RAGE: New Post Apocalyptic Shooter from Id Software

Id Software is one of the most important companies in gaming industry because it gave birth to the first person shooter genre. Many old school gamers remember games that have been released by id Software in early 90’s such as Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake that set the standards for FPS games. Now we’re expecting to see a new shooter from id Software that is called RAGE.

The new shooter from id Software will provide non-stop action with both shooting and driving sections for the players. As for the story, it takes place in post apocalyptic future. An asteroid has hit Earth and in order to save human race scientists have made survival capsules and they have put random humans in them in order to repopulate the Earth after the catastrophe. Something has gone seriously wrong with those capsules and most of the humans went insane in them. I have to admit that story behind RAGE reminds me a lot of Fallout 3 for some reason. Believe it or not, but Bethesda Softworks is working together with id Software on this one. Two greatest companies have united to work on a single game, so results must be amazing.

Let’s focus on the game itself for a moment. You start with your own vehicle that you can upgrade to the combat machine. RAGE will bring many different quests and according to the developers outcome of each quest will influence your reputation with a fraction or a town and not just with the NPC that gave you the quest. As for the combat sequences, they include all sorts of weapons such as, shotguns, guns, assault rifles and crossbows. Each weapon has different ammo types so you can make deadly combinations with it. For example you can take an electric bolt and shoot it at puddle of water and kill several enemies that way. In addition, there are remotely controlled turrets that can be great for both attacking and defending.

RAGE is using cel-shaded graphics that has been seen in Borderlands, but in RAGE graphics tends to keep the realistic look. So what can we say about RAGE? It’s another post apocalyptic game that has been inspired by Borderlands and Fallout 3, but it looks promising enough. Remember, both id Software and Bethesda Softworks are working on this one so it’s more than a good reason to wait for this game with anticipation.

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