Typical id shooter: gameplay and technology super, Story No

Rage is one of the best shooter lately. It's a real old-school game. id Software remains true all its traditions. That is: Technically, the title is absolutely top notch. The vision in the Badlands is enormous. The textures problem I think is exaggerated, since it is hardly noticeable while playing. The animations of the enemies are buttery soft and varied. The IQ of opponents is surprisingly well done. The battles make id-typical fun and go quickly out of hand with the many weapons that all have neatly oomph. The different types of ammunition you will always change his weapon because they work well in the individual unetrschiedlich opponents. The addition creates variety. By crafting system, in which you can build or similar automatic firing systems, nor is an additional tactical element in the fighting. It is not absolutely necessary, however.
There is also the fun racing shares. So you can with his buggy cruising through the countryside and make the built-in weapons hunt for the bandits. In addition, we must upgrade it continues and gets later even other additional cars. For upgrading but it takes time but no money race tickets, which can be obtained in an own racing series.

To escape a little hose-level reviews, one has yet been brought with a pinch OpenWorld some spice in the title. There are tons of main and side quests, which can be found everywhere. Although they are usually not very variable, but make fun anyway. In addition there are a number of mini-games that have yet been captivated me some time. High on this list is "Rage Mania": A strategic card game whose cards can be found anywhere in the world. You have to build a deck of action cards, whose characters have life and attack points and sometimes even one or the other capacity. There are various classes, such as local and long distance fighter. With this deck you have to then compete against the computer and can thus gain a little money.

Furthermore, very id-typical is the grandiose atmosphere. The end-time scenario comes over very well through the rugged wasteland and the post-apocalyptic cities and settlements. The characters are very comical yet very believable. Your facial animations contribute to the rest. In the hiding places of the mutant or in the sewers quickly comes to a nice creepy atmosphere, as you never know what comes jumped from the corner next Mutant. This is additionally supported by the polyphonic music. One should still mention that drains missions is a DLC that is included when buying the title but for free.

Also ID is typical that the story quickly does not matter anymore. But who cares in such a great production with a terrific game world full of obscure personalities?

For me one of the greatest single-player shooter of the last time. id has his whole heart and soul put into a long campaign that knows how to inspire. For me, already one of the best titles of the year.