2 new Rage screenshots on Shacknews.
New Rage screenshots show that even in a post-apocalyptic future, there’s no escaping British sports hooligans. Given that id Software’s shooter features combat-filled racing and an ultra-violent game show named Mutant Bash TV, I suppose the presence of a shaven-headed man daubed with the Union Jack is inevitable. Here’s the [...]
CD-Action interviews id Software’s John Carmack. Great long interview. He mostly talks about technical things and a little about the upcoming first-person shooter/racing game Rage.
3-part video. The other 2 parts inside the newspost.
Some details from Rage.
• An engineering system to craft devices including sentry turrets and RC car bombs, if you have the blueprints and parts.
• Your health regenerates–a gift connected to your history.
• Races and missions are available from hub towns.
• Vehicular combat is a big part of racing, with power-ups and ammo placed around the courses.
• Weapon upgrades, such as a scope and aiming stabilisers for a crossbow.
• Alternate ammo types, including a crossbow bolt which allows you to briefly control victims before they explode.
• Stealth is an option in combat too.
• A gladiatorial game show named Mutant Bash TV offers big prize money.
• A car parts system allows boosts to areas such as acceleration, traction and suspension.
• Other car upgrades include bombs, a magnet to draw power-ups, tire shredders and EMP shields.
• Multiplayer modes are currently not finalised.
• One weapon is a three-tipped boomerang called the ‘wingstick,’ which will return.
• The PC version will offer higher resolutions, more anti-aliasing and faster texture page-in times, but the three versions are essentially the same.
See Shacknews for the whole story.
