THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Wrath2X on September 27, 2011, 12:18:21 AM

Title: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Wrath2X on September 27, 2011, 12:18:21 AM
[youtube=560,345]seNIQSukOMc[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]1DIBXk_k4os[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]Qtycv3h-4GA[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]QYAJuw7ICfs[/youtube]

(http://rage.com/images/site/gallery/screenshots/vsig_images/rage-34_837_522_90.jpg)

(http://rage.com/images/site/gallery/screenshots/vsig_images/rage-33_837_579_90.jpg)

(http://rage.com/images/site/gallery/screenshots/vsig_images/rage-32_837_522_90.jpg)

(http://rage.com/images/site/gallery/screenshots/vsig_images/rage-23_837_517_90.jpg)

(http://rage.com/images/site/gallery/screenshots/vsig_images/rage-20_837_522_90.jpg)

(http://rage.com/images/site/gallery/screenshots/vsig_images/rage-19_837_522_90.jpg)

(http://rage.com/images/site/gallery/screenshots/vsig_images/rage-11_837_469_90.jpg)


RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 27, 2011, 12:25:11 AM
I think it's going to end up being really good. Got me preorder ready and waiting for next Tuesday.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: demi on September 27, 2011, 12:26:14 AM
Unfortunately this comes out the same day as Dark Souls... and since iD has never made anything worth playing in the past 10 years... I'll just read impressions on here.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Trent Dole on September 27, 2011, 12:28:11 AM
Looks like a gritty first person shooter alright!
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 27, 2011, 12:28:25 AM
Yeah, my money is going towards Dark Souls.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: demi on September 27, 2011, 12:34:17 AM
I can, too. I choose not to waste my money on an ID game.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Positive Touch on September 27, 2011, 01:05:34 AM
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!  i love id so much i almost considered paying money for this game!  can't wait!!!
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Raban on September 27, 2011, 01:27:03 AM
Back when they announced this I was hype, but since then it seems like everything id set out to do has been done already. Doesn't really look like there's anything here that sets it apart from shooter x.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: cool breeze on September 27, 2011, 02:00:32 AM
co-sign on dark race taking precedence over this

Game looks good but it's bad timing.  If Rage kept the September date, I probably would have bought it day one.  as it is, I won't get around to it until December or something.  But yeah, I think it looks great and will play it eventually.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 27, 2011, 02:57:08 AM
I traded in Gears 3 for a RAGE preorder, I basicly only have to pay 5$ for RAGE.

Steal of the century.

I'm with you on this Wrath :rock

Thing about Dark Souls... it's one of those games that's better played outside of the busy season :)
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on September 27, 2011, 03:11:40 AM
This is an "eventually" for me. Shooter RPGs and post apocalyptic wastelands are really wearing thin on me right now.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: tiesto on September 27, 2011, 08:33:59 AM
Yeah I've got a GS gift certificate, I'll use it on Dark Souls.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 27, 2011, 10:22:41 AM
I have it coming in on gamefly. This could go either way with me. id hasn't meant anything to me on a game level since like Doom 1 and I've never liked much of their stuff since.

This looks kinda cool though.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on September 27, 2011, 11:22:03 AM
I don't like FPS but I like Carmack's public geekery, what to do  ???
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 27, 2011, 11:33:16 AM
I thought this thread was going to be about

(http://www.thunderboltgames.com/s/reviews/gen/primalrage_3.jpg)

WHO WILL RULE THE NEW URTH
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Raban on September 27, 2011, 11:37:09 AM
I don't like FPS but I like Carmack's public geekery, what to do  ???

Buy Rage HD.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 27, 2011, 01:08:30 PM
debating on whether or not i'm gonna buy this in intkeys:
http://www.intkeys.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74&products_id=306

only 34.99
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on September 28, 2011, 01:15:06 AM
lol, i'm catching up on breaking bad and the episode i just watched basically started with a commercial for rage (only they pretended it was a light gun game...)
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 28, 2011, 01:21:19 AM
[youtube=560,345]1fT5OOnVRSg[/youtube]
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: demi on September 30, 2011, 08:49:01 AM
Toys R Us - Buy RAGE, get $10 + Free Strategy Guide (full retail version), Tuesday only
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Mrbob on September 30, 2011, 07:50:47 PM
Dark Souls is going to own me next week, but I'm in for Rage too.  I forgot I jumped in on a deal for $42.99 for the PC version at Newegg.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: maxy on October 01, 2011, 02:37:16 AM
First 20 minutes(PS3)
some texture pop-up issues,otherwise it looks great and runs smooth

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6yvW72A8q8[/youtube]
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: maxy on October 01, 2011, 01:43:56 PM
First 15 min on 360 with some blah blah commentator
 
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LyTl2LRhqM[/youtube]
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: bork on October 02, 2011, 03:50:55 PM
Think I'm gonna get this, but on PS3 over 360.  I expect the game to run a bit smoother and play better with the 360 controller (as always) on 360, but it's shipping on three discs...the PS3 version is just one blu-ray.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: patrickula on October 02, 2011, 09:42:59 PM
Preloading  :hyper
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 02, 2011, 10:04:42 PM
i want to have this game. someone plz paypal me 40 dollars so i can secure my copy :(
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: pilonv1 on October 02, 2011, 10:40:36 PM
Where is this $40?
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: FatalT on October 02, 2011, 10:45:12 PM
A friend of mine told me Bethesda Insider people (basically peons who work at Best Buy, Gamestop, Wal-Mart, etc.) are getting this and Skyrim for free on the PC version like we did with Brink. Suckers!

I just checked and they have the Xbox 360 downloadable version of Fallout: New Vegas up too. I already have it for PC but I might just go ahead and answer some quizzes/watch some vids to get that too.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 02, 2011, 10:51:27 PM
Where is this $40?

http://www.intkeys.com/

34.99 actually
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: pilonv1 on October 02, 2011, 10:54:48 PM
isn't that one of those russian key sites that will get my steam account banned?
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 02, 2011, 10:59:23 PM
isn't that one of those russian key sites that will get my steam account banned?

that has only happened once with COD and it was only specific people and specific keys. plenty of people have been using intkeys without a problem.

so if someone can please paypal me 40 bucks so i can buy this damn game and i'll pay them back on tuesday. thanks
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: iconoclast on October 03, 2011, 02:44:55 AM
Damn this game is huge, almost 21gb. Slow internet connection. :-\
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 03, 2011, 03:39:55 AM
Postapocalyptic shootymans

Zzzzzzzz... I'm too old for this
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 03, 2011, 08:01:29 AM
Mine says shipped via Gamefly so I should have it by Wednesday.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 03, 2011, 11:22:57 AM
so got it on intkeys. game releases on the 7th which is good because then i can play it over the weekend. i'll let ya'll know how reliable they are soon
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 03, 2011, 01:12:31 PM
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6500/the_creative_intent_of_rage.php (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6500/the_creative_intent_of_rage.php)

There's an interesting interview with the RAAAAAAAAGE guys here, the interviewer tries to rake them over the coals pretty bad, interesting how they respond
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on October 03, 2011, 02:31:21 PM
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6500/the_creative_intent_of_rage.php (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6500/the_creative_intent_of_rage.php)

There's an interesting interview with the RAAAAAAAAGE guys here, the interviewer tries to rake them over the coals pretty bad, interesting how they respond

Wow, they really laid into them. I don't disagree with a lot of their questions, though. They're all things I think myself when I look at this game, and it's why I'm going to take my sweet time getting to this one.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: iconoclast on October 03, 2011, 04:44:11 PM
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6500/the_creative_intent_of_rage.php (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6500/the_creative_intent_of_rage.php)

There's an interesting interview with the RAAAAAAAAGE guys here, the interviewer tries to rake them over the coals pretty bad, interesting how they respond

