this excuse of a game. I did wait quite some time before giving Rage a shot - and even then after all the bad user reviews present I had to find a friend who purchased Rage first and give it a spin at his home before I wouldWell, Carmack himself did say "We do not see the PC as the leading platform for games," - should have seen the end result of Rage from miles away without even playing this excuse of a game. I did wait quite some time before giving Rage a shot - and even then after all the bad user reviews present I had to find a friend who purchased Rage first and give it a spin at his home before I would give id my hard earned bucks. Glad I did, because id with Carmack's current mentality isn't getting anymore of my dough. I have been a die hard id Software fan since the days of Classic Doom and I still actually play Classic Doom on a frequent basis (jDoom/Doomsday Engine) so I have (or rather, had) no negative bias towards id and Quake 2 still remains my favorite DM proving grounds despite it being a rather painful experience trying to pull together a group of friends to relive some of Quake 2's glory days. I mean if one is going to take gameplay over graphics then may as well go all the way, right? If you want to play a properly good FPS and don't mind the dated graphics - simply look at id's past portfolio. If you want to play a properly good FPS with a properly modern graphics engine - buy Hard Reset. And until Carmack fixes his botched mentality, all I can say about id Software and any future games they have in stall for us is; Avoid.… Expand
  79. DrIron
    Oct 9, 2011
    0
    First off, what did Rage get right? Well, graphically, it's pretty good. It's not -amazing-, there are better looking PC games. Welp, that's all for that section.

    The game a broken mess of a 360 port to PC. The graphical settings are as follows: Anti-aliasing, resolution, brightness. I didn't miss an option. There's massive texture tearing issues, even on a high end PC that can run Crysis    First off, what did Rage get right? Well, graphically, it's pretty good. It's not -amazing-, there are better looking PC games. Welp, that's all for that section.

    The game a broken mess of a 360 port to PC. The graphical settings are as follows: Anti-aliasing, resolution, brightness. I didn't miss an option.
    There's massive texture tearing issues, even on a high end PC that can run Crysis 2 on ultra you're going to have framerate issues, it's got more bugs than Daikatana, texture caching is completely broken, the story is unoriginal as hell, the game is way more linear than id's been claiming...

    I'd advise against even getting it if it was free. It's near unplayable, and it'll hog around 20 gigs of space on your HDD. I think this might honestly be the worst big budget game I've seen in the last few years.    … Expand
  80. Petimus
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    Horrible texture issues. You do a 180 and watch all the textures load. No graphics options and poor quality textures. Looks NOTHING like the videos.
  81. SaulTarvitz
    Oct 8, 2011
    0
    ID failed his project on PC.
    They blame drivers that caused such problems as run-time reloading textures, crashes. But i think they should blame themselves.
    few words about the game. boring and I've seen already this features in another games. I don't even realise WHY it is 21+ GB?
  82. murtle52
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    As someone who WAS a loyal ID fan I am officially done with this company. The fact that they released this game in this condition is appalling. Most, if not the majority reviewers (check forums its not a localized event) have machines that are meeting or surpassing the required specs, and yet this game is completely unplayable in most respects and shows overall how ID has left pc gamersAs someone who WAS a loyal ID fan I am officially done with this company. The fact that they released this game in this condition is appalling. Most, if not the majority reviewers (check forums its not a localized event) have machines that are meeting or surpassing the required specs, and yet this game is completely unplayable in most respects and shows overall how ID has left pc gamers out to dry. Carmack has officially lost all respect in the pc community with statements like "well be sure to update your drivers and that should solve most problems"...lmao.... really John?...

    If not for the screen tearing, textures failing to load, models popping on the screen for no apparent reason, flashing everything, and low fps, this may have been an awesome game, but looks like the 2 homeless guys and the chimp that they hired to port it from console to pc, may not have done the best job.

    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!
    (or at least not until it has been completely overhauled with massive patching to even begin fixing the massive gamebreaking bugs this game has.)

