Rage 2 - More Annoyance Than Rage (Jimpressions)

[@1234legend1234]

Jim...did you use music from the cardiacs? Never expected anyone to use their stuff.

[@JimSterling]

Cardiacs is awesome!

[@2old4gamez]

@@JimSterling Thank God for Tim!

[@jacksonelh]

had to double take when I heard it lmao

[@rockkiller124]

Sing To God is a fucking masterpiece.

[@1234legend1234]

@@JimSterling I could listen to is this the life for hours on end

[@robertsides3626]

Whatever dev put a tree right in the jumping zone to that ramp is chaotic evil.

[@lonewolffang]

Dastardly, I say.

[@johnnycomelately9400]

@@lonewolffang Dick Dastardly *_wheezy Muttley laugh_*

[@andrew-ripley1747]

Maybe they were demonstrating the awful non-destructable obstacles? That was annoying in Rage (1), as even a slight curb would completely arrest your momentum... somehow.

[@hummens44]

@@andrew-ripley1747 actually that's one big improvement in rage 2 over the first game, in that the first game had baked assets and environments, whereas physics plays a much bigger part of rage 2 and you can drive through most debris and small plant life. Big trees are one of the exceptions.

[@bootsnbutterscotch]

So... Basically Rage 2 is the embodiment of that one ProZD sketch where he likes the combat but keeps getting sidetracked by other shit he doesn't like.

[@347tester]

Boring side content kills a good open world ...

[@Vorox1027]

Bootleggz It’s time for EGG DELIVERY

[@pizzagamecube2564]

@@Vorox1027 DID SOMEONE SAY EGGCELLENT?

[@ducreat]

I love Rage 1. Open world games are not easy to make. Rage 2 would be great if the levels are smaller like Doom. That's a fact, not an opinion. Days Gone and New Dawn have better world structures. We are not in the stone age anymore.

[@347tester]

@Zippydsm Lee i couldnt agree more

[@bobthebuildersmother_263]

RAGE 2 is a fine example of why DOOM isn’t open world and never will be.

[@darebrained]

*never should be. Don't jinx it.

[@strangeeric9760]

If the publisher demands it DOOM might become a mobile live service card came with horse armor dlc

[@vladdenysenko7822]

isn't doom eternal gonna be a live service or something?

[@brianleal87]

" never will be" ....there are bad doom games, you know...we still don't know how doom eternal will be

[@devilmanscott]

@@brianleal87 Are there, Doom 1 & 2 were amazing and 3 was good in its own right and Doom 2016 was good, and there was the failed attempt at Doom which never released around 2010 or something around then.

[@kinoepigrafe]

>premium currency There, I've got all the information I need to not play this, thanks.

[@sandwich2473]

:c It's a shame. I was almost looking forward to this, but I guess it's not the sequel I wanted.

[@DarkNight3603]

Thats pretty unfair to base a while game based one tiny thing. I hate premium currency just as much as anyone but to dismiss cause of that alone is pretty shallow. But hey thats you and thats fine.

[@sandwich2473]

@@DarkNight3603 If it's a paid for game, that's no bueno. If it's been added, then chances are there have also been intensives put in place to encourage people to get some.

[@H31MU7]

@@sandwich2473 i'm not sure there were too many people asking for a sequel to RAGE at all

[@puppetstudio4989]

Literally this comment is dumb cause literally if that you stake for not getting a game just fuck off

[@indigo_wyvern]

I hate that you have to hold square to do everything. This is the trend in AAA games, you can't just press a button, you have to hold it.

[@solidsnake6923]

But you can press F to pay respects and there's no need to hold it

[@jgooo101]

Just started red dead 2 and i cantt bring myself to play anymore because of this pace destroying garbage, you have to press and hold f like 3 times before you can do anything.

[@NickHunter]

Agreed, let me toggle that shit in the options to a push

[@TheIrland09]

Do people seriously think this is a big deal. It's like something your grandpa who's never played a game in his life would say.

[@savarast]

Immediately when I heard the music I was wondering if i miss-clicked Hellsing Abridged

[@bificommander7472]

TFS's Alucard would've livened this game up for sure.

[@patricom05]

I remember W.K more from Aqua team hunger force when Frylock had cancer

[@goldengolem4670]

Man of culture

[@lruddy8820]

@@patricom05 andrew wk is a party and a half ive seen him 2 and will always say yes to going to a WK party

[@ignas205]

the only problem is that it was a much shittier version of the song compared to the one used in Hellsing

[@hollow-xiii-]

They should get rid of the boxes and have the enemies drop most of the loot. That would at least fix one problem.

[@Aliens1337]

Yeah, I don't mind the Arc chests being a treasure hunt mini game, but the normal chest should just be part of the Objective rewards. Clearing out the outpost should net you the money and Felrite right away. This is clearly padding a short 8 hour game into 12 - 14 hours.

[@nicknevco215]

true that and get rid of money as the blue stuff is basically money seems like it was a premium currency that got removed at one time.

[@jet100a]

Should have just gotten rid of all collectables and made it a leveling system to add on to the combat and improve the experience and should have started the game with good abilities that were fun instead of a pistol and assult rifle and the overdrive ability for like 3 or 4 hours. Made the beginning completely unbearable. I hate having to collect my upgrades. Even doom has that problem. I want to meet one person who likes collecting their upgrades

[@ionseven]

Open world is meant to be explored so only being a one trick pony, run n gun n loot carrot dangling gameplay chase in open world is the problem. Story, NPCs, level design, deep exploration all kicked to the curb to please twitch viewer drones who flood chats with resident sleepers if theres no constant pew pews. Replaced with drive n shoot loops here. Remember getting lost in random caves, dungeons, bases etc in old school games for hours? All having their own cool stories told by the atmosphere or some hidden NPC? Now we get tunnel vision speed run n gun n loot gameplay like this to "git muh luts". The best open world games have living breathing worlds with intricate storytelling - well at least try. This gen (for open world mind you) Witcher 3 is the only game that has pulled this off masterfully for me. BGS shifting FO and TES into microtransaction cesspools means they are gone. Run n loot works in corridor shooters great like Doom and Wolf - but not here.

[@BonerBot]

Or put it all in one spot. Like when you clear/kill everyone in the area you find the "stash room"

[@5371W]

Was the talking NPC just a hidden loading screen?

[@greenhowie]

Just think, the patent for minigames in loading screens has been over for 4 years now - there's no reason why there have to be obvious loading times in any games ever again.

[@andrew-ripley1747]

Lol still better than slow-opening doors in the console version of Alien: Isolation.

[@Gigaheart]

@@andrew-ripley1747 Mass Effect elevator

[@AlphaEnt2]

it had a skip buttom at the bottom right though.

