Ryse: Son of Rome ReviewDecember 3, 2013 by   Ryse was the first
game I played on my Xbox One. I'll save the whole discussion and
debate on whether or not I wasted my time and money on Xbox One
at launch for a whole other blog, trust me, there's ALOT more in
the pipeline. Ryse is a mess of a game, a beautiful mess, but a
mess at that. It's a game that creates something of a longing
for something better. The whole time I played Ryse, I imagined a
game that LOOKED this good, but offered a lot more. I wish
Crytek had thought of that too, because if they had, this game
would have been a whole lot better.  Marius Titus, the
protagonist of the game, travels up the ranks of Roman Soldiers
in an attempt to avenge his family's murders at the hands of
Barbarian armies. He is a rather bland hero, someone I really
couldn't find myself getting behind at all throughout the game.
Most of the missions are played through as flashbacks, with the
"present time" being Marius telling his tales to Roman Emperor
Nero. Nothing about