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The Barrier ability isn’t only

defensive, you can use it to

zap threats away. Barrier +

Shatter = bye, bye enemies.

RAGE 2

you’re able to eke out

of its systems. “Freedom

to create your own...

wow, this is really...

freedom to create your

own destiny.” Nedfors

begins to laugh. “Wow,

I should slap myself.

But that’s the core of

it – just let the player

do whatever they want, that’s

super-important for me.”

In some ways Willits’ and

Nedfors’ design backgrounds

couldn’t be more different – one

works for a firm known for its

linear shooters, and the other is

renowned for building open

worlds. “This is how we [at Id]

make games: very, very vertical;

and this is how [Avalanche] make

games [waves a horizontal line],”

laughs Willits. “It’s a huge

education for me to think like

this [waving horizontally].” But

it’s their passion for player

freedom and player emotion that

ties Id and Avalanche together

and helps them mesh so well.

ROAD WARRIOR

In our time with the game we’re

let off the leash in a huge portion

of the wasteland. We even get a

glimpse of some biomes different

to the desert one you might be

familiar with, such as a huge,

swampy lagoon patrolled by the

biker gang the River Hogs.

The beginning of our

journey takes us