[@shinnyshin7792]

So another game with a solid chassis dragged down and diluted by time-wasting open world elements? Why has open world become the default these days--the games where it actually works out seem to be one in a million? Why has hours spent in the game, often spent wishing you weren't doing what you're doing, become such a metric of quality and success?

[@Unotuchable]

Wasn't that the case with the original? Great gunplay but it's dragged down by basically everything else.

[@mjolnir112]

because if it isn't open world it's "linear" and therefore bad. So everything has to be open world now, god forbid it's linear.

[@MrSmokinDragon]

@@mjolnir112 or the usually good middle ground: a string of clever designed areas, with multiple paths, secrets and rewards for exploration, but unfortunately designing this takes skill and time.

[@mjolnir112]

@@MrSmokinDragon like with god of war? I believe they called it 'open linear' or something similar.

[@MrSmokinDragon]

@@mjolnir112 Right. That seems like a great name for it. Ofc. it can come in many variations, but seeing how developers butcher the Open World concept, I hope they start to rethink their process and instead start using something like this more often. It would mean, however, that AAA devs can't make a game full of fetch-quests, the same camp encounters 100s of time or any of the other methods they use to pad the length or size of their games, but have to be creative, so I am not holding my breath.

[@lonewolffang]

I know how to use a rocket launcher! You point at things and you blow it up! - Jim Sterling 👍

[@dr.velious5411]

You can also point it down and jump.

[@KageRyuu6]

@@dr.velious5411 But only once, and only part of you will get very far.

[@Gohanitos]

lol

[@Devvvie]

Ah yes, another game on my list to buy when it's 10 bucks, thank you for saving me 80 CAD Jim! Always a lifesaver, thank God for you!

[@lessonslearned2569]

Wait for a sale. Sales are your friends.

[@hatchell18]

Nah this games worth 60 bucks. Jim is way too harsh..rage 2 is fun as fuck

[@lokiskywalker]

Yeah, don't pay anything RESEMBLING MSRP for this one, folks.

[@frickthefuckoff]

@@hatchell18 Surely your comment lacking any details will convince those who aren't on board after the multiple mediocre reviews.

[@Genome85]

I am pretty confident that this game will be $30 in like a month or two, tops. $10 in < a year.

[@wrmusic8736]

"Empty wasteland of a map" - any Avalanche's game ever.

[@GGamersUnited]

was kinda more fitting for Mad Max,but still...a wasteland as a setting still can be done fun with more stuff to do, it can still have its aesthetic 0 stuff having pieces of land.

[@CaptHam]

I tried to play Mad Max twice. It's not horrible just the most boring game I've played this generation.

[@joshbouman1654]

Oh shit is this made by the same dev as Mad Max? I just got done with that game and felt like I was going crazy watching this. All makes sense now.

[@AniSky759]

​@@joshbouman1654 No, this is the same dev as Doom. Avalanche made Mad Max and Just Cause, id made Doom and Rage. Edit: Decided to grow a brain and do some actual research, found out Rage 2 was made by id AND Avalanche. My mistake.

[@felisasininus1784]

LukeDude759 Avalanche is the spearhead studio on this game methinks.

[@waaaand]

I swear I can't discern a modern fps from another anymore. Same guns, same UI, same settings, same wording, same animations. If you remove "Rage 2" from the title of the video it could be anything

[@YEs69th420]

Then let me introduce you to Doom my friend...

[@winlover37]

I seriously thought this was Destiny gameplay for the first five seconds.

[@jacksonelh]

It looks identical to far cry new dawn

[@datingsim]

Yep, have you also noticed how all the females in these triple a open world games look EXACTLY the same and have that cliche side shaved short haircut?

[@KiomonDuck]

@@jacksonelh same here.

[@evillecaston]

What a shame, really. I enjoyed the first RAGE enough, but I was hoping this sequel would address all the concerns people had over the original. Seems like it wants to be two different games at once, which never really works.

[@KiroOsexXIII]

Wanting to be two different games was a pretty big problem in the original Rage, and 2 definitely improves on that. It feels much more like a cohesive whole where driving around and shooting things are related tasks instead of two separate activities.

[@nardoboom]

I am liking rage 2 more than rage 1

[@HandmadeGoose97]

Run around this nest finding mutant eggs Run around this pit stop finding fuel tanks Run around this shooting range finding beer bottles

[@adamantiumreaver4283]

Would buy it again

[@ududy22]

Aren't game designers creative bastards?

[@KageRyuu6]

Ain't nothing wrong with a fetch quest, what makes or breaks the experience is what they put between you and what you're searching for.

[@HandmadeGoose97]

@@KageRyuu6 oh I know, that last one was a cheeky dis at Fallout 76

[@Sketch_EM]

i'm glad i'm not the only person that got pissed off at having to crouch to break boxes literally pissed me off soooooo bad

[@Revealingstorm.]

Wait really you have to do that? Haha who would come up with something like that. Weird.

[@GigglingStoners]

@@Revealingstorm. Those who have artificial lengthening of gameplay down to a science, that's who.

[@otakon17]

@@Revealingstorm. the melee has weird hitboxes when you need to smash crates.

[@otakon17]

@Joseph Moquin yes, waste ammo to pick up ammo or waste ammo to pick up supplies.

[@feckert7301]

What's weird is that some can be broken while standing but some randomly can't.

[@TotalConScience]

One thing to note, Doom (2016) also had that loot counter for each section. Just wasn't on the main UI.

[@shortsrus]

Once I found out hitting melee skips dialogue the game got way better

[@jacob7718]

just like real life!

[@phillystevesteak6982]

@@jacob7718 lol

[@vgamesx1]

@@jacob7718 I wish that were a thing in a lot of these kinds of games, don't want to listen to dialogue? Make them shut up.

[@Knights_of_the_Nine]

You know how many times I've pressed X to pick something up and it WONT PICK UP, just to find out I was skipping dialogue.

[@jarmakey1]

Yeah, but if you're like Jim (or me) and dislike skipping dialogue in games, then you're screwed.

[@FAHRENHEITDELIO]

RAGE 2 is a fine example of why DOOM isn’t open world

[@marcelpursche5339]

Doom is probably the best mix of linear shooter gameplay and open world gameplay. Each level is large enough that it is interesting to explore it and find secrets but not too large so it's always packed with action and doesn't feel empty. Rage 2 would probably be better if they made the world smaller and instead more packed with action.

[@mrfreeman1763]

Yes, but Doom was designed to ruin the gameplay with the "Tear enemies apart for health" mechanic. Said they made the character a pussy because it forced you to stay in the action. Quite counter intuitive. Completely ruined it for me.