Haha, this was a good interview. I'm surprised he didn't pull any punche--

Quote
by Brandon Sheffield

Oh. He's actually fairly respectable.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Positive Touch on October 03, 2011, 05:26:07 PM
its great that an interviewer takes the opportunity to bring up criticisms he has with the game, but it's all ruined because he's condescending about it and focuses on stupid shit.  yeah the narritive's generic, but why spend 1/4 of the interview bitching about how it's limited by the lack of dialog trees and a silent protaganist?  it's fucking childish.  just say what you want to say ffs
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: tiesto on October 03, 2011, 05:34:22 PM
its great that an interviewer takes the opportunity to bring up criticisms he has with the game, but it's all ruined because he's condescending about it and focuses on stupid shit.  yeah the narritive's generic, but why spend 1/4 of the interview bitching about how it's limited by the lack of dialog trees and a silent protaganist?  it's fucking childish.  just say what you want to say ffs

Yup, this is exactly how I saw the interview... it's nice to have someone who's not gonna blow smoke up a game dev's ass, but some of the questions seemed a bit out of place... I don't know much about RAGE (is it supposed to have RPG elements in it or is it a pretty straightforward FPS?) but a silent protagonist doesn't seem like much of a big deal for this type of game - plenty of quality RPGs and FPSes featured silent leads.

Brandon Sheffield is still cool though, loved his Game Park 32 writeup on InsertCredit back in the day.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: demi on October 03, 2011, 05:35:12 PM
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6500/the_creative_intent_of_rage.php (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6500/the_creative_intent_of_rage.php)

There's an interesting interview with the RAAAAAAAAGE guys here, the interviewer tries to rake them over the coals pretty bad, interesting how they respond

Haha, this was a good interview. I'm surprised he didn't pull any punche--

Quote
by Brandon Sheffield

Oh. He's actually fairly respectable.

after this interview he's a nerdlinger for all i care. loser.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 03, 2011, 06:49:36 PM
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/egm-review-rage/

9.5/10
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on October 03, 2011, 09:48:19 PM
Review site gets the rights to exclusive first review. Gives good score.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 03, 2011, 10:18:07 PM
that interview was hilarious, y'all need to stop acting like nintards
Yeah I read the article and I think we've been simply lulled into unconsciousness by how boring and kiss-ass most gaming press and media are. I didn't think anything there was especially rude or harsh. I think that's probably the appropriate level of asking questions towards any game.

The reality is that nearly all gaming "journalism" is either of the suck dev dick variety or this sucks ass variety. They generally don't actually ask any real questions.  
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: demi on October 03, 2011, 10:20:07 PM
Um... his questions were ballsack. I'm not asking anyone to kiss ass, but, really. You can still be a douchebag but have moderately interesting questions to ask. This guy didn't even try. Don't praise pathetic trolling... something akin to Colbert would have been more fun to read.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 03, 2011, 10:21:17 PM
ZOMG YOUR GAME LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE BORDERLANDS WHY IS THAT?!?!?!?!?
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: demi on October 03, 2011, 10:22:43 PM
ZOMG YOUR GAME LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE BORDERLANDS WHY IS THAT?!?!?!?!?

lol dude u totally zinged them cause it looks like borderlands. i love your interview style.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 03, 2011, 10:23:58 PM
I don't think there is anything there to get overly mad about or anything necessarily to overly praise the dude. It's an interview. It's typical. It only stands out because every other interview for the game is going to go along the lines of:


interview shill: "How Cool is Rage?"
dev: "So Cool!"


Personally I think the game looks cool. Hopefully it is. And I don't have a problem with linear games and don't even necessarily agree with the interview dude. But there was nothing there that in any other industry would be considered "tough questions". Only in games media would that be considered trolling.
 
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: demi on October 03, 2011, 10:29:12 PM
Well, Stoney. Yer crazy.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on October 03, 2011, 10:38:15 PM
I'll take weak trolling over "your game is the best ever. tell me why. also, would you like me to finger your butt while i blow you?" It's the other extreme, but at least a rarely seen one.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: tiesto on October 03, 2011, 11:03:07 PM
Based on what I've read by Brandon in the past, he seems to be big on Japanese, indie and retro games... perhaps that has something to do with his feelings toward RAGE?
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: pilonv1 on October 03, 2011, 11:12:22 PM
I would like to read more interviews like that.

Saw EG in that review and though "wow 9 from Eurogamer". It's barely even a review
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 04, 2011, 12:39:11 AM
22 gig preload for pc version lol- cant wait to bust loose on this rig with some RAGGGEEEE
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 04, 2011, 12:39:39 AM
Also: http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-rage/17-4996/
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: cool breeze on October 04, 2011, 12:52:53 AM
60 minutes of unedited gameplay footage.  cool.  giantbomb always delivers.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 04, 2011, 12:53:09 AM
EGM: 9.5 (http://www.egmnow.com/articles/egm-review-rage/)
IGN: 8.5 (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/119/1197935p2.html)
GameReactor: 8 (http://translate.google.pl/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=pl&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamereactor.se%2Frecensioner%2F29348%2FRage%2F)

Post Embargo Reviews:

Teamxbox.com: 9.5 (http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1938/Rage/p1/)
GameTrailers: 9 (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-rage/721673)
CVG: 8.9 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/321060/rage-review/)
Eurogamer: 8 (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-10-04-rage-review)
GameSpot: 8 (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/rage/video/6338115?tag=footer%3Blink)
G4TV: 8 (http://"http://www.g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/46600/rage/review/")
1UP: B (http://www.1up.com/reviews/review-rage-melting-pot-post-apocalyptica)
The Telegraph: 7 (http://"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/video-game-reviews/8804398/Rage-review.html")
Strategy Informer: 6.5 (http://www.strategyinformer.com/xbox360/rage/1663/review.html)
Joystiq: 6 (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/04/rage-review/)
Co-Optimus: 6 (http://"http://www.co-optimus.com/review/860/page/1/rage-co-op-review.html")
Ars Technica: Verdict: Skip (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/10/rage-is-the-gamiest-game-that-ever-gamed.ars)
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Positive Touch on October 04, 2011, 01:03:21 AM
FINAL VERDICT: its an id game
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: pilonv1 on October 04, 2011, 01:24:57 AM
Hows the performance on PC?
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on October 04, 2011, 01:34:41 AM
Hows the performance on PC?

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5oEdfT4OWY[/youtube]
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 04, 2011, 01:35:22 AM
still pre-loading nooooo! download so huge
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Raban on October 04, 2011, 01:37:13 AM
looks like the people playing are still pre-loading :teehee
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: CajoleJuice on October 04, 2011, 01:38:50 AM
still pre-loading nooooo! download so huge

it won't work when you're done anyway

damn it, beaten
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: pilonv1 on October 04, 2011, 01:41:06 AM
Hows the performance on PC?

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5oEdfT4OWY[/youtube]

Wast just looking at that when you posted it :(
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: benjipwns on October 04, 2011, 01:48:33 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/2mLKw.jpg)

Looks like it might need a patch or fifteen.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 04, 2011, 01:50:06 AM
uh oh, John Carm-hack
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: pilonv1 on October 04, 2011, 01:52:05 AM
I'd be offended if I had paid $35 from intkeys, let alone SIXTY DOLLARS on Steam
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on October 04, 2011, 01:52:41 AM
lol, id cared this little about their PC version. RIP PC.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: cool breeze on October 04, 2011, 02:02:01 AM
watching the quick look, I don't know how half of this stuff works with KB/M on PC.  item selection, reviving, and other things seem designed for dual analogs.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: cool breeze on October 04, 2011, 02:06:06 AM
someone hasn't played Oblivion, Fallout 3 or New Vegas

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Morrowind, Daggerfall, etc etc
[close]
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 04, 2011, 02:09:45 AM
The PC version of Rage crashes every single time I try to save. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: pilonv1 on October 04, 2011, 02:13:04 AM
New Vegas was fine for me at launch.

