Glad someone mentioned it! Fantastic game, really fun, looks amazing. I didn't expect much but when I played it a few years after release but it blew me away
0:18 Anthem 1:42 Marvel's Avengers 2:47 Ryse: Son Of Rome 4:11 Knack 5:30 Assassin's Creed Unity 7:12 Blair Witch VR 8:14 Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey 9:25 Agony 10:30 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man Of Medan 11:42 The Order: 1886
Truth. Been playing this game with my friends called Project Zomboid and i definitely wouldn't call it graphically amazing but holy crap I've never been so immersed in a game for a such long time
Bro you’re right when immersion is key ! I remember when I played the last of us for the first time on ps3 and man was it immersive. Also horizon on ps4 was another immersive game. Man just thinking about those brings many fun memories.
I recently played through Ryse and actually enjoyed it a lot. The gameplay is super repetitive but the graphics were great and the story was compelling.
Ryse is good. I feel even the criticism of the combat & gameplay was exaggerated. It's pretty addictive in the higher difficulties, especially getting the timing right. The executions also look cool as hell whereas some more modern & recent brawlers can look way too goofy with spongy enemies & overuse of health bars.
Criminally underrated The way the story turned you against the "good guys" eventually leading you to the final boss fight against the barbarian chick, the whole set up through the entire game was a fight you didn't want but had to do because "that's the way things are."
@@cartermoth6447 I'm trying to think about why some gamers just don't realize That it's not just the graphics that make a good game and that there are other elements that come in to play. E.g. Emotion, timing, Story, Options, Creativity, Consequences, Rewards, Etc... If People don't understand what I mean Then They should look at small games that don't have the best graphics like Undertale, It's graphics aren't the best but graphics isn't always what you need to pay attention to, sometimes you have to pay attention to the amount of control you have over your character. Sometimes games with bad graphics may have an edge somewhere else like music and storytelling.
@@lostwizardcat9910 the story had me fired up. I felt like Titus until towards the end I was full on Damocles in my head, seeking vengeance and taking names. I also really enjoyed the visceral combat and varied set pieces from arenas to the biggest battles up close
I actually don’t know why Ryse: Son of Rome flopped so hard. Graphics were one thing, but I will always argue that this had some of the coolest moments when it came to the frontline battles. The formations of troops as you advanced and protected yourself from artillery fire was really awesome. Gameplay itself was pretty linear, but I never thought it was all that bad by any means.
Ryse: Son of Rome is basically Gladiator the game. It got somewhat repetitive after a short while, but it had a lot of cool and fun moments. It definitely didn't land that 30 seconds of fun repeated thing, but was somewhat interesting and enjoyable. It'd be nice if Crytek gave it a second chance and refined the gameplay in a sequel or another unrelated Ryse story.
I bought AC unity second hand at a Game Stop years after release, the clerk even advised me against it, it ended up being my favorite AC game, mainly because I think is the only one with so many building interiors across the whole city, and I also really liked the time traveling quests, like the WW2 sidequest in the Eiffel tower.
Agree, beside minor problem and some glitch this game is pretty decent, it actually make me feel like 'ASSASSIN' like we got to do the assassin's creed stuff like i would expect from the franchise's name, it's the best 'assassin assassin' game to me.
Unity was copy of countless others ACs, as new are too, but its hard to expect from one form to become other form, doesnt exist...AC was to much even before unity, new AC has more to play with awesome storylines, but 1 or 2 more it will also become too much.
Agreed. The streets filled to the brim with NPCs looked ultra realistic Those glitch sequences looked really cool and immersive, and climbing the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty and then jumping off into portals felt really cool too..
I really loved Ryse. My biggest issue was length. I wanted a longer play experience with maybe a little more depth. It deserved a sequel in much the same way Darksiders got an expanded game in Darksiders 2.
The problem with Ryse wasn’t the length, it was the fact that when you completed the first mission you’d seen all the gameplay on offer. I got about 3 hours in and was slumped in my chair going through the motions bored to tears for the same fight against the same enemies
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@@beansontoast6622 Exactly, making it longer wouldn't have helped it in any way. More varied and deeper gameplay mechanics would've needed to come first. Started it twice, gave up around the halfway mark twice because of how repetitive it was.
@@beansontoast6622 Not me haha. I've replayed it several times. I don't need my games to add a new system every 5 minutes. I actually kind of hate games that make things overly complicated.
Imma say it. I fucking loved Assassin’s Creed Unity’s multiplayer system. I thought it was perfect I had so much fun playing the game with my buddies and us getting to make an assassins built around how we felt was best.
My friend and I were playing some sports game years ago and he said "Man, I don't need for the player's shirt sweat to look realistic". That stuck with me when thinking about video game graphics. Sometimes I think companies just waste too much dev time/resources on graphics while they could've improve or come up with more fun mechanics. Sometimes people forget that a game has to be fun to play in the first hand. Everything else comes after.
It is funny you say that because I remember years ago that was "piece de resistance" for EA marketing on all their sports games...... SWEAT. "Look how realistic the characters forehead sweat looks. His jersey gets wetter". Even earlier games were pushing hair. The whole time this past decade plus i just keep saying "give me a good game"
It’s why I love games where they go in a more artistic route in terms of graphics, like Breath of Wild or DragonQuest. Making games ultra realistic works if you’re playing simulation games or certain game types. But trying to combine ultra realism with huge game world is a big commitment and might not work out in the end for varying reasons.
@@TheGary108 if you want an example of more vibrant, mostly artistic graphics, look at No Man’s Sky. The graphics are a very artistic and colorful tone, rather than an ultra realistic look
@@TheGary108 i think that was a lot of the charm of the GTA games. That art style which came from not being able to make incredibly sharp pictures resulted in a creative and fun style my Mom recognizes in her 60s. Games of that era that played it straight look awful today. They looked awful then. But Vice City and San Andreas are still charming
Assassins creed unity is one of my favorite assassins creed games. But I didn’t get it until a year after it came out so I can’t say much about it’s technical state. But I can say that it has an amazing world lots of fun puzzles and side quests and a pretty good main campaign. The dlc for the game is really good as well. I think it’s one of if not the last of the classic assassins creed style games.
It was alot better a year after launch. I had fun at launch even tho none of my friends bought it but it was super glitchy. I still thought it was alot better than most of the reviews and I dont think it deserves the reputation it has
In a way I feel like it paved the way for origins, odyssey, and Valhalla with its different weapon types and playstyles. Id still like a more multiplayer focused AC but I also really love the last 3 games that alot of people dont like because they want the classic gameplay back. I feel like it would be super boring to strip the rpg stuff out and go back to how the old games were. I would rather have odysseys random loot than Valhallas set locations.
I honestly thought Unity was really good... I got it in 2018 when I bought all the AC games on my UbiConnect account and when I played it, it was as smooth as the other AC games and I didn't see any weird faces or glitches at all. I agree they should have used the parkour elements in future games as it was amazing 🤣
Same here got the game a year or 2 after release as well and didn't get the hate for it! Maybe it was because my expectations where super low and only payed 5 bucks for it. But the game was also in a great state! Was only till a friend showed me some glitches video's till I got why it got so many hate 😂
You’re not alone bro I loved Unity, honestly I’ve enjoyed every Ac game just cause of the nostalgia I was like 11 when I played the first one and just got hooked. Black Flag is up there for me as well.
Since the news of parkour sustem in mirage, people are giving unity a chance and suddenly the revenue of unity increased 10x. Unisoft accidentally marketed it lol. People who never heard it, people who judged it based on the reviews are now regretting it for not playing it before
The Order 1886 was a awesome game. I absolutely loved it. Short, yes, but the story and the gameplay was great. It looked amazing and I also would love a sequel to this great game.
Another honorable mention could be Max Payne 2. The game had incredible visuals for 2003 and was amazing game overall, but did really poorly sale wise, to the point where we got Max Payne 3 only after 9 years. One could argue that Max Payne 3 could also make this list.
The order and anthem were the ones that got me. Especially anthem. I was lovin it but the bugs and losing gear mid game is what killed. It had so much potential like a adventure rpg style of warframe. Taking that thought, anthem couldve put out so many javelins and it wouldve been awesome. Like a mix of warframe and destiny style.
man i followed anthem through E3 for at least two years i was so bummed it turned out to be a turd. never even bought it because the bad reviews on launch
Yea anthem had a lot of potential if they just worked on it for a couple more years it could have been great I loved the core gameplay but the loot system sucked and nowhere near enough endgame
I loved the order 1886. Yes it was too short and not worth full price but damn... such amazing graphics, art direction, voice acting, gameplay, everything!
I put way too many hours into The Order. It was a game I bought release day and platinumed it. I stopped so often to snap photos of the world and I really loved the environment and story
I was absolutely stoked for Anthem. Played in the closed alpha and both closed and open beta. Had so much potential! But quickly lost my and my friends attention very quickly. So sad.
Well - When I first heard of Anthem and saw some clips from it (not knowing it was no actual gameplay at all), I was hyped for it too. When I learned it would be a Game As Service always on-line only type of game, my interest plummeted from red-hot to the absolute zero level in an instance. From that moment on I knew the game was doomed from the start. And I was, of course, right in thinking that. Bioware is (or actually was) great with single player games, and should have stayed with that type of game. What's more - Mass Effect Andromeda was cut short and abandoned to make that failure of a Anthem GAS garbage. In stead of a failed Anthem they could have made a superb Mass Effect Andromeda. The potential was absolutely there, but they completely butchered that game to have resources enough for Anthem. And look at the sad lifeless ruins that remain after that decision.
I played AC: Unity on release and I liked it enough to get the Platinum trophy. I didn’t experience glitches that I saw others getting, and when it did glitch, it was easy to forgive. Never had anything close to gamebreaking. I thought it was a really fun game.
I adored The Order: 1886. Yeah it was short but that was fine with me because of the story and gameplay… there were moments where a cutscene ended and I would just stand there waiting for the scene to continue but I didn’t realize that I was actually playing again because the graphics were so good for the time.. one of my favorite games tbh
It was short but so good. It was like the jumping off point, the prologue, to a bigger game that never came. I would be so down for more of it, sadly.... Love steampunk, love the supernatural and Knights of Arthur aspects of it, and it is gorgeous in a way that many games today are. Sigh. What could be, huh?
So many games focused too much resources in to the graphics of a game and everything surrounding the game, rather than the actual game itself. The “Modern Gaming” experience is like having blue balls.☹️
You gotta think both ways if they didn't go forward with graphics fans will be trynna slice they're neck me personally I don't care for graphics I'm on PC I also still play my ps2 so I get best of both
the order is kind of the odd one out because aside from being short. bugs were almost non existent. gunplay was very consistent and competent. movement was fluid and I rarely found my guy going anywhere other than where I wanted him, especially when moving around cover. but in reality the game isn't much shorter than your average resident evil, which I think it gets unfairly judged by. and being a shorter game makes it a perfect Saturday replay. that you can easily replay just to have fun and experience again. it also didn't overstay it's welcome. it came, it did its thing, and then moved on. they didn't try to keep forcing it on us, even though I think anyone would have gladly taken more. I'm really hoping sony is gonna bring a sequel. if they just did everything the same and just added more. it'd be a great ps5 exclusive. especially if they just keep the engine the same, and just improve and adjust for ps5. imagine if they added Ray tracing, lighting improvements. also gave us the 120hz and 1080p60fps. it's definitely an ace up their sleeve if they decide to commit and do it right. couple it with a remastered ps5 copy of 1886 for ps5 with all the new improvements made to the engine for ps5. it'd be an easy remaster. and 10 free hours of additional content or a free upgrade for anyone who has the base game already. killzone is also another exception. I need to replay it on ps5 because it's supposedly very nice. but it's another game where they could easily launch it for ps5 and have another great IP. it really makes me hope they do, because the games were great.
