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Crytek on Ryse criticisms: We didn't show it in the best way

Speaking with MMGN, producer Michael Read said that unfortunately, what the team showed at E3 wasn't a good representation of the final product.

Pandamobile3842d ago

At least they're honest about it.

Pandamobile3842d ago (Edited 3842d ago )

Well yeah, they're explaining how a lot of the game mechanics weren't implemented yet and that they showed it before they should have.

Because it of all the buzz the next-gen consoles were generating, Crytek felt pressured into showing their work in order to capitalize on the exposure of being an early next-gen game.

They're admitting that it backfired on them when it QTE-heavy demo was getting mixed reviews from the gaming media. The primary focus of the E3 demo was on the visuals.

FamilyGuy3842d ago

What they showed at E3 was 1080p footage of Ryse, higher visual detail yet also having lots of glitches and jerky animations. Their final build is lower in detail because of the decrease in resolution but higher in quality because of the added shaders and (hopefully) fixed glitches and stable/locked frame rate.

A lot of games would have been better off shown at a later date. Devs should know better than to show us all the things wrong before the final build polish comes in to play.
I can understand it in betas but not at gaming events where media can tear them alive.

mochachino3842d ago

I have nothing against Ryse, it looks cool actually but I can't stand Crytek after never fixing the grain glitch in Crysis 2 for 360.

Vowed never to support them after that and never will. Their games have done poorly since too but they have been burning supporters for a while.

They are worst company at fixing bugs IMO so I'm not about to waste 60 bucks again and not be sure the company is willing to spend the money to fix game breaking bugs should the game sell under projections.

Convas3842d ago

Glad to see that they were aware of how poor a reflection that E3 footage was on the game.

Still one of my most anticipated launch titles though.

4logpc3842d ago

I have thought ryse looks great from the get go.

It seems like its going to be an 8-10 hour thrill ride. With amazing graphics and gruesome executions.

what's not to love?

christocolus3842d ago (Edited 3842d ago )

same here..this game will definitly sell well ...there is a sequel aleeady being planned.

iamnsuperman3842d ago

I really do not think it will sell that well. It hasn't been shown off very well (they admit that) and there are "better" more appealing games coming to the Xbox One on that launch day. I can see it being over severely over looked (the games-com impressions by IGN were not exactly favourable nor were they from Gametrailers).

christocolus3842d ago

@iamsuperman
i agree they made mistakes with the initial reveal and all but over all its on most xbx one buyers list.i believe it will be as sucessful as the first dead rising was on the xbx 360..it will be sucessful enough to get a sequel.

Aleithian3842d ago

"I have thought ryse looks great from the get go."

That's precisely the point - what you saw at the get go doesn't reflect the actual game.

ambientFLIER3841d ago

Um, Ryse looks better now than it did back then...

Metfanant3842d ago

just another example of how botched the Xbone launch has been up to this point...i TRULY believe that this console was never intended to launch in 2013...and if it was, it was not meant to be shown as early as it was...

MS was caught off guard by Sony's reveal...back at the end of 2012, into early 2013 there were lots of rumors floating around about a next gen console slipping into 2014...EVERYONE thought it was the PS4...nobody thought Sony would be ready to show a console early in 2013, let alone February...and not only that but everyone was convinced that MS would have the superior hardware...

When Sony announced their GPU at 1.84Tflops and 8GB of RAM, and available Holidays 2013...im POSITIVE there was a collective "oh shit..." around a table in Redmond...

i cant wait to have both of these consoles, but i dont think anyone can deny that the Xbone has been a trainwreck up until recently...

Bigpappy3842d ago

They were obviously not well prepared. I believe it was the late work done to get Kinect where they wanted it. That held back finalizing the console and developers got working kits late. The messaging was all over the place.

They are making one hell of a recovery though.

Metfanant3842d ago

i agree for the most part...but they are still fighting the wrong battles..

- I wish they would drop the specs war...they CANT beat the PS4 in performance...

- the ironic part in all of this is that the talking points they SHOULD be using, are the same ones we as gamers blasted them for during the reveal..

- for the most part they have lost the early adopter...they will sell out all of the launch consoles they can make...but the PS4 is going to outsell them...they lost this battle by E3...what they need to do now is shift gears...SHOW people Kinect and why its cool...SHOW people why this TV stuff is cool, why snap is cool, etc...

Bigpappy3842d ago

I will believe PS4 power when I see it. I see nothing on PS4 that shows more power that X1.

Hercules1893842d ago

Do people actually believe that micro wasnt ready. Its been 8 yrs, I know the economy is not going well, but that doesnt stop ppl from buying mercedes. The point is micro has been more than ready for a while, and they spent more time investing into the future with stuff like azure.

Metfanant3842d ago

Yes, i actually believe they were not ready...they spent so much time investing in the "future" (Kinect and Cloud) that they put together weaker hardware that is less future proof then their major competitor...

ABeastNamedTariq3842d ago

I'm not going to answer your question, but I wanted to say that the XB1 hasn't been in development for 8 years like you insinuate. They started in 2010, IIRC (can't post a link from my phone). On the other hand, Sony started in 2008, I think. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. But I'm just saying...

BallsEye3842d ago

Yo. You're on n4g. In here, anything bad about micro is considered a fact. Let's forget how microsoft spent 4 billions just for some of it's tech. Let's forget all those hundreds of actually physical prototypes of XO , kinect 2.0 and controller. I'm sure it was all rushed and made in a week.

ambientFLIER3841d ago

Do you REALLY believe that MS, one of the biggest and most powerful companies with one of the biggest budgets, was caught OFF GUARD by sony's reveal?

Metfanant3841d ago

absolutely 100%....EVERYONE was...first party Sony developers did not even know they were going to have 8GB of RAM....

ambientFLIER3841d ago

Why would they care so much about 8GB of ram when their own console has more than enough? Ok, it's slower, yes, but there are ways around it.

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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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Leeroyw367d ago (Edited 367d ago )

There's fifteen ancient Rome games?

LG_Fox_Brazil367d ago

Shadow of Rome was so freaking good

Sashamaz366d ago

I'm still waiting for the sequel.

HyperMoused366d 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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AngainorG7X622d ago

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

crazyCoconuts621d ago

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

Snookies12621d 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.

Crows90621d ago

It was a crytek game though

1nsomniac621d ago (Edited 621d 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.

fr0sty621d 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.

crazyCoconuts621d ago

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

VenomCarnage89621d 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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CrimsonWing69621d ago

I really enjoyed it. Bought it at launch even.

ManMarmalade621d ago (Edited 621d 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.

annoyedgamer622d 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.

gamer7804621d 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

moriarty1889621d ago

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

annoyedgamer621d 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.

darthv72621d ago (Edited 621d 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.

babadivad621d ago

The game is automatically boosted on Series X

darthv72621d ago

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

lelo2play621d ago

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

Crows90621d ago

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

MadLad621d 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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anast628d ago (Edited 628d 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?

littletad627d ago

Absolutely nothing in this comment makes sense. At all.

anast626d ago (Edited 626d 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.

Julion0715626d ago (Edited 626d ago )

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

anast626d ago

Bring the evidence and then your emoji might make sense.