    ID tech 5.....more like Crap tech 5    … Expand
  83. elgringo
    Dec 3, 2011
    0
    When you fire this game up on your high end system you will scream out "console port" from the sheer looks and controls of it, everything feels unresponsive and slow. I would not recommend any other sane person to buy this. John Carmack you failed me, maybe I will buy another game from your company if DOOM4 turns out well. Fail!
  84. feda1
    Oct 5, 2011
    0
    A disaster. It exposes the buzzword "megatexture" for what it is -- a complete lie. There is nothing mega about this game except the mega bugs and the mega graphical issues and the mega ugly textures.
  85. thephatman
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    $60 for a console game. The developers made no attempt to make this work on PC. PC games should never be priced at 60$ especially when the games do not work, are bad or both.
  86. bilwit
    Oct 8, 2011
    0
    Completely unplayable garbage. There is no reason why an ugly, outdated graphical game like this with zero physics should run so horribly on machines that eat Crysis, Witcher 2, Red Orchestra 2, Metro 2033, etc for breakfast -- all of which have twice as good of graphics as Rage. Carmack failed. ID Tech 5 is trash and is laughable at best.
  87. oso
    Oct 8, 2011
    0
    Can't belief that this pile of crap has been produced by the same geniuses that created quake, doom and wolfenstein. For Years i wished so greatly to finally play this game but the disappointment i experienced today is indescribable. Mainly the optical issues (incredible bugs and non available advanced options) made me hate this game so much i'd just like to hit tim willits in the faceCan't belief that this pile of crap has been produced by the same geniuses that created quake, doom and wolfenstein. For Years i wished so greatly to finally play this game but the disappointment i experienced today is indescribable. Mainly the optical issues (incredible bugs and non available advanced options) made me hate this game so much i'd just like to hit tim willits in the face with it till he god damn apologizes for every single cent i wasted with it.… Expand
  88. jetSetWilly
    Oct 26, 2011
    0
    Out of date controls, no serious customization for the user exists in this game. You must do this, do it that way! There are plenty of pretty games these days, it doesn't cut it as a game anymore just to be pushing the envelope in graphics. The people have spoken! This game suxors.
  89. Heavymetal4life
    Oct 7, 2011
    0
    I would Like to retract my previous review of this game in Lack of a comment by the DEV Carmack, Stating basically why they did this to PC gamers is cause Consoles lead the Gaming industry. Well cause of this an the numerous launch issues for PC, I have requested Steam to refund my purchase that is how sour a taste ID software has left in my mouth, I feel sorry for Bethesda getting stuckI would Like to retract my previous review of this game in Lack of a comment by the DEV Carmack, Stating basically why they did this to PC gamers is cause Consoles lead the Gaming industry. Well cause of this an the numerous launch issues for PC, I have requested Steam to refund my purchase that is how sour a taste ID software has left in my mouth, I feel sorry for Bethesda getting stuck in this Flack as well. The game has a horrible if what story line. The quests are more linear then I want to deal with, and are completely Dull. the Multiple Render issues for PC graphics are one of the biggest issues I see, an the lack of any true control to customize the graphics makes it even worse. I wish I could delete my old review, please disagree with it as much as you can so it is removed from this games metascore. An all the critics who gave this game a 7+ are complete sell outs an do not know how to review a game, Like I now feel about my first review, I wanted to like the game I really did but plain an simple it is TRASH. Not even worth $60 dollars at most I would pay $30 for this heap of issues Garbage title I should of trusted my instincts when I first saw the game come out an said wow this game looks like a Conport Trash pos. I have not felt so much hate and anger towards a company now as I do with them, Like EA has ruined lots of good titles as well. They made this game for Consoles an slapped some shabby code together to launch of PC too for extra money in their greedy scheme. An still have not patched the list of issues the game is having an most likely will always have since the code was written for Consoles.… Expand
  90. KatOne
    Oct 11, 2011
    0
    Rage has to be the worst game of 2011, hands down. Possibly even the worst somewhat major game release in 5 years or more - and that's with the latest patch installed! The graphics, even when tweaked to their absolute highest, are completely horrid. Yes, the game has an interesting art direction. No, the game doesn't look like any of the trailers whatsoever. The textures are so incrediblyRage has to be the worst game of 2011, hands down. Possibly even the worst somewhat major game release in 5 years or more - and that's with the latest patch installed! The graphics, even when tweaked to their absolute highest, are completely horrid. Yes, the game has an interesting art direction. No, the game doesn't look like any of the trailers whatsoever. The textures are so incredibly blurry, and I mean incredibly blurry, that they look like they belong in literally half life 1. The textures also have great big seams everywhere, including on characters - so besides being able to see perfectly well how everything is made out of polygon edges, you can also see perfectly well how badly glued together the blurry textures are on everything, even the faces of characters. The gameplay is highly linear (like everything else), the AI is stupid, the inventory and the items are meaningless, the story is non-existent... this is not even a tech demo. The entire game, tweaked to the max with patches and all is still not enough to entice anybody anywhere to play beyond the first two missions. This game deserves a 0 because of the above.… Expand
  91. hotsando
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    Buggy and boring. Carmack will engage in self-love and and spend all his time making it run at 60fps on the 360 but he is such a weak leader that he cant hire a team of people to make an engaging game. Its not worth your money. id is only capable of making arena-style Q3 games where characters are nothing outside of their wacky names.
  92. uurrnn
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    Intro is really neat, everything looking great, and then the game starts.

