Is RAGE Getting Enough Attention?
RAGEThe world has gone Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 crazy. The games aren't out for about a month and yet, they dominate headlines.
But other highly anticipated titles, like Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Gears of War 3, and Assassin's Creed: Revelations do manage to gain significant traction on a daily basis. It isn't too hard to find lots of articles based on these titles. And while there are indeed plenty of pieces with "RAGE" in the headline, it seems almost...downplayed.
I'm wondering if various factors are having an impact on the hype for id Software's newest game. First, let's start with the developers; it's their first production since 2004 and their claims to fame include names like Quake and DOOM. Iconic titles in this industry, yes, but also old. Unfortunately, with casual gamers and younger participants helping to push the industry forward, older franchises tend to fall on deaf ears. It's why we - and others - often worry about the upcoming Twisted Metal.
But also, military-based shooters definitely seem to be the norm these days. Shooters with fantastical concepts like RAGE that also infuse a bit of RPG-like depth may require too much time and dedication. Those who just want to run around and shoot things may be turned off by such a game. Then again, if we want to be optimistic, it's perhaps most similar to Borderlands, which did just fine on the sales charts. Still, I can't help but wonder why RAGE isn't getting a lot more attention. Can BF3 and MW3 really grab the entire spotlight?
Well, whatever. I'm goin' back to play more RAGE. There's a reason I'm doing that.
Related Game(s): RAGE
Tags: rage, id software, rage sales, rage reviews
9/29/2011 9:07:05 PM Ben Dutka
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Comments (52 posts)
Excelsior1
Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 10:11:23 PM
i share your concern about the ps3 version. this is a pc developer that has done nothing but whine about the limmitations of the ps3 for years. ofcourse i am speaking of john carmack. we all know what his favorite console is...i'll give you guys a hint. it's not the ps3 or the wii. id has assured us both versions will be the same so i am going to try to take them at their word until i hear differently.
i think the lack of attention can be explained since this is id's first console game this gen. id has a dedicated following in the pc crowd but console gamers are not that familar with id. that may explain the lack of attention.
rage will need great reviews to do well in sales. it still might not do well even with great reviews. resistance 3 had good reviews but it has been selling poorly. that gives me the impression that gamers are waiting on the big titles coming this fall. if it is a great game it would be a shame if does not do well. i got the impression earlier that ben has been pretty impressed by this game. he did not say that exactly but he did say rage has a lot to offer.
apparently it features large maps, rpg elements, and a lengthy sp campign. what more does hardcore gamer need? that sounds like a game that i would definitely be very interested in.
@ben
this is off topic. are you going to review the resident evil hd games? is rage so good you can't put it down? you don't have to answer the last question. i'm smart enough to figure it out.
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Jawknee
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 12:24:39 AM
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Excelsior1
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 1:17:32 AM
thank you for the info. from your comments i can assume you were not very impressed with them. i am a plus member but i have played both games to death. if the hd coversions are not that good i guess i will hold off on them. i will say if they were actual disc based retail releases i probably would have bought them day1 just to add them to my collection.
i still think the hd remakes do warrant a review here. i would love to know what ben thinks about them. the soc and ico hd remakes were reviewed here so why not the re hd remakes? maybe ben thinks interest in the games are low or he could not get capcom to give him the games. who knows? there are some other upcoming hd remakes that i hope are covered here as well. the mgs hd collection, and the silent hill hd collections. i hope these are covered here.
btw jawk i did read your user review of peacewalker and i thought you did a great job. maybe you can review the re hd remakes too.
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Beamboom
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 1:32:45 AM
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Jawknee
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 1:49:16 AM
Thank you by the way for the complement. I also did a review for Ghost of Sparta. If you like God of War at all that one might be worth a read aswell. Maybe if I can find the time and Ben doesn't review the RE remakes I'll try and do one for RE4 at least. :)
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LimitedVertigo
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 2:19:54 AM
If you're a fan of RE before it sucked (RE5) then I suggest picking them up. If you're only interested in a true HD port then you won't like them.
