Ryse: Son of Rome

SuperFranky

Just finished this game on PC. Took me around 5 or 6 hours to beat it. Played with everything on MAX in 1080p and got 55-70fps on i5 and GTX 780 OC. Holy shit, this is the best looking game ever, there's no doubt about that! Crytek's artists and tech artists and engineers are the best in the industry, I think. It's so good looking you forget that you're playing a game sometimes. :thumbup:

But the game itself is pretty bad. Shallow fighting system a-la Batman but without anything fun that gets super repetitive after 30 minutes. You can clearly see that it was a Kinect game at some point. It's probably the Crytek's game I enjoyed the least of all.

Well, at least I enjoyed the art a lot and it inspired me to work harder on my projects because I want my stuff to look so good too:)

TAN

Yeah this is exactly what Ryse is in fact You summarized it perfectly. And I agree with you.

Ark

I had this on order but sadly wasn't delivered for the weekend.

Heard the game wasn't rated to highly and the combat was repetitive and simple.
Still nice to play to look at the gorgeous art.

Did you play on Mouse and Keyboard? If so hows the implementation?

leleuxart

I've been playing on mouse and keyboard and it's... alright. The controls aren't that bad, it's just controlling the character/camera that can be a little annoying, especially when you're doing executions and can't see the enemy.

SuperFranky

Ark wrote: »

Did you play on Mouse and Keyboard? If so hows the implementation?

I only played on the controller. But it should be fine, because gameplay is very very simple.

cromadbomber

I have played it for few minutes today. Art is really amazing. Not just the graphics that amazed me but the overall architecture of the levels. They really nailed that antique architecture. Really good work on the art Crytek!

JordanN

Why does Crytek mess up their gameplay? They obviously know the graphics, so why not bring the gameplay up to par?

I'll admit I haven't played it yet but I would have been more hyped if the game actually played more like Ninja Gaiden or Zelda.

Ark

leleuxart wrote: »

I've been playing on mouse and keyboard and it's... alright. The controls aren't that bad, it's just controlling the character/camera that can be a little annoying, especially when you're doing executions and can't see the enemy.

SuperFranky wrote: »

I only played on the controller. But it should be fine, because gameplay is very very simple.

Ah, that's good to hear, was curious to how they translated the whole coloured QTE onto K&M.

SuperFranky

Ark wrote: »

Ah, that's good to hear, was curious to how they translated the whole coloured QTE onto K&M.

Well, you can't technically fail QTEs... So you can just push any button you want and still win.

mikezoo

man. i feel like ive been living under a rock. I had no idea it was out on Steam. I've really been wanting to play and check out the art. Nice to hear that the keyboard controls aren't awful. :thumbup:

SuperFranky

I'm feeling so inspired by this game right now, haha. I hope you guys find something inspiring in this game too Just be sure to play at the best settings possible, even if you have to sacrifice FPS for that.

weee

half way in, one question, are those cut scenes real time or pre-rendered?

SuperFranky

weee wrote: »

half way in, one question, are those cut scenes real time or pre-rendered?

Pre-rendered, that's why you don't see any loading screens. It's the same technique Uncharted used.

weee

SuperFranky wrote: »

Pre-rendered, that's why you don't see any loading screens. It's the same technique Uncharted used.

ok, well i think we are not far off to archive that in real time with Cryengine some day?

sziada

I really liked their moss tutorial

SuperFranky

weee wrote: »

ok, well i think we are not far off to archive that in real time with Cryengine some day?

The game looks in real time just as good, already.

Disharmony

Wasn't Ryse the game that used the microexpression motion capture head gear or whatever its called my lecturer showed me the gear the other day and I remember seeing it in a Ryse development awhile back.

oglu

its pre rendered but in the engine itself...

SuperFranky

oglu wrote: »

its pre rendered but in the engine itself...

And video quality is pretty good, so it's hard to notice that it's not real time sometimes.