:lol @ grumbler :gloomy
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: maxy on October 04, 2011, 02:13:51 AM
Id tech 5 is too awesome for PC
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: pilonv1 on October 04, 2011, 02:17:12 AM
Quote
@ID_AA_Carmack John Carmack
Everyone, make sure you have latest Nvidia/Ati drivers to play Rage!
32 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone

trolled like a pro
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 04, 2011, 02:19:27 AM
The PC version of Rage crashes every single time I try to save. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

The game throwing you into a rage is a feature.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 04, 2011, 02:49:07 AM
The game itself is pretty fun, but the PC is big 'ol pile of WTF.

-Lots of random crashes
-Freezes at save
-Pressing ESC exits the current game and goes back to the main menu [causing you to lose unsaved data]
-Sometimes the textures won't load at all, resulting in a void with a few textures/objects scattered here and there

Really, id? REALLY? This is a mess, I'm stunned that id didn't know about this [or did know and released it anyway]. DEAD ISLAND wasn't this bad.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 04, 2011, 02:52:54 AM
Not touching this one with a 10-foot pole
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 04, 2011, 03:00:23 AM
Im not having problems with stability or performance- that said, not the best looking game in the world- so spoiled by crytek and frostbite.

Screenz

http://steamcommunity.com/id/mrangryface/screenshots/?tab=all&showdate=1&filter=app_9200

I think my main issue is that texture quality seems inconsistent, and im not sure where I get to tweak anything- kinda a take what you get video settings affair which is kinda bummersville
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 04, 2011, 03:05:59 AM
Im not having problems with stability or performance- that said, not the best looking game in the world- so spoiled by crytek and frostbite.

I'm gonna grab that new NVIDIA beta driver, see if that helps at all.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 04, 2011, 03:06:23 AM
 :lol

Not aimed at anyone's troubles. I sympathize there.

Just the irony.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: maxy on October 04, 2011, 03:07:52 AM
The game itself is pretty fun, but the PC is big 'ol pile of WTF.

-Lots of random crashes
-Freezes at save
-Pressing ESC exits the current game and goes back to the main menu [causing you to lose unsaved data]
-Sometimes the textures won't load at all, resulting in a void with a few textures/objects scattered here and there

Really, id? REALLY? This is a mess, I'm stunned that id didn't know about this [or did know and released it anyway]. DEAD ISLAND wasn't this bad.

PC peasants
 :patel
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 04, 2011, 03:08:44 AM
just for reference im using a GTX 480, driver ver 8.17.12.8026
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 04, 2011, 03:10:08 AM
I'm on a 460, the drivers I was using were from a couple months back. Hopefully the latter is the sole source of my woes.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: cool breeze on October 04, 2011, 03:15:23 AM
The Giantbomb quick look had a lot of praise for a game that didn't look that great.  the final line was "Call of Duty in Fallout environments" and that kinda knocked the wind out.  I don't know how apt that comparison is, though two people agreed, but I don't like Call of duty single player.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 04, 2011, 03:19:27 AM
Yeah I'm gonna cancel my pre-order and get Dark Souls or Fifa 12 instead.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 04, 2011, 03:20:03 AM
The Giantbomb quick look had a lot of praise for a game that didn't look that great.  the final line was "Call of Duty in Fallout environments" and that kinda knocked the wind out.  I don't know how apt that comparison is, though two people agreed, but I don't like Call of duty single player.

Understandable from your perspective.


For me that actively excites me. Outside of crysis I find open world environments in shooters deathly boring.(even in Crysis sometimes it doesn't work for me depending on the level) I love it in Fallout. Not in a true action game.

I'm still down to play this although I certainly don't view id as masters of modern game design. 
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 04, 2011, 03:21:36 AM
Rage isn't really all that open. There are some large environments and exploration, but it's definitely more like the structure of Borderlands than Fallout.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 04, 2011, 03:23:41 AM
The Giantbomb quick look had a lot of praise for a game that didn't look that great.  the final line was "Call of Duty in Fallout environments" and that kinda knocked the wind out.  I don't know how apt that comparison is, though two people agreed, but I don't like Call of duty single player.

Its nothing like call of duty or fallout.

Lots of action = Call of Duty
Post apocalypse = Fallout

It's Call of Duty in a Fallout environment!
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: T-Short on October 04, 2011, 03:27:18 AM
So apparently, the game autodetects all HW. Seems like the HW poller is shoddily written and the game thinks that some cards have 0 MB video mem:

(http://i.imgur.com/NbyRD.jpg)

And there are no manual settings to override this... This is the video settings menu for the PC version:

(http://www.abload.de/img/rage2011100407145463uurx.jpg)
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 04, 2011, 03:43:21 AM
CRYSIS AVERTED

I grabbed the BF3 beta drivers from NVIDIA and the games working properly now, I can save and the I'm not getting missing texture glitches!

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@ID_AA_Carmack John Carmack
Everyone, make sure you have latest Nvidia/Ati drivers to play Rage!
32 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone

AND HE WAS RIGHT. PLEASE FORGIVE MY DOUBT.

:bow Based Carmack :bow2
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 04, 2011, 04:45:00 AM
Changing the FOV:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2154293

And V-Sync can be forced through the NVIDIA control panel without any problems.

PC >>> Xbox 360 :patel
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: pilonv1 on October 04, 2011, 06:29:29 AM
(http://i51.tinypic.com/2yn4eue.jpg)

Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 04, 2011, 07:23:52 AM
Ouch  :lol
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 04, 2011, 08:30:34 AM
That's what happens when your lead platform is a console. :(
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: maxy on October 04, 2011, 08:56:37 AM
haters  :piss2

This is just the way this tech works,if anything this shows how shitty the current streaming tech is.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Brehvolution on October 04, 2011, 09:39:06 AM
Mega(pop in)texture
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 04, 2011, 10:07:32 AM
It's a new day! Time to play some RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE! :rock
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 04, 2011, 10:17:18 AM
Game runs fine for me, the game will be whatever it will be, and ill either like whats there or I wont. Less teeth gnashing folks- more gaming, even if its not this one ;)
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: demi on October 04, 2011, 10:18:58 AM
That's pretty librul of you to say, MAF
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 04, 2011, 10:21:06 AM
im totally a dirty librul
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 04, 2011, 11:42:55 AM
Well, early jitters aside [which were solved by nothing more than the latest NIVIDIA drivers], Rage is really good! I was ready to swear off id, John Carmack, and PC gaming forever last night, but it's all good now that I'm actually getting to play the game. Overall, I think Rage is a case of "big picture" rather than the little details. Meaning, if you really look close there are some things that aren't so hot [individual textures, the texture pop-in, the feel of the guns, the way the vehicles control, ect.], but the overall package works. So, from my 1.5 hours of play, I'm happy with the delivered product.

(http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596949884027258485/5AF953611848E6ACB5B4B1CAED024B8C6187991D/)

(http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596949884027256371/2EA0066FDC76E8F4EB3D17D53BAE48A6DE445903/)

(http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596949884027259870/368B76C6A0E0C4909F97615EFFA08A6CC3634F9F/)

(http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596949884027254908/84A3FC38C76B7E714B5AED93C43B8EC43D1FB21F/)
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: maxy on October 04, 2011, 11:46:58 AM
http://www.nowgamer.com/siteimage/scale/0/0/296052.png (http://www.nowgamer.com/siteimage/scale/0/0/296052.png)
http://www.nowgamer.com/siteimage/scale/0/0/296013.png (http://www.nowgamer.com/siteimage/scale/0/0/296013.png)

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Both have dynamic scaling. Looks like it's just in the horizontal dimension. In these particular shots, the engine has gone down to 1152x720 for 360 and 640x720 on PS3.

