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Microsoft to flesh out second tier launch in September with cheap GotY Editions of first-party games

GR-UK writes: Microsoft is set to fatten the launch line up for Xbox One (September 5th) in second tier territories, by releasing the console alongside last year's Xbox exclusives, as Game of the Year editions, each at a cheaper price.

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XiSasukeUchiha3588d ago (Edited 3588d ago )

Goty edition of Ryse confirmed!

Sheikh Yerbouti3587d ago

It does cheapen the term GOTY when there's 50-11 games with GOTY editions. Especially when a game is poorly reviewed in the press.

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XiYakushijuAkeginuXi3587d ago (Edited 3587d ago )

Lol It seems like Microsoft is making people believe that their games are Goty and that they have more games in total

Bigpappy3587d ago

it may be a maketing ploy, but not the first time this has been done to games that didn't win GOTY.

This trolling of RYSE is detracting from the fact that this is a great deal for people who may be just getting the X1. Ryse has a lot of DLC for the co-op arena battles. If you are interested in this type of game, it is the only of its kind on this gen consoles.

I completely enjoy the game and still play it more than any other game i own. There are people who hate the game because it is not on their system of choice and a few whoh might have played it and didn't get into the game play. That all fine (I couldn't get into assasin's Creed, but this is the firsting I mentioned it. I had the game for six months and never left Cuba. That game is failing to hold my attention and it got great review scores. I am not disputing the quality of AC. I am just making the point that Ryse just might be GOTY for some people over games the cretics prefer. I kwon I prefer it over AC by a mile.

Magicite3587d ago

I dont remember any X1 game getting/deserving GOTY edition yet.

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memots3587d ago

problem is its not first party ?

MasterCornholio3587d ago

I just think that they slap GOTY on anything to get it to sell more. I've seen some pretty horrible games with that label.

I'm talking in general here.

Azzanation3587d ago

It could be worse. It could be GOTY KNACK!

geddesmond3587d ago

I thought GOTY stood for Game of the Year editions. Shouldn't only games that won those awards get it. Everything else should be bronze editions lol. Nah for real Goty editions really should be only for games that got that acclaim. Its just fooling the people that don't follow gaming like us gamers.

Its the goty edition, you know I have to get that. The game has to be good if it the game of the year. For my next trick I'm gonna sell bronze and call it the diamand edition of the year as my sloggo.

lelo3586d ago (Edited 3586d ago )

I guess people don't remember Sony's cheaper Platinum/Essential editions of games, witch basicly is the same thing. They bash Microsoft, but Sony does something similar. Fanboys really are dumb as door knobs. * shakes head *

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NextLevel3588d ago (Edited 3588d ago )

A GOTY edition for Ryse?
http://24.media.tumblr.com/...

The average rating for Ryse is a 6.
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Rik_Mayall3588d ago

Don't worry Killzone will also have a GOTY edition even though that game sucks ass too.

NextLevel3588d ago

Killzone Shadowfall shouldn't have a GOTY edition either, IMO.

XiYakushijuAkeginuXi3587d ago

Killzone 3 didn't have it so why would Shadow Fall have it

bigbic3587d ago (Edited 3587d ago )

^
GG needs to end Killzone's downhill slide and and stop making them... I don't think it's in the same category of awful as Ryse, but it is still very generic.

LackTrue4K3587d ago

Rik_Mayall getting upset,

needs something to say, brings up
"killsone"

in a despret try to hit PlaySatation4 with something negative.

LOL........."slave"

Prime1573587d ago (Edited 3587d ago )

Killzone: Mercenary was great... it's a shame that shadow fall wasn't up to par. I enjoyed Ryse AND KZ:SF, and I also think NEITHER should get a GOTY...

REGARDLESS OF WHICH I THINK IS BETTER.

while, at the same time, I liked them both enough... they were good, not great, not amazing, etc

ramiuk13587d ago

shadow fall is defo not even close to "goty" but its better than people say imo,i enjoyed it

SoulSercher6203587d ago

Lol at you thinking you were clever

Sheikh Yerbouti3587d ago

I think Sony uses the term Greatest Hits, which I guess doesn't apply to misses either...zing!

InTheZoneAC3587d ago

really?

you probably say it sucks because it's slower paced, you know, realistic weight and there's no aim assist that you desperately need.

Killzone is very fun

geddesmond3587d ago

Sorry but KZ is a great game that only men with there balls dropped likes. Graphics are better than anything on X1, theres even more people playing KZ SF that there is on Titanfall lol.

