RAGE

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  1. Speedhorn
    Nov 16, 2011
    2
    I like to think of myself as a moderate reviewer, but this game has angered me so much. It's probably my own fault, I expected more. I have a fairly powerful machine, yet this game chugged something awful pre patching. Still full of graphical bugs in my experience. I guess I was also disappointed by how short the game was and how UNimmersive it was. Just get Fallout 3 or New Vegas. NotI like to think of myself as a moderate reviewer, but this game has angered me so much. It's probably my own fault, I expected more. I have a fairly powerful machine, yet this game chugged something awful pre patching. Still full of graphical bugs in my experience. I guess I was also disappointed by how short the game was and how UNimmersive it was. Just get Fallout 3 or New Vegas. Not much to be missed here.… Expand
  2. OmeNu
    Nov 15, 2011
    5
    its doom 3 with even better graphics. and larger environments. decent voice overs. entertaining enough storyline. not worth the full retail price in my opinion. good idea but late on arrival. something that would of done a lot better if it was released at its current state 5 years earlier.
  3. Zane85
    Nov 14, 2011
    0
    Seriously hurt by the focus on XBOX 360 development, this game lacks the graphics par it should have been. And the story, plot of the game is terrible.

    But most of all it is full of bugs and they try to pass it off as been the fault of video card drivers, when they have been working with top people from AMD, yet huge amounts of issues are happening on AMD video cards still and on nVidia    Seriously hurt by the focus on XBOX 360 development, this game lacks the graphics par it should have been. And the story, plot of the game is terrible.

    But most of all it is full of bugs and they try to pass it off as been the fault of video card drivers, when they have been working with top people from AMD, yet huge amounts of issues are happening on AMD video cards still and on nVidia cards too. The Q&A is clearly not there along with the game, it was a design experiment not fully thought out, a mess mash of "the darkness" and "rage". Terrible, and not worth any ones time.    … Expand
  4. stri9ker
    Nov 14, 2011
    0
    Why are we getting TAT like this for gaming P.C's .Total let down , boring corridor fps action ,no free for all multi player online action, I couldnt be bothered playing after about 1hr of play so i seen the ending at my friends ,all i can say is glad i stopped playing .
    NEED something new get my teeth into , this couldnt feed a sparrow .
  5. Khildram
    Nov 13, 2011
    2
    Huge deception on this game. ~10h of gameplay so far.

    The positive points : - Length. It's so bad that a few hours of playing seems ages doing always the same. - Weapons. A few weapons are great fun, but it's not like you can use them often. The negative points : - Graphics. I don't have the very latest hardware available but it's still far above any console. Seriously low resolution    Huge deception on this game. ~10h of gameplay so far.

    The positive points :
    - Length. It's so bad that a few hours of playing seems ages doing always the same.
    - Weapons. A few weapons are great fun, but it's not like you can use them often.

    The negative points :
    - Graphics. I don't have the very latest hardware available but it's still far above any console. Seriously low resolution textures everywhere when all is maxed out in options... ?
    - Lack of interesting things to do. It's all linear dungeon crawling. And you have to do each level twice, once normal and once in reverse. That's an artifact to cover the lack of content.
    The Hub towns are trying to make you forget that you get all missions in a linear fashion. But it's not helping much really...
    Racing cars has no interest and is dull, it's even too basic to be interesting in MP.
    - Gameplay. The same dated gameplay as in the old Doom, i.e. you fire all that you have at the opponent. No matter where you fire (head, legs...), a type of enemy has a certain amount of HP and you keep firing until you reduce these to zero, i.e. localisation of the hit will only change an animation, but not make more damage. Forget headshots. The only thing that changes how fast you kill an opponent is the type of ammo/damage that your weapon does.
    - Difficulty. Just based on how much opponent they send at you and how much you conserve ammo.
    - Art Direction / Concept Art. They really need to hire design artists that really can bring some concept art and some interesting scenario. Here it looks like a patchwork of ideas taken here and there, put together without any coherence in between.

