RAGE

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  1. flowxsss
    Jun 24, 2014
    1
    extremely boring , the title RAGE has nothing to do with the actual game play , i mean when you buy a game titled "RAGE" you want to feel the anger and the RAGE while playing the game, sad to say i got the feeling i was a delivery guy!! in this game you spend most of your time chatting, driving around making delivery's, encountering enemies feels the same , you do drive a lot in thisextremely boring , the title RAGE has nothing to do with the actual game play , i mean when you buy a game titled "RAGE" you want to feel the anger and the RAGE while playing the game, sad to say i got the feeling i was a delivery guy!! in this game you spend most of your time chatting, driving around making delivery's, encountering enemies feels the same , you do drive a lot in this game i personally did not like that, it feels childish, serious gamer,s looking for the feel and atmosphere in a game, i suggest you skip this one .… Expand
  2. tangosucka
    Sep 24, 2017
    8
    I first played rage 4 years ago when i bought it used, and at the time i thought it was the best that console games could get, a visually stunning game that ran butter smooth, yeah right, not so much the best, but rage was and still is a solid game with a lot to offer, despite a few flaws, the visuals are some of the most stunning to have come from id software, id tech 5 really steals theI first played rage 4 years ago when i bought it used, and at the time i thought it was the best that console games could get, a visually stunning game that ran butter smooth, yeah right, not so much the best, but rage was and still is a solid game with a lot to offer, despite a few flaws, the visuals are some of the most stunning to have come from id software, id tech 5 really steals the show here, there is some noticeable texture pop in in some places but it doesnt affect the overall experience, and despite what some have said, i never noticed any screen tearing, framerate is buttery smooth even on the consoles, and rarely drops no matter whats happening on screen, gameplay is fast paced fun shooting action as you would expect from the company that pioneered the fps genre, and the ai is actually surprisingly intelligent, running for cover when they see you, fighting you if you get close to them, even flanking you and trying to outsmart you at some points, adding some challenge and variety to the straightforward shooting, environments, settlements and towns are also fun to explore, and meeting new people in the game can be pretty good as well, but the game has some problems, the characters and the story are forgettable, emotionless at best, the story not being hugely important considering id software made this game, but i should bring it up, but the ending just feels extremely rushed, the wasteland itself is also largeley uninteresting and lacks much to do, and the game just feels like its suffering from an identity crisis, one half is trying to be a kickass id software game, and the other half is trying to be the next fallout/borderlands killer but just falls short to both said games, but what is there is a solid game with a world and story that just is just begging to be expanded upon, its just a shame the sequel will probably never see the light of day

    If you have played borderlands or fallout and are expecting an rpg with story and compelling characters, i probably would NOT recommend rage, because you will be disapointed with the forgettable story and somewhat forgettable characters, but if you are a fan of id software games, or if you enjoyed doom 2016 or wolfenstein the new order, i wholeheartedly recommend rage, because the gameplay and shooting is what makes this game worth it, i must have played and completed it several times over the years and it never gets old, it may not be the fallout killer it wanted to be, but rage is a game that i would recommend to any fps game fan,    … Expand
  3. Kaprawiec
    Oct 13, 2014
    5
    Graphics - 9/10
    Sound - 8/10
    So far so good? Gameplay 4/10. Why You ask? Its just plain boring. If i want to drive - i launch burnout/need for speed/forza/gran t./wipeout/motorstorm etc. - all these games does it waaayy better. If i want to shoot... shooting in this game is quite ok, but nothing to write home about. Repetitive, after a year You dont remember one good thing about it.    Graphics - 9/10
    Sound - 8/10
    So far so good?
    Gameplay 4/10.
    Why You ask?
    Its just plain boring. If i want to drive - i launch burnout/need for speed/forza/gran t./wipeout/motorstorm etc. - all these games does it waaayy better. If i want to shoot... shooting in this game is quite ok, but nothing to write home about. Repetitive, after a year You dont remember one good thing about it. Uninspired weapons, uninspired enemies... And i still remember shambler/knight from q1 and rail gun fun from q2...
    Lack of multi - given the fact how the game is constructed, may be a good thing....

