Ryse: Son of Rome Review (Derp Network)
🏞️ - GRAPHICS | VISUALS
✅ - Stunning !
🔲 - Good.
🔲 - Alright.
🔲 - Bad.
🔲 - My Eyes ! They BURN !
Disclaimer: My criteria is based on my personal opinion and the year the game came out, It's not fair to compare games that came out a long time ago to newer ones with huge technology gaps in between, in my honest opinion.
📋 - STORY | PLOT
🔲 - Amazing !
✅ - Good.
🔲 - Alright.
🔲 - Bad.
🔲 - Nonesense !
📝 - WRITING | SCRIPT
🔲 - Excellent !
✅ - Good.
🔲 - Alright.
🔲 - Bad.
🔲 - Awful !
💻 - GAMEPLAY | GAME MECHANICS
🔲 - Fantastic !
🔲 - Good.
✅ - Alright.
🔲 - Bad.
🔲 - Physically Painful !
Note: Very Repetitive and simple, but somewhat fun.
🤖 - AI BEHAVIOR | MACHINE LEARNING
🔲 - Terrific !
🔲 - Good.
✅ - Alright.
🔲 - Bad.
🔲 - Brain Dead !
🧠 - LEVEL DESIGN | GAME MAPPING
🔲 - Phenomenal !
🔲 - Good.
✅ - Alright.
🔲 - Bad.
🔲 - Headache Inducing !
🎧 - SOUNDTRACK | MUSIC
🔲 - Eargasm !
✅ - Good.
🔲 - Alright.
🔲 - Bad.
🔲 - Earrape !
🔊 - VOICE ACTING | PORTRAYAL
✅ - Outstanding !
🔲 - Good.
🔲 - Alright.
🔲 - Bad.
🔲 - Atrocious !
🕙 - LENGTH | PLAYTIME
🔲 - Very Long !
🔲 - Long.
🔲 - Average Length.
✅ - Short.
🔲 - Painfully Short !
Note: It's not 2 Hours long but it's super short, more like 5 to 6 at best.
💀 - DIFFICULTY | SKILL CEILING
🔲 - Very Difficult !
🔲 - Hard.
🔲 - Balanced.
✅ - Easy.
🔲 - Mindlessly Easy !
Disclaimer: This section of the Review is based on my Experience with the Game, can immensely differ for other players.
🏆 - COLLECTABLES | TROPHIES
🔲 - Awesome !
✅ - Good.
🔲 - Alright.
🔲 - Nah !
🔲 - Absolutely Worthless !
⛔ - BUGS | GLITCHES
🔲 - Almost None, If None.
✅ - A Couple.
🔲 - A Bunch.
🔲 - Too Many !
🔲 - It's Unplayable !
💗 - ENJOYMENT | ENTERTAINMENT VALUE
🔲 - Loved It !
✅ - Fun Times.
🔲 - Didn't Love It Nor Hate It.
🔲 - No Thank You !
🔲 - F*cking Hated It !
Disclaimer: This section of the Review is a Personal and Bias Opinion, can immensely differ for other players.
⚙️ - ACCESSIBILITY SETTINGS | ACCOMMODATIVE SETTINGS
🔲 - Good & Lots of Em !
🔲 - Decent Amount.
✅ - Bare Bones at Best.
🎮 - CONTROLS | BUTTON MAPPING
✅ - Comfortable Controls.
🔲 - Some Tweaking & Remapping Needed.
🔲 - Poorly Designed Controls.
🎲 - REPLAYABILITY | REPLAY VALUE
🔲 - High Replay Value !
🔲 - Replayable.
✅ - Once Is Enough !
📊 - GAME PERFORMANCE | STABILITY
✅ - Great !
🔲 - Some Performance Issues.
🔲 - Runs Like Sh*t !
⚒️ - TWEAKING | ANY FIXING NEEDED
✅ - No need for Fixes, It's perfectly playable without any Issues.
🔲 - Needs some Fixing.
🔲 - Has to be Fixed, can't play it like it is.
Disclaimer: This section of the Review is based on my preferences, can immensely differ for other players.
💲 - COST | PRICE
🔲 - Worth Paying Full Price.
✅ - Wait for it to go On Sale.
🔲 - You don't even want this as a Gift.
💯 - OVERALL | VERDICT
🔲 - 🔟 - Outstanding.
🔲 - 9️⃣ - Amazing.
🔲 - 8️⃣ - Great.
✅ - 7️⃣ - Decent.
🔲 - 6️⃣ - Alright.
🔲 - 5️⃣ - Average.
🔲 - 4️⃣ - Terrible.
🔲 - 3️⃣ - Awful.
🔲 - 2️⃣ - Atrocious.
🔲 - 1️⃣ - Abominable.
Note: It was basically a Tech Demo for the Xbox One when it came out, but honestly kinda fun. What saves this game the most is that it's short so it balances the surprisingly good story and writing with the mediocre gameplay so that in the end it became a somewhat decent time.