[@MegaMerdeux]

@@mrfreeman1763 you don't have to use that mechanic since you can get your hands on health and armor as pickups. I never understood people who complain about some optional mechanic ruining games... lol

[@lamezorlord]

@@mrfreeman1763 I'm... not sure what you mean... How does that mechanic in any way ruin the gameplay in Doom. If anything, it provides Doom the capacity to be balls deep in the fray and continously killing enemies while being able to sustain yourself if things go wrong. Its what made Doom so good. You had a selection of hand crafted weapons designed for maximum impact and coolness, which you used against hordes of hellspawn. Killing enemies made to reach your objectives, but also fed into the gameplay loop of shooty fun. If your health went down, you could weaken an enemy enough that you do a finisher and get some of it back. If your ammo ran out, you could chainsaw and enemy and get it back. All this basically gave the player the option to more or less have a sustained fight with the endless hordes of hell subject to the skill of that player. In short - your argument doesnt make any sense...

[@polarrican8359]

Mr Freeman you’re definitely in the minority on that one.

[@IamSpacedad]

-*designs a game around fun satisfying combat that is fantastic when it never lets up* -*promptly designs the levels and world around long empty areas and chest-hunts*

[@CornishCreamtea07]

In summary, Rage II is a Ubisoft game by Bethesda.

[@CalavErik]

By Avalanche

[@Cryztel]

@Corey Stokely r/whoooosh

[@Thebaildude]

Not by Bethesda but okay.

[@CornishCreamtea07]

@Corey Stokely I did originally put by ID, but then I thought Bethesda published it so I changed it.

[@lwaves]

@Corey Stokely The OP never said it was 'made' by Bethesda. You added that part, the OP only said 'by'.

[@TechSword]

"This one time, at Bandit Camp..."

[@dr.velious5411]

Go on...

[@J.E.R.O.M.E.]

Flip your approach. Look for the collectibles first, then finish the enemies off afterward. It's more fun trying to collect while being shot at anyway

[@347tester]

I hate ubisoft busy work missions .

[@zeromailss]

A lot of Open World game did an open world just for the sake of open world Huge open map a wide as an ocean but as deep as puddle, I do think that Doom have some pacing problem but I still generally prefer a more linear single player experience instead of a half assed open world game But that's just me, seeing how well Ubisoft game is selling I guess this isn't a popular opinion

[@deathtrap2672]

Finally, I've found someone whom I share with the same views on today's open world games.

[@YourPalKindred]

I'm not surprised the world is bland and shit. Every open world is now.

[@cinnamonbuns8320]

Too true. Open world is this gen's hot trend like online military shooter was last gen's.

[@lurchusa1299]

The world isn't the only thing that is bland and shit... have you SEEN the textures? Even playing on "ultra", textures look muddy, blurry and something right out of the late 90's.

[@Ryumeyer]

Open world for open world sake

[@m4nt1c0r3s]

Well yeah but they are setting up for RAGE 76, you go Todd.

[@zmdumpbox2340]

It reminds me of the Jimquisition on good open world design - namely, denser open worlds like Kamurocho in the Yakuza series.

[@matracemusic]

Rage 2 is nowhere near a perfect game and suffers from an empty open world, but I cannot deny that the combat is beautifully crafted and makes you want to rip and tear until it is done.

[@Thrashman138]

I love this game despite its fault.

[@dledman]

The convoys are fun to experience on top of the gunplay once you have the extra weapons, it's like watching fireworks and explosions during a car chase.

[@Ductos]

Come to think of it...the scavenger hunt for collectibles in a bandit camp? It was also implemented that way in Mad Max - which was also made by Avalanche.

[@russmawson6744]

Yes exactly. It was very frustrating in Mad Max. I wasted so much time looking for the last collectable and then it was crap lol

[@Zontar82]

such a step down from rage 1. i loved the low-fi tehcnology and environment of the first one. in here everyone is super hi-tech (except for some stuff), wit hthat ugly pink color flowing around everywhere

[@4TheWinQuinn]

That is what put me off as well

[@bannisher]

Another open world, post apocalyptic shooter..... whooooo..... *lights a single firecracker*

[@JB.zero.zero.1]

Oh well, wait until it's a fiver on Steam then.

[@Thicc_Boyo]

There were torrents for it on day one since the Bethesda launcher version didn't have DRM. Not advocating piracy or anything, but just so you know...

[@greenhowie]

Yup. Feels like it's destined for the bargain bin. Got strong Duke Nukem Forever vibes from this. I mean, it'll be in some lesser known KZbinr's "Top 10 forgotten gems of the 2010s" video in the future for sure.

[@thundersoul6795]

@@greenhowie It'll probably have a chance of ending up in the Game Dungeon a decade later, when technological sidestepping will make it a chore to launch and keep stable on top of being a chore to play.

[@greenhowie]

@@thundersoul6795 Haha yeah you can practically hear Ross going on about how this game was flawed, but didn't deserve to be abandoned.

[@DeViLzzz2006]

Uh you can try a game for 2 hours and get a refund or if you have a console rent the darn game. It isn't hard to do.

[@Genome85]

This is definitely a "digital stress ball" game. I'm enjoying it for what it is, but Jim's video highlights almost all the issues I have with it. I just don't understand how some of these blatant issues got missed by the devs/QA. Even such simple annoyances such as supply box hitboxes being too small to melee attack while the player is standing unless at the perfect angle. How did nobody notice that?

[@bleack8701]

doubt it was a "didn't notice" thing. Most probably a "not enough time" problem. Gotta hit that release date

[@Nickyreaper2008]

As the other guy said. I'm pretty sure they had to release the game and didn't have time to fix it.

[@NotTheStinkyCheese]

I've got this sinking feeling that they were planning lootboxes & microtransactions ...

[@crazybugatti-7210]

My biggest problem is how u can’t see the chests with ur focus. I wish it was an ability at least

[@Genome85]

@@crazybugatti-7210 I was 100% expecting that to be an unlockable perk. Of course it wasn't there.

[@R4DI4LR4CER]

I think the most remarkable thing about Rage 2 is how it's managed to preserve and even modernise most of the things wrong with the original, it feels very much like what they wanted to do back then, but with the same woes.

[@mrman5566]

Pretty much everything wrong with the original Rage... Great.

[@DeViLzzz2006]

This looks better graphically than the original Rage. Original Rage lied to consumers about how it was going to look. At least that did not happen here.

[@Unotuchable]

But now it has premium currency because of course it does

[@ftniceberg874]

Surprised people remember the original lol I had to look through my game collection to find out I had it and completely forgot it.

[@andrew-ripley1747]

I wonder if the vehicles in Rage 2 are actually drivable once you upgrade the tires? That’s all it took in Rage (1) to completely fix their performance.