Sony :violin

Vita is next,bu bu bu 960x544...yeah right
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: demi on October 04, 2011, 11:49:22 AM
Wow those screens look awful... rofl
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 04, 2011, 11:53:00 AM
This game is kind of uggs
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: cool breeze on October 04, 2011, 11:57:42 AM
guys, it's 60 frames per second on consoles


wait, that's PC :-X

[youtube=560,345]o4KmyJixwdk[/youtube]
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 04, 2011, 12:05:32 PM
I am kind of irritated that the game decides what I make my computer try and push. Not everyone has to have 60 fps, or whatever its deciding quality vs performance.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 04, 2011, 12:22:32 PM
Shootin' bandits with my buggy :rock
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 04, 2011, 12:42:34 PM
someone hasn't played Oblivion, Fallout 3 or New Vegas

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Morrowind, Daggerfall, etc etc
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But all of those games issues add to their charm in a way. Tho, I had no issues with F3 and NV outside of Liberty Prime's A.I. constantly breaking.

Brink, Hunted: The Demons Forge and the PC version of rage just seem fucking BROKEN.





I had very few issues with Oblivion and FO3 (just a couple of crashes for each and some GFWL bullshit where I got stuck in an update loop in FO3), but FO:NV was so broken for me (constant crashing, microstuttering) that it just sapped all my will to keep playing.  I still haven't finished it, maybe I will just start fresh and play through one day now that it's had a dozen patches.  I think everyone has a different bugfest experience when it comes to Bethesda games.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 04, 2011, 12:56:45 PM
me too, i love bethesda collector's editions, they always have neat replicas of in-game stuff (not impressed with the skyrim one, though)
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on October 04, 2011, 12:59:38 PM
Yeah this game does not look very good for supposedbly being "OMG SO AMAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZING"
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 04, 2011, 03:41:17 PM
(http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596949884030754308/B5AB9E0CB6A8014E6F982E9643FF8CA540F2CA9F/)

RIP AND TEAR
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: pilonv1 on October 04, 2011, 06:40:41 PM
I've had a vault boy bobblehead on my desk since I got it with Fallout 3 :heart

same here :rock
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 04, 2011, 06:41:31 PM
Played for about an hour so far.


It looks very good for a console game for the most part. And the 60 fps feeling is absolutely great. Going from battlefield to this is absolutely a weird sensation. The frame rate is so consistently high it almost feels odd at times simply because the COD games are the only other ones that do it. You can get use to lower frame rates and then when you play a high frame rate game it almost feels not right.

There are parts and lots of them where it absolutely looks like the best game on consoles. There are also parts where you can be standing next to an incredibly shitty looking texture. It has high high's and lots of them. But there are lows. It's more uneven than a lot of games. And part of the reason it is able to get these high frame rates is that most of the shooting is done in linear mostly smallish caves. Fallout size world this is not. There is a large overworld that you drive arounnd in but so far you fight in caves that size wise wouldn't feel out of place in any other shooter. Maybe this changes later though.  

So far the weapons feel very good and that along with the high frame rate makes the combat feel very good to me. The enemies are well animated and the AI on them while nothing special gets the job done for this type of shooter. So far I've been running around doing quests and basically the quest will take you to some area where you then got into a dungeon and complete it by killing everything around. You pick up "loot" in the sense that you pick up crap to sell or crap to make other stuff with. Like bullets and shit.

I like it so far but its still early. I could see it getting repetitive if it doesn't mix up the forumla or the pacing much but early on it seems fun enough.

If you went in expecting Fallout or Borderlands, or Stalker I could a person being disappointed. It's not nearly the RPG of any of those games. It's really a pure shooter in a post apocalyptic landscape. So in that sense I get the "it's Call of Duty meets Fallout". Its really neither of those two as it doesn't really go far enough in either direction, but as a shorthand that's probably something I would say.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 04, 2011, 08:45:43 PM
that's a lot of fucking GB to download for a 9 hour game
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: FatalT on October 04, 2011, 09:28:27 PM
PC version is 18 gigs >.>
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 04, 2011, 09:54:56 PM
PC version is 18 gigs >.>

Carmack said the internal version of the game before they compressed it down to fit on discs was 150GB. Maybe he'll release it as DLC on the PC.  :drool
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 04, 2011, 09:57:42 PM
that's a lot of fucking GB to download for a 9 hour game

Lots of large, unique textures.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: pilonv1 on October 04, 2011, 10:19:01 PM
Like the phone
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 04, 2011, 10:21:09 PM
Still enjoying the game but I'm wondering why is it making me do all these fetch quests for people and why do I need to meet all these boring people and talk to them. This ain't RDR or GTA. These people aren't funny or interesting. I think id was just trying to show they are beyond the no plot days of Doom but this doesn't really work to prove it. They should stick to immersion and mood setting stuff rather than just putting in plot and characters to try to prove they can.

This is like an open world game wanna be that didn't really need to be open world. You could just tell this story in a linear manner
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 04, 2011, 10:37:13 PM
whoops wrong thread
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 05, 2011, 05:44:50 AM
Update on the IntKeys situation

so I got an email about it today.

Basically from what I'm seeing is that the key i bought is the EU release (which is why it is on the 7th). They advised that the only way to actually activate the game is to use an Eastern European VPN. From there the game is region free so it will be fine to play without VPN.

What's funny is that I have to request them to send me the key manually. The other alternative is to email them back with my STEAM username/password and they will activate the game themselves.

That's kind of really shady.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: pilonv1 on October 05, 2011, 05:53:57 AM
That VPN stuff is why I didn't want to go with it.

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The other alternative is to email them back with my STEAM username/password and they will activate the game themselves.

:rofl
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 05, 2011, 08:16:00 AM
i can see why they provide that option. setting up a vpn is a little much and not everyone will be able to figure it out. it's still pretty weird.

Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 05, 2011, 09:34:55 AM
The animations in this game are really nice. The way the enemies drag themselves away and keep firing or just the way they react to different shots in body locations is pretty dope. Even the way they charge and dodge as they are running towards you is good.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 05, 2011, 10:18:26 AM
That's kind of really shady.

EXACTLY.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 05, 2011, 10:46:02 AM
That's kind of really shady.

EXACTLY.

but like i said. i understand why they are giving the option. this whole operation doesn't really seem that professional. that doesn't necessarily mean it's a scam, just that these are dudes trying to run a small business for gamers.

anyway. i just received my key. it's LITERALLY a picture of a back of a box  :lol
i'll be testing it tonight.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Brehvolution on October 05, 2011, 11:16:14 AM
No fucking way! :rofl
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: MCD on October 05, 2011, 11:36:40 AM
Carmack is only good for console troll wars.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 05, 2011, 11:48:00 AM
No fucking way! :rofl

(http://i.imgur.com/i11gp.jpg)
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 05, 2011, 11:53:46 AM
companies are getting wise to the Russian Key Scam and geofencing grey market imports is going to be de rigeur very shortly ... if you need to save a buck that bad, set up a CAG price alert
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 05, 2011, 12:17:23 PM
Maybe they should price drop faster.

$60 for most games around release fucking sucks. $35 seems more appealing, even if it is fucking shady.

