I think Rage for the most part was great. I think if it had a little bit more to it, it could have been one of my favorite FPS games of all time. I think if the story was better, the missions were a little more creative, and the atmosphere and characters had more emphasis on them, it'd make an all around better game. I just kind of felt like a lot of it was in there, but none of it was really fleshed out from an explanation stand-point, it was just kind of there. Actually, all it really needs is more detail.
All you do is go from one place to the other just to shoot guys, and anything and everything else, like potentially interesting characters, interesting setting, or interesting story, all took a back seat. I really liked the second half where you're in the subway station more than the whole western town theme as well. I guess I just wanted a little bit more out most of the aspects in the game, and if it was a little bit better, it could have been one of my favorite shooters, as I said.
A little more accentuating would go a long way. I really did enjoy the shooting though, the music was OK, good in some areas, and somewhat meh in others. I think the sound effects were good, and the voice acting was great as well, but there was this weird thing about it. The sound overall was screechy, especially the gun shots and music. It made it even worse when turning all the sound bars up in the menu, so I had to keep them down and turn my sound system up, and I hate that.
The graphics were fantastic, but I wouldn’t give them a perfect score. There was some awkward pop-in. It was more noticeable at first, but you’d do a 160 turn and every time, the environment would load in right in front of your eyes; that was a little bit disconcerting. The game also lacked a lot of color for the majority of the game, that’s one of the reasons I loved the Subway Town, with blue neon signs. Overall I really did like the game a lot, but I do say “it could have been more”.
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