Nevermind, I just read some of your previous comments, you haven't even played KZ and are just a butt hurt Xbot. FYI Halo sucks because I never played any of them cause it was never on the consols ive owned since I started gaming. Mainly because the PS has brought me so many great games over the yers I don't need any other gaming machine cause PS has always met my demand and gave me some killer experiences I'll never forget.

GodGinrai3587d ago (Edited 3587d ago )

@geddesmond

No offence but KZ:SF is not in the same league as halo or titanfall. You obviously havent played many FPS if you think KZ is anything other than average.

"Graphics are better than anything on X1"

Does it even matter, when KZ is such a bland game?

IVIEDICATED3587d ago

Sucks so bad it's the best selling next gen game to date on either system right? Look it up chump before you run your mouth with idiocy as your tool.

KinjoTakemura3586d ago

You're right. I own a PS4 and killzone does suck. So does Ryse. Neither deserve to labeled GOTY just be honest and admit it.

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FanboyKilla3587d ago

@nextlevel lmfao thats what my face must have looked liked when i read it.

AngelicIceDiamond3587d ago

@ Next I believe Killzone got a rating of a 73.

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

13 more points higher isn't anything to brag about especially considering its a proven BlockBuster Ip. You'd expect at least 85 score from it. Ryse is a new Ip so low score isn't nearly as damaging.

king_george3587d ago

Idk if being a new ip or not really matters in this case tho :/

Both games were not as good as they could have been

bigbic3587d ago (Edited 3587d ago )

I would actually argue that it's more damaging to a new franchise, because a known franchise can get away with more, having established fans already.

Even though Killzone SF wasn't a complete disaster like some other games, I still feel it has run it's course.

Sh0ckWav33587d ago

Wait how does user rating work on that?
I saw a positive of 219
Mix was 22
And negative was 19
How does that turns into a 5.9 user review?

NextLevel3587d ago

Don't pay attention to user reviews on Meta. Just the website ones. The user reviews are either 10 or 0.

Prime1573587d ago

Yeah, user reviews for launch exclusives were fanboys only... 10s if the fanboys liked the system and 0s if not.

KinjoTakemura3586d ago (Edited 3586d ago )

That Ryan Reynolds GIF pretty much describes what I was thinking and feeling after I read that article.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E...

http://www.asianjunkie.com/...

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Tedakin3587d ago (Edited 3587d ago )

There are no less than 15 GAME OF THE YEAR editions every fall. Can't there only be one game of the year? I guess if one publication anywhere on Earth calls your game GOTY you can release a GOTY edition. Maybe somewhere, someone declared Ryse GOTY ;)

n4rc3587d ago

Its why its a completely meaningless title..

Who decides goty? Highest sales are the only way to go about that.. As it stands, every magazine and website decide their own

Tedakin3587d ago

A more fitting name would just be FINAL EDITION with all DLC and everything included. All the patches, all of it, on disc. I guess marketing wise that doesn't sound as good as OH BOY GAME OF THE YEAR! but at least it would be honest as to what it is.

porkChop3587d ago (Edited 3587d ago )

As long as a game has recieved at least 1 GOTY nomination from one site they'll use it to release a GOTY Edition. They should honestly just call them Complete Editions or Final Cuts.

BX813587d ago

@n4rc
That disagree came from me. If sales was the only measure then wii fit would've been a game of the year over a game like uncharted, and that's just all kinds of wrong.

n4rc3587d ago

I didn't say you'd get a good result.. Lol..

But its the only unbiased metric you can use.. Everything else is opinion..

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nerdman673587d ago

Game of the Year is not a universal title. Anyone can say that something is their "Game of The Year".
IGN, GameTrailers, GameSpot, Spike, a ton of places have Game of the Year games.
It is really a meaningless title.

Goku7813587d ago (Edited 3587d ago )

Ryse game of the year for an Xbox One game that has the company about to collapse? Only on Xbox One.

torchic3587d ago

wow when you put it like that...

Back-to-Back3587d ago

Kind of sums out how shitty the xbone is if Ryse is considered a GOTY.

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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

Sashamaz367d 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.

crazyCoconuts622d 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.

darthv72622d ago (Edited 622d 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.

anast627d ago (Edited 627d 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.

Julion0715627d ago (Edited 627d ago )

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

anast627d ago

Bring the evidence and then your emoji might make sense.