I have been waiting to hear the first bit of info on RAGE's multiplayer modes and when I did I have to admit it was pretty lackluster.

http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/rage/preview/rage-multiplayer-shocker-forget-typical-deathmatch-its-all-about-cars-and-cooperation/a-20110417163846618095/g-200708061214527077. But what it basically says is don't expect anything like TDM or CTF or any actual versus multiplayer on foot, like you would expect from a shooter and especially one made by those who invented the FPS genre. Instead they chose to go with vehicular combat and a 2 player co-op mode, with levels. The co-op sounds cool but I already know what that's going to to turn out like. Two World II where the levels get boring after 1 week. The vehicular combat stuff sounds a bit like this one gamemode I played in Burnout mixed with Twisted Metal. You gotta capture checkpoints and blow others up or you can just do a vehicle TDM.

Why no normal on foot human vs human versus modes? Not even the typical TDM modes? If they wanted to get creative then go the route Left 4 Dead and Dead Space 2 did and give us control of the mutants with one team humans one team mutants with different abilities or something. We already know there are going to be dozens of different mutant enemies why not capitalize on that and use it in multiplayer? Don't take out the most popular form of multiplayer though and replace it with a twisted metal vehicle combat knock off!!!

I'm sorry but 10-12 hours of open world singleplayer, even if the AI for the enemies are impressive and the story is great, does not justify a $60 purchase 'for me'. If it does for you more power to ya but I need replayability and that usually comes in the form of multiplayer.

Nobody wants to race each other in a FPS, they wanna shoot peoples heads off. This game isn't Twisted Metal and they shouldn't be focusing the multiplayer on the vehicles IMO.

I agree. My main gripe is the co-op being shoved off to the side from the main game. And only 2 player? That's just hiliarous. I thought it was going to be at least 4 players. If it's only two player co-op you can count me out for good because there's absolutely no point to that at all. Hugely disappointed. What were they even thinking lol? They have these great visuals and core designs but when it comes down to it its like they are TRYING to ruin it as much as possible! Really don't understand it at all. Also, the multiplayer pvp is ... CARS? You gotta be kidding me........ I mean you really gotta be kidding me.

10-12 hours of single player... in a sandbox structured atmosphere ? That's weak. I'm sure the co-op "LEVELS" are not even going to be sandbox. I mean it isn' a part of the main game so....... "??". Yeah, this game isn't worth 60 dollars. I'll just buy it "used" or wait for a steam sale. There's no way I would pay 50 or 60 dollars for this. Imho, its not worth it.

I haven't been this disappointed about a game in a long, long time. I'm a svcker for these kinds of apocalyptic games but I can't get past these mediocre and just plain crappy gameplay elements. I was stoked about this game but after learning about this... all it does is make me rage, literally. Maybe that's why they called it "rage" in the first place, because they knew people were going to be upset. el oh el, fail.

From the start Rage was gonna be an intense single-player game! How long can you rent for? Maybe a week, about, thats not nearly enough to try and scratch the surface of this game! Would you try and tackle Fallout in a week? Not if you wanted to actually play the game as oppose to sprint through every town, city and enemy base!

However, despite this I am kinda dissapointed that there is only 2-player co-op and I completely agree with your point revolving around the need for about 4-player.

If its going to be an intense single player game, then why add co-op and "multiplayer". Immediately people are going to want a decent co-op and a decent multiplayer.

Sadly, for me, neither are even close to qualify as something I would want to play. Why go mediocre on it? I don't want to race cars in multiplayer or play twisted metal (ewww /barf ) I want to play FPS in multiplayer. TDM, CTF

whatever. 2-player co-op, ew. All it does for me is scream "CONSOLLEEE PORT"!!!

cannibal, why should I have to make mods or download mods to get a great playing experience? it should already be there with the 50-60 dollars I would initially be spending. You fail to realize that simple principle.

Bashing the game is unwarrented?

They made the co-op 8 levels, separated from the main game, its only 2 player and the multiplayer is some kind of twisted metal thing with cars and has nothing to do with FPS.

No, I think bashing that IS warrented. If their focus was to make the multiplayer as horrible as they could then they succeeded. But honestly, why did they bother with it in the first place if its this bad?

I don't understand why game developers can't make a good SP with good multiplayer mixed in. Every game should come out like that standard nowadays.

bashing a game because you thought ti was going to be somethign that it never claimed to be is competely unwarranted, sorry.
such a sense of entitlement these days.
youre given everything to make the game any way you want and youre still not happy.
boo hoo

It was never claimed to have co-op or multiplayer? I'm afraid that it DOES. Sadly they both fall into the substandard mediocrity category of todays expected standards.

Boo hoo? Like I already said, I shouldn't have to build the game for them to make it good. I won't waste my money on this game unless they change it before launch. Sept is a long way off. That's the only reason I'm posting here, to maybe knock some small ounce of sense into these developers heads. (if they even read these boards, they probably don't).

it claimed that it had a small amount of it yes. go back and listen to interviews. they never painted the multiplayer as being huge.
thats why they say over and over and over that at its core its going to be a single player first person game.. and alude tot he co-op parts as being something extra. extra as in "Multiplayer is not the main selling point of the game, its something extra that we added"


they have acknowleged in interviews what other games are doing in the way of multiplayer and RPG elements, and are saying that they dont want to go that direction.
they also know some gamers like you are gonna be turned off by it. youre not knocking an ounce of anything anywhere by being here.
youre not telling them anytng they havent heard.

Why no normal on foot human vs human versus modes? Not even the typical TDM modes? If they wanted to get creative then go the route Left 4 Dead and Dead Space 2 did and give us control of the mutants with one team humans one team mutants with different abilities or something. We already know there are going to be dozens of different mutant enemies why not capitalize on that and use it in multiplayer? Don't take out the most popular form of multiplayer though and replace it with a twisted metal vehicle combat knock off!!!