@@JordonPatrickMears11211988 If the Order was sold at $20, it might not receive as much vitriol because that is what the game's worth. All it has going for it was the graphics. The combat was mediocre, the boss fights are lazy QTE battles, the story and main character was poorly written though it had a good lore. Feels like nothing more but a graphics tech demo to me.
@@akmal94ibrahim when I played the game. I enjoyed it. It was a fun entertaining experience with a damn good presentation. It wasn't anything groundbreaking, okay, who cares. What we got was still a fun and replay able game.
I really recommend running AC Unity back if you haven’t. The games story is solid, gameplay holds, and the graphics are freaking amazing. Honestly I just love climbing through the amazingness that is France.
I love that you can go Inside so many buildings and even find side quests inside, like Madame Tussaud's house, I thinks Unity was the only AC to do that, no even Syndicate did it.
I never knew Ryse flopped. I love the game and played through it 3 times. I enjoy the story immensely, especially as someone who loves History. And while repetitive, the gameplay was actually pretty good. And, as you said, it has many really amazing moments.
@@mrpopo5097 ????? Did they announce or was there like a road map showing that there's gonna be a Ryse 2??? If not, what the even fxck are you talking about that it "Flopped" that's why it doesn't have another game. Not everything is gonna be a franchise.
Order 1886 was such an amazing game! At the time I didn’t really think of how short it was because I just loved everything about it. I’ve been wishing for a sequel for years. Highly underrated game.
I think it's hard to argue that it was an amazing game when it offered the player so little content. Just a single path, incredibly linear game with no side missions, replay content or DLCs that takes about 5-7 hours to finish. The thing is, games like The Witcher 3, Metal Gear Solid V, and Bloodborne were all released the same year, so there isn't really an excuse for releasing a game with such little content.
I'm glad I am not the only one that feels this way. I really liked The Order 1886. Maybe because I like story-based games like the Telltale games, Detroit Becone Human, etc...
@UnjustifiedRecs I mean, calling The Wild Hunt a game with "endless fetch quests" is just a really boomer take. Especially considering I'm around the same age as you are. Also there were plenty of games in the 90s that took more than two sittings to finish and are considered classics. Myst? Goldeneye? Ocarina of Time? Super Metroid? FFIII (or VI)? Castlevania?
And the promise that you could fly like iron man. That was a huge tagline. Only in reality you could fly like 3 seconds unless you found a water fall, then it was 5 seconds of flight time…
Days Gone? It sold really well but the developers were hoping for alot more sales, so we aren’t getting a sequel. Seriously sucks though. Days Gone is absolutely amazing, play it if you haven’t already.
Ryse: Son of Rome was spectacular! It looked amazing, the combat wasn't overly complicated but was still satisfying. The bosses were fun. The places across Europe they took you were really cool. The story was really good. There's nothing wrong with the game at all.
Unity is still broken. They didn't even fix the big issues with the controls and movement being so clunky,slow and unresponsive...the parkour is also still broken
Ryse honestly was addicting. Once you get into a state of flow you are getting these massive combos and getting perfect blocks and perfect finishers. It's honestly fun and looks great.
The Order 1886 is underrated. It isn't bad, it's just a bit short. More than 7 years since its release I think the visuals are still amongst the best I've ever seen in terms of realism. I'm one of those who wishes for a sequel.
I absolutely predicted no1 on this list. Still don’t think it should’ve flopped. I really hope they give it the sequel it deserves. The order 1886 is a gem.
I’m so happy you mentioned The Order I’m right there with you like you said despite being able to beat it very quickly I absolutely loved the game and how different it was and really wish they had made another to show off what they are actually capable of doing with that universe
@@shunakiyama6275 that’s what I’m saying! It’s a fantastic game and only downside to that game was how long of a game it was other than that it was fantastic!!
"...able to beat it very quickly..." "...what they are actually capable of doing..." A lot of negatives for a game you love...explains the sales perfectly .
@@mericanignoranc3551 just because a game is short doesn’t mean it’s a bad game buddy it’s just some feed back in my opinion I would of liked to see to make the game better than what it was.
People love talking games like valhalla, or reading games like control or alan wake. They dont like the order because its short but love re3 haha. Flopping doesnt mean it sucks, it just that people are different. People love first person games and thats it. They want it again and again, their taste is repetitive. I love the order and hellblade, most of people they dont like it.
Ryse son of Rome was fun af especially when you played levels with friends. Loved it, but it was forgettable. Neat for the time. Unity was amazing to play with my friends. We kept doing the heists together and got all the gear maxed out and our players. Was amazing! We had such a blast playing it regardless of the technical problems with the game.
I'm one of those who liked The Order 1886, especially since I was dreading the 100 hour long games that kept getting more and more bloated. I wonder if it would've done better had they priced it at $40 or $30 out of the gate and later kept it as a $20 or $10 game. It had a lot of potential and the presentation was stellar at the time. As for the Knack games, they were good enough, especially for something to play with kids like a Mario game but the drawn out story in my opinion didn't help. The story should've been kept very short and sweet "here's the plot" exposition in 30 seconds and move on. Kind of how the older Mario games start with a quick scene (e.g. princess is kidnapped, Mario is missing, Yoshi has to find Luigi, etc.) and then you're playing. Instead they kept trying to make it into this epic or classic story that was clearly never going to measure up. Admittedly, the gameplay was also rather simple but it too had potential (unlike the story).
Me to I actually enjoy TO 1886. I just went in playing it as a long length feature film. And I end up getting the plat for it. Was looking forward to a part 2. But unfortunately I blame Sony bc they called it the Gears of Wear Killer at the time before release. Then when sale's wasn't great they gave up on it.😐
I hate 100 Hour games......except the Witcher 3........Games like God of war, Spiderman, Days Gone, Horizon Zero Dawn that are like 30 to 50 Hours for the main story plus extras minus DLC are my sweetspot......Games like AC Creed...Too Long and repetitive.
The Order 1886 is absolutly amazing, i remember getting it on launch day and beating it the next morning...took me roughly 5 hrs and it left me wanting so much more..the length was a major bummer but the narrative and visuals were outstanding... Still have that glimmer of hope that Sony will greenlight a sequel, even if the original devs have moved on to facebook gaming division i think? Sony can still give the sequel to someone who will perfect it.
I feel like Cyberpunk 2077 should have been on this list... The game looks really good although it had a lot of bugs and glitches at launch and CDProjekt Red had to face a lot of backlash...
I'm guessing because Cyberpunk 2077 sold something like 13 million copies on its first week or so, so wouldn't be able to be considered a financial flop. Just a buggy mess at launch 😅
It's CDPR's best selling game and they even made a lot of money, even with all the problems they had and people are still buying it and support the game now. Would have been a bad choice for the list because it didn't flop.
@Sebastian Valencia trust I’ve learned. I want to like the game I’ve tried playing it so many times just way to little reward for me I hate back tracking
I enjoyed it, I just wished they had put more of an emphasis on evolution. Instead of just evolving from one form of primate to another that can maybe walk on two legs rather than 4, it would've been cool if you started as the monkey learning how to eat and drink and explore, then evolved into a neanderthal or caveman learning how to make fire, tools... stuff like that and so on and so forth. I was honestly kind of disappointed when I learned that the end goal in Ancestors was pretty much just evolving to be bipedal. I just expected there to be more with how much they were hyping it up.
I bought Unity when it came out, got extremely PO'ed and played it about a year later and loved it! I got a little mad at myself for not going back to play it sooner. I think I played it 3 times different ways. It's definitely worth giving it another chance
When I see games like Ryse and AC Unity I remember the beginning of the next-gen era of 2013 when PS4/Xbox One were launched and I actually feel that the graphics development in that era was unbelievable and much more impressive than the development we saw when PS5/XBOX Series X were launched. Literally I feel that several games that were released back in 2013/2014 have better graphics than many new games of 2021/2022. I really don't think that the current gen showed us a reason to make us feel that it's an evolvement from the past.
@@catalinpaiu5285 Yes there are some good new games with amazing graphics but they're not something that we didn't see before. I mean old games like The Witcher 3 and Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain can literally compete with today's franchises when it comes to graphics.
Yeah honesty the only clear improvement i see on my ps5 compared to my base ps4 are load times. But that’s just me as an average consumer. And it’s definitely a better experience bc of that but as far as graphics i think there aren’t many games that push next gen consoles to its limits. Horizon being the only game i’ve played that was visually stunning. hopefully we get more games in the future that are next gen exclusive so that they push those consoles to their limits.
I think the jump for this generation of gaming was the fps increase (30 to 60) option. I agree that some of the games back in the day looked beautiful but the 30fps or lower kinda ruins it for me because I have been spoiled with having smooth framerate today.
Very true. Right now graphics are more like: oooh look this rock now actually reflects the light like a real rock would which nobody notices while when the ps4 came it out it was more like: now faces actually look like faces
Another game I would say ie Quantum Break. Apart from the whole TV show thing idea, the graphics and gameplay were pretty good. But gameplay felt kinda....restricted and story was too short. There was potential for more bigger levels...and cool powers
I must say Ryse is a great game and the story was actually pretty interesting imo. The combat although repetitive was really great and the reason I got my Xbox at launch.
Yup agreed absolutely loved that game played through it twice. And the online mode was pretty cool. For me the graphics, and story made it a great game it's a shame there's no sequel.
@@akl2k7 100% agree they really should use this setting more. Some great tales could be told if they took the risk to do so. Also the plot twist in the end should have warranted a sequel :/
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is definitely one too, the graphics are awesome but the game (although a very good narrative) the mechanics and emptiness of the map just didn't do it. I enjoyed the concept more than the actual game.
I played ryse son of Rome after getting used to Arkham mechanics and it felt so good.. I didn’t know it sold bad I thought it was a great game, especially bc of the specials and all the different executions you could do.
I enjoyed playing both Knack games. The Order: 1886 was an amazing game! The graphics were amazing! I finished it in 20+ hours because I enjoyed looking around, exploring the places ☺️
when people focus too much on graphics, and not so much on story or gameplay, you get a shitty game in most cases. i like visual effects as well in my games, but there comes a time when you would rather focus more on playability over amazing graphics, if you want only amazing graphics, than it's a perfect marriage, but in most cases that alone does not make a good game.
Ryse was an absolute delight, I really wish that there had been a sequel... it was one of those early generation titles that felt truly "next gen" graphically...
Going from xbox 360 to Ryse and dead rising 3 I will never forget it it truly felt next level I wish these new consoles could give us the same but unfortunately they said they wanted to work on running games faster rather than another graphic update
I feel like Mass Effect: Andromeda should've been here. That final battle scene was SO BEAUTIFUL and epic. It was a mess at first but I played it last year full out and can't lie.. that's a beautiful game
Tbh I think that game was the reverse of this list. I only played it on release so can't speak for the game today. But I thought the graphics where kind of meh and not just the glitches just the art style and what not. Also thought the story and enemies where not that great. But the gameplay is something I loved! Combining classes and skills really took the ME gameplay to the next level and you could do some awesome shit with it. It's something I hope they keep in mind for ME4
The cutscene when they first fly to the desert planet is so weirdly good looking it's almost out of place. I swear that one scene and one scene only is on a higher framerate than the rest of the game
The combat mechanics in ME: Andromeda was easily the best in the series, that gets overshadowed by all the other stuff about the game that people didn't like
Andromeda should have had the cool aliens designs that Anthem ended up with. A whole new galaxy and everything was just Star Trek humanoids with latex masks, robots, bugs, and lizards.
I loved the order 1886, the only downside for me, I wished it was bigger and I wished it had a sequel or something, since they did show you at the end of the game that sequel is possible.
