RAGE 2

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  1. Ghoster
    Sep 8, 2019
    4
    Differently from other people I liked Rage 1 very much. Was probably first title I scored 10 here on MC. After waiting around 7 years to get Rage sequel we got - Doom! This game looks more like Doom than Rage. Shooting and fighting is extremely fun and well done, but main story missions are really boring and not good. While gameplay ends in taking 100's of outposts which is fun, butDifferently from other people I liked Rage 1 very much. Was probably first title I scored 10 here on MC. After waiting around 7 years to get Rage sequel we got - Doom! This game looks more like Doom than Rage. Shooting and fighting is extremely fun and well done, but main story missions are really boring and not good. While gameplay ends in taking 100's of outposts which is fun, but repetitive. Shortly, I was super excited when i platinumed this and was able to delete permanently. And, not to forget!!! Mata Hari Manners trophy is too annoying and pointless probably used only to annoy player even more!… Expand
  2. CossackGamer
    Aug 6, 2020
    4
    Having been especially looking forward to this game, I don't think I have ever been more disappointed in a game.
    The action packed fun ride of game sold in the trailers fails to live up to what was promised and becomes quite dull and repetitive all too quick.
    The world seems empty with generic filler quests, while the main story is uninspired and tedious. On top of this on release, at    Having been especially looking forward to this game, I don't think I have ever been more disappointed in a game.
    The action packed fun ride of game sold in the trailers fails to live up to what was promised and becomes quite dull and repetitive all too quick.
    The world seems empty with generic filler quests, while the main story is uninspired and tedious.
    On top of this on release, at least, a number of bugs within the game made it literally unplayable.    … Expand
  3. ConnorMak
    May 20, 2019
    4
    Another fan of both Mad Max and Doom with high hopes is very disappointed. Playing on a PS4 Pro the graphics look nothing like the previews to the point where it sometimes looks like an XBox 360 game. Glad I rented this t%rd. UPDATED: I did finish the game's ridiculously short and vapid campaign and still stand by my low score, but here's a thought - if they just remade Mad Max andAnother fan of both Mad Max and Doom with high hopes is very disappointed. Playing on a PS4 Pro the graphics look nothing like the previews to the point where it sometimes looks like an XBox 360 game. Glad I rented this t%rd. UPDATED: I did finish the game's ridiculously short and vapid campaign and still stand by my low score, but here's a thought - if they just remade Mad Max and replaced the on-foot combat sequences with the FPS aspect of this game, it would have been awesome. That is really what I think we were all hoping for!… Expand
  4. Razher
    May 15, 2019
    4
    Boring. Lacks good story and writing. Feels like farming Ubisoft games, but worse. Open world is boring. AI is stupid. Shooting mechanic feels good.
  5. shiftyman
    May 15, 2019
    1
    Avalanche Studios haven’t failed to develop yet another pile of crap, Rage 2 is only slightly better then Just Cause 4, everything is bad from horrible graphics to some of the worst voice acting in history, it’s meant to run at 60 FPS haha, on the PS4 Pro, if you play it everyday for a week, then tally it up, it might add up to 60, just terrible. The combat is solid, but the driving isAvalanche Studios haven’t failed to develop yet another pile of crap, Rage 2 is only slightly better then Just Cause 4, everything is bad from horrible graphics to some of the worst voice acting in history, it’s meant to run at 60 FPS haha, on the PS4 Pro, if you play it everyday for a week, then tally it up, it might add up to 60, just terrible. The combat is solid, but the driving is just a copy and paste of Mad Max. Wait for 3 months when it will 60% off, or on game pass on the Xbox.… Expand
  6. Sky-Line___
    May 22, 2021
    3
    Horribly laggy on PS4. I cannot say it enough. If you cannot make your game work properly on a PS4, don’t release it! The frame rate is of only 30fps in theory, but it can drop to way lower number as soon as you engage in combat.

    It’s also not a very interesting story. Nor is the gameplay anything very engaging. Overall I was very disappointed with this game. It might look and play nice    Horribly laggy on PS4. I cannot say it enough. If you cannot make your game work properly on a PS4, don’t release it! The frame rate is of only 30fps in theory, but it can drop to way lower number as soon as you engage in combat.