$60 for a game, while expensive, is still a better deal than $35 for no game at all. Keys are going to be disabled shortly and I really don't think IntKeys will be that sympathetic to your plight.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 05, 2011, 12:21:19 PM
it really doesnt matter to me. 35 bucks is nothing and i just wanted to give it a try. if i don't get the game then whatevs.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 05, 2011, 12:28:51 PM
I picked up Rage on D2D for $45; Dead Island and Deus Ex: Human Revolution on Green Man Gaming for $35. And I didn't have to deal with shady Russian keys.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 05, 2011, 12:31:28 PM
(http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/i-rMx83pR/0/L/i-rMx83pR-L.jpg)
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 05, 2011, 01:14:51 PM
i bought red orchestra 2 from getgamesgo (eurogamer's DD service) for $25, and i bought mafia 2 from ebay (it was a pic of the download code card you got when you bought certain nvidia cards back then) for $15

those are the only times i've bought from anywhere other than steam or retail

hopefully i don't get red orchestra pulled, but getgamesgo is a legit site and they even asked what region i was from so i think i am okay there

the mafia 2 thing was just some dude selling a download code for a game he already owned or wasn't interested in, probably
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 05, 2011, 01:39:04 PM
I picked up Rage on D2D for $45; Dead Island and Deus Ex: Human Revolution on Green Man Gaming for $35. And I didn't have to deal with shady Russian keys.

i wanted to live a little. have a little adventure.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 05, 2011, 01:44:11 PM
i bought red orchestra 2 from getgamesgo (eurogamer's DD service) for $25, and i bought mafia 2 from ebay (it was a pic of the download code card you got when you bought certain nvidia cards back then) for $15

those are the only times i've bought from anywhere other than steam or retail

hopefully i don't get red orchestra pulled, but getgamesgo is a legit site and they even asked what region i was from so i think i am okay there

the mafia 2 thing was just some dude selling a download code for a game he already owned or wasn't interested in, probably

I'm pretty sure you're okay on both fronts there. It's mainly codes from smaller markets where prices are super-low [Russia, for instance], and require using a VPN to activate, that can get you into trouble.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 05, 2011, 01:56:28 PM
i bought red orchestra 2 from getgamesgo (eurogamer's DD service) for $25, and i bought mafia 2 from ebay (it was a pic of the download code card you got when you bought certain nvidia cards back then) for $15

those are the only times i've bought from anywhere other than steam or retail

hopefully i don't get red orchestra pulled, but getgamesgo is a legit site and they even asked what region i was from so i think i am okay there

the mafia 2 thing was just some dude selling a download code for a game he already owned or wasn't interested in, probably

I'm pretty sure you're okay on both fronts there. It's mainly codes from smaller markets where prices are super-low [Russia, for instance], and require using a VPN to activate, that can get you into trouble.

Exactly - what you're talking about is just fine; I'm talking about buying Russian or Ukrainian keys and then activating them on your US Steam account. Companies are wising up to this workaround and geofencing is gonna get a lot stronger very very quickly.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: cool breeze on October 05, 2011, 02:33:52 PM
I think the low prices in Eastern Europe are a way to get pirates to go legit
 
how's that working out
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Sho Nuff on October 05, 2011, 02:36:27 PM
I bought Dead Island here in the states for my friend in Japan and gave him the Steam code. He couldn't activate it until he went into work and VPN'ed into the USA.

Hate hate hate hate hate
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 05, 2011, 03:34:27 PM
I think the low prices in Eastern Europe are a way to get pirates to go legit
 
how's that working out

in Eastern Europe? terribly. but the keys are very appealing to Americans :P
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 05, 2011, 03:40:41 PM
I'm gonna go off on a little tangent here and say that the wingstick is totally awesome. Every game should have it, even puzzle games and JRPGs.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 05, 2011, 06:07:29 PM
(http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594698710711124469/AEE6569089852AC2263C028C1F3357DD29AB8F5C/)

(http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594698710711125827/1D6C14A2B34D2708C2E13B2AE9AB66A53C07D299/)
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on October 05, 2011, 06:17:51 PM
rip textures
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: chronovore on October 05, 2011, 06:54:05 PM
Holy shit, RAGE is sexy. That's RAGE on a PC?

Maybe they should price drop faster.

$60 for most games around release fucking sucks. $35 seems more appealing, even if it is fucking shady.

Which "they" is that? The retailers?
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Bebpo on October 05, 2011, 07:38:57 PM
Textures are really bad, but game looks fun with a cool setting.  Definitely has the best art in an ID game in forever.  Doom3 was about the most plain, boring, ugly game ever.  The lighting is the only thing that Doom3 has.

Might have even picked it up $50 since I owe a lot to Mr. Carmack and the great years of gaming he gave me in Jr. High, but $60 for a PC game is loloolol.  Will pick it up when it's $20-30.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 05, 2011, 07:53:54 PM
IntKeys sent me the DLC key and not the game key. So i emailed their admins to advise. Apparently they aren't "in" right now.

fingers crossed.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 05, 2011, 07:56:46 PM
Textures are really bad

Yeah, basically what the engine does is allow them to have the textures at the same quality whether camera is right in front of them or looking at them from across hundreds of feet of open desert. Unfortunately, that's only possible by keeping the texture quality low enough that it can run at a smooth 60 FPS on consoles. There's supposedly an uber-texture pack in existence, but id has really only hinted at the possibility of releasing a small part of it PC as basically a tech demo.

But the art though, so good.

IntKeys sent me the DLC key and not the game key. So i emailed their admins to advise. Apparently they aren't "in" right now.

fingers crossed.

lol
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 05, 2011, 07:58:03 PM
IntKeys sent me the DLC key and not the game key. So i emailed their admins to advise. Apparently they aren't "in" right now.

fingers crossed.

Sояяч so sloллч
:heartbeat Россия
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Bebpo on October 05, 2011, 08:16:10 PM
Textures are really bad

Yeah, basically what the engine does is allow them to have the textures at the same quality whether camera is right in front of them or looking at them from across hundreds of feet of open desert.

Wait, how did John Carmack, the most intelligent programmer alive, think this would be a good idea?  Level of detail is there for a reason.  If everything is MAX TEXTURE no matter how close or far, you're going to kill performance.  Otoh if it's less than that you'll never get the sharp MAX TEXTURE in that 2-10 feet range where you normally do with a standard LoD.  It's a lose/lose situation.  I don't really get what his goal was in making an engine like that.  ???
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: demi on October 05, 2011, 08:20:00 PM
:rofl @ "RAGE is sexy"

Jesus christ
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 05, 2011, 09:08:23 PM
Textures are really bad

Yeah, basically what the engine does is allow them to have the textures at the same quality whether camera is right in front of them or looking at them from across hundreds of feet of open desert.

Wait, how did John Carmack, the most intelligent programmer alive, think this would be a good idea?  Level of detail is there for a reason.  If everything is MAX TEXTURE no matter how close or far, you're going to kill performance.  Otoh if it's less than that you'll never get the sharp MAX TEXTURE in that 2-10 feet range where you normally do with a standard LoD.  It's a lose/lose situation.  I don't really get what his goal was in making an engine like that.  ???

Hey, don't ask me, that's just how it looks from playing the game.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 05, 2011, 10:40:39 PM
(http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594698710713696644/BAC54524C39E5132634F466E104497DBC99CF3CE/)

(http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594698710713698438/0A228D39603848CEFF8AF1D49744262100A9157E/)

:bow idTech 5 :bow2

spoiler (click to show/hide)
(http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594698710713697709/5CE53BD12B12F3A39FF9FDD765E3277AFD7114FB/)

(http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594698710713699145/7CA2607605893E27097092A3D54051F16FADDB8A/)

:bow
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Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 05, 2011, 11:14:39 PM
Is this a joke? How do I get to that?

No, it's in the game:

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/entertainment/games/111005-hidden-quake-wolfenstein-3d-rooms-in-rage

By the way, PC-owners need this:

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seta vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly2 "8192"
seta vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly "8192"
seta vt_pageimagesizeunique "8192"
seta vt_pageimagesizevmtr "8192"
cvaradd g_fov 20
set com_skipIntroVideo 1
set com_allowConsole 1
fc_maxcachememoryMB 1024
ik_enablesmoothing 0
vt_restart
vt_maxaniso 4
image_anisotropy 4
image_usecompression 0
jobs_numthreads 4
mem_phymemblocksizem 3072
m_rawinput 1

Create a file in the steam/steamapps/common/rage/base folder called "rageconfig.cfg" and copy those lines into it. Makes a huge difference.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: tiesto on October 05, 2011, 11:21:02 PM
That's probably the most interesting thing I've seen so far about this game.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Raban on October 05, 2011, 11:22:35 PM
seeing those screens makes me want to play Quake, not Rage.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 06, 2011, 05:48:41 AM
I spoke with the IntKeys admins, received my RAGE game key and i'm currently downloading the game now.

Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: bork on October 06, 2011, 08:24:01 AM
Played the PS3 version for a little bit last night.  The way the textures have to load a little more detail when you get in close is annoying.  The game strikes me as just "all right."  It's like playing a simplified/streamlined Fallout 3 with outdated corridor shooting mechanics.  Hope the driving stuff is more interesting.
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 06, 2011, 10:15:38 AM
I'm really glad I bought this, extremely fun with no stupid emphasis on story to bog it down.

I'm personally starting to burn out on this a bit. The combat is still fun and is the best part. And I'm still on disc 1 so there is still a chance for things to get better but this doesn't strike me as an amazing title so far outside of some nice technical bits to it (even those technical bits are uneven.)

I feel like the structure of running around and doing quests does it no favors. I find myself wishing it was a purely linear game where I didn't have to do that stuff because everytime I do a quest it reminds of RDR but in a negative light by comparison.

It's not that I need a story in a shooter at all but if they were going to use this structure it would help a bit more if I cared about the story. Otherwise I would prefer a structure where they are just propelling me along like Gears or something and I didn't have to drive around.  And none of the setpieces so far have matched up with the best of what is currently going on in shooters so far. Still relatively early though so maybe that will change also.

This game reminds me of bulletstorm but in bulletstorm I enjoyed myself the more I played it. This game so far just keeps going on the same note.

I do like that little spider bot you can build. Like everything else in the game it animates extremely well and is just a neat little gadget.

 
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 06, 2011, 10:54:28 AM
I guess I'm getting fairly close to the end now, made it to the second "area". Played about 10 hours and I've really enjoyed it, especially after I got the technical stuff fixed with those startup options. So, yeah, I'm not disappointed with how the game has gone so far.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 06, 2011, 11:22:20 AM
I do like the combat. For instance I just did a mission that I thought was pretty damn fun.


It's just all the other stuff I don't like along with the structure. So I think I'm going to focus on just doing the core missions ignoring all the bits I don't like.
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Post by: Bebpo on October 06, 2011, 11:29:01 AM
Played the PS3 version for a little bit last night.  The way the textures have to load a little more detail when you get in close is annoying.  The game strikes me as just "all right."  It's like playing a simplified/streamlined Fallout 3 with outdated corridor shooting mechanics.  Hope the driving stuff is more interesting.

Fallout 3 is an rpg with awful awful awful shooting mechanics and almost no level design.

Rage is an FPS with level design.


They don't seem very comparable to me. 
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 06, 2011, 11:31:38 AM
Played the PS3 version for a little bit last night.  The way the textures have to load a little more detail when you get in close is annoying.  The game strikes me as just "all right."  It's like playing a simplified/streamlined Fallout 3 with outdated corridor shooting mechanics.  Hope the driving stuff is more interesting.

Fallout 3 is an rpg with awful awful awful shooting mechanics and almost no level design.

Rage is an FPS with level design.


They don't seem very comparable to me. 

The problem is the game structures itself somewhat like a wanna be open world game so it invites some of those comparisons even if its a bit unwarranted.
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Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 06, 2011, 07:58:01 PM
after setting up the custom config the game is actually playable now. texture streaming isn't as blatant (i can spin around without catching it) and it plays much smoother @ 60fps.
also dat 8k texture

and the game is pretty ok so far. will sink more time in tomorrow
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Post by: bork on October 06, 2011, 09:06:05 PM
Played the PS3 version for a little bit last night.  The way the textures have to load a little more detail when you get in close is annoying.  The game strikes me as just "all right."  It's like playing a simplified/streamlined Fallout 3 with outdated corridor shooting mechanics.  Hope the driving stuff is more interesting.

Fallout 3 is an rpg with awful awful awful shooting mechanics and almost no level design.

Rage is an FPS with level design.


They don't seem very comparable to me. 

Again: It's like playing a simplified/streamlined Fallout 3 with outdated corridor shooting mechanics.  They're telling you where to go and exactly what to do, and you shoot up shit Doom-style.  But that's just my initial impression of the game.

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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 06, 2011, 09:24:50 PM
(http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594698710729260638/481962CEA37DEA246530CBC6DACE887AF34CB441/)

(http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594698710729259127/08F94E727F03AF474DC249F90A7338411882A644/)
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 07, 2011, 05:32:29 PM
Reached the swap disc point in RAGE. For what its worth the game has picked up. The missions have been pretty good and the setpieces have gotten better from what I would call a very weak start in both categories.

I still don't like the driving parts or the "rpg" parts but the shooting bits are still fun and the mission design and immersion has gotten better. Story is crap and its unfortunate it actually tries to tell a story and fails at it but whatever. It's a shooter.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 07, 2011, 05:48:15 PM
I was ready for an abrupt ending, but the ending is really abrupt.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 07, 2011, 06:00:55 PM
Quote from: Carmack
"We do not see the PC as the leading platform for games," Carmack added. "That statement will enrage some people, but it is hard to characterize it otherwise; both console versions will have larger audiences than the PC version. A high end PC is nearly 10 times as powerful as a console, and we could unquestionably provide a better experience if we chose that as our design point and we were able to expend the same amount of resources on it. Nowadays most of the quality of a game comes from the development effort put into it, not the technology it runs on. A game built with a tenth the resources on a platform 10 times as powerful would be an inferior product in almost all cases."

Lulz.

Carmack giving REAL TALK!

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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 07, 2011, 06:08:43 PM
Quote from: Carmack
"We do not see the PC as the leading platform for games," Carmack added. "That statement will enrage some people, but it is hard to characterize it otherwise; both console versions will have larger audiences than the PC version. A high end PC is nearly 10 times as powerful as a console, and we could unquestionably provide a better experience if we chose that as our design point and we were able to expend the same amount of resources on it. Nowadays most of the quality of a game comes from the development effort put into it, not the technology it runs on. A game built with a tenth the resources on a platform 10 times as powerful would be an inferior product in almost all cases."

Lulz.

Carmack giving REAL TALK!

I guess after a decade making Nokia phone games Carmack might think 360 is totally OP
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Post by: Joe Molotov on October 07, 2011, 06:18:25 PM
I don't see what the controversial part is. He's just telling us what we already know: that the PS3 and 360 are powered by old, shitty tech but you still have to release games on them if you wanna make the most money. Who can argue with that?
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Post by: FatalT on October 07, 2011, 07:05:21 PM
Woo, got a free copy of this on Steam for being a retail employee on Bethesda's insiders site. Downloading now.
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Post by: demi on October 07, 2011, 07:24:30 PM
I don't see what the controversial part is. He's just telling us what we already know: that the PS3 and 360 are powered by old, shitty tech but you still have to release games on them if you wanna make the most money. Who can argue with that?

:lol What's wrong, Joe. No comeback?
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Post by: Positive Touch on October 08, 2011, 02:50:32 AM
as long as we keep getting ports of console games, ill be happy
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Post by: archie4208 on October 08, 2011, 06:58:21 AM
Carmack is getting senile in his old age.  :(
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Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 08, 2011, 08:54:32 AM
i dunno if it's the newest drivers from amd or what but the game's got weird glitches abound. like when i'm speaking with characters their animation will flicker and for a single frame a weird demon version of the character will pop up. i've been trying to get a screenshot but it happens too fast.
also in indoor locations like wellspring i have some really bad framedrops as i move around. like it's loading other parts of the location.
however when i'm outside in the wasteland there's no problem at all.

so far i've encountered more bugs with this than both Battlefield 3 beta and Dead Island
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Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 08, 2011, 10:14:29 AM
hopefully bash tv is not required to progress because i'm not doing that shit all over again.
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Post by: maxy on October 08, 2011, 12:22:20 PM
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-rage-face-off (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-rage-face-off)


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Post by: MCD on October 08, 2011, 12:34:03 PM
Didn't know this was 60fps. Pretty impressive but Carmack should go for 30fps on consoles.

