Game Information
Overall Rank: 1351
Average Rating: 3.8/5
# of Ratings: 2
US Release Date: 05/14/2019
Platform: PC (Steam)
Genres: Action (First-Person Shooter)
ESRB Rating: M
Multiplayer: No
Developer: Avalanche Software
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Also Available On: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Synopsis: Welcome back the The Wasteland, where anarchy and violence rule the day. After an asteroid destroyed 80% of the Earth's population, the remaining dwindling survivors have formed bloodthirsty factions while The Authority seeks to rule over all with an iron fist. As Walker, the last Ranger, you are a thorn in the side of both the ruthless and the authoritarian and after losing your home of being left for dead, all you have left is rage. Featuring a vast area to explore, and carnage with both weapons and vehicles, Rage 2 is the ultimate playground for combat with madmen, mutants and monsters ready to fall to your bullets, explosives and wheels.
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3.5/5
Why U Mad Bro?
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/02/2024
I remember playing the first Rage in co-op and having a decent time with it - a solid enough FPS from ID Software. I never expected a sequel but here we are. Rage 2 ditches the co-op and instead churns out an open-world style game that shares more with games like Far Cry and more recent Assassin's Creed than ID standards DOOM or Quake. With open-world games becoming so prevalent, Avalanche Software and Bethesda would have to bring something new the table to truly impress. Rage 2, however, falls into merely average territory.
Looks and Stuff: The game does looks pretty good. Most post-apocalyptic wasteland games tend to fall into the bland browns - deserts, ruins, etc. and while Rage 2 has plenty of that - it manages to spice things up with more vibrant swamps and forests that at least …
Rating of
4/5
Power Through
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 10/06/2019
“RAGE 2” is the sequel that no one asked for and no one expected. Way back in 2011, a year before my official return from complete PC gaming apostasy, id Software – the brain trust behind the very (dismal) origins of the FPS genre with series like ‘DOOM,’ ‘Quake,’ and ‘Heretic/Hexen’ – released a new IP for the first time in over a decade: “RAGE.” The game was met with mixed reviews from id fans, but as someone with a less-than-rosy view of id’s so-called ‘classic’ FPSes, I found it to be a refreshing change of pace from that developer. However, the majority rules in most cases, and it seemed that “RAGE’s” score of ~80 on metacritic wasn’t the overwhelming success required to churn out annual sequels year-after-year, as Activision did with ‘Call of …
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