AlexGlass

No, marketing departments should show off all the glitches and flaws.

So then I assume it's a good thing we've already seen gameplay videos, and and have gameplay shots and cinematic executions, huh Extomar? I'm sure you're "THRILLED" to know the game looks just as great. THRILLED! Am I right?

I mean the only reason you must be in here is to observe and appreciate the gameplay details, physics and animations like...

the way the character grabs the sword in agony and bends over, his body writhing in pain as he steps back.

the way the global illumination lighting engine affects the specular highlights on the armor and helmet

the plume of dust over his left shoulder rising up

the blue butterfly flying across in the background masked by the impressive depth of field

the way the character on the right is hobbling around injured trying to get up, before he gets struck down

the way his dagger, leather straps and tunic spin around his body as Marcus twists using the in-game physics engine. same for the enemy on the left.

the fully dynamic lights and shadows present at all times, irrelevant of scene size or enemies on screen.

-the way the enemy's head bobbles and weaves after he gets knocked in the face with the shield, falls to the ground, then grabs the sword as he's stabbed in the abdomen with proper facial animation to go along with each event

-the way he falls over the dynamic grass, and bends it under his body

-the plume of dust in between the grass over Marcus's right shoulder

-the quality of the materials used, like the texture on the shield, the little details like blue flowers in the grass or skulls on the enemy's shoulder pads

-the way the enemy's shoulders arch back as he gets stabbed in the back of the neck

-the hair on Marcus's helmet swaying back and forth

-the sleeves on his tunic getting pushed back, along with the dagger on his back, and shoulder pads rising up as he strikes

-the way Marcus's fist actually splits the enemy's pony tail as he thrusts his sword into his neck.

It must be s a great relief for you to know this is the level of detail we can expect from real time gameplay and not just in cutscenes. It is for me. After all after 6 months of these types of comments I've seen from you in just about every Xbox One related thread, downplaynig everything, I honestly can't think why else you would be in here again. It must be that you need confirmation.

This. Semi-mechanical movements is what I would actually expect when wearing that level of body armor. What's funny is the actors were actually fully body motion captured while fighting with shields and sword in hand, so this is actually closer to what it would look.

The Hollywood version...

And Ryse does a good job of capturing that but with some cooler more exciting moves. In reality the combat was far more mechanical than in Ryse.

I'm sorry but the way I see Ryse is like a modern day Western action JRPG minues the rpg elements. What Final Fantasy should be today and Square just can't figure it out. It's not like any of those games had combat that you can really call "fun". It was all about the story, characters, pacing, adrenaline, and visuals/settings. No matter how the combat is, it can't be any less worse than the "strategic" FF series combat. And it will probably strip out 20 hours of boring grinding or fetching that I just don't have the time to do anymore at my age.

Not sure why people insist on focusing on the combat, and then misrepresenting it to boot, when it's clear what the game's strong points are as well as direction.This isn't Ninja Gaiden. If it has a great story, good acting, great character development, good pacing, and obviously great visuals, and combat that just gets the job done, then it will accomplish its goals. The QTEs are there to simply maintain the cinematic feel they want to go for even during gameplay. I'd rather do a QTE execution, that lasts a second as a finishing move, than watch a 2 minute Knights of the Round summon. But that's just me.

Well that Damocles trailer has enough hints for me and it's good thing imo that they haven't disclosed too much. They've shown enough of this game. I'm going to stay out of Ryse threads after launch because I don't plan on getting it day 1 and I don't want it spoiled. Story, pacing and voice acting will make or break it for me so I hope it's good. I'm liking the characters a lot though from what I'm seeing. English theater actors are pretty damn good when it comes to settings like this. That's really what's standing out the most to me right now other than graphics and animations. They're playing the hell out of their roles and with the way Crytek motion capped and had everyone play out their scenes on stage, together at once, it definitely carried over into the game. It's just on a different level compared to what we're accustomed to from most video game cutscenes, body language and voice acting.

Yeah it's just plain awful....

GOW is based of Greek myth. This is based on Roman history with some myth thrown in, along with Crytek twists. Neither game is original in plot. These type of stories have been told countless times. One's a Greek God, and the other is a normal guy who becomes a soldier. I don't really see much of a similarity beyond them both being based on historical themes. In gameplay, feel, characters or delivery. Plots are similar, but again, neither game invented the revenge plot. Not to mention, I think Ryse 2, if they make one, could completely ditch Marius Titus and tell a completely different story, in a different era, with a completely different set of characters. The series doesn't have to be centered on Marius's story.

Ryse looks more cinematic to me and at times it is indistinguishable from a movie. Even the gameplay transitions seamlessly to cinematic executions and uses select camera angles to maintain the illusion of a playable movie. It's becoming pretty clear what Crytek was going for and I think they've achieved it.

I'm sure as a developer, this is when you know your game looks damn good. Someone should Twit this to Crytek.

They're not CGI or FMV. They're real time. Previous Pixar movies required days of rendering time for 1 frame of animation. Months of rendering on expensive, high end servers 24/7 just for a couple of seconds or minutes of animation. This is running on a $500 console and you get to play with it.

This is actually one of the executions, straight from gameplay to executions. Ryse is very cinematic, with a clean UI, and it's really hard to tell gameplay from cutscene because of seamless transitions. The knockout animation on that falling soldier is so good

A few more HD gifs from GAF:

PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE POST WITH GIFS.

How dare you! Stop trying to cash in on my territory dude. Kids gotta eat.

As "perceptive and observant" as you appear to be it's not even worth my time. Live in ignorance with your tinfoil hat on. It's much more fun for both of us. Well at least for me.

PS: And if we're talking about old, really old, I'd probably more likely be talking about Sega. Don't worry though, as soon as I buy one I won't be posting as much about it until next generation. Then I'll be spending most of this time doing what I do with those games now: play them! Oh and I never really cared much for couch co-op games...which is why I loved Xbox Live and Gears...oh wait...damn I did it again!!!

I know right! I can totally see why it's especially suspicious when someone posts fact-checked, informative posts, and share new, accurate information about the console they're interested in to the best of their abilities, the tech or the games they like. Then they have the freaking NERVE to create sentences at above a middle school level, while mixing it with genuine excitement and enthusiasm while trying to stay away from getting into pissing contests!!! The internet seems to be no place for such things. Gotta watch out for those!