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RAGE - IT'S HERE: id's newest IP and engine 5
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Update 10/8/2011:
A patch was released today for the actual game, although much like all the video drivers and whatnot it seems to only be helping a handful of people while busting the game even more for others. This update adds a couple video options, like V-Sync and texture cache size, in an effort to improve things. Early word is that it may also over-ride the tweaks that id was telling people to make in creating a cfg file, so all that may be out the window once you patch.
IMPORTANT TIPS:
The game is out, and buggy. There is an exceptionally limited menu for video settings; the game auto-scales, and this has been causing some issues ranging from frequent texture pop-in to unplayable slowdown.
ATI/AMD Users have been getting hammered particularly hard, and have suffered through three brand new driver hotfixes and betas to try and improve the problems; the results of which have still left many people with problems, although the 11.10 preview drivers seem to be doing a stronger job than the past hotfixes. Some nVidia users have also been experiencing problems, but not as commonly. If you are getting bad stutter/lag on ATI, disable catalyst AI in the catalyst command center. If you're getting screen tearing, try playing with your v-sync settings both in RAGE and in your drivers. The new catalyst release is supposed to always make RAGE run in v-sync, so don't turn it on in game.
ALSO NOTE: Auto-saves are almost non-existent within the game, so be sure to save frequently.
Lastly for the moment, here is a steam thread attempting to keep track of all the major issues. Use that to find ways to adjust settings, access the console, and fix graphical problems.
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RAGE is out, and the reviews are trickling in. So far there are only a few, and they seem to be pretty torn.
-EGM (they're still around!?) think RAGE is a step forward for FPS titles, mixing elements while creating something totally new and exciting.
-IGN like it, but admit it's no innovator. They're still spending time exploring the PC version.
-Joystiq are disappoint-iD, to put it mildly
-Ars Technica are consumed with RAGE, and not in a good way.
***Original Post, August 2007***
I didn't see a thread for this; has anyone seen it yet?
Those who have can discuss while I look for a link to the trailer and a press release and whatnot.
Edit: Trailer
Edit:A kotaku article on the reveal at quakecon.
A patch was released today for the actual game, although much like all the video drivers and whatnot it seems to only be helping a handful of people while busting the game even more for others. This update adds a couple video options, like V-Sync and texture cache size, in an effort to improve things. Early word is that it may also over-ride the tweaks that id was telling people to make in creating a cfg file, so all that may be out the window once you patch.
IMPORTANT TIPS:
The game is out, and buggy. There is an exceptionally limited menu for video settings; the game auto-scales, and this has been causing some issues ranging from frequent texture pop-in to unplayable slowdown.
ATI/AMD Users have been getting hammered particularly hard, and have suffered through three brand new driver hotfixes and betas to try and improve the problems; the results of which have still left many people with problems, although the 11.10 preview drivers seem to be doing a stronger job than the past hotfixes. Some nVidia users have also been experiencing problems, but not as commonly. If you are getting bad stutter/lag on ATI, disable catalyst AI in the catalyst command center. If you're getting screen tearing, try playing with your v-sync settings both in RAGE and in your drivers. The new catalyst release is supposed to always make RAGE run in v-sync, so don't turn it on in game.
ALSO NOTE: Auto-saves are almost non-existent within the game, so be sure to save frequently.
Lastly for the moment, here is a steam thread attempting to keep track of all the major issues. Use that to find ways to adjust settings, access the console, and fix graphical problems.
*****
RAGE is out, and the reviews are trickling in. So far there are only a few, and they seem to be pretty torn.
-EGM (they're still around!?) think RAGE is a step forward for FPS titles, mixing elements while creating something totally new and exciting.
-IGN like it, but admit it's no innovator. They're still spending time exploring the PC version.
-Joystiq are disappoint-iD, to put it mildly
-Ars Technica are consumed with RAGE, and not in a good way.
***Original Post, August 2007***
I didn't see a thread for this; has anyone seen it yet?
Those who have can discuss while I look for a link to the trailer and a press release and whatnot.
Edit: Trailer
Edit:A kotaku article on the reveal at quakecon.
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It also has shooting in it.
Everyone is happy.
Ohh, it is. You can even pimp out your rides.
It looks ridiculous. It looked cool when I saw the samurai guy, and then it cut to FPS footage with generic doom/quake type enemies. And then it cut to racing footage.
And then I laughed. Because it looks ridiculous. I was set on this from the first few seconds of the trailer, and then the gameplay footage came in and derailed it.
Agreed. Although the "adventure" elements interest me, should they actually really exist. I had more fun in Q4 and Doom 3 dicking around with the other marines in the early stages than I did with the generic fps gameplay that constituted the rest of the game.
Or maybe that off-brown color? You know the one in Quake 2?
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Apparently it's going to be available on 2 DVD's for the PC, 360 and Mac and a single BR disc for the PS3. I hope this doesn't end up like the PGR4 thread, with kids running around thinking they know more than the actual developers...
That's that Megatexture stuff, right? They were doing that with Quake Wars, too.
Carmack has always been a programming genius; I wouldn't be surprised if he could actually pull off what the ad copy says.
I dunno, having played quake wars, I wasn't impressed by the texture work. Maybe it was just the beta but I'd hardly go calling it revolutionary.
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I'm not sure I get it but it seems like the second coming of sprite based graphics.
1UP preview. Gotta say, i liked the look of the video, gonna be interesting seeing how they put driving and FPS shooting together in a game, as it seems a lot of developers avoid this at the risk of alienating half the crowd. But hey, i'm okay with it.
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Yeah, but he said in an interview that he had to stop the MT work on Quake Wars early because they needed to stop working on the engine and start working on the graphical assets/levels, and that he's been working on it a lot since then.
http://www.gametrailers.com/game/4440.html
Although the T rating is a bit of a disappointment. Ah well, as long as the game is good, I'll get over the lack of gibs.
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Deus Ex? Battlezone?
Not sure what to make of it. Pretty bland trailer, but I guess the concept has potential.
Dues Ex was cross genre?
Don't know the second one.
FPS/RPG and FPS/RTS. Not to mention the System Shock games. Those were also FPS/RPGs.
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RAGE
Yes, first person racing shooting games are so bland and generic. I mean, look how saturated the market is.
So, here's where I say that the game certainly looks nice, and I've always had a preference for the id engine games over the valve/unreal tech stuff. As awesome as source games are, they've always felt blocky to me, whereas id stuff feels very organic and in motion the physics always felt better to me.
That's just personal preference... but saying the game is generic after 11 seconds of gameplay footage is a little silly.
Also, the whole thing lacks personality. It looks generic as shit. Sorry.
I wouldn't have gotten that if you didn't say lolzartjoke
Anyhow, that trailer just made me give out a big sighing "meh." I just wish id would take their considerable talent and use it to make characters that look in some way different from the characters in Doom 3. It's getting really repetitive at this point.
Stop it already with the dystopian red-rock-desert steampunk future.
"And as you come look at the tools over here..." is the worst point to cut out the video.
THE TOOLS ARE THE ONLY THING I AM INTERESTED IN
So did Redline. Redline sucked.
Not saying that'll be the case here, but still. I'm hoping that if anyone can pull it off, it'll be id.