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Sheep Shagger said:
Exactly. I can't think of another game before this that reviewed so poorly, that I loved so much!
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For me it was Spawn: In The Demon's hand for the Dreamcast. Reviewers ripped it to shreds. But i found it to be fun as hell personally. I would set matches to 60 minutes long and play my ass off. Reviews can be informative but should never be treated as gospel.
 
theBADguy said:
For me it was Spawn: In The Demon's hand for the Dreamcast. Reviewers ripped it to shreds. But i found it to be fun as hell personally. I would set matches to 60 minutes long and play my ass off. Reviews can be informative but should never be treated as gospel.
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For sure. I also wish there was some kind of industry standard for reviews (I know, will never happen). "Failing" scores, like 4/10 or less, should be reserved for broken games. Whether it be graphics, gameplay, or overall experience. I can't imagine one reviewer that could say Ryse was in any way broken.

Some attention whores just couldn't wait to roast it though, and that's the shame of not having any kind of standards or ethics for reviews. Oh well, hopefully word of mouth, which can be much stronger than reviews, helps it get the attention and sales it deserves.
 
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I'm at the final Chapter on Normal, and still adoring this game. Does anyone know if I can replay earlier chapters on harder settings to get those Centurion and Legendary achievements, or do I need to start a brand new campaign for that?

Underrated game.
 
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Just finisihed chapter 4...oh my/ the forest area with the waterfalls asnd foilage...Best looking console game ever! Love the fighting too. In later stages you have to mange your perks(health,focus,attack,and XP) perfectly in order to upgrade for better stats or level up your centurion temporarily(focus mode) just to keep the bastards at bay from wiping you out. Ofcourse I'm playing on the hardest difficulty though. Looking forward to unlocking the harder one and playing through the game yet again because I know I missed a few hideen things within some of the levels. Reviews don't do this game justice. Its a solid 8 in my book.
 
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sharkboy1200 said:
Holy cow, 223 pages? That's a ton of discussion! I remember on TXB, that was usually only seen in games with multiplayer suites.
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89 for me.

Really hope we get another game. Would still like to see how the Kinect version.
 
Sheep Shagger said:
For sure. I also wish there was some kind of industry standard for reviews (I know, will never happen). "Failing" scores, like 4/10 or less, should be reserved for broken games. Whether it be graphics, gameplay, or overall experience. I can't imagine one reviewer that could say Ryse was in any way broken.

Some attention whores just couldn't wait to roast it though, and that's the shame of not having any kind of standards or ethics for reviews. Oh well, hopefully word of mouth, which can be much stronger than reviews, helps it get the attention and sales it deserves.
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I think that Ryse unfortunately got involved in a lot of bulls*** politics, namely DRM s***, fanboy carnival of stupid, and former association with Kinect bitching about "quick time events". Think about it, Ryse official debut was at E3 2013, at the height of the DRM s***-storm! Everyone had a mad on for MS at the time so they were being extra critical on all of it's games as well. Ryse taking the brunt of it, and to a somewhat lesser degree Killer Instinct. Though in KI's favor DH did a lot of demoing and playtesting, getting it into the hands of as many people as they could.

Ryse for the most part was demoed a lot as well, but not single player ( which is the best part of the game) but the multi which was at the time extremely buggy. But it was apparent at E3 when people were s***ting on the game for being a "QTE fest" which was funny to me coming from games that are popular and have just as many QTE if not more than Ryse( who's QTE were just in executions) but got a pass f0r some reason.

There was just a huge wave of negativity that hit the game head on and many got caught up in it. Another thing is Ryse is an old school brawler/hack n slash in many ways. Akin to Golden Axe or SOR games.While the gameplay is more Arkham Asylum/Assassin's Creed style "block, parry , strike" type gameplay, the oldschool part comes in when you look at it's linearity( i don't see being linear as a bad thing as many others do, not every game has to be open world to be good) it's brevity, and it's small moveset, not to mention enemy variety.( that complaint i actually agree with)

Games like Golden Axe, Final Fight, AVP etc, were linear, short games with "shallow" combat, and like 3 or 4 enemy types to fight. Maybe it's because i grew up with those kinds of games( and i love a good hack and slash) that i enjoyed Ryse more than those people who look at those things as negetive. End of the day Ryse was fun to me, gorgeous to look at and i like that Crytek decided to step out of their FPS comfort zone with this game. There is much room for improvement though and i hope the game does well enough for a sequel.
 
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To me the criticism are valid, but they affect the score downward way too much. For some reason certain games get nailed on things while other games don't. I think it has a lot to do with what Badguy posted. Everyone has things that annoy them in games that really aren't that big of a deal. Look on these boards some people really care about 1080p! I can see the choices the devs faced does Ryse add magic and super moves/weapons and break the realism of the story or do they try to make what they did? In the end they delivered a good story with fun gameplay. They also tried to add multiplayer, but it didn't work out. I think this is a case where you can take the SP and see a really good goame dragged down by poor MP.
 
I don't think MP drags down development as much as people think. Especially when it's just one mode. It's not like they were trying to offer a MP suite. The biggest problem is that this was a game supposedly redesigned on multiple occasions and eventually left with a due date of launch time. The MP mode seems way too barebones as it is to have hindered development of the main content so much. I mean, right out the gate you can use assets that are pretty much finished. Haven't played Ryse, being a short game is hardly a deadly sin to me, and the videos I've seen people post look very fun. If I had an X1, then I can honestly say that I'd buy Ryse, but Dead Rising 3 would be my first retail choice.
 
