Nicely written. Still really looking forward to playing it and after reading the whole text my urge has grown even stronger.

If not for Borderlands I might be more stoked to play this game. Borderlands though has given me my fill.

That sounds really good now to choose PS3 or Xbox

The whole time playing through Borderlands I was very disappointed that I wasn't playing Rage.

I love collectible card cames..

It looks interesting but I'll have to see a quicklook and read a review or two before I try to fit it into my fall purchases this year.

So... Borderlands without the funny?

Nice. And the Good-man. Bonus.

So far, all the video footage I've seen for this game left me utterly underwhelmed, but after reading this I get the feeling that those videos don't do the game justice.

It'll be interesting to see how well this game ends up being received.

Looks fine, but it hasn't grabbed me yet. The look just screams generic to me for some reason. I will wait for this to go on sale on Steam before I pick it up.

Looks fine, but it hasn't grabbed me yet. The look just screams generic to me for some reason. I will wait for this to go on sale on Steam before I pick it up.

There's so many Fps out there this one looks nice graphically but as far as gameplay it seems pretty meh I need a FPS to do new stuff to keep me interested in the genre these days.

Rage gonna be good.

great review alex

Totally glad I pre-ordered this yesterday...

So... Borderlands without the funny?

Rage sounds pretty awesome.  On a tangential note: Hey Bethesda, get id to make the next Elder Scrolls game-engine. kthx.

@avantegardener said:

I love collectible card cames..

They always seem a little pointless to me when they are digital instead of real cards...

Nice read, I'm very much interested in this game.

I can't fucking wait for this.
 
I'm a sucker for RPG FPS.

How much time has gone by since the disaster?
 
I wonder this, because most Post-Apocalypse settings seem to be stuck in the 5-25 years post time frame. Set it a bit later and you get a whole different world where Nature has begun some impressive reclaiming of the world. Check out this page with false color (to show vegetation) images of Mount St. Helens before the eruption 30 years ago, right after and today.
 
This is one of the things that Enslaved got wonderfully right (to bad so few people played it) with a mix of still barren and contaminated areas (though even those had some hardy life that was trying hard to live there) and cities that were not able to hold back the tide of plant life that refuses to take concrete and steel as a barrier. (my favorite line for a review for it " Enslaved shoves a massive middle-finger into the face of every drab post-

You had me at John Goodman.

This was what I was looking for: in-depth testimony of the game, and not a bunch of videos that talk about the same shit.  Thank you Alex!

Looking good so far. 

@kingzetta said:

So is it just fallout but with good shooting

Yeah, seems that way. Why do so many people tend to say that like it's a bad thing?

@Agent47 said:

@crusader8463: This is what John Carmack has to say about that, and I think he's right, you really shouldn't expect the FPS genre to "innovate".Really where can FPS games go from here?

Many places. It doesn't mean he's wrong though. id games have never been cutting edge, design wise, no matter how technically apt they were. RAGE looks like it'll break that mould somewhat, but then again, not really, RAGE to me reminds me a lot of Borderlands only with better graphics, a nice inbuilt editor, proper mod support and a greater vehicle focus. Nothing wrong with that but that also doesn't mean people shouldn't be innovating too.

@kingzetta said:

So is it just fallout but with good shooting

Yeah, seems that way. Why do so many people tend to say that like it's a bad thing?

The apocalypse will not be televised. Looking forward to this.

Really good write up Alex. This game is looking cool.

John. Fucking. Goodman. Good thing I just build a PC that can handle BF3 at max w/ 60fps.

Co-Op in this? First time I've really started looking into Rage. Borderlands 2'ish?

Sounds awesome. Was hyped for this game when it got a GI cover and kind of fell off as we heard nothing more and it looked more and more like just another shooter, but this is report really got me re-interested in the game.

YES! Looking forward to it!

Multiplayer will have both a co-op (with custom missions) and online vehicle deathmatch mode.  Some people seem to think it won't have MP - it will.

Borderlands set the bar for me. I'll be interested to see how this measures up, and yes I'm perfectly aware of the pedigree.

I'm actually kind of happy the gamestop employee convinced me into preordering this game now. 
This game looks like a combination of two games I love Fallout and Borderlands.

Just makes me want a new Borderlands...

You had me at John Goodman.

Considering how much time I've put into the Fallout games (they're practically all that I play), I am very excited to get my hands on this.

Great article! The insight provided practically sold me on the game.

The game already looks like it belongs into Crysis / Far Cry / Killzone league in terms of graphics, and promises to be like recent Fallout, Borderlands or STALKER games in terms of story and gameplay, yet people aren't excited?!
Oh yeah, I forgot, people these days are more into anime block puzzle games with sexually-confused emo guys in their underwear who look like sheep and run with pillows in their hands.

I am so pumped for this game that I have a RAGE'ing...

The game already looks like it belongs into Crysis / Far Cry / Killzone league in terms of graphics, and promises to be like recent Fallout, Borderlands or STALKER games in terms of story and gameplay, yet people aren't excited?!Oh yeah, I forgot, people these days are more into anime block puzzle games with sexually-confused emo guys in their underwear who look like sheep and run with pillows in their hands.

Great write up. Awareness is turning into interest.

oh look it's another post-apocalyptic FPS. 
 
whatever.

@gorkamorkaorka said:

Cursing is funny in video or audio form but I feel like it should be left out of these articles. I expect some more professionalism.

Cursing in Giant Bomb editorial content has existed since the launch of the site.

Great article, Alex. Color me interested in traversing yet again the wastelands.