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selnor1983 on 07 January 2014
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TheBlackNaruto said:
selnor1983 said:
Rafux said:
A solid 90 also reviewers these days only give 95 to video games that try to be movies or social justice white knighting shit.


Thats not strictly true.

Quantic Dreams games have next to no actual gameplay. Yet scored well. Naughty Dog games are as linear as a piece of string with repetitive gameplay and score amazing. All these games are cutscene heaven and cinematic. Ryse is that same cloth. Repetitve gameplay with strong pont of cinematic story. Yet scored rubbish.

I think its only Sony orientated cinematic games that seem acceptable

I must say as someone who has played and enjoyed Ryse.The score it got is fine I would not give it more than a70. It is nowhere near the level of Uncharted or say Heavy Rain for example if you ask me. Naughty Dog games while being linear and having lots of cutscences and stuff are FAR more polished than Ryse was.

Again I enjoyed Ryse and it is a BEAUTIFUL game but it is stale, the gameplay and controls are not as fluid as theys hould be and the story is mediocre. Just because I enjoyed the game and feel that it looks great I can see why it scored rubbish. So it is not only "SOny orientated" cinematic games that seem acceptable, it is just the ones you mentioned are better games....as far as scoring goes.

I dont want to deviate the thread to much.

But I enjoyed Heavy Rain and TLOU to to an extent. But reviewers easily overlooked the broken stealth ( where your allies stand in plain site whilst you cower in cover, or your allies run around stuck in the visibility of the enemy ) Or the simplistic nature of the puzzles where if you stand around for a few minutes the game tells you what to do anyway. Basing the entire score on the characters and story. Which I thought was ore polished and impressive in Ryse. Especially the animation and voice acting.