There's a delicious, deadly elegance to Rage 2's combat, and without it, this review would've been vastly different indeed. But for all the frantic fluidity you get in those high-octane clashes, there's just not enough happening outside of the eight-ish hour long campaign to keep you properly engaged, and the furious fun of those tight, tense story levels only serve to emphasise how achingly repetitive everything else is. With a "Games as a Service" roadmap already in place, there's every chance we'll see id and Avalanche put right the wrongs and squish the bugs, but for now, Rage 2 is more boring than berserk.
Fabulous, meaty gunplay; A satisfying assortment of bonus powers and abilities; Story missions are mostly enjoyable;
A lack of enjoyable things to do once you've completed the main campaign; Terrible vehicle mechanics make driving a chore; A cluttered, confusing UI and menu system made worse by input lag;