    In the end the only outstanding mission is the Dead City mission that we've all seen in the gamepkay trailers.
    The rest is dull, it has no taste.
    I don't even think I want to finish it...    … Expand
  6. Moses89
    Nov 11, 2011
    2
    Stopped playing after about 2 hours couldn't take the graphic problems anymore of course that was on day of launch so maybe its better by now? but I doubt it. Sloppy production, should have had a beta of the multiplayer car racing just to test even thing out and make sure it ran smooth but that would be smart and smart is not good business
  7. kodene
    Nov 11, 2011
    10
    you guys are a bunch of short-bus tard-helmet-wearing idiots. this game's AH-MAY-ZINNNGGGG. I'm running it on my Dell Studio XPS laptop without a hitch. no frame-rate issues, no nada. The game is fun as hell and all kinds of eye-candy and the last time i checked basically ALL open-world FPS RPG's are all about "fetch-missions". Hell, Dead Island was one big fetch-mission with bugs andyou guys are a bunch of short-bus tard-helmet-wearing idiots. this game's AH-MAY-ZINNNGGGG. I'm running it on my Dell Studio XPS laptop without a hitch. no frame-rate issues, no nada. The game is fun as hell and all kinds of eye-candy and the last time i checked basically ALL open-world FPS RPG's are all about "fetch-missions". Hell, Dead Island was one big fetch-mission with bugs and issues out the ass and STILL has replay value on par with the likes of Borderlands and New Vegas. Quit whining and get out of your Mom's basement once in a while you porkly neck-bearded basement-dwellers. xD xD xD… Expand
  8. Brutal_rus
    Nov 11, 2011
    1
    Its more than 1 month after its released. But anyway after patching and up to dating drivers. Its still HAVE crashes, textures bagging...
    Story is intersting for the first 10 minutes. Gameplay is boring. Graph style is bad( borderlands and New Vegas have better...) I would not advice to buy this! **** game.
    I make 1 of 10 cause enemies have good mocap motions...
  9. VergilAF
    Nov 11, 2011
    2
    Banal banal banal. A game that promised very well, had to be a cross between Doom and Fallout. Instead he found a game where our sole purpose is: accept the mission, carrying out missions, returns, accept the mission, carrying out missions, go back. Boring, repetitive and massive graphics problems. Bad game!
  10. 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
  11. ShavedApe
    Nov 10, 2011
    3
    Graphically it doesnt look bad considering the system specs required and at first the game seemed like it had potential but then it just went downhill fast I quickly realized it was going to be the same thing over and over again. Drive to point from point A to point B kill a few bad guys in cars along the way cars, once at point B kill a few bad guys pick a up a few bits as part of yourGraphically it doesnt look bad considering the system specs required and at first the game seemed like it had potential but then it just went downhill fast I quickly realized it was going to be the same thing over and over again. Drive to point from point A to point B kill a few bad guys in cars along the way cars, once at point B kill a few bad guys pick a up a few bits as part of your quest then return to A killing a few more bad guys along the way in cars.

    The ability to upgrade cars or whatever yeah thats all well and good but the game holds no come back and play element to it I played 12 hours in total according to steam and some of that was to play the terrible multiplayer element.

