Rage 2 (confirmed)

goon_magee wrote:

Sounds very light on content, 10 story missions with the story ending just as it gets going.

If there is only 10 missions what is the point of the open world?
Just do what Dishonored or the New Wolfenstein are doing with large open levels. Glad I waited for the reviews.

Not liking the sound of it being that short, but, if it is short it just means i'll get Days Gone for €20 in a week or so.

Yeah, as above, only a few hours in. THe story, if you can call it that, is just there to tie in all the locations I'd imagine. Even the main character references it (imo) with a line like 'Tell me where to go and what to kill' - 'You catch on quick'. Although, it's still very early days, the story may get better.

Weapons and abilities, again as above seems a bit convoluted. You can unlock perks, and each perk can then be upgraded. But it doesn't tell you everything about it, so I figured out that you can only upgrade each level of a weapon once, and depending the perk you pick for that level, you will lock out the other options. No idea if you can change this down the line, and not sure if it also works that way with the ability perks. Early days. Could also just be information overload at this point though.

It's violent, like super violent. Loved how you picked your character and what happens immediately afterwards, especially if you have a good look and you get the comment. One of the main characters is a hoot, lovely language. Haven't met Danny Dyer yet, but can't recall if he's an NPC, a playable voice over for your character, or he was just in it for the marketing. If his voice over is an option for my character, it could warrant another playthrough.

Oh, and no sound or music in the menus. Even spending points on abilities/unlocks doesn't make a sound. I've come to expect some sort of bar filling sound, but nothing until it's unlocked. They need to add some nice BGM to the menus. But the audio in game, so far, is good. Playing around on the sewer mission for one of the contacts, and the bgm was heavy and meaty and gave a sense of urgency. But it doesn't play with the game. A few times, the bgm would make a loud sound and from other games I expect it to mean that there's an enemy nearby, but there isn't.

So far, I am really enjoying it, and I'm taking my time. The map is already getting a bit busy, but again I think it's information overload at this point. Also, it's gas that each mission has a difficulty indicator, but I've no idea what level I am. Can't find it.

combat shotgun is great craic

Haven't played much outside of launch night as I had a pesky work do. Going to get stuck in tonight for a couple of hours.

I have to agree with all that's been said above, great shooter, perhaps a not so great open world game at times. Though I have to admit that when I have been playing I have had so much fun with the combat that I don't really notice that what I'm doing is really nothing more than the busy work. Not sure how true that will.ring when I've been doing the same activities over and over again, but for the time being it still feels fresh.

Put some more time in tonight, unlocked the shotgun which has taken the combat to a new level of fun.

Gunplay here really is second to none. I really do wish there was a fast travel system though. Once I've found a location, the world is so drab that I've no desire to drive their a second time if I don't complete the objective first time round. I get that it's a wasteland, and supposed to be empty, but this is lifeless in the wrong sense of the word. It doesn't feel like a believable place, it's just a mess of convoluted dirt roads and nothing in between.

But....once I get to a location and get to lay down the law with the shotty again, all is forgiven cause the combat is just that good. I'm having such a love/hate relationship with the game, on one hand I can't stop playing but simultaneously can't wait for it to be over lol.

It has seriously whetted my appetite for Doom Eternal though!

So if you liked the first one, you’ll like this one too?

Yeah, it has great ideas and the gunplay is fun, but it doesn't have the draw to bring you back each time imo. I'm struggling to get through it, so I reckon I'm gonna plough through the main story and trade it in while it's still worth money. If they can add to the empty open world, i'd probably pick it up again down the line.

It's wide open for an amazing MP game though, like CoD. I can see it happening, and most likely in a BR type I reckon, some Wasteworld Deathmatch or something similar.

I don't think the developers targeted Jason Schrier? They made a tongue in cheek post in response to a Forbes article which examined the low key nature of the game's launch, and Schrier followed up with his own opinion on the Twitter response to the Forbes article.

I could be wrong but I don't think there was anything directed towards Schrier himself. In any event the tweet was clearly meant to be a joke in keeping with the attitude of the game. The author of the article has even gone on to say it's no big deal and that the response to his article was "on brand".

I'm not necessarily saying it was a smart move to come out with such a post, but people are really reading too far into that tweet. Schrier especially pisses me off sometimes. He puts out quality pieces sure, but he is a seriously righteous prick.

goon_magee wrote: »

I don't think the developers targeted Jason Schrier? They made a tongue in cheek post in response to a Forbes article which examined the low key nature of the game's launch, and Schrier followed up with his own opinion on the Twitter response to the Forbes article.

I could be wrong but I don't think there was anything directed towards Schrier himself. In any event the tweet was clearly meant to be a joke in keeping with the attitude of the game. The author of the article has even gone on to say it's no big deal and that the response to his article was "on brand".

I'm not necessarily saying it was a smart move to come out with such a post, but people are really reading too far into that tweet. Schrier especially pisses me off sometimes. He puts out quality pieces sure, but he is a seriously righteous prick.

Sorry been a busy week so not had a chance to respond, i wasn't sure who was causing what in all the stuff on rage but as it was Bethesda and i barely heard anything about the game i kinda had an idea it wasn't perfect.

Hopefully they build on it.

I've tried reloading saves and no joy, only thing seems to solve it for me is if I totally power the system down, very strange.

I've also had that bug as well, I was well clear of the pack the entire way and was left wondering why I actually ended up coming in second lol. I've also had a few full on crashes to the Xbox dashboard from the races so something sketchy going with them for sure.

Less than 20 quid on Steam currently. Worth it at that price?