| zhao3gold said: whatever you say, gaming media say, I will still support Ryse at day one because I really like the Roman era. |
I'm not out to change your mind, but historically, Ryse makes absolutely no sense.
Barbarians of whatever tribe ('Barbarian' isn't a people in itself, it was the name for anyone who wasn't a Roman citizen) didn't have such huge fortresses, Romans themselves didn't had such huge fortresses. It seems too medieval instead of classical and I also have my doubts about the siege weapons. Barbarians in the game are bald for some reason and shaved their beards, while such display of personal hygiene was in fact exclusively Roman as they saw it as 'civilized' while it also had advantages during combat. The Romans in reality certainly did not attack in such a chaotic manner as it would result in defeat. Instead they were so successful because of their organisation and professionalism, rather than relying on an individual soldier's strength. This was just in the 5 minutes of footage we saw, I'm positive the rest of the game wouldn't make much sense either.
I like the era too, but I wouldn't look at the game as some historical retelling. If that's what you were doing anyway. Personally, I'm able to ignore these things though. I actually thought the game was the most interesting thing Microsoft had to show at E3 and I would get it if I got an XOne 
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