LiquidSolid
Member
Quoting myself but having said the above, Xbone pre-orders are so poor in NZ that it'll probably only screw over a few people.
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First Ryse Review
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Quoting myself but having said the above, Xbone pre-orders are so poor in NZ that it'll probably only screw over a few people.
Turin Turambar
Member
I agree, GoW was always pretty bad. Boring cover based gameplay, bad AI, bad story, crapt variety of enemies, weapons and scenarios... who knows what people saw in that game.
...but not really the place to talk about i.t
...but not really the place to talk about i.t
I wonder if it's really similar at all, like the core of soft auto targeting and racking up combos. Guess then it'd be Arkham's combat after a lobotomy.
SRTtoZ
Member
Actually you do not seem to be one of *few* enjoying Knack. Take a stroll over to the OT or metacritics user ratings where most actually seem to be enjoying it so I have no doubt a lot of people will enjoy Ryse as well.
RedRedSuit
Member
Uncharted was thrown in there too at one point. Yay!
What kept Gears of War 1 relevant to me and my friends through 2006-2008 was it's multiplayer, single player Gears is good for one playthrough and then everything gets stale quickly personally. Then Gears 2 came out and the matchmaking/network stability was so bad I skipped Gears 2 entirely. Gears 3 had okay single player and good multiplayer, got bored fast though.
Ryse is a 5 hour action game where enemy variety, enemy tendencies, weapon variety, and overall difficulty are borked. Crytek should've never attempted to flesh out a Kinect action game into a full fledged traditional controller action game.
Ryse is a 5 hour action game where enemy variety, enemy tendencies, weapon variety, and overall difficulty are borked. Crytek should've never attempted to flesh out a Kinect action game into a full fledged traditional controller action game.
Bananajama
Banned
When's the embargo up?
It's out tomorrow!
It's out tomorrow!
73 minutes.
Broder Salsa
Banned
Yeah most of put has been painfully obvious ever since they started showing gameplay, not that there still want loads of people defending it.
SRTtoZ
Member
A couple hours. Lets be real, MS knew it was a disaster waiting to happen which is why its embargo is later than every other game.
Final Boss
Banned
You really think that wasn't MS telling them to do that? What of Ryse was Kinect title? People would be up in arms over the lack of any big MS exclusive for launch. Forza and dead rising aren't considered AAA sellers
Nomad Blue
Member
Well there's a MS party at Shed10 with hundreds of pre-orderers I think, but yeah, it's not that popular. But it is a bit shitty that all the buyers that go to midnight launches are basically going in blind.
Embargo is up at the exact same time as the console goes on sale.
SRTtoZ
Member
Honestly this game never had that much potential because it was supposed to be a god damn Kinect game. It was doomed from the moment Crytek said "Yea, pay us bags of $$$$$ and we will make a Kinect game for you".
Which is confusing because the worst thing you could do before a console launch is have a shitstorm bad reviews populating the internet waves.
Should have saved Forza for today, saved Dead Rising for yesterday and left Ryse to the dogs on Lococycle/Crimson Dragon day.
Bananajama
Banned
Thanks SRTtoZ & Zalman
Shame it's out so late.
Doesn't give those who pre-ordered online chance to cancel or add to there existing pre-order
Shame it's out so late.
Doesn't give those who pre-ordered online chance to cancel or add to there existing pre-order
SRTtoZ
Member
Exactly, Amazon orders are processing/shipping as we speak.
Bananajama
Banned
Damn you quoted me quickly
I quickly added something to be optimistic xD
I quickly added something to be optimistic xD
Yeah true but can you imagine how this would have turned out if Kinect was never a factor and it was developed by someone with experience in action/hack n slash such as Sony Santa Monica?
What? I was far more impressed with Gears than uncharted and it's over uses of sheen and putrid greens.
I remember when Gears was around and it was being compared to and downplayed just as Ryse is now, there were a few top tier visuals that it was put up against, but like Gears at the time It does look to be one of best, the seamless transition from cutscene to combat is a moment to behold.
Chobel
Member
I don't think Ryse will get any 9s
SRTtoZ
Member
Oh the setting and visuals have so much potential, no doubt. If SSM or Naughty Dog made a mature Rome type game i'd be ALL in.
HORRORSHØW
Member
Why the hell not? Weirder shit's happened.
I highly doubt it will look better than DmC on PC.
Grimløck;90686585 said:
I wasn't implying this might be a bad thing. I can think of many people that I know, that would enjoy the game.
You're joking, right?
One thing is for sure, they seem to be a lot better than Ryse. I also think it would be easier marketing a flashy car simulator and zombie murdering fantasies over classic Rome war fiction.
There'll probably be one or two. But pending a surprise those reviews will on Metacritic be the equivalent of the kid in that bookbag gif.
It'd be 1080p/60FPS if not higher in both areas on many modern PCs and monitors. That doesn't inherently bring a game higher, but with close enough assets it can arguably look better. Certainly I liked the way Metal Gear Rising looked more than a lot of other late gen games, yet the detail was generally lower as I recall. PC IS an important distinction too, you compare how it looks on consoles and I definitely think you would be insane.
No?
Was that sessler who reviewed it?for those that can´t watch youtube..
errm... ok then.
Chobel
Member
yep, it's in the OP, go watch it if you want.
shikamaroooo
Member
for those that can´t watch youtube..
Expected I guess.
LiquidSolid
Member
Agreed, it's still a super shitty thing to do. I was just looking on the bright side, that of all the countries the launch countries, NZ is probably the least worst they could do this to. I'm honestly amazed at how little enthusiasm there is for it.
i heard you can't die so no
Kssio_Aug
Member
WTF, are you joking or you really heard that?
I havent seen no one dying at the demonstrations, but if thats true, what a HUGE FAIL.
Like just watch the infinity QTEs wasnt enough!!
Beside its graphics, that trully looks amazing, I cant see why this game should score more than a 6 or 7.
Get ready to cancel your pre-orders!
Final Boss
Banned
Forza is a niche game, only GT has mass appeal in the car sim market. Dead Rising 3 is also a B tier franchise (sales wise), MS wanted to see if they could have their own God of War type franchise and strike gold like they did with Epic and Gears
Honestly, with the early reception we were seeing I'd be surprised if anyone that still wanted to grab it would can it. Either they just wanted something nice looking, ore they're sure it'll be great anyway and plunge in regardless.