RAGE 2

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  1. RomulusReviews
    Aug 17, 2020
    7
    Recently played through Rage 2 and it simply never clicked with me. I did not finish the story but what story? From out of the gate the story felt so lame and throw in a bunch of tedious task with an insane amount of random crap across the open world map it left a lot more to be desired. Graphics are good, the gunplay is a heck of a lot of fun but those are the only two things reallyRecently played through Rage 2 and it simply never clicked with me. I did not finish the story but what story? From out of the gate the story felt so lame and throw in a bunch of tedious task with an insane amount of random crap across the open world map it left a lot more to be desired. Graphics are good, the gunplay is a heck of a lot of fun but those are the only two things really keeping this game up on it's feet. Far better open world FPS games out there.… Expand
  2. SpirittMX
    Mar 21, 2020
    7
    Literally the most fun I had playing a game in 2019, it’s just a big dumb action game! Oh and the shotgun is a thing of beauty!
  3. QueenKnox
    May 20, 2019
    7
    If you're going to buy this game, keep in mind that it never set out to deliver an engaging story. The entire premise of the game is a strong focus on combat, everything else is an after-thought. RAGE 2 accomplishes what it set out to achieve - fun, interactive, and engaging combat - and it does it perfectly. The shooting feels great, and the 'Nanotrite' super-powers that you can use feelIf you're going to buy this game, keep in mind that it never set out to deliver an engaging story. The entire premise of the game is a strong focus on combat, everything else is an after-thought. RAGE 2 accomplishes what it set out to achieve - fun, interactive, and engaging combat - and it does it perfectly. The shooting feels great, and the 'Nanotrite' super-powers that you can use feel amazing too.

    RAGE 2 should not be judged harshly for it's paper thin story, because it never set out to entice you with a story to begin with. It's nothing more than an excuse to put you into different set-pieces and locations where you can shoot stuff. That being said, I always appreciate memorable characters in any form of entertainment and unfortunately for RAGE 2, it falls flat in creating any kind of interest towards the characters or the world that they live in, as a matter of fact, the original RAGE did world building much better and had many more memorable (and frankly, better looking) characters. It's incredibly disappointing and while it did not impact the game-play, the lack of any interesting characters made it very hard for me to care about the people I was supposed to be fighting to protect.

    I give RAGE 2 an 7 out of 10 because it is at it's core a fantastic shooter, with combat unlike any other FPS game and has the signature 'id' seal of quality plastered all over it, but the disappointing absence of any character development and a wide-open world that's as big as an ocean but as shallow as a puddle holds this game back from being a truly memorable experience. Seeing Avalanche take part in the development of RAGE 2 was a major red flag for me and it seems like my gut was right.    … Expand
  4. OutlawTX
    May 18, 2019
    5
    At about 18 hours in, my desire to continue playing has turned to the point of not caring. An incredibly bland, repetitive game that further drives the point home that I need to stop buying games until a decent amount of user reviews come out. Every aspect of this game is low bar. From graphics and sound to story and characters. The gameplay is fun enough at first but becomes incrediblyAt about 18 hours in, my desire to continue playing has turned to the point of not caring. An incredibly bland, repetitive game that further drives the point home that I need to stop buying games until a decent amount of user reviews come out. Every aspect of this game is low bar. From graphics and sound to story and characters. The gameplay is fun enough at first but becomes incredibly bland and monotonous after a few hours. In hindsight, I wouldn’t pay more than $20 for this.… Expand
  5. itmo
    May 17, 2019
    5
    The Good - Gunplay is nice and smooth, the visuals are good and there doesn't seem to be many bugs.

    The Bad - The gameplay is generic, the missions have no depth its just the same thing over and over without any increased challenge. The game world is rather small and lifeless. There are a lot of cut and paste areas in the world that have nothing to do, empty buildings, lifeless open    The Good - Gunplay is nice and smooth, the visuals are good and there doesn't seem to be many bugs.