I’m with you on The Order being under appreciated Jake! That world and story was interesting and the gameplay solid. Same can be said for Ryse: Son Rose imo but a sequel would’ve done those games wonders!!
Don’t forget Godfall, amazing graphics and it was really addicting! Or at least at the beginning. The game eventually got really repetitive, not the graphics or enemy’s. Just the combat, the combat was amazing but the combos felt slow and repetitive after you have done them a couple times. Not to mention the different ‘Vaporplates’, which are supposed to be the armor or class system. They look amazing and unique, just they are literally no different combat wise. Even though they are supposed to be. Game looks amazing and has potential, it just did so much wrong, more so then right.
True, Godfall looks good and has pretty decent combat, but once you learn all the combos, the endgame got boring fast. Most of the loot is garbage you would throw out/trade in for extra credits, and it would take too long to get any good epic or legendary gear. The "story" is pretty thin and sounds like a 14 year old wrote it, it was so bad. The lore and worlds they made could have been so much more interesting if they went into more detail about where the valorplates came from and stuff, but alas. It had so much potential and squandered it.
@@yourneighborhoodfriendlyme4242 1 month late but just bought ultimate edition it’s a very good game now apart from its plot is just really dull. Worth it at a discount combat is fun worth playing.
i agree i actually loved ac : unity. once they worked out the bugs , it was a pretty incredible looking game , and i really loved the story that wrapped around the city , with the workers fighting back.
- AC Unity is peak AC. - Knack 1 & 2 are genuinely great platformers,I really hope they make a third one. - Ryse and The Order were great and deserve sequels, better than first games of some huge franchises.
The reason why people are still playing graphically unimpressive games like CG:GO is because the core gameplay is pretty good. Consumers do care about graphic but not all of them. And companies need to understand this
@@anthonyc5657 but lots of people who can run the matrix demo no problem are still playing the game. But this is not about the playerbase. Its about the philosophy of these AAA studios:- good graphics = better games
I dont understand how CSGO isn't considered repetitive yet you basically do the same shit over and over again but other games that use even a similar gameplay loop are called repetitive.
*RYSE* was just a blast and I was blown away by it simply based on a GREAT narrative and set pieces which hooked me from moment one. Best $5 I ever spent on a game and I loved every minute of it
If RYSE was released by SONY the critical response to this game would have been vastly different. Good game, that was bashed because it wasn't God of War...
@@jose131991 disagree, at least anecdotally. The Order kept me playing for less than a couple hours before i tapped out. It looked great but played like a tank and just was not interesting. Ryse had as mentioned great set pieces. Coliseum fights, giant unparalled battles, interactive objects, and a story that is as good as any game. By the time I was half way through I thought I was Titus and by the end? My name is Damocles, and I am vengeance. I need to play it again now that I think about it. Great game and fun combat
I just finished replaying Rage 1, which is considered a commercial failure. The visuals aged really well for this 2011 game. The environmental design is fantastic, every character has distinct look and animations are lively. And it honestly just plays really well for the most part. It's biggest issues are some of the bugs that never got fixed, UI was not optimized for mouse and keyboard, level layout is incredibly constricted (it's a corridor shooter with overworld that is just a maze of corridors you navigate on a car) and worst of all, it very obviously has too much cut content. Moments where future side quests got foreshadowed and never came to be, fabled General Cross who never even appeared to say 1 word before sequel, and finale that is just a gauntlet of mob fights without any named boss fight (where previously there were 3 boss fights in this game). It is obvious that this game could have been much more, and it looks fantastic despite it's age, but it failed, likely due to development hell, and sequel took franchise into significantly different direction that many fans of the original do not appreciate.
Great video! Just as a small note, the zoom at around 6:36 doesn't target Notre Dame, it shows another church. Notre Dame is iconic and features double bell towers while the church in the video only has one and in a different configuration. That said, AC Unity has always been graphically fantastic after the first patches!
Does any1 remember the original prey game that came out near launch of the Xbox 360? You were a native American and his girlfriend was abducted by aliens. Such a good game and got no love
It had the coolest part that I've ever seen which was never replicated in any game ever again. Remember the tiny floating planet in the glass case that you portled onto and then fought some aliens while running around a tiny planet watching the room go upside down as you got to the south pole? That was dope.
I love these lists because these lists don't always indicate bad games, just not successful ones. I'm definitely going to check out Ryse : Son of Rome. And nothing about it strikes me as bad.
Had a ps4 since 2015 bought a one s in 2018 to give the xbox exclusives i never played a shot, gotta say ryse was a pretty good game if not for the odd frustrating boss battle
AC Unity is far from a flop, my friend. Sure, the release was bad, but most of the bugs and stuff got patched. I played it not long ago, and absolutely loved it, as it is my second favorite AC game
The new system that Unity brought in aka continued with Odessey, Origins, Valhalla are the cream of the crop of AC games. Previous titles were too childish and old crappy designs that had to go = Stale!!!!!
As for The Order 1886 - honestly, there were very few things that needed fixing. Basically only one, really - more content. Its biggest weakness, like you said, is the length. Also the 100% repeated (and only) boss fight. Add more levels, more bosses, and maybe add coop - and it would have been a great game. It still can be Sony's own Gears of War - something that their library could really make use of. If I was making decisions, I would say - make a co-op sequel at least 15 hours long with minimum 3 distinct bosses. Include a story recap in the beginning, for those who never played the first one. And it'll sell like hot cakes. I mean, a victorian era coop shooter with steampunk and teslapunk guns versus wherewolves (and add other beasts for variety) - what is not to like?!
AC Unity is one of my favorite AC games. I was lucky that I didn't experience it at launch, the first time I played it was last year. But its just so good. Unity and Syndicate just couldn't overcome Unity's terrible launch and are probably the last true AC games we'll get.
@@danthompson489 Prepare to occasionally (once every few hours) reload a checkpoint due to something scripted failing during a mission*. Other than that, it's a really good game. * Yes, the game has been patched, but that got it from virtually unplayable to merely buggy. It is quite enjoyable now, but it's not perfect, and I just wanted to point it out in advance so that you go into the game with that in mind and not get irritated when something undesirable happens. At launch, every 10-20 minutes, you'd simply fall through the map - no longer happening, but, like I said, occasionally something scripted fails, such as an NPC getting stuck (rare) or forgetting where it's supposed to go. The latter might happen from time to time, and in this case you can usually get it back to life by bumping into him a few times - again, not something that'll happen on every mission, but I think that I finished the game in it's fully patched state and it still happened from time to time - Unity is a long game, not like Valhalla, but lots to do and the share of generic filler in the overall amount of content is a lot lower than in pretty much any ACs from Revelations onwards, so definitely worth a playthrough.
@@ocudagledam I think it's sometimes better to play games like that so long after launch. You have generally lower expectations because of the age and are less likely to be disappointed because you've not spent £50-60 on it
Unity is one of my favorite too, even played it twice, as I got to maximize the graphics on a better PC second time and also went on a city break to Paris, it is outstanding, I really don't get why they didn't kept those parcour mechanics throughout future games
"Ryse; Son of Rome" is genuinley one of my all time favorite games. I can't even tell you the amount of hours I've put into it, especially the online Coliseum portion. I wish there was a chance at #2! it coulda been a great foundation to build on. 🤷♂️
And unfortunately the game was disappointing, that a lot folks rather just wait for the game to go Deep sale to pick it up. Thank God i only pay for 4 dollars on steam so the wait was worth it.
@@freundmax4060 I haven't heard that, but I really hope so. There's plenty of Roman history, or even other countries military histories if they don't want to go back to Rome, they could use too create an awesome and attention occupying game. There's a lot of great features within Ryse that could pretty easily be expanded upon with the right creators
@@codythebeardless2429 I would really like to see more historic games especially about the Roman empire. The gallic wars alone would offer enough material for several games. And with the power of Unreal Engine 5 these massive battles could finally be adapted to games. Just imagine fighting against an union of germanic tribes in a legion of thousands of AI mates. Or fighting against them as a Gaul in stealth missions.
Ryse Son Of Rome is actually a really great game, the story, combat, and environments are very compelling. Unfortunately the game is just way 2 short in my opinion, if its length was doubled then we would really have a masterpiece on our hands.
I played Ryse Son of Rome on Series S, and i was shocked to imagine this game coming out in the Very beginning of XO. Also, played AC Unity and The Order when they launched on PS4, and i was so in love with them, besides the thec problems.
Just started watching it. I’m going to guess The Order 1886 will be in the list. If it’s not, that’s my pick. Edit: YES! MY choice was number 1! Gameranx, you did not disappoint per usual.
I always thought shadow fall was VERY underrated. I got it for 9 bucks a couple years back at GameStop and it was a really good shooter and made good use of the DualShock features
While watching this list, I remembered about Driver 3. Not only a good looking game for the time, with some really cool visual effects (e.g. character changing transitions), and a neat traffic/driving system (not strictly "good looks" category, but graphics' implementation none the less). But also really interesting as a concept and impressively well realized overall in my opinion. Yet it was the final gasp of a beloved video game series which once head-to-head rivaled GTA itself. Thanks for your videos!
I’ve noticed that games that are launch titles don’t always sell very well because not many people have gotten the consoles yet. Then by time people start getting the consoles there’s more games out already and they just get lost into obscurity.
Yeah this happens a lot which is sad because by the time most people have the new consoles, the reviews on the launch games have bias many people into not giving them a fair shot. It's almost better to not have your game as a launch title 😕
i really truly hope 1886 gets a sequel or at the very least a spiritual successor it really deserves it!!! such an underrated game imo i loved every second of it
Still think that if EA didn't force them to launch Anthem half baked, it could have been a 8/10 easy. The little I played of the beta made me sad that we got this close to having an open world mecha game.
They had an idea but by the reports on its development that idea came like 6 months before its launch and then they tried to make something out of it I'm sure theres still something there but the stigma is hard to get rid of. They need to drop the game but salvage the idea
From what I heard, it wasn't EA's fault. Bioware management took way too long in the planning stages. When the E3 demo came out, they haven't even started on development of the game. In fact, it was an EA guy who told them to stick with the iron-man flying gameplay and build a game around that, or else they still would be toiling in the brainstorming stage.
you know they patched the game after launch and fixed everything right? lol Unless you played at launch you probably wouldn't see many problems, if any...
Gotta say I feel the same about Outriders. It just didn't live up to what I thought it would be and I thought it might've been more open world rather than linear. It wasn't entirely a flop and had fairly decent graphics as well despite some bugs on consoles. So I'm hoping the new Worldslayer update really improves on everything like they say it will. Would like another reason to jump back into it
@@BruceWayne-kw6hd yea, too many people didnt follow the game and went in with expectations grabbed from nowhere. Outriders was awesome. I pre ordered it and have just pre ordered Worldslayer.
My family & I actually had a lot of fun playing Knack 2. I'll admit that the first one was a snooze fest & possibly the reason that held Knack 2 back but it really is an enjoyable journey especially playing it in couch co-op. Knack 2 baby!
I just ordered all 3 Dark Pictures Anthology games in a bundle for $35 on Mercari. I’m looking forward to playing them. I like your idea of The Order 1887 Jake! I loved the first game, though it should have been much longer. Ready at Dawn needs to run that one back in a sequel.