    It’s also not a very interesting story. Nor is the gameplay anything very engaging. Overall I was very disappointed with this game. It might look and play nice on a high-end PC, but it is a disgrace on PS4.    … Expand
  7. Chonsch
    Oct 28, 2020
    4
    So, I have to give credit to the game for its gameplay, it's fun as hell, gory and fast! This is no game that cares for its story, it's only used as an excuse for the gameplay, so one just has to accept that. HOWEVER, I played this game on my base PS4, and HOLY CRAP! I have never had a game that made me think that first, the sticks on my controller were broken, then, that my AV receiverSo, I have to give credit to the game for its gameplay, it's fun as hell, gory and fast! This is no game that cares for its story, it's only used as an excuse for the gameplay, so one just has to accept that. HOWEVER, I played this game on my base PS4, and HOLY CRAP! I have never had a game that made me think that first, the sticks on my controller were broken, then, that my AV receiver was somehow causing a latency so it had me redone my cable management to plug my ps4 directly to my tv, and then, had my thinking that my TV had broken and was no longer supporting game mode. And why ? As it turns out, this game has not been optimised for the base ps4 so there is a horrible input lag that causes a weird acceleration and buggy dead zone, making precise aiming nealy impossible, which is just unacceptable for a fast shooter like this. It made me turn on the aim assist , that's how bad it was. That is the reason alone i gave this game a 4, otherwise i would have given it a solid 7. So heads up when buying this game for the base ps4… Expand
  8. Exstatic
    May 15, 2019
    0
    Story and Voice acting is really low standards for a single player game. The combat in the game is close to another generic shooter game and it feels really boring or lacking in many ways.
  9. Dohmein
    May 27, 2019
    2
    Tries to do too much and fails miserably. The shooting mechanics are very well done but that is where it stops. Graphics are poor. AI is idiotic Game crashed 4 times in 12 hours. The story is shorter than a regular work day then they want you to spend hours doing the same repetitive thing for no value. The game gives you no reason to do so.. This is a rental at best. Save yourTries to do too much and fails miserably. The shooting mechanics are very well done but that is where it stops. Graphics are poor. AI is idiotic Game crashed 4 times in 12 hours. The story is shorter than a regular work day then they want you to spend hours doing the same repetitive thing for no value. The game gives you no reason to do so.. This is a rental at best. Save your money for any other game you have your eye on. You will be better off.… Expand
  10. SOSisterBiT
    May 14, 2019
    0
    In delux edition has BFG and BOOSTER XP. But that is not all. Rage coins for real money. What?
    In game for 60 dollars. Bethesda just spits on the players and his reputation. I was waiting Rage 2, I wanted to buy Rage 2. Rage is AAA game with F2P elements. Skins are part of the game. And the same system will be in Wolfesntin: Youngblood. I will buy this month A Plague Tale. I want to    In delux edition has BFG and BOOSTER XP. But that is not all. Rage coins for real money. What?
    In game for 60 dollars. Bethesda just spits on the players and his reputation. I was waiting Rage 2, I wanted to buy Rage 2. Rage is AAA game with F2P elements. Skins are part of the game. And the same system will be in Wolfesntin: Youngblood. I will buy this month A Plague Tale. I want to play games without microtransactions. Because in paid games content should be limited only by progression.    … Expand
  11. SRKNZ
    May 16, 2019
    4
    Mediocre at best boring at worst. That pretty much sums up my feeling about Rage 2.

    It has many shortcomings, the biggest of which for me is a vast sandbox that feels mostly empty. They would have been better served making the world smaller and more richly populated like Borderlands. The second key flaw for a game that claims to be wall to wall action is incessant Stalker and Metro    Mediocre at best boring at worst. That pretty much sums up my feeling about Rage 2.

    It has many shortcomings, the biggest of which for me is a vast sandbox that feels mostly empty. They would have been better served making the world smaller and more richly populated like Borderlands.

    The second key flaw for a game that claims to be wall to wall action is incessant Stalker and Metro style shortages of ammo. This quickly grows tiresome and robs the game of pace and enjoyment.

    Lastly the feel of this game is not helped by rather bland graphics. Everything is washed out with ugly colour palettes and uninteresting environments. Indeed graphically this game feels backwards, like something you would have expected back in the early 2000's.

