Review: RAGE

Hey there folks!

From the creators of Doom and Quake comes the new gaming hit, RAGE. Based in a world which has been driven to dog eat dog due to a meteorite smashing into the earth, you awaken as a member of The Ark, a protective sphere full of chosen people with the necessary skills to rebuld society. However, since their long sleep, many of the people inside their Arks have died, the survivors taken and executed by a goverment that rules the Wastelands and surrounding communities, only know as The Authority.
You play as one of these Ark survivors, with all your crewmen dead, you leave with a barrel of a gun pointed in your face.

Gameplay is what has shot this game into popularity. With the familiar style of both Doom and Quake but with new tricks up your sleeve. Insanely powerful weapons (in the classic Quake style) and a mixture of powerful and frightening enemies (in classic Doom style), RAGE has an awesomely powerful gameplay title, along with its mysterious storyline that will keep you guessing where its going right till the very end.
Not only with a beautiful musical score that sets the mood and style of the gameplay, what has really surprised many gamers is the stunningly beautiful graphic works, as iD isn't know for its groundbreaking artwork. However, travelling from place to place is facinating to stare at the destruction and what civilisation has done to try and rebuild their lives the best they can.
A quick mention, the voice acting was of a sublime level, two of the biggest names being John Goodman and Steven Blum, the King of Voice Acting.

And as I write the bad points of this game, the ad of RAGE just came on the telly!
Glitches, while thankfully are not frequent, are unfortunately stick to you. For example, in Subway Town, taking the evelator down into *REDACTED* caused me to fall into a black pit looking up over the entire map, unable to die or do anything but eject the disc, and due to the poor quality of auto saves (Again, in classic Doom and Quake style) the game punishes those who do not save frequently and set me back two missions, two longs ones I might add!
One other small problem was the discs. Yes, the 360 requires the 3 discs, they themselves were a slight pain and can take you out of the mood to play the game. This can be easily overlooked, to those who fall in love with the game. For those who have not completed the game just yet, the third disc is just for multiplayer and is not needed for the storyline.

And while many veteran gamers miss the old classics, RAGE is just the game to bring back many ageing gamers into the fight, to return to their playing field. RAGE may possibly be the Doom of my generation.
Out of 10, I gave RAGE an 8/10

Good points: Gorgeous graphics
                    Fun, inventive and "OMG, WTF IS THAT? KILL IT!" gameplay moments
                    Creative and mysterious storyline

Bad points    Heaps of discs for the sake of side missions?
                    Glitches = "NOOO!" moments.
                    Bad auto save...

(RAGE is now available for the average price of $65)