Rage

[Amari24]

Forgot to mention, I finished "Dead City" last night. It's very suspenseful, and it gradually builds up throughout the level. I won't give anything away, but let's just say you'll be encountering even nastier and tougher creatures than before.

Currently doing a few more races, as I desperately need money. Spent all of it on ammo and armor upgrades. One useful tip is, make sure you have TONS of lock grinders. I can't count how many times I missed out on loot because I couldn't get through a door. I'm going to eventually go back to the places to see if there is any loot I missed. Also, before you venture on to any other mission, make sure you're LOADED with ammo. It nearly screwed me over when I went to "Dead City". I'd say the most important thing to keep loaded is the shotgun and Assault rifle/Sniper.

ME Gernades, Wingsticks, and sentry turrets/bots, help out a lot.

[Hoserman117]

Forgot to mention, I finished "Dead City" last night. It's very suspenseful, and it gradually builds up throughout the level. I won't give anything away, but let's just say you'll be encountering even nastier and tougher creatures than before.

Currently doing a few more races, as I desperately need money. Spent all of it on ammo and armor upgrades. One useful tip is, make sure you have TONS of lock grinders. I can't count how many times I missed out on loot because I couldn't get through a door. I'm going to eventually go back to the places to see if there is any loot I missed. Also, before you venture on to any other mission, make sure you're LOADED with ammo. It nearly screwed me over when I went to "Dead City". I'd say the most important thing to keep loaded is the shotgun and Assault rifle/Sniper.

ME Gernades, Wingsticks, and sentry turrets/bots, help out a lot.

I played a little more this morning, just killed the first 'big' enemy in Dead City, looking like a fun level so far. Wingsticks are awesome BTW Everybody that plays this should make sure they build a ton of them.

After going through about 4 races I can't really say I like the driving all too much. It's a little finicky and the collision detection can be a little off at times, but it's definitely capable. I'll take the Halo driving any day

Hopefully I'll be able to get in about another hour or so of gameplay tonight, but probably not very likely.

[Amari24]

Just had my first encounter with the Authority. They're a little more aggressive than bandits and mutants. The regular pistol w/ 'fatboy' rounds, do great damage. The Combat shotgun, which happens to be my favorite weapon in the game, is also really useful. Regardless, headshots are your best bet. They can take a lot of body shots, so don't waste your ammo. Although, I'm playing on 'Hard', so I guess it can vary.

One gun that I really like is the Authority Machine Gun. I purchased an upgrade for it that gives it a laser. Pretty cool.

I'm a little past the 5 hour mark, still on disc 1. I've recently joined the resistance, and they need me to go back to Dead City once again. I hope to find more loot this time around, because I barely have enough money to repair my rides.

[Puddleglum]

Sorry Amari and Hoserman I wanted to give you two both CP for sharing your thoughts on the game. However, I needed to spread it around and maxxed out before I could get to the either of you.

Thank you for giving up a bit of precious free time to share your thoughts, I greatly appreciate it. With the things both of you have shared I will certainly be picking up the game but I'm afraid to say I will wait for it to hit $30-40 first.

[Amari24]

Past 8 hours now, and I'm also on Disc 2. Got done raiding the Gearhead Vault, which was easier said than done. Definitely the toughest part of the game thus far. I'm going to do an abundance of side quest, before continuing with the story missions. Speaking of the story, it's gotten somewhat more interesting than before. Still nothing amazing though. Hopefully RAGE 2 will be better in that regard.

[theMileHighGuy]

Past 8 hours now, and I'm also on Disc 2. Got done raiding the Gearhead Vault, which was easier said than done. Definitely the toughest part of the game thus far. I'm going to do an abundance of side quest, before continuing with the story missions. Speaking of the story, it's gotten somewhat more interesting than before. Still nothing amazing though. Hopefully RAGE 2 will be better in that regard.

Lol, don't forget to get up and take a walk, drink a glass of water etc.


Are there any heavy weapons? Like rockets, BFG's, etc.

[Amari24]

Sorry Amari and Hoserman I wanted to give you two both CP for sharing your thoughts on the game. However, I needed to spread it around and maxxed out before I could get to the either of you.

Thank you for giving up a bit of precious free time to share your thoughts, I greatly appreciate it. With the things both of you have shared I will certainly be picking up the game but I'm afraid to say I will wait for it to hit $30-40 first.

No problem man. If you do wait for a price drop, there should be some DLC to get by that time. I'm itching to see what id does.

