Rage

[MessiaaH]

Games actually rel hard to impress me. I juss cant find myself playing lesser titles anymore. A Class or i pass.

[MessiaaH]

Developing Rage for Consoles Was a Huge Mistake
 By Hilbert Hagedoorn, October 10, 2011 - 8:46 PM N/A - 0 Comments


id Software founder and programming legend John Carmack has just given a bold statement that may not pleased consoles gamers. He said, "one of the larger mistakes" he made with RAGE was allowing consoles to have an equal place in development alongside the PC.

In an interview to PC Gamer, John Carmack said, "When we started on the game six years ago, I looked at the consoles and said ‘These are as good as the PCs that we're on here’, and our development strategy was set up such that we basically developed live on all the platforms there. And now when we’re looking at PCs that have ten times the horsepower of the consoles... I’m making a large change in my direction, just saying ‘We should be focusing on building things efficiently on the PC and [then] deploying on to consoles.’ And we didn’t make that as crisp of a distinction as we should have."

Carmack further explain how that will change going forward, "My development system now has twenty-four threads and twenty-four gigs of memory, and we can start putting on half a terabyte of solid state drives, and these are the things that are gonna drive the development process on the PC. So, I’m actually as excited about how we’re developing tht titles in this coming generation as the graphics enhancements and things that I’m gonna make."

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[W1nTry]

I was told that Carmack suffers Narcissistic personality disorder aka he doesn't feel empathy for other human beings or something such. Don't think too hard on his comments, he sees in binary, 1s and 0s. If he said it was a mistake its from a technical point of view not personal and honestly he doesn't care if you're offended, so don't take offense.

That aside I find it rather DUMB (yes I said it, DUMB as in stupid, idiotic, assenine, etc) that he would not EXPECT that a PC 6 YEARS later would be 10x or more powerful.. this is a man who is a visionary... for him to say he's impressed 6 years ago and now say it was a mistake is a n00b move... either way I will prolly wait till it's cheaper to get rage. Too many other good titles now to pay it the attention it deserves now anyways.

[MessiaaH]

FTR i not offended, i juss glad he realise, developing ID game for console first was a mistake.
ONCE HE REALISE THAT! and d next thin coming out of ID is hardcore pc.

Also, rage is going very very awesome. Not much else available that could take my time to be honest.

Other games for d year i must have are: U3, Skyrim, Skyward.
Nothing else.

[Spazosaurus]

I've seen the gameplay. Its ok, nothing to write home about as far as I could see.

I've wasted more than my fair share on 'meh' inducing, buggy console ports.

Still, it looks interesting enough to be worth like $5 on steam or something, for when battlelog goes down.

[W1nTry]

FTR i not offended, i juss glad he realise, developing ID game for console first was a mistake.

Wasn't reffering to you specifically, rather gatt at large for anyone that might find it bold face. I think Rage and games in general on the console is NOT a mistake as you stand to gain much more mind share with the consoles. You have a standard (albeit 5 yr old) set of hardware so you know your constraints. Yes its great they are now automatically adjusting the settings to ensure 60FPS but that inherently still falls victim to the 'gaming on PC is expensive' as either you have a good rig or you get to play COD1 level graphics whilst you've been watching BF3 on youtube.

[MessiaaH]

D man not saying dont make consoles u know:
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just saying ‘We should be focusing on building things efficiently on the PC and [then] deploying on to consoles.’ And we didn’t make that as crisp of a distinction as we should have."

Is d console port mentality is what bad, is better u make d game for pc first, then port it to console. Because d consoles wont suffer. But focusing on consoles first then pc port, or console/pc simultaneous, will lead to pc gamers being pissed off.

Good thing is doh, ID was ontop of things, and resolved all d issues for d most part and promise some more stuff to pc users.

Also @ capt. waiting till d game is 5$ boy? waye, that insulting lolol.

[Berzerk]

Man see the gameplay and say it worth 5:00 oui.I could safely say this game ain't about seeing, more about experiencing the gameplay.

In any case this not seeing a 5:00 steam sale anytime soon, cause games like doom 3 haven't changed price much since being first released, its Id after all.

[Arcmanov]

I've seen the gameplay. Its ok, nothing to write home about as far as I could see.

I've wasted more than my fair share on 'meh' inducing, buggy console ports.

Still, it looks interesting enough to be worth like $5 on steam or something, for when battlelog goes down.

LOL... preach on, brother...

[Berzerk]

so both of allyuh never even play the game, and wuh dis it?

[MessiaaH]

ROFL LMAO ROFL!!!

NUFF SAID!

+1

[TriniXaeno]

lol, men get shown the door in the thread yes

Must admit, month end I coming to join alyuh mofos in some Rage action.

Counting down the days

[Spazosaurus]

Lol @ the door. Fair enough.

[Arcmanov]

Oh, but I HAVE played it old chap.
So you AND Picard can go f@#k yourselves.

I won't 'dis it', but lets just say I uninstalled it just as fast as I installed it.


Yes...that money I just saved will get me Forza 4. 

[W1nTry]

Yes...that money I just saved will get me Forza 4. 

*W1nTry APPROVED*

[Notnice]

Rage is a epic fail yes i uninstalled it within 5 min of starting it

[TriniXaeno]

I remember doing that with Half Life

Installed the game, played it for 5 mins, uninstalled it and binned that as a pack of fail.

six months later, Half Life wins Game of The Year.

I was like, WTF???

Re-installed, played past the drudgy opening sequence (where you walk around unarmed in a lab and then acted a fool with a crowbar for a bit) and was promptly greeted with the greatest FPS experience of the time, bar none.

10/10

Moral of the story....you cannot/should not pass judgement on a game after only 5 minutes of play.

Same with Battlefield Bad Company 2. That game was utter rubbish for the first few hours of play. Could have only killed men with the noob tube. I stuck with and then boom....turned into a master piece that brought hundreds of hours of joy, peace and happiness.

[MessiaaH]

I actually tried d B3 beta, after d first 30minutes of troubleshooting why i cant get in ah game, then finally fixing all EA's stupid issues. After d first 5 minutes of buggy, laggy, jittery play. i exit that pack of shit, and all but write off d game.

Ill give d full version a 2nd chance but that is epic fail to me.

Notice is all d hardcore b3 veteran passing on rage lolol.

Like is only quake men like me and wyatt really appreciate ID.
Shame on d rest of you! lolol.

BTW, RAGE GOING BESS! Wyatt yuh go like yuhself. Haters gonna hate.

[rassmatic]

lol @ MessiaaH's BF stab. Notnice's sure to like that.

I did the same thing to Fallout 3. Uninstalled after a few minutes of trying. Then about a year later, I
decided to check again to see what all the hubbub was about, and didn't put it down till around 50 hours in.
So all those who wanna be hasty and not give the game a fair chance, too bad for them. I've already made
my stance on the game clear and in no way consider this a "shitty" title. It actually gets better the further you play. Not a 'game changer' but a lot of fun can be had here.

[Notnice]

So anyone know if you can play this game co-op over LAN or is it exclusive to online only?

There is a way to play it online coop