Crytek's Ryse Son of Rome coming to pc

I'm sure it's going to have crazy graphics and eye candy, it's Crytek after all, but i could barely finish watching that video. Very repetitive, you have to go through same motions with every single enemy. Now if you're able to pick up other weapons, bow and arrows, spear or something that would be a lot better.
 
GibsonEX said:
I'm sure it's going to have crazy graphics and eye candy, it's Crytek after all, but i could barely finish watching that video. Very repetitive, you have to go through same motions with every single enemy. Now if you're able to pick up other weapons, bow and arrows, spear or something that would be a lot better.
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Pretty and boring, that's Ryse in a nutshell.

It'll be worth $5 if you want a really pretty benchmark. Just don't buy it hoping it'll be fun.
 
Viper87227 said:
Pretty and boring, that's Ryse in a nutshell.

It'll be worth $5 if you want a really pretty benchmark. Just don't buy it hoping it'll be fun.
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hope that this game will have a benchmark, crysis never had it and I never liked the external tool used to bench.
as far as I know there is no external benchmark for crysis 3
 
Hands-on with Ryse on PC

There's an improved clarity to the game in motion, and a hint of blur on Xbox One (especially evident in completely static scenes), but it's hardly a revelatory improvement, with the advantage mostly lost in movement...We need to move to 2560x1440 and 4K to see a truly game-changing difference - and that requires some serious GPU power...The R9 290 carried off the spectacular opening of the campaign with no problem, but the forest stage appears to be an altogether more taxing beast - in this case, even the mighty GTX 980 could not sustain 1080p60 at the highest presets

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-hands-on-with-ryse-pc
 
Viper87227 said:
Pretty and boring, that's Ryse in a nutshell.

It'll be worth $5 if you want a really pretty benchmark. Just don't buy it hoping it'll be fun.
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Unfortunately this sums it up. This really had the potential to be a lot more.
 
Sounds like another garbage port if those performance numbers are to be believed.
 
MavericK96 said:
Sounds like another garbage port if those performance numbers are to be believed.
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Based on what? They are running on a pre-release build. And from what I can gather from the article, while it has trouble maintaining 1080p60 maxed out, it is playable. So, that may be possible in the final version of the game.

More importantly, Ryse looks fucking incredible. It's one of the dullest games you'll ever play, but it is visually stunning. I'd say based on the visual quality, the performance numbers they are alluding to sound quite respectable. Poor performance doesn't equal a poor port if the game looks the part, and it certainly does.
 
Viper87227 said:
More importantly, Ryse looks fucking incredible. It's one of the dullest games you'll ever play, but it is visually stunning. I'd say based on the visual quality, the performance numbers they are alluding to sound quite respectable. Poor performance doesn't equal a poor port if the game looks the part, and it certainly does.
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gameplay>graphics

a graphical showcase is great but for $39.99 I'll wait for the Steam sale
 
polonyc2 said:
gameplay>graphics

a graphical showcase is great but for $39.99 I'll wait for the Steam sale
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I fully agree (see my post earlier in the thread).

I'm not arguing the quality of the game, only the quality of the port job.
 
is it true that they are releasing "very high" texture that it will require more than 4GB of RAM?
 
sblantipodi said:
son of rome is the game with the most advanced graphics ever done, so why are you saying this?
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Viper87227 said:
Based on what? They are running on a pre-release build. And from what I can gather from the article, while it has trouble maintaining 1080p60 maxed out, it is playable. So, that may be possible in the final version of the game.

More importantly, Ryse looks fucking incredible. It's one of the dullest games you'll ever play, but it is visually stunning. I'd say based on the visual quality, the performance numbers they are alluding to sound quite respectable. Poor performance doesn't equal a poor port if the game looks the part, and it certainly does.
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Sure, it looks good, but not even able to sustain 60 FPS at 1080p on a GTX 980? That reeks of optimization issues to me. I don't see where this game looks better than Crysis 3 or The Witcher 2, to be honest, and those games perform much better.

I'm not saying the game looks bad by any means, but that level of performance just seems abysmal. It's the same with other "next-gen" console ports...even though it's all on the same x86 instruction set now, we still get poorly-optimized ports on the PC that require far greater hardware than they really should. Watch_Dogs, Dead Rising 3, etc. all have the same issues.
 
My 980GTX will literally max out every single game I own at 1080p/60. Any current game (especially this one) that can't do that is poorly optimized.

I'm interested in playing this game, but will not be paying anything close to full price for it. I bet it's on sale for $7-9 during the After X-mas Steam sale.
 
Domingo said:
My 980GTX will literally max out every single game I own at 1080p/60. Any current game (especially this one) that can't do that is poorly optimized.