    The Bad - The gameplay is generic, the missions have no depth its just the same thing over and over without any increased challenge. The game world is rather small and lifeless. There are a lot of cut and paste areas in the world that have nothing to do, empty buildings, lifeless open fields etc and nothing to discover. There are next to zero random events in the open world. The player powers are old, one is a double jump power, wow, that's never been done in an FPS before. Overall the game is poor for a 2019 release. The campaign takes about 8-10 hours, which is a joke for a AAA priced game. Wait for a mega sale when its $10-$15.    … Expand
  6. Deadpoolio
    May 14, 2019
    7
    I mean its OK....Its not Rage, in any way other than the wingsticks which is clearly all they wanted....In all honesty I would bet my first born child this game did not start as a Rage sequel....Its a competent shooter, its just not Rage...Rage wasn't about "power" armor suits and abilities from it...Of course its a Bugthesda published release so its got some bugs they will eventually workI mean its OK....Its not Rage, in any way other than the wingsticks which is clearly all they wanted....In all honesty I would bet my first born child this game did not start as a Rage sequel....Its a competent shooter, its just not Rage...Rage wasn't about "power" armor suits and abilities from it...Of course its a Bugthesda published release so its got some bugs they will eventually work out...You can have fun with it, the main story itself is around 7hrs but there is some side missions to pad that out to about 15.....If you want a shooter you can have some fun with, its not terrible, if you want a Rage sequel this is NOT it...Kinda regret paying full price for it, so maybe wait for a sale. Shouldn't be too long before it drops to the $30-40 range....They really want to push it being an LMFAO Id game, but its not Id exists in name only now and this was clearly developed more by Avalanche..Days Gone was worth $60 this game is only worth $40 at best....Anyone claiming its a 10 and or better than Days Gone is clearly a troll Xbot or PC fanboy account, hence why so many seem to have 1 or 2 reviews and they happen to be 0s and they're for PS games....… Expand
  7. Radam64
    May 15, 2019
    5
    I really loved Mad Max and Doom 2016 however Rage 2 doesn't even come close to being as enjoyable as either of these games and was a major let down for me. I finished it in about 8 hours and took it back for a full refund straight away. I was actually laughing towards the end at how bad the game was. Everything felt like a chore to me. The shooting mechanics are decent but the enemy AI isI really loved Mad Max and Doom 2016 however Rage 2 doesn't even come close to being as enjoyable as either of these games and was a major let down for me. I finished it in about 8 hours and took it back for a full refund straight away. I was actually laughing towards the end at how bad the game was. Everything felt like a chore to me. The shooting mechanics are decent but the enemy AI is boring with a lack of variety. The music is a B grade version of Doom 2016 but still enjoyable. I strongly suggest you don't buy this game, it falls short in every way in my opinion. Very disappointing as it had potential to be awesome.… Expand
  8. foodnjoy
    May 15, 2019
    6
    Very good : Combat
    Very Bad : everything except combat

    Avalanche never changes.
  9. GamerJosh0137
    May 16, 2019
    7
    Rage 2 is..........fine. I haven't come across anything that was done terribly wrong, but it only does one thing very well. I know people are kind of mixed on it but I thought the shooting felt great. So much so that it is really the only reason I kept playing. I liked all the different vehicles ok but I found myself liking the boots on the ground gameplay MUCH better. It was nice toRage 2 is..........fine. I haven't come across anything that was done terribly wrong, but it only does one thing very well. I know people are kind of mixed on it but I thought the shooting felt great. So much so that it is really the only reason I kept playing. I liked all the different vehicles ok but I found myself liking the boots on the ground gameplay MUCH better. It was nice to have something get me around the map faster though. Like I said, it's fine. If you like first person shooters you cant go wrong. I might suggest waiting until a drop in the price, it was a little short for my liking.… Expand
  10. Matvey9
    Sep 6, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра на любителя не понимаю таких даунов которые тупо ставят мало баллов. .… Expand
  11. Voodoo123
    Jun 14, 2019
    6
    +Interesting to see a developer choose to focus on 60fps for an open world game
    +Some solid fun fps combat to be had!
    -Generic story missions and 'last gen animation quality' -Looks blurry and flat on a 4k hdr tv -60fps isnt locked ~wavers regularly -Less stylised game art than the original -Irreverent and forgettable story It has been a jarring transition going from the gorgeous    +Interesting to see a developer choose to focus on 60fps for an open world game
    +Some solid fun fps combat to be had!
    -Generic story missions and 'last gen animation quality'
    -Looks blurry and flat on a 4k hdr tv
    -60fps isnt locked ~wavers regularly
    -Less stylised game art than the original
    -Irreverent and forgettable story

