Summary of what you really need to know:
Rage is a 21th century console game developed by B3D forumites's one true idol, John Carmack and his team at id Software. It's a 20 GB shooter with some buggy racing intertwined set in a post apocalyptic world. The game uses Mega Texture [Read Richard excellent article on that texture virtualisation technology here!].
According to some Bethesda hyperbolic PR the game can be summarized by the following:
RAGE, the highly anticipated first-person shooter from legendary developer id Software, [..] has already won numerous awards at E3 2010, including ‘Best Overall Game of Show’ from IGN and three ‘Best of E3’ Game Critics Awards including ‘Best Console Game’. RAGE features intense first-person shooter action, breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore and jaw-dropping graphics powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech 5 technology.
A trailer:
Actual example of "jaw-dropping graphics powered by id's revolutionary id Tech 5 technology" running on alien/un-categorized technology called a "Personal Computer"
Here's the use'r specsbefore anyone asks:
Core i7 720QM, 5870M 1GB DDR5, 6GB DDR3 RAM, 7200RPM HDD.
Links:
Old Thread:
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=54819
Old Thread: Talk about the released game starts here:
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=54819&page=44
Metacritic page:
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/rage
Ars article:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/10/rage-is-the-gamiest-game-that-ever-gamed.ars
So, just to sum up my nine plus hours with the [Xbox 360 version of the] game so far:
- No story to speak of
- No characters that make an impression
- Linear
- Broken save system
- Dull mechanics
- Tedious quests
- Weak shooting
- Stock weapons
- Racing is fun
- Minigames are enjoyable
- Very pretty
Some useful fixes for the PC version (It seems there's one!) from the Steam forum:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2154053
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2159167
PC Perspective article on Rage PC performance:
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/RAGE-Performance-and-Image-Quality-Evaluation-Day-1
RPS review (more positive tone):
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/10/06/rage-pc-review/
I.Eat.Games - A review by B3Der warcrow:
http://eat-games.blogspot.com/2011/10/rage-reviewed.html