Game review: Rage

With a post-apocalyptic world as a backdrop, colourful characters and more mutants then you can blow away with a shotgun/grenade launcher - get ready to embrace the Rage.

The game starts with you as the lone survivor from a cryogenic experiment.

In the years you've been sleeping the world has gone astray with the menacing Authority in charge, bandits on the loose, and small towns of survivors doing whatever they can to stay alive for a few more days.

Although it sounds quite gloomy, basically it's just a set-up to deliver some great fun as you stomp and shoot your way through all manner of bad guys.

To get the job done there is a huge range of weaponry available, with most capable of being customised to deliver amazingly destructive results.

Visually it delivers an exceptional game, and the game play is easy pick up if you are familiar with first-person shooters.

What separates Rage from the pack is that while it is a delightful first-person shooting romp it integrates a great range of other gaming elements to help mix up the action.

To get from point A to point B you need to drive - and being a wasteland, this is no Sunday cruise.

Laden with gun-toting bandits, it provides a fun change in pace.

There's also a surprisingly addictive card game, plus a few other gems hidden away.

The biggest weakness is the auto-saving being on the rather limited side - restarting miles away from an untimely death certainly unleashes rage all right.

RAGE

Publisher: Bethesda Softworks

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360