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Agree about Ratchet but disagree about The Order: 1886. Good 8/10 for me. Still hoping that Ready At Dawn's third game in development is the sequel. Also enjoyed Ryse: Son of Rome to give it an 8/10 as well. Majority disliked both games but not me. LOL.
Gears of War 4 campaign is excellent. Game overall is excellent and will buy Gears of War 5 day one when the time comes.
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Microsoft really should bring back RYSE and make it a regular series, I enjoyed the heck out of that game and actually saw it through to the end, a rarity for me.Streaming PC & PS5 games, join me most nights after 6:00pm ET on TwitchTV https://www.twitch.tv/shaunh20
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I'd take Ryse 2 at scorpio launch. Game looked amazing as a launch title years ago. They could do some great things with it.Comment
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Yeah, i've seen The Order brought up here and elsewhere like it's one of the pillars of Sony's first party development, console wars bring out quite the revisionist history (at least Dan's been consistent in his relative love for that game).
The stuff w/ Scalebound doesn't bother me as I don't really get hyped for upcoming releases outside of Madden, console gaming is mostly third parties, EA Access and Play Anywhere for me. Sony declined to compete for my business, will be back for the PS5 where hopefully some of those things are rectified.Comment
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I wouldn't say MS gets cold feet or something and bails, I think cancellations happen in dev. Look at Doom 4, that got cancelled. \
I think it's better MS kills bad games vs. releases a horrible game that we all rip on, you know? They can't be trying to lose all that money without releasing a game....Nintendo Switch Friend Code: SW-7009-7102-8818Comment
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The Order: 1886 is a good but not great game. Visually, arguably the best looking game this gen. Great character models and animations. Excellent soundtrack that fits the game, good sound effects and voice acting. Story, characters, locale, atmosphere, immersion, etc. are also top notch.
Gameplay is the weakest aspect but not because it's bad. The gameplay itself is very good and the gunplay is very responsive and feels good. The plat-forming is simple like most games but good.
The problem was that there simply wasn't enough of it and the design decisions were bad. The boss fights and mini battles against the three werewolves at a time were QTE and dodge/shoot encounters which were very disappointing. The game was short. Took me around 14 hours on the hardest difficulty but I also take my time with most games, especially if it's linear. Several chapters were just cut-scenes. The stealth section was bad not because it was stealth but because you would fail and start over when detected. It should have just evolved into a gun fight. The black bars were also a bad design decision, especially at the top of the screen because it blocked your view of enemies in the distance when engaged in shootouts. Weapons were also underwhelming.
Everything else except for the gameplay design decisions were excellent and the game ended with a sequel clearly in mind. Basically, everything is pretty much excellent and if the few negatives were to be rectified, game could easily hit a 9/10 and be much more popular.
I look at Ryse in almost the exact same way. Biggest negative about Ryse was the gameplay in that it was very repetitive because it was constantly the same thing over and over. The counters being color coded to match the buttons on the Xbox One controller were awesome in my opinion but the fighting itself was unresponsive at times and the depth in the battle system was non-existent. Game was also short but I think it took me 10-12 hours to finish on the hardest difficulty.
Not to clutter this thread but both of these games have a lot in common and didn't deserve the low scores that they received by critics and gamers in my opinion. If anything, both are underrated and quite honestly, like with every game due to overexposure and overhype, both games were not seen as living up to either but in fairness, I think that's more on the gamers themselves and social media that do nothing but do that with nearly every single game.
Would love a sequel to BOTH of these games and yes, I still believe that 1887 is RAD's third game in development. Hope it turns out to be true.
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Yeah, MS really needs to step up the diversity of their lineup. I miss the OG and early 360 eras, where they would take chances on new IP.
MS has two large and talented AAA studios (343 and Coalition) that they need to unshackle from Halo and Gears and let them take a crack at new IP. They also own some great Rare IP that could use a AAA budget.XBL: Mean Greene
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I agree in theory but the problem is that the reason the games turned out declining or going bad is a direct result of Microsoft constantly sticking their noses in where it doesn't belong. If you're paying (or in the last month plus, not paying) Platinum Games to develop the game, LET THEM DEVELOP IT. After all, that's why you're paying them to begin with.
The one main difference between Sony and Microsoft is that it's been said way too many times that Microsoft tends to interfere where as Sony rarely if ever does. One cancelled game and one shutdown studio this gen by Sony compared to at least three cancelled games and more than three studios being shut down completely by Microsoft.
Majority of Microsoft's games are usually multi-player online based but then they try to get the developer to squeeze in a single player campaign halfway through the game without giving them extra money or time to do so. This is more about other games but also has to do with Scalebound as it was originally shown and said to be a single player action/RPG but was later changed due to Microsoft involving themselves into the project.
I look at it this way - if you're going to pay a developer to make a game for you, once you come to terms and agree on all aspects, simply stay the hell out of the developer's way.Comment
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