{"id":878,"date":"2011-06-03T18:08:51","date_gmt":"2011-06-04T01:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/?p=878"},"modified":"2011-06-03T18:08:51","modified_gmt":"2011-06-04T01:08:51","slug":"a-generically-titled-rage-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/?p=878","title":{"rendered":"A Generically Titled RAGE Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DOOM 3, <\/em>id software’s last game, <\/em>was one I had very mixed feelings about. It was a game I enjoyed from start to finish, although at times I wasn’t entirely sure why. It had all sorts of dated design mechanics, like when you’d run over a medkit which would inevitably awaken a demon napping in a nearby closet. And yet, even when matched up against what I considered superior games like Half-Life 2, BioShock, Crysis, Halo, Gears of War <\/em>or Call of Duty<\/em>, I still feel like DOOM 3<\/em> deserves a place as one of the more unique gaming experiences of the previous decade. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I’m starting to wonder if I’m going to feel the same way about RAGE<\/em>, id software’s latest shooter, coming this September. Cutting-edge graphics in a unique setting? Check. RAGE<\/em>‘s post-apocalyptic wasteland, which you’ll speed through using off-road buggies outfitted with miniguns \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but id swears won’t play out like Quake Theft Auto \u00e2\u20ac\u201c <\/em>seems interesting enough. When you watch the main character chatting it up with various townsfolk, it would be hard to blame anyone imagining a hybrid between an FPS and Fallout 3<\/em>. It’s intriguing, if nothing else. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And yet, the game appears stuck in the past in some areas. The outdoor environments look decent enough, but a lot of the indoor and underground areas appear loaded with drab browns and grays, not entirely unlike Quake. <\/em>You see mutants recklessly charging at the player, doing everything short of holding a sign saying \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hi! Please shoot me in the face<\/em>,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and you wonder if this will be Quake IV<\/em> all over again, a game that was decent enough but dragged down by AI from 1999. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Still, there are promising signs. One weapon is a crossbow that can use electrified ammo that can zap enemies standing in water, evoking memories of BioShock<\/em> or No One Lives Forever \u00e2\u20ac\u201c <\/em>two games you can never go wrong cribbing from. There’s a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mind control\u00e2\u20ac\u009d bolt that somehow lets you pilot an enemy via remote control. You can engineer turrets and spider bots that will assist you in combat. It’s not open-world, it’s not an RPG, and id isn’t reinventing the wheel here, but it seems they’ve at least got a few interesting tricks up their sleeve.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And hey, when you’ve got little easter eggs like these \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Quayola\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Crayons and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Pinkies\u00e2\u20ac\u009d snack food \u00e2\u20ac\u201c both references to previous id games \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it can’t be that bad, right?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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