    It has been a jarring transition going from the gorgeous 'hdr faux k' detailed AAA world of Days Gone to the blurry last gen looking Rage 2 on my ps4 pro & 4k tv setup. But having played Rage 2 for around 4 hours now I can safely say the 60 fps gameplay roaming across the environment shooting my way to glorious victory has been quite fun (if overpriced somewhat). I highly recommend switching off the OST and throwing on some heavy rock tunes and stream them through media player - my enjoyment of this game increased about 300%. Overall a solid 6/10 experience.    … Expand
  12. SLURM187
    May 15, 2019
    7
    Just the shooting mechanics alone make this game solid. The music is legit. Missions and story aren't great, but if you are playing an ID game looking for a riveting story line, you might have mental issues.
  13. cas514
    May 14, 2019
    5
    Figured they were over compensating with all the bright colors and "wild" "goofy" "text poppy" trailers. As expected Its yet another BORING FPS game. Wish there was a Mad Max 2.
  14. kwstas
    May 14, 2019
    7
    it seems the game takes more hatred than it actually deserve possibly because of micro-transactions and all that staff . i am not a fan of transactions neither though i think that still this shouldn't have so low score . Anyway game's graphics are actually quite low compared to most of other ps4 games , also it has some poor design overall , and it has no option to optimize brightnessit seems the game takes more hatred than it actually deserve possibly because of micro-transactions and all that staff . i am not a fan of transactions neither though i think that still this shouldn't have so low score . Anyway game's graphics are actually quite low compared to most of other ps4 games , also it has some poor design overall , and it has no option to optimize brightness which make it even worse . also driving not feeling so great and ofc story is also nothing special even though it doesnt really matter in these type of games . However the game is still really fun , fps feels great , it has some really cool weapons and destruction skills killing tons of enemies and literally kicking some ass is quite something ! in any case it could be way better but still there is no chance that it actually deserve a 4.5 , people just overreacting like always… Expand
  15. Allthat
    May 18, 2019
    5
    Probably one of the most boring games to come out this generation. And its not the gameplay I'm talking about, the shooting and all the players abilities feel awesome. In fact this game is probably on par with Doom when it comes to the gun mechanics.

    But everything else in the game is completely bland and boring. The story in this game is a total snooze-fest, none of the characters you    Probably one of the most boring games to come out this generation. And its not the gameplay I'm talking about, the shooting and all the players abilities feel awesome. In fact this game is probably on par with Doom when it comes to the gun mechanics.

    But everything else in the game is completely bland and boring. The story in this game is a total snooze-fest, none of the characters you meet in this game have anything interesting or cool to say. The open world feels completely lifeless and devoid of anything cool or interesting to see or do. There are tons of boring and repetitive open world activities to do but none of them are worth doing.

    Worst part of the game is easily the driving, some of the worst controls in a modern day open world game.    … Expand
  16. Martinakara
    May 16, 2019
    5
    Uma mistura de Doom com Mad Max. Bom FPS, frenético e divertido. Porém falhou como mundo aberto, a narrativa é rasa, muito poluído de informações. Esperava mais desse game.
  17. Kenmei
    Jan 8, 2020
    6
    About as basic and generic of an open world shooter as you can get. The 2016 Doom influence is not only just presence but they might as well have just copy/pasted the gameplay into this one. There's not much here but the gameplay can bee fun for a little bit at least. I wouldn't pay more then 20 bucks for this though. Its like a video game equivalent of a candy bar. Yea sure it may be funAbout as basic and generic of an open world shooter as you can get. The 2016 Doom influence is not only just presence but they might as well have just copy/pasted the gameplay into this one. There's not much here but the gameplay can bee fun for a little bit at least. I wouldn't pay more then 20 bucks for this though. Its like a video game equivalent of a candy bar. Yea sure it may be fun for a little bit, but, at the end of the day, its not that fulfilling and might just be bad for you in the long run.… Expand
  18. sityoazzdown
    May 26, 2019
    7
    Excellent gameplay, but as the credits rolled i can't help thinking to myself this game had so much wasted potential. Were talking about game of the year gameplay material here, with literally no story, and an ubisoft checklist open world. Combat is addicting and rewarding, but because the open world is a standard checklist one, it can get repetitive. You combine your special abilitiesExcellent gameplay, but as the credits rolled i can't help thinking to myself this game had so much wasted potential. Were talking about game of the year gameplay material here, with literally no story, and an ubisoft checklist open world. Combat is addicting and rewarding, but because the open world is a standard checklist one, it can get repetitive. You combine your special abilities with shooting and it's an easy 9/10. Other than the combat in this game, everything else is just average and disappointing. Driving is not as bad as everyone makes it out to be, (it is overly arcadey, but serviceable). It's vehicular combat is few and far between, and not as satisfying as it looks tbh. The story itself was a disgrace, plus 8 main missions makes you wonder if they even tried on the storytelling part.
    Pros: amazing combat, rewarding loot, arks, guns and abilities
    So-so: driving and vehicular combat, some interesting and addicting open world activities (the blue markers mostly), while most are repetitive checklist material.
    Cons: extremely short campaign, disgraceful/disappointing lack of story, uninteresting characters and npcs.
    Can you imagine if this game had an decent story and campaign, it would easily been game of the year thus far.. right now it's a checklist game with amazing gameplay that should've been released at $40, because unless you're a trophy/ or achievement junky, it's a generally short game unless you like repetition a lot.    … Expand
  19. Steyraus
    Dec 12, 2019
    5
    This game,,man.. First 5 hours are pretty fun , maybe a little dull. The you find a couple of new weapons and abilities and damn the game pick up and for 5 hour or so I feel like this game is a 10/10.. Then 10 hours later after finishing all the story missions and maybe 100 side mission, I still haven't found 1 more upgrade or Weapon. Been a complete grind. So i finish the campaignThis game,,man.. First 5 hours are pretty fun , maybe a little dull. The you find a couple of new weapons and abilities and damn the game pick up and for 5 hour or so I feel like this game is a 10/10.. Then 10 hours later after finishing all the story missions and maybe 100 side mission, I still haven't found 1 more upgrade or Weapon. Been a complete grind. So i finish the campaign thinking maybe it will unlock the new stuff and make the game fun again,, But NO, what you get for beating the end boss and the story campaign , NOTHING.. Not even cash..
    So after 20 hour of the game and scouring the world I still was missing 3 weapens and 2 abilities.. That is crap and bad game design, and made the whole experience feel like a waste of time and I should have played something else..
    Experience may be different for others, maybe if you use a guide, which I refuse to do.. But for me I got 5 hours of fun and 15 hours of boring searching ..    … Expand
  20. artardmoshea
    Dec 14, 2019
    6
    I was hoping that this would be more Doom in a new setting, it's not that at all.

