Ryse is a piss poor attempt at being a god of war game, set in Rome.
God of War games had QTEs, cinematic like experiences, amazing set pieces, great voice overs, all things they share with Ryse, however the combat in God of War is deep and the enemies are varied in the strategy they force you to use, each encouter feels unique! (I talk about the mainline titles here, 1, 2 and 3...) also the god of war games are much longer than the 4 - 5 hours campaign in Ryse.
Also, God of War has real difficulty, even if you are very good at QTEs you cannot win these games!.. most of them are just present for bonus (health or XP) and they're not on EVERY encounter.
The only reason Ryse for any attention is because it's a graphicsl showpiece for a new console, having "a story" is not like having a "great story".
