Ryse and Xbox One - my thoughts.

[wilco]

bananaking21 said:

wilco said:

Okay, thats one example. I'm certainly not claiming my statement was a scientific fact but what I described is generally how these things go. It is not impossible, but it is INCREDIBLY difficult to come back from bad first impressions in the game industry. Its also hard for people to admit a product is flawed after a positive consensus has been made early on (i.e Bioshock, recent GTA games). There is a hive mind quality to much of the gaming press that I think is fueled by the gaming community that demands conformity. I believe to some extent Ryse is a victim of this. I'm not saying its good (haven't played it) but I don't think it had much of a chance. The only way it could've overcome its initial showing would be if it were truly groundbreaking, and that is an unfair expectation for any launch title, especially a new IP.

Ryse was trashed because it is a bad game, its just that simple. people got worried after E3 because what they saw, they saw shallow gameplay with a bunch of QTE's, and thats what got people worried. once people played the game, saw it was pretty much the same as they saw at E3, their fears about the gameplay being lackluster was confirmed. it really doesnt take much to see why the game got trashed, its gameplay is so shallow. block, dodge, hit QTE and repeat. the unlock system just unlocks other QTE's that you cant fail. if you think the game is fun then good, i hope you enjoy it. but trust me when i saw that it really isnt a good game, and i dont even need to play it to tell you so. 

I'm sorry but thats just a ridiculous statement. You can't know how much depth there is to combat without actually playing it.No matter what you see in videos there could always be more.

 Now, I'm not saying that there is more. Maybe its just as shallow as everyone says it is. But your statement right there is exactly the kind of close minded pre-judging that I'm talking about. You haven't played the game and yet you are 100% sure that its bad. Thats just silly, how could you possibly know that?