Rage 2

defaultluser said:
So sucky they had to give it away less than two years after release
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The game is a pile of shit, so yeah. I'll never touch an Avalanche game again after being burned with both this and Just Cause 4. It blows my mind that they did so good with Mad Max and just failed miserably with the next two.
 
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Mchart said:
The game is a pile of shit, so yeah. I'll never touch an Avalanche game again after being burned with both this and Just Cause 4. It blows my mind that they did so good with Mad Max and just failed miserably with the next two.
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Agree 100%! I really enjoyed the first Rage (even with the MegaTexture issues) so I couldn't believe how bad Rage 2 was.
 
Mchart said:
The game is a pile of shit, so yeah. I'll never touch an Avalanche game again after being burned with both this and Just Cause 4. It blows my mind that they did so good with Mad Max and just failed miserably with the next two.
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I think they needed to pick one title and focus on it. The spread hurt them all and I'm with you: They've lost me and I wasn't that big on Mad Max, either. It was "ok."
 
Rage 2 isn't horrible or anything. It's just mediocre and feels like they didn't put much thought into the end of the game...just like Rage 1. I had some fun with it and as a free game it's worth a go.
 
It’s really not THAT bad. Definitely some overreaction here. Still, I did enjoy the first one a lot more. The whole “Open World” thing kinda ruins genres that weren’t started with that in mind IMO. RAGE was more open than usual for an id game, but it still had direction, story (though that got thin toward the end) and gave you just enough freedom to feel like you had some. It was good. RAGE2 isn’t amazing by any standard, but it has some good moments, decent combat, etc.
 
J3RK said:
It’s really not THAT bad. Definitely some overreaction here. Still, I did enjoy the first one a lot more. The whole “Open World” thing kinda ruins genres that weren’t started with that in mind IMO. RAGE was more open than usual for an id game, but it still had direction, story (though that got thin toward the end) and gave you just enough freedom to feel like you had some. It was good. RAGE2 isn’t amazing by any standard, but it has some good moments, decent combat, etc.
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Exactly. Gameplay and shooting was fun. Graphics were decent enough. Story was weak, but about on par with many other games. Below average at worst. The open world bit was a bit pointless, but was done right in a way. You could largely skip side content but if you found the shooting fun there were a number of set pieces to do and they didn't take too long. Driving combat section and convoys felt very tacked on, because otherwise driving was hardly part of the game. But it wasn't that bad, I enjoyed the parts for what they were. But they felt tacked on.

Is it a great game? Of course not. It is pretty average.
 
I am just about finished the campaign with only a couple of missions left. I can't be too harsh considering that I paid nothing for this AAA game, but god damn everything about it is so mediocre and forgettable. Graphics, combat, driving, story, voice acting.....all entirely meh. The most interesting gameplay mechanics are the ranger suit powers which are hidden behind pointless mission padding.

I would have been pissed off I had paid full price for this at release, but as a free game its good for several hours of pew-pew and close combat gibbing. After finishing the campaign I can't see myself ever shelling out money for the DLC.

Probably doesn't help that I played and finished Horizon Zero Dawn not that long ago, for me that game now sets the benchmark for immersive post apocalyptic open world games.
 
I played it a little in 2019 but quickly lost interest. Graphics and art design were great, performance was great, gameplay was ok, but overall I thought it was pretty meh. "mediocre and forgettable" says it well.

Mad Max on the other hand (since it's been brought up) I thought was a masterpiece. Story wasn't very deep but there were some memorable characters and even though the open world type filler was as repetitive as always, the gameplay is so damn fun that I still load it up from time to time just for the mayhem.
 
Are we playing the same game? I thought RAGE 2 was sick. The action was so fun.
 
cybereality said:
Are we playing the same game? I thought RAGE 2 was sick. The action was so fun.
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Rage1 was, rage 2 is mediocre at best, that's what you get when you outsource your games to a studio that has no xp or knowhow in the genre
 
Jesus Christ people must be starved for entertainment if this thread has devolved into an argument about whether either Rage 1 or 2 were good games.