    From a PC aspect they have now fixed most of the issues pc players had with patches but sadly patches dont fix a bad game.    … Expand
  12. mortuus
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    This is probably the worst FPS game i have ever played. Seriously its bugged to max the texture popping is one of its kind you can really tell overall all the textures looks worse then Doom3 and that game is almost 7 years old unbelievable. And this is Carmacks big comeback after Doom3 ? The game is just boring to max there is no exploration in this game the game is flat and boring andThis is probably the worst FPS game i have ever played. Seriously its bugged to max the texture popping is one of its kind you can really tell overall all the textures looks worse then Doom3 and that game is almost 7 years old unbelievable. And this is Carmacks big comeback after Doom3 ? The game is just boring to max there is no exploration in this game the game is flat and boring and the worst part is they re-use some levels you go on a level in the city then later you have to travel all the way back this time exactly same path almost.. wopidooooO!!!!!!!!!!! And how the game ends is a joke u just get a random sequence for 20 seconds then boom.. CREDITS...… Expand
  13. ChoO-T
    Nov 10, 2011
    2
    An horrible PC port, buggy, boring and too easy. I'v waited for chanlenge and fun... theyre never come. And seriously, what the **** with the texel ratio ?
  14. dylanland234
    Nov 10, 2011
    8
    Rage is a post-apocolyptic shooter that will satisfy the Mad Max in all of us. This game does Borderlands better than Borderlands. After solving all my PC issues & Squashing all the bugs to get this game working, i was left with a real treat. A very sandy, dirty, gritty treat. Other than the setting, The gameplay is original, the story is solid, and the characters are believable. & IRage is a post-apocolyptic shooter that will satisfy the Mad Max in all of us. This game does Borderlands better than Borderlands. After solving all my PC issues & Squashing all the bugs to get this game working, i was left with a real treat. A very sandy, dirty, gritty treat. Other than the setting, The gameplay is original, the story is solid, and the characters are believable. & I havent loved an apocolyptic world this much since Mad Max. Thank you ID.… Expand
  15. 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
  16. Flash_Over
    Nov 9, 2011
    2
    Looks like a corridor shooter rip-off version of Borderlands. I guess some pioneer genius at "id" thought of making their own version of Borderlands. But, unlike Borderlands... this game is terrible.
  17. Fuby
    Nov 9, 2011
    9
    Runs great, looks great and puts a smile on my face. I tried the Fallout series and sorry to say they seemed a bit "slow" and clunky for me. This is what I expected of the FO Series. You have a way to move around a bit better in this one and although a bit over the top, the badguys seem to work out well in this. Come On..they are the makers of DoOM!.. I enjoyed finding the secret rooms andRuns great, looks great and puts a smile on my face. I tried the Fallout series and sorry to say they seemed a bit "slow" and clunky for me. This is what I expected of the FO Series. You have a way to move around a bit better in this one and although a bit over the top, the badguys seem to work out well in this. Come On..they are the makers of DoOM!.. I enjoyed finding the secret rooms and replay is a plus. They could have had a 10/10 just by adding a 16 player deathmatch to this roaming the whole map! ofcourse 64 player would be even better..:) Nice job ID..look forward to more patches and dlc for this one.. enjoyed it.… Expand
  18. MasterT
    Nov 8, 2011
    3
    Never been so mad to have paid full price a game that is less than 15 hours long. Although the graphics are nice I can't believe it was released with so many bugs. I spent more time playing sonic generations than this game and sonic was half price. The multiplayer was an even bigger joke. They should've integrated a real multiplayer coop and a deathmatch mode. I don't want a damn drivingNever been so mad to have paid full price a game that is less than 15 hours long. Although the graphics are nice I can't believe it was released with so many bugs. I spent more time playing sonic generations than this game and sonic was half price. The multiplayer was an even bigger joke. They should've integrated a real multiplayer coop and a deathmatch mode. I don't want a damn driving game in a fps what is wrong with you?!… Expand
  19. 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.
  20. myelic
    Nov 8, 2011
    8
    My initial impression was that of a game sadly lacking in depth. But Rage's saving grace is that it is unapologetically so. I never felt immersed in the story by doing any of the banal errands that essentially make up the storyline. The hyperbolic and macho NPCs offer entrainment only as unwilling parodies on the clichés and caricatures they are based on. The world is so smallMy initial impression was that of a game sadly lacking in depth. But Rage's saving grace is that it is unapologetically so. I never felt immersed in the story by doing any of the banal errands that essentially make up the storyline. The hyperbolic and macho NPCs offer entrainment only as unwilling parodies on the clichés and caricatures they are based on. The world is so small and linear it could make a pocket-calculator feel more caged and estranged than Foucault ever did. I give RAGE a score of 8/10 because none of this matters. This is a shooter devoted solely to the satisfaction of blowing scores of zombies and bad guys to tiny little pieces. Enter a world where ammunition, grenades and high-powered guns are more numerous than hydrogen atoms. Suspense your disbelief and turn off your brain. Devote your attention to the gory and gratuitously pleasing business of visually impressive destruction. The short story with its ridiculously anticlimactic and abrupt end ultimately does not matter. At this point the game has nothing new to offer anyway. Might as well start over. Finally, forget the great atmosphere and intelligence of Fallout 3. Never mind the humor and vivid insanity present in Borderlands. RAGE is wholly centered on the satisfaction of shooting zombies in the head, point blank, with shotguns.… Expand
  21. B3ckett
    Nov 8, 2011
    5
    A truly beautiful game. With lots of wasted potential, technical issues and non-existent story. It defends itself as a shooter and graphically , but fails almost everywhere else. A shame, really, because it could be so much more.
  22. ChrisSwede
    Nov 8, 2011
    9
    Somewhat short but entertaining with excellent graphics. Did not run into any issues with the game at all and there is not much to complain about except the spawning buggies and that the game is fairly short.
  23. SrMoure
    Nov 7, 2011
    4
    It is just Borderlnad clone. Graphics are really good. But IMO Borderland was a great game and this one fails. Unfortunately, this game is linear and boring.
  24. nb109
    Nov 6, 2011
    9
    If you liked Fallout 3, New Vegas, and Borderlands, you'll enjoy this game. I cannot understand where all of these negative, whiny reviews are coming from. I've not experienced a single bug, the graphics are awesome on my GeForce 260, and the game play is great. The enemies move so much better than in any other FPS I've played. Rage is to FPS enemies what Dawn of the Dead was to zombies.If you liked Fallout 3, New Vegas, and Borderlands, you'll enjoy this game. I cannot understand where all of these negative, whiny reviews are coming from. I've not experienced a single bug, the graphics are awesome on my GeForce 260, and the game play is great. The enemies move so much better than in any other FPS I've played. Rage is to FPS enemies what Dawn of the Dead was to zombies. As critical as I am about game play, story lines, game mechanics, character models, etc, this game holds up on all fronts.