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sirbob6
Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 10:09:42 PM
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However after I saw some gameplay a two E3s ago I lost interest in it. It just didn't seem that appealing to me in action.
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CrusaderForever
Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 10:25:28 PM
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Jawknee
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 12:21:57 AM
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CrusaderForever
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 8:32:28 AM
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Sogi_Otsa
Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 10:42:49 PM
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Doppel
Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 11:13:07 PM
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DazeOfWar
Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 11:57:26 PM
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Jawknee
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 12:20:00 AM
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CrusaderForever
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 8:36:14 AM
Please think before you post, Id won't steer us wrong. They have so much riding on this game. They need to show the world that they are more than DOOM and Quake. They know how to do it and I am confident this will be much much more than a standard FPS.
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jimmyhandsome
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 1:26:09 PM
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DazeOfWar
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 3:57:22 PM
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Crabba
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 5:48:46 PM
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Geobaldi
Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 10:51:33 PM
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AshT
Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 11:20:46 PM
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TrophyHunter
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 8:44:01 AM
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DazeOfWar
Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 11:56:13 PM
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Russell Burrows
Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 11:59:03 PM
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This is from long ago but I still find it funny:
I guess a comment where Chuck Norris was saying that critics were biatching about the latest movie effort and a close friend at the party asks if the movie made money?? and Chuck Norris says yep! Lone Wolf made plenty of dollars.
So then the friend tells Chuck to tell the critics to have a coke and a smile and to shut the hell up since the only thing that counts is if it made a profit then thats the only critical factor that counts.
If Rage gets plenty of sales then thats the only excitement it needs.
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Excelsior1
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 12:21:48 AM
your comments made me lmao. i thought of a catchy advertisement. RAGE the CHUCK NORRIS of videogames.
sales are the final word in terms of excitement. if people are excited about this game they will buy it. what i think ben is getting at is there does seem to be some lack of attention/buzz regarding rage. this could translate in to poor rage sales. rage has been in development for quite awhile. it will probably need a lot of sales to make a profit.
i will say i think this game is going to turn out great, and it might surprise a lot of people.
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Jawknee
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 12:15:14 AM
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Beamboom
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 1:36:14 AM
Hype is a two edged sword indeed, and has spoiled many games for me.
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Jawknee
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 1:51:43 AM
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Beamboom
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 2:29:46 AM
And speaking of that, was it you that mentioned the poor cgi effects in District 9 a while back? I've finally gotten the blu-ray with norwegian subtitles at a decent price now, and yeah, that was surprisingly bad! In fact the entire movie were much less than I expected.
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Nas Is Like
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 10:10:49 AM
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Beamboom
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 1:53:44 AM
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Regarding the question in the headline of this article, there simply are too many quality FPS being released nowadays. It's too much! I can't understand anything else than that this will backlash at some point, with developers seeing other multi-million fps productions being more or less ignored by the market, thinking "oh shit that's big money down the drain - if that didn't cut it then let's make our next project anything *but* another fps!".
Cause really, I do not mind fps at all but I can only handle so much. And everyones eyes are on the upcoming clash of the giants these days.
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LimitedVertigo
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 2:17:39 AM
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Highlander
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 2:58:17 AM
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Beamboom
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 5:59:45 AM
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Highlander
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 10:46:59 AM
Is our fascination with shooters still unsatisfied? is this game getting attention because it's from Carmack et al, or is it getting it for what it is? For once, I am simply playing Devil's Advocate.
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Beamboom
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 2:35:12 PM
One thumb from me, for bravery and courage!
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___________
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 3:53:48 AM
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allot of people dont even know who id are for crying out loud!
i cant wait for it, i just hope for once i can get a PC game on launch and it actually works!
hopefully there will be a SLI profile for it too.
otherwise im seriously thinking of selling my PC and putting it towards a new car.
im sick of buying PC games on launch and not being able to play them for weeks!
i dont have the time nor the patience to f*ck around trying to get it working properly!
RFA is still a unplayable mess, how many months after release?
