Ryse would be praised if it was by Quantic Dream.

[Mr Puggsly]

Normchacho said:

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.

This conversation has gotten much deeper than the OP... but I still stand by the OP.

Ryse isn't bad, nor is it great. Beyond is even worse and has a terrible story... yet scored pretty well. Go figure.

I consider Crysis 3 Crytek's last game. Warface feels more like a side project.