Raven's Cry

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 129 Ratings

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  1. Avadon
    Feb 1, 2015
    1
    Oh dear God, this is a pre alpha sold as a full release. Before writing this, I thought I'd just be more efficient by listing the things that are NOT broken in it, but on second thought I can't really find much. From the very first moment you swing a weapon in this game, you'll know you've been had. The combat system and animations sent shockwaves of pure disgust down my bones. Ok,Oh dear God, this is a pre alpha sold as a full release. Before writing this, I thought I'd just be more efficient by listing the things that are NOT broken in it, but on second thought I can't really find much. From the very first moment you swing a weapon in this game, you'll know you've been had. The combat system and animations sent shockwaves of pure disgust down my bones. Ok, nevermind, I'll just go free sail like in Black Flag at least. NOPE. There is no free sailing. You go from predetermined point A to point B ONLY, and things might happen on the way. The facepalms almost went right through my skull. Is it worth it? Well, after 2+ years of patching and at a 90% sale, it might be. At least when nothing is moving it looks kinda nice.… Expand
  2. matthewdaniels
    Jan 31, 2015
    0
    well what can i say about this game i was expecting a top pirate game not a rip of of risen yes risen and black flag lot could have been done with this game i've played 5 mins of it and to be honest i'm lost as to what the story is and whats actually going on terrible voice acting terrible plot well is there a plot or just a mish mash of cut scenes that make no sense and the graphics wellwell what can i say about this game i was expecting a top pirate game not a rip of of risen yes risen and black flag lot could have been done with this game i've played 5 mins of it and to be honest i'm lost as to what the story is and whats actually going on terrible voice acting terrible plot well is there a plot or just a mish mash of cut scenes that make no sense and the graphics well their ok but still it could be better is the game as bad all the all time worst game ever ride to hell it could well be its a shame to be honest i had high hopes for this game instead all i got was risen 3 but worse and a rip off off black flag to boot only thing pirate about this game is the fact i bought it i was robbed… Expand
  3. Gradstudent
    Oct 17, 2017
    3
    A severe step back from the already middling Two Worlds 2, Raven's Cry hammers the final nail into Reality Pump's coffin. A juvenile script that constantly confuses swearing for "maturity" and "edginess," stock standard art design, heinous voice acting and arguably the worst combat animations I've seen in years. Throw in a huge mound of bugs and broken environments and you have one of theA severe step back from the already middling Two Worlds 2, Raven's Cry hammers the final nail into Reality Pump's coffin. A juvenile script that constantly confuses swearing for "maturity" and "edginess," stock standard art design, heinous voice acting and arguably the worst combat animations I've seen in years. Throw in a huge mound of bugs and broken environments and you have one of the most disastrous so far this year.

    For the love of god people, do not support these developers. They need to disappear.    … Expand
  4. DuuroMagazine
    Feb 7, 2015
    1
    Duuro Magazine Official Review

    The constant delays of the title, the minute release of information regarding it . . . it all served just to push that want of the title to see the light of day. At the same time, those also served as warning signs of a faulty development cycle – and this holds true. While there is a spark of life to be found here, almost everything from the art assets, to    Duuro Magazine Official Review

    The constant delays of the title, the minute release of information regarding it . . . it all served just to push that want of the title to see the light of day. At the same time, those also served as warning signs of a faulty development cycle – and this holds true. While there is a spark of life to be found here, almost everything from the art assets, to performance, to the under developed mechanics, and even the obviously cut content. Everything about this title screams “I'm not a finished product”, though we see it for digital download all the same, and at full retail price at that. Long story short, this game is not fit for purchase.

    Don't consider this a review . . . this is a PSA.

    Don't buy Raven's Cry.

    Don't support these sort of decisions.

