Ryse would be praised if it was by Quantic Dream.

[Normchacho]

Mr Puggsly said:

Normchacho said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Well it was actually well received by most critics and user scores are very generous.

Hence, that shows the validity to this thread.

no it doesn't, the reviews of beyond don't mean Ryse wasn't crappy or was somehow just mistunderstood. You're still certainly allowed to like the game, but don't pretend that the games reviews were bad for any other reason than issues with the game.

You're missing the point. I'm saying if Ryse was a QD game it would be perceived differently based on expectations from QD.

Ryse wasn't great, but I certainly feel it was a better product than Beyond Two Souls. Yet Beyond did better amongst critics and much better in user reviews. I think expectations from QD and Crytek are very different. People seem to be content with mediocre products from QD, yet people expect better from Crytek.

If you look through this thread people actually believe Beyond Two Souls was panned. In reality, the critics generally gave it positive reviews and users reviews are stellar. Its a double standard for mediocrity.

That's not what you were saying in the OP. You said that they should have marketed for it's story LIKE a QD game.

"Ryse should have been marketed for its story and graphics not gameplay. Much like games from Quantic Dream.

Think about it, Ryse is a cinematic game with lots of button prompts, fantastic visuals, and a good story. It should be praised for being a well executed cinematic experience the same way Quantic Dream titles are praised. Not trashed for being a mediocre hack n' slash game."

Bold: I think you have that backwards. Beyond was QDs first game not to get at least an 80 on metacritic while Crytek hasn't had a game break 80 since Crysis 2.  QD last game before Beyond was an 87 while Cryteks last game before rise was a 63.

Even if QD had made Ryse it would have been panned. It's a bad game. It just would have been panned for having a mediocre story (especially for a QD game) and not having good enough gameplay to make up for it. The reviews might have even been worse.