I'm interested in playing this game, but will not be paying anything close to full price for it. I bet it's on sale for $7-9 during the After X-mas Steam sale.
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Try with game.different than pacman
 
Y'all are living in the dark ages playing on monitors - anything less than a big TV and living room surround sound won't cut it. ;)
As soon as they start making decent 70" 4K TV's, I'm on it...but for now, I'll take my TV over a higher res monitor.
 
I see this is out now. Has anyone actually tried it? I might give it a shot this weekend.
 
No, but looking at reviews they all say it runs really well. The big knock on it is that it's repetitive. Now the main reason that I want to get it is that it has PBR; Physical Based Rendering. I want to see that in action as looking at videos, reading articles, and seeing some demos of it on Twitch has me excited for the tech.

Reading recommended by the Warframe developers; Digital Extremes. They are adding PBR in their next expansion U15 update.
http://www.marmoset.co/toolbag/learn/pbr-theory
http://www.marmoset.co/toolbag/learn/pbr-theory

PBR in Ryse
http://www.crytek.com/download/2014_03_25_CRYENGINE_GDC_Schultz.pdf

Another Crytek document on PBR
http://docs.cryengine.com/display/SDKDOC4/Physically+Based+Rendering

Video someone created with PBR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsWHB9Cdf98
 
Domingo said:
Y'all are living in the dark ages playing on monitors - anything less than a big TV and living room surround sound won't cut it. ;)
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TV's are great for casual/solo games, but because of the high latency don't cut it for MP games that require fast reflexes - at least where PC games are concerned.
 
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wow didn't even realize that the game was released today on PC...guess that shows my interest level in playing this...
 
Having a lot of fun with this. Graphics are pretty amazing. 1440p with max settings gets 45-60fps(vsync). With Temporal AA my frames drop into the 30s so I have that turned off for now.

I'm only 2hrs in so I may have not seen the most taxing areas. There is no in game benchmark that I can see.
 
Decided to download this off Steam today. At almost 30GB, I'm looking at about 10 hours on my 6MB DSL. I'm just going to let it run and when I get in tonight, it should be finished.
 
Well, I bit just now. Why? I don't fucking know, because I have more disposable income than brains I suppose, and I have the patience of a 5 year old at a candy store. I wish I DID have the patience to wait, but I'm tired of fighting it.

Should be done in about 30 minutes, then I'll jump in and get some impressions to post back.
 
BiH115 said:
Well, I bit just now. Why? I don't fucking know, because I have more disposable income than brains I suppose, and I have the patience of a 5 year old at a candy store. I wish I DID have the patience to wait, but I'm tired of fighting it.

Should be done in about 30 minutes, then I'll jump in and get some impressions to post back.
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I'll be looking out for your feedback. I'm surprised you bought this. ;)

Everything I've gathered on this is "all visuals and little else."

I'm hoping for a pleasant surprise.
 
I put in about 1.5 hours this morning (about to play a bit more), and my initial impressions are:

- Runs unbelievably smooth at max settings (other than no AA, don't see a need for it) for me, and looks gorgeous
- The combat is OK, it's not as Arkahm-y as I would have liked, but it's OK (the finishers are brutal and awesome to watch, and you can unlock more with the exp points, there are quite a few)
- The story telling is excellent, and the acting is TOP notch (especially the voice quality)

Would I pay $40 for it again? No. Would I pay $10-20? I think that's definitely more reasonable.

Verdict: Wait for a sale, unless you're itching for a roman-era game with some weird pseudo-deity theme thrown in. :)

I can already see most people hating on it with the fact that the combat isn't as dynamic as Arkham or Shadows of Mordor, but it's still got a few things going for it. If I had to relate it to anything, it would be Alan Wake. The reason I say that is that Alan Wake was more about the story telling, than the combat/action, but to me at least, it was presented in such a way where you really enjoyed the atmosphere, and yes, the occasional action.
 
BiH115 said:
Would I pay $40 for it again? No. Would I pay $10-20? I think that's definitely more reasonable.

I can already see most people hating on it with the fact that the combat isn't as dynamic as Arkham or Shadows of Mordor, but it's still got a few things going for it. If I had to relate it to anything, it would be Alan Wake. The reason I say that is that Alan Wake was more about the story telling, than the combat/action, but to me at least, it was presented in such a way where you really enjoyed the atmosphere, and yes, the occasional action.
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Oh, come on, it's worth $30 at least. I agree with you on the Alan Wake part. If you've been playing games as long as I have, there's nothing in the way of "gameplay" that really excites me anymore. A good story and polished presentation is worth a lot more to me than some open-world gameplay gimmicks.
 
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