- Release Date: 22nd November 2013
- Developer: Crytek
- Publisher: Microsoft
- Platform Played: Xbox Series S
- Platforms Available: Xbox One, PC
The gameplay in this is pretty fun. Good hack n slash action, although not a lot in terms of combos. The graphics are also still amazing to look at.
The problem is that Ryse does not seem to know what sort of game to be. It starts off trying to be fairly serious in its story (despite some major inaccuracies), but then goes completely crazy half way through and feels more like an attempt at Pirates of the Caribbean in Rome. At some point you become a gladiator in the Colosseum (before it was actually built), and the colosseum is some amazing technology where the ground is made up of squares that move up and down and change to different layouts. You also face Boudicca near York (well before York was York and before the Romans even colonised it) and she later attacks Rome while riding an Elephant.
There are also some funny moments later on, but it’s difficult to tell if these are intentionally funny or just so terribly written that they come out as funny.
The gameplay is also often interrupted by terrible turret sections where you rapid fire at waves and waves of enemies.
I think this could have been a better game if it either remained serious the whole game or just embraced its insanity from the beginning.
Fun
