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[Pandemic]

Was going to buy an Xbox One for this game... Guess I can satisfyingly not buy it.

 

[codhand]

this imaginary world where crysis 1 launched, playable, on a rig that didnt cost two grand...

C2 and 3 are both good games, stop the crysis 1 hyperbole, rose-tinted, nostalgia bs.

i like all three, i guess im the only person.

 

[mxgt]

And so it remains, Crytek has only ever made 1 good game.

 

[SlasherJPC]

are you ever going to pick up Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green and stream that? Nag nag!

You know I streamed half that game right? I just need to hook up the xbox and finish it. Your cool in my book so nag away. Gotta give the people what they want.

 

[codhand]

And so it remains, Crytek has only ever made 1 good game.

sigh.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

I think you mean capped at 30. Locked 30 fps by definition means exactly 30fps no more no less.

Same difference really. Unless the game isn't taxing the hardware at all or there's very little going on on screen the framerate is going to drop below whatever the locked framerate is.

 

[Badosh]

Nope, that honor goes to Knack.

but knack is good :/

 

[SpartanN92]

this imaginary world where crysis 1 launched, playable, on a rig that didnt cost two grand...

C2 and 3 are both good games, stop the crysis 1 hyperbole, rose-tinted, nostalgia bs.

i like all three, i guess im the only person.

I'm right there with you...I thoroughly enjoyed Crysis 1,2,&3...and I played them all on 360.

 

[plagiarize]

You know I streamed half that game right? I just need to hook up the xbox and finish it. Your cool in my book so nag away. Gotta give the people what they want.

why didn't you message me to let me know! boooooo. is it archived?

 

[Gurrry]

Lol, i love how everyone here is taking what the journalists say like its gospel.

This game looks fun as shit. Ill play the ass out of it.

For those of you that dont like it, have fun playing Zoo Tycoon I guess...

 

[evilromero]

The Kotaku review is so convoluted and poorly written it's blowing my mind:

The better way to do this is to appreciate the graphics and actually watch Marius' movements. If he is about to use his sword hand, be ready to press X. If he is about to use any other part of his body to attack, use Y. This might not seem like a big difference, but it is. It feels special, because because the tells that the player is reading aren't those of his enemy's but those of the exceptionally well-rendered main character.

 

[Pseudo judo]

Ignoring the gaf hyperbole, the DF analysis video didn't turn me off of the game in the least. I was actually going to pass on it but watching the video and reading the analysis just convinced me to pick it up.

 

[bigkrev]

Considering previews made this sound like the worst game ever, the reviews are pretty shocking to me.

 

[codhand]

Lol, i love how everyone here is taking what the journalists say like its gospel.

yeah, this is a bad trend. it's one thing to partake in the fun bagging on knack/ryse, but another to act like it's 100% proof positive that something below 80 metacritic is de facto awful

 

[Maninthemirror]

The Kotaku review is so convoluted and poorly written it's blowing my mind:

Yeah even the comments in review are calling the reviewer out for this rubbish

 

[plagiarize]

this imaginary world where crysis 1 launched, playable, on a rig that didnt cost two grand...

C2 and 3 are both good games, stop the crysis 1 hyperbole, rose-tinted, nostalgia bs.

i like all three, i guess im the only person.

First of all, Crysis 1 was completely playable on medium settings on most gaming PCs when it launched, and it was a really fun game when played that way. Let's not pretend you weren't playing a great game with the settings dialed back.

Secondly... I really like Crysis 3, which is definitely a better game than 2, but the highs of Crysis 1 have never been matched. Overall Crysis 1 and Crysis 3 are in my eyes about equivalent. But there's no mission I'll replay in Crysis 3 as much as I'll replay assault.

 

[Timu]

I had to choose between this and Dead Rising 3, and I'm so glad I went with Dead Rising 3 instead...will probably check this one out in the bargain bin if at all.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Nobody that has played the retail version of Knack has said it was atrocious.

I don't know what reviews you've been reading...

 

[quickdevilred]

annyways sad this game is short and shallow
but as long as a lot of casuals buy it they could still one day makea sequel and improve those facets
I'm going to buy it just because racing and fighting aren't the only things I want to do at laugh and dr3 I am unsure of right now

I mean I've really liked certain games with low reviews

Too Human was one of my top 10 games last gen... then again even the lowly too human got higher reviews

 

[Derrick01]

lol
This game is on a Knack level of atrociousness.
But at least Ryse is prettier.

