Rage gameplay enters Gearhead Vault

Published 26 August, 2011 Duration 4:42

Bunker-busting action.

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  • MrTeatime #1 9 months ago

    Post deleted at 09:59:18 03-01-2012

  • CaptainQuint #2 9 months ago

    This looks gorgeous, but damn the AI looks shite. It's been my only concern throughout the game's development. Twenty quid says the reviews will all pick up on that disappointing aspect.

    When are bombastic devs like id gonna realise that all the cutting edge graphical splendour in the world means sweet FA when the artificial intelligence of the enemies remains embarrassingly archaic?

  • Subdominator #3 9 months ago

    A few months ago this had totally slipped from my radar. But now I can't wait to get my hands on it. It looks a bit like Fallout New Vegas meets Stranger's Wrath and feels like id totally understands what went wrong with shooters in the last couple of years and how to do it right. It feels like a mix of Doom 2 and Quake 2.

    #2: Simplicity is what makes the old FPS so much more fun than todays games. They just walk towards you and try to kill you. All the fancy duck&cover gunplay of today where a fight takes up to one minute because of regenerating shields and stuff is so annoying. I want to be thrown into a nice arena and have a couple of baddies come after me. That's what gives me an adrenaline rush, not sitting behind my cover and taking shots at an enemy sitting behind cover and taking shots at me.
    Edited by Subdominator at 26/08/11 @ 10:29

  • Mockerre #4 9 months ago

    Actually it looks like a generic shooter. A gorgeous generic shooter, but still.

  • Bealsy #5 9 months ago

    Personal robotic spiders you say? Here's my money

  • username84 #6 9 months ago

    Does this game have any RPG elements? I haven't really been following it that much but this video looks pretty sweet.

  • DonJunville #7 9 months ago

    Looks pretty good. Shooters don't really float my boat these days (FPS Fatigue) but the more I see of RAGE, the more I'm inclined to risk a day one pre-order. I'm also a bit of a sucker for Post Apocolyptia after Fallout 3.

  • tankboi #8 9 months ago

    Everyones moaning about the AI...buuuut....it still looks like Cyberdyne in comparison to Fallout 3's roller-skating battle mannequins, which didn't stop people playing it in the droves.

    BTW that means I am looking forward to it!

    And I totally dig those little spider drones that are clearly a Doom reference...if it has a mini-minigun then that is just awesome.
    Edited by tankboi at 26/08/11 @ 13:15

  • marmaduke #9 9 months ago

    It does look rather dull

  • Pehmu #10 9 months ago

    Seem's every shooter is 'generic' to the EG crowd these days.

    If Rage looks new, fresh and cool to someone, I'd like to know how many shooters have they played before this one.

    Feel free to get excited about it, but many of us have seen this gunplay 30 times before.
    Edited by Pehmu at 26/08/11 @ 15:14

  • TheGuvernor #11 9 months ago

    Stunned at all the negative comments about this game!
    It looks completely amazing.
    Everything i wish FO3 could have been - that game bored the tits off me.
    RAGE looks like GOTY to me, easily!

  • Butr0sButr0s #12 9 months ago

    "Simplicity is what makes the old FPS so much more fun than todays games. They just walk towards you and try to kill you."

    This worked well before because it often made sense in the context of the game. When I'm fighting demons, monsters, undead, etc, simple swarm AI routines fit the expected behavior of the enemies. The same holds true when I play Left4Dead, I'm not at all bent out of shape that there's a simple "cone of vision + rush" AI because if a zombie outbreak were ever to occur, that's what I would expect.

    The problem for me, with a game like rage, is if I'm fighting humans I'd like them to show some semblance of intelligence. If I just blew off two of your buddies heads, would you stand in the middle of a room, without moving, taking pot shots at me with a pistol? If I storm a base and use grenades and machine gun fire to kill the guards in the first room, why do the ones in the second room seem surprised to see me? Why do henchman seem to enjoy standing in non-essential rooms, roughly evenly distributed, for hours on end?

    I'm not saying this is really a Rage problem, its just something pervasive in the genre. I'd gladly sacrifice some graphical effects for better AI, a sense of ecology, etc.

  • MMMMMM7 #13 9 months ago

    Looks very good and the AI looked OK to me from this gamepaly video.
    The use of spider robots and machingun turrets is a nice addition,
    offering variety and making the game a more tactical FPS which
    is great. Also the graphics look marvelouse.

    Overall I can say I'm really exited about this game and happy
    to see Id Software returning with a quality game which has
    the caliber to set new standards in the FPS genre.

  • rottingyoda #14 9 months ago

    I watched this clip and was thinking, 'right, make a comment about how it looks nice and that the spiders are fun but how I felt underwhelmed by the end'. Expecting to be negged to pieces (which I still might) I was surprised to see I wasn't the only one who felt this. I'll wait for a review with my preorder finger on hold.

  • Inmediasress #15 9 months ago

    Yep, generic shooter comes to mind.
    That's why I quit fps games they really are boooring and generic just like MMOs.
    Only exception I could name is Mirrors Edge but it's hardly an fps and since they are still trying to figure out how they can milk it best and make it more accessible the 2nd one will be shit anyway.
    So there are hardly any fps games worth trying.
    Not at full price that is.

  • SaberEdge #16 9 months ago

    I'm actually tired of most first person shooters, but this one looks like a lot of fun to me for some reason. The graphics are also stunning.

  • DrStrangelove #17 9 months ago

    Stupid bambambam, no AI, ridiculous splatter effects.

    I must have this game so much.

  • Obli #18 9 months ago

    @CaptainQuint

    I think you'll be £20 out of pocket come the reviews. Granted, this video gave a poor account of the AI, but I've read previews that rave about the AI, like this
    Edited by Obli at 26/08/11 @ 22:52

  • Lunatic4ever #19 9 months ago

    It really looked awesome up to the point when he used his weapon for the first time. The way the enemies dropped looks anything but authentic. Look at how his legs swing through the air. Why? He just got decaptitated. As it is, its the fights look like the weakest aspect of the game :S

  • bumgut #20 9 months ago

    This looks pretty fuckin fun

  • Triggerhappytel #21 9 months ago

    Is that mayor guy voiced by Roy Campbell from Metal Gear Solid?

  • m1rk #22 8 months ago

    omg - it's ben 10s grandad!

  • asho #23 8 months ago

    cant see a fucking thing!!