Sheep Shagger said:
For sure. I also wish there was some kind of industry standard for reviews (I know, will never happen). "Failing" scores, like 4/10 or less, should be reserved for broken games. Whether it be graphics, gameplay, or overall experience. I can't imagine one reviewer that could say Ryse was in any way broken.

Some attention whores just couldn't wait to roast it though, and that's the shame of not having any kind of standards or ethics for reviews. Oh well, hopefully word of mouth, which can be much stronger than reviews, helps it get the attention and sales it deserves.
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Exactly. You can tell great care went into the game. Whoever thinks that's worth a 4/10 I have to question their credibility.
 
wshowers said:
I LOVED Ryse. I wish there was story DLC. Or a sequel in the works.
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Supposedly a sequel is already in the works. Ryse: Knights of England. We'll see if this one sells well and the plan goes through.

Loving this game so far. Best launch game no doubt.
 
On end of Chapter 4. Amazing game. Easily an 8.5 for me. Love the setting, story, cutscenes, and fighting mechanics. Playing on hardest difficulty. Its not perfect, and the fighting is similar through out it seems, but I dont feel its overly repetitive or anything since there is variety in gameplay. The levels are amazing the E3 demo level was way more fun to play than to watch.

some pics! the first two were captured from the game dvr





 
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Parzival said:
To me the criticism are valid, but they affect the score downward way too much. For some reason certain games get nailed on things while other games don't. I think it has a lot to do with what Badguy posted. Everyone has things that annoy them in games that really aren't that big of a deal. Look on these boards some people really care about 1080p! I can see the choices the devs faced does Ryse add magic and super moves/weapons and break the realism of the story or do they try to make what they did? In the end they delivered a good story with fun gameplay. They also tried to add multiplayer, but it didn't work out. I think this is a case where you can take the SP and see a really good goame dragged down by poor MP.
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Multiplayer was done by Ruffian Games so it didn't really get in the single-players way.
 
I meant MP portion draws down the overall score not the production. If you think sp is high say 8 score but MP player is 4-5 score then you can see where it averages to 6-7 range. I think that's why people love the game, because the sp is way better than some of the low scores, but overall if you add in the MP how would we rate it? Personally I bought it for the SP exclusively and so MP doesn't affect my opinion at all.
 
There are so many reviews that bashed this game. Yet, after reading the overwhelming positive response from the gamers who've played it, it seems like the "pro" websites got it wrong. There are a few that lost a bit of credibility. Its kind of sad to see journalist take such a deep stab at a great game just for to go along with the current trend. A lot of them even tried the same with the XO before it was released. If Microsoft wasn't who they were, things could've gone horrible wrong with the XO launch.

Bad ethics in writing is like stepping on dog s*** mate. Even after you scrape it off of your shoe its still gonna stink up the place a bit.
 
Mcmasters said:
There are so many reviews that bashed this game. Yet, after reading the overwhelming positive response from the gamers who've played it, it seems like the "pro" websites got it wrong. There are a few that lost a bit of credibility. Its kind of sad to see journalist take such a deep stab at a great game just for to go along with the current trend. A lot of them even tried the same with the XO before it was released. If Microsoft wasn't who they were, things could've gone horrible wrong with the XO launch.

Bad ethics in writing is like stepping on dog s*** mate. Even after you scrape it off of your shoe its still gonna stink up the place a bit.
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I disagree with that extent. They may not have enjoyed it and if their reviews were their honest opinions, they're valid. They may turn out to be wrong for most people, but the whole point of reviews is for people to see what the reviewers thought of the game. It doesn't mean that it's a lack of ethics though. Same thing with people in the other forum bashing Polygon's review of KZ:SF - if a reviewer thinks the game is a turd, their ethical duty is to say that they think it's a turd, not to soft-sell it.
 
hrudey said:
I disagree with that extent. They may not have enjoyed it and if their reviews were their honest opinions, they're valid. They may turn out to be wrong for most people, but the whole point of reviews is for people to see what the reviewers thought of the game. It doesn't mean that it's a lack of ethics though. Same thing with people in the other forum bashing Polygon's review of KZ:SF - if a reviewer thinks the game is a turd, their ethical duty is to say that they think it's a turd, not to soft-sell it.
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I dont think Ive seen one game where the opinion of journalists and the opinion of the gaming community were on such opposite sides of the spectrum. Perhaps you're right in that they may have not liked the game and thats well and good. But when a great majority of gamers disagree with you, it says thats someone's out of touch imho.

One of the most impressive examples of this is to read the comments on Gaf about RYSE. The majority of gamers there loved the game and scratching their heads at the bad reviews.

And I'm still pretty confident in saying that there was a hate trend about RYSE since E3 and many reviewers weren't going to change their opinion regardless from that point.
 
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Game was fun, I'm on my second playthrough and can't help but stop and look at it visually, downright amazing in some scenes, nothing comes close on console. Also has more a ton of AI onscreen in some scenes, over 50 at least, normally that would not be so impressive, but with the detail of each character that's a lot.
 
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de3d1 said:
Game was fun, I'm on my second playthrough and can't help but stop and look at it visually, downright amazing in some scenes, nothing comes close on console. Also has more a ton of AI onscreen in some scenes, over 50 at least, normally that would not be so impressive, but with the detail of each character that's a lot.
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Comments like de3d1 ^ are precisely the kind I'm speaking about. You see this all over the place.
 
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