    All in all a really bland affair that I'd lost interest in after 40 minutes or so of play.    … Expand
  12. ApexG
    May 15, 2019
    3
    Rage 2 it’s a fun game in the combat but it isn’t Rage 1. The story is very generic followed by 70+ years after Rage 1. Rage 2 is a colourful neon mess if your on LSD as it makes the textures way to blurry and visual bugs. And yes micro transactions are skins sadly .
  13. Mzulft
    May 19, 2019
    3
    + Fun Shooting

    - Bad Story

    - Dead Open World

    - Bad Graphics for 2019

    - Way too much Advertising/(Over)hyping for this unfinished/unpolished game, misleading the customers/gamers which i find highly unethical and a wrong thing to do.
  14. NickKirsanov
    May 17, 2019
    1
    No storyline at all. Poor attemt to make something new but at the end we have Farcry at its worst. Huge but absolutely empty map.
  15. jayjoerabs
    May 20, 2019
    0
    Open world pretty but lifeless, no random quest givers and no variety in missiondesign.
    After grinding for upgrades no content to take use of the upgrades.
    Car battles monotonous and unintuitive car controls in general. No endgame. No multiplayer. Not worth a second playthrough. This game is only great for shooter newbies, those can expect to get fun gunplay but overall underwhelming    Open world pretty but lifeless, no random quest givers and no variety in missiondesign.
    After grinding for upgrades no content to take use of the upgrades.
    Car battles monotonous and unintuitive car controls in general.
    No endgame. No multiplayer. Not worth a second playthrough.

    This game is only great for shooter newbies, those can expect to get fun gunplay but overall underwhelming and simplified introduction to the shooter genre.    … Expand
  16. bbtothe
    May 15, 2019
    0
    this game has okay shooting and ..... nothing else. the dialogue, story and voice acting are absolutely pitiful. the game is literally moving to location to location across a big ass extremely baren and boring map to shoot more things. theres about 8 missions in the game and thats it, you could probably finish the story in about 5 hours. traversal around the open map is one of the worstthis game has okay shooting and ..... nothing else. the dialogue, story and voice acting are absolutely pitiful. the game is literally moving to location to location across a big ass extremely baren and boring map to shoot more things. theres about 8 missions in the game and thats it, you could probably finish the story in about 5 hours. traversal around the open map is one of the worst feature, the vehicles handle like **** would not recommend to anyone unless u just want mind numbing shooting and 4 abilities to play around with (which will take you a large amount of boring as hell gameplay time to get first). im returning this tomorrow… Expand
  17. fasztarisznya
    May 22, 2019
    4
    The positive: the gunplay feels very good, of course they couldn't really mess that up, it's staright taken from doom BUT. Not enough interesting weapons. About three weapons are usable, the rest is garbage. Hope you like the old Rifle Shotgun combo. The world feels absolutely empty, they tried to go the 'read the PDA fallout 76' route and its as **** as that. Why read the damn pdas, theyThe positive: the gunplay feels very good, of course they couldn't really mess that up, it's staright taken from doom BUT. Not enough interesting weapons. About three weapons are usable, the rest is garbage. Hope you like the old Rifle Shotgun combo. The world feels absolutely empty, they tried to go the 'read the PDA fallout 76' route and its as **** as that. Why read the damn pdas, they are the biggest waste of time in the universe. Driving is **** horrible but you have two driving main missions for some **** retard reason. Driving a motorcycle feels as good as grinding naked on a cactus. Whole driving seems tacked on and unnecesary. Story is bland and cringy. I didn't expect much story from this but even then I was disappointed by it. It basically just took up time for no reason. Completing anything pauses the game for 5-8 seconds to show you that you received 3.50 dollars that you cant spend on anything and got 35 reputation for a guy that doesnt mean anything. Totally kills your momentum, slows the game down unnecesarily.

