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The run up to the reveal of Rage 2 has been somewhat fitting for a game that seems like it’s going to revolve around chaos and anarchy. Between leaks, tongue-in cheek teasers and even more leaks we now officially know that Bethesda is going to be following up 2011’s Rage with a sequel titled Rage 2.Judging from what we know of the original game and the short teaser that’s been released, Rage 2 will be another post-apocalyptic thrill-ride that will bring players into a world that’s a cross between Mad Max, Fallout and Borderlands.Though we don’t know much at the moment, E3 is but a matter of weeks away and we expect Bethesda will have even more to reveal during its official press conference. Cut to the chaseWhat is it A sequel to 2011’s post-apocalyptic first-person shooter Rage What can I play it on Most likely PS4, Xbox One and PC When can I play it TBC TrailersThough many people had already watched it through leaked recordings, the official advertisement for Rage 2 has finally launched and you can watch it for yourself below. The live-action footage doesn’t give much away about the game in terms of gameplay but it looks like players can expect the wild, post-apocalyptic style of the original Rage.
This time with more neon.
And maybe a little more confidence in what it’s trying to do.Bethesda has also promised a full gameplay trailer on May 15 which should tell us more.News and rumorsThe trailer leakAfter the Walmart leak, Bethesda managed to claw back some control over Rage 2 with its Twitter campaign which teased a formal reveal and trailer.
Only to fall foul of another leak.Following the teasing that a trailer for Rage 2 would be released on May 14, Gematsu reported that the trailer had leaked in a YouTube pre-roll advert.
The trailer apparently revealed in front of several videos tied to gaming on YouTube and outside of Gematsu’s report, Tweets from Wario64 and others appeared online.The trailer was quickly set to private and anyone that managed to mirror capture the trailer and re-upload it to YouTube has seen their videos taken down.
The Twitter captures, however, remain.
They show a range of Mad Max-style characters screaming, shooting and lifting weights while plumes of neon smoke billow in the background. The Twitter teasingIn response to the Walmart leak, Bethesda did the right thing.
It teased Rage 2 by reviving the Rage Twitter account.
And teased Walmart.
After picking apart Walmart Canada’s font on the leaked game cover, the account started teasing an announcement and trailer for Monday May 14 through a series of images.Clean up on aisle 6 – Walmart Canada has sprung a big leak The first evidence of Rage 2 emerged from a May 2018 leak on Walmart Canada’s website.
The retailer published a list of games, some of which hadn’t been announced, to its website.
And one of the games which appeared on this list was Rage 2. Naturally at this point, Rage 2 wasn’t a certainty since the list did have some spurious titles on it – Forza Horizon 5, for example.
However, it also appeared alongside some games we both know are coming such as Beyond Good and Evil 2 and The Last of Us 2, as well as games that haven’t been announced but seem likely such as Gears of War 5 and Splinter Cell. What we want to seeIt’s been a long time since the release of the original Rage and there have been a lot of advancements in gameplay that we would love to see the sequel take advantage of. Maintain the visual qualityIf there’s one thing the original Rage got right it was its looks.
It was a visually stunning game and very graphically impressive, particularly for its time.
We’d like to see the same effort go into this release, particularly now that we’re a few years into the new generation which offers 4K and HDR opportunities.Keep the combat and AI qualityAs well as its visuals, Rage impressed with its combat and enemy AI.
It was a first-person shooter with seriously satisfying gunplay and its enemy AI was genuinely clever.
Combined this makes for some thrilling gameplay.
If the original game could have such advanced AI, we’d love to see Rage 2 continue to innovate in this area and maybe make player movement and action even more varied to keep up with it. Make it more openWhen it comes to exploration, the Rage game world had a lot of potential but it didn’t quite live up to it.
We’d love to see the game world open up a little more in Rage 2.
However, it’s worth noting that we only want a large map if it’s going to be filled with interesting things to do and characters to meet. Open world games have come a long way since 2011 and recently we’ve seen a wide range of releases which manage to balance open world freedom with a gripping and engaging story as well as strong characters.
Without the need to fill maps with pointless check points.
We’d like to see Rage 2 try this for itself. Better vehicle gameplayWhile the first person shooting in Rage was fantastic, its car combat was somewhat lacking.
Thankfully footage in the announcement trailer suggests it's going to be back but we would like to see it improved upon significantly because it could really help Rage 2 stand out from all the other post-apocalyptic games out there.
Especially if it does have a more open world.Keep a single-player element and improve the storyAfter Rage’s story was criticised, we hope that the developers will try to improve it rather than eradicate it for the sequel. As more and more games move into always-online multiplayer gameplay, there is some part of us that’s expecting Rage to go the same way.
The original Rage did have some co-operative and online elements but we wouldn’t have liked to have played an entire game with just those. Rage 2 would, admittedly, be a great game world for a AAA battle royale and we imagine Bethesda is keen to seize on the current popularity of this genre in some way.
However, it’s also a great game world for a gripping single-player narrative and we hope that Rage 2 tries to get this right with something that’s a little longer and more engaging.HG8TZ8gsHdnVFM5mJ7bUb3.jpg#
