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[BlackBanditSho]

So, no signs of dynamic lighting? Are you really sure? Maybe that's just by design on a specific level or levels of the game to optimize overall performance. I'm pretty confident that you'll come by it sooner or later, if your already didn't. We have to remember that this is based on a brand new engine, and in this day and age, baked lighting as the only supported lighting method is kinda unbelievable.

I'm not super tech savvy and I'm just offering naked gamer impressions. Maybe there is and it's just super subtle. I'm only comparing this to Doom 3 where you step into the light source and you can immediately see the difference. You step away from the source, and you can see the light change. So far in RAGE, I haven't seen this. Also, because there's no Day/Night cycle, which is usually the most obvious place to see where the lighting works, It's tough to tell. I'm also comparing it to Dead Space, which seemed to have some real time lighting implementation, too, and it looked stunning. God of War 3, Half Life, etc...all seemed to have real time. RAGE? it doesn't SEEM so, but I'm only guessing.

The game looks fantastic regardless.

 

[highrider]

appreciate the impressions blackbandit. i'm all hypeified now.

 

[areal]

appreciate the impressions blackbandit. i'm all hypeified now.

Same here. The new Deus Ex was next on my list but maybe I'll skip it and dive into this.

 

[NBtoaster]

Im kind of glad they didn't try some big new lighting scheme like with id tech 4. Stencil shadows and over-glossiness made id tech 4 age horribly. Half Life 2 with good old lightmaps aged far better.

 

[EvilDick34]

OMG GUYS, WE ARE ONLY 48.5 HOURS AWAY FROM RAGEEEEE!!!! SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!

 

[DaFish]

OMG GUYS, WE ARE ONLY 48.5 HOURS AWAY FROM RAGEEEEE!!!! SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!

Steam says "2 Days and 15 Hours left"

hmmm

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

yay finally ! it started to preload

 

[nextgeneration]

This guy has some nice impressions. He seems pretty floored with graphics...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbYfm13ph-U

Fuck yeah at the bobble head!

 

[NullPointer]

yay finally ! it started to preload

HOLY SHIT, YES!

1.1% preloaded.

 

[Fjordson]

Wow @ all these impressions. Have this pre-ordered on Amazon, but I'm tempted to just head to Best Buy for the midnight release. Need to play this asap.

 

[Sinatar]

yay finally ! it started to preload

 

[EvilDick34]

Steam says "2 Days and 15 Hours left"

hmmm

There was a tweet from a Bethesda PR guy who said it will unlock at 12am EST, so ignore that countdown on steam.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

HOLY SHIT, YES!

1.1% preloaded.

now the long wait (@4%) and hope it doesn't crap out

http://www.abload.de/img/14qknrsrxv.gif[img][/quote]
lol

 

[burgerdog]

Pre-loading, fuck yeah!

 

[Salsa]

my game started to pre-load bu it says 0 byte/s on velocity, yet it keeps downloading just fine

wat

 

[eshwaaz]

This guy has some nice impressions. He seems pretty floored with graphics...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbYfm13ph-U

I wonder why the revolver sounds so pathetic in this video. It sounds much better; more powerful in the other videos - really a huge difference.

 

[EvilDick34]

I wonder why the revolver sounds so pathetic in this video. It sounds much better; more powerful in the other videos - really a huge difference.

The guy said in the video he turned down the in game volume, that is why i believe.

 

[Lasthope106]

I'm so conflicted right now. I really want to support id but what I've seen of RAGE so far is not enough for a day one purchase. That and Dark Souls is tempting me. Arggggg, GAH!

 

[Half and half]

I'm so conflicted right now. I really want to support id but what I've seen of RAGE so far is not enough for a day one purchase. That and Dark Souls is tempting me. Arggggg, GAH!

What's the beef exactly? Who else is going to give you a 60 fps shooter?

 

[Drazgul]

my game started to pre-load bu it says 0 byte/s on velocity, yet it keeps downloading just fine

wat

Downloads... From Outer Space!

 

[Arkaerial]

my game started to pre-load bu it says 0 byte/s on velocity, yet it keeps downloading just fine

wat

That's what mines doing, I've already got almost 5GB downloaded and still says 0%.

 

[kamspy]

The wait for this game is starting to burn my loins.

Picking up the disc version at Gamestop. Well, the wife will be picking it up while I'm at work and hopefully installing the beast.

So damn hyped. I repasted my CPU this morning just for this game.

 

[EvilDick34]

The wait for this game is starting to burn my loins.

Picking up the disc version at Gamestop. Well, the wife will be picking it up while I'm at work and hopefully installing the beast.

So damn hyped. I repasted my CPU this morning just for this game.

You know you are hardcore and belong to the master pc race when you re-paste your cpu LOL, nice!

 

[Peterthumpa]

The game looks fantastic regardless.

Which's what really matters

 

[NullPointer]

14% preloaded. This feels real.

Its like listening to Santa slowly making his way down the chimney to put a present on my coffee table marked "Open October 4th -- best regards, id"

 

[Grayman]

futureshop didn't mail mine out early like shadow of the colossus.

 

[Phonomezer]

This is the best looking thing on consoles. Sorry Uncharted/Gears 3.

 

[iavi]

Hallelujah @ at that first revolver loading animation in that guys vid. Seriously, such quality. I wasn't going to buy it day one... but I can't take anymore of this. This game is appealing to me as a graphics whore, a gun whore, and a sound whore. FFF.

 

[M.W.]

This is the best looking thing on consoles. Sorry Uncharted/Gears 3.

