Five Games No One Wants To See at Bethesda’s E3 2015 Conference

Rage 2

Like so many of id Software’s games, Rage was clearly just a vehicle for the studio’s engine–in this case, the id Tech 5 engine–and it showed. The title lacked originality from top to bottom. Thumbing through the screenshots, you could demonstrably point out every element they stole from other series.

Being a tech demo wouldn’t be enough to damn the title, but its developers never even bothered to weave the game around a solid narrative. Note to the developers: hiring actor John Goodman to voice a minor character does not good storytelling make.

Ultimately Rage failed even as a shooter, because it just wasn’t much fun. News of a sequel would be a waste of Bethesda’s resources and likely would send fans into a… very unpleasant emotional state.