At least Knack plays better. Which is more important for games?

 

[Jonboy]

I'm more shocked by the number of folks who thought this was actually going to be decent than the actual review scores. Bummer for X1 buyers who were looking forward to it though.

 

[Iacobellis]

The Kotaku review is so convoluted and poorly written it's blowing my mind:

What the fuck am I reading?

 

[coldfoot]

I have 750 thousand reasons for not trusting Polygon, but Kotaku is IhavenoideawhatImdoing.jpg. They're the vg chartz of reviews, completely random.

 

[plagiarize]

Lol, i love how everyone here is taking what the journalists say like its gospel.

This game looks fun as shit. Ill play the ass out of it.

For those of you that dont like it, have fun playing Zoo Tycoon I guess...

what do you expect people to be doing in a review thread? as I said in the Knack thread, yeah, I'll wait to play it myself before I decide if it's good or not, but I'm not about to roll $60 on it 'to try it myself'. Fuck that.

Now, if either game had got great reviews across the board, I'd have dropped my $60 quite happily 'to try it myself'.

 

[shinobi602]

At least Knack plays better. Which is more important for games?

Blegh, I could only stomach about 20 minutes of Knack before stopping. Bored the hell out of me.

 

[Gurrry]

yeah, this is a bad trend. it's one thing to partake in the fun bagging on knack/ryse, but another to act like it's 100% proof positive that something below 80 metacritic is de facto awful

I understand people being passionate and trusting the opinions of their favorite outlets...

But cmon.. One person says its repetitive and now everyone follows suite. Its pretty dumb. Every game ive ever played has been repetitive as shit.

 

[MThanded]

Ignoring the gaf hyperbole, the DF analysis video didn't turn me off of the game in the least. I was actually going to pass on it but watching the video and reading the analysis just convinced me to pick it up.

Dips to 15fps and constant 20fps sections didn't turn you off from a game that has already been panned and lambasted by reviewers for being a hackneyed borefest?

I can't tell you what to buy, but I will say that you are probably better off buying something else. If you want better titles in the future then speaking with your wallet is the way to go. By speaking I mean buying something that is actually worth your hard earned dollars.

 

[we.are.the.armada]

Silly, I know... but this game was the only one that interested me on the xbone but whatever, I guess I'll watch a let's play of it to see all of the cool Roman stuff.

 

[DC1]

Ignoring the gaf hyperbole, the DF analysis video didn't turn me off of the game in the least. I was actually going to pass on it but watching the video and reading the analysis just convinced me to pick it up.

War against the Microwave!
You may love it! So go for it!

Knack is receiving so much love from the gaming community (folks who has/is) playing the game. Many of us are on a 3rd playthrough.

Ryse may be a game (like Knack) that the reviewer simply didn't 'get'.

Be sure to give us your thoughts.

 

[njbrodeur87]

ill be buying this game as well, after reading some reviews, and i like hack and slash games, even though it will become a bit repetitive. Im also enjoying knack so far for the same reason.

 

[plagiarize]

I understand people being passionate and trusting the opinions of their favorite outlets...

But cmon.. One person says its repetitive and now everyone follows suite. Its pretty dumb. Every game ive ever played has been repetitive as shit.

then play better games.

 

[Pseudo judo]

annyways sad this game is short and shallow
but as long as a lot of casuals buy it they could still one day makea sequel and improve those facets
I'm going to buy it just because racing and fighting aren't the only things I want to do at laugh and dr3 I am unsure of right now

I mean I've really liked certain games with low reviews

Too Human was one of my top 10 games last gen... then again even the lowly too human got higher reviews

I liked Too Human but it's not even on my radar as one of top games of the last 8 years.

 

[Sickboy007]

The better way to do this is to appreciate the graphics and actually watch Marius' movements. If he is about to use his sword hand, be ready to press X. If he is about to use any other part of his body to attack, use Y. This might not seem like a big difference, but it is. It feels special, because because the tells that the player is reading aren't those of his enemy's but those of the exceptionally well-rendered main character.

Good lord, and he writes for a living? Is he dysgraphic or something?

