Crysis is far better than Demigod. If you say Crysis deserves less than a 3/5 then Demigod deserves a 1 (your reasoning, not mine).
RE got numerous postive reviews.
Demigod got numerous negative reviews.
I have seen xplay long enough to know their reviews are not good enough to make a purchase on.
Good work, but G4 has been known to give really bad reviews. Crysis got a 3/5 from xplay but high reviews from other sources. Resident Evil 5 also got a 3/5.
If anyone must know, all a "review" really is, is just the opinion of that reviewer. And, on the opinion of that reviewer, they enjoy the fun that comes from playing the game Demigod more than the fun that comes from playing Resident Evil 5 or Crysis.
Now, to get down to the basics of why those other games didn't score high is that their mechanics are nothing truely fun.
I'll look at Resident Evil 5 first:
The game has the action very limited, the enemies all pause and slow down when approaching enemies, guns can not be fired on-the-go, and overall has the feeling of a railshooter. The AI for the game was very bad, the horror aspect wasn't quite there (mostly because it was daytime bloom gallor), and the boss fights came down to nothing more than buttom mashing event spams. The graphics were good and the zombies unique, but come to gameplay and it wasn't that fun.
As for Crysis:
If you can get a computer to play it (at the time of the game's release, barely anyone could get the game to run at a good framerate on a PC), the game was good. However, if you get right down to it, all the game was was an upgraded version of Far Cry with a guy in a fancy suit and an alien conspiracy. Physics were nice, graphics were the best ever released at the time. Gameplay was a reminder of Far Cry except with a few new tools as the main character goes around an island were a bunch of enemies are there to kill. Overall a good game, however people hyped it way too much for the graphics alone. But, for a shooter, it wasn't anything top notch compared to other things out there or coming out (Halo, for example...I know it's a console game, but the overall gameplay, story, and style were very unique fun and exciting).
Demigod:
Single player is lacking story/depth, however this game is mainly a battle-arena style game (says so right on the box).
Reading the box:
- Revolutionary Combination of action, strategy, and role-playiing
- Choose from an array of demigods, each with radically different power
- Leve-up your Demigod's skills and abilites and unlock powerful achievements
- Fine-tune your arsenal with hundreds of items and strategic upgrades
- Wage massive, world-shattering battles across a series of awe-inspiring arenas
- Dominate in single-player battles or take on up to 9 other players online
And the images match those that are on this site too. But overall the game has exactly what's described on the box, is very fun, and has an unbelievable replay value. The only thing that is slighly off is that last line that should read "Dominate in single-player battles or battle with and take on up to 9 other players online," that would clarify that you're teamed up and there's no way you'll actually be facing in a free-for-all against 9 others (unless they choose to update so sometime far in the future).
Again, the bottom line is that it comes down to taste, and as an RTS/RPG game Demigod tastes mighty good.