    Note: Most of the ridiculously low reviews seem to be targeting Carmack specifically, as if these silly people are taking this game review personally. There is NO WAY this game deserves a 1 or 0 rating. Freaking Organ Trail doesn't deserve a 0 rating. I encourage you to ignore these ignorant people. Their idiotic reviews should be removed from this site.    … Expand
  25. beamable
    Nov 5, 2011
    9
    had some screen rendering trouble at first but was able to fix with ati's rage performance driver fix, i recommend giving this game a second chance if you shelved it earlier, it's grown on me and I'd have to say it's my favorite iD game so far, world and characters are rendered beautifully and both FPS and car combat tasks are fun :o)
  26. alxvy
    Nov 3, 2011
    8
    I thought it was not bad, had no graphics problems myself after downloading the beta driver from nvidia. Some things it did really well, like making the towns seem alive, the card game, and racing. The artwork was good as well. A lot of the missions were a grind + too linear though, and the outdoor buggy travel was in desperate need of an in game map. I quite liked the end, since I had toI thought it was not bad, had no graphics problems myself after downloading the beta driver from nvidia. Some things it did really well, like making the towns seem alive, the card game, and racing. The artwork was good as well. A lot of the missions were a grind + too linear though, and the outdoor buggy travel was in desperate need of an in game map. I quite liked the end, since I had to use the buffs and gadgets for once though the mission was rather short. I certainly had a lot of fun in a lot of parts.… Expand
  27. DigitalVeil
    Nov 3, 2011
    3
    A boring, repetitive, mindless corridor shooter from id. Run or drive from point A to B, shooting waves of enemies as you go and nothing else. That's it. Awful, almost non-existent story and a joke of an ending. The game is also riddled with bugs and glitches, and they're just starting to be fixed, almost a month after launch. The only saving grace is the graphics (texture pop in aside),A boring, repetitive, mindless corridor shooter from id. Run or drive from point A to B, shooting waves of enemies as you go and nothing else. That's it. Awful, almost non-existent story and a joke of an ending. The game is also riddled with bugs and glitches, and they're just starting to be fixed, almost a month after launch. The only saving grace is the graphics (texture pop in aside), and the behaviour and animation of the AI. Wait till a major steam sale before buying this game, but only if it's under $5. Will never purchase or play anything released by id ever again.… Expand
  28. Lemmiwinks
    Nov 3, 2011
    5
    What a massive shame!!! Nothing like it was meant to be
    Positives are the terrain graphics and fighting. Fighting was great fun and i loved the wingsticks. The driving is good fun too but got a bit boring towards the end. Negatives.....First off was the screen tearing!!! shame on you for releasing it with that level of issue and not really offer any real help. Eventually fixed it and    What a massive shame!!! Nothing like it was meant to be
    Positives are the terrain graphics and fighting. Fighting was great fun and i loved the wingsticks. The driving is good fun too but got a bit boring towards the end. Negatives.....First off was the screen tearing!!! shame on you for releasing it with that level of issue and not really offer any real help. Eventually fixed it and then the graphics were great. Storyline, what storyline? far too linear too. I think they ran out of ideas at the end too, i must have finished the last level in about 10 mins with could have done with just my fists. It could have been a good game as some parts like dead city were amazing. Shame Bethesda didnt make it more like fallout 3 but if the next fallout has terrain detail like this then i cant wait. Provided it has a better story than new vegas    … Expand
  29. starsh3ro
    Nov 2, 2011
    3
    its an average game, i expected much more when i first played it. the character models and the animations look very good and detailed, also the environment in most cases.
    BUT,
    during the more and more boring missions the look of the game gets less amazing many things look numb and like they are missing some textures. the voice acting of the characters is good, the sounds of the guns okay.    its an average game, i expected much more when i first played it. the character models and the animations look very good and detailed, also the environment in most cases.
    BUT,
    during the more and more boring missions the look of the game gets less amazing
    many things look numb and like they are missing some textures.