    Overall - 5/10 - wchich makes it waste of time for me...    … Expand
  4. jsharbour
    Sep 21, 2015
    5
    90 miles an hour in the buggie, hit a tiny crack on the side of the road, stopped dead--with no impact or collision of any sort. That threw me completely out of my SoD. I do disbelieve it and this game sucks. The shooting isn't interesting, either. Bad guys will just stand in one spot and dodge back and forth predictably. I was expecting humor since the story is such a joke, but there90 miles an hour in the buggie, hit a tiny crack on the side of the road, stopped dead--with no impact or collision of any sort. That threw me completely out of my SoD. I do disbelieve it and this game sucks. The shooting isn't interesting, either. Bad guys will just stand in one spot and dodge back and forth predictably. I was expecting humor since the story is such a joke, but there really isn't any, it's just a poor man's Fallout 3. I lost interest after 3-4 hours and quit.… Expand
  5. gamingisgreat
    Aug 9, 2016
    8
    Rage is a very solid first-person shooter.

    Being developed by id Software,the creators of the fps genre,the game has that spark that many modern fps lack. The gameplay is quality,with smart AI,and balanced weapons,with tons of different types of ammo.You can also loot enemies for money and items which can be sold for money or used to craft useful items.You use money to buy weapons    Rage is a very solid first-person shooter.

    Being developed by id Software,the creators of the fps genre,the game has that spark that many modern fps lack.

    The gameplay is quality,with smart AI,and balanced weapons,with tons of different types of ammo.You can also loot enemies for money and items which can be sold for money or used to craft useful items.You use money to buy weapons and ammo.The game is very short though.

    The graphics and framerate are solid

    Soundtrack and sound design aren't very good though.

    Overall though,Rage is a well-made,solid first-person shooter that is well worth playing through.    … Expand
  6. calderra
    Jan 25, 2017
    3
    Terrible game. There's nothing to like here, and so much that's annoying. People who say they like this game are overlooking A LOT of flaws. So let's run through some. Game comes on 3 discs- trust me there's less content than many 1 disc games this is an optimization problem. If Fallout comes on one disc, so can this.

    Lots of user interface issues, buttons feel very "sticky" so when you    Terrible game. There's nothing to like here, and so much that's annoying. People who say they like this game are overlooking A LOT of flaws. So let's run through some. Game comes on 3 discs- trust me there's less content than many 1 disc games this is an optimization problem. If Fallout comes on one disc, so can this.

    Lots of user interface issues, buttons feel very "sticky" so when you tab RB to switch weapons it usually brings up the quick-switch menu (hold RB) for a split second and takes a while to register that you meant a tap, meaning weapon changes are slow. I've often found myself tapping RB because I know I need the next weapon, and since it brings up the menu anyway, if I touch my stick accidentally at the same time during a heated fight all of a sudden I have a random weapon or ammo type I didn't ask for. WHY. It's just a sloppy interface.

    What else is slow? Conversations. Every NPC in the entire world is doing somewhere else when you walk up. You run up, put your cursor on them, but you can't talk yet. They start an animation like turning around, then they have some terrible dialog in a fake accent, and then you can finally hit A to talk to them. Oh but wait- hitting A actually initiated more recorded dialog, you need to wait through one or two of those, and THEN you can finally get your mission. Why? This is terrible, horrible, no-good game design. They're saying some nonsense when you walk up, THEN you have to ask them for more dialog, and THEN you have to interact again to get a quest. Just have them keep freaking talking, the false interaction is like the "Press F to pay respects" meme.

    What else is terrible? So your character gets binoculars (actually a monocular, oh how original). Anytime you're not holding a scoped weapon, hold LT to bring up the monocular. Okay great, I can zoom in now. EXCEPT, while you're zoomed in, you can still fire your pistol. So your character puts a telescope up to their left eye, and magically somehow they can now shoot their pistol super accurately. That's completely stupid. You actually see the animation where the character puts the telescope up to one eye and shoots with the other- imagine someone walking around doing that, it's ridiculous!

