Crytek reveals Kinect-controlled Ryse

Crysis developer Crytek has revealed a first-person melee combat game set in Ancient Rome, and controlled with Kinect gestures.

Alice O'Connor

June 6, 2011 10:26 AM

Crysis developer Crytek used Microsoft's E3 2011 press conference to formally unveil Ryse, the Xbox 360 exclusive previously known as Codename: Kingdoms.

A Kinect-controlled first-melee game set in the world of Ancient Rome, Ryse will see players using Kinect gestures to block attacks with their shield, swing their swing, kick foes, deliver headbutts, and throw blades at foreheads.

Here's the stabby trailer for your viewing pleasure:

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June 6, 2011 10:26 AM

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Crysis developer Crytek has revealed a first-person melee combat game set in Ancient Rome, and controlled with Kinect gestures.
- apocreg
  
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  June 6, 2011 10:29 AM
  
  Ha and now this.
  
  Fall complete, enjoy your accessible console future crytek... I'll be over here, on my pc
  - abrasion
    
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    June 6, 2011 2:17 PM
    
    Yep.
- Dagger Man
  
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  June 6, 2011 10:33 AM
  
  shame on you crytek. fuck you
- d fluke
  
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  June 6, 2011 10:35 AM
  
  Jesus Chryst. *facepalm*
- donjuancarlos
  
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  June 6, 2011 10:40 AM
  
  Wow. This is a Microsoft-paid exclusive; we've known about it for ages.
  
  I'm a PC gamer--I'm still waiting for the DX11 patch before I play Crysis 2. But if I were a developer, I would feel giddy at the thought of not making games for the likes of all the haters here.
  - PCsupremacist
    
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    June 6, 2011 11:30 AM
    
    WTF are you talking about? Crytek made two successful PC games. They are now in debt to the PC community for the rest of eternity. They are not allowed to develop for other platforms or..."fuck them." clearly no PC gamers feel entitlement at all
    - NukemForever
      
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      June 6, 2011 11:41 AM
      
      is that me?
    - RikiTiki2
      
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      June 6, 2011 11:44 AM
      
      they owe PC gamers
      - Landrosradick
        
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        June 6, 2011 1:44 PM
        
        for what exactly?
        
        RikiTiki2
        
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        June 6, 2011 2:15 PM
        
        i dunno. the owe them though
    - MamiyaOtaru
      
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      June 6, 2011 12:46 PM
      
      they don't owe me anything, and I don't owe them anything. Like money for future titles
  - walker270
    
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    June 6, 2011 1:15 PM
    
    What's the point of waiting for the DX11 patch? The game looks spectacular as is.
    - Tchest
      
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      June 6, 2011 2:01 PM
      
      It doesn't look as good as I want it to. It's barely better (and in many ways worse) than Crysis four years ago. I expected more and DX11 will probably make a huge difference, so why not wait?
      - abrasion
        
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        June 6, 2011 2:18 PM
        
        It won't, low texture detail is low texture detail :/ I swear they used the 360 textures on the PC.
        I thought developers kept the damn source files :/
- headbone
  
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  June 6, 2011 11:32 AM
  
  Excellent! Finally some kinect games coming down the pipe! Looks like there is a ton of new kinect stuff this e3 so I'm excited!
  - InfernoAblaze
    
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    June 6, 2011 11:47 AM
    
    It looks better than the Fable game.
- ctlaltl33t
  
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  June 6, 2011 11:44 AM
  
  Crytek needs to end the bromance with Y, srsly
  - RikiTiki2
    
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    June 6, 2011 11:45 AM
    
    Y?
    - ctlaltl33t
      
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      June 6, 2011 11:45 AM
      
      Don't try to get a ryse outta me RikiTwinkie
    - [deleted] 877988455
      
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      June 6, 2011 1:12 PM
      
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    - jo3
      
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      June 6, 2011 7:24 PM
      
      y not
  - at0micgarden
    
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    June 6, 2011 7:45 PM
    
    Is X PC Gamers?
- oatmb
  
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  June 6, 2011 12:45 PM
  
  Super wow.
- GreatGooglyMoogly
  
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  June 6, 2011 1:09 PM
  
  lol
- ughhhhhhh
  
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  June 6, 2011 1:14 PM
  
  If it works as well as that video, that looks really kick ass
  - at0micgarden
    
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    June 6, 2011 7:46 PM
    
    Agreed....if it's super responsive it might actually be worth it to pick up a Kinect once I get the damn room for it. And it drops in price.
- MeestaNob
  
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  June 6, 2011 6:26 PM
  
  So it's a Cryengine powered Zeno Clash set in Roman times? Sounds pretty good to me, as long as you don't mind prancing about your living room like a dill.
- Visceral Monkey
  
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  June 6, 2011 7:33 PM
  
  Why the hate? It looks fun as shit.
- imbackbaby
  
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  June 6, 2011 7:40 PM
  
  Was anyone else cackling during this trailer? The voiceover was SO hilariously bad.
  
  "A HERO WILL RISE. A PLATITUDE WILL BE SPOKEN. A TRUISM WILL BE REGURGITATED. IN A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN'T PLAY GAMES WITH REAL CONTROLLERS ANYMORE, IT'S TIME TO MOVE TO ROME."
  
  Crytek really needs to pull a Valve and hire someone who can string a sentence together.
- godm0de
  
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  June 6, 2011 7:56 PM
  
  hmmm looks like fun.. until one of the inlaws kids comes over and kicks in my plasma tv