Hey they are making a new game that’s as long as until dawn and looks just as good check it out it’s called the quarry also the best one of the mini games of there’s is the ashes game worst is man of Medan I agree with the video
I remember Ryse. I bought it with first Xbox one at launch. It was actually a decent enough game but it felt more like a tech demo to show off what the system was capable of. I beat it in like 6 or so hours and played with the arena a few more and that was it. Was good but no replayability. As for avengers I'm one of the people who still come back to it from time to time. I thought the story and graphics alone were worth the price. The extra characters and small story content added along with playing missions with friends was just a bonus. The gameplay between characters is very different which gave it more replayability for me because it felt like it switched it up pretty good when changing characters. My one complaint was that you couldn't switch between characters in the middle of a mission like the ultimate alliance games
I think Mass Effect Andromeda should have been on this list. It looks pretty darn good but we all know what happened there. Also Babylon’s Fall, Battlefield 2042, COD Vanguard, Fallout 76, and Star Wars Battlefront II (even though it’s great now)
Andromeda is still a good game. Not exactly a good mass effect game but to say it’s a bad game would just be a lie. That release though… I didn’t think a game would beat it as the worst launch until after we got no man’s sky and then cyberpunk 2077. I still haven’t got cyberpunk yet after hearing about all the launch issues
@@CasepbX You'd think making a game that takes place in a seminal part in their own history, they'd do everything to make this entry their magnum opus.
Publishers nowadays don't make any game "perfect" in the way that everyone wants but no one can really describe. It's graphics are amazing, animations are good, there's actual physics in it, mechanics that feel new and have never been done before, it has no awkward state of being that usually kills what would otherwise be good a game and it just flows well, (no god damn bugs) and an amazing storyline that feels compelling and does its actual job: Bring you to a place you can escape to and live in through the character's eyes and senses. PS Killzone Shadowfall's MP will always live in my mind as the best I've seen to date. Had the right atmosphere, gunplay was fun and combat was realistic but unfortunately there was virtually no one playing it.
Days Gone and Mafia 3 also didn’t live up to my hype/expectations because both these games were graphically impressive but they were guilty of repetitive missions that mostly felt unoriginal level designs
Yes. Agree with Mafia 3. It had many glitches as well. The npc's in Mafia 3 behaved so funny that i laughed playing serious missions. Mafia 2 was way better i feel😁
@@SirGibsonOfMel ikr!? I don't understand people hate for that game. It's beautiful, has nice gameplay and the story has lots of love and personality poured into it.
Order 1886 deserves a deep lore RPG style experience. The world was beautiful. The weapons were cool. They could have gone much further. It was obvious where content had been stripped prior to release due to lack of time.
@@Nym146 to each their own I thought the gameplay was fun and smooth to me and sound effects were good and it never crashed on me and people gave up on it before giving it a chance so Bioware gave up on it.
Recently played Ryse myself. Kinda knew it was a flop back then, that's why I held back. Decided to just jump the gun on it since it was on sale for like, 2 dollars in my currency. One of the best 2 dollars I've spent on a game.
Assassin’s Creed Unity is the biggest shame, damn. To think Ubisoft would do badly with the game about Paris. I enjoyed parkour and fighting but the plot and an abundance of hideous glitches and bugs really hurt this game. Let alone they barely touched the Revolution. Shit.
I promise you the game is so much fun now if you go back into it with all the bugs patched up. It’s a damn shame it was released half cocked cause it’s, in my opinion, the last assassins creed game that kept strict to its roots.
@@loganatkins1171 dont expect a lot of people goin' back to it after its first impressions when it came out. Basically in other words folks played it, hated it and MOVED on to play BETTER titles. Just saying.
@@loganatkins1171 I did and it hasn’t really changed my opinion. Parkour’s great, the story sucks and no Revolution focused missions. The frame rate still sucks, though
I love the Ancestors game but I can never play further than changing generation maybe 5 times? It's just so repetitive to the point where it's better as a solo roleplaying game than an actual survival game, essentially all the game is is you loading in, discovering 2 or 3 locations and then quitting it again. They also really underdelivered on the crafting system, there's so much room for improvement and it seemed to me the first time playing it like they had way more ideas for features to add like the spiked walls, but they were on a time crunch and cut it short. Regardless, it's still a pretty good game. Fun to mess around in for a couple of minutes, but extremely repetitive and boring after the first 20 minutes. I'm hoping the sequel will improve!
I was hoping that The Order was going to be in your list. Im playing it now and loving it. Graphics really hold up to todays standards even being such an old game. The Order 1887, bring it! Your list is definitely on point.
Why wasn't Driveclub mentioned? Still (IMHO) the most gorgeous-looking racing game and it's from 2014. In fact, Gameranx has yet to mention anything about Driveclub at all as far as I know! Please do mention this one in your next volume as it had a disastrous launch upon release but became a masterpiece of realistic graphics! Thank you for reading!
You forgot to mention that Ubisoft changed all the controls in Unity but kept to the original game engine which maked it difficult for veteran players to go back and play it because they automatically try to use the old controls.
Idk if Mad Max was a flop but I LOVED that game and I’m still super sad it never got a sequel..
Glad someone mentioned it! Fantastic game, really fun, looks amazing. I didn't expect much but when I played it a few years after release but it blew me away
Super underrated game, loved every moment of it.
Literally started it a couple days ago on XSX and I can't believe how enjoyable it is; definitely an underrated game.
Absolutely one of my favorites. I share your disappointment.
I believe ive read theyre making a sequel.
0:18 Anthem
1:42 Marvel's Avengers
2:47 Ryse: Son Of Rome
4:11 Knack
5:30 Assassin's Creed Unity
7:12 Blair Witch VR
8:14 Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
9:25 Agony
10:30 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man Of Medan
11:42 The Order: 1886
I really sas about anthem
The hero I will always need. Ty for saving me.
Thanks, hate when people don't add timestamps to their videos
@@maurice5402 In my own video, definitely write a timestamp for description
Maybe a bit tired of writing Timestamp in the description. Lol
And somehow the videos game category is dark souls.
Don’t get me wrong I love a pretty game, but what really makes a game great is the core gameplay and immersion for me.
Exactly
Truth. Been playing this game with my friends called Project Zomboid and i definitely wouldn't call it graphically amazing but holy crap I've never been so immersed in a game for a such long time
Good point, a rich story is also quite lovely imo.
Bro you’re right when immersion is key ! I remember when I played the last of us for the first time on ps3 and man was it immersive. Also horizon on ps4 was another immersive game. Man just thinking about those brings many fun memories.
@@reynielurquiola7115 zomboid is 100% one of the best games I've ever played
I recently played through Ryse and actually enjoyed it a lot. The gameplay is super repetitive but the graphics were great and the story was compelling.
Ryse is good.
I feel even the criticism of the combat & gameplay was exaggerated. It's pretty addictive in the higher difficulties, especially getting the timing right.
The executions also look cool as hell whereas some more modern & recent brawlers can look way too goofy with spongy enemies & overuse of health bars.
Criminally underrated
The way the story turned you against the "good guys" eventually leading you to the final boss fight against the barbarian chick, the whole set up through the entire game was a fight you didn't want but had to do because "that's the way things are."
@@cartermoth6447 I'm trying to think about why some gamers just don't realize That it's not just the graphics that make a good game and that there are other elements that come in to play. E.g. Emotion, timing, Story, Options, Creativity, Consequences, Rewards, Etc... If People don't understand what I mean Then They should look at small games that don't have the best graphics like Undertale, It's graphics aren't the best but graphics isn't always what you need to pay attention to, sometimes you have to pay attention to the amount of control you have over your character. Sometimes games with bad graphics may have an edge somewhere else like music and storytelling.
Just commenting the same thing. One of the most memorable games i have ever played just from a story and set piece perspective. Damn I love Ryse
@@lostwizardcat9910 the story had me fired up. I felt like Titus until towards the end I was full on Damocles in my head, seeking vengeance and taking names.
I also really enjoyed the visceral combat and varied set pieces from arenas to the biggest battles up close
I actually don’t know why Ryse: Son of Rome flopped so hard. Graphics were one thing, but I will always argue that this had some of the coolest moments when it came to the frontline battles. The formations of troops as you advanced and protected yourself from artillery fire was really awesome. Gameplay itself was pretty linear, but I never thought it was all that bad by any means.
it was just repetitive and the story was.. barely a story, but other than that for the most part was generally enjoyable
Xbox one launch title should say enough.
It's a 3 hour long game. Meh story. Just a demo or long tech demo essentially.
Its one of the most repititative bs i ve ever played its a short game but its still so dull to get through..
and you could voice command troops w/ the kinect microphone
Ryse: Son of Rome is basically Gladiator the game. It got somewhat repetitive after a short while, but it had a lot of cool and fun moments. It definitely didn't land that 30 seconds of fun repeated thing, but was somewhat interesting and enjoyable. It'd be nice if Crytek gave it a second chance and refined the gameplay in a sequel or another unrelated Ryse story.
Except that game is actually really good
Shadow of Rome for the PS2 where you played as a gladiator was all good it was wild.
@@originalityisdead.9513 I loved chopping off limbs and using them as weapons 😂
@@SpacexWitch It was a good game. Severance for PC was wild as well chopping of one of their limbs and then beating the shit out of them with it.
The multiplayer was actually pretty amazing imo
I bought AC unity second hand at a Game Stop years after release, the clerk even advised me against it, it ended up being my favorite AC game, mainly because I think is the only one with so many building interiors across the whole city, and I also really liked the time traveling quests, like the WW2 sidequest in the Eiffel tower.
Agree, beside minor problem and some glitch this game is pretty decent, it actually make me feel like 'ASSASSIN' like we got to do the assassin's creed stuff like i would expect from the franchise's name, it's the best 'assassin assassin' game to me.
Unity was copy of countless others ACs, as new are too, but its hard to expect from one form to become other form, doesnt exist...AC was to much even before unity, new AC has more to play with awesome storylines, but 1 or 2 more it will also become too much.
try syndicate :)
Agreed. The streets filled to the brim with NPCs looked ultra realistic Those glitch sequences looked really cool and immersive, and climbing the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty and then jumping off into portals felt really cool too..
Agree with you 100%. It's amazing on PC. It's pretty much fixed and looks great.
I really loved Ryse. My biggest issue was length. I wanted a longer play experience with maybe a little more depth. It deserved a sequel in much the same way Darksiders got an expanded game in Darksiders 2.
The problem with Ryse wasn’t the length, it was the fact that when you completed the first mission you’d seen all the gameplay on offer. I got about 3 hours in and was slumped in my chair going through the motions bored to tears for the same fight against the same enemies
I loved and love ryse to this day.
If they made a sequel I’d pre order it with out the need of watching a single review
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@@beansontoast6622 Exactly, making it longer wouldn't have helped it in any way. More varied and deeper gameplay mechanics would've needed to come first. Started it twice, gave up around the halfway mark twice because of how repetitive it was.
@@beansontoast6622 Not me haha. I've replayed it several times. I don't need my games to add a new system every 5 minutes. I actually kind of hate games that make things overly complicated.
Imma say it. I fucking loved Assassin’s Creed Unity’s multiplayer system. I thought it was perfect I had so much fun playing the game with my buddies and us getting to make an assassins built around how we felt was best.
I wasn't able to enjoy it much though
My friend and I were playing some sports game years ago and he said "Man, I don't need for the player's shirt sweat to look realistic". That stuck with me when thinking about video game graphics. Sometimes I think companies just waste too much dev time/resources on graphics while they could've improve or come up with more fun mechanics. Sometimes people forget that a game has to be fun to play in the first hand. Everything else comes after.
It's that pressure for realistic that has given us the GPUs of today. The current low-poly, pixelart, cell-shaded wasn't going to do it.
It is funny you say that because I remember years ago that was "piece de resistance" for EA marketing on all their sports games...... SWEAT. "Look how realistic the characters forehead sweat looks. His jersey gets wetter".
Even earlier games were pushing hair. The whole time this past decade plus i just keep saying "give me a good game"
It’s why I love games where they go in a more artistic route in terms of graphics, like Breath of Wild or DragonQuest. Making games ultra realistic works if you’re playing simulation games or certain game types. But trying to combine ultra realism with huge game world is a big commitment and might not work out in the end for varying reasons.
