RAGE Megathread - Y'know... this Feltrite.

[Take_Opal]

[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/ragebanner.jpg[/img]

I know we have a bunch of RAGE threads kickin' about, but I thought I'd just make a really good one 'cause the others weren't up to snuff. Wikipedia Copypasta ho!

[b]What is RAGE?[/b]
[release]Rage (stylized as RAGE) is an upcoming first-person shooter game by iD Software. It will use the company's new id Tech 5 engine. The game was first shown as a tech demo on June 11, 2007, at Apple's WWDC, and was officially announced on August 2, 2007, at QuakeCon. On the same day, a trailer for the game was released by Gametrailers.com. A handheld spin-off has been released for iOS.
Information available indicates that the game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world similar to that of other popular video games such as Fallout. In an interview with GameSpot, designer Tim Willits revealed that the game is set in the near future following the impact of the asteroid 99942 Apophis. Matthew J. Costello, who worked on the plot of Doom 3, is also working on the Rage plot. Influences on the driving and racing gameplay include games such as MotorStorm and Burnout, according to another Willits interview by Shacknews. Players will be able to upgrade their cars with money won from races.[/release]

[b]What's the gameplay? How is the shootbullet, how does the roleplay and how is the racedrive?[/b]
[release]The user plays as a survivor of the Apophis impact who has recently awoken from an Ark (a world-wide movement which took scientists and other significant people, and froze them underground in cryo-pods so they could rebuild Earth) but then the player comes to realize that his Ark has malfunctioned and that he is the only survivor. Apparently this environment is perfectly suited to the rough-and-tumble dune buggy racing seen in games like MotorStorm, as that sort of gameplay will be an important feature of Rage. Players will have the ability to augment their cars with various items and upgrades they can gain by completing races, but the game is not specifically a racing title, trailers have shown a mix of mainly first person shooter elements aswell as driving elements.

Rage will also feature some role-playing game (RPG) elements—an inventory system and the capabilities of weapons will be based around types of ammo. Players will also have the option to customize their weapons.[9] There will also be side missions. More on the RPG elements have not been detailed[/release]

[b]The story! Tell me about this immersive and original tale![/b]
[release]Well, it's written by Science Fiction writer Matthew J. Costello and takes place in a world post-apocalypse after a meteorite name Apophis crashes into Earth in 2039! Important people and persons are put in "Arks" deep underground that are sealed to protect them from impact, and then later opened to allow the creation of civilization once again! Each person put inside the Ark has a unique ability or trait (not magic or special moves) and you are no exception - Your special trait is amnesia.[/release]

[b]John Carmack created the engine for this, does it synthesize alternate plains of reality?[/b]
[release]Yeah, basically. id Tech 5's most talked about feature is Megatexture rendering which is something I'll let wikipedia explain:[/release] [quote=Wikipedia]The initial demonstration of the engine featured 20 GB of texture data (using a more advanced MegaTexture approach called Virtual Texturing,[5] which supports textures with resolutions up to 128 000 x 128 000 pixels), and a completely dynamic and changeable world. This technique allows the engine to automatically stream textures into memory as needed, meaning that the developer need not concern themselves with memory restraints or texture limits. This has the advantage of simplifying the creation of content, by eliminating the need to adapt content for different platforms. The engine automatically optimizes resources for cross-platform development, making it possible to render the same models on different platforms, while only creating them for one platform, further simplifying cross-platform development.[6][/quote]

[b]What are the specs?[/b]
[release]Minimum:

OS: Win XP SP3, Vista, Win 7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or Equivalent AMD
Memory: 2GB
Hard Disk Space: 25GB
Video Card: GeForce 8800, Radeon HD 4200
Recommended:

OS: Win XP SP3, Vista, Win 7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad or Equivalent AMD
Memory: 4GB
Hard Disk Space: 25GB
Video Card: GeForce 9800 GTX, ATI Radeon HD 5550
As noted previously, RAGE will use Steamworks and features Steam Achievements, VOIP, and Friends support.[/release]

[b]What else is there related to RAGE?[/b]
[release]Well there's an iPhone game that was basically John stroking his dick about how he can get 60FPS on an iPhone with good graphics. And there's also a comic which the first issue came out this month. It's written by Arvid Nelson and is really, not impressive at all and is just kind of bad... not like the Doom comic bad though. [/release]

Screenshots and Videos:

[highlight]The Newest And Coolest Trailer Around[/highlight]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFE66chCZuA[/media]

The Well Gameplay Video - Xbox 360
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd0RtabEah4p[/media]

Interview and The Authority Prison - Probably a console
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN6ZnkB0K3o[/media]

Gameplay
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZJGb67aTnw[/media]

Dev Diary: The Legacy of id - 1/6
[media]http://youtube.com/watch?v=2USBm4hMOAw[/media]

Dev Diary: The Dawn - 2/6
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1HU_Wc7k2o&list=UUMPf8iyKbWSQ[/media]

Dev Diary: The Arsenal - 3/6
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBuGZCzPxRc&list=UUMPf8iyKbWSQ[/media]

Dev Diary: The Wasteland - 4/6
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVnJ66ypBsA&feature=player_embedded[/media]

Dev Diary: The Enemies - 5/6
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdRR0Zw0FOM[/media]

Dev Diary: The Sounds and Art - 6/6
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUhDQP2dY3c&feature=player_embedded[/media]

PAX 2011 Gameplay Trailer
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxaaNosNa_Q&feature=player_embedded[/media]
Co-Op Trailer
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFQt5xd7puk&feature=player_embedded#![/media]

[highlight][NEW][/highlight]Launch Trailer
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GooazR-tmG4[/media]

[img]http://static.strategyinformer.com/r/screenshots/00348910.jpg[/img]
[img]http://static.strategyinformer.com/r/screenshots/00359261.jpg[/img]
[img]http://d2vcblkey4a3r8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rage-10.jpg[/img]
[img]http://d2vcblkey4a3r8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rage-09.jpg[/img]
[img]http://d2vcblkey4a3r8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rage-03.jpg[/img]

Game looks awesome, looking forward to it a lot - Let us discuss like the gentlemen we are, yes?

