!!**Official RAGE Thread**!!

[Gerard]

OOH my first "Official" thread, for whatever reason.


Game Info:

Game releases on 7/10/2011, Apparently needs THREE dvd's for install.

System Requirements:

Minimum:

OS: Win XP SP3, Vista, Win 7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or Equivalent AMD
Memory: 2GB
Hard Disk Space: 25GB
Video Card: GeForce 8800, Radeon HD 4200


Recommended:

OS: Win XP SP3, Vista, Win 7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad or Equivalent AMD
Memory: 4GB
Hard Disk Space: 25GB
Video Card: GeForce 9800 GTX, ATI Radeon HD 5550

ATI RAGE PERFORMANCE DRIVER

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU121AMDCatRagePerfDriver.aspx

NVIDIA RAGE PERFORMANCE DRIVER

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-64bit-285.38-beta-driver.html


The game includes a crafting system, multiple ammunition types for weapons, and a minigame to revive yourself when you die that activates a defibrillator, (camera video 2 shows this in action). For single player the game appears to have an autosave (checkpoint) function, but (according to the kotaku hands on, link below) you can also manually save the game wherever you want.

Multiplayer:

1: Combat Rally which is basically a kind of Deathmatch utilising Vehicles.
2: Legends of the Wasteland, a co-op mode which lets you take part in Missions that extend the fiction of the SP Campaign.

Versions available:

3 Editions available, Standard, "Anarchy" Edition, which gives you a Double Barrel Shotgun, Crimson Elite Armour, Rat Rod Buggy and Fists of Rage. And Collectors pack which has: Making of’ DVD, two RAGE comic books published by Dark Horse Comics, and the exclusive digital contents of the Anarchy Edition.

Collectors Edition info:

http://electronictheatre.co.uk/index.php/industry-news/8965-rage-collectors-pack-detailed

Official site: http://rage.com/gate/?return=/
Wiki Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_(video_game)

Screens: http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?game_id=8183&article_id=1384865



Reviews:

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/egm-review-rage/
http://translate.google.pl/translat...://www.gamereactor.se/recensioner/29348/Rage/
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-rage/721725
http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/rage/review.html
http://www.1up.com/games/xbox360/rage/
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-10-04-rage-review
http://www.insidegamingdaily.com/2011/10/03/rage-review/
http://www.destructoid.com/review-rage-212834.phtml
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/321060/rage-review/
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/04/rage-review/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2011/oct/04/rage-game-review-xbox-ps3-pc
http://gamingbolt.com/rage-review
http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/04/rage-review/
http://www.hookedgamers.com/pc/rage/review/article-797.html
http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/reviews/62397/RAGE-Review
http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/119/1197974p1.html
http://beefjack.com/reviews/rage-review-xbox-360-ps3-pc/
http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/review/25458/rage/
http://www.next-gen.biz/reviews/rage-review-0
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/game/3309223/rage-review/
http://www.shacknews.com/article/70450/rage-review
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/9152-Rage-Review
http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/rage/review.html
http://www.gamesradar.com/rage-review/
http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/Review/276162,rage---its-almost-exactly-what-we-feel-about-it-too.aspx


Hands on Impressions \ Previews:

http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/ra...-of-an-ark-survivor?sid=6326655&mode=previews
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/po...two-hours-of-violence-mayhem-and-awesomeness/
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/...hoot-them-and-im-bored-already-e3-embargo.ars
http://kotaku.com/5826646/rage-is-the-id-software-comeback-ive-been-waiting-for
http://www.neowin.net/news/quakecon-2011-rage-hands-on-impressions
http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/118/1185608p1.html
http://www.shacknews.com/article/69532/rage-preview
http://www.totalvideogames.com/RAGE/preview-16620.html
http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2011/08/08/rage-preview/1
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/previews/8798-Rage-Preview
http://spong.com/feature/10110464/Preview-RAGE
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/02/rage-preview-pc/
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/rage-the-first-three-hours/3544/
http://worthplaying.com/article/2011/8/3/previews/82665/
http://www.totalpcgaming.com/previews/rage-preview/
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/02/rage-preview/
http://www.plughead.net/impressions-rage
http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/rage/video/6327013/rage-video-preview
http://kotaku.com/5830553/youre-gonna-have-to-buy-rage-new-if-you-want-to-crawl-through-a-sewer
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/this-is-how-rage-does-the-online-pass/083134
http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Rage-The-Tech-Behind-Id-Tech-5/
http://gamesplanet.co.za/1355/id-software-rage-preview/
http://www.capsulecomputers.com.au/2011/09/an-evening-with-id-software-and-rage/
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-the-return-of-id-software



Gameplay and behind the scenes vids:

Has to be noted its hard to tell what the gameplay is taken from, ps3, 360 or PC, possibly PC with a pad, but more likely 360 given Game Devs trends these days.