    Read the full review - http://duuro.net/ravens-cry-review/    … Expand
  5. RazielKain
    Feb 6, 2015
    2
    Shameful to release such a half finished, disjointed, and empty game. Terrible quests, empty maps, cliched forgettable characters and terrible voice talents.
    Even if every single bug gets patched, at the core is a terrible game. You can't patch that.
  6. johnfrum
    Mar 12, 2015
    0
    What a RIP OFF. If you liked Two Worlds and thought that the folks that made TW2 would produce something at least as good, think again. This game sucks and I wish there were a law that a game cannot be sold that doesn't work/isn't finished. It is outright fraud and I hope this studio goes bankrupt and the owners go to jail for fraud. GAME SUCKS.
  7. Datamari
    Dec 7, 2015
    1
    A poor excuse for a video game.
    Raven's Cry has to be one of the worst games i've played in recent years; it did nothing right. The game is completely broken, even worse than Sonic Boom's standards. The worst part about it is that it sometimes erases your game entirely! The game itself is trash; the combat is just mashing a button until you win, the frame rate is choppy, and the    A poor excuse for a video game.
    Raven's Cry has to be one of the worst games i've played in recent years; it did nothing right. The game is completely broken, even worse than Sonic Boom's standards. The worst part about it is that it sometimes erases your game entirely! The game itself is trash; the combat is just mashing a button until you win, the frame rate is choppy, and the dialogue is stupid. But do you want to know what the worst part about this game is? It's packed to the brim with homophobia, racism, and sexism. It's not like South Park: The Stick of Truth where they just mention it and move on, it's practically EVERYWHERE. Did they not see that it was offensive? This game is absolute disaster, it's so bad, it's painful. If you bought this game thinking it was a good game... I am so sorry.

    Raven's Cry gets a 1/10.    … Expand
  8. Imabouttodie
    Feb 9, 2015
    3
    Raven's Cry is a good looking game, but, look isn't everything. Raven's Cry has a really broken combat, voices are missing, and the ones that are there are really bad. Graphics are good, but poor optimization, resuming, this game looks like an early access game on steam. And you can't travel in sea, just in a map to point A to point B, and B to C. Don't buy, just if this game pass in atRaven's Cry is a good looking game, but, look isn't everything. Raven's Cry has a really broken combat, voices are missing, and the ones that are there are really bad. Graphics are good, but poor optimization, resuming, this game looks like an early access game on steam. And you can't travel in sea, just in a map to point A to point B, and B to C. Don't buy, just if this game pass in at least 3 years patching, and reduce 60% of his price.… Expand
  9. Kadeemluvmusic
    Dec 16, 2015
    0
    As much as more crappier than Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5, I would put Raven's Cry as the ultimate worst games ever. After the buggy but slightly decent MMO Two Worlds, the folk's over at Reality Pump thought it would be a great idea to make a somewhat Assassin's Creed lookalike into a total farce. There's so much wrong with Raven's Cry. When I looked it up at GameSpot in its review, IAs much as more crappier than Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5, I would put Raven's Cry as the ultimate worst games ever. After the buggy but slightly decent MMO Two Worlds, the folk's over at Reality Pump thought it would be a great idea to make a somewhat Assassin's Creed lookalike into a total farce. There's so much wrong with Raven's Cry. When I looked it up at GameSpot in its review, I thought this reminds me how bad Ride To Hell: Retribution really is and now you have the opposite of sucking so hard. All I'm saying is, the script is lame, weak mechanics, incohesive level design, shoddy voice acting (Take notes, OG Resident Evil), and surprise. Millions upon millions of cringeworthy bugs galore. I hope just like they removed Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma, wait till I'm laughing at this game while Steam should do the right thing as well.