@@TheGary108 if you want an example of more vibrant, mostly artistic graphics, look at No Man’s Sky. The graphics are a very artistic and colorful tone, rather than an ultra realistic look
@@TheGary108 i think that was a lot of the charm of the GTA games. That art style which came from not being able to make incredibly sharp pictures resulted in a creative and fun style my Mom recognizes in her 60s.
Games of that era that played it straight look awful today. They looked awful then. But Vice City and San Andreas are still charming
Assassins creed unity is one of my favorite assassins creed games. But I didn’t get it until a year after it came out so I can’t say much about it’s technical state. But I can say that it has an amazing world lots of fun puzzles and side quests and a pretty good main campaign. The dlc for the game is really good as well. I think it’s one of if not the last of the classic assassins creed style games.
It was alot better a year after launch. I had fun at launch even tho none of my friends bought it but it was super glitchy. I still thought it was alot better than most of the reviews and I dont think it deserves the reputation it has
In a way I feel like it paved the way for origins, odyssey, and Valhalla with its different weapon types and playstyles. Id still like a more multiplayer focused AC but I also really love the last 3 games that alot of people dont like because they want the classic gameplay back. I feel like it would be super boring to strip the rpg stuff out and go back to how the old games were. I would rather have odysseys random loot than Valhallas set locations.
I honestly thought Unity was really good... I got it in 2018 when I bought all the AC games on my UbiConnect account and when I played it, it was as smooth as the other AC games and I didn't see any weird faces or glitches at all. I agree they should have used the parkour elements in future games as it was amazing 🤣
Same here got the game a year or 2 after release as well and didn't get the hate for it! Maybe it was because my expectations where super low and only payed 5 bucks for it. But the game was also in a great state! Was only till a friend showed me some glitches video's till I got why it got so many hate 😂
You’re not alone bro I loved Unity, honestly I’ve enjoyed every Ac game just cause of the nostalgia I was like 11 when I played the first one and just got hooked. Black Flag is up there for me as well.
Honestly Unity is one of my fav AC games, I loved the inclusion of coop and the customizability it had!
Since the news of parkour sustem in mirage, people are giving unity a chance and suddenly the revenue of unity increased 10x. Unisoft accidentally marketed it lol. People who never heard it, people who judged it based on the reviews are now regretting it for not playing it before
Best AC stealth system yet, hands down. Hope Mirage follows
I played Unity a few years ago and was annoyed to play it after all the shit talk I heard about it... it's my favorite AC game. (:
@@ummehabibaa5880 The problem is the launch bugs, and performance. Today is very playable and is an excelent game.
Why did you say "honestly" ? You were going to lie otherwise?
The Order 1886 was a awesome game. I absolutely loved it. Short, yes, but the story and the gameplay was great. It looked amazing and I also would love a sequel to this great game.
The story sucked. LOL!
@@philithegamer8265 I enjoyed it 🤷🏽♂️
@@philithegamer8265 story was great
when will it get released on pc?
@@ahmadhussain9940 probably never i think sony sold the devs Ready at Dawn to facebook for VR or something In 2020
Another honorable mention could be Max Payne 2. The game had incredible visuals for 2003 and was amazing game overall, but did really poorly sale wise, to the point where we got Max Payne 3 only after 9 years. One could argue that Max Payne 3 could also make this list.
I'm wondering were it did wrong, the series had a good track word so far,
max payne 2 was an amazing game
2 is one of my fave games of all Time
L.A Noire to a certain extent too
Which was tragic because Max Payne 2 is a hundred times better than the first one and just incredibly solid across the board
The order and anthem were the ones that got me. Especially anthem. I was lovin it but the bugs and losing gear mid game is what killed. It had so much potential like a adventure rpg style of warframe. Taking that thought, anthem couldve put out so many javelins and it wouldve been awesome. Like a mix of warframe and destiny style.
man i followed anthem through E3 for at least two years i was so bummed it turned out to be a turd. never even bought it because the bad reviews on launch
@@nv4219 same. I was one of them idiots saying "wow this looks like like a revolution"
Yea anthem had a lot of potential if they just worked on it for a couple more years it could have been great I loved the core gameplay but the loot system sucked and nowhere near enough endgame
I think the same thing. Not enough armour on your armor focused game.
I got my hopes up when they said they was working on a 2.0 but then they dropped it. I put 50+ hours into it and i enjoyed it.
I loved the order 1886. Yes it was too short and not worth full price but damn... such amazing graphics, art direction, voice acting, gameplay, everything!
I put way too many hours into The Order. It was a game I bought release day and platinumed it. I stopped so often to snap photos of the world and I really loved the environment and story
One hour is one hour too many for that game
@@dr.loomis4221 In your opinion.
Meh, I want this series to continue!
I was absolutely stoked for Anthem. Played in the closed alpha and both closed and open beta. Had so much potential! But quickly lost my and my friends attention very quickly. So sad.
Same. About a week & a half after it came out I was the only one out of a group of 6 that was still playing it lmao
there are many people still enjoying it to this day, though I only go back occasionally.
Well - When I first heard of Anthem and saw some clips from it (not knowing it was no actual gameplay at all), I was hyped for it too. When I learned it would be a Game As Service always on-line only type of game, my interest plummeted from red-hot to the absolute zero level in an instance. From that moment on I knew the game was doomed from the start. And I was, of course, right in thinking that.
Bioware is (or actually was) great with single player games, and should have stayed with that type of game. What's more - Mass Effect Andromeda was cut short and abandoned to make that failure of a Anthem GAS garbage. In stead of a failed Anthem they could have made a superb Mass Effect Andromeda. The potential was absolutely there, but they completely butchered that game to have resources enough for Anthem. And look at the sad lifeless ruins that remain after that decision.
After Andromeda I was out. It was difficult but I ignored all of the news about Anthem and played other games.
Was that the game they spent $500 million on?
I played AC: Unity on release and I liked it enough to get the Platinum trophy. I didn’t experience glitches that I saw others getting, and when it did glitch, it was easy to forgive. Never had anything close to gamebreaking. I thought it was a really fun game.
I adored The Order: 1886. Yeah it was short but that was fine with me because of the story and gameplay… there were moments where a cutscene ended and I would just stand there waiting for the scene to continue but I didn’t realize that I was actually playing again because the graphics were so good for the time.. one of my favorite games tbh
The only thing that I didn’t like on The Order were constant cutscenes. You were fighting, all hyped and then, cutscene.
👍👍
It was short but so good. It was like the jumping off point, the prologue, to a bigger game that never came. I would be so down for more of it, sadly.... Love steampunk, love the supernatural and Knights of Arthur aspects of it, and it is gorgeous in a way that many games today are. Sigh. What could be, huh?
Still play the ORDER every year since it was released... a fuckin great game.
Expensive for a long film is the reason why The Order flopped so hard, I really think if the game was cheaper, it could work
So many games focused too much resources in to the graphics of a game and everything surrounding the game, rather than the actual game itself. The “Modern Gaming” experience is like having blue balls.☹️
You gotta think both ways if they didn't go forward with graphics fans will be trynna slice they're neck me personally I don't care for graphics I'm on PC I also still play my ps2 so I get best of both
Assassins creed for example....
the order is kind of the odd one out because aside from being short. bugs were almost non existent. gunplay was very consistent and competent. movement was fluid and I rarely found my guy going anywhere other than where I wanted him, especially when moving around cover. but in reality the game isn't much shorter than your average resident evil, which I think it gets unfairly judged by. and being a shorter game makes it a perfect Saturday replay. that you can easily replay just to have fun and experience again. it also didn't overstay it's welcome. it came, it did its thing, and then moved on. they didn't try to keep forcing it on us, even though I think anyone would have gladly taken more. I'm really hoping sony is gonna bring a sequel. if they just did everything the same and just added more. it'd be a great ps5 exclusive. especially if they just keep the engine the same, and just improve and adjust for ps5. imagine if they added Ray tracing, lighting improvements. also gave us the 120hz and 1080p60fps. it's definitely an ace up their sleeve if they decide to commit and do it right. couple it with a remastered ps5 copy of 1886 for ps5 with all the new improvements made to the engine for ps5. it'd be an easy remaster. and 10 free hours of additional content or a free upgrade for anyone who has the base game already.
killzone is also another exception. I need to replay it on ps5 because it's supposedly very nice. but it's another game where they could easily launch it for ps5 and have another great IP. it really makes me hope they do, because the games were great.
@@JordonPatrickMears11211988 If the Order was sold at $20, it might not receive as much vitriol because that is what the game's worth. All it has going for it was the graphics. The combat was mediocre, the boss fights are lazy QTE battles, the story and main character was poorly written though it had a good lore. Feels like nothing more but a graphics tech demo to me.
@@akmal94ibrahim when I played the game. I enjoyed it. It was a fun entertaining experience with a damn good presentation. It wasn't anything groundbreaking, okay, who cares. What we got was still a fun and replay able game.
I really recommend running AC Unity back if you haven’t. The games story is solid, gameplay holds, and the graphics are freaking amazing. Honestly I just love climbing through the amazingness that is France.
I love that you can go Inside so many buildings and even find side quests inside, like Madame Tussaud's house, I thinks Unity was the only AC to do that, no even Syndicate did it.
No, the story is mediocre. The rest is pretty good.
Gameplay and stealth are 10/10 but the story is weak
The build up until ending kinda rushed tho
@@Ayva_K how can the story be mediocre. It's history with a fictional twist. I'm sorry the French revolution is boring to you. It's history
I never knew Ryse flopped. I love the game and played through it 3 times. I enjoy the story immensely, especially as someone who loves History. And while repetitive, the gameplay was actually pretty good. And, as you said, it has many really amazing moments.
Obviously it flopped. That’s why there has never been another game of it since.
@@mrpopo5097 Tons of good games are one-and-done things.
It does look good but like he said you seen it once you seen it all too linear
@@mrpopo5097 ?????
Did they announce or was there like a road map showing that there's gonna be a Ryse 2??? If not, what the even fxck are you talking about that it "Flopped" that's why it doesn't have another game.
Not everything is gonna be a franchise.
@@mcbdllc136
Nothing wrong with linear games. So many boring, uninspired open world games these days. Very over saturated.
Man of Medan was a 9/10 game for me I truly enjoyed it. Not a bad game at all. It’s one of those games you need to ignore the reviews and ratings for
Order 1886 was such an amazing game! At the time I didn’t really think of how short it was because I just loved everything about it. I’ve been wishing for a sequel for years. Highly underrated game.
I've never heard such an opinion
I think it's hard to argue that it was an amazing game when it offered the player so little content. Just a single path, incredibly linear game with no side missions, replay content or DLCs that takes about 5-7 hours to finish. The thing is, games like The Witcher 3, Metal Gear Solid V, and Bloodborne were all released the same year, so there isn't really an excuse for releasing a game with such little content.
This game is unique
I'm glad I am not the only one that feels this way. I really liked The Order 1886. Maybe because I like story-based games like the Telltale games, Detroit Becone Human, etc...
@UnjustifiedRecs I mean, calling The Wild Hunt a game with "endless fetch quests" is just a really boomer take. Especially considering I'm around the same age as you are. Also there were plenty of games in the 90s that took more than two sittings to finish and are considered classics. Myst? Goldeneye? Ocarina of Time? Super Metroid? FFIII (or VI)? Castlevania?
I feel like Anthem was sold strictly on how pretty the scenes looked.
It was
And the promise that you could fly like iron man. That was a huge tagline. Only in reality you could fly like 3 seconds unless you found a water fall, then it was 5 seconds of flight time…
It was sold on being Ironman.
We got Sherlock in this mutha
@@chrislair6832 🤣🧐🤔
Days Gone? It sold really well but the developers were hoping for alot more sales, so we aren’t getting a sequel.
