I end up constantly looking right at the ground of right up to the sky when i play 'normal', its pretty funny lol.
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First Ryse Review
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I end up constantly looking right at the ground of right up to the sky when i play 'normal', its pretty funny lol.
nelsonroyale
Member
the graphics look so good, and the gameplay so standard. Also, can you even die in this game?
SpartanN92
Banned
I played single player E3 and it was great. I then played multiplayer at pax and it was really really glitchy.
Sathsquatch
Member
Their character was overleveled because they had already beaten the game, so he had better stats than you normally would at that point in the game.
I'd disagree pretty strongly with the last two of those being worthwhile examples. Ico for example selling 700k is a pretty huge success for a game that is clearly a niche product. I'd argue that if not for it's high review scores it likely sells far, far less.
Mirror's Edge meanwhile is a multi-million seller. It slightly missed original projections but that's because EA had stupid projections for an experimental first person platformer. The fact that it sold 2.5M copies to date is pretty damn impressive if you ask me.
BG&E's problem wasn't just weak marketing either. A November release against Socom II, Final Fantasy X-2, PoP: Sands of Time, R&C: Going Commando, SSX 3, and Jak II did it zero favors on the PS2.
Meanwhile on Xbox that fall saw the GTA double pack, KOTOR, PGR2, and the multi-plats mentioned above (PoP and SSX).
It released into incredibly stiff competition and Ubisoft pushed it as a far higher profile game than a artistic action stealth hybrid was going to ever be.
The first three. Sold enough despite it's budget and HAVE/HAD sequels for it. In the case of Ico it's not necessarily a sequel. Just a game in the same universe.
Two had HD releases. So the interest was there.
Also please do not compare the power of word of mouth we have now thanks to social websites like twitter and facebook, to the kind we had in 2003.
Also we know the marketing for Aliens. And despite it, it's LTS isn't that great.
But let me reiterate my point since you obviously missed it.
Ratings generate power of mouth which in turn generate sales. Do you deny this?
Not surprised either. Gamers have shown time and time again that they can be pretty sad sometimes. The feeling of "I HATE YOUR THING AND NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT" is rampant in this community (I've fallen into this here and there). I mean you can find examples of that in any form of entertainment but it just seems so intense in this medium.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
No lol. Its some random website. Isn't it breaking embargo as well?
What is it like? Pvp? I saw that there might be loot involved. Is that true? Where is this video? Is there a link?
BananasWithGuns
Member
Think Mass Effect 3 multiplayer only with swords and shields.
Here's a video from Gamescom a few months back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Wgd8gZA9o
TheBanditKing
Member
Don't know what people think of tech crunch but their quick impression of Ryse was:
"Often visually stunning, but remarkably repetitive. Go down hallway. Punch dudes, then stab one in slow-motion. Go down another hallway. Punch another dude. Repeat for 6 or 7 hours, till you reach the end of the confusing-ass plot. Sadly, the dude-punching part isnt even very fun."
"Often visually stunning, but remarkably repetitive. Go down hallway. Punch dudes, then stab one in slow-motion. Go down another hallway. Punch another dude. Repeat for 6 or 7 hours, till you reach the end of the confusing-ass plot. Sadly, the dude-punching part isnt even very fun."
Arc Christelle
Member
Oooohhhhshiiiiiitnigguuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh!!
GuitarAtomik
Member
This I agree with with the caveat that it CAN help generate sales. Not will.
This I do not if by "will sell" you mean "will be commercially successful".
EDIT: Actually the more I think about it, good reviews don't even necessarily guarantee word of mouth. It helps but it's not guaranteed. EXPOSURE generates word of mouth negative or positive.
D Bo Chops
Member
Right. Im sure the metascore will be slandered due to this type of activity as well. Metacritic cant be considered accurate, especially with the console wars and all.
GuitarAtomik
Member
double post
I really could give a shit less what IGN, Polygon, or even my favorites Giantbomb have to say about this game.
While i respect their opinions at some level, there is also something called self judgment that I hold in much higher regard than their opinions.
And from what I can see, this game looks fucking awesome.