    As a matter of fact, I should make my own Change.org petition and send a message to whoever made this crap. Just make a disappearing act and go away for good.    … Expand
  10. IamEVIL
    Jan 21, 2016
    1
    This game awfulness is so sad that i just can't give it a 0, all games that are this awful are usually at least fun, like Rambo. Even though, horrible story and character, the first time i saw a developer hoping to make a character that we don't like, a racist, rapist, killer pirate who doesn't reminds us at all of Edward Kenway or other famous pirates in fiction. The game has a horribleThis game awfulness is so sad that i just can't give it a 0, all games that are this awful are usually at least fun, like Rambo. Even though, horrible story and character, the first time i saw a developer hoping to make a character that we don't like, a racist, rapist, killer pirate who doesn't reminds us at all of Edward Kenway or other famous pirates in fiction. The game has a horrible art direction, an awful engine, with an awful combat system full with bugs and such thinhs like that. The small fun i mentioned comes from the ship combat, that as awful has anything other in the game is, it's still very intense and real. Just don't buy this. For Christ sake… Expand
  11. jimmyrustles1
    Dec 29, 2015
    0
    An early alpha game being sold as a full game. Runs terribly even on powerful PCs and is clearly unfinished. Don't give your money to these lazy scammers.
  12. Borisas
    Feb 2, 2015
    1
    Raven's cry feels like an early access game. It feels like a game in its alpha stage. The mechanics, ideas are there, but the way they did everything is extremely bad.

    The game feels sluggish, movement is somewhat responsive, but it doesn't feel like you're moving a person, more like a box with a pair of legs. Combat is absolutely horrible, it's binary and is basically one button    Raven's cry feels like an early access game. It feels like a game in its alpha stage. The mechanics, ideas are there, but the way they did everything is extremely bad.

    The game feels sluggish, movement is somewhat responsive, but it doesn't feel like you're moving a person, more like a box with a pair of legs. Combat is absolutely horrible, it's binary and is basically one button mashing until the red bar on the top of your screen disappears, no skill needed. Not to mention the forced stealth sections that were put in the game for absolutely no reason at all. Tutorials on anything are absolutely horrible, it's like they've been done for the sake of being done, not to teach the player how to play the game.
    There are quite a few cutscenes in the game and they all are awful. Voice actors don't even seem like they are trying, lip syncing is either very bad, non existent or the mouth literally does not move. Sometimes there is no voice at all only the mouth movement, or neither of the two. The characters barely move during cutscenes - the entire face is stone cold 90% of the time, no facial expressions regardless weather the character is shouting, scared, angry, etc.

    There is one good thing - the ship fighting, it's pretty interesting, has nice mechanics, is somewhat well made.

    There is no way this game is worth 49.49€, not until they finish it. At best it's a 10€ project in it's alpha state.    … Expand
  13. art_23
    Feb 2, 2015
    0
    I just played like 5 to 10 minutes of this game and was stunned by poorest gameplay, fighting scenes and childish "swearing". There`s not much can be said about this game. It`s disaster. This game needs more time. Like a lot of guys said, it seems it`s in pre-alpha stage.
  14. Type4101
    Feb 6, 2015
    0
    Anyone who buys this game, and supports these criminal "developers" (I use the term loosely) deserves to have a spider crawl up their urethra. Actually, I take that back...having a spider crawl up your urethra would be more pleasant than playing this broken, unfinished, cash-grab masquerading as a game. So anyone who buys this game deserves to play this game through to the end (HaAnyone who buys this game, and supports these criminal "developers" (I use the term loosely) deserves to have a spider crawl up their urethra. Actually, I take that back...having a spider crawl up your urethra would be more pleasant than playing this broken, unfinished, cash-grab masquerading as a game. So anyone who buys this game deserves to play this game through to the end (Ha Ha...jokes on you....you would kill yourself in despair long before getting to the end of this pile of feces...if you could even get to the end, which you can't, because the bugs won't let you!). Don't buy this game, or any other from these thieves.… Expand
  15. DrugsMeazureTim
    Feb 6, 2015
    2
    it's obvious to see this game sucks. reality pumps are getting to a hell of pieces.
    i rather to play the abysmal risen 3 than ever play this thing again. my official contender to the worst game of 2015.
  16. Yosa
    Feb 1, 2015
    3
    I've kept my eye on the release of this for a while hoping that it would live up to its hype; firstly I don't consider this open world, it is more a collection of locations that you may fast travel to with no meaningful exploration and areas that are closed of by barriers, invisible walls and abrupt messages of "you can go no further, turn back".

