RAGE 2
RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything. An asteroid has annihilated 80% of the earth’s population and humanity’s numbers are dwindling. Ruthless and bloodthirsty gangs roam the open roads and the tyrannical Authority seek to rule with an iron fist. As Walker, the last Ranger of the wasteland and a threat to their power, you have been robbed of your home and left for dead. Now you’ll have to rage for justice and freedom. With ludicrous vehicle combat, super-powered first-person mayhem, and an open world full of emergent madness, you will tear across an unforgiving wasteland battling sadistic gangs to find the tools and tech needed to crush the oppressive rule of The Authority once and for all.
Game Discussion
Steam User 45
This game got bombed because of the open world, everything about this game is on par or better than anything that released back then. The open world ruined it, there is nothing but empty wasteland and nothing to explore. Its just a pain that didn't need to exist, its there only to tick a box.
If this was a linear game it could be GOTY material the gunplay is actually insane.
Steam User 46
Lacks substance but I had a great time.
The combat of Doom with Cyberpunk upgrades in a Borderlands meets Max Max (game) world.
Steam User 23
It's 2025 and I can say it's a pretty good game that was overhated.If you look what garbage we have to play these days this is a gem
Steam User 19
I enjoyed the first Rage game, so that might be flavoring this review.
Rage 2 is a strange game. It's like "Doom Cry" (Doom and Far Cry), but there is something missing. The shooting feels good...but only with a handful of weapons (shotgun and rocket launcher were my go-to's). The other weapons are just kind of boring. There is a big open-world map to explore, but there is not really anything interesting to explore on the map. Every mission and every location is just "kill everyone and collect some supplies." They are trying to make the NPC's like Mad Max characters, but that also feels off. Finally, there is very limited enemy variety.
So, why am I giving this a positive review? The powers that you unlock are a lot of fun to use, and make you feel like a god, flinging enemies around.
6.5/10
Steam User 19
This is my Far Cry
A meh story in a whatever world
But id absolutely cooked with the combat here. Probably in the top 10 best feeling FPS games of the PS4/Xbox One generation.
If you're looking to clear camps in an open world filled with goons and muties to put bullets in, you'll have a great time here.
Steam User 10
I won a copy of Rage 2 on VicariousNick’s livestream. I finished the main story in about 7 hours on Hard, with very few powers and weapons unlocked. After that, I finished the Ghosts DLC, which was only about 45 minutes long.
Then the game becomes mostly side content. There are around 100 side missions, but most of them feel like copies of only four mission types:
Kill everyone.
Activate an antenna and kill everyone.
Kill everyone and destroy fuel.
Kill all mutants.
The game is separated into zones, but completing everything in a zone gives you nothing. Finishing all missions of one type also gives you nothing. There are no real completion rewards.
To get the two other DLCs, you need to go into the in game store and buy points with real money. The store also sells skin packs, including packs with things like 71 skins. That is why the game gives you so little for actually playing. They want you to pay for skins in a single player game. Of course, the amount of points you can buy is always slightly over or under what you actually need.
I wish the side missions were connected to each other and woven into the gameplay better. I also wish they gave some kind of reward. By the time I unlocked everything, my character became insanely strong, but there was no challenge left. I had already finished the main story many hours earlier and had already beaten the biggest challenge in the game.
The voice acting can be very cringy, and the male main character is also very cringy. However, the visual design and graphics are great. The FPS is good too. Unlocking new things is fun, and the shooting feels very good. The game can be glitchy, so save often and restart the game when it starts acting up.
If you want a cool shooter you can finish in about 7 hours, or if you enjoy grinding to unlock your character’s full power like I do, then you can still have fun with Rage 2.
What this game needed to be perfect for me:
Remove the in game store.
Make side missions feel connected.
Add a very hard final boss that can only be defeated by a fully upgraded character.
Give rewards for completing all missions of one type.
Give rewards for completing all missions in a zone.
Add a use for auto parts after upgrading the only car. I had too many auto parts and nothing to spend them on.
Add a use for crystals. I had around 41,000 crystals and nothing to do with them. Let me sell them for money, for example.
Rage 2 is fun as a shooter, but it feels unfinished as a full game.
Steam User 12
TBH, this is a Mixed Bag.
I liked the gameplay style,
1) Kill 1st, Loot Later,
2) Explore it now, complete it now
3) A variety of action to take, from outpost, to gas station, to Ark
What i don't like,
1) Boring Car Combat, it would have been better if it play like Boderlands or Ori Rage
2) Boring Open World
3) Expensive DLC in game store, I brought the Deluxe Edition and Yet i am missing out some of the DLC.
6/10, Wait for a sale