Rage (video game)
"RAGE" redirects here. For the receptor, see RAGE (receptor).
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| Developer(s) | id Software |
| Publisher(s) | Bethesda Softworks |
| Composer(s) | Will Loconto, Assaf Rinde, Rod Abernathy [1] |
| Engine | id Tech 5[2] |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter,action-adventure, semi-open world |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Media/distribution | Optical disc, download |
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Rage is a first-person shooter video game by id Software which was released on October 4, 2011 in North America. It uses the company's newOpenGL based id Tech 5 engine. The game was first shown as a tech demo on June 11, 2007, at Apple's WWDC,and was officially announced on August 2, 2007, at QuakeCon. On the same day, a trailer for the game was released by Gametrailers.com.
The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world somewhat similar to the movie Mad Max 2 and that of other popular video games such asFallout.In an interview with GameSpot, designer Tim Willits revealed that the game is set in the near future following the impact of the asteroid99942 Apophis. Matthew J. Costello, who worked on the plot of Doom 3, also worked on the Rage plot.Influences on the driving and racing gameplay include games such as MotorStorm and Burnout. Players can upgrade their cars with racing certificates won from races.
The user plays as a survivor of the 2029 Apophis asteroid impact who has just awoken from an Ark (a world-wide movement which took scientists and other significant people, and froze them underground in cryo-pods so they could rebuild Earth). The player awakes to a realization that his Ark has malfunctioned and that he is the only survivor. The main point of the game is to race friends and foes. Players have the ability to augment their cars with various items and upgrades they can gain by completing races, but the game is not specifically a racing title; the gameplay consists of a mix of mainly first person shooter elements as well as driving elements.Gameplay
Rage also features some role-playing game (RPG) elements, including an inventory system, looting system, and different types of ammo. Players have the option to customize their weapons and their race cars which they use more than their weapon.There are also side missions and a number of other minor exploratory elements. At E3, Tim Willits stated that the game's core is a first person racer with car-combat added in a little-that is, the racing is the sole and central focal point. The world is populated by the human survivors of the impact who were preserved from the asteroid by being buried in the Arks. The world is also populated by mutants, who serve as the player's main enemies at least for the first half of the game, as a major change takes place at the midway point of the game.
Multiplayer
Rage has two multiplayer modes: Road Rage and race wars. In Road Rage, up to four players compete in a free-for-all match that takes place in an arena designed to make use of the vehicles. The objective is to collect rally points that appear around the arena while killing your opponents and stealing their points.
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