Game Informer: "Ryse: Son Of Rome Is As Fun As Dialing Phone Numbers" (ouch)

I'm not expecting this to be deep or innovating by any means so I'll like it for what it is. A console launch, hack and slash, eye candy type of game.
 
Can't say this was unexpected. Every since the E3 reveal it's been downhill for this game. I wonder if it would have done better if they kept it Kinect focused. Guess we'll never know.

LowerLevel said:
Sorry, but in my mind, I take Lame Informer's "reviews" with the same amount of belief as the two you listed.
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WoodenLung said:
Lame Informer? DAMN SON, I can feel the heat from that sick burn.
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And that reading is definitely fundamental within you as well. IGN, Gamespot and Game Informer all have issues in my eyes when it comes to reviewing. I wouldn't put game Informer above either of them, nor below it.
 
Come on Crytek, Crysis was fantastic. This should be a home rome. Great setting, great potential for interesting combat situations and narrative direction.
 
Can someone explain the Lair comparisons as from my mind they're completely nonsensical. Lair was a game released nearly a year after the PS3 came out after much hype, didn't look as good as previously shown, and was heavily criticized for his use of motion controls. I'm one of the few that still enjoyed it but there's very little point of comparison between the two titles.
 
LowerLevel said:
And that reading is definitely fundamental within you as well. IGN, Gamespot and Game Informer all have issues in my eyes when it comes to reviewing. I wouldn't put game Informer above either of them, nor below it.
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I wasn't really disagreeing with the point of your post, as much as making fun of using "lame informer" in place of game informer.
 
Aren't all Crytek games just graphical showcases with bad gameplay? I'm not very surprised. I haven't played them but KI and CD look amazing to me.
 
Microsoft's advertising:

"You can play it with just one hand"

"Press A for Awesome"

"The next Simon says"
 
Guess all that crunching couldn't save it.

Yes, we need to play it before judging, but it looks far from promising.
 
Keep in mind that these are all previews and not reviews. Obviously Ryckert hates Ryse but even some of the more measured or cautiously optimistic previews could turn negative too. Too Human was getting "cautiously optimistic" previews right before the bad reviews hit.

Conversely, some of the more negative ones could end up liking the game when they spend more time with it.
 
WoodenLung said:
I wasn't really disagreeing with the point of your post, as much as making fun of using "lame informer" in place of game informer.
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My apologies. I suspect (as probably already noticed) this will be an assembly area if you catch my drift, and I probably added you in by (mistaken?) default. Game Informer hasn't given good reviews in years, if at all. My personal opinion of course.
 
Pistolero said:
With all due respect, I'm not sure Cryteck is the best way to go for enticing gameplay mechanics. They did really well on the first Crysis, but it's been downhill since then. Imo, of course.
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I think they misinterpreted why so many people liked Crysis. They thought it was the graphics hence why they've focussed on graphics, but actually people liked Crysis 1 because of the gameplay.
 
The game has looked awful since the debut.

MS should have killed this title off after they decided not to keep it as a Kinect title or just made it as a Kinect title for XB1.

They could've used the resources from this for a superior title.

IF a game aint working it needs to be given the shaft.
 
If you want QTE done right, look to games like Beyond: Two Souls. Trying to make QTE events the sole interaction in an action game is not good game design.
 
From my PAX experience, speaking as a fan of Platinum-style character action games, it was insultingly bad. I wasn't really sure whether or not it was so bad that most people would actively have a problem with it, though, given that games like Dante's Inferno somehow managed well enough. I guess it's nice to know that there is a limit to how low the bar for Western spectacle fighters can be set before someone actually stands up and calls them out on it.
 
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