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Check Out Xbox One Exclusive Ryse: Son of Rome's Single Player in Three Impressive 1080p Videos

Microsoft just released three new and impressive gameplay videos of the Xbox One launch title by CryTek Ryse: Son of Rome, showcasing three different single player levels of the game.

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abzdine3850d ago

doesn't look like there is contact when he simply hits the ennemies..

xHeavYx3850d ago

I think it looks violently cool, but the AI doesn't seem very smart

Blackdeath_6633850d ago

i don't like the way he seems to glide over the floor from one enemy to another. combat system seems half baked. many repeated actions can be seen already in the 2:18 min long video.

dantesparda3850d ago (Edited 3850d ago )

Not impressed sorry, the animations arent impressive (stiff)and the enemies arent impressive either (low polys). The best looking thing about it is your character when it zooms in. Remind me of what Heavenly Sword looked like for its time (btw, i wasnt really impressed by that at the time either, sorry, i just call it like i see it).

Dont get me wrong, im not saying it looks horrible, but its just not the graphical powerhouse the fanboys are trying to make it out to be

Autodidactdystopia3849d ago

@Blackdeath_663

Fixing that is much harder than you think.

Name me off some hack n slash games where that isn't present.

Only game I know of that even claims to fix that problem is ea's NBA 2k series. Where the feet are actually rooted and don't slide around.

in other words what method would you use to correct this? How would you keep player animations lined up so that moving characters into alignment so they were actually hitting eachother didn't slide their feet?

and how much processing power would be required to do such a thing realtime and dynamically in a crowd of npc's?

From what I can tell all major h/s games have this problem and it is not limited to crytek...

God of war 1 2 3 ascension
Ninja gaiden
Devil may cry heavenly sword
gears of war
metal gear solid
all of them have this problem,

Its a rigging/animation/navmesh nightmare and for now its not cost to performance effective to try and eliminate.

LonChaneyTV3849d ago (Edited 3849d ago )

I have a high end PC and yet i can't help to think how sweet this game turned out. this game is one of the best examples of optimizing done right for the hardware.

4Sh0w3849d ago

Oh man, I don't care about the naysayers I can't wait to play this game. That looks awesome and the cinematics are so well done it just adds a lot to the setting and brutal action gameplay.

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Enemy3850d ago (Edited 3850d ago )

Not according to Game Informer. http://n4g.com/news/1388221...

LOGICWINS3850d ago

Woah woah wait....people have different opinions on a game?

You don't say?

/s

Abriael3850d ago (Edited 3850d ago )

listen. I'm skeptical myself, but since when game informer has ever been credible on anything?

Especially when they spout that kind of hyperbole. I played the game, even if it was a few builds ago at Gamescom, and it had definitely very little to do with dialing numbers.

Clickbait is clickbait, and game informer has gotten good at it.

christocolus3850d ago

lol..not you again....lmao..ign, kotaku and gamespot actually liked it.

Outside_ofthe_Box3850d ago

That Game Informer article is indeed a click bait article and the expert of submitting click baiting articles, Abriael, has officially confirmed this. ;)

sobotz3850d ago

IGN said this game is totally awesome.

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HammadTheBeast3849d ago

@sobotz

IGN also called CoD Ghosts a "masterpiece" and gave it a 8.9/10.

JackISbacK3849d ago

yeah you are right but people are having diferent opinion some people say that the game is not very inovative but still it is fun to play ,but here you can see that the maryius is very skilled and he was cutting enemies like sheeps ,but yeah game looks fun and these enemies were the most silmple one to kill ,but we were not there we dont know what button to press and how to play ,only reviews will teel or when we will play this game,but i'am waiting for more better news about xbox one ,like that some devs saying we can acieve same resolution on xbox one as we can on ps4 ,yeah we dont want this much big difference on xbox one.

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dale_denton3849d ago

this game takes no skill, just read that you can beat the game blind folded with one hand.

Hellsvacancy3849d ago (Edited 3849d ago )

It looks pretty good, it's the gameplay I don't like, I can't play games like Batman Arkham or Assassins Creed, they all play the same as, the combat mechanics are not challenging enough

Other than that it looks alright, I'm all for violence in games

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Abriael3850d ago

The video is 1080p. The output resolution of the game is 1080p. 900p does not look exactly the same as 900p upscaled to 1080p, so no. Nothing is misleading here.

JackISbacK3849d ago

but game looks amazing and here i dont mind its 900p but i'am dissapointed with multiplats theyt are very behind from ps4 ,yeah diiference is about 50% at some games and we are not gona tolerate for long ,i'am expecting some good news from ms about resolutiopns .

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BallsEye3850d ago (Edited 3850d ago )

The game uses the best layered hardware upscaler and good AA so it looks just like 1080p

http://s.pro-gmedia.com/vid...

http://s.pro-gmedia.com/vid...

http://s.pro-gmedia.com/vid...

Good AA and good upscaler in 900p can look better than 1080p without any AA. That IS a fact. Game looks great so stop stealth trolling.

http://www.ign.com/videos/2...

NEWEST IGN VID ,awesome forest!

claudionmc3850d ago

Good cinematic screens, really good I have to admit

Actual gameplay, however...

http://www.nowgamer.com/sit...

JCOLE131953850d ago

@claud That is a screen from the older build.

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Naga3850d ago

Eh, at this point everyone knows it's 900p upscaled to 1080p. It would be arguably more misleading if they showed a 1080p video but called it 900p.

