Rage 2
We’ve been anticipating this lovechild of Avalanche Studios and id Software for ages, but can it pull off the awkward combination of close-quarters combat and epic scenery?
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age 2’s obnoxiousness is baked into its very DNA. It’s unapologetic and uncivilised, stuffed to the gills with lairy lawlessness in a way that comes across as a little bit needy: neon graffiti scuffing up every environment and hot punky pink squirting across… well, everywhere you look.
Id’s Doom-like meaty gunplay paired with Avalanche’s open-world opulence certainly sounded good on paper, and we were genuinely excited at the prospect of the union. These are two vastly different studios with vastly different expertise and pedigrees, but in the end these differences make Rage 2 feel like two vastly different games.