So basically its COD with romans? A glorified tech demo to bring in the new current gen.. ah, what a way to start new tech! To give us the same shit we've seen before with 20-30% better graphics.
Zero Punctuation: Ryse: Son of Rome
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The lack of historical accuracy doesn't really bother me. I would have been cool if the gamehad been set during the punic wars, but I guess they went with barbarians because they thought they would be a cool enemy. It could also be because they felt barbarians represented everything that the roman empire was not. Civilized and advanced.
What bothers me the most is that the game just doesn't seem very fun.
What bothers me the most is that the game just doesn't seem very fun.
I don't know why some people say things like "it's a launch title, of course it's shit" when there have been some excellent launch titles in the past. There are always exceptions to the rule of course, but I think it's bad form to just look at a game and say "well, that's to be expected from a launch title."
Ryse, however, earned it's bad press and misgivings by looking horribly mediocre from the beginning. I can't think of a single person I know that was really 'wowed' by the trailer when it was revealed. So I'm not terribly surprised that the game is pretty much what most people expected it to be.
Ryse, however, earned it's bad press and misgivings by looking horribly mediocre from the beginning. I can't think of a single person I know that was really 'wowed' by the trailer when it was revealed. So I'm not terribly surprised that the game is pretty much what most people expected it to be.
Most of the respondents here seem to be sick and tired of AAA games but they still garner all the attention, don't they? All of the launch titles for the PS4 (that is, Shadow Fall & Knack) sounded like mouldy arse so I just ignored them. Currently my PS4 has an attach rate of zero but I've got my free game of Resogun and it seems like I'm having more fun with my machine than most (CoD-monkeys excepted, I assume they're happy). Obviously Resogun doesn't justify the console price but it's doing a fine job of tiding me over until the games I want appear.
It's too bad it sucks. I really like ancient Rome as a setting. Roman Legionnaires are regarded as some of the most badass badasses in history, so it saddens me to see a game where they're getting stomped by some roving marauders as opposed to...I'unno, Hannibal.
Idea, in fact. You play a Roman guard in an open-world crime-stopping sandbox game.
Idea, in fact. You play a Roman guard in an open-world crime-stopping sandbox game.
The first is a Doc Holliday quote I think, the second is by Francis Bacon, the third I believe has to do with death being inevitable (which would make sense for Silent Hill)Ulquiorra4sama said:
I'm in Sydney, however most of the main cities have high speed net, just not in every area. No different than other countries, it's not in every house. Still NBN will fix this if Abbott doesn't screw the population over.Rainbow_Dashtruction said:
But Yahtzee, the environments are pretty! 10/10 LOL
The beginning of the video is pretty much what Jim Sterling has been on about. Consoles now are just shit PCs. Sure there are exclusives but besides that, all the plus points go to the PC.
So, QTEs are just "Press X if you want to" now? Not even "Press X to not die"? You can't fail in this game?
The beginning of the video is pretty much what Jim Sterling has been on about. Consoles now are just shit PCs. Sure there are exclusives but besides that, all the plus points go to the PC.
So, QTEs are just "Press X if you want to" now? Not even "Press X to not die"? You can't fail in this game?
Oh my god! Prof. Farnsworth's experiments with Hitler's Brain were a success!EyeReaper said:
That first one's posted in a lot of wine-tasting rooms in California Wine country.Rangerboy87 said:
I think my biggest thing with this game is that when you get damaged your screen flashes white. it just makes it all a distraction it seems.
If they wanted someone to fight, they could always have gone with usurpers in various locales. They'd ship you out to Bulgaria to take on Regalianus, who has declared himself Emperor. Then you'd kill him and bring back his head, only to find out that Ingenuus is kicking up trouble in Croatia and Postumus is doing the same in France with both of them declaring themselves Emperors. So you'd go kill them and bring back their heads, only to find out that now there's four guys playing Emperor all the same time in Eastern Mediterranean....
Well, okay, maybe that'd get kind of repetitive, but the Romans had succession crises and usurpations like crazy.
Well, okay, maybe that'd get kind of repetitive, but the Romans had succession crises and usurpations like crazy.
People see the awesome graphics and assume the developer put the same effort into the rest of the game. This being in spite of the number of games we've already seen with breathtaking graphics and mediocre gameplay.SonOfVoorhees said:
The excuse is that these types of games sell despite numerous releases in the past that have awesome graphics and mediocre gameplay. This will continue until people stop supporting this type of development, until that day you can be sure we'll be seeing more games like this.
Fair enough, I've only ever lived in Sydney, though I do recall hearing Canberra got the NBN first for obvious reasons. Either way my point about Abbott being a twit stands.Rainbow_Dashtruction said:No, ONLY Sydney has that fast internet in Australia. Every other major city (except the Gold Coast) has faster then most of the other cities, but no where near 100mb/s.
I have enjoyed the game myself.
Then again I have decided to play it in one hour chunks.
It's not terrible I can say, it's decent for that it is.
Then again I have decided to play it in one hour chunks.
It's not terrible I can say, it's decent for that it is.
The so called barbarians beat the Romans many times throughout its history heck in the early years Rome was sacked by Gaulish tribes. Therefore I wouldn't suggest that the Barbarians were not a threat to the Romans, the only reason Caesar was allowed to conquer Gaul was because Rome feared Barbarian tribes might move into Italy. You may want to look at battles like Teutoburg Forest that show that the legions were far from invincible.rcs619 said:
That said i do agree that had the story revolved around the Punic wars it would have been far more engaging, why make up false history when the real think is much better. Although i doubt how well the elephants would have been implemented into a hack and slash game.