is RAGE gonna suck?

[Cridhe]

If the multiplayer racing really is like the Mario Kart on steroids it looks to be... totally worth it.

 

[Traun]

It has a solid gameplay - if this is what you expect. Other than that I don't think it will be that interesting - guns and deathracing with customizable vehicles, this is what I expect and I doubt we'll get anything more than that.

P.S. ZeniMax, give IDtech5 to Bethesda and get back Romero.

 

[Coreless]

It really just looks like a slightly above-average shooter. Are our expectations so low nowadays that a game like Rage is hailed like some sort of Messiah just because it's made by Id and the gameplay looks 'alright'?

The same could be said the otherway around. are our expectations so high that nothing could ever be good because its not made by a "popular" developer like Bungie, Bioware, or Infinity Ward?

I got a chance to play Rage for about 30 minutes at Pax and I can definitely say it played and looked fantastic. The feel of the weapons was what I expected from Id, the character models and animations moved incredibly fluid and were very diverse. The gameplay videos that are stuck at 30 fps just don't do the game justice imo, it runs so smooth that its just hard to believe that the game looks and runs as well as it does. I think people really haven't givin this game a chance because of the other post apocalyptic games that have come before it, I played Fallout 3 and Borderlands and honestly there is no comparison...besides guns and bandits.

 

[Use_Imagination_here]

Okay, so I love fallout 3 and New vegas, and have seen many other gamers compare RAGE to those games.
I would be more than happy to have a fallout clone to keep me tied over till the next fallout comes out, but I'm definitely on the
fence about Rage, yes its by ID Software the creators of the first person shooter (before romero and carmack split, carmack giving us endless
sequels to game franchises, romero giving us ugh 'Daikatana' but also giving us inadvertently 'Deux Ex' but that is another topic)

Anyway what do you think, will RAGE suck, or will ID deliver a shooter with more soul to it than the bland corrider shooters it's been pumping out for the last decade?
I realise this may seem a loaded topic, but bear in mind I'm a fan of ID, and of Fallout so would love to see RAGE be a good game.

I played it today at Eurogamer, it does not suck.

In fact, it's pretty damn good.

I know, I was surprised too.

Could you elaborate a bit further?

 

[RyanDodd]

Well thats all I started this thread for is speculation, I won't make my mind up till it's out, and then only if I decide to buy it.
It's funny half of everyone is phyced for the game, half of people aren't. I bought Deux Ex HR recently and was disappointed (being a big DX1 fan) so I'm very cautious of the next big game release.

 

[tzimize]

What good has ID done lately? Doom 3 was a disaster.

Doom 3 sold well and was received well. I enjoyed it immensely and I know many, many other people did too.

ID has given Rage a lot of depth in its gameplay from I've seen, heard and read. Also, helps that it looks stunning.

There are no comparisons that can be drawn from F3, really. The similarities end with 'post-apocalyptic'.

Well, depends what kind of a disaster. Maybe Doom 3 was not an economical disaster, but it was a horrible game. Justin Bieber is profitable as well I guess, but I would not call him a musical prodigy based on that...

Imo Doom 3 sucked, and ID hasnt produced anything worth my time since Quake 2, and nothing fantastic since Doom 2. They are dead to me

 

[JemothSkarii]

I've watched the trailers for it, and although loving the Fallout games and enjoying Doom 3, they made me yawn, just doesn't look that interesting to me.

...Though I've lost faith in most shooters in recent years, so that probably tarnishes my view.

 

[kouriichi]

Its gonna be like a combat oriented Fallout 3 from what i can tell. Less RPG, more shooty.

And i think its looking pretty good. Time to invoke the Rule of Rental.
"If you rent it and like it, buy it. If you rent it and dont like it. Dont buy it." Better to invest 5-7$ to know you like a game, then to just run out and buy it.

 

[Still Life]

What good has ID done lately? Doom 3 was a disaster.

Doom 3 sold well and was received well. I enjoyed it immensely and I know many, many other people did too.

ID has given Rage a lot of depth in its gameplay from I've seen, heard and read. Also, helps that it looks stunning.

There are no comparisons that can be drawn from F3, really. The similarities end with 'post-apocalyptic'.

Well, depends what kind of a disaster. Maybe Doom 3 was not an economical disaster, but it was a horrible game. Justin Bieber is profitable as well I guess, but I would not call him a musical prodigy based on that...

Imo Doom 3 sucked, and ID hasnt produced anything worth my time since Quake 2, and nothing fantastic since Doom 2. They are dead to me

Well, if it was a disaster for you than I can understand that. Personally, I loved it

Plenty of other great games out there, anyway.