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Rage on iPhone is a rail shooter, it's not the same game as the PC/console version. It's been stripped down to the exact minimum it needs to support that predef
by archangel_one 15y ago
Rage on iPhone is a rail shooter, it's not the same game as the PC/console version. It's been stripped down to the exact minimum it needs to support that predefined path through the game, and while that's great fun on a mobile, I don't think everyone would be totally impressed if that was the direction the next generation of consoles took.
- ConstantineXVI 15y agoIt's a rail shooter because of control issues, not power. Drop your phone in a dock attached to a gamepad, and those issues disappear.
- mgcross 15y agoAccording to Carmack, it's on rails to reduce file size (texture LOD):http://toucharcade.com/2010/11/19/john-carmack-on-rage/ http://toucharcade.com/2010/11/19/john-carmack-on-rage/
- teamonkey 15y agoAnd then some. On the 360 Rage comes on 3 8GB DVDs. The megatexturing method that Carmack favours is intensely data-heavy.
- jiggy2011 15y agoLook at screenshots of both, the iphone version looks great for a portable game but there are differences in the level of detail. Most iphone/android fps games look like PC games did ~2003