You are right. I am a proud XB1 owner, but I do like the DS4. It is a better controller in my opinion, but the One's controller I like just fine and it works.

We'll, it's not entirely a joke, but it is slower than Xbox One. I really hope Sony invests the money they are charging now to improve their online infrastructure. They have a ways to go, though before catching up with Microsoft, who has been doing the online console thing for what....almost 15 years, now?

I agree with alucard below. Yes, you will have some trial and error, but you have to speak with a certain vernacular, just like Siri. I've got it down. Maybe 1% error rate now (which is to be expected, but is awesome for something so ambitious,) and.....these guys are not experts. I call Bias!

I agree - every person that has come to my house to see the Xbox One I show them Ryse to showcase the power and potential of the new Xbox - no one has said they didn't like the gameplay or the audiovisual presentation which is pure brilliance.

God the review sounded like a 10 - I might give it a 9 if it's really as good as the last one, but I'll have to play it first.....

I agree with voodoo's post below - this reviewer obviously set it to easy and ran straight through the game to meet a deadline. these reviews sometimes totally don't represent how we as gamers will play these games on our own time.

he says you seen everything the combat has to offer in the first hour but fails to mention that many different enemy types and attack types happen throughout the course of the game. I guess he just pressed the corresponding button flashes and didn't take the time to learn the executions and actually execute them with skill which made me enjoy the combat as time grew on because I wanted to get better at it!

He also mentions there's no sense of exploration - I guess he didn't bother to hunt for all of the collectibles that are scattered around - oh wait he didn't even mention that the game had collectibles for people who might care, you know....

The script was laughable and dialogue was iffy? So how did it get a + at the bottom under the score? this guy is nuts!

I thoroughly enjoyed playing this game - it was visually and audially spectacular - it's a game that doesn't pretend to be what it's not, so I don't see how that constitutes a 4 which is "poor" - this game was excellent! don't trust this guy, as I never will again