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Rage

id Software

2011•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 20 hours

Taste attributes: actionscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacefastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarysimpleglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingempowerment/personal growthfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA fantastical shooter that is sweeping, fast-moving and emotionally cool. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

77 / 100

324 ratings

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About This Game

Rage is a first-person shooter set in the not-too-distant future after an asteroid impacts Earth, leaving a ravaged world behind. You emerge into this vast wasteland to discover humanity working to rebuild itself against such forces as raider gangs, mutants, and the Authority – an oppressive government regime that has a special interest in you in particular.

Summary: IGDB

Story

On August 23, 2029, the asteroid 99942 Apophis collides with Earth, destroying human civilization and turning the world into a wasteland. Survivors come together to form settlements around oases and other practical or habitable locations, while the wastes are plagued by various bandits clans, and mutants, who attack all normal humans in a voracious horde. In 2135, former U.S. Marine Lieutenant Nicholas Raine emerges from an underground shelter called an Ark, 106 years after being put into stasis. These underground shelters are the direct result of the Eden Project, a massive international...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionScience fictionMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceEmpowerment/personal growthFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Vehicular combatPost-apocalypticDrivingFuturisticVehicle combatBink videoReal-time combatSlip cover packaging

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Details

Developer: id Software
Publishers: Aspyr Media, Bethesda Softworks
Released: 3 October 2011
Series: Rage
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: First person, Third person
Time to beat: 20h normally, 29h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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