    Uninspired is the one word that best describes this game; it's not a bad game, it's just very much one of those one world games that if you've played one you've played them all and this game doesn't really have any sort of special hook to set it apart from the rest. Not much story, I think there are    I was hoping that this would be more Doom in a new setting, it's not that at all.

    Uninspired is the one word that best describes this game; it's not a bad game, it's just very much one of those one world games that if you've played one you've played them all and this game doesn't really have any sort of special hook to set it apart from the rest.

    Not much story, I think there are only 8 (15-30 minute each) missions that are required to finish the game. There are a lot of side missions but not much variety to them.

    I enjoyed my time with this game enough to finish it.

    One hard crash in about 15 hours of playing.    … Expand
  21. The_BlueRose
    May 28, 2019
    5
    Rage 2 es un juego que pasa sin pena ni gloria. Pese a coger todo el gunplay de Doom 2016 y llevarlo a un mundo abierto se ven unas grandes carencias, sobre todo en este ultimo.

    Una historia corta y misiones repetitivas pueden hacer al juego pesado.
  22. Nunomagalhaes
    May 15, 2019
    7
    Good game,but old graphics engine, bathesda Games looks All the same in graphics engine
    the history not.good to!
  23. Oddomatic
    Jun 2, 2019
    6
    Rage 2 fails to be better than the sum of its parts, as it suffers from a lackluster open world, a completely forgettable story and cast, a wealth of bugs, and ugly, lag-ridden menus.

    Of course, the shooting feels great, with great weapon variety and satisfying abilities to boot. The enemies could be more varied, but partially make up for this by having top-notch animations. Enemies    Rage 2 fails to be better than the sum of its parts, as it suffers from a lackluster open world, a completely forgettable story and cast, a wealth of bugs, and ugly, lag-ridden menus.

    Of course, the shooting feels great, with great weapon variety and satisfying abilities to boot. The enemies could be more varied, but partially make up for this by having top-notch animations. Enemies will duck, roll, and move in all kinds of expressive ways in response to the way you approach them. Rage 2 also boasts competent level design, which looks as good as it feels to traverse, with some glaring exceptions (Certain world activities have nearly identical layouts). The driving combat is visually spectacular and fun at first, but quickly becomes stale, with controls that aren't quite on par with the on-foot combat.

    The plot is worthless, the characters cardboard, attempting to compensate for their lack of substance with irreverent humor that mostly falls flat. The character models for the more important NPCs are notably much better than the rest by a large margin, whereas their voice actors' performances are just as hit or miss as the average wasteland schmuck's. Also, the music is pretty weak overall, like the composers were attempting to evoke Mick Gordon's hard-hitting scores from better games, but only managing to produce the diet soda equivalent.

