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RAGE 2 |OT| Newer Dawn
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RAGE 2 has been amazing thus far, just about nearing the end.
The gunplay is fantastic and frenetic, you feel compelled to play opposite to how you normally would. Car combat is a bit lacking.
Overall I felt in RAGE that I was underpowered in every situation. In RAGE 2, I feel overpowered. Though, some later difficulty areas (marked by skulls) do give you a solid challenge.
The gunplay is fantastic and frenetic, you feel compelled to play opposite to how you normally would. Car combat is a bit lacking.
Overall I felt in RAGE that I was underpowered in every situation. In RAGE 2, I feel overpowered. Though, some later difficulty areas (marked by skulls) do give you a solid challenge.
For the most part, yes. There's no points or named kills popping off of enemies, but you'll string together sequences that you'll be proud of.
A lot of the time I'll come up to a bandit camp, and I'll toss a wingstick at the nearest enemy, toss a couple of grenades at gas tanks, shoot my assault rifle to soften enemies up, slide to the next one, switch to my shotgun and deliver a blast at close range to finish them off. It feels very kinetic and momentum-based.
You end up just trying different things, and it always pays off.
It could conceivably take 30-40 hours if you wanted to 100% it as there's a lot of side content/world events. However, that stuff gets boring/repetitive real fast.
Nah, the story seems to be around 7-11 hours but there's tons of side content. I've seen 30-40 hours to do everything.
I get that. But at 7-10 hours i am just getting comfy with the controls and feel of a game, and if all there is to do is dull side stuff after that...well that isn't $79 cdn of value for me. Hope the rest of you enjoy the ride.
One of the tech channels on YouTube ElAnalistaDeBits uploaded a frame rate analysis that they since took down from the embargo. Solid 30 on base consoles from what I watch and 60 with small dips on Pro and solid 60 on X. Shadows actually looked worse on Enhanced consoles in the footage and outside of some 3FPS dips the X doesn't look better than the Pro at all. Not good enough at all.
I got mine yesterday. Loving getting it with a few days to before reviews are out.
Um, also.... I think I just found a game breaking bug on the PC version. Because I didn't kill a few enemies and the game let me proceed on. When I need to go back to exit a specific area, I can't. Because the enemies are still alive, the door won't open. Yet, there's no way to get the enemies since they're behind the locked/sealed door.
So this game save is fucked. Not too thrilled about this.
So this game save is fucked. Not too thrilled about this.
That sucks I am sorry! I hope you can recover it! Quick question though.... how does the game look on PC?
Ouch. Can't you just reload the beginning of the mission or something similar?
This. Or at least, can you confirm if the bad IQ, LOD pop-in, shimmering and others are absent from the PC version when maxed?
It looks amazing on PC, though there are times where it doesn't look that great.
Edit. I just abandoned the mission. But I gotta go through it all again..... argh.
Give me a few minutes and I'll get some footage.
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We've received our reviewcopy on saturday (on disc), so not every publication's got it on the 8th like IGN.
Because of that, I won't be receiving the disc until tuesday, so I sadly won't be able to give you guys impressions or answer questions before it's in everyones hands. Publishers should just stick to sending out codes, since now our review won't be up until the end of the week at the earliest. Not sure if every publication got a disc though.
Because of that, I won't be receiving the disc until tuesday, so I sadly won't be able to give you guys impressions or answer questions before it's in everyones hands. Publishers should just stick to sending out codes, since now our review won't be up until the end of the week at the earliest. Not sure if every publication got a disc though.
After reading the impressions my guess for the final Opencritic rating is 70.
For comparison, Mad Max was 69-73 on Metacritic (depending on platform); Just Cause 4 was 65-70.
For comparison, Mad Max was 69-73 on Metacritic (depending on platform); Just Cause 4 was 65-70.
Had to cancel my Pre-order on CDKeys because they changed from steam keys to Bethesda.net and after F76, I'm not touching that Launcher again. Any site selling steam keys?
Is it that bad? I don't mind using other launchers if it can save me some money (except EGS. I can't support them when they continue buying exclusive games).
G2A was selling steam keys but not sure if you want to use them
Yeah its horrible. It deinstalled my game twice without me ever clicking the deinstall button.
Nah. Thx for the tip but G2A are scum.
I wish I had the mindset that 40 hours is too short. Nowadays, 15 hours is pushing it too long.
Maybe my $56 copy will arrive Tuesday. If it does, I can just beat it quickly and then hope to flip it for $55-60 on Kijiji. But that's risky.
Maybe I'll like it enough to keep it. I just don't game much or collect games anymore. Rage is a great game though.
Maybe I'll like it enough to keep it. I just don't game much or collect games anymore. Rage is a great game though.
17 Minutes of Rage 2 PC Gameplay
It's encoding on YouTube and will be here - https://youtu.be/LgukOd4t4QI
17 Minutes of Rage 2 PC Gameplay.
Some driving, some shooting, some open world. Just so you can get an idea of what to expect. Does a good job of holding 60FPS for the most part. But there are times, mostly when the game is loading in assets that the frame rate drops for a moment.
PC Specs:
AMD Ryzen 1700
Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti
16GB DDR4
Windows 10
Rage 2 Settings: Seen in the video.
Vsync: On
FOV: 90
Motion Blur: Off
1080p 60FPS
Chromatic AB: Off
Resolution Scale (Dynamic Res): Off
Min Resolution Scale: 70%
Automatic Res Scale Target FPS: 60
Anisotropic Terrain Filtering: On
Geometric Details: Ultra
Global Illumination: On
DOF: Off (Makes everything look blurry)
SSAO: Ultra
Anti-Aliasing: FXAA+TAA
Player Self Shadow: on
Dynamic Reflections: On
Shadow Resolution: Ultra
Shadowed Lights: Ultra
Shading Quality: High
Soft Particles: On
OP
OP
Not gonna lie, music sounds dope
Getting some real Mick Gordon vibes
Thanks for posting, looks really great! Can't wait, hoping Fanatical sends me my key soon!
Man, I just don't know. I'd immediately jump in if it was $49 instead of $59. I've never really played any Avalanche game before but the footage / impressions of the gameplay really have me intrigued.
Definitely think this is going to end up somewhere close to Mad Max score wise. It feels like the impressions in the thread are more a symptom of the honeymoon period, and by Friday it's going to be pretty ugly in here.
Bought it. Steam version. I had fun with Just Cause 4 even, and was impressed by all the videos of Rage 2, also the impressions mentioning Doom 2016.... I am hopeful.
The shooting and movement look fantastic.
Is there any footage of the female MC in cutscenes or anything? Curious what her voice acting is like but I've seen nothing.
You can see when the review embargo lifts here
As of this post, it is in five hours and 45 minutes.
HTH