Does it worth your time?

It seems with this game, you either love it or hate it. I personally found it to be a very fun first person shooter. It had a bumpy launch, with the in-game microtransactions and the not very few game breaking bugs, but it came through. The gameplay is different than the prequel. Now an open world game with a lot of things to do, although the map could be smaller. The combat is improved and it is the strongest component, although the upgrade system could be less complicated. In conclusion, lots of guns, lots of skills, lots of vehicles, lots of enemies.

The achievements are more time-consuming than difficult. You will have to upgrade everything and clear everything from the map. Fortunately everything can be tracked ingame so 99% of the time you know where to go and what to do and they will not take away the fun.

First Playthrough

For the first playthrough start on Ultra Nightmare difficulty. The beginning will be steep, but if you first focus on acquiring weapons and abilities from the Arks, as the game recommends then you will overpower everything soon enough. In my opinion the game feels that was made for this difficulty. The DLCs are a step harder than the main game, but you have the option to finish the main mission first, then lower the difficulty and then move on the DLC missions. And always remember if you are stuck on a mission, you can abandon it from the escape menu.

A final thing to keep in mind is the Spy Drones. They are hard to find without the specific skill, and they fly away as soon as the spot you. You need to destroy 30 of them, but there are actually more. My advice is when you see one fly away, reload the checkpoint and destroy it. You will save a lot of time searching for them post-game.

There are 8 story achievements that are unmissable and will unlock after completing each of the main missions: The Ranger Complete mission: The Ranger , Blackout Complete mission: Blackout , The Signal Complete mission: The Signal , Wasteland Celebrity Complete mission: Wasteland Celebrity , Beneath the Surface Complete mission: Beneath the Surface , Ground Control Complete mission: Ground Control , Double Cross Complete mission: Double Cross and Project Dagger Complete mission: Project Dagger .

There are 17 combat related achievements some require specific abilities and skills to unlock first. So make sure to unlock them as soon as possible. Terrormania DLC is a very good place to farm them. For weapons there is Efficiency Use the Assault Rifle to kill 5 enemies in a row without reloading , Skeet Shooting Hit an airborne enemy with the Shotgun's Slug Shot , Hyper-Express Kill 2 enemies with the same shot using the Hyper-Cannon and Postmodern Picasso Rupture a total of 200 enemies using the Rocket Launcher . For abilities there is Come on and Slam! Crush 50 enemies using Slam and THIS IS RAGE Use Dash Strike kick to kill 10 enemies . You will need upgrades for Hot Potato Reflect an enemy's grenade , Pseudo Post-Mortem Kill 3 enemies within 10 seconds after restoring all health with the Defibrillation , Explosive Ending Kill an enemy with a Turret Drone explosion , Unloaded Shoot 70 bullets within 16 seconds using the Assault Rifle and Overly driven Reach an Overdrive multiplier of 10 . For the wingstick there is Off With Their Heads Headshot a total of 100 enemies using the Wingstick and while riding ziplines Zipper Kill 13 enemies while riding ziplines . You will unlock naturally The Enemy Of My Enemy Kill an enemy that is trying to kill an enemy , Peek-a-boo Kill a cloaked Shrouded enemy , The Bigger They Are... Kill 7 Abadon Mutant Crushers , although you will propably need a guide for the seventh Crusher, only six are marked. And finally Goon De-leet Kill 1337 Goons .

There are 10 vehicle related achievements. Combat related are: Gonevoy Take down 1 Convoy Leader , Crushed Kill an Abadon Mutant Crusher with the Phoenix , Bytesize Takedown Destroy 128 Vehicles while driving the Phoenix and need to unlock the ability first for Off Balance Knock 19 bikers off their bikes with the Phoenix's "Dodge" . For these you have to find and unlock new vehicles: Goon Fire Blow up a Goon with the Goon tank "Booma" , Dozing Scoop up an enemy with the Dumper Truck and On The Limit Maintain top speed for 10 seconds with the Raptor . And some miscellaneous Over 9000 Drive over 9000 meters , Hangtime Jump over 100 meters with a ground vehicle and Acid House Complete the Torn Plains Race under 3:03 .

Explore the map and find all the EcoPods for the The Bowels of a Rust Giant Venture inside the Dune Sea EcoPod , Forlorn Watcher Travel to the summit of the Broken Tract EcoPod , Sunken Hope Visit the Wetlands EcoPod and Reaching out to the Past Traverse the bridge to the EcoPod in the Wilds . Find all five main settlements for Wasteland Vagabond Visit every Trade Coalition settlement and finish five Arks for A Noah Lot Complete 5 Arks . Balloons will appear flying around as you travel, shoot 17 of them for Can't Stop Pop Pop 17 Balloons and finally shoot down 30 Spy Drones for Mata Hari Manners Destroy 30 Spy Drones .

Finally, for completing the main game in Ultra Nightmare difficulty you will unlock Nightmare Complete the game on Nightmare Difficulty and I am Death Incarnate! Complete the game on Ultra Nightmare Difficulty .

Moving on to the Rise of Ghosts DLC there are total of 10 achievements. Four are for completing the main mission: Captive Complete mission: Captive , Within the Walls Complete mission: Within the Walls , Slaughter to the Lamb Complete mission: Slaughter to the Lamb and Means to an End Complete mission: Means to an End . Find the EcoPod for EcoLocation Visit the Overgrown City EcoPod , complete the Arks for Recondite Complete the Recondite Ark location and Ringbender Complete the Bendring Ark location and complete all 5 Ghost Sanctuaries for Questionable Sanctity Complete all Ghost Sanctuaries in Overgrown City . While exploring the map Air Drops will appear and activating all 15 of them will unlock Air Drop Down Activate all Air Drops in Overgrown City . Finally, unlock all skills from Reclaim and Rebuild Project for Friend of Ford Complete the Reclaim & Rebuild Project .

For the TerrorMania DLC there are 8 achievements. Six are unmissable and story related Hellspring Bonetower Complete Bonetower: Hellspring , Sensus Bonetower Complete Bonetower: Sensus , Veritas Bonetower Complete Bonetower: Veritas , Tristitia Bonetower Complete Bonetower: Tristitia , Furorem Bonetower Complete Bonetower: Furorem , TerrorMania Return the NECRODISC and stop the Skeletal Army . Finally kill 100 skeletons with the sword for Striking Skulls Kill 100 Skeletons with the Sword Transitus and 25 airborne skeletons with the sword for Flying Skulls Kill 25 airborne Skeletons with the Sword of Transitus .

Second Playthrough

For the second playthrough what is left is finishing the main mission on Ironman mode for Heavy Boots Complete the game in Ironman Mode . Note that you can exit to the main menu before the death sequence finishes and you will still be able to continue from the lastest checkpoint.

Time Saving Resources

100% Achievements Guide - RAGE 2 - Stean guide with short explanations and a few images.
Rage 2 Spy Drone Locations - Written guide with images.