Rage - Not at all like fallout

[Turbo740]

If anyone is thinking of buying the game RAGE because you thought it looked a lot like fallout but with better graphics, don't. Its entirely different to it in every way.

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Bad points
- game is in first person. You very rarely get to see your character, and when you do, the armour design looks, well a bit crappy.
- amount of weapons. there are only about 20- to 30 weapons in the entire game, there are different ammo types and 1 or 2 mods for some weapons - like in fallout new vegas - but compared to fallout, it lacks in variation
- health system. No health bars, only indication of low health is when the screen turns red
- very boring start to the story, and the story is short compared to fallouts
- not a lot of consumables/ items to pick up - cant take enemies weapons; only ammo
- no text interface. eg. you can only accept/decline missions. thats about it when talking to NPCs

Good points
- has a steampunk kind of feel to it
- drivable vehicles with miniguns and missile launcers - also has a few race events
- HD graphics
- characters dont just stand around when you talk to them - use various hand gestures and move around a bit
- Defibrillator thingy. If you die, you have the option of restoring all your health and stunning nearby enemies by playing a very very simple minigame.
- fallout reference - vault boy collectable bobblehead

I've only played the game for about 5 hours over the past 2 days, if you like a game with a large map, lots of side quest and enemies you can kill with a single attack, but still challenges you at most points. Buy brutal legend instead - good story, engaging characters and challenging bosses. If anyone completes/ has completed the entire game on Brutal in less than a day - 5 hours straight - then leave a reply

[TheComedian]

I agree, although it does share some factors. Like arcs for instance. Arcs are pretty much the vaults of rage, except they weren't used for experiments and only stored about 8 inhabitants. Plus if you came from a arc the world pretty much hates you.

And brutal legend is indeed a sweet game. Its pretty much tenacious D the hack and slash.

[Nightmare Luna]

Never played Rage and I've not heard very good things about it but Brutal Legend is just a very silly and fun game. Full of awesome rock reference's, in fact I feel the urge to play it again...

[TheComedian]

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