    I walk out into the vast world, it looks amazing, and then I turn to the left. My textures disappear. They load back a second later though. This is a joke.

    i52500/gtx460
  93. Edgarhighmen
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    This game is not working. It eats up 100% CPU because it does not recognize the RAM on your video card. How could they sell a broken product?

    Graphical pop-in, poor LoD distances, Artifacting, and the game freezing every few seconds for 10-15 seconds. NOT PLAYABLE. Game was also released with BROKEN DRIVERS, the Updated drivers do not fix GAME BROKEN problems. How could they sell me a    This game is not working. It eats up 100% CPU because it does not recognize the RAM on your video card. How could they sell a broken product?

    Graphical pop-in, poor LoD distances, Artifacting, and the game freezing every few seconds for 10-15 seconds. NOT PLAYABLE.

    Game was also released with BROKEN DRIVERS, the Updated drivers do not fix GAME BROKEN problems.

    How could they sell me a broken product?    … Expand
  94. Rabbiddog
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    Still unable to get into this POS game. This is completely UNACCEPTABLE. Both Bethsoft and Steams Rage game forums are filled with nothing but threads with players who are having massive issues with this game. ID, your shine has long lost it's luster and I will never look at you in the same shining light as a game developer.
  95. MikeDubC
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    I have a high end gaming pc with the latest driver and this game is unplayable...Crashes all of the time. Not to mention the textures suck and pop in issues.
  96. fearlessfrank
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    This game is worthless. A lot of people are trying to blame Nvidia and especially AMD but the reality is that unless the game specifies unreleased drivers as part of the requirements, then it should function at least capably on what's already out there.
    I like many people cannot even get the game to start without a crash. If you want to see something funny go watch the videos of textures    This game is worthless. A lot of people are trying to blame Nvidia and especially AMD but the reality is that unless the game specifies unreleased drivers as part of the requirements, then it should function at least capably on what's already out there.
    I like many people cannot even get the game to start without a crash. If you want to see something funny go watch the videos of textures and gameplay.
    If you want a real review of the game from someone that's managed to be able to play it head over to Ars Technica. What a pathetic flop!!!    … Expand
  97. Zombie44
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    I can't believe they released the game as buggy as it is. The graphics are terrible, turn around in a 360 circle and watch the background load, pop, and reload as you continue to turn. It's a driver issues they say. My driver is current, and it still looks like crap. Don't waste your money on this steaming pile. It crashes during the intro, it crashed when you're leaving the arc;I can't believe they released the game as buggy as it is. The graphics are terrible, turn around in a 360 circle and watch the background load, pop, and reload as you continue to turn. It's a driver issues they say. My driver is current, and it still looks like crap. Don't waste your money on this steaming pile. It crashes during the intro, it crashed when you're leaving the arc; this game crashes more then a drunk celebrity. Shame on ID for putting this game out. At least the name is correct, buy this turd and you're gonna rage… Expand
  98. 460cidpower
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    What a broken mess of a game! It seems even the once great John Carmack has succumbed to console-port-itis. I had high hopes for this game. Maybe after several large patches, it will be some-what playable.
  99. medigunmadman
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    What a major fail! The once great John Carmack is now reduced to a second rate shovel-ware developer. It seems more on par with a Wii game then a AAA PC title.
  100. remowilliams
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    Gonna have to throw my hat into the ring and this game into the greyed out, dead in the water section of my Steam library (along with the utter pile of crap that was Brink) due to terrible performance and game lock ups. There seems to be a good game somewhere in here, but I may never know as I have had problem after problem with crashing (game crashes every single time I try to finish theGonna have to throw my hat into the ring and this game into the greyed out, dead in the water section of my Steam library (along with the utter pile of crap that was Brink) due to terrible performance and game lock ups. There seems to be a good game somewhere in here, but I may never know as I have had problem after problem with crashing (game crashes every single time I try to finish the mutant tv section of the game), flickering enemies (using the recommended up to date drivers), that has forum users offering up voodoo fixes that just don't seem to help. I told myself that I would never again pre purchase a game after Brink, and I let the hype sway me. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. This is my second review on metacritic, and the one I signed up to give, and I give it a zero. Can't review a game that won't allow me to play it! 60 dollars in the toilet :(… Expand
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#56 Best 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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