    the voice acting of the characters is good, the sounds of the guns okay. the music matching to the moment but not award-worthy.

    while playing you feel like the programmers lost fun on their job after the first 30%
    its too short, too simple.

    in some situations it reminds me on borderlands, but borderlands is a game that i could play again, i dont feel like playing rage again after i once completed it.

    the multiplayer mode is not to mention, just plain dull racing.

    wait until its on sale for 20â    … Expand
  30. winter
    Nov 1, 2011
    3
    The biggest problem with Rage is not the textures, the performance or the issues on launch. The biggest problem with Rage is that it is simply a boring game. Despite claims to the contrary there are no choices to make in this game (unless you count the choice of skipping side missions to get it over and done with faster), there is no emergent game play, there is no exploration. There isThe biggest problem with Rage is not the textures, the performance or the issues on launch. The biggest problem with Rage is that it is simply a boring game. Despite claims to the contrary there are no choices to make in this game (unless you count the choice of skipping side missions to get it over and done with faster), there is no emergent game play, there is no exploration. There is only an extremely boring rail shooter that feels extremely rushed. The rails are so extreme that it is like playing a horrible 90's shooter. Invisible walls abound and you have no need for the jump button as you can't get anywhere with it. The enemies are uninspired as are the weapons and the driving sections are needless. Overall this is an extremely boring 15 hours or so. Thankfully the final few missions feel so rushed that you can get it over and done with quickly. Avoid.… Expand
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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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