Rage 2 was already announced by Bethesda ahead of the E3. Now the crazy, post-apocalyptic shooter was presented at the E3 conference. We summarize.
7 years after the first part, Bethesda announced a sequel with Rage 2 and has set ambitious goals. The first trailer was presented just before E3. With Andrew WK, there was an impressive musical performance at E3.
The ambitious open-world game is supposed to offer a dynamic story and a diverse game world.
This is how the predecessor was: Rage was released in 2011 and was considered a visually high-quality first-person shooter, developed with the iD Tech 5 engine under the guidance of Doom creator John Carmack.
The feedback was mixed, the game had some flaws such as mission and level design, a boring story, graphic errors, and other issues.
Nevertheless, it offered fundamentally interesting elements, such as an upgradable vehicle and unusual weapons like the Wingstick.
The Wingstick will also be used in Rage 2, in conjunction with many other innovations.
The first gameplay of Rage 2
Mix of Borderlands, Mad Max, and Rage: The shown crazy scenes can best be described as a mixture of the predecessor, Borderlands, and Mad Max. This is no coincidence; the developers this time are not only iD Software, but also Avalanche Studios, who released Mad Max a few years ago.
Furthermore, Avalanche is responsible for the Just Cause series. Good prerequisites for a spectacle in the post-apocalypse.
According to iD Software director Tim Willits, Rage 2 should not just be a simple sequel. We should be able to influence the story, which this time is supposed to play a larger role. Also, the game world is significantly more varied than the dull desert landscape of the first installment.
What we know about the story: Destroyed by an asteroid, the world has become a huge wasteland. You play as Walker, the last Ranger of the Wastelands, who rebels against the existing hierarchy. We don’t know exactly what this looks like yet.
What we know about the gameplay content: Vehicles will have turrets and other upgrades, and the player will also have various skills and tools available. Enemies can be hurled around using jump attacks and other violent abilities, and pinned against walls.
Rage 2 in the gameplay trailer
In the shown mission, the player clears out a bandit camp and finds a so-called Ecopod. We don’t have much more information about these huge, futuristic machines, except that they hold special rewards.
All of this is accompanied by a lot of explosions and comments from the character. The gunplay, especially in close combat, strongly resembles Doom.
During the mission, two different enemy factions are shown. In addition to the bandits, you will also encounter mutants. A huge specimen awaits at the end of the trailer.
