It’s just minutes of driving along a long and empty road until arriving at the destination. It also doesn’t help that little to nothing happens while in transit. One can get where they need to go and shoot enemies easily enough, but that crucial fun factor is missing thanks to every car handling about as well as a brick on wheels. What’s actually there, though, is just passable.
With a racing game mode featured prominently in the pre-release media, one would think that Rage 2 would have an enjoyable driving system. The Ranger has to get to where the bandits are first, though, and that means driving. Okay, no problem fighting is the best part of Rage 2 by far. Getting stronger requires the gathering of resources, and the only way to do that is to venture out and ruin some bandit gang’s day. The overall point of exploring Rage 2’s wasteland is to make one’s Ranger stronger. It would be one thing if the player could just ignore them and focus on combat, but engaging with them is necessary if one wants their Ranger to keep getting more powerful. Neither of these activities are bad things in and of themselves, but they just don’t jive with the rest of the game, at least not in their current state. Instead, it’s only intermittently entertaining with all its enjoyable qualities contained to short bursts separated by long stretches of scavenging and driving from place to place.
#Rage 2 map upgrade#
With its satisfying weapons, deep upgrade system, engaging combat and colorful art style, Rage 2 should be a consistently fun experience. This is exactly why Rage 2 is so much more disappointing than it should be. The damage is so great in fact that they can easily take an otherwise excellent game and turn it into something that’s just a little above average. Without the necessary supporting elements, open-worlds actively hurt their games rather than help them. Likewise, a game’s sandbox activities need to compliment the core gameplay lest they become boring busywork. Having a large map means having to develop an interesting way to cross it, otherwise it’ll just be in the way. They all offer large maps and sandbox gameplay, but only a few have managed to make such features feel fun. Open-world games aren’t always all they’re cracked-up to be.
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