id's New Four Letter Word

Sounds like a good deal.

The name needs work though...

Could use a better name, as "Rage" seems plain and uncreative.

Fighting against an oppressive government in a post-apocalyptic world? Isn't that the plot of Half Life 2?

Perhaps they're getting their revenge on Valve for stealing the Doom plot for Half Life 1.

There's some more info here.

Sounds like the techdemo used real assets from the game from the description on that page. I guess basing a game off Mad Max instead of Aliens is progress...

fraggle said:

Fighting against an oppressive government in a post-apocalyptic world? Isn't that the plot of Half Life 2?

More along the lines of facepalm-inducingly generic.

Pictorial evidence is required.

Well, I guess it is going to play like Quake 2 with no load screens.

This had better run smooth on a 7800 :/

Nevermind, here's video.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/03/id-software-dubs-new-game-rage/

When the word "Rage" comes up in thoughts of 3d gaming i think of broken blocky alpha blending with no opacity/color, unstable support and slow performance

Is that a furry 38 second into the video?

leileilol said:

When the word "Rage" comes up in thoughts of 3d gaming i think of broken blocky alpha blending with no opacity/color, unstable support and slow performance

nerd

Bucket said:

Nevermind, here's video.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/03/id-software-dubs-new-game-rage/

It reminds me of "Firefly" a bit. Which is not a bad thing.

but will allow individual missions to be played in co-op mode

Awesome.

Szymanski said:

Is that a furry 38 second into the video?

yes

Looks nice. So where's the Linux port of that thing?

Hi I'm new here.

I find that Rage reminds me of Strife alot.
Tim Willits was involved in Strife and is now a part of id software.
I read the story on gamespot a comet crashed into the earth and devistated it.Strife!

Time for a new graphics card looking at this me thinks :D This looks like 5 star material :D

So it's some sort of FPS/racer/RPG?

Cacodemon said:

Looks nice. So where's the Linux port of that thing?

It will probably come out shortly after the initial launch like it did for Doom 3.

This definitely looks promising. Not much needs to be said about the graphics, either. :)

Bucket said:

Nevermind, here's video.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/03/id-software-dubs-new-game-rage/

I guess the dune buggies are more realistic and practical, but if they don't let you build The Interceptor I will be extremely disappointed.

Will be released for Windows or OS X?

Er, both?

This is kind of...new. Whenever id comes out with things these days, you kind of expect it to be something Doom, Quake, or Wolfenstein related. A new IP can't hurt :D

RAGE? Well hey that's a GREAT name, an expansive open-minded one! It's just like Doom, Quake, Strife... Hey, there's no obligatory two-words-connected-by-of-or-'s. It's just a four letter word. I'd like if it'd convince people to spell it RAGE, not Rage, just like DOOM seemed to do. Why do you think it's a plain name, when we have Doom, Quake...? Rage's promising as a name. id, don't change it!

STRIFE-like story? Cool, but I didn't really find the graphics attractive. Too pretentious and too sunny, need more pollution.

fraggle said:

Perhaps they're getting their revenge on Valve for stealing the Doom plot for Half Life 1.

I wouldn't call it stealing ... more like improving. I think it was a better use of that particular type of plot line.

Id's new game seems pretty cool. Admittedly, the name is a bit unimaginitive. And it does seem a bit 1984/HL:2-ish ...

Csonicgo said:

This had better run smooth on a 7800 :/

wah my outdated hardware won't run on a game that just came out!!

I always think of the gay superhero form the tv show Queer As Folk whenever I hear 'Rage'. Dumb name.

I think of a German metal band.

Use3D said:

I always think of the gay superhero form the tv show Queer As Folk whenever I hear 'Rage'. Dumb name.

You and others which don't like this name, come up with your own four letter and monosyllabic name except "Doom"! I stay with "Rage".

printz said:

monosyllabic name

"Ripped" or "Torn"