id Ramps Up Rage Marketing as QuakeCon Nears

the more ive seen of this game.. the more intrested ive become.. having seen recent previews.. and releases from a nifty lil source you should feast yr eyes on..

http://www.ragegame.net

It has dawned on me that this title might change a vast horizon on how idsoftware creates games..

id software created the quick paced deathmatch, free for all that is always for a quick stepped audience..

but with fallout 3 team zenimax/Bethesda softworks opens a world of game play routine for both teams..
http://www.bethsoft.com

Rage is suppose to be a open world, scavenging, kill everything in sight, video game.. Which seems to me it might be like that title Borderlands, a Co-op strategic game play that you play the entire team with a friend...

So is idsoftware actually going to make a massive multiplayer online game? There isn't much detail that really fits into that being the general stance of what Rage is to looks like or be.. Either way idsoftware has had great feats made with its deathmatch gun battle.. and bethsoft's fallout3 is a world of its own.. I really cant wait till i see this game come out..

Anyone loving the concept art? It seems rather plain. Good concept art always has a vibe. I'm not feeling the vibe here.

Looks rather plain.

It's a great time to be a post-apocalyptic sci-fi and fps fan.

Now I just need a computer to run this.

Damn. In the lower right corner there's a counter thing mentionning 4 weeks to go.. Looks like we're in for some serious teasing until Quakecon in exactly one month..
Can some Flash genius parse the heck out of that SWF and find some hidden goodies?.. The code in the action script is beyond me. All I was able to find was the RageMain.swf and some of the assets in the included debugger.

Looks absolutely great, definitely one of my most anticipated games. Sure hope id does a great job with this. After seeing some of the artwork on the site though having skulls in it, I'm wondering if they're still aiming for a T rating

"There was water here. But now it's nothing. An ocean of death."

lol. That's not cheesy at all.

Still no news on Wolfenstein MP less than a month before release but we get screenshots of a game that isn't even coming out this year?

I like the fingerprint on the lens. nice touch, and only possible with id Tech 5.

The main character does not look like what I expected. He looks like a space marine or soldier like the main character from Killzone 2; no mad max vibe at all. His gun looks very high tech and not some jury rigged, hacked together weapon. Did this game get an art direction makeover?

Whats with this website? I got bored and frustrated after 2 minutes trying to zoom something or find anything remotely interesting...

Well the teaser site is...somewhat intriguing. It certainly seems to speak to a larger story than just run-gun-race. I just hope the racing aspect feels natural to the game versus being a baked-on NeedForSpeed in the desert. In some ways, HL2 and its episodes had, well not racing, but vehicle use, that always felt completely in-context with the gameplay. How does the racing fit into the overall story and gameplay in Rage? I think the racing is an element that if done wrong could make the entire game stumble since it seems to be one of the gameplay cores .

Hopefully they actually show some gameplay this time.

sounds like they need to ramp up Rage DEVELOPMENT instead and get this thing out the door.

There's plenty be excited about as this is id and they are great keeping things under wraps. If you recall, early glimpses of id tech over the years have always been overshadowed by the games themselves. Remember the Mac unveiling of Doom 3's tech? The realtime shadow effects on the Hellknight were amazing but then when the game came out that early look seemed primitive. You may not like the game play but id ALWAYS delivers in art and technology.

This is the only game I really care about right now. I rewatched the demo from 2007 (there's a streaming version here: http://www.wegame.com/games/rage/ ) a few weeks ago, and I can't even get excited about Diablo 3 anymore.

I really hope this comes out as awesome as the (few, tiny) details they've shown so far.

The August issue of the German magazine "PC Games" will also have a Rage special.