Is Microsoft trying to squeeze the most out of its customers or is it simple currency conversion for Ryse Son Of Rome's unusual pricing?
From underrated Xbox One launch titles to absolute emperors of the strategy genre, history heads will love these games based around Ancient Rome.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Game was good enough, not great.
Graphically it was top notch. Still holds well till this day.
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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?
*Grabs popcorn*
I'm certainly not expecting this to be a hot topic, I'm just hungry. I don't think anybody cares about 20p, the price is the price and if you deem the content worth buying it's what you pay.
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What's this? I seem to have stumbled upon some dry wood and gasoline.
The same could be said for Sony in Canada. At Best Buy, Titanfall is on pre-order and will set Canadians back $59.99. Link to Bestbuy.ca X1 pre-order pricing:
http://tinyurl.com/l5wslnq
But infamous is $69.99... Link to BestBuy.ca PS4 pre-order pricing:
http://tinyurl.com/n92s7da
In fact, all of Sony's exclusives are listing for $69.99 and all Microsoft's exclusives are all listed at $59.99. While most (not all) cross platform games are still listed at $59.99...
The funny thing is that I only paid $69.99 when the CDN dollar was 70 to 80 cents US. With the CDN dollar hovering in the 90 cent range this does not make any sense. I could understand $64.99. but $69.99 is blatantly taking advantage of their market position in Canada and same with 3rd party publishers that have their games at $69.99. I will not support any company that charges Canadians $69.99 for a game until the CDN dollar falls to below 80 cents US.
Other gamers should do the same.