Ryse: Son of Rome was one of the most popular Xbox One launch titles back in 2013, and even eight years later, it remains a visual showcase. You should definitely check it out on Xbox Game Pass if you can!
There's been talk of a potential sequel for years now, but those talks ramped up again just a few months ago when a whole bunch of Crytek documents supposedly leaked, suggesting 'Ryse Next', along with a variety of other projects including a Crysis battle royale game, had either been pitched or planned.
Since then, we've actually seen footage of that alleged Crysis BR game, suggesting the leak was at least partly true, and now Xbox Era podcaster Shpeshal Ed says he's heard some details from a source about Ryse:
"This person told me yep, there's a new Ryse in development. I can't give dates and I can't give orders of when things are happening... I've been given pictures of stuff that leads me to believe this person is legit.
The interesting part about Ryse is that, at least at the time of whenever this was happening, it was a multiplatform game, and not exclusive to Xbox. So, should this Ryse game be happening, it seems like it may be multiplatform."
So there you go. Is 'Ryse Next' the real deal? Only time will tell. We'd certainly love to see a sequel, but admittedly it still seems like a bit of a stretch to us, so we can only hope this rumour comes to fruition.
What do you make of this rumour? Would you like to see a sequel to Ryse? Let us know down below.
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Still ain't finished the first. .was okay I guess
Ryse was actually a really fun game. Played it a couple years after it came out and was surprised that I liked it. I'd buy a sequel, but im not expecting it
Underrated game. Would love a sequel!
@ralphdibny @Krzzystuff First the rumour about an Alan Wake sequel and now a rumour about a sequel to Ryse. It feels like most of the games we play on Game Club receive a rumour about said game getting a sequel. Who knows, maybe ReCore will be the next one on that list!
Would love for this to get a sequel, always figured it wouldn't be worthwile because of reviews and late entry into xbox gaming. But when I did I was blown away, I love the history of the romans.
Would I like this to be true? Absolutely!
Do I think it's true? Nope.
Weird.... i thought the IP was owned by MS?
If not then there is a chance of the first game being remastered for PS5, XS, & PC.
I could see a sequel improving greatly on the title, and honestly? It's been years since I've really looked at it, but it looks a lot like Hellblade & God of War (The "Dad of Boy" reboot one, not the original) in retrospect - that kind of over-the-shoulder style of combat focused on brutal animations. It seems like it was kind of ahead-of-its-time there, even if it was rather/somewhat undercooked (but all launch/year 1 titles are, to be fair).
If Crytek is working on a direct sequel, or another game with the Ryse name that simply transplants the same gameplay style onto a new story (I see no reason why it would have to continue the story instead of just take place against another culture/war. This is one of those franchises that could easily be about a Chinese soldier, a Mayan one, an Eyptian one, etc.) they could improve the formula massively now that they have other examples of this kind of brawler/adventure to look at. There's honestly a lot of promise here.
And it also makes sense to me that they'd be exploring this. They've seemed a little lost for the past few years what with legal battles against the Star Citizen people, seemingly pulling back from VR development entirely, employees painting a bad picture of the studio, and putting out only Hunt Showdown (and, like, a remaster of Crysis). In this situation, it would make sense for them to lean on older and already-established IP like Crysis and Ryse rather than try to try something new.
I'd be very interested to see what happens here. Heck, I should replay it on Game Pass...
@endlesssleep: Nah, Crytek self-published it on Steam. MS lets a lot of their IP trademarks lapse after a few years, honestly, unless they're HUGE hits or they own the studios that made the games in question. Jade Empire, Sudeki, Voodoo Vince, etc. - you can look up re-releases/remasters for all of these on modern storefronts like Steam and GOG and note that they're published by their developers now. Which frankly is a pretty cool deal for the studios; instead of letting IP languish if you're not using it, let the people who DO want to use it HAVE it. It's... honestly weird that Microsoft's approach isn't industry-standard, come to think of it.
I hope so. Ryse is the type of games that So y touts front and center. Simple game play. Cinematic in nature. The things people eat up. If Microsoft can get the pattern down, they'll be able to compete in that arena as well.
I enjoyed the campaign enough to "double dip" but I have to say the co-op kept this in my rotation longer than it should have. I think any Ryse with coop campaign would be a day one buy, if it was the same as the first (single player story, co-op arena) then it might be a sale/gamepass deal.
@LtSarge ah man I would love another Ryse!!! Would they just completely go with a new story/lore or would they stay Roman? Really don't care, enjoyed the game. Just make it purty, violent and a great story please
It was, and still is, a greatly entertaining game, and very satisfying to play, especially if you're into the kind of brutal combat that the game offers.
I'd love to see a sequel, albeit sans the recycled enemies and sometimes annoyingly all over the place AI levels.
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