The main complaint I hear is that its repetitive. Well shit, look at the games youve been playing recently and tell me that they arent repetitive to some degree. GTAV is about as redundant as it gets... But no one complains because its still a great amount of fun.
Ryse is going to get picked on, but i for one went from having no interest in this game, to wanting it on day one.
While i respect their opinions at some level, there is also something called self judgment that I hold in much higher regard than their opinions.
And from what I can see, this game looks fucking awesome.
The main complaint I hear is that its repetitive. Well shit, look at the games youve been playing recently and tell me that they arent repetitive to some degree. GTAV is about as redundant as it gets... But no one complains because its still a great amount of fun.
Ryse is going to get picked on, but i for one went from having no interest in this game, to wanting it on day one.
Ryan Gosling
Member
This game is sure one hell of a great looking game.
Ceaseless Discharge
Banned
Ryse Of The Robots.
Jesus Christ.
walltowall
Member
Because they have personally developed a competing product and/or their family's well being relies on Ryse being both a critical and commercial failure. Then and ONLY then, will the world be right.
or they're just fuddy duddies
Green Yoshi
Member
Sounds great. ^^
Vire
Member
No amount of salt would describe how I would feel.
Nothing that I saw was pvp. It was basically just rounds w/ a transforming battlefield. I saw no type of loot.
http://gematsu.com/2013/10/60-minutes-of-ryse-son-of-rome-multiplayer-gameplay
Well if this is a game that places graphics > gameplay then I want it to get bad reviews because that's a bad trend for the industry. I don't know if it actually does that, I'm just giving an example.
You like Knack, man. You should probably not talk.
Really, they seem pretty similar. Games held back by being repetitive and nothing but nearly nonstop combat. Ryse is prettier and has more to the combat, so I'm expecting it to review better though not dramatically so.
You like Knack, man. You should probably not talk.
Have you played Knack?
SlasherJPC
Banned
I'm a fan of Knack and while the combat is what your doing throughout the game, it does have some appeal with its cartoon style presentation and colorful look. If your not into that you'd probably find less to like about Knack, and I'm going to guess this might be the same thing for Ryse. If your not into the whole roman era feel and setting, and it's mostly combat throughout... the ZzZzZzZ could start popping up. Where Knack also really pulled me in was with how challenging it can be and the timing for combat was. When I failed, it was my fault no doubt. If Ryse can provide a similar feel, the combat should keep me playing till the end. If it's too easy and no thought to it. That is when I could see it becoming boring.
damn its probably gonna happen now. Would be a travesty
James Sawyer Ford
Banned
You like Knack, man. You should probably not talk.
Really, they seem pretty similar. Games held back by being repetitive and nothing but nearly nonstop combat. Ryse is prettier and has more to the combat, so I'm expecting it to review better though not dramatically so.
They don't really seem similar at all. Knack is actually quite challenging and requires pattern recognition in an old school action title way.
Ryse seems like the game just plays itself for you.
3rdamention
Member
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Here is a post detailing multiple games that reviewed highly, yet sold poorly.
Don't sit here and try to call me stupid when you've been called out by multiple people in this thread for your opinion. I don't know what's worse, the fact that you live in a bubble or your anti-neotic approach to this conversation. Really, there's nothing worse than a pusedo-intellectual trying to talk down someone on a video game forum when they have no idea what they're talking about in the first place.
Keep it up.
hawkshockey11
Banned
Where are the reviews? I thought sites were going to have them ready to go at midnight.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
6am
Ol No Bones
Banned
As I was watching the live stream earlier I kept asking myself how hard I would have to work towards dying.
Gonzo The Great
Banned
The reviews will be ready when everybody is sleeping. Coincidence? You decide.
Final Boss
Banned
Very pretty game, gameplay looks terribly boring though and I agree about this game looking so easy
We will have to see with the reviews if there is any challenge
Think more like AC. Counter, counter, counter some more. Only the executions use QTEs
What? Knack is awful. Just fucking terrible. This looks better graphically, but all the gameplay they show just looks bad to me.
What the heck kind of embargo time is that? I'm not a big conspiracy guy, but yeahhhhhh they're hiding something.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Go in the Knack thread and you'd find yourself seeing just how many people extremely liked that game.