The Ending (SPOILERS)

[Bogart]

I was expecting an Authority Giant mutant as the final boss (and had my BFG ammo and about 15 rockets saved) but instead got a bunch of regular authority mutants, hit some switches, and the game ended xD

[Cobra Commander]

Yes, supposedly the devs ran out of time and it's why there is basically a non-ending. John Carmack actually publicly apologized for Rage's ending.

Did you at least get to spam authority augmenters?

[Bogart]

Originally posted by Midn1ght:

Yes, supposedly the devs ran out of time and it's why there is basically a non-ending. John Carmack actually publicly apologized for Rage's ending.

Did you at least get to spam authority augmenters?

That sucks considering the model for the giant mutant already existed and they just had to add on an authority helment, give it a big health bar, and let the fight take place in a large arena.

Lol, I tend to hoard resources so I didn't even use one of the power-ups! Though I did use Apophis Infusions and the pulse cannon.

[Cobra Commander]

Originally posted by Bogart Praetor Bridges:

Originally posted by Midn1ght:

Yes, supposedly the devs ran out of time and it's why there is basically a non-ending. John Carmack actually publicly apologized for Rage's ending.

Did you at least get to spam authority augmenters?

That sucks considering the model for the giant mutant already existed and they just had to add on an authority helment, give it a big health bar, and let the fight take place in a large arena.

Lol, I tend to hoard resources so I didn't even use one of the power-ups! Though I did use Apophis Infusions and the pulse cannon.

It would make sense to have a large enemy boss at the end but they already had a large enemy boss basically every time you fight a giant mutant. What would putting a helmet on it do?

When I'm done with a playthrough, I have at least 8-15 authority augmenters left because I make so many. I probably use at least 30 or 40 per playthrough once you get the blueprint from lassard.

[Bogart]

Originally posted by Midn1ght:

Originally posted by Bogart Praetor Bridges:

That sucks considering the model for the giant mutant already existed and they just had to add on an authority helment, give it a big health bar, and let the fight take place in a large arena.

Lol, I tend to hoard resources so I didn't even use one of the power-ups! Though I did use Apophis Infusions and the pulse cannon.

It would make sense to have a large enemy boss at the end but they already had a large enemy boss basically every time you fight a giant mutant. What would putting a helmet on it do?

Lol, I meant the giant mutant in the Dead City that we only fight once where that fight is really more of a timing puzzle than an actual fight. We could have got a suped up version of that mutant for an awesome ending.

[Cobra Commander]

Originally posted by Bogart Praetor Bridges:

Originally posted by Midn1ght:

It would make sense to have a large enemy boss at the end but they already had a large enemy boss basically every time you fight a giant mutant. What would putting a helmet on it do?

Lol, I meant the giant mutant in the Dead City that we only fight once where that fight is really more of a timing puzzle than an actual fight. We could have got a suped up version of that mutant for an awesome ending.

We could have if the devs had had more time. It's hard to say they squandered the time they did have.

[_MaZ_TeR_]

Yep, felt the same. The whole Authority plotline and General Cross were just left hanging for 6 years until Rage 2, though I had the chance to wait only a day to resolve that.

But even in Rage 2, I felt like the game ended pretty abruptly. And in the beginning, you learn there was a whole big war between this and that game. In fact, Rage 2 felt very short, only reason for me it was longer is because I decided to finish all of the Far Cry outposts and do the DLC, which imo had a much better ending.