    Think I'm done? Animations. Enemies are usually doing crazy animations like running along walls or rolling or holding their wounds. That seems cool at first glance- until you realize they didn't fix the hitboxes. So if you try to punch an enemy while they're in the middle of an animation, you might even see blood spatter on your screen indicating a hit, but the enemy will be unharmed because they either had an invincibility frame or their hitbox was in a different spot I can't tell. Lots of enemies are shorter than you and they're constantly rolling, so if you have to shoot or punch them you'll tend to need to aim down to get their hitbox- except this game obviously wants you to score a lot of headshots, so you need to aim up to kill things quickly most of the rest of the time. But you aim up for headshots, and you're in a territory where you line up a great shot on an enemy and all of a sudden they have an antigravity animation where they start sticking to walls and they're totally gone from your scope. The developers needed to pick a focus- if enemies are going to be super mobile, you need some assault rifles and chainguns to spray flack at them. Instead, you start with shotguns and snipers so that if an enemy goes into an animation they move out from under your reticle and you miss. It's schizophrenic, in a bad way. Borderlands did a much better job, your character was a lot more mobile and you got a lot more high-ammo weapons so you could fight agile enemies toe-to-toe. Here I'm just fighting with my controller setup- I need lots of X sensitivity to turn around fast to hit rolling enemies, but I need to hit them with a headshot weapon, which needs lower sensitivity. What to do? Oh and enemies constantly do long death animations, and they still soak up bullets as they die, meaning you waste ammo until you pass the magic window when that stops. Thanks game.

    So it's a mess. I haven't even talked about the story (there mostly isn't one especially for many hours into the beginning). I haven't really gone into the voice acting (lots of celebrities doing accents so terrible people told me to mute the TV). I haven't really gone into the "homage" factor (the game has id company logos and Fallout bobbleheads, it's less paying tribute, more straight up borrowing).

    It's just an overall mediocre experience at best, not worth your time. For any good points, of which I'm having trouble finding any, there are many more terrible points to outweigh it. Did I mention vehicles? You hit the gas, they make one noise. You release the gas, they make a different one. Pulse the trigger and they make a godawful racket of rrr-EEE-rrr-EEE-rrr-EEE. ENGINES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY. Baffling game, terrible sloppy design. Do not play.    … Expand
  7. slomofojoe
    Jul 24, 2016
    6
    Ok... it's pretty ok. First impressions, wow. Graphics are pretty stellar despite the pop in and some textures that arent fleshed out. Gun play is solid and fun with a decent arsenal of some pretty cool weapons. My favorite are the the wing-dings (boomerangs with razor sharp blades perfect for beheading). The vehicle combat and racing feels awkward at first, buy ends up being fun reminsentOk... it's pretty ok. First impressions, wow. Graphics are pretty stellar despite the pop in and some textures that arent fleshed out. Gun play is solid and fun with a decent arsenal of some pretty cool weapons. My favorite are the the wing-dings (boomerangs with razor sharp blades perfect for beheading). The vehicle combat and racing feels awkward at first, buy ends up being fun reminsent of my Twisted Metal days.

    However, if you play through the entire game, nothing is fleshed out. The RPG elements are pretty shallow and consists of crafting about 16 different items, and finding said items in the world. Thats it. Weapon customization is also lacking with just a few mods which cant be removed. Enemy AI is great, but not varied. Youll be fighting the same enemies over and over just dressed and armed differently. Maybe 5 main types?

    The "open world" is really just a series of intersecting roads which cannot be strayed from, connecting towns and levels. And the levels are very much a corridor shooter.

    However, the worst offense is the story. The premise is fine, but the lack of lore, character development, meaningful dialogue really hurts this game. It has such a rich environment that serves little purpose other than a place to shoot stuff. In this regard, id should have stuck with what theyre best at and just delivered a hardcore action fps dropping the open world "rpg" part. They could then have focused on more weapons (although there is enough), enemy variety, level design, and BOSS BATTLES! Bc basically youre just driving the same toads over and over to the next level. Its not open ended.

    Anyway, if fallout is too much for you, or too RPG like and not enough firsf person boom boom. This might be just your game.    … Expand
  8. Grown
    Oct 29, 2015
    8
    The first part of the game, in my opinion 8 and over, it is very well made and structured, but the second part (the part that is on disk 2 ), I found it too fast, dispersed and with a final TERRIBLE, that leaves you speechless, and not for beauty or ugliness, but for the way it comes.
  9. InkstaindWretch
    Jan 7, 2016
    4
    Rage was a major disappointment. It starts off promisingly as essentially Fallout 3 but with racing and therefore even closer to the Mad Max films. Sounds awesome, right? And the designers clearly put some major work into this. The graphics and animations are top-notch: This is literally one of best-looking games ever produced for the Xbox 360. The voice acting is outstanding as well, withRage was a major disappointment. It starts off promisingly as essentially Fallout 3 but with racing and therefore even closer to the Mad Max films. Sounds awesome, right? And the designers clearly put some major work into this. The graphics and animations are top-notch: This is literally one of best-looking games ever produced for the Xbox 360. The voice acting is outstanding as well, with John Goodman playing one of the key roles.

