Do you bear in mind Rage 2? It had this complete wacky pink-neon punk vibe occurring earlier than launch. For a scorching second, I used to be pumped to develop into some mad blue-haired lass battering the wasteland with a baseball bat. Turns out, nah, you’re some future cop referred to as Walker (who in a merciless twist, drives round greater than they stroll) out to spoil the occasion for everybody. Rubbish.
Avalanche Studios most likely aren’t gonna rebuild an entire game only for me. But they will attempt to tempt folks again with some bloody laborious new modes, a truckload of quality-of-life adjustments, and stickers.
Doom may’ve been the phrase of the day at at present’s Quake Con, nevertheless it wasn’t the one Bethesda game to get some love. This week, Avalance dropped the second large replace for open-world bandit blaster Rage 2.
There’s now a New Game+ mode, letting you carry all these large weapons again to the start for an additional blast. Weirdly, it’s obtained this complete Call Of Duty status factor occurring, supplying you with wackier stickers every time you beat the marketing campaign. I’ll be sincere, I’m unsure how that works in singleplayer. Who are you bragging to?
As per, every successive run ramps up the problem. If you’re an actual Mad Max wannabe, you may all the time crank as much as one of many game’s two new takes on Hard Mode. Ultra Nightmare problem is, shockingly, most likely fairly tough. If you’d relatively solely get splattered the one time, thoughts, there’s additionally Ironman Mode which’ll wipe your save after a single demise (you’ll nonetheless get again up with a defibrillator, fortunately).
Some of the opposite big-sticker updates are rather less instantly thrilling. That hasn’t stopped them attempting within the patch notes, bless them. Disable tutorials! No extra pop-up pauses! Flashlight! That all appears completely beautiful, can we cease screaming? Please?
Finally, your most important man’s voice can now be tossed out in lieu of BJ Blazkowicz’s gruff (but considerate) barks. I suppose for those who suppose Wolfenstein: Youngblood is a bit naff – as did Matt in his review – you may plug that in and faux you’re enjoying a unique Wolfy. Without the Nazi gibbing. Actually, that sounds garbage.
Rage 2’s large free replace is now stay on Steam and Bethesda’s personal launcher. From the seems to be of issues, the massive canine are on their means, with two expansions due later this 12 months: Rise Of The Ghosts in September, and a second unnamed in November.