Seriously sucks though. Days Gone is absolutely amazing, play it if you haven’t already.
That game at times looks so beautiful
It was boring
Ryse: Son of Rome was spectacular! It looked amazing, the combat wasn't overly complicated but was still satisfying. The bosses were fun. The places across Europe they took you were really cool. The story was really good. There's nothing wrong with the game at all.
combat is very repetitive
It was a tech demo boring hack n slash cut it out you acting like it was a masterpiece
@@inyourgranmaass3605no he’s acting like it was a fun and good game.. which it was
You gotta be trolling lol
Spectacular, you're standards are terrible lol
I think Unity after it was fixed is arguably one of the best AC games. And I also loved Order 1886
Order 1886 sucked
@@philithegamer8265 its called having a opinion u think it sucked others don't
Unity is still broken. They didn't even fix the big issues with the controls and movement being so clunky,slow and unresponsive...the parkour is also still broken
@@rover5058 it's definitely not broken anymore lol your tripping
@@NacuaMatata The protagonist is a good for nothing POS in Unity.
Ryse honestly was addicting. Once you get into a state of flow you are getting these massive combos and getting perfect blocks and perfect finishers. It's honestly fun and looks great.
Why did you say "honestly" ? You were going to lie otherwise?
@@MASTERROSHIdb why are you nitpicking on him using honestly?
@@YggPrimethat’s what keyboard warriors do moan about everything 💀
The Order 1886 is underrated. It isn't bad, it's just a bit short. More than 7 years since its release I think the visuals are still amongst the best I've ever seen in terms of realism. I'm one of those who wishes for a sequel.
Yeah still find it incredible how good the graphics are for being a ps4 launch title I still intend to play it myself at some point
I absolutely predicted no1 on this list. Still don’t think it should’ve flopped. I really hope they give it the sequel it deserves. The order 1886 is a gem.
I’m so happy you mentioned The Order I’m right there with you like you said despite being able to beat it very quickly I absolutely loved the game and how different it was and really wish they had made another to show off what they are actually capable of doing with that universe
Honestly the order 1886 is in my top 20 if not top 10 , played it 6 months ago and still remember how good the blimp part was
@@shunakiyama6275 that’s what I’m saying! It’s a fantastic game and only downside to that game was how long of a game it was other than that it was fantastic!!
"...able to beat it very quickly..." "...what they are actually capable of doing..." A lot of negatives for a game you love...explains the sales perfectly .
@@mericanignoranc3551 just because a game is short doesn’t mean it’s a bad game buddy it’s just some feed back in my opinion I would of liked to see to make the game better than what it was.
People love talking games like valhalla, or reading games like control or alan wake. They dont like the order because its short but love re3 haha. Flopping doesnt mean it sucks, it just that people are different. People love first person games and thats it. They want it again and again, their taste is repetitive. I love the order and hellblade, most of people they dont like it.
I enjoyed the Order 1886. Would love a sequel personally. So much potential.
No thanks.
I skipped it and would skip a sequel
Agree they set up a sequel too
Yes, I played through it recently on PS5, the faces and clothes are still top tier even today
@@InnerRise so how do you know if you would actually like it if you didn’t give the first a chance?
@@jose131991
Reviews
Gameplay clips
Walk thrus
Articles
Watching it being played
Seeing enough to know it's a no for me.
Ryse son of Rome was fun af especially when you played levels with friends. Loved it, but it was forgettable. Neat for the time.
Unity was amazing to play with my friends. We kept doing the heists together and got all the gear maxed out and our players. Was amazing! We had such a blast playing it regardless of the technical problems with the game.
I'm one of those who liked The Order 1886, especially since I was dreading the 100 hour long games that kept getting more and more bloated. I wonder if it would've done better had they priced it at $40 or $30 out of the gate and later kept it as a $20 or $10 game. It had a lot of potential and the presentation was stellar at the time.
As for the Knack games, they were good enough, especially for something to play with kids like a Mario game but the drawn out story in my opinion didn't help. The story should've been kept very short and sweet "here's the plot" exposition in 30 seconds and move on. Kind of how the older Mario games start with a quick scene (e.g. princess is kidnapped, Mario is missing, Yoshi has to find Luigi, etc.) and then you're playing. Instead they kept trying to make it into this epic or classic story that was clearly never going to measure up. Admittedly, the gameplay was also rather simple but it too had potential (unlike the story).
Me to I actually enjoy TO 1886. I just went in playing it as a long length feature film. And I end up getting the plat for it. Was looking forward to a part 2. But unfortunately I blame Sony bc they called it the Gears of Wear Killer at the time before release. Then when sale's wasn't great they gave up on it.😐
I hate 100 Hour games......except the Witcher 3........Games like God of war, Spiderman, Days Gone, Horizon Zero Dawn that are like 30 to 50 Hours for the main story plus extras minus DLC are my sweetspot......Games like AC Creed...Too Long and repetitive.
This and Ryse were really just tech demos
The Order 1886 is absolutly amazing, i remember getting it on launch day and beating it the next morning...took me roughly 5 hrs and it left me wanting so much more..the length was a major bummer but the narrative and visuals were outstanding...
Still have that glimmer of hope that Sony will greenlight a sequel, even if the original devs have moved on to facebook gaming division i think? Sony can still give the sequel to someone who will perfect it.
I would buy a sequel even if only another 8 hours
@@bettergetdave i would buy it for 5hrs lol, ofcourse not for full price just like every games i buy.
@@bettergetdave I’m dying 🤣 but I would too
I loved this game!
You didn’t say anything about the gameplay? That’s why this game is overrated
I feel like Cyberpunk 2077 should have been on this list...
The game looks really good although it had a lot of bugs and glitches at launch and CDProjekt Red had to face a lot of backlash...
I know right?! This list was literally created for cyberpunk. I’m so shocked it didn’t even warrant a mention.
I'm guessing because Cyberpunk 2077 sold something like 13 million copies on its first week or so, so wouldn't be able to be considered a financial flop. Just a buggy mess at launch 😅
Game itself is very good. It was buggy at launch, but gladly, they patched it.
It's CDPR's best selling game and they even made a lot of money, even with all the problems they had and people are still buying it and support the game now. Would have been a bad choice for the list because it didn't flop.
Well that game didn't flop. It sold well and got good reviews, so it wouldn't make sense to put it on this list.
Am I the only one that loved Ancestors? Stunning game, really liked that there wasn't a clear goal except to evolve, felt like something different
currently trying to complete it. I love it!
Loved that game !! Got me into survival games
Idk I hated it. It’s concept on paper was good but poorly executed
@Sebastian Valencia trust I’ve learned. I want to like the game I’ve tried playing it so many times just way to little reward for me I hate back tracking
I enjoyed it, I just wished they had put more of an emphasis on evolution. Instead of just evolving from one form of primate to another that can maybe walk on two legs rather than 4, it would've been cool if you started as the monkey learning how to eat and drink and explore, then evolved into a neanderthal or caveman learning how to make fire, tools... stuff like that and so on and so forth. I was honestly kind of disappointed when I learned that the end goal in Ancestors was pretty much just evolving to be bipedal. I just expected there to be more with how much they were hyping it up.
I bought Unity when it came out, got extremely PO'ed and played it about a year later and loved it! I got a little mad at myself for not going back to play it sooner. I think I played it 3 times different ways. It's definitely worth giving it another chance
What is PO’ed ?
@@PatrickSwayzeOnDbol Pissed Off
This might be one of the worst abbreviations ever
Assassin's creed unity is very underated, highly recommend.
Same, I remember playing it back in 2017 and I absolutely loved it along with being able to play with friends. Definitely worth trying out
Hard disagree. It was such a chore playing that mess of a game.
@@eval_is_evil what exactly was a chore to you?
@@Z_221 Imagine getting this upset because someone doesn't have the same opinion as you, pathetic.
You guys never run out of ideas, always a interesting topic
Dude, Gameranx just repeats the same talking points, the same entries and topics over and over again for the past 5 or so years.
When I see games like Ryse and AC Unity I remember the beginning of the next-gen era of 2013 when PS4/Xbox One were launched and I actually feel that the graphics development in that era was unbelievable and much more impressive than the development we saw when PS5/XBOX Series X were launched. Literally I feel that several games that were released back in 2013/2014 have better graphics than many new games of 2021/2022. I really don't think that the current gen showed us a reason to make us feel that it's an evolvement from the past.
Play ratchet and clank ps5 and horizon forbidden west
@@catalinpaiu5285 Yes there are some good new games with amazing graphics but they're not something that we didn't see before. I mean old games like The Witcher 3 and Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain can literally compete with today's franchises when it comes to graphics.
Yeah honesty the only clear improvement i see on my ps5 compared to my base ps4 are load times. But that’s just me as an average consumer. And it’s definitely a better experience bc of that but as far as graphics i think there aren’t many games that push next gen consoles to its limits. Horizon being the only game i’ve played that was visually stunning. hopefully we get more games in the future that are next gen exclusive so that they push those consoles to their limits.
I think the jump for this generation of gaming was the fps increase (30 to 60) option. I agree that some of the games back in the day looked beautiful but the 30fps or lower kinda ruins it for me because I have been spoiled with having smooth framerate today.
Very true. Right now graphics are more like: oooh look this rock now actually reflects the light like a real rock would which nobody notices while when the ps4 came it out it was more like: now faces actually look like faces
Another game I would say ie Quantum Break. Apart from the whole TV show thing idea, the graphics and gameplay were pretty good. But gameplay felt kinda....restricted and story was too short. There was potential for more bigger levels...and cool powers
I agree with a lot of what you say, but I thought it was pretty good. I kind of liked that it had real actors in it.
Just played it this year, fantastic story and gameplay, I think it also had some issues at launch
I was about to post the same thing then I saw this, but I really wish we got a sequel or like a dlc for quantum break
I must say Ryse is a great game and the story was actually pretty interesting imo. The combat although repetitive was really great and the reason I got my Xbox at launch.
Agreed
Yup agreed absolutely loved that game played through it twice. And the online mode was pretty cool. For me the graphics, and story made it a great game it's a shame there's no sequel.
I'm a Playstation man but damn when my brother brought his Xbox I was hooked on this game.
Plus, say what you will about the Romans, that armor is pretty sweet. And the Roman setting isn't used too often in games either.
@@akl2k7 100% agree they really should use this setting more. Some great tales could be told if they took the risk to do so. Also the plot twist in the end should have warranted a sequel :/
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is definitely one too, the graphics are awesome but the game (although a very good narrative) the mechanics and emptiness of the map just didn't do it. I enjoyed the concept more than the actual game.
The narrative sucked but the mechanics thanks to 2 years of updates are awesome... the emptyness tho makes it boring as hell
I bought breakpoint recently and it really has been a good time playing with some friends.
I played ryse son of Rome after getting used to Arkham mechanics and it felt so good.. I didn’t know it sold bad I thought it was a great game, especially bc of the specials and all the different executions you could do.
Right it was one of my first games on Xbox one I have ZERO bad memories of it and actually wondered why they didn't continue the series
It was too short and repetitive
ok mendoza
I enjoyed playing both Knack games.
The Order: 1886 was an amazing game! The graphics were amazing! I finished it in 20+ hours because I enjoyed looking around, exploring the places ☺️
Agreed! I really wish there was more of it.
@@PhilipLautinJackson so do I! ☺️☺️
when people focus too much on graphics, and not so much on story or gameplay, you get a shitty game in most cases.
i like visual effects as well in my games, but there comes a time when you would rather focus more on playability over amazing graphics, if you want only amazing graphics, than it's a perfect marriage, but in most cases that alone does not make a good game.
