Rage slammed with negative reviews after buggy launch

Guest · Oct 17, 2011

I finished Rage.. gameplay for kids. Mediocre, like most of id’s games since the days of John Romero. Ridiculous challenge, good fun, but always look superb (90´s era).
Now, Rage.. I spent each level, the textures come to confuse you! this would be a stone? the bush like a rocking serrated, there is no life in the environment, nothing responds to shots, everything is glued with super glue!
And my god.. some local color, texture reminds imported (tile art compatibility) the solid shadows seems painted in the corner! and nothing, not your character or enemies, suffer the effect of darkness, only a light + light- horrible.
Rage you can configure as you please, do not waste your time! the textures are not good, blurry.
never pre-order.
id never.
I still have more Skyrim on pre-order.
I think ZeniMax.. going to make me his ***** in 2011.

Guest · Oct 19, 2011

Well, I finished the game yesterday and had a lot of fun! The only issue I came across was the stuttering sound from time to time related to the cars engines! On the other side I have to acknowledge that the game is a "copycat" of "Borderlands" (which I enjoyed a lot!) at 90%! If you only play some of the side missions and mostly play the storyline, the game is incredibly short having in account the 18 GB and it ends unexpectedly (at least for me!) suggesting that there will be a "follow-up" or "expansion" that will pick the story where it's left! If not, then I'll have to admit that it will look...UNFINISHED!

Matthew · Oct 19, 2011

gingerbill said: ↑

the masses are a few hundred out of the million(s) who bought it? . You take metacritic user reviews as a source to base an article on? sorry but they are a joke , surely you don't give any credence to metacritic user scores? it's a load of people rating a game either 0 or 10 , usually a load of angry trolls rating it 0 , most of them having never played it. I cant remember another headline on this site based on user scores on metacritic. Lots of game's have similiar user scores now as the internet is full of angry little men.

I apologise for calling you a liar , you just used a stupid source to base a dramatic headline on. I still think it's out of order.

Your logic is flawed and you're twisting words to make a point.

A) Yes, a sample of hundreds or thousands of user reviews can certainly represent a larger crowd. This applies for most scenarios. For instance, there are actuaries that indicate every protester or rioter in the streets represents a far greater number of people. Your logic: hundreds or thousands of paying customers don't represent the market at large, but a handful of critics that get free games do.

B) I didn't base the article on user reviews. In fact, there's triple the text dedicated to professional reviews: one totally lambasted the game, one was more negative than positive, and the last gave Rage a mediocre rating. The headline was (is?) fair and I still stand by it. You're certainly welcome to your opinion, but try to be accurate if you're going to call me (or anyone else) out on something.

Guest · Oct 20, 2011

In all honesty did anyone expect anything different? This game in my opinion is just Quake 5, without the Q name. The racing aspect added is a surprise and once modders and developers start working on the online modes the game will be solid to play. It is nice to have a game that isn't "modern" war like for a change. Sure, this game should be $40USD, not 60.. but I am sure it will drop soon.

Guest · Oct 24, 2011

Couldn't agree more. Definitely Borderlands-esqe, right down to the job boards. Borderlands was better.

Guest · Oct 29, 2011

I just finished playing.... and I have to say that this is a seriously good game. The negative reveiws are very harsh and although similar this pi$$es on Fallout. (Except when you nuke Megaton) That can never be topped! ;o)

Anyway easy an 8.5 out of 10. If not for the few small issues I would have given a 9.

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