Oof those pro impressions don't sound great, hopefully the PC version isn't fucked up cause I'm gonna have my first build finished next week. I wasn't sure if I wanted to wait but I probably will
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RAGE 2 |OT| Newer Dawn
- Thread starter vestan
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Dpex's post basically sums up my experience:
You can power through the main story of Mad Max in like 8 hours if you want, but there's definitely 40-50 hours of things to do. Seemingly this is the same way?
Yeah, that would be correct. There are a lot of markers on the map.
EDIT: Just to make sure - I didn't rush it. Played pretty normally and got credits after 11 hours. If you want to do everything on the map - that should take around 40 hours indeed. Map is much bigger than I've expected.
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yeah, but the side quests in mad max and just cause series is just the worst shit imaginable. Most boring and useless. If this is the same then its bad
It's a bethesda thing, The Evil Within 2, Dishonored 2, and Wolfenstein TNC don't have hdr either.
The game itself looks great and I've liked the game play previews, but the ad campaign just feels like its trying to hard for me.
So a couple of the "things to know" videos mention one of the abilities gives you better loot while active. Does this game have random loot? I've Google around but I swear you can't Google a video game and the word loot in 2019 without every damned search return being about loot boxes.
Excellent and well put together OT Vestan.
Pre-ordered my copy yesterday at Best Buy using my friend's GCU and comes with a $10 pre-order reward certificate so for $38, worth a shot. Reading impressions, I LOVED MAD MAX and gave it a 9/10 so if Rage 2 is being summed up as an open world Mad Max with the FPS of Doom, im great to play!!! LOL.
No HDR is disappointing though but expected as I don't think Bethesda has implemented it into their games yet. At least, as far as I know anyway. Happy about the FOV, Motion Blur and CA options. Increase FOV and turn off MB and CA for me. Expecting in the 70's for the game come Monday but for me, probably a 9/10. Hahaha.
Pre-ordered my copy yesterday at Best Buy using my friend's GCU and comes with a $10 pre-order reward certificate so for $38, worth a shot. Reading impressions, I LOVED MAD MAX and gave it a 9/10 so if Rage 2 is being summed up as an open world Mad Max with the FPS of Doom, im great to play!!! LOL.
No HDR is disappointing though but expected as I don't think Bethesda has implemented it into their games yet. At least, as far as I know anyway. Happy about the FOV, Motion Blur and CA options. Increase FOV and turn off MB and CA for me. Expecting in the 70's for the game come Monday but for me, probably a 9/10. Hahaha.
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Thanks dude :D
Same here! I'm super excited.
Well that's a big discrepancy. 11 hours vs 40-50.
"Some" additional activities. Close to 100% will take obviously a bit longer
In full agreement with you guys. The ad campaign is almost bad enough for me not to get the game at all though. They are shooting themselves in the foot with that edge. But we'll see how good the actual game is.
No, there's no random loot. I assume better loot means more currency drops (feltrite, and cash), no randomized guns or any such.
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Wait, theres no HDR in a game with this much colour? Hmm. Gone from day 1 for me then to a sale.
Wow this is an amazing OT! Great job!
I am looking forward to the game. I have pre-ordered the collectors edition. Even with the post ealier in this thread, about it being similiar to Far Cry is not making me not want the game, as i personally like Far Cry games a lot :P
I am looking forward to the game. I have pre-ordered the collectors edition. Even with the post ealier in this thread, about it being similiar to Far Cry is not making me not want the game, as i personally like Far Cry games a lot :P
So, to me this says "get it on PC and you're gonna have a great time if you like DOOM and Far Cry."
Not sure someone who "is harsh on games these days" should be getting threadmarked, but okay.
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Why not? There's a distinct lack of early impressions and this information may be useful for those that are on the fence. I don't think it's fair to not highlight some of the issues the game may have. At the end of the day, it's up to you to take these impressions to heart.
Because I can't recall the last game Dphex wasn't on here trashing.
Early Impressions from Kemono (PS4 Pro)
About 5 hours in and i love it.
The open world and the side Missions are bog-standard but the gunplay is sweet as honey. So much fun. The mix of the guns and powers are so awesome.
The Shotgun. Top 3 shotguns of all time. That thing alone makes me love the game.
The enemy ai isn't really that good but the movement of them makes up for that. Like in the first Rage.
90% 60fps (PS4 Pro) so far i would say. Only once i saw tearing for a second.
The open world and the side Missions are bog-standard but the gunplay is sweet as honey. So much fun. The mix of the guns and powers are so awesome.
The Shotgun. Top 3 shotguns of all time. That thing alone makes me love the game.
The enemy ai isn't really that good but the movement of them makes up for that. Like in the first Rage.
90% 60fps (PS4 Pro) so far i would say. Only once i saw tearing for a second.
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Thanks for sharing these impressions. The talk about the shotgun got me hyped, better not disappoint :D
Yet nothing about sub standard graphics which mean a lot when it comes to a $60 big budget game.
Regardless if it's 60fps
well, i am not easily impressed and really many games nowadays are bog standard stuff, why should i celebrate when for me there isn´t anything to celebrate or when i have the feeling that i already played the game.
for me, Rage 2 also falls in this category, it has good gunplay but there are numerous things that could be much better. it is no bad game for sure but it doesn´t do anything special for me. the visual aspects alone are enough to make for a deflated early impression, they cutted the graphics completely back to make the game 60fps. i would have played this at 4k with HDR at 30fps if there would have been the option..
maybe other people can make more out of things i point out than you- which is completely fine.
other than that, out of the top of my head i didn´t trash Sekiro, Hollow Knight, Nex Machina, Astro Bot, God of War, Tetris Effect...the list goes on. and even for games i liked i will happily point out flaws, so it is not that i am only raving about games that i like.
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I was a pretty big fan of the original game. Never understood the hate for it (aside from those shit megatextures from iDtech5) and thought it had some of the best FPS combat from last gen. I'm excited for this but I'm also cautiously optimistic seeing as Avalanche is the dev team and I'm not the biggest fan of them (never cared for the Just Cause games). Waiting for reviews on this one.
This is the world we live in now, where we're glad the first day patch is only 14g LMAO
Not really loving the marketing for this game. Seems bordering on homophobic for the dudebro demographic. I get what they're going for, but it feels like something out of last decade.
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I already talked about the graphics in an older post.
1080p, blurry, aliasing and bad pop-in. Textures range from good to bad, npcs look ok but nothing to write home about.
I'm sorry that i don't shit on the game enough for your liking. Graphics are important, i own an i7 9990k with a 2080ti so believe me i know good graphics, but after a while i tune stuff like this out on console.
For 60 FPS you've to expect downgrades on these old toasters.
I'm more happy that the loading times are so short after a death. Saving and loading is also done every fast.
I don't know the answer to your question, but I do know that the game isn't out until May 14th!
People have way too high expectations for these near decade old consoles. Something has to give. Have we seen any PC footage yet?
Right, but what I meant was that I thought this wasn't out before several months. I hadn't been following it after the initial gameplay reveal which I found very cool.
You can upgrade your weapons and your vehicle, yes. There are mods like quick fire, more ammunition for the weapons and additional weapons or mor armor for the vehicles.
Ah I see now, your judgement of graphics comes from a very high bar with the 2080ti. I'll wait till others weight in that are more accustomed to console-quality. Sorry, you're scale just doesn't apply to me.