@@5226-p1e the gameplay for me was really good too in both games, I did not only mean the graphics, my bad.
@@AlexandreeSantoss
ok, you are forgiven lol.
I think the biggest letdown was Anthem.. especially being that bioware produced one of the best series of all time, Mass Effect..
Ryse was an absolute delight, I really wish that there had been a sequel... it was one of those early generation titles that felt truly "next gen" graphically...
100%
Going from xbox 360 to Ryse and dead rising 3 I will never forget it it truly felt next level I wish these new consoles could give us the same but unfortunately they said they wanted to work on running games faster rather than another graphic update
I feel like Mass Effect: Andromeda should've been here. That final battle scene was SO BEAUTIFUL and epic. It was a mess at first but I played it last year full out and can't lie.. that's a beautiful game
Tbh I think that game was the reverse of this list. I only played it on release so can't speak for the game today. But I thought the graphics where kind of meh and not just the glitches just the art style and what not. Also thought the story and enemies where not that great. But the gameplay is something I loved! Combining classes and skills really took the ME gameplay to the next level and you could do some awesome shit with it. It's something I hope they keep in mind for ME4
The cutscene when they first fly to the desert planet is so weirdly good looking it's almost out of place. I swear that one scene and one scene only is on a higher framerate than the rest of the game
@@MrTerrorzone2012 gonna give it another play. Now it's playable. Not great and decent when you have nothing else to play but beautiful
The combat mechanics in ME: Andromeda was easily the best in the series, that gets overshadowed by all the other stuff about the game that people didn't like
Andromeda should have had the cool aliens designs that Anthem ended up with. A whole new galaxy and everything was just Star Trek humanoids with latex masks, robots, bugs, and lizards.
I loved the order 1886, the only downside for me, I wished it was bigger and I wished it had a sequel or something, since they did show you at the end of the game that sequel is possible.
I’m with you on The Order being under appreciated Jake! That world and story was interesting and the gameplay solid. Same can be said for Ryse: Son Rose imo but a sequel would’ve done those games wonders!!
Right when we got introduced to the vampires in the order….the game sadly ended lol. WAYYYYY too short imo.
The voice acting was superb in The Order
ah yes i remember why this game flop,2 Hours Walking 10 minutes action
Don’t forget Godfall, amazing graphics and it was really addicting! Or at least at the beginning. The game eventually got really repetitive, not the graphics or enemy’s. Just the combat, the combat was amazing but the combos felt slow and repetitive after you have done them a couple times. Not to mention the different ‘Vaporplates’, which are supposed to be the armor or class system. They look amazing and unique, just they are literally no different combat wise. Even though they are supposed to be. Game looks amazing and has potential, it just did so much wrong, more so then right.
I've remained interested in trying this game. Have they not fixed most of these issues since launch?
@@yourneighborhoodfriendlyme4242 I haven’t come across any bugs, it’s just repetitive. Not enough content.
That game is awful. My wife and I will play ANYTHING coop but that game is flaming garbage
True, Godfall looks good and has pretty decent combat, but once you learn all the combos, the endgame got boring fast. Most of the loot is garbage you would throw out/trade in for extra credits, and it would take too long to get any good epic or legendary gear. The "story" is pretty thin and sounds like a 14 year old wrote it, it was so bad. The lore and worlds they made could have been so much more interesting if they went into more detail about where the valorplates came from and stuff, but alas. It had so much potential and squandered it.
@@yourneighborhoodfriendlyme4242 1 month late but just bought ultimate edition it’s a very good game now apart from its plot is just really dull.
Worth it at a discount combat is fun worth playing.
i agree i actually loved ac : unity. once they worked out the bugs , it was a pretty incredible looking game , and i really loved the story that wrapped around the city , with the workers fighting back.
Best parkour system in any AC game and a very good protagonist. Probably my favourite next to Ezio and Kassandra
- AC Unity is peak AC.
- Knack 1 & 2 are genuinely great platformers,I really hope they make a third one.
- Ryse and The Order were great and deserve sequels, better than first games of some huge franchises.
We all love a graphically great game, but story, characters, and gameplay mechanics will offer a replay value to it despite its age. Great vid BTW
The reason why people are still playing graphically unimpressive games like CG:GO is because the core gameplay is pretty good. Consumers do care about graphic but not all of them. And companies need to understand this
Also because games like that can be played on a potato so the audience is way bigger
@@anthonyc5657 but lots of people who can run the matrix demo no problem are still playing the game.
But this is not about the playerbase. Its about the philosophy of these AAA studios:- good graphics = better games
No shit , csgo looks good.
Also why people still play World of Warcraft lol, a game that came out in 2004.
I dont understand how CSGO isn't considered repetitive yet you basically do the same shit over and over again but other games that use even a similar gameplay loop are called repetitive.
*RYSE* was just a blast and I was blown away by it simply based on a GREAT narrative and set pieces which hooked me from moment one. Best $5 I ever spent on a game and I loved every minute of it
If RYSE was released by SONY the critical response to this game would have been vastly different. Good game, that was bashed because it wasn't God of War...
@@haiasieel6099 game was shorter and more QTE laden than even the order 1886 (Sony’s rise) was. The criticisms are justified.
@@jose131991 disagree, at least anecdotally. The Order kept me playing for less than a couple hours before i tapped out. It looked great but played like a tank and just was not interesting.
Ryse had as mentioned great set pieces. Coliseum fights, giant unparalled battles, interactive objects, and a story that is as good as any game. By the time I was half way through I thought I was Titus and by the end?
My name is Damocles, and I am vengeance. I need to play it again now that I think about it. Great game and fun combat
I just finished replaying Rage 1, which is considered a commercial failure.
The visuals aged really well for this 2011 game. The environmental design is fantastic, every character has distinct look and animations are lively. And it honestly just plays really well for the most part.
It's biggest issues are some of the bugs that never got fixed, UI was not optimized for mouse and keyboard, level layout is incredibly constricted (it's a corridor shooter with overworld that is just a maze of corridors you navigate on a car) and worst of all, it very obviously has too much cut content. Moments where future side quests got foreshadowed and never came to be, fabled General Cross who never even appeared to say 1 word before sequel, and finale that is just a gauntlet of mob fights without any named boss fight (where previously there were 3 boss fights in this game).
It is obvious that this game could have been much more, and it looks fantastic despite it's age, but it failed, likely due to development hell, and sequel took franchise into significantly different direction that many fans of the original do not appreciate.
Knack was 30% baby game for little kids and 70% brutal slog through some of the toughest combat encounters I've ever seen
100% spot on, harmless on the surface, a completionists nightmare
Well said
Great video! Just as a small note, the zoom at around 6:36 doesn't target Notre Dame, it shows another church. Notre Dame is iconic and features double bell towers while the church in the video only has one and in a different configuration.
That said, AC Unity has always been graphically fantastic after the first patches!
You're not alone Jake, I too yearn for a follow-up to The Order 1886.
Does any1 remember the original prey game that came out near launch of the Xbox 360? You were a native American and his girlfriend was abducted by aliens. Such a good game and got no love
It had the coolest part that I've ever seen which was never replicated in any game ever again. Remember the tiny floating planet in the glass case that you portled onto and then fought some aliens while running around a tiny planet watching the room go upside down as you got to the south pole? That was dope.
@@Mockingbirdkids YES!!! and the relative gravity that changed when you went into the different portals
@@Mockingbirdkids That sounds crazy lol
It was properly epic and _so_ innovative.
Yup, it had Portals before Portal! Though admittedly they were static ones.
I love these lists because these lists don't always indicate bad games, just not successful ones.
I'm definitely going to check out Ryse : Son of Rome. And nothing about it strikes me as bad.
Had a ps4 since 2015 bought a one s in 2018 to give the xbox exclusives i never played a shot, gotta say ryse was a pretty good game if not for the odd frustrating boss battle
Prepare to be disappointed
It wasnt THAAAAAT bad, is not that awesome either, but you can enjoy it
quicktime event simulator
Personally thought Ryse was pretty awesome, I thought the combat was fun personally too
AC Unity is far from a flop, my friend. Sure, the release was bad, but most of the bugs and stuff got patched. I played it not long ago, and absolutely loved it, as it is my second favorite AC game
Even then, this game’s sales were still actually pretty good. You gotta admit though, the bugs were pretty funny.
The new system that Unity brought in aka continued with Odessey, Origins, Valhalla are the cream of the crop of AC games.
Previous titles were too childish and old crappy designs that had to go = Stale!!!!!
As for The Order 1886 - honestly, there were very few things that needed fixing. Basically only one, really - more content. Its biggest weakness, like you said, is the length. Also the 100% repeated (and only) boss fight.
Add more levels, more bosses, and maybe add coop - and it would have been a great game. It still can be Sony's own Gears of War - something that their library could really make use of.
If I was making decisions, I would say - make a co-op sequel at least 15 hours long with minimum 3 distinct bosses. Include a story recap in the beginning, for those who never played the first one. And it'll sell like hot cakes.
I mean, a victorian era coop shooter with steampunk and teslapunk guns versus wherewolves (and add other beasts for variety) - what is not to like?!
It was basically a glorified demo.
@@christiandoyle3091 literally a phenomenal demo lol
AC Unity is one of my favorite AC games. I was lucky that I didn't experience it at launch, the first time I played it was last year. But its just so good. Unity and Syndicate just couldn't overcome Unity's terrible launch and are probably the last true AC games we'll get.
I'm about to play Unity, never played it before but looks good. I loved Syndicate too
@@danthompson489 Prepare to occasionally (once every few hours) reload a checkpoint due to something scripted failing during a mission*. Other than that, it's a really good game.
* Yes, the game has been patched, but that got it from virtually unplayable to merely buggy. It is quite enjoyable now, but it's not perfect, and I just wanted to point it out in advance so that you go into the game with that in mind and not get irritated when something undesirable happens. At launch, every 10-20 minutes, you'd simply fall through the map - no longer happening, but, like I said, occasionally something scripted fails, such as an NPC getting stuck (rare) or forgetting where it's supposed to go. The latter might happen from time to time, and in this case you can usually get it back to life by bumping into him a few times - again, not something that'll happen on every mission, but I think that I finished the game in it's fully patched state and it still happened from time to time - Unity is a long game, not like Valhalla, but lots to do and the share of generic filler in the overall amount of content is a lot lower than in pretty much any ACs from Revelations onwards, so definitely worth a playthrough.
@@ocudagledam I think it's sometimes better to play games like that so long after launch. You have generally lower expectations because of the age and are less likely to be disappointed because you've not spent £50-60 on it
Agree with you, those were the last true Assassin's creed games.
Unity is one of my favorite too, even played it twice, as I got to maximize the graphics on a better PC second time and also went on a city break to Paris, it is outstanding, I really don't get why they didn't kept those parcour mechanics throughout future games
"Ryse; Son of Rome" is genuinley one of my all time favorite games. I can't even tell you the amount of hours I've put into it, especially the online Coliseum portion. I wish there was a chance at #2! it coulda been a great foundation to build on. 🤷♂️
And unfortunately the game was disappointing, that a lot folks rather just wait for the game to go Deep sale to pick it up. Thank God i only pay for 4 dollars on steam so the wait was worth it.
I still think if a game sells a million copies its not a bomb.
Didn't crytek say they were interested in making a sequel to ryse?
@@freundmax4060 I haven't heard that, but I really hope so. There's plenty of Roman history, or even other countries military histories if they don't want to go back to Rome, they could use too create an awesome and attention occupying game. There's a lot of great features within Ryse that could pretty easily be expanded upon with the right creators
@@codythebeardless2429 I would really like to see more historic games especially about the Roman empire. The gallic wars alone would offer enough material for several games. And with the power of Unreal Engine 5 these massive battles could finally be adapted to games. Just imagine fighting against an union of germanic tribes in a legion of thousands of AI mates. Or fighting against them as a Gaul in stealth missions.