    There is no free sailing on the seas to    I've kept my eye on the release of this for a while hoping that it would live up to its hype; firstly I don't consider this open world, it is more a collection of locations that you may fast travel to with no meaningful exploration and areas that are closed of by barriers, invisible walls and abrupt messages of "you can go no further, turn back".

    There is no free sailing on the seas to attack ships or around the islands, the towns have little to offer in the way of interaction, its a far cry from the elder scrolls where you may loot even the forks off the tables, explore anywhere, interact with any npcs you see fit, you get the picture.

    As well, I was underwhelmed by the dialog, there was a great deal of echo in much of the voice acting, may characters lines were silent , the language and swearing would seem over the top and out of place
    perhaps if I played longer it would improve, I doubt it.    … Expand
  17. Razor66
    Feb 6, 2015
    0
    You can't even call this "a game". Is an unfinished mess, a huge bubble of bugs, ridden with emptiness, abysmal voice acting, broken sound system and laughable combat.
  18. Aresius01
    Feb 1, 2015
    7
    Hmm i see all negative reviews, i dont think game i so bad, it have some bugs, but nice ship battles and trading. Ship looks good and i like fighting and upgrading ships. Fighting on land its nothing special, could be better. I hope developer update missing voices, its annoying. Graphic is no bad. Small amount side quest but quest are interresing and not like in mmorpg, there areHmm i see all negative reviews, i dont think game i so bad, it have some bugs, but nice ship battles and trading. Ship looks good and i like fighting and upgrading ships. Fighting on land its nothing special, could be better. I hope developer update missing voices, its annoying. Graphic is no bad. Small amount side quest but quest are interresing and not like in mmorpg, there are interesting. Story too is nice for me.
    If you focusing on ship battles and trading you will like it:)    … Expand
  19. Perun
    Feb 3, 2015
    7
    When people start hating some game they are like bees, total hive mind

    If you look on Assasin Creed pirate game, this is like 10x better when it comes to game mechanics, no idiotic arcade gameplay, actual challenge, no jumping around like moron and you can die in battle, in AC you just press F in right moment and you block everything and are immortal (something appealing to children and    When people start hating some game they are like bees, total hive mind

    If you look on Assasin Creed pirate game, this is like 10x better when it comes to game mechanics, no idiotic arcade gameplay, actual challenge, no jumping around like moron and you can die in battle, in AC you just press F in right moment and you block everything and are immortal (something appealing to children and console people without reflexes), not to mention nonexisting "stealth" mechanics in AC (which is stealth game)
    Yet that game gets 9-10 points because it is pretty and have studio with hundred employee and huge publisher backing them so they can spent budged of Reality Pump only on voice actors, not to mention huge marketing campaign

    Sure, game was released in poor technical state and they should be blamed for that, its something unacceptable if you want your game to be successful (cant say I had problems with it, it works well for me), but just give them some time to patch technical issues and bugs    … Expand
  20. antarcite
    Feb 2, 2015
    7
    Raven's cry vs Assassins Creed Black Flag

    If you are waiting for a game as " assassins creed black flag" forget. But if you are waiting for a different game but similar to AC BF maybe this game is not a bad idea. This game is a different game but in many ways resemble the " asssassins creed BF" Despite my expectations are such a good game or better than " Assassins creed black flag"    Raven's cry vs Assassins Creed Black Flag

    If you are waiting for a game as " assassins creed black flag" forget. But if you are waiting for a different game but similar to AC BF maybe this game is not a bad idea.
    This game is a different game but in many ways resemble the " asssassins creed BF"

    Despite my expectations are such a good game or better than " Assassins creed black flag"
    The truth is that the legends are not manufactured every year , but rather appear from time to time . It is unfair to be demanding a computer game as good or better than the " Assassins creed BF".

