id Software: Rage A Cure For "Modern Combat Fatigue"
RageThese days, the biggest games in the world are often shooters. And in fact, they're often military-style, modern-day combat shooters.
So id Software creative director Tim Willits uses this trend to help promote his team's new project, Rage. In fact, he told VideoGamer that he'd be "shocked" if hardcore id followers didn't take to Rage. It's not only because the game is the first since the team produced DOOM III in 2004; it's also because the avid gamer is suffering from "modern combat fatigue."
"But I would be shocked if a hardcore id fan did not enjoy the game. I would be shocked. I think that they will find that it's a refreshing change from anything we've done in the past, and honestly I think that people have modern combat fatigue."
So for instance, anything you pick up in Rage you can carry. None of this constant weapon replacement; just accumulate a massive inventory! That's the good ol' days right there. No, it isn't realistic but maybe we're a little sick of shiny, gritty authenticity. Maybe we want something a little wacky, although it still maintains very serious undertones.
Willits goes on to say he thinks Rage will "review well" and that the game is more about "the sum of its parts." Well, it has been a long wait but we're certainly interested in playing the final result.
Related Game(s): RAGE
Tags: rage, id software, game culture, military shooters
8/2/2011 9:48:03 AM Ben Dutka
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LimitedVertigo
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 3:56:00 PM
World slow and steady is fine with me. Valve takes their time and I love 99.9% of their games along with id's
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 7:17:08 PM
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LimitedVertigo
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 8:56:37 PM
Half-Life
TFC
Opposing Force
CounterStrike
CounterStrike Source
HalfLife2
Episode 1
Episode 2
Portal
Portal2
L4D
L4D2
-id-
Doom
Doom2
Doom3
Quake
Quake2
Quake3 Arena
Quake4
The games that I've loved by both developers, and that's not including the Hexen series even though id oversaw the entire project.
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Geobaldi
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 9:24:49 PM
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LimitedVertigo
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 9:39:55 PM
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SolidFantasy
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 10:14:02 AM
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 10:16:26 AM
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Jawknee
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 10:52:07 AM
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Ultimadream
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 12:40:20 PM
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Highlander
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 10:22:54 AM
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Lotusflow3r
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 1:28:31 PM
I still hold out though, because one thing they do with every release is innovate in some way.
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Highlander
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 2:32:52 PM
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 2:37:27 PM
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 3:52:06 PM
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AshT
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 10:26:16 AM
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The Doom
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 10:58:26 AM
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Geobaldi
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 11:52:34 AM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 2:41:32 PM
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Rage should be pretty good but I'll need a review to read like many others. It scared the crap out of me when they chopped it up and reorganized it to fit on Xbox.
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Snorge
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 3:57:53 PM
Again not trying to start the whole "PS3 would be better off without the 360" becuase in all honesty, I could say the same for PS3 to PC. But thats a different story...just saying
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Geobaldi
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 5:27:36 PM
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LimitedVertigo
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 6:05:28 PM
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Geobaldi
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 6:31:02 PM
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Shiva369
Tuesday, August 02, 2011 @ 9:11:47 PM
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Must say my first thought on seeing it (ages ago) was Borderlands: the dark edition, but i've seen on other sites people getting howled down by id purists who say stuff like "Rage was in development before Borderlands and besides, it's totally different, noob!" Or something like that...anyway, it's not on my must-have list yet, but I'm interested.
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___________
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 @ 4:15:24 AM
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no, DEFINITELY!
cant wait till this is out, looks freaking amazing!
now that its close to release hopefully that means we can finally lift the lid off doom 4!
come on john its been FAR too long since we saw the creator of the shooter genre!
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tankei
Thursday, August 04, 2011 @ 9:24:09 PM
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