    In the end, Rage 2 kneecaps itself with an excess of downtime between the excitement of each combat encounter and an inescapable sense of mediocrity that pervades every corner of its frequently gorgeous world. It would have been better off with a more tightly paced, linear progression like its close relative Doom 2016 (A game that overshadows Rage 2 in nearly every category). Hopefully the best parts of Rage 2's combat make their way into Doom Eternal and the worst elements stay far away.    … Expand
  24. JonnyMenthol
    Jun 9, 2019
    5
    Everything outside of the shooting is mundane to, often bad. I knew it wasn't going to be great so I waited to buy it used and I'm already regretting it massively. I recommend waiting for a deep sale and many, many more patches and perhaps updates. There is fun to be had but it is covered in a knee high layer of jank and outdated open world mechanics.
  25. Dagger95
    May 22, 2019
    6
    all'inizio mi ha fatto un'ottima impressione ma andando avanti le mancanze si sono fatte notare. Missioni secondarie inutili e ripetitive, missione principale breve e dimenticabile, grafica mediocre e in alcuni punti proprio brutta, bug anche invalidanti. Il gioco prende la sufficienza per un buon gameplay e tanti veicoli davvero belli tipo il moster truck. Ah, dimenticavo, la difficoltà èall'inizio mi ha fatto un'ottima impressione ma andando avanti le mancanze si sono fatte notare. Missioni secondarie inutili e ripetitive, missione principale breve e dimenticabile, grafica mediocre e in alcuni punti proprio brutta, bug anche invalidanti. Il gioco prende la sufficienza per un buon gameplay e tanti veicoli davvero belli tipo il moster truck. Ah, dimenticavo, la difficoltà è ridicola, ho dovuto mettere difficoltà incubo per noia e non sono mai morto in tutta la campagna nemmeno contro il boss finale… Expand
  26. Anar-9999
    May 26, 2019
    5
    + Fun Shooting

    - Bad Story

    - Dead Open World

    - Bad Graphics for 2019
  27. JaysBallin420
    May 15, 2019
    5
    Great game for gun play wanted more of a story with it but all around ok game. Still thank Mad Max was better. Cars feel slow and frame rate drop happened a few time. But this is my review hope it helps making your choose.
  28. Jnoon
    May 14, 2019
    7
    Disclaimer Rental Review:
    Having played Rage 2 for more than three hours, has left me wanting more. No, I did not purchase the game but being a fan of the Doom reboot, Rage 2 peaked my curiosity. But, it isn't without flaws. A Repetitive & unoriginal campaign is a missed opportunity. But the gratifying shooting & skill tree abilities make for some great gameplay. With a little extra work,    Disclaimer Rental Review:
    Having played Rage 2 for more than three hours, has left me wanting more. No, I did not purchase the game but being a fan of the Doom reboot, Rage 2 peaked my curiosity. But, it isn't without flaws. A Repetitive & unoriginal campaign is a missed opportunity. But the gratifying shooting & skill tree abilities make for some great gameplay. With a little extra work, Rage 2 could have been great, but needless to say I'm having damn good fun. It's a shame micro transactions made its appearance.    … Expand
  29. Melo-Death-666
    May 19, 2019
    7
    Good game, fun to play and nice graphics. although i did finish the main story in 8 hours which is extremely disappointing. and i was not even intentionally trying to smash through it. Character development is really shallow, but i didn't mind because..well had goons n **** to mop up.
  30. poelander04
    May 21, 2019
    6
    I had high hopes for this game. Since it was announced I watched all the trailers and game play and thought it was going to be a truly GOTY worthy game. However, when I started playing the game and when I finished, I was disappointed by many things. First of all, my main gripe with the game is the story. I was hoping for it to follow really close to the original game and to explain a lotI had high hopes for this game. Since it was announced I watched all the trailers and game play and thought it was going to be a truly GOTY worthy game. However, when I started playing the game and when I finished, I was disappointed by many things. First of all, my main gripe with the game is the story. I was hoping for it to follow really close to the original game and to explain a lot about what happened after the previous game. This us not the case. This games story is boring and the game only makes up for it with the combat. The world doesn't look similar to the previous RAGE at all. Instead of it looking like an actual post-apocalyptic wasteland, it looks like Sunset Overdrive and how wacky that looked. Sunset Overdrive is a good game but the setting and look of that does not fit to the theme of RAGE. The vehicular combat isn't that good as well and not even on par with the first installments take on the subject. I think what Id Studious and Avalanche was doing was they wanted to appeal to a new audience and make a story that wasn't really that connected to the first RAGE because not many people played it. But, I think they should've followed way way closer to RAGE and made it be almost right after the first game. Then, they maybe could've remastered RAGE 1 and put it in the deluxe edition or something. Instead of aiming to the people that actually wanted the game, they aimed at a new audience that didn't really care for the game in the first place. I give it a 6/10.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

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  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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