Allie<p>September 26, 2023 - Day 269 - NewPlay Review<br>Total NewPlays: 289</p><p>Game: Rage 2</p><p>Platform: Steam<br>Release Date: May 14, 2019<br>Installation Date: Nov 22, 2022<br>Unplayed: 308d (10m4d)<br>Playtime: 32m</p><p>Rage 2 is an open-world post-apocalyptic FPS.</p><p>Do you like things that go "splorch" when you shoot them? If you answered 'yes', Rage 2 might be the game for you!</p><p>Rage 2 is a sequel to Rage, a post-apocalyptic FPS. I played 27 minutes of Rage back in 2022, and found it a bit repetitive and grindy, and visually it was many shades of brown, grey, and black.</p><p>Rage 2 is BRIGHT! There's a woman with a blue mohawk and white facepaint screaming out of a pink and yellow background on the Steam header, like an escapee from Mad Max Fury Road.</p><p>The game is set about 30 years after the end of Rage, and the antagonist from Rage who wanted to take over the world is back, and he's pissed.</p><p>...and mostly robotic. He's been living underground and has amassed a ragtag army of mutants to... take over the world.</p><p>Where Rage felt grindy and repetitive even within the first 30 minutes, Rage 2 felt more... fun. However, I've only really completed what is essentially the intro, and gotten my first vehicle and a handful of quests, so maybe it will turn out to be less fun as time goes by.</p><p>In any case, I now have an alternative post-apocalyptic shoot-and-splorch game to Outriders.</p><p>Rage 2 seems:</p><p>4: Good</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Rage2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rage2</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPS</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/OpenWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWorld</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PostApocalyptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostApocalyptic</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MastodonGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonGaming</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a><br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365ONG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project365ONG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project365</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NewPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewPlay</span></a></p>