UncleGermrod3850d ago

lmao, theres always gotta be one. their just saying the video is streamed at 1080p, in which way is that misleading?

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15 Best Ancient Rome Games of All Time

From underrated Xbox One launch titles to absolute emperors of the strategy genre, history heads will love these games based around Ancient Rome.

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Leeroyw396d ago (Edited 396d ago )

There's fifteen ancient Rome games?

LG_Fox_Brazil396d ago

Shadow of Rome was so freaking good

Sashamaz395d ago

I'm still waiting for the sequel.

HyperMoused395d ago

Ryse was awesome, i have no idea why it wasnt recieved well and why we havnt seen another, Rome conquered so much, you could take the action anywhere, and it looked great when xbox one came out, now would be even better.

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Ryse: Son of Rome Deserves a Second Shot

Ryse: Son of Rome was an Xbox One launch title that has been left to collect dust, but Crytek should set aside Crysis and give Ryse another shot.

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AngainorG7X651d ago

It was a great game, it had issues but it can only go up from here.

crazyCoconuts650d ago

It was just ok. Looked really good for an Xbox game though

Snookies12650d ago

"for an Xbox game"

Way to subtly throw shade there. It looked amazing compared to any game at the time it was released.

Never played it myself though, wasn't really interested in it personally. Plus it came at a time when I didn't own an Xbox console. But it was at least different than the usual copy/paste games we get. So I hope it gets another chance sometime soon.

Crows90650d ago

It was a crytek game though

1nsomniac650d ago (Edited 650d ago )

It was a stunning game on all basis. One of the standout games for Xbox as a whole. I ended up buying on pc as well… and yes nothing looked better than it in PC at the time either. Nothing just ok about it, definitely needs a sequel.

fr0sty650d ago

@snookies12, don't pretend like the Xbox One didn't struggle with being gimpled by its tiny pool of ESRAM as a frame buffer. It was significantly weaker than the PS4.

crazyCoconuts650d ago

Metacritic 60, user score 6.4. I'm not alone in putting it into the "ok" category...

VenomCarnage89650d ago

@snookies
Haven't played it but at least you know enough to defend Xbox over it. The game did look good, for an Xbox game. That's not some "subtle shade," it's full on reality.
I remember it being nearly the only graphically decent game on the Xbone for like the first two years after launch, and graphics were that games strength

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CrimsonWing69650d ago

I really enjoyed it. Bought it at launch even.

ManMarmalade650d ago (Edited 650d ago )

The qte's were disappointing though. God of war was doing it back in the ps2 days. As gorgeous as the game was, the gameplay needed to be updated.

annoyedgamer651d ago

I really liked the original Ryse but Crytek doesn't have the funds. The mismanaged their properties and let EA raid them with Crysis for the duration of their relationship. Right now they are working on Crysis 4, I doubt they can spare resources to work on a Ryse sequel.

gamer7804650d ago

It would have to be funded by MS, I really liked Ryse sure it got repetitive but the setting visuals and story were good

moriarty1889650d ago

MS should have funded a sequel to Ryse and Sunset OD. Two good franchises they definitely needed last gen.

annoyedgamer650d ago

MS is too busy trying to become the next EA, Ryse wont be on their list of titles to finance unless it gets a hipster makeover with lootboxes.

darthv72650d ago (Edited 650d ago )

I recently bought it for the steamdeck and have to say... 60fps is a game changer. I really wished MS had gotten a one x patch or series boost mode option but sadly, nope. Other games that definitely deserve a second chance (esp on steamdeck/pc) are quantum break and sunset overdrive. Both deserved 60fps support on one x / series but you have to go to PC for that.

Rumor has it Crytek had plans for a Ryse 2 but due to the low turnout for XB (at the time) it was shelved. They really should give this another shot. i dont care if its multiplat on PS and XB and PC and Switch... just so long as part 2 gets made.

babadivad650d ago

The game is automatically boosted on Series X

darthv72650d ago

sorry... but it's not. It still runs at the same fps the XBO did.

lelo2play650d ago

Game was good enough, not great.
Graphically it was top notch. Still holds well till this day.

Crows90650d ago

It only needed more enemy variety and few more movesets or weapons to use. That would have made the experience tons better.

MadLad650d ago

It was a good game.
Only time I saw quick time events actually make me feel engaged.

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Here are the new Xbox Game Pass Quests for August 2022

Xbox Game Pass Quests recently reset for the month of August. So if you try to collect as many Microsoft Rewards points as possible, there's a new set available now.

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anast657d ago (Edited 657d ago )

This is not what I would call value for money spent. They give you quests in liveservice games to get you "re-engaged" with the monetization schemes or to get you hooked or so you at least spend some extra on skins and loot boxes. Then they dole out paltry points after you have already paid extra for whichever liveservice within a liveservice that you are already paying for. My worry is people can't actually be that stupid to fall for this, can they?

littletad656d ago

Absolutely nothing in this comment makes sense. At all.

anast655d ago (Edited 655d ago )

How does it not make sense? O thy god of reason, shine some evidence upon us. Ryse of Rome, ESO,and AC: Origins are all live service games, between them you can get 275 points. Liveservice games are made to keep people spending. Therefore, Gamepass is a live service and the points are for playing live service games.

It is not my problem that this does not make sense to you, it is absolutely your problem. I mean it is all your problem.

Julion0715655d ago (Edited 655d ago )

Hate Xbox but comments in every Xbox article 😂 without making sense smh

anast655d ago

Bring the evidence and then your emoji might make sense.