Are you playing it right now?

 

[Phonomezer]

Are you playing it right now?

Played about 30 mins worth yesterday. It really does look amazing.

Can't wait to get my own copy!

 

[GhostRidah]

Nice it auto start my preload, I guess because I had the preload window still open lol, came back to 30 percent downloaded, lets go!

 

[M.W.]

Played about 30 mins worth yesterday. It really does look amazing.

Can't wait to get my own copy!

Awesome. I think it will be the best looking game on consoles when all is said and done this year.

 

[legbone]

Awesome. I think it will be the best looking game on consoles when all is said and done this year.

i think you are right. i sure hope you are right.

 

[jaundicejuice]

It's okay guys, I've pre-loaded.

 

[charsace]

I bought the wrong iD game. Should have put the 60 I used on Brink to get this.

 

[∀ Narayan]

I bought the wrong iD game. Should have put the 60 I used on Brink to get this.

Except Brink was developed by Splash Damage.

 

[Salsa]

I bought the wrong iD game. Should have put the 60 I used on Brink to get this.

Brink aint an id game

 

[charsace]

Well, Tech 5 can do dynamic lighting, they just chose not to with this game as it doesn't need it.

It can't do global illumination, though, so day night cycles in the real-time sense are impossible. There's always the Shenmue route of rendering different times of day and having transitions... but I doubt an id game would have much use for dynamically changing time of day anyway.

You don't need GI to do day and night cycles. I'm sure Rage can do the fake GI that all games do.

SD isn't iD, but they do work closely with them.

 

[perineumlick]

I don't think it's the best looking game on consoles, but it's up there. The texture loading hurts it a bit, along with some jaggies and muddy textures. Under close inspection things tend to fall apart somewhat, but in motion it can be stunning.

Ran into a funny glitch. The game has been pretty bug-free, but this was hilarious and creepy at the same time. Sorry for the crappy cellphone quality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcW00_4_j8U

 

[M.W.]

I don't think it's the best looking game on consoles, but it's up there. The texture loading hurts it a bit, along with some jaggies and muddy textures. Under close inspection things tend to fall apart somewhat, but in motion it can be stunning.

What beats it?

 

[perineumlick]

What beats it?

It's not fair to compare the two, but Gears 3 is the most recent graphics powerhouse out now, and just based off of the lighting and textures it looks better to me. Rage has larger environments to render, but for what it is it still accomplishes a lot technically. Rage looks marvelous, but I can't help but be distracted by the textures loading in after almost every turn of the camera. It will bother some more than others, but for me it breaks the immersion a bit.

 

[M.W.]

It's not fair to compare the two, but Gears 3 is the most recent graphics powerhouse out now, and just based off of the lighting and textures it looks better to me. Rage has larger environments to render, but for what it is it still accomplishes a lot technically. Rage looks marvelous, but I can't help but be distracted by the textures loading in after almost every turn of the camera. It will bother some more than others, but for me it breaks the immersion a bit.

I think the framerate will help persuade me. Love me some 60FPS on consoles. It's a rarity.

 

[perineumlick]

Yeah, the frame rate is delicious. The gunplay is so smooth and responsive; and the lack of auto aim is refreshing. 60fps definitely adds to the overall look of the game.

 

[feel]

Rage looks marvelous, but I can't help but be distracted by the textures loading in after almost every turn of the camera. It will bother some more than others, but for me it breaks the immersion a bit.

You're playing it on ps3 right? Maybe on the 360 (installed) that issue is not there. *crosses fingers*

 

[EvilDick34]

Ugh, im so worried the game is going to look like ass because of my cpu ang gpu not being up to snuff, fuck :/ . If it looks like crap or runs like it, im going to hold off playing it until i upgrade my pc.

 

[perineumlick]

You're playing it on ps3 right? Maybe on the 360 (installed) that issue is not there. *crosses fingers*

I believe BlackBanditSho is playing on 360, and he reports the same thing. Now, which one is more prevalent remains to be seen. DF should have something up in the next couple of days.

 

[Neo 007]

It's almost like Carmack has tapped into new realms of visuals with this game.

Dam good I say.

 

[M.W.]

I believe BlackBanditSho is playing on 360, and he reports the same thing. Now, which one is more prevalent remains to be seen. DF should have something up in the next couple of days.

I believe the pop in is prevalent in both console versions. Since you're playing on PS3 I might as well ask (as it's been asked before I'm sure), is aiming/shooting mapped to R1/L1 or R2/L2?

 

[nel e nel]

It's not fair to compare the two, but Gears 3 is the most recent graphics powerhouse out now, and just based off of the lighting and textures it looks better to me. Rage has larger environments to render, but for what it is it still accomplishes a lot technically. Rage looks marvelous, but I can't help but be distracted by the textures loading in after almost every turn of the camera. It will bother some more than others, but for me it breaks the immersion a bit.

I concur with this assessment. The textures on RAGE do not hold a candle to Gears 3, but this is on 360 (installed), and specifically close up.

The draw distances and skybox are AMAZING - shit looks good from far away. But a rusty gas can right at your feet? blech.

What it lacks in environmental clarity, it makes up for in the character modeling in spades. I said elsewhere that it's almost the yin to Deus Ex's yang: superb character modeling and animation, not the greatest environment design.

It's very much like Borderlands as far as structure goes: go to location X, acquire item Y, return to me for reward Z.

The gameplay is tight though, great gunplay and the AI is pretty effing amazing. Judging this game solely on graphics nitpicks would be a disservice.