Do you remember Rage 2? No? Let’s take a step back. Do you remember Rage? Well, the often-forgotten sequel to Id Software’s often-forgotten FPS is free next week to continue in the Epic Games Store, so maybe there will be enough people playing now to stay in memory. I actually heard some good things about Rage 2, an open-world affair made with Mad Max devs Avalanche, but they slipped out of my ear quickly enough that I was surprised to be reminded of its existence Of it when it appeared on Epic’s freebie schedule.
Rage 2 leans into the open-world aspects of the first, with a large and strange desert housing side-quest enough. The sequel also gave us superhero powers. Vidbud Matthew liked parts of it a lot, for one:
Just like Matt Cox in our written Rage 2 review, also with some reservations.
“The parts I like weigh heavier than the parts I do not like,” he said. ‘I have my weird NPCs, my Ark Hunt, my Whoopinkoffs and Dimbledicks. I’ve found every Ark by now, but I still plan to play between side activities. ‘
I think it’s the lukewarm atmosphere of 7/10 that made my brain slide. But for free, and now that it’s had some content updates and removed Denuvo? I will absolutely remember this time. I make a note. And post it so you can make a note too.
Rage 2 is available for free to lovers in the Epic Games Store from 4pm on Thursday 18 to 25. Epic will also be giving away Absolute Drift, a fun top-down racing game about refusing to drive forward, during that period.