*nerd rage

[Captain]

[Tsakali]

FORWARD.... AND TO THE LEFT

forward in relation to the player sure, but backward in relation to the dude.

[Ryoki]

someone's not getting the funny :P

[Tsakali]

[shaft]

[Therac-25]

The crayons, cute sound effect.

This is looking pretty damn good.

[seremtan]

they recycled an old classic quake sound for the crayola pickup

[bitWISE]

Was that a bfg?

[r3t]

This is starting to look better and better. Screw the nay-sayers, this just screams fun.

[Big Kahuna Burger]

i like the mind control darts

[xer0s]

Love the ending...

[Eraser]

Oh shit, that is just amazing. Really, if anyone still calls this game boring, then you really have no taste.

[o'dium]

Its not boring as such, I find with each movie they release it looks a little more entertaining and I want it a little more.

The problem isn't what it is, more what it COULD have been, if only they didn't stick too much to the age old formula. It really is screaming for some more open world-ness and RPGish elements.

[U4EA]

The population is greatly decreased
And now the odds are greatly increased ..

[Eraser]

Its not boring as such, I find with each movie they release it looks a little more entertaining and I want it a little more.

The problem isn't what it is, more what it COULD have been, if only they didn't stick too much to the age old formula. It really is screaming for some more open world-ness and RPGish elements.

And that's where you're wrong. This game is exactly what it's supposed to be, no more, no less. It certainly isn't encumbered by RPG nonsense, and that was a good choice IMO.

[bitWISE]

I agree. There's nothing wrong with either type of game. I'm most excited for an action FPS where multiplayer was given a heaping bowl of fuck off.

[seremtan]

This game is exactly what it's supposed to be...

what utter wank you talk sometimes

[Eraser]

Why? It's clear that id Software is going for an intense, in-your-face type of game with no frills and nonsense that detract from the core experience. This is simply what id Software does and this is what they're good at. In that sense, this game is what it's supposed to be. It is an intense FPS action game that doesn't try to incorporate RPG elements it really doesn't need. If that's talking "utter wank", then enlighten me with your deeper understanding of the failings of Rage.

[seremtan]

i couldn't care less about what this or that game is 'supposed' to be according to some raging fanboy; it's just ironic that you mock o'dium for his wank-talking tone, then adopt the same tone yourself

[brisk]

If it's an all-intense, in your face purist shooter, then why did they use 1/3rd of that trailer showing the character wondering around a town, pretending to interact with things?

The game obviously wants to be more than it is, but because it looks like it's failing to deliver, people fall back and say it's aiming for the id "core experience" instead. I'm not sure what the hell RAGE wants to be to be honest.

[Tsakali]

OMG I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT BIG GUN DOES!!! OMGOMGOMGRAPAGEFROFLUL

btw the game looks graphically superior! with so many big players in the industry these days, this is no small feat

[seremtan]

I'm not sure what the hell RAGE wants to be to be honest.

Bioshock?

[Captain]

That looked fun as hell. I'm definitely getting Rage now.

[Eraser]

i couldn't care less about what this or that game is 'supposed' to be according to some raging fanboy; it's just ironic that you mock o'dium for his wank-talking tone, then adopt the same tone yourself

I'm not mocking anyone for a wank talking tone

[Eraser]

The game obviously wants to be more than it is, but because it looks like it's failing to deliver, people fall back and say it's aiming for the id "core experience" instead. I'm not sure what the hell RAGE wants to be to be honest.

Who says it wants to be more than it is? Have you played it? For all we know the town is just a central hub, a starting point from where you embark on different missions and a way to more carefully forward the story. Besides, a game needs pacing. You can't have the player on the edge of his seat all the time because that just doesn't work. A safe town like the one we've seen could be a way of slowing down the pace of the game, only to have the intensity of the actual missions increased.

Look, I'm not arguing here that this game is awesome because it's from id Software, it's just that I what I see of the game really tickles my FPS gamers' lobes. You may personally not be interested in such games anymore, sure, that's personal taste and that is allowed. But to say that this game won't "deliver" or is a boring or bad game clearly misses the mark.