By all accounts, Rage is the very definition of "mid".
And honestly? That's not a bad thing.
Well, kinda.
The current course of history has made me realize that there are a lot of experiences that exist right now that might not exist in the immediate future. This is less FOMO and more trying to appreciate things as they are until they aren't.
Quake Champions is one such game. It's sat neglected in my Steam library since near launch. I'm not sure why I never installed nor played it til now. Maybe I didn't think my laptop could run it, or maybe I just wasn't in the mood for arena shooters. Whatever the case, I decided to take the plunge.
And it's good! It's exactly the sort of arena shooter I've been craving for a few years now. Not too fast, not too slow, fun champion abilities that mix things up but can also be turned off if it's not your cup of tea. It could have been the Street Fighter 4 of its genre: flashy, fun and paced just right for casuals, with enough hardcore trappings to please the OGs. Instead, it ended up being a game nobody wanted for a myriad of reasons, and is now burdened with the cruftiest, stankiest MTX bullshit imaginable.
But in this brief moment in time? I'm enjoying it enough to invest 20 to 30 hours into it and move on.
That's it, that's the post.
Also Rage is pretty good, I should probably beat it this time.