I think it's possible that they'll release NG+ along with some new weapons and missions. New co-op missions are also a possibility too. I still have to try the co-op out. Looks pretty good.

[Amari24]

Lol, don't forget to get up and take a walk, drink a glass of water etc.


Are there any heavy weapons? Like rockets, BFG's, etc.

There's a machine gun, and a rocket launcher that you can get. You can upgrade them with different accessories and ammo, to make them even more devastating. The rocket launcher you get during the boss fight at Dead City. You can buy the machine gun if you want, but you can find it during one of the missions, so there's no point.

There's also a cool crossbow that has different types of bolts you can use.

[Hoserman117]

Only about 3.5 hours in, can't take off much time from school...

Did just get finished with Dead City though, was a lot of fun. It's nice to have classic boss fights back in a shooter.

Aside from that I just did a bunch of races cause I knew I had to leave soon. It is getting a little bit harder which was nice, I died a few times making my way through Dead City.

[DoomTrooper]

It turns out I'm going to be buying a new computer on Black Friday this year, so I'm going to hold off on buying Rage until then. I really want to use Rage as a test for the new computer, plus I just love playing id games on PC, rather than on consoles.

However, I'm definitely going to be buying Forza 4 on Tuesday, though. That game looks soooooo awesome, and the demo is a blast! Can't wait to race in some AMCs.

[Amari24]

It turns out I'm going to be buying a new computer on Black Friday this year, so I'm going to hold off on buying Rage until then. I really want to use Rage as a test for the new computer, plus I just love playing id games on PC, rather than on consoles.

However, I'm definitely going to be buying Forza 4 on Tuesday, though. That game looks soooooo awesome, and the demo is a blast! Can't wait to race in some AMCs.

Just a heads up. GameSpot gave RAGE (PC) a 7/10. Consoles got 8/10.

I don't know what other places are giving the PC version, but if a PC version of a game is getting scored lower than its console counterparts, it's probably heavily flawed.

Per 351 user votes, it's only gotten a 6.8 -- Something must be wrong with the PC version if GameSpot AND the gamers themselves are rating it so poorly.
Just something to consider.

[DoomTrooper]

Just a heads up. GameSpot gave RAGE (PC) a 7/10. Consoles got 8/10.

I don't know what other places are giving the PC version, but if a PC version of a game is getting scored lower than its console counterparts, it's probably heavily flawed.

Just something to consider.

Are you serious? I just watched a video IGN did, comparing the PC, PS3 and 360 versions (at least visually), and I definitely think it looked the best on the PC.

I wonder if the PC version has a lot of technical flaws/glitches or something. I'm hoping it'll be patched up by the time I get my new computer.

Either way, even if somebody gave the game a 4/10, I'm still going to buy it, because it's an id shooter. I personally love playing shooters with a mouse/keyboard over a controller any day.

I always take these video game critics with a grain of salt the size of their egos anyway...

[Amari24]

Are you serious? I just watched a video IGN did, comparing the PC, PS3 and 360 versions (at least visually), and I definitely think it looked the best on the PC.

I wonder if the PC version has a lot of technical flaws/glitches or something. I'm hoping it'll be patched up by the time I get my new computer.

Either way, even if somebody gave the game a 4/10, I'm still going to buy it, because it's an id shooter. I personally love playing shooters with a mouse/keyboard over a controller any day.

I always take these video game critics with a grain of salt the size of their egos anyway...

I agree. Video game critics aren't the best to go off, but the PC gamers have also been rating it poorly.

Per 351 user votes, it's only gotten a 6.8 -- Something must be wrong with the PC version if GameSpot AND the gamers themselves are rating it so poorly.

I edited this in my previous post. Over 16% rated it under a 5.

According to the player reviews, the PC version has some pretty bad graphical issues. I'm sure with a few patches and mods, it can be fixed. New Vegas had the same problem when it came out.

[DoomTrooper]

I agree. Video game critics aren't the best to go off, but the PC gamers have also been rating it poorly.



I edited this in my previous post. Over 16% rated it under a 5.

According to the player reviews, the PC version has some pretty bad graphical issues. I'm sure with a few patches and mods, it can be fixed. New Vegas had the same problem when it came out.

Ah, well that's good to know that NV had some issues that were worked out.

I can't wait to play Rage, and I really don't care what the paid "experts" think about it, it's an id shooter, so that means it must be AWESOME.

[Hoserman117]

It seems like this game has suffered the fate of most console ports. I'm sure after a month or so it'll be patched into working condition, but it sure looks like PC owners got the short end of the stick here.