How the Xbox One launch titles stack up against Sony’s PlayStation 4 lineup

Among the Xbox One launch titles, Crytek’s Ryse: Son of Rome clearly stands out to me as the must-have game. This may be a little obvious, given relatively few blockbuster-style exclusives in Microsoft’s debut titles for its game console, which launches on Nov. 22.

I played the initial level of the game at a recent Microsoft event, and I was much more impressed with the title than when I saw it at the E3 trade show in June. In the game, you play a Roman general named Marius Titus. You can fight your way through barbarian cavalry, mashing buttons to attack foes and slice their limbs off with your sword, or you can command troops to launch arrows or fire scorpios into crowds of enemies.