The months leading up to the release of the Xbox One saw a large number of marketing campaigns showing off Microsoft's next console; one of the main focuses of the Xbox One's launch campaigns was the latest offering from Crytek. Those that have been around a while will know that I was extremely impressed with Crytek's Crysis trilogy on the Xbox 360 as it provided some of the best looking games for the last generation. The next generation of Microsoft consoles was going to launch with Ryse: Son of Rome, Crytek's newest title and designed to show off the power of the Xbox One. While the launch for the Xbox One was not terrible, it did not release to the fanfare that one would expect out of a Crytek title. Now nearly a year after the launch of the Xbox One Crytek has released Ryse: Son of Rome via Steam; is the second coming of the Son of Rome worth the investment?
Before moving on I just want to bring up the fact that Ryse: Son of Rome has some extremely high system requirements; it is not a game for the casual gaming system. For those that are running on legacy hardware or those that struggle running more modern titles, save your money and purchase Ryse: Son of Rome for the Xbox One as the PC release can absolutely destroy framerates on even quality machines. As an example, running a pure gaming laptop with an i7 with 16GB of RAM and an nVidia GTX 860M with all settings on "High" you would be getting about 7 frames per second at 1920x1080. Running at "Medium" settings however, which is very similar to what you would see on the Xbox One runs around 25 FPS with a few dips to 15-20 FPS. As I mentioned, this game can crush all of those ideas that you have floating in your head about how powerful your system is.
Before moving on I just want to bring up the fact that Ryse: Son of Rome has some extremely high system requirements; it is not a game for the casual gaming system. For those that are running on legacy hardware or those that struggle running more modern titles, save your money and purchase Ryse: Son of Rome for the Xbox One as the PC release can absolutely destroy framerates on even quality machines. As an example, running a pure gaming laptop with an i7 with 16GB of RAM and an nVidia GTX 860M with all settings on "High" you would be getting about 7 frames per second at 1920x1080. Running at "Medium" settings however, which is very similar to what you would see on the Xbox One runs around 25 FPS with a few dips to 15-20 FPS. As I mentioned, this game can crush all of those ideas that you have floating in your head about how powerful your system is.
