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[maquiladora]

Thats scathing coming from Game Informer.

I wonder how it's origins as a Kinect game held back its gameplay potential.

 

[CitizenCope]

Hey as I kid I would play "mary had a little lamb" with touch tone sounds. I was so bad ass

I could play the Olympics theme song. =p

 

[sublimit]

Yet i'm sure they are still going to give it an 8.

 

[Bgamer90]

Dan Ryckert is generally a really positive person too. He even recently wrote an article about how people need to lighten up because games are so fun. So, it's very surprising to hear him blast a game.

Heh, yeah that is a good point. I really liked that article too. Was very spot on.

 

[Asd202]

Well if 8.75 Game Informers says it suck it really must suck.

 

[aly]

He should clarify if it is dialing button phone numbers or old school spinning phones. Cause spinning phones were fun.

 

[Empty]

ryse's secret shenmue influence

 

[jooey]

this makes Dynasty Warriors games sound groundbreaking

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Lair 2.

It will still sell over a million regardless of quality because A) launch title and B) popular thematic setting.

 

[Einbroch]

This was obvious, I thought?

But it's a launch game, so it was to be expected.

 

[Huddy]

Not surprised, it's reveal showed me all I needed to know.

 

[Hot Coldman]

I wonder what point this stopped being a Kinect game

 

[jay]

ryse's secret shenmue influence

I hate you.

 

[CSX]

so a 7/10 then ?

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Having played it recently, I came away with similar impressions.

Felt brain-dead, at best.

 

[JimtotheHum]

I don't know if I have ever seen a more negative preview done by Game Informer. If I was getting an XBone at launch, this is probably what I would have gotten. Nevermind that.

 

[AlphaK]

Seems like we can't go a day without crippling X1 news.

DR3 and Ryse were supposed to be two of the main games that made the X1 "superior" to the ps4 at launch, at least that's what i heard.

 

[soulstoner]

Weird. I played it at PAX Prime for 30 min, and not only did it have the most complicated control layout of anything I'd played on the floor, it was also actually quite interesting to try different moves and chains.

Unless the vertical slice I played was simply the best part of the game? Probably.

 

[SmokyDave]

Should be renamed to DYAL.

Nyce.

 

[bidguy]

ryse's secret shenmue influence

lol

 

[Chamber]

Sounds about right. The gameplay looks as terrible as ever but yeah, the graphics sure look nice (dat animation though...).

 

[MoeB]

hey man, rotary phones are fun to dial.

 

[Huggers]

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Knew there had to be a Gif

This game has looked utterly dull since it's first showing. Shame too because there is a severe lack of games set in ancient Rome and it is such a badass setting

 

[iammeiam]

So will Ryse occupy the Red Steel Shitty Launch Game That Sells Well Due To Being a Launch Game slot for the Xbone?

It's a pity the story and gameplay both suck, it could have at least delivered Spartacus-style crazy action.

 

[LQX]

Well....I did like making prank calls as a kid.

 

[VFX_Veteran]

The game looks beautiful, but I could see that this game was going to be a QTE fest from the demos. That's too bad. It could've been a good idea.. They need Dark Souls combat and remove the QTEs..

 

[Feorax]

Well, looks like the dumptruck of XB1 info is off to a great start...

On topic, not massively surprised. XB1 has some good stuff at launch, but Ryse never really struck me as something worth picking up the box for.

 

[marc^o^]

Paris Game Week feedbacks on twitter were pretty awful as well :-/

 

[Wynnebeck]

Shallow beauty? Not good.

 

[RE_Player]

Dan is straight shooter. Have become a fan of his after the power bombcast on Giant Bomb's premium podcast section.

 

[RoboPlato]

I've never heard something that scathing come out of Game Informer for a high profile title. Holy crap.

 

[GeoramA]

Fucking Crytek

 

[Tashi]

My instincts seem to be correct.

 

[rain elbows]

But.. But.. IGN said there's no worries about QTE combat and there's plenty of depth. Oh IGN...


http://m.ign.com/articles/2013/08/20/dont-worry-about-ryse-son-of-rome

 

[CrazyDude]

Joystiq

Brutal

Oddly enough, if you press the wrong button when prompted, you'll only be penalized some points and Marius will still give the death stroke, which I found detracted a bit from the weight of well-timed and accurate button presses. If I'm being rewarded for performing the wrong action, what's driving me to be better and master the game's systems?

Ummm....

 

[BloodMoney]

Crytek hasn't made a genuinely good game since Crysis 1 so I'm not surprised.

I feel similarly.

 

[Maxrunner]

But it has really good graphics.

AS long as you play graphics its all fine...

 

[Pie and Beans]

RYSE, SON OF LAIR.

INHERIT THY FATHER'S WORTH.

 

[LordBaztion]

at which difficulty was he playing?

 

[Alebrije]

I blame Kinetic , anyway game looks ugly.

 

[-MB-]

Dial M for Meh.

 

[Tom Penny]

This game was made to be played with Kinect.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Pre-order ... can. Fully paid off actually.

 

[Acheteedo]

Yeah, figured as much. It's a real shame, the setting is so cool.

 

[jayu26]

Lair 2.

It will still sell over a million regardless of quality because A) launch title and B) popular thematic setting.

If this game sells more than DR3 I will be very sad. DR3 might not be pretty but man does it look fun.

 

[Dr. Kaos]

I looked at people playing this at PAX and the preview is spot-on.

It sucks because I really wanted the game to be good.

At least Killer Instinct did not disappoint. Only game worth getting at launch if you're not into Forza imho.

 

[Fruitster]

A pity, it looks superb graphically.

 

[Arc]

Quick, someone find that Crytek quote where they say that graphics are 60% of the quality of a game.

 

[Marleyman]

Seems like we can't go a day without crippling X1 news.

DR3 and Ryse were supposed to be two of the main games that made the X1 "superior" to the ps4 at launch, at least that's what i heard.

Crippling?

 

[SwiftDeath]

You don't need personality with good looks