[@KiroOsexXIII]

Rage 1 had a big problem in that it felt like the driving and combat were two completely unrelated parts, largely because the driving had literally nothing except for a road the next mission objective and the literal sectioning off of most areas by a loading screen. 2 is much better in that respect since it has no loading screens, making the world feel more cohesive, and the environment is made much more open and there's actual places to go outside of the critical path. Rage 1 plays like a game about driving and a game about shooting, but Rage 2 actually feels like a game about driving and shooting. That doesn't justify the larger problem of how it affects the rest of the game's quality, but it definitely improves on Rage 1 in that respect. I still agree with nearly all of Jim's points, but it didn't frustrate me as much as it did him.

[@quasadra]

the game is sum up as "id software did their job, while avalanche dropped the ball"

[@OutOfTheShadows1]

@Jimmy Just Cause 2 was pretty ok.

[@OutOfTheShadows1]

@Jimmy I think jc2 was good since they had very clear things to improve from jc1, and enough development time and interest in their ip to do it, as opposed to jc 3 and 4, being rushed by square enix, and mad max being stuck during and inbetween projects, so it got less focus, but I have no idea wtf happened with final fantasy xv (avalanche worked on it along with square enix tokyo division)

[@JeremyComans]

Yeah, it has been 9 years and 7 games since Avalanche released JC2, their last critically acclaimed game.

[@Sam-Cain]

Wait a second, this is the same people who made the 2015 Mad Max game?! The driving was great in that game, how did they mess it up this time around?!

[@Sam-Cain]

@Jimmy They very rarely make *great* games, but they're great at making *good* games. Not fantastic, but rarely dipping below a 5-6/10.

[@miraprime474]

So, this game would have been better as a more linear game?

[@Tobascodagama]

Probably 90% of "open world" games would.

[@Pentti_Hilkuri]

Or being just an FPS without the shitty forced driving and racing bits.

[@Knights_of_the_Nine]

Dude absolutely! The biggest issue with this game is the down time. Combat is fun but you gotta fucking trog through numbing nothingness to get to it.

[@XCerykX]

It would have been. The only reason the open world content exists is upgrading. I enjoy open world games enough that I am okay with that, but the game barely utilizes the world, so it would have absolutely been better off making it linear or a smaller world with larger "dungeons".

[@kevadu]

@@Tobascodagama Exactly! I've been saying this for years...all too often 'open world' means poor pacing and pointless busywork. I vastly prefer more focused experiences in my games.

[@CornishCreamtea07]

It really sounds like this would have benefited from not being an open world game.

[@sandrobotticelli1337]

If you want (a fun) corridor version of this go play bulletstorm from 2011.

[@lukepavitt4603]

I feel that this game doesn't look as pleasant as the first Rage, in visuals and design.

[@jonnyguydenton]

Totally agree with you. Rage 2 is clearly a downgrade. Look at any locales, Subway town, settlements, the amount of details in Rage 1 is insanely high. World after total destruction, walls weathered, collapsed, worked on by residents. Floor carpeted with debri. I feel the effect of 100 years dilapidation. Rage 2 looks just like generic shanty town, easily found in anywhere. Just look for Eagle Mountain Ghost Town in California. Or Detroit.

[@lukepavitt4603]

@@jonnyguydenton go one further, Far Cry new dawn with a couple of mildly fun details. Especially considering the focus of colours.

[@tbar9030]

This review is 100% spot on this game feels like it's trying too hard to be Borderlands.

[@KomamuraSajin]

Jim doesn't do reviews anymore. This was his Jimpression; his impressions from the game, and his personal thoughts on it. He no longer uses any form of scoring system and will often tell people that someone still might be interested in it. Jimpressions are no longer counted on metacritic where they used to be when his website used to put out proper reviews. Unless its an outright scam like an asset flip released on Steam or PS4, or a "fremium" travesty, he won't even tell people not to buy something.

[@lobsterchief6901]

and failing at it too.

[@Thrashman138]

This game has nothing in common with Borderlands outside of the fact they're both games with guns.

[@eleanorgreywolfe5142]

The way this was advertised, it was trying waaaaay to hard to be cool.

[@jacksonelh]

Lithus17 sorry, the marketing was tryhard because... women? and the color pink? really not helping that stereotype about gamers, dude.

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

G Reggie dude chill it’s 60% top

[@MrHubcio666]

@@almightyyoke 90% of Jim Sterling audience are hardcore left wing commies who think capitalism is satan and Trump with Elon Musk will destroy the world with climate change. It's all truth they'll tell you, yet they’re the only ones who ever bring it up. Liberal media level bullshit. Besides Jim's videos, you'll find them commenting on footage of the Red Army and 1930s Soviet Union jerking off to the “good old days”. Their constant screeching is best ignored.

[@jacksonelh]

the "leftist commies" and the "liberal media" are completely different things lmao. liberal communist seems like an oxymoron. sadly, you just seem like a regular moron.

[@somebodies]

Yeah the blue haired rage face lady cover art is pure cringe

[@WhiteNegative]

This sounds very much like the Mad Max game

[@Thiccubus]

It is, just with a LOT more chromosomes and distilled in the worst that (most) Ubisoft games would normally offer, flavored with 'new' bioware at times. Delicious lmao

[@WH250398]

I liked the car combat, but hated everything around it.

[@DarkPhychic]

It's the same studio that made it..

[@Lord_Of_Night]

Mad max was kind of better.

[@EhurtAfy]

I came here to post this. I actually got a 100% in Mad Max; took 105 hours.

[@peeledapples4176]

Quite sick of the generic open world template now. I just want more games like God of War, more-or-less linear but with big levels, crammed with combat and stuff to explore.

[@sensualarmpit3512]

Like in the good ol days of ocarina or time, tomb raider 1-3 etc. Used to be an adventure, now its all glorified fetch quest grind.

[@peeledapples4176]

@@sensualarmpit3512 Ocarina is a perfect example! It did what GoW did, with a hub area connected to distinct, large levels with a lot of content condensed into them. I'd like to see a lot more games like Deus Ex, Prey, Dishonored etc. too, with traditional, linear level structures, but a billion ways to approach each one.

[@Reoko77]

Dragons dogma is pretty much a open-linear style one. Check out its map. Theres a boss battle or a bunch of enemies every 2 minutes treveling from one part or another.

[@Reoko77]

@ARKANOiiDE Dude, that game is so damn good, i bought it 4 times. 360, ps4, ps3 and switch version.

[@ilovecody7514]

@@peeledapples4176 Eh, Ocarina's is overrated. Majora's Mask and New Vegas's are better.

[@Suika_Ibuki_The_Drunk_Oni]

So it is open world sandbox with barely anything in it no.1023. yeaaah probably gonna skip this. i haven't even cleared my last two!