    But Rage just never sucked me in like the Fallout games did. Partly it was because the game has no leveling up system, so there's little sense of progress or accomplishment as you play it. Partly it was because the missions were mostly standard kill or fetch quests, without much thought or imagination. Partly it was because the storyline was blah. Partly it was because of the game forces you to do various road race mini-games as part of quests rather than allowing other ways to advance. I'm not good at driving games in the first place and the controls for this one were hard as hell to learn so I was forced to replay the races endlessly before I finally got through them.

    The final straw though was when I started one mission, fought through an extremely tough group of bad guys to get to the destination only for a screen to pop up and inform me that I now had to buy downloadable content in order to progress. I had purchased a three-disc "Game of the Year" version so I had naively assumed that all that stuff had been included. Not so, apparently.

    Well, screw it, I thought. Why bother for a game that become a chore to play?    … Expand
  10. Velcrohead1961
    May 28, 2016
    10
    I understand that some people set the bar high, and I also understand that people compare games against the hype and expectations, but for me, this game is thoroughly enjoyable and fun. It has a fairly straight forward story and the controls are easy to operate.
    I enjoyed the graphics and the slant the writers put on this game. If you compared it to fallout or other games based on a    I understand that some people set the bar high, and I also understand that people compare games against the hype and expectations, but for me, this game is thoroughly enjoyable and fun. It has a fairly straight forward story and the controls are easy to operate.
    I enjoyed the graphics and the slant the writers put on this game. If you compared it to fallout or other games based on a similar post apocolypic story, then yes, it falls a bit short, but as a fps it is fun and challenging.    … Expand
  11. oldmaster1818
    Mar 2, 2020
    8
    I have started going through all the id games in my collection, and Rage is the first one I have chosen to play. Having completed it back in 2012 I was happy to give it another spin. All these years later it is still a blast, although minor problems do shine through.

    Pros- Lovely graphics/cloud detail Loud audio on gun shots Desolate game world (I like it a lot) Weapons pack a nice    I have started going through all the id games in my collection, and Rage is the first one I have chosen to play. Having completed it back in 2012 I was happy to give it another spin. All these years later it is still a blast, although minor problems do shine through.

    Pros-
    Lovely graphics/cloud detail
    Loud audio on gun shots
    Desolate game world (I like it a lot)
    Weapons pack a nice punch
    Enemy AI
    Nice and simple vehicle combat
    Variety of gadgets/upgrades is sweet
    Wasteland sewers/scorchers dlc
    Subway Town is nicely detailed

    Cons-
    No timescale/night cycle/weather
    Where are the female bandits/authority?
    A lame story line and horrible ending (possibly the worst in the history of gaming)
    Didn't quite nail the horror aspect
    Where are the mutant animals or variety of opponents?
    Reused too many locations in the missions
    Not enough indoor locations

    Score-
    Game Content- 8 out of ten
    Fun Factor- 9 out of ten

    Total Score- 8.5    … Expand
  12. CamyVero
    Jun 7, 2022
    7
    Interesante mezcla de géneros la que nos proponen aquí. Tenemos un shooter en primera persona de los clásicos. De desarrollo y movimiento rápidos, con un montón de armas y violencia por un lado, y por el otro un juego de conducción en escenarios apocalipticos con combate motorizado a lo Motorstorm o Twisted Metal. La pregunta es: el juego mola? Si te lo tomas como lo que es y no llevas laInteresante mezcla de géneros la que nos proponen aquí. Tenemos un shooter en primera persona de los clásicos. De desarrollo y movimiento rápidos, con un montón de armas y violencia por un lado, y por el otro un juego de conducción en escenarios apocalipticos con combate motorizado a lo Motorstorm o Twisted Metal. La pregunta es: el juego mola? Si te lo tomas como lo que es y no llevas la expectativa de jugar a un Fallout 3 con vehículos sí, de lo contrario te verás decepcionado. Pensaba que me iba a encontrar algo más 'de mundo abierto' y con algún ligero toque RPG, pero no, este juego no es así.

    El mundo abierto no es más que un nexo que une los niveles de shooter en primera persona donde masacrar enemigos a cientos, rápidos como diablos, que te atacarán con todo lo que tienen. Por lo que la exploración es lineal, dentro de los escenarios para encontrar algún coleccionable y poco más. Las carreras al final tienen 3 variantes que se repetiran con mayor dificultad, pero poco más. Por lo que se me ha quedado algo corto de una y otra vertiente.

