RUSENSITIVESWEETNESS

December 24, 2011 at 11:15am

I game doesn't have to reinvent a genre to get my money. It just has to be good, and the developer has to support the product after release.

darkstar59102

November 23, 2011 at 10:40am

I got this game to see what my new video card would do, lets just say that it sucked and was the worst game i have ever spent money on. I have never seen a game that has so many problems. it took me 3 hours to get this game to even start right and not crash. I had to go and download rewritin dll and cfg files to make it work and look ok. then i thought that if i go and get the new amd vid drivers that it would make it look better, not going to happen. the new drivers made that game imposible to play because every thing went blue. I had to go back and get an older dll file to rewrite the one in the new drivers to get it back to playable. That was it for me after all of that and the let down ending i would say that was the worst game ever and never should have been released for the pc with all its bugs.

Modred189

November 23, 2011 at 9:12am

First and foremost, how can you call the graphics "richly detailed"? The textures are CRAZY low resolution. A stunningly high level of detail? like here?

And how can you ignore the crafting!? You can make exploding remote controlled cars, turrets, spider bots and bouncing multi-hit boomerang wingsticks, special ammo, etc. in the final room, I actually didn't have to fire a shot because I was able to set up turrets to handle almost everyone.

Oh, and the ending/non-ending? There's no boss! No final fight! No central enemy that you have defeated! No puzzle or particularly difficult series of events, encounters etc. Personally, I found it more of a let-down than even Crysis2's ending. It was the ultimate anti-climax.

That being said, i have to agree that the weapons were a lot of fun, and were, as the article states, 'just right'. I don't think there was a weapon that I didn't use on a semi-frequent basis. Each, except maybe your fists, was useful in its own set of circumstances. And after a while you had to switch it up because the baddies got used to my approaches and adapted. I was using the shotgun a lot,and letting them get close before popping them when after a while, no baddie came close at all. And the mind-control darts were perfect.

 

Ultimately, Rage was a REALLYfun game. The story was a joke, but it's an ID game, so not a surprise. But it's no 8. 7 at most.

warptek2010

November 22, 2011 at 11:56pm

Based on this review I can wait to buy it used on Amazon for $20 or less.

ApathyCurve

November 22, 2011 at 1:08pm

"...and clearly designed with controllers in mind."

 

That pretty well sums it up for me.  id's real purpose in creating Rage was to write a marketable game engine for consoles.  Mission accomplished -- and good for them.  It's a smart business move.  I, however, don't play games on consoles and I most certainly do not buy console ports for PC anymore.  Ive been in that pasture before, where the grass is always brown and choked by weeds.

id started off as an indie developer (though they weren't called that at the time) of shareware and made a fortune.  Now they see their business developing in a different direction. That's fine by me; there are a lot of very promising inide developers for PC.  I've spent quite a bit of money buying their games on Steam and elsewhere, and will continue to do so.

I think id's only real mistake in this was trying to play both sides of the fence, when the evidence clearly shows that the PC market was an afterthought at best.  Note to id's marketing types: If you're going to swtich girlfriends, do it quickly and cleanly.  Trying to bed-hop will land you in the hospital -- or the morgue.

stradric

November 22, 2011 at 11:57am

I hate that I paid $40 and wasted a $20 amazon credit on this game.  This game was easily the worst game purchase I made in years.  There is some fun to be had in this game, but mostly it's just a frustrating compilation of poorly executed ideas and brilliant tech.  I will never buy an id game again outside of a bargain bin.

praack

November 22, 2011 at 11:30am

maybe not fully open , but people expect more than games on rails anymore.

 

that said this was overall a good article, it clearly tells a ready this is fun game, you should try it -but it is not earth shattering material.

and when you read the review and look at the price- you know it's not worth the current price of admission- perhaps when it comes down some more- yeah. I'll buy it new if it was at a lower price point but not at 60.

Razor86

November 22, 2011 at 11:04am

I don't remember Id ever promising an "open world." Everyone just assumed it would follow the path that Fallout 3 and Borderlands did because they were both post apocalyptic and open world. There was never a promise of an open world.