[@CyclonicDeath]

You're so cute,cmere

[@altitoasmoro8798]

Your last two?

[@Suika_Ibuki_The_Drunk_Oni]

Last two open world sandbox games.

[@ducreat]

A lot to do, but nothing interesting to do.

[@sprj7792]

I'm loving it...so bummer for you Jim...anyway, still love the videos...Thank God for Jim

[@dledman]

My friend had the same complaints as Jim, but I asked him if he'd even seen dr Antonin Kvasir the 3rd project tech tree and he hadn't... I told him to and hey presto the finding of collectables and manoeuvring around the map became a breeze. The problem is that they position this project tree the furtherest away from the player, when ideally it should be the first because it's the most useful.

[@thequillster]

Sooooo in other words, if you're looking for a tight fps experience with light rpg elements, you're probably better off waiting for Doom Eternal or Borderlands 3. Personally I'm still waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 to scratch that fps action-rpg itch...

[@fatherofthenoo]

Go back and play last gen's Deus Ex. It's still bloody good.

[@baronsengir187]

Oh i hope Cyberpunk is mre rpg and less action-rpg.

[@kudosbudo]

I have a bad feeling Doom Eternal will be the same watered down gameplay. Borderlands honestly looks worse than Rage. Except it also tries to be funny...

[@ItsaMeGo]

Definitely hoping Cyberpunk is a heavy rpg game with light fps elements.

[@ManoredRed]

I gotta say that the vibe Cyberpunk gave me is that its going to be an RPG first, and an action game second. Aka not the best game if you want to focus on shooting things. Also if you only want action, not necessarily shooting, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is pretty great, as are all the Souls games. Just prepare to die a lot.

[@sparrowhawk81]

Ah I was looking forward to hearing you say "RAYYYGEE COINNSSS" Sterling style.

[@TheBurntFish]

@Eternal Diddums

[@chwenhoou]

*hears Party by Andrew W.K.* HEY! THIS ISN'T HELLSING ULTIMATE ABRIDGED!!

[@33melonpaws77]

I remember the intro too~!

[@drmikehuntphd7905]

Why does everyone that recognises a song feel the need to brag about it in the comments. Piss off!

[@chwenhoou]

@@drmikehuntphd7905 How about you go fuck yourself and let folks enjoy themselves, ya joyless twat.

[@jean-luc_gohard]

if you put a side-by-side screenshot of rage 2 and far cry: new dawn, can anyone actually tell the difference???

[@adamantiumreaver4283]

Yes.

[@convection20]

Yes.

[@JohnathanJWells]

Yeah

[@venomfuryx3250]

Yes

[@adamantiumreaver4283]

Honestly, what a bunch of dicks we are. 😂

[@dreasy0]

Just looks like the Mad Max game but with weapons. Same layout in "bases", same desert, same number of collectables to collect. What crap

[@DarksydePhilip]

This game has microscamtractions (rage coins?). BIG PASS!

[@Skellotronix]

"It has pay to win in my single player game!?!?" No shit. Name a game that hasn't had that in the past 6 months.

[@songogu9]

@@Skellotronix so it's normal and we shouldn't make it a big deal?

[@vemaxonful]

So far no premium currency. Just in game pick up which gives you cash constantly

[@Zeriel00]

Also Denuvo DRM that automatically puts it in my pirate list

[@Badjazy]

@@Skellotronix Sekiro and dmc5, but yeah it a common shitty thing.

[@KartoffelKonig]

I love the game but you are right with all your points and annoyances especially when you don't find the last f*cking crate and you have to look up a video on youtube after 10 minutes.

[@captainblastems3367]

Dude level up the scientist

[@squirts1]

yeah, like the other comment said... just raid some camps and put your project points into the radar abilities... But even without that none of the crates are particularly hard to find. You certainly don't "have to look up a video"... you could just leave the damn crate and continue on with the game or just come back later when you get the radar. Let's be honest here... if you are at all surprised by what this game is and you dislike it then that's your own fault. This game was made by the team who made Rage, Mad Max, and Doom. It was marketed as such. It's basically Mad Max with guns. The world design is practically identical to Mad Max with the flavor of Rage and the gunplay of Doom.

[@KartoffelKonig]

I was in more than 5 situations where I had to look up a video because I couldn't find the last crate and believe me I searched more than 10 minutes alone each time. And I hate leaving something and to come back later it just annoys the hell out of me and that has nothing to do with the developers it's just a bad design decision. The scientist skill should have been unlocked from the start

[@squirts1]

@@KartoffelKonig I disagree... What's the point of putting things around the world for you to find if you start out with a radar ability? you're just not good at finding things apparently. I haven't had that problem. Wanting everything just handed to you right from the start... why bother playing games at all? Might as well just watch a movie or watch someone else play a game.

[@KartoffelKonig]

There is no point in hiding cases at all that is my point. Doom hasn't had it and it certainly doesn't do Rage 2 any good as you can see by all the annoyances people have with this game decision. And if you desperately want to have it in your game you should give players the option to find it more easily if they searched for more than 5 minutes.

[@louiscollins5445]

I can’t stand looking for those crates as find nearly all of them then spend almost 30 minutes to an hour running around bases trying to find the missing crates, then I just say sod it and move on as like you I want to clear the entire base of collectibles. Also gun play is the best thing about this game and yeah screw driving in this so I think you were spot on bring on Doom Eternal

[@BelimaiSykes]

Get the little loot radar perk. Most complaints I see about this game are people not being able to find shit or playing on easy/normal then complaining there's pacing issues when everything dies to the usual head shot damage and they're not having to run around and knock armor off or learn their I frames. I don't understand the pacing complaints as I started by zipping around in an icarus, picking up all the ark weapons and abilities then plopped down at a random spot, did a mission, and ran to the nearest marker for the next blood bath because they're so densely packed on the map and movement is even quicker than in doom with all the ark powers, not even upgraded. Rinse repeat, has not gotten old. I haven't touched vehicle combat. use the icarus, and your pacing issues are gone too.

[@dledman]

@@BelimaiSykes this is spot on: level up the Scientist perk tree to find collectables easily, it also increases the amount of base loot you find too, unlock the flying bike the Icarus through him and then everything flows great.

[@pauperslament3467]

Yet ANOTHER mature rated game made for kids.

[@natb8800]

Yeah , why they don’t add nudity content in their games :(

[@TheLinkoln18]

AimB YT Nudity gets games banned in certain regions, blowing entities heads off does not.

