Ryse: Son of Rome (2013)

After his family is murdered, a Roman warrior must fight the barbarian horde to fulfill his fathers last dying wish, to protect Rome.

Directors:

Cevat Yerli, Peter Gornstein

Writers:

Adrian Vershinin (in-game dialogue), Kirk E. Paul (additional dialogue)

Stars:

John Hopkins, Richard Teverson, Jamie Ballard

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Hopkins	...	Marius
Richard Teverson	...	Aquilo (voice)
Jamie Ballard	...	Basillius (voice)
Rachel McDowall	...	Boudica (voice)
Gerald Kyd	...	Commodus (voice)
Sebastian Abineri	...	Emperor Nero (voice)
Nick Brimble	...	Leontius (voice)
Charlotte Hope	...	Oracle (voice)
Antony Byrne	...	Oswald (voice)
Siobhan Hewlett	...	Septima (voice)
Nathalie Cox	...	Summer (voice)
Tim Treloar	...	Vitalion (voice)
Alastair Thomson Mills	...	Glott (voice)
Andrew Hawley	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Anthony Flanagan	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Storyline

After his family is murdered, a Roman warrior must fight the barbarian horde to fulfill his fathers last dying wish, to protect Rome.

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Plot Keywords:

single player | third person view | hack and slash | microsoft windows | death | 

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Genres:

Action

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Certificate:

M

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 November 2013 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Crytek Studios

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ryse was originally conceived as an Xbox 360 Kinect game. After delays it was reconstructed to be a third person action game for the Xbox One while dropping all Kinect aspects.

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Goofs

In the opening scene, Nero runs into the main hall and sees his own statue "weeping" blood from its eyes. In a later scene, taking place several days or weeks earlier, Marius kills Basilius, collects his blood in a dish, and pours the dish into the statue's head. By the time of the first scene, the blood would have long since congealed and would not flow from the statue's eye sockets.

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Quotes

Marius: A brave man tastes death once. Cowards, a thousand times over.

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Connections

Featured in ScrewAttack's Top 10s: Top 5 XBox One Launch Exclusives (2013)

User Reviews

Awesome game and not worth its low rating.

I personally love this game. The graphics are 5yrs old now but I dare you to tell the difference from a game made today, yes Forza 5,6 or Forza horizons 2,3 do come close but wow this game still stands the rest of time. The shading, the backgrounds and the attention to detail of the characters and voice movements is an easy point as to the intention to make this a stand out game for the Xbox One when it released. Yes, the gameplay is lacking and the hack and slice use of the controller buttons does get boring and repetitive but is equally replaced with the gory dispatching of foes in your wake. The story is well done and the mystical element gives it a different angle to most Roman stories. Apart from the story being a little segmented at times but it does hold your thought and sometimes just feels like a movie that you're part of playing instead of just a game. I know that these days the game can be picked up for next to nothing but yet I still don't have an qualms about having paid full price for it. Basically if you see it at a great price pick it up, you won't be disappointed.