 

[quickdevilred]

I have 750 thousand reasons for not trusting Polygon, but Kotaku is IhavenoideawhatImdoing.jpg. They're the vg chartz of reviews, completely random.

ever thought that maybe kotaku has an opinion like any other reviewer and in their opinion it is a good game?

I liked Too Human but it's not even on my radar as one of top games of the last 8 years.

that's really irrelevant to my post :/

 

[Chobel]

Same difference really. Unless the game isn't taxing the hardware at all or there's very little going on on screen the framerate is going to drop below whatever the locked framerate is.

So you're talking about reality, well in every game there will be some moments where fps drops, and devs should try their best to lock the fps. However in Ryse it seems framerate drops so many times (most of the time?) below 30 fps, it's like they didn't even try to lock the framerate.

 

[dreamer3kx]

Ouch woke up and saw reviews, thought it would score a bit higher.

 

[Mr. Smiley]

Man it really goes to show how sporadic Kotaku reviews are. You have reviews that are fair and spot on, then you have this.

 

[intheinbetween]

Lol, i love how everyone here is taking what the journalists say like its gospel.

This game looks fun as shit. Ill play the ass out of it.

For those of you that dont like it, have fun playing Zoo Tycoon I guess...

though it's a shame Ryse ended up being a disappointment I love the way people look to reviews, if the "hated" game gets low scores, then it's deserved but, if the same game gets high scores, then, it has to be the developer sending checks to the press

 

[Frodo]

So, people are already saying Knack is batter without even playing Ryse?

 

[MThanded]

Same difference really. Unless the game isn't taxing the hardware at all or there's very little going on on screen the framerate is going to drop below whatever the locked framerate is.

No. Locked implies that the game runs at a specific frame rate.

 

[Pillville]

lol
This game is on a Knack level of atrociousness.
But at least Ryse is prettier.

At least Knack plays better. Which is more important for games?

My turd smells better!
NO, mine does!!!!

 

[njbrodeur87]

though it's a shame Ryse ended up being a disappointment I love the way people look to reviews, if the "hated" game gets low scores, then it's deserved but, if the same game gets high scores, then, it has to be the developer sending checks to the press

couldnt agree more with this

 

[SlasherJPC]

why didn't you message me to let me know! boooooo. is it archived?

Hmm good question... Not sure it was awhile ago.

Silly, I know... but this game was the only one that interested me on the xbone but whatever, I guess I'll watch a let's play of it to see all of the cool Roman stuff.

Will make sure either streams or lp is uploaded. Maybe you'll still like it.

 

[Garrett 2U]

Meh, I honestly expected somewhere between 40-50 on Metacritc so I'm actually a bit surprised haha.
Think I'm gunna rent this from Redbox.

 

[Pseudo judo]

Dips to 15fps and constant 20fps sections didn't turn you off from a game that has already been panned and lambasted by reviewers for being a hackneyed borefest?

I can't tell you what to buy, but I will say that you are probably better off buying something else. If you want better titles in the future then speaking with your wallet is the way to go. By speaking I mean buying something that is actually worth your hard earned dollars.

Look, I get it, technically it's not perfect and the game play is repetitive but I like the art direction and greatly appreciate the tech. The voice work seems really good and the game play, while repetitive will be good enough in small - lets say 30min - doses. This isn't my first system launch. I know what I'm getting into.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

I find it shocking anybody could be reasonably surprised by this, giving everything we've heard/seen of the game pre-release.

 

[oVerde]

this imaginary world where crysis 1 launched, playable, on a rig that didnt cost two grand...

C2 and 3 are both good games, stop the crysis 1 hyperbole, rose-tinted, nostalgia bs.

i like all three, i guess im the only person.

i'm with you on the hyperbole, not so much for The third.

 

[evilromero]

ever thought that maybe kotaku has an opinion like any other reviewer and in their opinion it is a good game?



that's really irrelevant to my post :/

Read the review. If someone told me an enthusiastic eleven year-old wrote it, I'd believe them. It's way too long for no good reason and incessantly analyzes the most mundane details of the game. I can't believe there is an adult man getting paid for doing this. You'd think they would hire someone with at least a bit more finesse and wisdom.

 

[HokieJoe]

Crytek should've hired Itagaki for the combat portion of the game.

 

[TheRagnCajun]

Are we seriously doing a Knack vs Ryse thing? Comeon guys....