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RAGE vs STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)

RAGE is an FPS horror game from id Software (2011) while STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) is an FPS strategy game from Pandemic Studios (2009).

Quick answer: STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) rates higher, 8.1 to 7.1 on the GamingPickz Score.

RAGE

2011 · id Software

7.1GamingPickz Score

$9.99

Steam: Mostly Positive

STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)

2009 · Pandemic Studios

8.1GamingPickz Score

$9.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

What each one is

RAGE is filed under FPS and Horror. In contrast, STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) under FPS and Strategy.

RAGE

Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!

Description from its Steam store page

STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)

Join the rise of Darth Vader’s elite 501st Legion of Stormtroopers as you fight through an all new story-based saga where every action you take impacts the battlefront and, ultimately, the fate of the Star Wars galaxy.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

RAGESTAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)
GamingPickz Score7.1/108.1/10
Steam ratingMostly Positive (78%, 18,288)Overwhelmingly Positive (95%, 54,262)
Critic aggregate79/10078/100
Price$9.99$9.99
Install size
Steam Deckplayableplayable
Released20112009
Developerid SoftwarePandemic Studios

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

RAGE vs STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005), point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    RAGEFPS horror game
    STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)FPS strategy game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    RAGEFPS, Post-apocalyptic, Action
    STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)Action, Shooter, Classic

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    RAGEScore 7.1 · 78% on Steam · 79 critic
    STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)Score 8.1 · 95% on Steam · 78 critic

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    RAGE18,288 reviews · 2 add-ons
    STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)54,262 reviews

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    RAGE$9.99
    STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)$9.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    RAGEPlayable
    STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)Playable

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

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How positions are decided

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  • Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
  • Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
  • No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
  • A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
  • Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.

Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) (GamingPickz Score 8.1)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) (54,262 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

FPSActionShooterSingleplayerFirst-PersonMultiplayerSci-fiCo-op

Where they differ

RAGE is also

Post-apocalypticOpen WorldRacingGoreAtmosphericRPG

STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) is also

ClassicThird-Person ShooterSpaceModdableThird PersonMilitary

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, RAGE is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

RAGESTAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)
Minimum GPU64MB 3d Graphics card with Vertex Shader and Pixel Shader (VS/PS) Capability
Minimum CPUIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
Minimum RAM2 GB0.3 GB
Install size

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: RAGE · STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005).

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for RAGE and 0 for STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005). A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are RAGE and STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) in scope?

RAGE has drawn 18,288 Steam reviews and ships 2 add-ons. STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) has drawn 54,262 Steam reviews.

Is RAGE or STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) better?

By the GamingPickz Score, STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) rates higher (8.1 to 7.1). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, RAGE or STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)?

RAGE is cheaper right now at $9.99, against $9.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Should I get RAGE or STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)?

STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) rates higher, 8.1 to 7.1 on the GamingPickz Score. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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