Crytek stayed true to the vision of hair-trigger combat in Ryse: Son of Rome (interview)

For a game that hasn’t come out yet, Ryse: Son of Rome has its share of fans and critics. It has inspired both love and scorn as one of the launch titles debuting Nov. 22 with Microsoft’s Xbox One video game console.

And with other big titles coming later, Ryse could turn out to be one of the reasons why consumers buy the $500 game console — or not. P.J. Esteves, the design director for Ryse at developer Crytek, has been following the feedback and he believes that the naysayers will find that Ryse is going to be better than they thought it was. I got a good look at the start of the game and feel like it plays a lot better than it did at E3, the game industry’s trade show, back in June.