Otherwise it wouldn't be "Cinematic".
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Post by: maxy on October 08, 2011, 12:46:00 PM
Quote
Didn't know this was 60fps.

meh
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 08, 2011, 12:51:24 PM
It is a good engine and I wish they would license it out for other devs to use. For certain games it would be perfect.  Brink for example could have really benefited from the use of this engine. (Although it still would have had a crapload of other issues)

It does have flaws like with the uneven texture quality and the texture loading but I would like to see what a real dev could do with it outside of just the tech junkies id are.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 08, 2011, 03:28:21 PM
Well, having beat the game and given a little time to let it all sink in, here we go with a breakdown:

+Combat is really fun [especially with the wingstick]
+Great enemy animations
+Passable AI
+Some locations/areas look really, really good
+Strong, coherent art style
+A few fun diversions from the main game

-Lame ending [story and gameplay wise]
-No real variety outside of locations
-Textures up close are really low quality

Not a bad game, not a great game, but I had fun all the way through and don't have any regrets about my purchase. I'd buy a sequel, if one ever gets made.
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on October 08, 2011, 07:09:05 PM
IntKeys sent me the DLC key and not the game key. So i emailed their admins to advise. Apparently they aren't "in" right now.

fingers crossed.

Sояяч so sloллч
:heartbeat Россия

I like how you deftly mixed use of the Cyrillic letters that happen to visually resemble the corresponding Roman letters with use of the ones that match the pronunciation (or just the font keybinding?), chosen case-by-case to maximize overall post impact.
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Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 08, 2011, 09:24:36 PM
the game has been patched

video options now include texture cache, anisotropic filter, and vsync settings.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on October 09, 2011, 02:08:20 AM
Just got to Subway town. I'm really enjoying the game but I do wish the story was better. Especially since the voice acting is, in my opinion, pretty solid.

Do these crystals ever become worth more than $25? The guy in the beginning of the game told me they were super valuable so Ive been hoarding them.

There's a guy in Wellspring that well trade you an upgrade for 20 of them.
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Post by: MrAngryFace on October 09, 2011, 04:53:13 PM
Enjoying the game, patch is nice and mostly fixes SOME things. I do find it funny that you can decline quests when most of the time you dont ACTUALLY have a choice
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Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 09, 2011, 04:55:21 PM
fighting the mutants is probably the most fun thing about the game. their movement is really authentic and i love how they react to gunfire.

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Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 09, 2011, 08:17:22 PM
what an awful fucking ending.

i was actually really enjoying that last level too. such a bad taste left in my mouth
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Post by: Positive Touch on October 09, 2011, 08:24:00 PM
shitty ending in an id game?  what a shock

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Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 09, 2011, 08:25:32 PM
the story and plot progression is absolutely the worse thing about RAGE. i really don't think id knew what they were doing and bite off way too much on this one.

when it comes to the core FPS action, it's pretty great. the weapons all feel powerful and there's a surprising variety of them as well. fighting the enemies is really fun. id didn't screw that aspect up at all. this is just too ambitious of a project for these guys. the glue and holds all these FPS action segments up are just too shallow and feels amateur hour.

When i'm in the thick of it fighting dudes i'm into it. I'm all "f yeah this game is awesome!"
then i'm walking around a town talking with card-board cut out characters that literally say nothing or worth and i'm all "....this game is boring!"

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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 09, 2011, 08:29:22 PM
I think if you simply make it a linear game with story progression from mission to mission that is a better framework than the fetch quest faux open world setup they decided to go with. The story is actively terrible. The quest structure is actively terrible. It actually makes me less likely to play the game that way as it ends up feeling more and more like a chore to do the missions. Too much fat in what should be a lean and mean game. Games like COD and Gears know what they are. RAGE feels like a game that at its core, is a good combat game, but they tried to make it more than what it really was.

The best part of the game is when you enter a creepy area and it looks nice and creepy music is playing. Or you feel isolated going into certain empty enviroments. That should have been the focus of the game. That's the best part of a post apocalyptic environment. That mad max feeling. Instead you end up being an errand boy doing lots of fetch quests in RAGE. Strip that stuff out and just focus on the world and have a more personal story.
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Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 09, 2011, 08:35:29 PM
they tried to make an FPS with aspects of open world and RPG thrown in. i can imagine a room full of developers who are known for DOOM and QUAKE all trying to figure out modern game design and reading "open world games 4 dummies"

they just basically took the concepts of a quality open world game/rpg and added it in without making it interesting or fun.

then there's the car racing stuff. i literally have no idea why that is in this game. it's not particularly fun and you get very little out of it aside from variety.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on October 09, 2011, 08:37:46 PM
I don't think its a bad game. There are parts of it and missions of it that are really really fun.  But there is a pretty big chance I'm going to send it back to gamefly without finishing. I kinda feel like I've seen all the tricks of the game and I'm only really pushing myself to the end to get the achievements which isn't a good sign.

When people say they want longer FPS games as a general rule I don't agree with that. I think a game only needs to be long enough to cover whatever content is in the game. So a game like Deus Ex can be longer. But a rollercoaster style shooter doesn't need to be crazy long. I don't need 100 levels in my Doom. Just give me the most fun 15 levels you got and I'm fine.

I kinda feel this way about RAGE. Take out the boring missions and make a tighter leaner game.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 09, 2011, 08:39:33 PM
I think they tried to reach too far and just didn't have the man-power to get there. If you watch the credits, the actual id team is really SMALL.
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Post by: MrAngryFace on October 09, 2011, 09:08:03 PM
Yeah its totally a B-, but im having fun
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 09, 2011, 09:31:01 PM
Shooting stuff is FUUUUUUUUUUUN.
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Post by: chronovore on October 09, 2011, 09:40:49 PM
I think they tried to reach too far and just didn't have the man-power to get there. If you watch the credits, the actual id team is really SMALL.

No outsourcing?
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 09, 2011, 10:29:56 PM
I think they tried to reach too far and just didn't have the man-power to get there. If you watch the credits, the actual id team is really SMALL.

No outsourcing?

Doesn't really look like it. There's a studio for sound and VA recording and Bethesda/Zenimax corporate staff, that's it.

Went and looked back at the credits: 66 people on single-player, 24 on multiplayer, and 8 worked on the tools.

By the way, it's so much easier to appreciate how good Rage looks when there aren't textures loading in every time the camera moves.
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Post by: MrAngryFace on October 09, 2011, 10:44:12 PM
Yeah patch cleared up my technical complaints.
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Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 09, 2011, 10:58:57 PM
the megatexture thing is a cool concept but i don't think it works out all the time. the lack of tessellation is annoying. everything is flat and has a "painted on" look. especially when you look at it closely. it is a nice looking game but just don't stop to admire it too long.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 10, 2011, 12:30:14 AM
Everything up close looks low-res and muddy, everything further back looks ZOMG AMAZING. It's a definite trade-off there.

That could be fixed, but those unique textures take up a metric ton of space. We're just not at the level of storage capacity to really make the most of it.
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Post by: chronovore on October 10, 2011, 09:51:39 PM
Strogg? REALLY? :hyper
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 10, 2011, 10:34:39 PM
With a little help from the internet, I found the Wolfenstein room, the Quake room, and the Doom room. With the latter being the most awesome of the three, since it actually has the E1M1 music.
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Post by: chronovore on October 12, 2011, 03:34:52 AM
Strogg? REALLY? :hyper

No, they're like cyborg mutants or whatever (barely explained) but the look like strogg.

