Rage 2

Gaming NexusSean Colleli

8.5/10

While it's a bit slow to start, frontloaded with tutorials and exposition, and generally muddled at the outset, Rage 2 shapes up into an incredibly fun time and a natural evolution of a franchise I was worried Id had written off as a dead end.

DestructoidChris Carter

8/10

I was pleasantly surprised with the shooter chimera that is Rage 2, which ended up being open world mini-Doom 2016. It’s not going to make anyone a believer the free roam format, but folks already predisposed to those vices will find plenty to sink their teeth into.

Jump Dash RollDaniel Garrod

8/10

Oh, what a day! What a lovely day! Rage 2 comes screaming into the world adorned with pink neon and a stinking attitude problem. Big guns, fast cars, blood-soaked combat and a ridiculous sense of fun make for one of the most thoroughly entertaining games of 2019.

Digital TrendsCharles Singletary Jr

“Despite technical hiccups and design choices that slow down the action, Rage 2 still manages to make you feel like a postapocalyptic superhero.”

VideogamerJosh Wise

7/10

The satisfying action and relentless chaos of Rage 2 peppers a formulaic open world with thrills.

Capsule ComputersTravis Bruno

7/10

Rage 2 offers exhilarating combat with firearms and Nanotrite abilities making the player feel like a powerhouse but its lacking open world and story structure drags down the experience between firefights.

Sirus GamingJarren Navarrete

7/10

We tell you, it’s a good game! It’s not average! It might have some problems here and there, but you have to admit it is a “Good” game.

Press StartJames Berich

6/10

Underneath it all, RAGE 2 is one of the most energetic and frenetic shooters I’ve played since DOOM. But you must, unfortunately, wade through a poorly paced story, a drab open world, and a few locks and progression gates to even experience the best it has to offer. Those who persist will adore RAGE 2, but it’s such a bizarrely inconsistent journey to get there that it’s hard to recommend to everyone.

TechRaptorAlex Santa Maria

6/10

Rage 2 has incredible gunplay and brilliant graphics, but that spit and polish can't hide its lame open world and generic characters. It all adds up to a paint by numbers open-world shooter that players will forget about as soon as the credits roll.

VGChartzEvan Norris

6/10

DOOM and gloom.RAGE 2 is perfect proof that not all games need to be open world. Featuring crisp shooting mechanics [...]

Analog Stick GamingJeff Young

Unscored

While the adrenaline pumping combat is certainly a selling point to this colorful and energized sequel, it is one of the only aspects of the game that impresses on any significant level. For as much fun as you can have in Rage 2, it still sadly comes off as a vast disappointment.

MonsterVineDiego Escala

What’s perhaps Rage 2’s biggest issue is its goal of gamifying everything to such an extreme degree. To upgrade your character you need to acquire certain items, but each aspect of your arsenal needs its own separate one. There’s a staggering nine different “upgrade tokens” needed, and the end result has the game feeling like an RPG grind as you ping pong between various activity types trying to collect a specific type of item. Arc chests contain some of these items, but what you get is totally random and not every activity has an arc chest. This means if you need a “nanotrite booster” to upgr...