[@natb8800]

TheLinkoln18 not all game with nudity gets banned in some regions. I mean , have you look at other game like Witcher series or especially Conan exiles . Although Even blood and gore gets banned in some region too like German or Australia as in example . Afterall , nudity and gore should been same thing . Wished Nudity and gore was friends each other ,shouldn’t it ?

[@DeathBringer769]

@@natb8800 Japan censors decapitations as well, even with their own Resident Evil series (called Biohazard over there.) I remember even with RE7 they still censored a bunch of the gore in their own version, but had it fully there in the Western version.

[@sludgemouth1408]

holy shit i never thought about it that way

[@GrayMoe]

This game is openworld for no good reason. Thats why this game isnt as good as it could be

[@littleman6950]

Rage 2 is a great game bogged down by many minor inconveniences that really shouldn't be there.

[@Lifesizemortal]

i'd argue it's mere existence bogs it down. do we really need another "shoot guys until you have to shoot more guys" game in a world where that oversaturated genre makes up a vast majority of AAA titles?

[@jackgarcia5926]

@@Lifesizemortal if it plays well, yeah, why the fuck not? There are tons of fps, but most of them are unsatisfying garbage like Destiny or entirely focused on multiplayer garbage...like Destiny. Id software makes some terrific gunplay, and Rage 2 isn't the exception, the problem is that it's full of garbage that adds nothing to the core design of the game, which is shooting shit. Now every game has to bog down what makes it good for the sake of being massive time sinks, as if I didn't have enough trouble keeping up with games as it is. *Sigh* I am just gonna wait for Doom eternal in the corner.

[@dledman]

@@jackgarcia5926 I really enjoy the vehicle combat once you upgrade your combat ride. The graphic fidelity of that experience is fucking cool. To have that with the gunplay is like a refreshing cold beverage that compliments your meal.

[@littleman6950]

@@Lifesizemortal I pick these games up to shoot guys, more guys, and then all the guys. If you're not picking up a shooter to shoot guys... why are you picking up shooters again?

[@Nebelkorona]

"Less funny Borderlands" sounds like a kind of achievement.

[@user-vs6oe8fl3m]

It is an achievement. The humour in Borderlands is really bad.

[@dichloro_arsine542]

The humor in the first Borderlands was kind of funny for the time it came out but it's aged terribly and they refuse to move on from it

[@user-vs6oe8fl3m]

@@dichloro_arsine542 It's Epic Bacon: the game. Claptrap had some funny one liners at the start of bl2, I thought the entire game would be like that

[@foulXD]

Borderlands is so fucking cringy and not funny at all, all that immature "humor" caused me to fucking stop playing it.

[@wonderlustking1306]

Borderlands 2 is hilarious what are you even talking about.

[@LastSecBloomer]

Oh look, another Ubisoft open world game. Yes, I said "Ubisoft". Because that's how it plays - like generic Ubisoft open world game...and it's not a compliment. Enemies are bullet sponges, takes like 20 AR bullets to kill a trash mob if you don't nail a headshot, driving is painfully mediocre for a game that boasts driving, fetching every little speck of Feltrite becomes annoying real fast, NPCs are annoying when not bland (fuck Desdemonia), skill trees are generic, enviroment is bland, weapon and enemy variety is meh... All in all, dull game.

[@brianleal87]

Talk about 1st world problems where we bash on open world single player games..... without Ubisoft, all we'd have is battle Royales n shooter's, with one rpg every few years

[@theaces3697]

not all ubisoft style open worlds are bad, Spiderman ps4 felt like the open world was done by ubisoft, bland, empty, shitty collectiables and boring side challenges but its still a good game

[@ShakSaintTiger]

@@brianleal87 whaaaat

[@sugar5374]

studster87 A Plague Tale just released alongside Rage 2. We literally got a Singleplayer Story game in the same time we got another mediocre Open World game that plays like a Tech Demo with some fancy decorations.

[@devilmanscott]

@@ln2435 I like that everyone is forgetting that Siege, last two Assassins Creed, For Honour, Wildlands and Division 2 have been rated quite highly by both fans and critics alike, but lets keep bashing on Ubisoft, fashionable haters as normal. And not only that have been supporting their games long after release as-well.

[@DownHawkFreak13]

I didn´t know you before this video. I bought RAGE 2 and i feel exactly the same about the whole game. The most fitting quote is from 7:38 - 7:55 , that´s the game in a nutshell. For me atleast. Nice video and good work mate :) keep it up. Greetings from Germany *EDIT* The PC keyboard controlls are just awfull

[@xTGE]

I’ve played it for about 30 hours now and one thing I can say is that I really miss the small wasteland that we had in RAGE. I also fucking hate how there are like no mini-games, that card one in the original was dope.

[@WakoDoodle]

A huge collectathon game... *looks at elder scrolls online* *looks at assassin creed* That sound about right, can't make good game, but can make good padding.

[@juderobson9224]

It stills baffles me how Rage got a sequel.

[@michaelwoods2672]

Me to, it was even weirder when Homefront got one.

[@wotever99ninynine]

@@michaelwoods2672 yip.. that game was shit. rage 1 was at least mostly good just with a slightly unfinished vibe. but i still loved it. rage 2 is very very shit though. and literally has nothing to do with original rage.

[@TiagoMorbusSa]

We need to rage at international corporations causing climate chaos.

[@BlackGuyTv]

The Raddest Scorpion Agreed.

[@jacksonelh]

rage 2 is just earth in 20 years

[@commietearsdrinker]

@@jacksonelh Hah! Now that, is laughable.

[@ManoredRed]

@@commietearsdrinker I look forward to having magic murder powers in 20 years' time.

[@commietearsdrinker]

@Ronnyqt "But... But climate change is real! We will all be dead in 5 hours! Only the green new deal will save us! Carbon tax! Pay for your oxygen! Ban cow farts!"

[@Arcademan09]

In my experience when a game DOESN'T show you everything including how missions are done or npc moments, that when you know even the devs are fully aware of how bad they are

[@carnivalcadaver69]

Can somebody give me the name of the song around 6:00 please? Found it. R.E.S. - The Cardiacs.

[@QJ89]

Try Shazam.

[@SpocksBro]

They want 72$ (after currency conversion which is close to 1:1) for the base game in my country. I have no clue why games cost 20% more on average (taxes, tariffs maybe) here compared to say the US of A but there's just now way i'm going to pay that amount of money for such mediocrity.

[@jackhazardous4008]

I just think you're not understanding currency conversion

[@SpocksBro]

@@jackhazardous4008 Yes, according to the Big Mac Index the swiss franc is around 20% overvalued even though the actual exchange rate is close to 1:1. And yes, i just read it up because i was kinda curious.

[@TheGagginator]

Where's Andrew W.K.? Is he a pre-order bonus?