Finished it last night, mediocre from beginning to end. I need to pick something more entertaining from my backlog next.
 
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I am getting "Rage 2 has stopped working" error when trying to start the game. This is the free version redeemed from the Epic game store. This seems to be a common problem with the game. Anyone know how to resolve it?
 
Burticus said:
Relavant?

https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxGamePa...2_error_on_startup_rage2_has_stopped_working/
https://www.reddit.com/r/RAGEgame/comments/ln3vaw/epic_games_version_of_rage_2_not_launching/
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There are many solutions offered in those threads. I tried some of them, still not working. This is on a brand new Asus G17 laptop with 5900hx and 3070 gpu. Email Bethesda tech support worth a try? EDIT: I cannot email Bethesda tech support. The support process requires a dxdiag file and it won't accept my file for some reason. This is going to be a real challenge to get Rage 2 to work! I just tweeted them my problem, fingers crossed.
 
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I see it as available 02 Nov 2024... :ROFLMAO:

"This offer is currently experiencing issues and is temporarily unavailable. Please check back later."
 
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If you didn't happen to pick this up when it was free near the end of last year, the Deluxe Edition is currently only $5.99 at Fanatical, which is 90% off. It's actually cheaper than the Standard Edition, lol.
 
Funny thing. I got this for free a couple years ago via epic. Played the first 20 min or so, and lost interest. Few weeks ago, I remembered I had this, redownloaded. It kept my saved items, and I picked up where I left off.
Maybe it's because there have been no great games in awhile, but right now, I'm actually enjoying it. No it's not a masterpiece, but it's somehow keeping my interest.
 
I never liked it. Every time I go to play it the entire thing just falls flat for me.

I guess it's mostly because I compare it to their other game from the period - Mad Max, which is just so much better.
 
Mchart said:
I never liked it. Every time I go to play it the entire thing just falls flat for me.

I guess it's mostly because I compare it to their other game from the period - Mad Max, which is just so much better.
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Mad Max was released by WB in 2015.
Mad Max is a great game no doubt but I fail to see the comparison since Bethesda released Rage in 2011, and Rage 2 in 2019 which this thread is about.
 
KillRoy X said:
Funny thing. I got this for free a couple years ago via epic. Played the first 20 min or so, and lost interest. Few weeks ago, I remembered I had this, redownloaded. It kept my saved items, and I picked up where I left off.
Maybe it's because there have been no great games in awhile, but right now, I'm actually enjoying it. No it's not a masterpiece, but it's somehow keeping my interest.
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I think the shooting gameplay was quite good. As a shooter, it was solid. It had a bland, empty open world, okay driving but slapped on vehicular combat and the most generic story you could think of. Some other issues as well.
 
Feels like this game came out like 20 years ago, but it was only 2019. My main memories of it were of a giant mostly empty world, good shooting mechanics, but terrible driving mechanics.
That part was kind of a bummer since the first game actually had passable action/driving mechanics. Unfortunately it also felt like they released it before the story/levels were complete. I was expecting another 1/2 of the game, but nope, it was short as hell.
 
CAD4466HK said:
Mad Max was released by WB in 2015.
Mad Max is a great game no doubt but I fail to see the comparison since Bethesda released Rage in 2011, and Rage 2 in 2019 which this thread is about.
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Both are the same developer.
 
Domingo said:
Feels like this game came out like 20 years ago, but it was only 2019. My main memories of it were of a giant mostly empty world, good shooting mechanics, but terrible driving mechanics.
That part was kind of a bummer since the first game actually had passable action/driving mechanics. Unfortunately it also felt like they released it before the story/levels were complete. I was expecting another 1/2 of the game, but nope, it was short as hell.
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Classic example of a game that should not have been open world. The shooting itself was fun, the open world, well it was okay to drive around a post apocalyptic environment but it added little of value to the game and as you mentioned the driving was kind of meh. If they focused on mission/level based design and just went all in on the shooting gameplay it probably would have been received better.
 
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