I’ve spent four hours playing Rage today via the Xbox Series backwards compatibility. (Is it emulation or real hardware?)

Anyway, for an Xbox360 game I think this looks really good and still holds up today. The speedy loading times certainly help as well.

I did try and play a while ago on the PS3. I don’t know if Rage was pushing the PS3 to the limit, but as you turned around, you would catch models and textures loading in. Apparently you could alleviate this a bit by installing an SSD but you’re still limited by the PS3’s older SATA connection.

Having played this on my Series X, I don’t know if the Xbox Series is almost void of this because of the modern hardware or if the Xbox360 version was actually the better machine with this game engine.

I completed Rage 2 a year or so ago when it was given away free on the Epic Game Store and loved it. The original game is essentially the same but on a much smaller scale. It’s a balanced gameplay of driving and FPSs sections.

I LOL’d on my first encounter when I’ve if the bad guys shouted, “Where’s that wanker!” 😆

    • AzureKevin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      As far as I’m concerned, RAGE is a modern game. It even looks and plays like a modern game, so it can’t really be retro.

      To call it retro is like saying League of Legends is retro because it came out in 2009.

    • Lexi Sneptaur@pawb.socialEnglish
      91·
      3 days ago

      7th generation is retro. I’m sorry but the PS3 and 360 came out almost 20 years ago. The 360 is as old now as the NES was back then

      • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
        23·
        3 days ago

        I’m speaking my age but in my head retro is frozen in time to be anything prior to the year 2000 😂. That’s just my opinion

      • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
        8·
        3 days ago

        For me retro is ps2 gen and earlier.

        360 came out when I was in university, so for me, that is jumbled into my adult life.

          • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            Thinking about it more, I like to draw the line there as everything after this generation had some level of internet connectivity. Also PC ports started to become common during this time.

            Once the internet got involved i think gaming in general started to get worse with all the dlc, and micro transactions.

            So the golden age of gaming, for me, is ps2 and earlier which I like to think of as retro.

      • B0NK3RS@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        3 days ago

        No not really but it’s all subjective anyway.

        I remember RAGE we good the first time I played but I really struggled with it last year when I tried it again. Also John Goodman voiced a character at the beginning and then buggers off never to be seen again…