Also notable is the spiderbot which seems to be a leftover from Doom 3 reimagined for this game, features in vid 2.

In "the well" gameplay, look out for the Quayola crayons and the Pinkies.

1.1GB version of the well gameplay, right click save as: http://files-euaf-syd.games.on.net/download/366262999560-617193315750-1189948712766-acea3cc29a0a0f5641d426f325bfe2b6-57516367200-2203404-49303430208/Rage_TheWell_US_forTranscode.wmv

Vileplanet link to above file: http://www.fileplanet.com/220495/220000/fileinfo/Rage-'The-Well-Gameplay'-Trailer


Some offscreen cam co-op gameplay:

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/34362
http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/34363


TV SPOT:

Demonstration of the idTech 5 editor, and Carmack Quakecon 2011 Keynote:

 

[Gerard]

Game is great...

As always, "official" threads when there's already a perfectly good thread are a bit of a joke, though.

OI, less of it lest ye be smacked down.

An "offical" thread close to a games release is a tradition on here these days

Plus i have the media linked so you lot don't get finger strain having to click too much!

 

[Gerard]

I know this is the PC section but will this fit on a BluRay? Thinking about getting it for the PS3 instead of the PC.

Single bluray for ps3.

 

[Gerard]

Good stuff. Anyone have any idea how big the games going to be?

If the 3 DVD for pc/360 turns out to be true yer talking around 20 gig plus.

 

[Gerard]

lol if it's over 15GB I'll trust you a tenner, 12GB at most on PC.

Uncompressed it's around a terabyte, 20 gigs doesn't sound unreasonable.

 

[Gerard]

More vids added to op

 

[Gerard]

Hands on impressions added to op.

 

[Gerard]

one question.

ID used to move games and graphic engines forward.

Is this coming out on consoles?

Yup, out on ps3 360 and pc.

 

[Gerard]

doh!

Well he's admitted his mistake and seems from here on out the pc should be the main platform and the console versions scaled down from that.

 

[Gerard]

if only this could be true

A possibility seeing as the engine will be available for licensing. Bethesada made fallout, both Bethesada and id worked on Rage, and both Bethesada and id are owned by ZeniMax Media, so very possible.

 

[Gerard]

I suspect FO4 would be more likely to use the same engine as Skyrim.

Suppose it could come down to when fallout 4 actually appears, idtech5 has room for a lot of improvement, i suspect most of what we're seeing now is scratching the surface of what it can do, especially considering the games console spec basis.

 

[Gerard]

How do you get videos to show up like that on the first page? rather than just a link?

Quote them and you'll see the code, for youtube you have to use the code in the url that comes directly inbetween the "= "and right before the "+".

 

[Gerard]

Thank god for steam then.....

Think id prefer to buy a boxed copy, downloading that amount of data would be tedious.

 

[Gerard]

is this id tech 5 or 4 still?

5

 

[Gerard]

You leave it download over night or when your at work or school!!

Physical media for me on this one, just wish there was a pc bluray edition, my drive is looking sad at the lack of media it gets

 

[Gerard]

I watched the Behind the Scenes pt 5 video, looks really great. It seems to have come a long way since the last video I watched.

Does look much more polished, even the human textures seem to be a bit more convincing and not as shiny as they were previously. Seems to be an issue with idtech engines.

 

[Gerard]

Just noticed the OP is missing Pt 2 of the behind the scenes games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1HU_Wc7k2o&feature=relmfu

Have that one linked already, its the second one with the RAGE sign on the preview panel


also added some camera off screen co-op vids to the op, and some impressions from kotaku second cam vid shows the defrib revive mechanic working.

 

[Gerard]

Added "arsenal" gameplay montage to bottom of op, gives a look at some of the weapons.

 

[Gerard]

Added hands on impressions from neowin.

 

[Gerard]

Wouldn't be too bad, should take around 2 hours on a 24Mb connection, and 6 hours on a 8Mb connection. That's easily an overnight download.

I myself don't mind, I did after all download Dragon Age from Steam with that being around 24GB.

If there was a guaranteed preload i might, i remember the utter cluster**** that was the crysis warhead launch, getting insanely slow speeds for most of the night, mainly because of no preload. Valve are usually very cagey saying if theres a preload or not in a lot of cases.