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New Ryse: Son of Rome story trailer [new footage]
- Thread starter shinobi602
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You could be right ya. I can see that for sure.
And now that we are speaking of armor...mother of god it looks good
The armour looks bloody fantastic. The way it moves as Marius runs is brilliant. I also really like the face models. To be honest, the entire game looks incredible. If this is what the next gen consoles can produce on day one, then I have no worries about this generation; Underpowered hardware or not.
CassidyIzABeast
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pr0cs
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Agreed, it's clear they took a lot of concept ideas from King Arthur and Gladiator, which I am totally okay as I loved both movies.
I agree, they wouldn't be overly muscular but they would be pretty scary to tangle with, dat lean muscle strength.. lol
I think it is what makes the game interesting to me, I'm a sucker for period type games and movies so Ryse in concept sounds awesome, and the trailer made that hype even greater to me as I thought the voice acting was very reminiscent of the movies mentioned earlier.
Sadly I'll probably miss the game at launch as money is tight and I already have a large backlog but the trailer and the recent content from DR3 make these threads unbearable knowing I won't get to play the game on day one.
Unless the army is malnourished I'd find it hard to believe These guys wouldn't have any muscle definition.
When I was a kid, My dad loaded and unloaded barrels off a truck all day and looked built without working out and he looked about the size of the guys in these videos and I'm sure their workload was much bigger considering they train to battle in armor and the workload of that period his higher in general.
When I was a kid, My dad loaded and unloaded barrels off a truck all day and looked built without working out and he looked about the size of the guys in these videos and I'm sure their workload was much bigger considering they train to battle in armor and the workload of that period his higher in general.
I agree but I don't think Crytek can be blamed for it. The general public expects buffed up Romans these days. Realistically, legionnaires would be wiry and strong, but these guys look like bodybuilders: slabs of beef with no real function.
CassidyIzABeast
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lol, Dom and Marcus must have Rob Liefield sized pecs are under that armor.
It's certainly impressive. I look forward to seeing Cryengine's progression in the next few years.
WTH is a helper probe / hand placed bounce?
Miles Quaritch
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I forwarded to this gif (along with the other of this guy) to a friend and his response was pretty much the same. Although he's not a seasoned gamer by any measure. It was fun to see his reaction when I told him it was from a game.
Dictator93
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You know... a hand placed light entity...
SEGAvangelist
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Oh I think they are smart for doing it. Like it or not, Gears of War has an aesthetic that goes hand in hand with the Xbox brand. Crytek heading in that direction makes the games look like an Xbox game, and I like that, actually.
cripterion
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I get the feeling this gif will be used a lot on GAF.
You know, the more I think about it, the more I'm leaning towards picking this up. I've been thinking about what game to swap my Watch Dogs pre-order for -- and since nothing seems like an obvious choice, I think I might go with Ryse. If there's ever a time to take a gamble on a game mainly because of its presentation, it's at a console launch.
Muppet of a Man
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This is exactly my point. Unforrunately those beautifully fluid canned animations don't transition to gameplay. Animations and gameplay still seem quite janky...almost heavenly sword like in nature.
Isn't andy serkis's mocap group being utilized here ironically?
Right. Movies can get away with that because they can optimize every scene with a zillion light sources to achieve the look they want.
Here the end result is an impoverished light field. There's not enough meat for BRDFs to shine. Even on characters, often when they are in motion the subsurface shading looks fine, but then on other occasions it looks totally flat.
I think the source is actually movies like 300 and TV shows like Spartacus. It's just not possible for a random actor to achieve the kind of conditioning a legionnaire would have. Steroids and weight lifting are a much more economical solution.
WordsintheWater
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Has anyone ever pointed out that the front of Marcus's armor looks like ET's face?
The two big circles being the eyes and the little circle in the middle the nose and it's also smiling, maybe I'm just crazy lol.
Proelite
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Wrinkles on his nose. Pretty Uncanny.
I think it's accidental. Those round things are clearly hatches that open when they need to tweak their nipples.
Dat lip synching. Truly amazing, as is the voice acting.
Can Crusher
Banned
Incredible visuals really, not much else to say about that. Story already looks like it sucks though, men yelling about warfare and shit basically.
You did not like the voice acting?
Should they be yelling about unicorns and rainbows instead?
Vire
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You mean British people trying to act Roman? Yeah I guess...
It was fine, nothing spectacular.
Can Crusher
Banned
The delivery seemed fine to me.
Obviously what I was trying to say. Where else do you go anyway? It's either men yelling about warfare or it's men yelling about unicorns and rainbows, you gotta pick one.
Using "Unchain my heart" please XD
Forget shaders or texture resolution, I really do think we will see the biggest leap in animation with the coming next-gen.
This is a launch game.
Not just you! uncanny. I cannot "unsee" this now.
Wishmaster92
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I don't understand how this game looks so good on the xbox one. A lot of people don't either.
Darkwaknight
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I mean come on this game looks..well stunning. SO glad I Got this for my X1 launch machine along with DR3/BF4 and AC4.. I think this will be my First Next Gen game plan to complete in the week till my Ps4 arrives and it should help keep me of Gaf and the net so I can experience my PS4 in unblemished joy from the scourge of internet haters and general destroyers of fun (what games are all about).
Job well done Crytek and nary a mention of 900p no-one can tell (ducks for incoming correction!!)
Dictator93
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I like the whole "non stretched" normals stuff they do. Makes it really look like there are bones and muscle bellow the skin.
CassidyIzABeast
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Am I seeing the creases of his upper lip?
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
something fishy
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Has anyone ever pointed out that the front of Marcus's armor looks like ET's face?
The two big circles being the eyes and the little circle in the middle the nose and it's also smiling, maybe I'm just crazy lol.
Haha! It does! I've never noticed that.
Monochromaticx
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Wow
Might get an Xbone now...
Wow
Might get an Xbone now...
Wow
DirgeExtinction
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This game looks amazing, at times. The cutscenes certainly do.
I'm sure I'm gonna get jumped for this, but:
The gameplay portion of the trailer doesn't look as good as the cutscenes shown, in terms of graphical quality (to me).
But the facial animations and the look of the skin look great.
I'm sure I'm gonna get jumped for this, but:
The gameplay portion of the trailer doesn't look as good as the cutscenes shown, in terms of graphical quality (to me).
But the facial animations and the look of the skin look great.
NoirVisage
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impressive if ingame, but I see an incoming flux of gifs from other last gen games coming into this thread to dispute how "next gen" it looks, especially from people who are pretty adamant that its a cutscene.
Am I seeing the creases of his upper lip?
Colbert
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Has anyone ever pointed out that the front of Marcus's armor looks like ET's face?
The two big circles being the eyes and the little circle in the middle the nose and it's also smiling, maybe I'm just crazy lol.
Man, you are totally right!! Funny!