Gotta throw Mirrors Edge Catalyst in there too lol
Nah mirror edge actually good tho
How you doing, Mr Brown?
@@mr1professor893 performance sucked on pc unfortunately.
Ryse Son Of Rome is actually a really great game, the story, combat, and environments are very compelling. Unfortunately the game is just way 2 short in my opinion, if its length was doubled then we would really have a masterpiece on our hands.
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Exactly
everyone hates this game for some reason but personally i had fun beating it and still want to go back and 100% complete it
Considering you can get it for like $2 now it’s not that bad, but yeah launch price was rough
Nah the game is not as good as you are making it sound.
I played Ryse Son of Rome on Series S, and i was shocked to imagine this game coming out in the Very beginning of XO. Also, played AC Unity and The Order when they launched on PS4, and i was so in love with them, besides the thec problems.
It was a launch title. It started as a Kinect game. A lot of xbone launch games still hold up
Just started watching it. I’m going to guess The Order 1886 will be in the list. If it’s not, that’s my pick.
Edit: YES! MY choice was number 1! Gameranx, you did not disappoint per usual.
Same here man. When I read the title, I immediately said The Order would be number one.
Same. To me, The Order is the perfect example of graphics isn't everything. It had amazing graphics but nothing else.
@@crashngame514 it was such an anticipated game with great visuals and an interesting sounding story and weapons. What a total letdown.
I always thought shadow fall was VERY underrated. I got it for 9 bucks a couple years back at GameStop and it was a really good shooter and made good use of the DualShock features
Yeah it definitely wasn't forgettable, idk why he said that. Loved that game
While watching this list, I remembered about Driver 3.
Not only a good looking game for the time,
with some really cool visual effects (e.g. character changing transitions),
and a neat traffic/driving system (not strictly "good looks" category, but graphics' implementation none the less).
But also really interesting as a concept and impressively well realized overall in my opinion.
Yet it was the final gasp of a beloved video game series which once head-to-head rivaled GTA itself.
Thanks for your videos!
I recently fired up my 360 and played it Anson a couple months ago. It was a great looking game. Pretty fun too
Yes! I loved Driver 3 and thought it was very impressive with it's gameplay and cutscene graphics, especially for the time!
Ubisoft had a pot of gold called Assassin's Creed Unity. Everything about that game was awesome, but they had to launch it unfinished.
I’ve noticed that games that are launch titles don’t always sell very well because not many people have gotten the consoles yet. Then by time people start getting the consoles there’s more games out already and they just get lost into obscurity.
Exactly 💯
Yeah this happens a lot which is sad because by the time most people have the new consoles, the reviews on the launch games have bias many people into not giving them a fair shot. It's almost better to not have your game as a launch title 😕
i really truly hope 1886 gets a sequel or at the very least a spiritual successor it really deserves it!!! such an underrated game imo i loved every second of it
I absolutely loved The Order 1886. It was beautiful and I enjoyed the gameplay. Keep in mind I only paid like $10 or $20.
Still think that if EA didn't force them to launch Anthem half baked, it could have been a 8/10 easy. The little I played of the beta made me sad that we got this close to having an open world mecha game.
They had an idea but by the reports on its development that idea came like 6 months before its launch and then they tried to make something out of it I'm sure theres still something there but the stigma is hard to get rid of. They need to drop the game but salvage the idea
From what I heard, it wasn't EA's fault. Bioware management took way too long in the planning stages. When the E3 demo came out, they haven't even started on development of the game. In fact, it was an EA guy who told them to stick with the iron-man flying gameplay and build a game around that, or else they still would be toiling in the brainstorming stage.
That game was in development for like 7 years. You can't blame EA when BioWare are the ones who wasted all that time and resources.
I actually never had any of the issues that some had with unity and I still play unity now been grinding the coop missions for the platinum
you know they patched the game after launch and fixed everything right? lol
Unless you played at launch you probably wouldn't see many problems, if any...
@@Azhrei2000 I played at launch I got it day one
Gotta say I feel the same about Outriders. It just didn't live up to what I thought it would be and I thought it might've been more open world rather than linear. It wasn't entirely a flop and had fairly decent graphics as well despite some bugs on consoles. So I'm hoping the new Worldslayer update really improves on everything like they say it will. Would like another reason to jump back into it
What I feel alot of people didn't realize is its not a live service game its a do the story call in some help if needed but that's about it
Yeah outriders is not fun at all
@@BruceWayne-kw6hd yea, too many people didnt follow the game and went in with expectations grabbed from nowhere. Outriders was awesome. I pre ordered it and have just pre ordered Worldslayer.
@@hoofhearted4 I didn't beat it I got so far and dropped it because it became to hard for me
Well congrats because Outriders is getting an expansion :D
I really liked Anthem, I waited for patches that were promised but never came. Mechanics and flying around was really fun.
My family & I actually had a lot of fun playing Knack 2. I'll admit that the first one was a snooze fest & possibly the reason that held Knack 2 back but it really is an enjoyable journey especially playing it in couch co-op.
Knack 2 baby!
I just ordered all 3 Dark Pictures Anthology games in a bundle for $35 on Mercari. I’m looking forward to playing them.
I like your idea of The Order 1887 Jake! I loved the first game, though it should have been much longer. Ready at Dawn needs to run that one back in a sequel.
Hey they are making a new game that’s as long as until dawn and looks just as good check it out it’s called the quarry also the best one of the mini games of there’s is the ashes game worst is man of Medan I agree with the video
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I am looking forward to The Quarry! It has Deputy Dewey in it😂! All jokes aside, it does look awesome. Thanks for the heads up.
I remember Ryse. I bought it with first Xbox one at launch. It was actually a decent enough game but it felt more like a tech demo to show off what the system was capable of. I beat it in like 6 or so hours and played with the arena a few more and that was it. Was good but no replayability. As for avengers I'm one of the people who still come back to it from time to time. I thought the story and graphics alone were worth the price. The extra characters and small story content added along with playing missions with friends was just a bonus. The gameplay between characters is very different which gave it more replayability for me because it felt like it switched it up pretty good when changing characters. My one complaint was that you couldn't switch between characters in the middle of a mission like the ultimate alliance games
I think Mass Effect Andromeda should have been on this list. It looks pretty darn good but we all know what happened there. Also Babylon’s Fall, Battlefield 2042, COD Vanguard, Fallout 76, and Star Wars Battlefront II (even though it’s great now)
Andromeda is still a good game. Not exactly a good mass effect game but to say it’s a bad game would just be a lie. That release though… I didn’t think a game would beat it as the worst launch until after we got no man’s sky and then cyberpunk 2077. I still haven’t got cyberpunk yet after hearing about all the launch issues
@@Unknownusername1004 I’ve heard it’s amazing now with the Phantom Liberty DLC, but I’m gonna get it later on so I can judge for myself
The fact Ubisoft is a French developer makes AC: Unity even more embarrassing.
How? Because living in the same country as the game should make them magically better at finding bugs?
@@CasepbX You'd think making a game that takes place in a seminal part in their own history, they'd do everything to make this entry their magnum opus.
Publishers nowadays don't make any game "perfect" in the way that everyone wants but no one can really describe. It's graphics are amazing, animations are good, there's actual physics in it, mechanics that feel new and have never been done before, it has no awkward state of being that usually kills what would otherwise be good a game and it just flows well, (no god damn bugs) and an amazing storyline that feels compelling and does its actual job: Bring you to a place you can escape to and live in through the character's eyes and senses.
PS Killzone Shadowfall's MP will always live in my mind as the best I've seen to date. Had the right atmosphere, gunplay was fun and combat was realistic but unfortunately there was virtually no one playing it.
Days Gone and Mafia 3 also didn’t live up to my hype/expectations because both these games were graphically impressive but they were guilty of repetitive missions that mostly felt unoriginal level designs
Yes. Agree with Mafia 3. It had many glitches as well. The npc's in Mafia 3 behaved so funny that i laughed playing serious missions.
Mafia 2 was way better i feel😁
Mafia 3 you can grow and cross breed marijuana as a grower that was fun but yeah its decent
Mafia 3 got better after all the updates it got
Days Gone was fucking great. It has a slow beginning but it picks up and tur s into an awesome experience
@@SirGibsonOfMel ikr!? I don't understand people hate for that game. It's beautiful, has nice gameplay and the story has lots of love and personality poured into it.
Order 1886 deserves a deep lore RPG style experience. The world was beautiful. The weapons were cool. They could have gone much further. It was obvious where content had been stripped prior to release due to lack of time.
The amount of people - my friends included - that still go on and on about how good Anthem actually was is frustrating.
It was a good game it's just everyone just believes a review over trying it themselves or are just to nitpicky and soft about everything nowadays
@@TheGrimBrowski It had no content at all, even my friends that say it was good say this.
@@Nym146 definately needed more content, I just liked what they gave us but yet not nearly enough content
@@TheGrimBrowski In my mind that would make it not good.
@@Nym146 to each their own I thought the gameplay was fun and smooth to me and sound effects were good and it never crashed on me and people gave up on it before giving it a chance so Bioware gave up on it.
Recently played Ryse myself. Kinda knew it was a flop back then, that's why I held back. Decided to just jump the gun on it since it was on sale for like, 2 dollars in my currency. One of the best 2 dollars I've spent on a game.
Assassin’s Creed Unity is the biggest shame, damn. To think Ubisoft would do badly with the game about Paris. I enjoyed parkour and fighting but the plot and an abundance of hideous glitches and bugs really hurt this game. Let alone they barely touched the Revolution. Shit.
I promise you the game is so much fun now if you go back into it with all the bugs patched up. It’s a damn shame it was released half cocked cause it’s, in my opinion, the last assassins creed game that kept strict to its roots.
Idk. France sucks. Kind of made sense a game set in France would suck lol.
@@loganatkins1171 dont expect a lot of people goin' back to it after its first impressions when it came out. Basically in other words folks played it, hated it and MOVED on to play BETTER titles. Just saying.
@@loganatkins1171 I did and it hasn’t really changed my opinion. Parkour’s great, the story sucks and no Revolution focused missions. The frame rate still sucks, though
I love the Ancestors game but I can never play further than changing generation maybe 5 times?
It's just so repetitive to the point where it's better as a solo roleplaying game than an actual survival game, essentially all the game is is you loading in, discovering 2 or 3 locations and then quitting it again.
They also really underdelivered on the crafting system, there's so much room for improvement and it seemed to me the first time playing it like they had way more ideas for features to add like the spiked walls, but they were on a time crunch and cut it short.
Regardless, it's still a pretty good game. Fun to mess around in for a couple of minutes, but extremely repetitive and boring after the first 20 minutes.
I'm hoping the sequel will improve!
I think every CoD after Ghosts is relevant to the list 😂
I was hoping that The Order was going to be in your list. Im playing it now and loving it. Graphics really hold up to todays standards even being such an old game. The Order 1887, bring it! Your list is definitely on point.
Why wasn't Driveclub mentioned? Still (IMHO) the most gorgeous-looking racing game and it's from 2014. In fact, Gameranx has yet to mention anything about Driveclub at all as far as I know! Please do mention this one in your next volume as it had a disastrous launch upon release but became a masterpiece of realistic graphics! Thank you for reading!
It sold 2 million copies, not really a flop at the time in 2015 and to date has 10 million players
You forgot to mention that Ubisoft changed all the controls in Unity but kept to the original game engine which maked it difficult for veteran players to go back and play it because they automatically try to use the old controls.
They completely changed the entire parkour system. It wasn’t the old one, it’s a system that only unity and syndicate used (with terrible changes)
This shows that's graphic is useless if you don't have a good story and gameplay