My RAGE Review + DLC

Post » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:50 am

Hello everybody, id Software …

i played through RAGE 3x the past week and want to highlight some of the things that blew my mind as well as some thoughts on what i would like to see as DLC. Some of those things may be details, but they can make all the difference in the world sometimes … EVERYTHING MATTERS. I played on the 360!

AWESOME:
- solid 60 fps
- simple but pixelperfect & awesome crosshair design
- awesome apertures for the scopes
- looting & using the action button is a joy - nice & long reach
and it also works while reloading > nice!
- reload cancel
- awesome ragdoll/physics mix + AI!
they have their dumb moments, but in general i was delighted … shooting things needs to be FUN … a lot of shooters don′t deliver this anymore … RAGE does with >
- juicy headshots and full body splatter with softbody objects? flying around
- the way enemies behave, react and approach you
- sniper reload timer
- detailed character models with very nice facial animation
- AWESOME level-design with a sometimes crazy level of detail and polish
- the powerful score pushing you through the fps levels
- MB TV is nothing less than cool

WHAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED:
- sound design … the russians/authority are terrible as is the standard pistol sound … the range is wide here from super to terrible … also the sound engine is weird sometimes … i hear voices very close when they are actually pretty far away
- juicy sounds for headshots and splatter? … you probably wanted to save performance?
- even on nightmare the game is too easy - at least with engineering
- MB TV is awesome, but could have had much better and longer waves as well as coop
- i would love to replay missions > e.g. blue line station with advanced turrets on a higher difficulty level
- the backtracking was a little too much - there was not enough time i guess, but still always a minus

DLC WISHLIST:
- obviously new MB TV episodes … with at least double the rooms with environmental kills? … and more semi bosses - maybe a new one?
- a new gun!?
- since everybody complained about the ending > new authority themed levels
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