    Tldr: The gunplay has some shining moments but the overall quality is very low and unpassionate. Stick with doom for a better shooter or with borderlands for a better madmax style open world.    … Expand
  18. Superman_94
    May 14, 2019
    0
    Simply put, on the PS4 Pro and One X, it’s not acceptable in 2019 to release a game that looks this poor and I know if the game is good and the story is good then graphics sometimes don’t matter as much, but this game looks like a joke when you’re anywhere but the inside of buildings. It looks NOTHING like any promotional gameplay they released, it’s blurry, the textures don’t load in, theSimply put, on the PS4 Pro and One X, it’s not acceptable in 2019 to release a game that looks this poor and I know if the game is good and the story is good then graphics sometimes don’t matter as much, but this game looks like a joke when you’re anywhere but the inside of buildings. It looks NOTHING like any promotional gameplay they released, it’s blurry, the textures don’t load in, the pop-in is terrible and I’ve not played a game that looks this bad since before the PS4, it looks like a PS3 launch title. Graphics are a large part of an experience of a game and I complete understand why the developers may have chosen to keep the game at 1080P on the higher tier consoles so that 60FPS could be achieved, but it was a very VERY poor decision considering how awful it is to look at.… Expand
  19. Jattatat
    May 15, 2019
    0
    30 FPS IN A FIRST PERSON SHOOTER REALLY!?!?!?!
    Original Rage was 60 fps on xb360 and ps3 and yet it had better graphics than this blurry pile of ****
  20. Tronkuleur
    May 15, 2019
    1
    It's crappie games, very disappointed

    Fortunately, I didn't pay him, and voilà
  21. dingobreath
    Jun 17, 2019
    4
    While this game has really good shooting mechanics, it fails in many other areas. Think of this game as doom / wolfenstein, but with driving segments to get you to the area. The main problem with the game is that it is very boring. The driving locks you to basically one vehicle as all others are useless. There are 6 main missions before you can go fight the last boss, and the rest are sideWhile this game has really good shooting mechanics, it fails in many other areas. Think of this game as doom / wolfenstein, but with driving segments to get you to the area. The main problem with the game is that it is very boring. The driving locks you to basically one vehicle as all others are useless. There are 6 main missions before you can go fight the last boss, and the rest are side missions (ie go her clear this, or go there an collect that), You can skip them all and finish the game without any extra guns or powers if you want, so there's a chance a player won't see all there is to see during their play through. The story was not engaging at all. The open world is just a series of connected roads with very little open areas so that is also disappointing. I can't recommend this game at all.… Expand
  22. Mizuiro
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Menuda ponzoña de juego. Un puto caos desde el principio , con escenas sin sentido que pretenden ser epicas y no llegan a ná.
    Borrado tras 15 minutos, literalmente.
  23. DaniCa2111
    Apr 3, 2020
    0
    ich hab ja schon viel scheiße gespielt aber Rage 2 hat mit einfach nur enttäuscht hatte die Hoffnung das es min. so gut ist wie der 1 teil aber da wurde ich wiedermal nur enttäuscht.
  24. Colfax
    Mar 12, 2020
    0
    I have put over 40 hours into this game and have really enjoyed it. However, I encountered a very common and we'll known game breaking bug. You are unable to continue with the final mission of the game, as it does not pop up. I believe to avoid this bug (this is spoiler free), you will be doing missions for 3 people, make sure you do the missions for the doctor first and make sure you DOI have put over 40 hours into this game and have really enjoyed it. However, I encountered a very common and we'll known game breaking bug. You are unable to continue with the final mission of the game, as it does not pop up. I believe to avoid this bug (this is spoiler free), you will be doing missions for 3 people, make sure you do the missions for the doctor first and make sure you DO NOT fast travel, die, or quit the game before starting the final mission. This should avoid activating the bug. This bug has been known for over a year and the developers have not fixed it. I think it is fair to give a game that is impossible to complete, a 0, as it is essentially an unfinished product. If this bug gets patched, I will update my review and easily give it a 7 or 8.

    PROS:
    -Gunplay is fantastic and smooth.
    -Stringing together abilities is a blast.
    -Vehicle combat is fun and car animations and sounds are great.
    -Multiple skill trees that are fun to dive into and upgrade.
    -NPC dialogue is hilarious.
    -Framerate seems somewhat steady and consistent.

    CONS:
    -Game breaking bugs.
    -Extremely laggy menu.
    -HUD sometimes disappears.
    -Purchasing DLC could be more streamlined.
    -Flying the Icarus is somewhat wonky.
    -Sprinting cuts out over tiny debris and very short drops.    … Expand
  25. Lejbn
    May 14, 2019
    0
    Boring, boring boring boring.... how it's possible to make this type of game in 2019 ? Just I don't understand. Story is bad, characters are bad also.. Not funny.. Ugly game..
    8 hours for 70€ YEEEAH
  26. whatiswrongwith
    May 28, 2019
    4
    To the commenter who writes "It's like every other ID software game," I respond, "absolutely not." Rage 2 does not live up to current expectations of id software games. Whereas Wolfenstein and Doom combine good shooting with high production values, great music, great graphics, and coherent art direction to make fun and immersive experiences, Rage 2 does not. To be direct, I've never feltTo the commenter who writes "It's like every other ID software game," I respond, "absolutely not." Rage 2 does not live up to current expectations of id software games. Whereas Wolfenstein and Doom combine good shooting with high production values, great music, great graphics, and coherent art direction to make fun and immersive experiences, Rage 2 does not. To be direct, I've never felt more terrible about spending $60 on a game in my life. My five hours with the game gave me a sinking feeling in my stomach. I felt cheated. This was a rush job that needed more attention to the elements of game design that we expect from a single-player game selling for $60 in 2019.

