• Ryse: Son of Rome review: one long fall
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nobody is shocked
3 hour long campaign 3 moves Microtransactions Same enemy with different models throughout the 3 hour campaign The future of gaming. Looks like Crytek has lost their knack.
Crytek never had a knack. They certainly have some talented artists though.
Jesus Christ, the 15 year old you guys got doing the video reviews need a better mic.
Should have stayed a techdemo of some sorts, the gameplay looked incredibly dull.
[QUOTE=Riller;42935275]Jesus Christ, the 15 year old you guys got doing the video reviews need a better mic.[/QUOTE] Not necessarily the mic's fault, he just doesn't do much to control his breath. Especially during pauses you could hear how he didn't even face away from the mic, so you could hear him breathing the whole time. Pop filter might help for the occasional noise bursts. The actual mic quality was enough tho imo. [QUOTE=junker154;42935318]Should have stayed a techdemo of some sorts, the gameplay looked incredibly dull.[/QUOTE] IIRC it doesn't even run at 60fps, so I don't think it would have made for a good tech demo either.
Nevertheless it's visually very impressive, especially for a console. I think they did a good job with it, but only in that regard.
It's nice to look at, but seems incredibly boring to actually play.
Ones of people surprised
[QUOTE=Midas22;42935229]3 hour long campaign 3 moves Microtransactions Same enemy with different models throughout the 3 hour campaign The future of gaming. Looks like Crytek has lost their knack.[/QUOTE] At first i thought they are making microtransactions to the singleplayer then i realised it had a multiplayer. I guess no games can go without adding some sort of multiplayer these days.
[QUOTE=Marik Bentusi;42935540]Not necessarily the mic's fault, he just doesn't do much to control his breath. Especially during pauses you could hear how he didn't even face away from the mic, so you could hear him breathing the whole time. Pop filter might help for the occasional noise bursts. [/QUOTE] A pop filter would not have helped much in this case, his face was way too close to the mic and the gain too high. Sounds like he was using a USB mic, which was his first mistake.
I really miss the old Crytek.
It's ok, the fall is also a quicktime event that you can't fail
I would love game set during Rome but a one that's good besides Total War Rome.
I get this weird feeling that I'd still really enjoy it. But I probably still wouldn't finish it.
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