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id Software's Rage combines first-person shooting, vehicular action, and "open but directed" exploration to tell the story of Earth's wretched civilization after a cataclysmic meteor strike. Militaristic authority figures, freedom-fighting rebels, criminal raiders, and twisted mutants battle each other for control of the barren wasteland Earth has become.
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"Rage won't set new standards for game design, but if you want to drive and shoot in an incredible-looking wasteland, this is your game."
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id Software is Dead. Long Live id Software.

Unfortunately the best thing Rage has done is prove that the legendary id Software has certainly changed, although that seems to be for the worst if judged by Rage alone. This is a disappointing first… Read more

If you think this is going to be Fallout 3 with cars, you are mistaken.

Wow. Who would have thought a game like this, with cars, guns, new graphics engine, and made by id would be boring. I feel as I am alone in this view however, as I have never been a fan of driving gam… Read more

Rage's pretty, open world and car combat mask what is just a long corridor crawl

Rage is the first game from id Software since Doom 3 was released in 2004. It’d be hard not to expect a lot out of the house that built the first-person shooter as we now know it, but does the legenda… Read more

Rage

At the outset, “Rage” was a game I didn't want to like. I am an unashamed PC elitist who will always prefer the desktop environment. Unfortunately due to growing software piracy, PC gamers have lost c… Read more

Rage Review

Ever the innovator, id Software has crafted together a lavishing looking shooter that is both fun and best of all, smooth in performance to play. I loved Battlefield 3 and the wonderful graphics the g… Read more

Leave this one out in the wastes

For a game as well-respected and influential as id Software, they're not exactly as prolific as they used to be. Known for frequent entries in the Wolfenstein, Quake and Doom series, the company seems… Read more

Why Am I Doing Any of This?!?!

Straight out, Rage is gorgeous. One of the best looking games on the Xbox hands down and to be honest I think this game is largely a tech demo for the Rage engine more than anything else. The sky back… Read more

Rage: Great Gameplay but Lack of Substance

After years of waiting, I finally got my hands on Rage. I have to say that Rage is a great game, very fluid and precise. What it lacks in the story and the open world it makes up for in it's gameplay.… Read more

Very under appreciated game

Despite the fact that RAGE isn't throwing a +100 points notification in your face every time you shoot an enemy there is still a lot of game here. The combat missions in the game are for the most part… Read more

Rage, the title means nothing.

First and foremost, Rage is a beautiful game. It does not go for detailed real-world graphics but it is at the very least good eye-candy. And that is no surprise coming from ID entertainment the produ… Read more

Rage

Rage is a semi-open world, role-playing, first person shooter in the same vein as Fallout and Borderlands. The basic plot takes place in the year 2135. An asteroid 99942 Apophis has struck the Earth a… Read more

An Acceptable Addition to a Crowded Genre

If you have had any lengthy experience with 90s FPS games, you’re undoubtedly familiar with id Software and their illustrious shooters such as Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake. In recent years though, the… Read more

A Surprise

Rage is the newest game from ID, a company that seems better known for their tech than for their gameplay. This is their second game after the less than impressive Doom 3 --- and, well, initially it g… Read more

RAGE Review

It took me a bit of time to finally get this game in my XBOX 360, but when I finally got it in I was excited. This was going to be an adventure that would bring me back to the old school id games, in… Read more

RAGE

Rage (Single Player) RAGE is ID Software's latest shooter. It uses the ID Tech 5 engine to render Mega Textures to look fantastic (not without it's problems though) and maintains a 60 fps rate through… Read more

Review: RAGE

Rage is a first-person shooter developed by id Software. With over 4 years in the making id is back with a stunning shooter that makes for a very strong first impression. You play as a sole survivor o… Read more

Rage Review

One of the oddest things about Rage's general reception is the general lack of perspective people have had. No, Rage isn't like Fallout. No, Rage isn't like Borderlands. Outside of its atmosphere, the… Read more

It's OK

Summary Rage, the game that should be the magnus opum from ID is just a decent shooter with some nice side-touches. It is enjoyable as long as it lasts but doesn't shine or stand apart from the rest o… Read more

Mixed feelings

I don't know about the rest of you, but when I heard that ID and Bethesda were working together on this I was pretty excited, and the fact that the special edition was called the "Anarchy Edition" was… Read more

RAGE? More Like: MEH.

For various reasons, I ended up getting to play this game for free and so I really should have a better viewpoint on it from that alone, but I can't get past how utterly dull and pointless this game r… Read more

Lame Never Looked So Good

Rage is as disappointing as it is good looking. idtech5 is undoubtedly an amazing piece of technology, as is every id built engine since Doom and quite frankly it is a shame that no one outside of Bet… Read more

RAGE isn't the game you think it is.

Every time I booted the game up—from it’s beginning cutscene to the last—one thing always crept into my mind: RAGE is such a bizarre game. From start to finish, nothing about RAGE’s gameplay concepts… Read more

Rage: Reviewing the Wasteland

Rage has been a long time coming from id Software , a company known for releasing technically impressive first person shooter games. Built on a brand new engine, set in a post-apocalyptic world, and c… Read more

Are you angry? Time to go play some Rage.

Rage is a first person shooter. It is NOT an rpg, if you are looking for an rpg stop reading now because this is not what you are looking for. However, if you are looking for a great looking first per… Read more

Single Player Review

The best way I can describe Rage is Borderlands with better A.I. and prettier environments, but without the loot driven RPG experience that made Borderlands fun and addictive. You see, while Borderlan… Read more

So much right, much more wrong

(This is my first review. I'll try and keep it coherent and fluid.) I have had a watchful eye upon this game for years. I remember going to the mailbox and pulling out the monthly edition of Game Info… Read more

An Oldschool Experience Hidden Under A Pretty Graphical Veneer

It's easy to have misconceptions about what RAGE really is. Word on the internet has pegged the game as a sort of bastard child in an illicit three-way between Borderlands , Fallout , and Doom , but t… Read more

Fun to Play, Until It's Suddenly Over

I'm one of those people that can turn on a game if the ending is terrible. Same for movies. If it's good for the first 80% and then just falls apart, I'm going to look back and hate the whole experien… Read more

Rage: A Great Casual Game

I never would have thought, in a million years, that I'd be saying this about a John Carmack game. I'd go so far as to say that if he was to read my "review" of his game, he'd probably commit sepuku.… Read more

Fun as an apocalypse

I finished Rage by id Software over the weekend and it was a pretty enjoyable experience overall. Going into the game without knowing much about it besides knowing that it is a shooter of some sort is… Read more

Rage against the machine

Rage has a storied past. Following the release of Doom 3 in 2004 John Carmack and his team of engineers began working on a new engine, an engine that would bring id into the new generation of consoles… Read more

Rage looks good but Borderlands is better

Don't get me wrong, Rage is a pretty game. It looks amazing with it's crystal clear graphics but honestly, with the lack of ANY customization in the game it's kind of dull. It's extremely similar to B… Read more

Something Wicked this way comes

First off 90% of the graphical issues are due to drivers. They will be fixed** so don't worry about that. I'm playing on a laptop which I hook up to my TV via HDMI. I run the game at 1080p with vsync… Read more

RAGE A Beautiful Game

Rage is the latest IP from Id Software in nearly a decade sporting there new graphic engine Id Tech 5 Published by Bethesda of the popular Elder Scrolls & Fallout games Rage is the best looking ga… Read more

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