Rage 2 VS Far Cry - New Dawn: Which open world post-apocalyptic game is better?

Post Apocalyptic is a trending genre in the modern era of video game industry. With the likes of Fallout, The Last Of Us, Mad Max receiving widespread acclaim, more and more developers have started to indulge in this unique representation of our future self.

Now Post-apocalyptic representation in the video games or movies in the past has been a pretty grim affair. It seems to contain a lot of dull greyish colour palettes and serious characters, at least that's how people envisioned our destroyed future in the past.

That seems to change with the upcoming Rage 2 and even Far Cry: New Dawn.

These two games are set to change how we perceive the post-apocalyptic era in video games by introducing us to a colourful and vibrant world with a mix of shades like pink and purple.

A universe that is more light-hearted, and characters that are goofier and not that worried about the future of mankind, like in the most games or movies.

But would you like to explore two very similar looking huge open worlds at the same time? I don't think so. Don't worry, I got you covered.

Let's compare some key features of both the titles.

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#The World

Rage 2

Bethesda

Rage 2 features a huge open world, with five very different biomes ready for you to explore from the beginning once as you complete the opening segment.

These biomes are all very distinct, featuring different factions, vegetations and offering different side missions as well. Gunfights, vehicular combats and this time it seems that the game will feature gigantic boss battles too.

Rage 2 features a dynamic open world which feels alive even when you venture off the main path, just like almost all the open world game these days.

The game will beg you to explore it's crazy world which includes activities like racing, convoys which are heavily defended fortresses on wheels, Mutant Bash- where you face off waves of enemies in an arena to win rewards including weapons and other gears, Bounty events which are placed across every town which your Ryder can take part in, and many more.

Seems like Rage 2's world will keep you busy for many more hours even after the credits roll.

Far Cry: New Dawn

Ubisoft

Far Cry New Dawn is the standalone sequel to this year's Far Cry 5 which by the way SPOILER ALERT- didn't end well for hope county and its inhabitants.

Set 17 years after a global nuclear disaster, the fictional world of Hope County has undergown Superbloom - resulting in the blossoming of purple coloured flowers everywhere.

Sounds pretty weird right? It isn't, in fact, it looks so beautiful that it doesn't need any explanation.

Coming to its world, Far Cry: New Dawn features the familiar Hope County map with little tweaks here and there, but expect it to look vastly similar to Far Cry 5 even with the addition of new vegetation and colour pallets.

It also features some open-ended linear gorgeous story locations set across the United States like the Grand Canyon, Alcatraz, etc.

Here's hoping it also features the similar exploration based gameplay like Far Cry 5 which made progression quite organic.

Expect some returning faces- both good and evil, and similar gang factions, outpost liberations that you have learnt to love and hate in the Ubisoft's never changing the open-world game formula.

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#2 Combat

Rage 2

Bethesda

The Combat of RAGE 2 looks straight out of a Doom game and that's not a bad thing.

It features an arsenal of big ass***** guns ( Hey they said it!), a cool skill tree which features a wide variety of overpowered abilities like overwatch, shattered, barrier etc. depending on your playstyle, whether you want to play defensive and shoot enemies from your gun using a shield after activating "barrier" or just destroy everything on your path using skills like Overwatch which makes you extra fast and enhances your damage abilities.

Adding to such cool abilities is the return of a fan favourite weapon from the first game called the wingstick which you can throw off for interesting combos.

Just like in Doom games, your player character has to constantly move, roll and dash if you want to survive which adds an extended amount of constant danger.

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Far Cry: New Dawn

Ubisoft

New Dawn features a familiar combat system like the previous entries in the Far Cry franchise.

What's new this time is the addition of some new cool weapons such as the Saw Launcher which throws out saw blades instead of arrows through the crossbow. Sounds pretty rad right?

Addition to that, the game features familiar types of weapons such as the melee, assault rifles, LMGs, Rocket launchers, etc.

Also, you can craft as well as modify your weapons this time around, like in the Fallout games. To what extent that is possible is not known as of now.

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#3 Story

Rage 2

In Rage 2, you play as the last ranger, a Walker who must survive this wild post-apocalyptic world after it was hit by an Asteroid.

It is set 30 years after the original game. The game features a heck lot of factions such as the Goon Squad, Authority, River hogs, Immortal Shrouded which has their own motivation as to why they want to conquer this world.

In this world where nothing rules, insanity rules.

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Far Cry: New Dawn

New Dawn is a direct sequel to the Far Cry 5's ending.

After a nuclear disaster, when the superbloom occurs, the survivors-old and new are trying to rebuild the hope county and make it habitual once again.

It features two new ambitious antagonists-Twin sisters Mickey and Lou who are the leaders of a group called the Highwaymen who have their own agenda to conquer this now destroyed world.

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Far Cry: New Dawn is out 15 February 2019, whereas Rage 2 is out 14 May 2019 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

Which game are you looking forward to playing more? Are you going to skip one of them to fully enjoy the other? Tell us in the comments down below.