    Lo bueno es que para ser un juego del año 2011 se ve estupendamente bien en XBOX ONE y se juega fenomenal. Espero encontrarme algo más abierto en la segunda parte.

    Para mi es un juego del montón este primer Rage, sin más. No está mal, es entretenido eso sí, pero los he jugado mejores.    … Expand
  13. Chempion1
    Jan 18, 2022
    9
    Rage это игра, которую я начал ждать как только увидел геймплей с E3. Не знаю почему, но была в этом какая-то магия, для меня схожая с Bioshock, просто очень захотелось окунуться в эту атмосферу.
    И моё предчувствие меня не подвело, почти.
    Почему, почти. Да по тому, что вся "шутерная", так сказать, часть игры пропитана невероятно густой и притягательной атмосферой: метро, гараж, поселение    Rage это игра, которую я начал ждать как только увидел геймплей с E3. Не знаю почему, но была в этом какая-то магия, для меня схожая с Bioshock, просто очень захотелось окунуться в эту атмосферу.
    И моё предчувствие меня не подвело, почти.
    Почему, почти. Да по тому, что вся "шутерная", так сказать, часть игры пропитана невероятно густой и притягательной атмосферой: метро, гараж, поселение мародеров, ну а мёртвый город это выше всех похвал, кто играл поймёт. Но вот вся эта прелесть разбавлена ужасающими, корявыми, абсолютно не нужными покатушками на машинках (ненавижу покатушки). Зачем, кому это понадобилось, ощущение такое, что эти покатушки засунули в игру за месяц до релиза. Абсолютно ненужный, раздражающий элемент.
    Хочу добавить, что оружие в игре, просто великолепно. В игре очень приятно стрелять, да ещё разнообразные виды боеприпасов к этому оружию, добавляет радости.
    Сюжет в игре, звёзд с неба не хватает, всё по заветам Кармака, но вполне обеспечивает интересное прохождение, почти, до конца. Почему почти, потому, что во второй половине, игра начинает провисать, как геймплейно, так и атмосферно. Враги из зомбей и мародеров превращаются в спецназ, как то не очень!
    Хочу сказать про графон. И он великолепен для 2011 года. Если не ошибаюсь это первая игра на id Tech 5, поэтому у меня, я думаю как и у многих, на РС возникла проблема с подгрузкой текстур. Они грузились так медленно, что это просто резало глаз. Так, что проходил я игру на Xbox 360, на которой, как не странно, подобного казуса не было.
    Резюмирую. Если отбросить все покатушки, не заострять на них внимания, то я увидел просто великолепную, сюжетную, красивую игру, чего, к сожалению, нельзя сказать про сиквел, Rage 2.    … Expand
  14. krooney
    Jun 20, 2020
    9
    Loved this despite the rushed ending. Nice graphics and gameplay - would pay for a remaster on PS4
  15. ewenr
    Jun 30, 2020
    7
    This game just didn't really hit for me. Sure, it was fun but it was nothing special.
  16. Birdmaster11
    Dec 6, 2021
    2
    this game should not have been open world. they really milked the "from the creators of doom and quake" tagline. it's unbelievable how disappointing this game is. the controls are floaty and the game is just really repetitive. the driving's fine, but really that's it
  17. CloudStrife05
    Aug 21, 2021
    7
    Decent game that fell a bit short but still good enough. Surprised a sequel was released though.
  18. goodgriff33
    Dec 24, 2022
    7
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#56 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2011
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#11 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2011
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#5 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2011

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 77 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 77
  3. Negative: 1 out of 77
  1. GamingXP
    Nov 16, 2011
    79
    Shooter fans will like RAGE, but it's lack of story or really innovative elements won't attract new players that didn't love other id games. I hoped for more, guys.
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  2. Xbox Achievements
    Nov 15, 2011
    89
    As a fun and frenetic FPS, Rage delivers in spades. That the same can't be said for the game's story is a real shame. It's especially disappointing as Rage feels like it's building to a strong crescendo, before fizzling out like a damp firework. Rage veers incredibly close to greatness then, but ultimately fails to win itself a cigar.
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  3. X-ONE Magazine UK
    Nov 13, 2011
    90
    While its other elements hep create atmosphere, they aren't as polished as its peerless gunplay. [Issue#77, p.82]
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