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Shiva369
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 5:43:18 AM
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Lotusflow3r
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 7:11:53 AM
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Not to mention the fact that it still is probably the biggest phenomenon in western gaming history, back in '93, that game was bigger than life, it was a cultural phenomenon....because of that, it won't disappear from public eye...even my woman knows of it.
So, Rage should be BIG priority. I have my doubts and fears, but whatever, it's motherfuggin ID Software!
Xmas purchase/gift for me as i have my self fixated on a lot of other games at the moment. One week to go for Dark Souls!!
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 10:11:02 AM
Classics will always be classics. Modern popularity is a very different story.
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Highlander
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 10:59:31 AM
Lotus,
You'd be surprised by how many people have never, ever heard of DOOM, either back in the 90's or today. More have heard of GTA and Hot Coffee though. DOOM has a huge place in my heart, especially now as the supposed uber-violence of the game was completely cartoon by today's standards. I found it laughable then, and now that anyone thought the game was dangerous.About the most dangerous thing about the game was playing it on one computer with a group of friends taking turns, You'd be playing one of the first game's levels, can't remember which one, but you were creeping around a darkened computer center, and Imps were around every corner, you could only see them at the last moment. Well, it was quite amusing (at the time) to poke your friend in the ribs after they'd spent 10 minutes creeping around listneing to the monsters in the dark, just as they rounded a corner into a fresh Imp.... They yell quite high pitched, and jump about a foot out of their seat if you time it right.
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Lotusflow3r
Saturday, October 01, 2011 @ 6:59:21 AM
But that wasn't the point i'm making, i was just pointing out DOOMS solidified fame that should never fade as opposed to just looking at it as "old" when, for the reasons above, it will always be something else....and it should always resonate with ID's future products and keep them alive, but how much so is, i agree, up for debate. A lot of people know DOOM and don't know ID. Not everyone looks at developer credits. So it is a hard situation to crack and answer.
High,
Oh believe me, i miss the days and still play DOOM to this day. It's laughable, BUT the quirkyness of it makes it STILL stand up against games today and that is what a lot of games miss today, they try to be too realistic and thus the fun/addiction is lost. Only few modern shooters have been able to usher in that quirkyness today, i'd nominate TimeSplitters 1 & 2 as the best examples....but that was PS2. Serious Sam 3 has a chance, i mean, it won't be a DOOM by any means, but hopefully that quirkyness returns. It should of been Duke Nukem that brings it back, but i'm betting on the Gearbox production to be the one that justifies the Duke in modern gaming.
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slugga_status
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 9:13:22 AM
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Personally I want it but it'll have to wait. I've already got money tied up in pre-orders for MGS HD, Uncharted 3, Silent Hill HD, Batman AC, and still have to pick up Gears 3.
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jimmyhandsome
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 10:27:25 AM
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Danny007
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 12:59:44 PM
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clockwyzebkny
Friday, September 30, 2011 @ 8:31:57 PM
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Within the next 2 months or so, there's going to be a myriad of quality games. Gamers, as always have different preferences. But some games because of familiarity, or continuity, or hype will garner more attention. I have my must have list. In order it's Saints Row the 3rd, Uncharted 3, Battlefield 3, MW3 and Batman Archam City. But there's plenty of other games like Skyrim, Rage, Assassin's Creed, NBA2K12 etc that will be released in the whole cluster in this year's holiday season.
These past couple of months there's been what I've seen as a drought in the video game department. I feel like if Resistance 3 was released earlier, it would have sold better. IDK that's just IMHO.
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Teddie9
Saturday, October 01, 2011 @ 1:01:27 PM
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Lairfan
Saturday, October 01, 2011 @ 11:01:31 AM
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The good thing for me is that I've got Rage preordered, and as long as its good and sells decently then I'll be fine.
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ZettaiSeigi
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Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 9:31:34 PM
Btw, is that gameplay video from a PC? I am hoping that the PS3 version of the game would be great. That's pretty much my only concern about it since iD software is primarily a PC developer and most of them struggle with the PS3.