Sig-ma
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From what I have read, Rage is fun but has some issues. Beyond the obvious inspirations (Half-Life 2, Fallout 3) and id Software's creativity dipstick seemingly being about two drops short of bone dry, the story is apparently pretty poor and characters are lifeless, so it's hard to really care about what is happening. A lot of people have said the game really starts to drag out around the middle, there isn't much to explore, the dungeons are pretty linear and the final boss is apparently a massive cop-out and it has a shitty, "get-ready-for-a-sequel" ending, which is actually saying a lot since the game isn't even very long (like 10-15 hours).
This is on top of the increased price to $60 (since you're paying for the sewers "unlock" as well, without the choice of opting out of supposedly optional content) and whatever else. The multi-player is apparently fun for awhile but won't likely make much of an impact (you can only race, there is no FPS-based MP content). Additionally, most of the side-quests are immediately forgettable, not adding much to replay value at all, only added to pad the game more.
As said elsewhere in this thread, nothing revolutionary... fun for awhile and then likely forgotten. I'm definitely going to buy it but have decided to wait until it drops to a more reasonable price. Even early on, Rage always just seemed like it was trying too hard. I always had this impression that they basically just took a handful of solid FPS-based games that sold really well and tried to copy them. Rather than revolutionizing the genre like id Software has done in the past, they seem to be falling behind and are starting to just make really "safe" games-- realizing that their name alone wasn't enough to carry Doom 3, Quake 4 and the new Wolfenstein to high sales numbers. I don't want anyone to take me wrong-- I'm sure I will have fun with it when I eventually sit down to play it, I'm just giving my opinion / impressions.
While I don't really care for most game review sites, IGN gave it an 8.5 out of 10. IGN gave Doom 3 an 8.9 for comparison, for whatever that is worth (probably not much).
Last edited by Sig-ma on 10-04-11 at 05:25
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