 :'(
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 14, 2011, 09:01:11 PM
Yeah, I figured there'd at least some cool boss fight or something, but it's literally just ends.
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Post by: naff on October 14, 2011, 09:03:56 PM
so I should rent this sometime? Was gonna buy it when I was done with DS but it sounds really average
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Post by: maxy on October 20, 2011, 10:39:09 AM
Id artist shared some Rage art,first pic might be little NSFW

http://cghub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8206 (http://cghub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8206)



Some pics

(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/o/2011/291/9/9/9900ca97fbd27c1d01875c4df10a28ee.jpg)

(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/o/2011/291/c/3/c36e78acfff6f440286e568455c5830f.jpg)

(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/o/2011/291/1/3/13a6271355c2440f33feadbf541f3dc1.jpg)

(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/o/2011/291/2/9/29825a348fcd37893662fb9dd8c7972e.jpg)
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Post by: patrickula on October 24, 2011, 08:28:59 PM
I found this game to be really fun, at least as far as the combat was concerned. The negative reviews had me nervous but the shooting was awesome and that was the important part for me. Reviews that were worried about the story or that called out the art as bad or generic were pretty  ??? It definitely had it's problems but I dug it anyway. It could have been much better with the systems in place so I wouldn't mind a quick Rage 2 that fixes some of the problems and makes better use of the in game economy and gadget options (they were really fun but mostly optional, on normal difficulty anyway).

Legends of the Wasteland was quite fun too, I almost forgot to play it before I deleted the game (22 gigs is a lot to keep around).
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 24, 2011, 08:31:59 PM
The only thing about the game that's actually BAD is the ending, or lack thereof. Other than that, just a few things here and there that could definitely be improved with a sequel, although I'm not sure how interested id [or Zenimax] is in doing one.
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Post by: Positive Touch on October 24, 2011, 10:56:46 PM
woooo, no.  i'm gonna have to side with stoney and say that everything outside the combat levels is absolutely worthless.  the towns are pointless quest seek-and-finds and would have been better if you would have just met random npcs during the course of the game, half-life style.  the overworld is tiny and you spend most of your time on it going back and forth for fetch quests.  the car combat is simple, unsatisfying and fortunately easily ignorable.  the quests are nothing but "HEY PLAY THROUGH THIS LEVEL AGAIN & GET SOME USELESS MONEY!"  and the setting is lol in that you travel around white settlements killing gangs of random stereotypes.  i'm currently killing some YIE YIE YIE tomahawk-wielders.

id needs to go back to making solid-but-uninspired shoot-em-ups.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 24, 2011, 11:52:46 PM
I distinctly remember killing a tribe of Brits.
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Post by: Positive Touch on October 25, 2011, 04:43:48 PM
i do remember that too
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Post by: maxy on January 10, 2012, 02:36:33 PM
(http://i.minus.com/jNCSULp9PVbGR.PNG)

uh oh
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Post by: Stoney Mason on January 10, 2012, 02:47:03 PM
You can't take that long to make such an average game.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on January 10, 2012, 03:01:16 PM
They're probably trimming away everyone that's not working exclusively on Doom 4.
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Post by: Bebpo on February 20, 2012, 02:00:35 PM
So I just finished this and with all the complaining about the final level and ending in this thread, I was expecting it to end abruptly and not follow a standard movie ending.  But the last level and ending were....fine?  I mean about 80% into the plot I got that the game was meant to be "Part 1" in a trilogy that will never happen because the game didn't sell that great, and for a "part 1" conclusion I thought it was fine.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
The story progression was: Wake up in Wasteland, get your bearings and learn the situation, find out about the authority who are hunting for ark survivors like you, take safeguard in the resistance, learn the truth about what happened, work with the resistance to unleash a plan to infiltrate the motherbase of the enemy and wake up your rebel army to began the war in game 2.  The end.  Seems fine for what it is.

I think the only "non-ending" part that I felt was having the final room be a mass of enemies challenge rather than one GIANT SUPER BOSS, but since the story had yet to introduce a singular figure behind the authority, there wasn't anyone to fight!
[close]

One thing that surprised me was how short the credits were (not counting Bethesda publishing ones, I mean the actual ID developer credits).  Seems like the game was made with a fairly small team by modern standards.  You would think that would keep the game profitable even with lower sales, but who knows.


The gunplay was really quite good.  All the weapons looked and felt just right, the way the 2ndary weapons worked into the combat was excellent and fun.  The various ammo types were cool. 

The only downside of having all these combat options is that there's SO MANY BUTTONS.  Whether on a keyboard, having to use the F1-F4s + Q and double tapping or triple tapping weapon button to change ammo types or on a X360 controller where there REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WEAPON CIRCLE with every weapon because having only 4 quick select when there are so many useful guns and ammo can be scarce is silly.  I think they could have streamlined the controls a bit while still keeping the options.

Visually there's not much to say, the game is freaking gorgeous.  One of the most impressive looking games ever on the right PC.  I never had any weird texture pop-in or any super low res textures.  Played it post-patches and it looked like that 8k textures cfg the entire time.  Very impressive art direction and technology and never dropped a frame from 60fps.  There was good variety in the different levels, except for the optional backtracking and the time you had to go through Dead City again.  A good range of dead buildings, nature, and machinery.  The character models are probably up there with Crysis as the best out there and the animation is ridiculously fluid and good for an FPS.

The hub stuff was really pointless.  I liked the two cities because of how cool they looked, but they didn't really serve a purpose.  Was not a fan of picking up random junk all throughout the levels to sell and then buy ammo and stuff.  I think the game would have been better without an economy and you just get ammo pickups in levels.  Driving controlled well enough and looked nice, but was ultimately pointless as the world was VERY tiny and you'd get from the hub to the next mission in like 60 seconds.  Might as well just have warped to it.

The level design was alright.  There weren't many GREAT levels (Jackal Canyon was GREAT), but they weren't copy & paste boring level designs that you see in a lot of FPS either.  I'd say the level design was at least acceptable.

Overall as someone who prefers FPS games in interesting settings rather than military shooter #452525 and enjoys games with good gun combat, RAGE was a solid play.  It's missing that level design and creativity to put it with the best FPS games, but the combat and visuals definitely put it up a lot of the pack.  For the $15 I paid at the steam sale and the 10 hours of my life it took up, it was worth the experience.  I'd love to play a RAGE 2 with improvements but I don't see it happening.  Oh well.  Game is the definition of a B game.

I did like it MUCH more than Doom 3 though, so that is something.  Doom 3 got boring really quickly fighting in the same corridor environments over and over and over for 20 hours.  The location variety in RAGE and the more varied combat options (plus being a shorter length and straight to the point) made RAGE a much more entertaining experience.  I hope they take some of the things they learned from RAGE and stick it into Doom 4.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on December 14, 2012, 02:36:06 PM
So, yeah, there's DLC coming next week:

http://www.bethblog.com/2012/12/14/rage-dlc-arrives-tuesday-on-ps3-360-and-pc/
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Post by: Stoney Mason on December 14, 2012, 02:42:26 PM
ID

always striking when the iron is hot.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on December 14, 2012, 02:51:46 PM
Yeah, I'm not sure what they were thinking with this. If the price is right, and if it's any good, I might consider picking it up, but I doubt too many other people will.

22 gigs to reinstall, though. Ugh.  :-\
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Post by: Sho Nuff on December 14, 2012, 03:23:04 PM
$4.99? That's how much I paid for the game in the first place!
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Post by: Great Rumbler on December 14, 2012, 03:27:11 PM
:lol
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Post by: chronovore on December 14, 2012, 06:25:53 PM
$4.99? That's how much I paid for the game in the first place!

OMG, you paid half what I did!
Title: Re: RAAAAAAAAAAAGE thread of RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 21, 2012, 08:47:09 PM
That RAGE DLC was okay, basically more of what was best about the base game [more places to shoot stuff and none of that filler stuff]. Terrible timing, though.