History VideoGame / Rage2

''Rage 2'' is the WideOpenSandbox FirstPersonShooter sequel to 2011's ''VideoGame/{{Rage}}'', released on May 14, 2019. It is being developed jointly by Creator/IdSoftware and Creator/AvalancheStudios, and published by Creator/{{Bethesda}} for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and PC.

* LegendaryInTheSequel: The PlayerCharacter of [[VideoGame/{{Rage}} the previous game]], Nicholas Raine has become this. After he activated all the remaining Arks, he was a major figure in the [[GreatOffscreenWar the Authority Wars]] and is honoured as a hero in Wellspring and was presumably one of the first Rangers of Vineland. Not only that, but it turns out he was worshipped by a cult of mutants, who saw him as a god of death, and one of the side-missions involves recovering his lost armour and sidearm from the cult. [[AndYourRewardIsClothes And you get to keep the armour and gun once you complete the mission.]]

* DenserAndWackier: The game is considerably brighter and more colorful than its predecessor, with neon colors dotting the wasteland and being incorporated into your weapons and abilities. The game also relishes in the wild post-apocalyptic craziness coming across as an insane fusion of Borderlands and Mad Max. And then there's the Terrormania expansion, which sees Walker sucked into a land of living skeletons after some Goons play a demonic ``vinyl`` record backwards.

* DenserAndWackier: The game is considerably brighter and more colorful than its predecessor, with neon colors dotting the wasteland and being incorporated into your weapons and abilities. The game also relishes in the wild post-apocalyptic craziness coming across as an insane fusion of Borderlands and Mad Max. And then there's the Terrormania expansion, which sees Walker sucked into a land of living skeletons after some Goons play a demonic _vinyl_ record backwards.

* DenserAndWackier: The game is considerably brighter and more colorful than its predecessor, with neon colors dotting the wasteland and being incorporated into your weapons and abilities. The game also relishes in the wild post-apocalyptic craziness coming across as an insane fusion of Borderlands and Mad Max.

* WritersCannotDoMath: Marketing states the game takes place in 2185, 30 years after Rage 1. Except Rage 1 took place in 2135. So either the game is supposed to take place in 2165, or it's supposed to be 50 years later.

** Desdemonya is an extremely obvious expy of [[Videogame/{{Borderlands}} Mad Moxxi]], even being in charge of a monster fighting arena. In keeping with the Swedish Avalanche Studios' TamerAndChaser design philosophy, Desdemonya shows her age ''much'' more than Moxxi does.

** Desdemonya is an extremely obvious expy of [[Videogame/{{Borderlands}} Mad Moxxi]], even being in charge of a monster fighting arena.

* GenreRoulette: Rage 2 is a WideOpenSandbox FirstPersonShooter with RPGElements, plus some sections that take the form of a wave shooter or a racing game.

* GenreRoullette: Rage 2 is a WideOpenSandbox FirstPersonShooter with RPGElements, plus some sections that take the form of a wave shooter or a racing game.

* DenserAndWackier: The game is considerably brighter and more colorful than its predecessor, with neon colors dotting the wasteland and being incorporated into your weapons and abilities. The game also relishes in the wild post-apocalyptic craziness coming across as an insane fusion of Borderlands and Mad Max

* RPGMechanics: There are a number of upgrade systems in this game, used to upgrade Walker's abilities and weapons, making them an even more formidable OneManArmy. Usually, all it takes to upgrade something is having enough resources on hand. Feltrite is used as a primary resource for this, combined with other crafting materials depending on what you want to upgrade. The one exception is Walker's throwable gadgets, where you need to buy the next upgrade from town merchants and they usually have one each.

* ItsUpToYou: Unlike the modern ''VideoGame/FarCry'' series or many other open world FPS games, there's no friendly faction presence on the world map other than the occasional trade caravan or Trade Alliance aligned convoy (who exist only to serve as target practice for bandits); you're pretty much on your own out there. Averted in the ''Rise of the Ghosts'' DLC, which does feature friendly Metro faction guards occasionally occupying certain areas of the map and fighting with enemies.

* LegendaryInTheSequel: The PlayerCharacter of [[VideoGame/{{Rage}} the previous game]], Nicholas Raine has become this. After he activated all the remaining Arks, he was a major figure in the [[GreatOffscreenWar the Authority Wars]] and is honoured as a hero in Wellspring and was presumably one of the first Rangers of Vineland. Not only that, but it turns out he was worshipped by a cult of mutants who saw him as a god of death, and one of the side-missions involves recovering his lost armour and sidearm from the cult. [[AndYourRewardIsClothes And you get to keep the armour and gun once you complete the mission.]]

** General Cross as well. In the original game, while he and the Authority were clearly authoritarian assholes, he was still a fairly normal-sounding middle-aged Midwestern dude. Here, he's gone completely AxCrazy and looks and sounds like a cross between a Power Rangers villain and Scabrous Scrotus from the ''VideoGame/MadMax'' video game. It seems he really went off the deep end after losing the Authority Wars, being forced underground for 3 decades, and turning himself into a clone cyborg.

** General Cross as well. In the original game, while he and the Authority were clearly fascist assholes, he was still a fairly normal-sounding middle-aged Midwestern dude who wouldn't be too out of place on, say, Fox News. Here, he's gone completely AxCrazy and looks and sounds like a cross between a Power Rangers villain and Scabrous Scrotus from the ''VideoGame/MadMax'' video game. It seems he really went off the deep end after losing the Authority Wars, being forced underground for 3 decades, and turning himself into a clone cyborg.

* EndingOnACliffhanger: [[spoiler: after you beat Cross and inject him with the virus, he [[TakingYouWithMe coughs his poisoned blood onto you]], you start to black out, only for Lily to come and start dragging you to safety, then suddenly the credits roll.. only for it to turn out to be a subversion as the comic panels recapping the story show you survived, and after the credits are done there are a few cutscenes and then you can keep playing indefinitely]]