I didn't hate it. It was an awesome but flawed game. One of the best action driven first person shooters out there. Also a graphical masterpiece of it's time.
yeah i agree I thought the general opinion when it came out was that it was a good enough game but it had some flaws that could be ironed out in a sequel.
I'm very interested in how this turns out. If enough of the original issues with the first game are addressed RAGE 2 could be something pretty special.
I think one of the main problems is that there was just not enough to do. The open world was empty apart from vehicles. it really lacked quality side missions and interesting characters to meet throughout the world, apart from the ones in the settlements.
From a gameplay standpoint, and graphical standpoint, it was ahead of its time. I would absolutely love a sequel. It would give Bethesda a chance to flesh out some of the issues with the first and improve upon it.
Group think. Once a couple reviews go south the games media will pile on. This happens in both directions both positive and negative. But group think is a huge problem in games, because everyone wants to be part of the same conversation. Ironically if a game is critically reviewed as great, if a mediocre review comes along it's click bait. However, if a poorly reviewed games as a few positive outliers its all good. But again, to answer your question group think. For the most part, everyone that I know that played rage loved it.
Nice Bullet with Butterfly Wings reference. I like to smash pumpkins too.
I agree. Rage was a victim of its time with the FPS oversaturation. I am looking forward to seeing what Rage 2 can offer and what id Software brings to the table.
That's not a good example though. Square seems to be willing to milk Final Fantasy anyway they can for every one sequel that comes out in the Final Fantasy franchise, there's probably 5 other spin offs, mobile titles, and remakes either announced or released.
Everyone didn't hate it hence why there is a sequel. It ran just fine if you had the hardware. My biggest issue was multiplay being limited to cars only. I wanted a new Auto Dual or Interstate 76 or 82 where you could be in our out of cars.
I don't think people hated Rage, just John Carmacks outburst post release at gamers and hardware manufacturers, when he heavily modified GPU drivers himself for the game, and they didn't use his modifications (and he didn't provide them with game). The game ran crap, and there wasn't a lot of content but I did enjoy it (after a few patches) so looking forward to a sequel.
I know it's mostly a figure of speech but it's a bit annoying to use the word "Everyone" out of context just to draw attention. Not to mention some people are so completely self centered that they think they really are Everyone.
I thought it was a great game. Problem was it released in such a poor state. Didn’t they end up releasing alpha code instead which had to be fixed with a massive patch?
I remember first playing it & the graphics were terrible. Then thinking the game is just horrible in every way. Then it got fixed & it was a complete 180. I was like wow this is a complete different game entirely. That’s why the tag line “gameplay over graphics” that gets used so much on here is complete rubbish for the most part these days. As practically all games are made the same nowadays it’s just the artistic design that differentiates them. It was the exact same game level, mechanics & gameplay wise it was just the graphics were way off so you could see without all the added tessalation etc how bland the levels were & it just ‘felt’ terrible.
I didn't hate.. I loved it.. only problem I had was the horrible texture loading on the PS3.. alot of time textures didn't even load and surfaces looked like the original Doom.. other than that I loved it though.
Many people hated it because of the technical issues or maybe the ending. I enjoyed it, it wasn't great or perfect, it had its flaws, but it gave me a good experience and after tweaking to fix some bugs and issues especially textures stream, finished the game in 2 days, and I rarely play a game continuously if its not good.
There was A lot of controversy o at the PC version being poorly optimized and with basic graphic tweaking options. Of course the devs eventually fixed it but the damage had been done.
I think i just got bored with it at the time i played it. Think i might pick it up again on PS3 and see if i can get into it now. If so then ill check out this Rage 2 when it's out.
I didn't hate it. It was an awesome but flawed game. One of the best action driven first person shooters out there. Also a graphical masterpiece of it's time.
Nice Bullet with Butterfly Wings reference. I like to smash pumpkins too.
I agree. Rage was a victim of its time with the FPS oversaturation. I am looking forward to seeing what Rage 2 can offer and what id Software brings to the table.
Although we know it's all but confirmed, I'd love for Bethesda give us a modern version of Hexen.
What a conveniently timed positive-leaning reflection piece on Rage
It didn't run well. Some really bad streaming errors and other stuff. It was ridiculous. It was like a Batman: Arkham Knight, but worse.
Youtube some Rage streaming issues and it's messed.