[@oneofone210]

The music just made me think of the TFS dub of Hellsing Ultimate lol

[@lronjack]

Pretty great use of AWK.

[@vemaxonful]

I mean, my experience has been I step on a rock and a small army comes for me to kill. Gives me loot.i move onto the next slaughter box. I love it.

[@NickandAutumn]

Continue through the story a little. The 4th NPC that gives you projects gives you an ability to track supply crates and data pads so u don't waste time looking

[@hogofddyn]

Ah, I actually enjoy the collecting for some reason. Obviously it's less fun than the combat but on the whole I'm really enjoying the game despite its drawbacks.

[@Nikagor]

Haven't gotten it yet, but would the combat not naturally lead you to these collectables or are they jsut horribly placed?

[@hogofddyn]

@@Nikagor they're sorta placed to promote exploration, like the doom guy figures in doom. It basically means that combat happens and you might find a couple of boxes, then when everyone's dead you kinda quietly explore to look for the rest of the boxes and chests, or don't if you'd rather move on. They definitely break the gameplay flow, but I like that; gives you some time for sightseeing after a fight.

[@ruijikisu]

I used to like open worlds but now theyre just tedious to me. if you have a full time job and do set aside some time to play games, you dont wanna wander around forever, you wanna get to the good bits.

[@PikaPicu]

Play Final Fantasy XII (if you’re ok with JRPGs with a kind of MMO-esque combat system but done wayyy better), it’s an open game with tons of content that allows you to explore the world and find hidden bosses and optional areas, but it’s incredibly focused and action packed through and through, no filler.

[@PikaPicu]

I wish more open world games took notes from JRPGs. Seems like they’re the only games that do open areas right anymore :/

[@ruijikisu]

@@PikaPicu True, jRPGs are more focused, but ive really just stopped playing RPGs entirely. Way too time consuming for the...lets say fun per spent time. I really either play linear singleplayer games, or it has to have multiplayer so i can play it with friends.

[@VinceSteel]

But Jim, but Jim, if the game isn't open world, where will Bethesda insert the post-launch content they carved from the base game as outlined by their *Jim's Skeletor voice* DEVELOPMENT. ROADMAAAAP.

[@olololo4807]

i hope that skeletor voice is echoed.

[@VinceSteel]

@@olololo4807 Like it was recorded from a vocoder in the world's emptiest room.

[@LordServbot]

The first RAGE was better. I was absolutely bored after two hours of this game.

[@sharkbait1228]

2 hours? Damn i lasted 25 minutes

[@Tormentadeplomo]

"The shooting is fine, all the rest is annoying and boring". You are basically describing Rage 1.

[@FrankieW00FR]

Everything that you said in video actually makes me want the game.

[@unleashthedog]

The scavenger hunt and progress bar description really sounds familiar. Was the same thing in Mad Max, and since I’m OCD as well, I was sometimes driven to boredom and annoyance by that last crate you can’t find. I’m surprised about cars -somewhat- Just Cause always had shit driving, but Mad Max was very good, so I don’t really understand why/how they still fuck it up.

[@andrew-ripley1747]

Maybe the game just forces you to upgrade the vehicles with “high performance tires”? That was a requirement in Rage (1), win a race or to then upgrade tires to make the vehicles have reasonable traction and turning (also, handbrake turns are ONLY for turning 180 for vehicle combat). Honestly, the racing in Rage (1) was sometimes frustrating but not that bad if you aren’t trying to beat every race. Rage just has a different idea about vehicles than most games, which isn’t helped by the non-destructable obstacles that completely arrest your momentum when you hit them.

[@megamangos7408]

...Wait, isn't this just review for Mad Max, what's going on???

[@gracecalis5421]

ID Software: Here, I've sifted through the dry ingredients and added the wet ingredients in as well. The icing is also ready, in the fridge. All you need to do is preheat the oven and bake it for 40 minu-- Avalanche Studios: **drops brick into batter** ID Software: ...

[@dischargethegamecat4485]

awesome song in the middle!

[@SynphamyMusic]

Well, i'm glad i got Plague Tale instead cos so far that game is fantastic!

[@SweetLittleAki]

Did anyone else's mind go straight to Hellsing Ultimate Abridged? Mine did

[@TheAxeLordOfFire]

“Who is it?” *BLAM BLAM BLAM* “I dunno. A REAL fucking vampire!”

[@XzMondayNightzX]

The "Overdrive Mode" is like the game being self aware... because if it was a real action shooty game it'd be "Rage!!!!!!" mode.

[@pragproforever]

Is that The Cardiacs around 6:50?

[@Thrashman138]

I am loving this game, flaws and all. The gunplay is just too damn good. As always, great video, Jim.

[@Chubzdoomer]

Same here. The DOOM-like combat almost completely makes up for the dreadfully dull world itself.

[@Thrashman138]

@@ChubzdoomerYeah, see, about that... I am having an extremely difficult time understanding a good portion of these negative reviews, the majority of which contain this most-consistent of complaints: the game has a boring, lifeless open world. Remarkably, in the version of Rage 2 that I bought baddies roam the open road fighting constantly with opposing factions, high-speed races are taking place around random corners, convoys of death careen down long stretches of sandy highways, trade posts pop up in unexpected places, heavily armed goons and road blocks abound, and all manner of flora and fauna can be seen off the beaten paths. I feel like I am playing a totally different game than what these reviewers were given. Or, perhaps, I simply don't understand what makes up a non-boring, non-lifeless open world. I'd really like to see what they think that is. Regardless, I see myself playing and replaying this game throughout the summer. I hope the devs know that a lot of us are extremely happy to have spent $60 on this beautifully crafted gore fest.

[@serialkillerx4746]

@@Thrashman138 This world is designed to drive around with a car and therefore its pretty annoying when you run around on foot because everything is so big spaced. When you compare the open world to games like Fallout / Elder Scrolls Series etc. its pretty lackluster. The combat feels pretty great and i like the visual style of the game. Its just a missed oppertunity that they didnt gave the open world the same care that went into the fun combat. My only hope is that they gonna expand the world to make it even better.

[@Thrashman138]

@@serialkillerx4746 I disagree.

[@serialkillerx4746]

Brandon Campbell maybe you are the type of gamer that didnt played almost every open world game in the past. These days we got bored quickly because you saw those things already in every other game. Outposts arent that new and its funny that they didnt include some towers to open up the map. This game feels pretty basic and lacks in every other way except the combat and graphics. I was disappointed when they said that the story isnt that great and you should focus on the world. Thats not a thing a developer should said and showed that they hadnt confidence in this. It doesnt feel like a big triple A game to me. But i find it fascinating that you didnt got that the game is just made so big because you can traverse it pretty fast. Since i first saw gameplay driving around i found it hilarious how big the streets are in comparison to other games. They can improve and i hope they will.