    Let see:

    - Naval battles:

    Yes, it's identical to AC BF, but the commands are more complicated and the guns are not so accurate.
    We have various types of ammunition and unlike AC BF board the ship is not very easy.
    In this game we can buy other boats and make upgrades in them as in AC BF
    The line of fire is equal to the AC however has only one direction and is controlled only up and down. Has more realism to be this way, is not as arcade style.
    The death in the crew is the same as AC. Depending we being targeted the crew dies.

    - Trade and earn money

    Yes, we can buy and sell goods where it is most profitable.
    We won more board a ship instead of destroying it

    - Fights

    The commands are more complicated and not so spontaneous.
    We have various kinds of items to equip, swords, pistols, etc. and we can buy a wide range of options.
    Defend sword attack is much more hard than the AC BF, and sometimes it makes little sense. If we are not facing enemy no need to defend because we are always hurted.... The animation when the enemy is hit is not as good as AC BF.
    Ammunition for the pistol are very expensive. One bullet costs 100 (One shot only). change the ship's sails for example are 150 ..
    We can kill the enemy without him repair, but always on the ground as opposed to AC.
    Sometimes the movements are stopped, but it's nothing special.
    Only some weapons we can get from the dead bodies, but we can loot something else

    - Graphics, dialogs and history.

    The dialogues have a bug, sometimes the actors lose the voice and put subtitles to replace the sound.
    The graphics are good and the atmosphere is pleasant and realistic.
    We have the main story and many other quests over playing time.
    The graphics from time to time have bugs but nothing serious.
    Sometimes the player gets stuck in the scenario.    … Expand
  21. ACrutch
    Feb 5, 2015
    6
    Things to consider - This game was in production before AC: Black Flag was even a concept, and Ubi has a TON more resources opposed to the very small studio of Reality Pump, so stop trying to compare the two. TopWare makes the calls, and RP does everything in their power to make the best game they can with the resources they have, so also, give these RP guys a damn break. Granted, they'reThings to consider - This game was in production before AC: Black Flag was even a concept, and Ubi has a TON more resources opposed to the very small studio of Reality Pump, so stop trying to compare the two. TopWare makes the calls, and RP does everything in their power to make the best game they can with the resources they have, so also, give these RP guys a damn break. Granted, they're still charging AAA prices and that ultimately is hurting them, but again, that's the publisher's call, not the dev studio. With all that said the story is legit, and the graphics definitely have some redeeming factors. But let's all agree that this game is nothing like it could have been.… Expand
  22. DLH-Net
    Feb 2, 2015
    8
    The Story is really great. Of course there are some technical issues - but we had none of them. So we can´t talk about them. Gameplay is ok and the graphics of the carribbean is quite nice. We think after some patches it´ll be a great game.
  23. sdgdsgsdgs
    Dec 31, 2015
    5
    Game with bugs and poor optimization. Nevertheless, there is a good story and style. The game is quite diverse, it has something to do because a lot of quests.
  24. Rannigan
    Mar 15, 2016
    10
    I started this game expecting **** I was pleasantly surprised when It was GOTY, 10/10 Would play again.The main character is really gruff and tough, and the story is so good, you will **** your pants!

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Metascore
27

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 16 out of 16
  1. The Jimquisition
    Apr 24, 2015
    10
    It’s disgusting on almost every level, and the fact Topware is selling it for $54.99 is unforgivable.
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  2. CD-Action
    Apr 1, 2015
    20
    I suspect that if I took the ridiculous money needed to buy Raven’s Cry and instead spent it on a crate of pins, chewed them all up, swallowed them, followed up with salt, washed everything down with lemon juice and then excreted, I would have as much fun as I had in the Caribbeans by Reality Pump. [04/2015, p.52]
  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Mar 26, 2015
    48
    We take the role of Christopher Raven, who became a pirate captain after his family... ah, screw it. The game is terrible. I say that as a guy who honestly tried to become enamored of it for a week straight. [April 2015, p.62]
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