Rage, utilizes the unique id Tech 5 engine, is set in the post-apocalyptic landscape jam-packed with driving and shooting following the (fictional) impact of 99942 Apophis.
GenreFirst-Person Shooters
Platforms xbox360
DEVELOPER id Software | PUBLISHER Codemasters | RELEASE DATE
RAGE Reviews xbox360
gamingtrend.com review
The Wingstick is a throwback to the 80’s, looking like a triple-bladed Krull weapon. It unleashes bladed death on your enemies, taking off limbs, impaling them in the chest or head, or removing their heads outright. In many shooters you’ll find yourself discarding the early weapons except in the most dire of situations. In Rage, you’ll get the Wingstick within the first few moments of the game, and you’ll use it (with a smile!) for the rest of the game.
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teamxbox.com review
The sound-design is great – the music adds to the experience rather than seeming like it’s tacked on, and the sound effects are really well done (every gun has a great sound to it). The voice acting is great as well. I had a mini nerd-out when I heard John Goodman voicing the character of Dan Hagar, one of the first settlers that you meet as you begin your foray into the Wasteland. And from that high note forward you have a varied cast of characters who never cease to keep your interest.
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3djuegos.com review
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meristation.com review
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ausgamers.com review
This simple example left a pretty sour taste in my mouth, and even after I asked id’s Tim Willits why that was the case, I didn’t buy his response that being able to loot weapons broke their reward and currency system, which they’d apparently worked very hard on making balance correctly.
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computerandvideogames.com review
While story and structure may never have been what id games were about, expertly refined gameplay mechanics are what the fans have craved – and Rage has that, along with tonnes of variety. It might not be the perfect FPS those four years of development suggested, but get your hands on that shotgun and you’ll know it was worth the wait.
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gameblog.fr review
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eurogamer.net review
Once upon a time, the arrival of a new id Software game was like staring into the future. These guys invented the first-person shooter, instituted shareware, legitimised mature content, brought us the first real 3D worlds, and obliged the industry to embrace graphics acceleration against its conservative instincts, catapulting in-game visuals forward by a generation. Every game offered a revolutionary breakthrough that fundamentally altered your expectations forever.
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guardian.co.uk review
Then there’s the issue of the game’s level design that recycles environments and enemies, and really deflates the experience in the final stages – the ending is abrupt, unimaginative and abysmal. The story isn’t up to much, either; while the post-apocalyptic world of Rage is filled with imaginative environments and interesting, larger-than-life characters, the plot chugging along underneath it all doesn’t really go anywhere.
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eurogamer.it review
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oxmonline.com review
Also giving Rage a unique flavor is its racing element. Owning, upgrading, and competing in your own Mad Max–ish dune buggy is a central part of Disc 1, and your victories allow you to do everything from beef up the armor, turbo, and suspension to tweaking the paintjob — all of which will be necessary not only for the races themselves, but also for random encounters like “Waste X number of pursuing bandits†who take potshots at you while you’re streaking across the desert.
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1up.com review
It’s a harsh beginning, but Rage doesn’t let up from there. After emerging on the surface of the largely-destroyed Earth, you’re saved from certain death by a kind-hearted wasteland homesteader named Dan Hagar (voiced by John Goodman, who also played a "Dan" on Roseanne, which was more than enough to keep me from taking this character seriously). Hagar wastes no time in employing your "services" to wipe out a nearby influx of mutants, and perform a few odd jobs around his settlement and the neighbors’. You get the hang of shootin’, drivin’, and survivin’, and eventually learn more about your past as an enhanced human candidate of the "Eden" project, initiated by the oppressive powers of the Authority, who try to keep this crazy world in check… for their own gains, of course.
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telegraph.co.uk review
Rage is a game that would have benefitted from being streamlined, with additional FPS levels replacing the awkward driving. It should have been an id game. Instead it occupies this weird halfway-house between Borderlands, Motorstorm and Doom, not quite an RPG, not quite a racer and not quite an FPS. While it’s always admirable when a developer tries something different, with Rage it’s impossible not to wish that id had stuck to what they know; gunplay. When the game decides to do what it does best, it reminds you this is one of the best pure shooters in years. But with all the extra things convoluting it, it’s hard to feel it makes the kind of impact it should have.
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destructoid.com review
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joystiq.com review
And that’s the thing. The aspects of RAGE that seem interesting and different at first never grow or expand. The enemy reactions, the clutching, the begging for their lives, it’s repeated identically so often over the course of the game that it loses any impact or meaning. The town that initially holds the promise of a big, wide, asteroid-murdered world is a facade for a few fetch quests down some of the most guided, narrow shooter levels this side of a Call of Duty title. RAGE is pretty at times, but it’s not enough to paint over the truth – that Id’s labor feels like a scaffolding for a game of bolder ideas, ideas which, for whatever reason, aren’t realized. And the game that is there just isn’t enough to compete with other, better shooters we’ve seen this year.
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gaming-age.com review
Don’t get me wrong, I certainly think Rage is a technically impressive experience. And the whole shooting side of Rage is absolutely great. But all the other content left me pretty cold on the experience, and just feels half-finished to me. Hopefully there will be some interesting DLC that comes along soon, but as it stands right now, I’d definitely suggest trying before you buy with Rage.
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