[@masochisticmeese3555]

I watched an hour of gameplay and I can't say I'm impressed. The gun-play wasn't great in the first game, but I really liked the grit and grunge. I'm sure there's *some* way to expand on that and make it more interesting/visually diverse, but this just feels like a generic FPS A-pop-calypse..

[@jacksonelh]

The first game had such an awesome style. Felt like playing Tank-Girl the game.

[@beardedweirdo790]

First one was meh, expectations for the second was ever worse

[@mejrikais7432]

I agree 😉

[@jackgebhardt2932]

I love the first one and I love this one even more. I know they're mediocre games. I even preordered this shit, what the hell's wrong with me!?

[@dichloro_arsine542]

tbh I think Rage 2 is at least better than the first, not that that's really saying much because the first was utter shit. 2 is just kind of... okay-ish? It's not *terrible*, it's something I'd consider picking up for $10 on sale or something, it's just forgettable, whereas Rage 1 was horribly broken on launch and to this day is just really bad.

[@jackgebhardt2932]

@@dichloro_arsine542 It has phenomenal combat, but that's really all it has.

[@hamzafairs3262]

@@jackgebhardt2932 nothing you can do whatever you want, your not hurting anyone

[@curigjervis6524]

Cardiacs? Wow, I came here for Jim, I stayed for Jim's music taste!

[@nen848]

I heard cardiacs and thought I was hallucinating

[@blacxthornE]

The first RAGE was half awesome and half boring. They expanded on the awesome part by adding powers and stuff, but unfortunately they decided to expand on the boring parts too. The shooting parts as Jim said are still really really good. It's still the most fun I've had shooting in a single player game since DOOM 2016. Also note to developers: DON'T START YOUR GAME AT THE MOST BORING LOOKING PART OF THE WORLD. Still, I'm really enjoying playing it as I'm not as annoyed by the scavenger hunt part because I can skip them without too much punishment. But I'm more annoyed by the long pauses (quest complete screens, reward screens, restrictive tutorials, etc). I hate the car parts too, and I thought it was shit because it was tuned for controllers and I play on KB+M, but apparently that's not the case either. They did learn some things from DOOM 2016, clearly. But they still went more towards open world games. They should've gone the other way.

[@night1952]

I'm having the same issues, if this was a linear game it'd be so much more fun. But then again DooM 2016 has a lot of annoying collectables i ended up ignoring.

[@jet100a]

Who the hell thinks those are a good idea? It's so rage inducing that it's hard to make coherent sentences. Seriously who thinks it's a good idea? I want to meet a single person who likes that stuff.

[@corpseplower666]

@@jet100a Watch the NoClip interview with Hugo Martin then. Speaks about lot of things including the reason behind collectibles. Everything in DOOM had a reason behind it.

[@lwaves]

Linear could have worked but from what little I've played, a reduction in world size with a heavier focus on the shooting, less on the collectibles, less on the vehicles and more on the NPC's and it would still work as open world.

[@MrHubcio666]

I had the same problem with Doom 2016, every combat sequence ended with looking for secrets and upgrades

[@zmdumpbox2340]

I wonder in hindsight why devs could not just turn that shit off until New Game+.

[@phuckyiu-gy3se]

Ur both weird

[@EnglishRosie]

@Nobody’s Shadow rage 2 is so great that it has mixed reviews pretty much everywhere. 60% positive on steam, which is worse than other similar open world games like Far Cry 5 which weren't even that great. I refunded it because the driving was so God awful in a game that expected you to drive to new areas for over half your playtime.

[@dylanswan499]

Nobody’s Shadow ya really think Jim was looking for Red Dead/God of War in Rage 2? The game wears exactly what it is on it’s sleeve, except it’s inferior to every other game that does what Rage 2 does. Silly of you to assume someone who is so active in the gaming industry thinks every game should achieve what Red Dead and God of War did. Relax.

[@clrksml]

This video nails the RAGE 2 experience.

[@Prophes0r]

From the gameplay in this video, it honestly looks like ID handed Ubisoft their engine with the movement and weapons sorted, and asked them to make "Mad Max. But with lots of colors."

[@AlluMan96]

Funny enough point to make, because the co-developer was Avalanche, guys behind the official Mad Max game. Something that starts showing very prominently when it's brought to light.

[@divinitymode9364]

The most mysterious thing of all is how Avalanche managed to get the vehicles to handle worse than the very same vehicles in Mad Max from years back. How does that happen? Wonders never cease.

[@Zeusexxy]

Another potential linear and focused game turned into vacuous open world shit just to sell a few more copies.

[@Spezifischable]

The casual god demands more collectathons that pretty much play themselfes.

[@farmsalot1233]

This game would've been tremendously better if it would've been a short focused linear game.

[@Spezifischable]

@@farmsalot1233 Or if they differentiated themselfs more. Going all out on the car combat. Rage 2 like Rage 1 ist just late to the party imho and it brings nothing new.

[@hazougaming]

So the gunplay of DOOM and Wolfenstein, with the driving and bland open world of Just Cause. Kinda exactly what I expected when these two studios combined on a project, to be honest. One can only hope that over the course of their "roadmap", they will refine the flow of the game and work on the issues

[@deathmetalalchemist5861]

yeah who played that terrible Mad Max game or the driving in Just Cause and thought "we need to partner with these people immediately", we couldn't achieve this blandness on our own!

[@hazougaming]

@@deathmetalalchemist5861 Exactly! Of all the companies who do open world games, why the hell choose the folks who have crap driving and bland characters? Not to mention worlds full of......boredom and mundane repetitive tasks.

[@antbrigade__]

so its exactly like rage 1 decent shooter boring story npcs and bad driving...

[@marcovonrodziewitz]

except that the first part was better in any of that points ^^

[@riemaennchen]

I would say great shooter, but yeah the rest is meh. Once you have all abilities and weapons its an absolut blast to rip through Goons, River Hogs and other stuff.

[@bindair_dundat]

"being annoyed all of the time by little things..." Just like being a teacher...

[@DaSquareful]

That intro did more for marketing Rage 2 than Rage 2s marketing team.

[@MagGunDO17]

Speaking of Borderlands, anyone remember the Mexican Standoff quest from Borderlands 2? I was too tired to give their dialogue any thought, so i just threw a grenade in the middle. That was fun.

[@WorldzMo5t3pic]

"Looks like we got ourselves a Truxican standoff..."

[@mediaproductionfilms3665]

Did you know, one of the 4 characters in that standoff is called Jim because of Jim Sterling? Funny coincidence.

[@MagGunDO17]

@@JBEditsYT From what i remember the quest becomes available in the main town after a story section