[G-Guy]

[QUOTE=Take_Opal;30791791]
Rage (stylized as RAGE) is an upcoming first-person shooter game by [b]Bungie[/b].[/QUOTE]

:confused:

[editline]29th June 2011[/editline]

[QUOTE=Take_Opal;30791791]The user plays as [b]masterchief[/b] from an Ark[/QUOTE]

:colbert:

[Tuskin]

...Bungie? I think you mean ID Software, Published by Bethesda

[Take_Opal]

Oh god - Wikivandalism

[maqzek]

[QUOTE=G-Guy;30791854]:confused:[/QUOTE]

I suppose that is because of

[QUOTE=Take_Opal;30791791]The user plays as [B]masterchief [/B]from..[/QUOTE]

[Tuskin]

-snip-

Oh not his fault

[Take_Opal]

I think it's fixed, I thought I read everything thoroughly ;_;

[editline]30th June 2011[/editline]

[QUOTE=maqzek;30791936]I suppose that it because of[/QUOTE]

what.

[Tuskin]

you should fix the actual wikipage as well.

[Take_Opal]

I edited the wiki

[RopaDope]

[QUOTE=Take_Opal;30791791]

Gameplay
[URL="http://www.facepunch.com/"]View YouTUBE video[/URL]

[URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=qoHACl_1OHg[/URL]

[/QUOTE]

Fallout New Vegas? Oh wow I can't wait for the release.

[Nathax]

i hope they change the texture on that crossbow because it looks like every dull gun texture from doom 3 at the moment

[Woes]

the skybox in those few pictures are gorgeous

[G-Guy]

This is one of the few games I'm really excited for this year, although I'm hoping that it isn't quite as short as most FPS campaigns nowadays.

[Dr.C]

Such a big game is going to be hell for pirates

[smug.gif]

You should get more recent screenshots, those older ones look like shit.

[Take_Opal]

[QUOTE=smug.gif;30792522]You should get more recent screenshots, those older ones look like shit.[/QUOTE]

I couldn't find many new ones. And if you think those look like shit, then you have ridiculously high standards.

[OutOfExile2]

Aw damn I never remade my old thread because I thought everyone on Facepunch hated this game, guess I was wrong

[smug.gif]

[QUOTE=Take_Opal;30792610]I couldn't find many new ones. And if you think those look like shit, then you have ridiculously high standards.[/QUOTE]

I don't have high standards at all, they just look terrible compared to newer screenshots.

[Saza]

Looks awesome.

I want to see the intro and first mission, etc.

And also more of those post-apocalyptic rust towns like in the trailer

[imaguy]

Those clouds look really nice

[alphatwo]

Yay! I've been waiting for a RAGE thread for a while!
Also, does anyone know where this game is set? On one trailer I saw a newspaper called "The Dallas Tribune" but on one gameplay video one of the NPCs had a Slavic accent.

[Take_Opal]

[QUOTE=smug.gif;30792912]I don't have high standards at all, they just look terrible compared to newer screenshots.[/QUOTE]

Ah, thought you were just being silly.

[editline]30th June 2011[/editline]

[QUOTE=alphatwo;30793106]Yay! I've been waiting for a RAGE thread for a while!
Also, does anyone know where this game is set? On one trailer I saw a newspaper called "The Dallas Tribune" but on one gameplay video one of the NPCs had a Slavic accent.[/QUOTE]

No clue, the comics are eluding to anything. But Dallas would make sense.

[Haste!]

Those are some nasty textures on the environment.

[Smug Bastard]

What I'm looking forward to is Doom 4, supposedly it will be three times better looking than Rage and will appeal to classic Doom fans.

Who doesn't like the idea of classic Doom gameplay and a bunch of fancy eye candy [b]combined[/b]?

[Meller Yeller]

It looks pretty most of the time but honestly, the gameplay in that video looks really boring and that combined with as few role playing elements as Borderlands makes me think this is going to be a flop but maybe they just didn't pick a great time to record that video.

[BenJammin']

Oh god I love how this game looks, and the great gameplay to top it off. Can't wait for it, hopefully my computer can run it.

[abcpea2]

there should be a special edition that comes with a harddrive

[Take_Opal]

If the game fits on a single DVD (PC) then I'm sure it can't be that large. Nothing has beaten Age of Conan's ridiculously large requirement of 30GB download in my experience. Even GTA IV and Metro are reasonable.

[Paravin]

I'm sad that it's so unrealistic and arcadey. :smith:

[editline]30th June 2011[/editline]

Even unrealism in a Fallout level would still be cool, but this just seems over the top.

[Scoops]

I just hope I can run it.