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‘Dead Rising 3,’ ‘Forza Motorsport 5’ and ‘Ryse’ get launch-day discount

The day one editions for “Dead Rising 3,” “Forza Motorsport 5” and “Ryse: Son of Rome” have received launch-day discounts from Amazon.

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OC_MurphysLaw3824d ago

Well that is indeed fortunate for me having used Prime for my pre-order with Amazon so I will get a refund out of this.

Lionsguard3824d ago

Same here, just emailed Amazon telling them I should get this discount as well having pre-ordered months ago. I fully expect them to reimburse me.

UltimateMaster3824d ago (Edited 3824d ago )

Early adopters.
They pay the full amount and they expect to get a discount later on.

Lionsguard3824d ago (Edited 3824d ago )

@UltimateMaster

Amazon doesn't charge until they ship, so they charged me just yesterday. Also, Amazon has a pricing policy in place that gives you a guarantee on the difference back on a product should it lower in price within an amount of time. I bought a $650 monitor last year and the price dropped 40 something dollars 3 days later and I got that difference back. So don't go and make this out as if this is an "early adopters are an entitled thing". You obviously know nothing.

Edit: They e-mailed me back within 15 minutes of me requesting my partial refund and I'll be getting my money back in 2-3 days.

HardcoreGamer3824d ago

what i dont get, ppl ike sessler gave this game 5 out of 5

i mean WTF

CaulkSlap3824d ago

Newegg also has them with a $10 gift card included right now. Including pre-order of Titanfall. Not as good but actually better for anyone who has to pay sales tax on Amazon and not on Newegg (like myself in WA).

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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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Leeroyw387d ago (Edited 387d ago )

There's fifteen ancient Rome games?

LG_Fox_Brazil386d ago

Shadow of Rome was so freaking good

Sashamaz386d ago

I'm still waiting for the sequel.

HyperMoused386d 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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AngainorG7X641d ago

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

crazyCoconuts641d ago

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

Snookies12641d 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.

Crows90641d ago

It was a crytek game though

1nsomniac641d ago (Edited 641d 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.

fr0sty641d 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.

crazyCoconuts641d ago

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

VenomCarnage89640d 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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CrimsonWing69641d ago

I really enjoyed it. Bought it at launch even.

ManMarmalade641d ago (Edited 641d 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.

annoyedgamer641d 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.

gamer7804641d 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

moriarty1889641d ago

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

annoyedgamer641d 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.

darthv72641d ago (Edited 641d 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.

babadivad641d ago

The game is automatically boosted on Series X

darthv72641d ago

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

lelo2play641d ago

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

Crows90641d ago

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

MadLad641d 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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anast647d ago (Edited 647d 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?

littletad647d ago

Absolutely nothing in this comment makes sense. At all.

anast646d ago (Edited 646d 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.

Julion0715646d ago (Edited 646d ago )

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

anast646d ago

Bring the evidence and then your emoji might make sense.