    My chief complaints:

    1. The production values are terrible, and the game simply fails to maintain immersion. Graphics and voice acting are last generation, if that. The game is obviously unfinished and any exploration of the world yields the same character model over and over again. Their voices don't sync. It takes every character forever to say anything, which completely ruins any momentum or excitement you might feel about playing the game. The end result is a world that doesn't seem to fit together. Areas are arbitrarily placed here and there, but they don't seem to coalesce into a feeling of a world. This is terrible for a modern open-world game. I just felt like the discrete combat scenarios, while exciting from time to time, did not fit together. The result was a feeling of being a game-tester, trying to have fun on the developer's unfinished product.
    2. The menu doesn't work (terrible lag when browsing through and interacting with it) and it does not explain itself. The developers just tacked more and more pages onto it and never revisited it to make it navigable. It's also ugly with no design or reason to it except that there be a lot of pages that take forever to get to.
    3. In-game "tutorials" are obvious transplants from the testing phase, which add to the feeling that I paid full price to playtest and give my impression of an amateur's attempt at game design. This was simply not the intended end result and it shows.
    4. Music lacks a coherent style and does not add atmosphere to the game's areas.
    5. Driving adds little apart from having to drive somewhere.

    My takeaway: The lack of polish simply made me feel sad. Especially after playing Doom right before picking this up. It's such a shame because this could have been a great game with another year or so of work. The 4 score is credit to the engaging and fun shooting. More care for the other elements of the experience would deserve at least a 7. I thought the downsides wouldn't bother me because I love id shooters, but the quality of life issues and the lack of an inviting presentation really got in the way of my experience. The drab characters and meaningless world sapped the fun I expected to have and made me return to Wolfenstein and Doom which offer more comprehensive experiences. I thought I could fill in the blanks for rage 2 and use my imagination to build on the combat and make the game fun on my own, but this game is just not a complete package. Traded it in for $32 gamestop credit and won't look back. I'm relieved I didn't lose more money on this.    … Expand
  27. scanepson
    May 14, 2019
    0
    This is what you get on base ps4:
    •30 fps lock
    •significant input lag (due to fps lock & inability to disable v-synk) which makes it hard to aim
    •blurry image like its an early ps3 game
    •graphics from first rage
    There is no objective reason to buy this game on base consoles
    it's unplayable
    ps4 pro version is fine though
  28. deftones034
    May 16, 2019
    1
    This by far is the worst looking ps4 pro game to date. Also feels like the game is unfinished. I beat the main story in 6 hours!!!!!!!! Tons of bugs. Graphical mess!!!! Do not buy!!!
  29. Gamemonster
    May 14, 2019
    1
    A 30fps shooter in 2019 what a joke. Rage on ps3/x360 was 60fps and a technical marvel. This is a slideshow.
  30. Berat14
    May 16, 2019
    4
    Where is the action? The first hour was just talking, and Open World very empty, classic side missions
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 43
  3. Negative: 2 out of 43
  1. IGN Japan
    Jul 8, 2019
    80
    Rage 2’s nonsensical story is unbearable, and the unskippable exploration parts are mostly irritating and boring. Luckily, the shooting gameplay is so amazing that it’s easy to forgive these flaws. And while encounters can become repetitive, new weapons and abilities make sure there’s always some fun to be had.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Jul 8, 2019
    65
    Rage 2 is a victim of a wave of technical issues and painfully average story but still manages to be one of the most fun FPS you can encounter and can provide you with your adrenaline shot for the day if needed.
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  3. Edge Magazine
    Jun 20, 2019
    60
    The relentless thrill of one half of it dragged down by the barren, boring needless sprawl of the other. [Issue#334, p.110]
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