So you FINALLY clicked on it....how long as that damn headless face has been staring at you....BEGGING you to click? I do better stuff now, check it out - bit.ly/3iSUGfx
Weird how recent this was posted. I laughed when I read your comment because I kept getting recommended this and finally clicked after years of seeing that head.
GOW, TLOU2 ( like a few of the games I'm about to mention, bad game but real good graphics), newest Ratchet & Clank, BO3, Halo 4 & 5, Chernobylite, Assassins Creed Origins and every AC after, Cyberpunk 2077, The Evil Within 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, should I keep going?
8:52 notice how his arm was shaking when he pointed the sword to Nero. That's years of anger and hatred barely contained in the body of a pissed off centurion
Considering how he acted out in the beginning of the game as we met him, You have to give Commodus some credit - He actually took some level in badass. Being able to fight off Damocles for that long. Of course, minus the 'shortening the odds' things.
Yeah I thought he was totally useless in combat but he held off better than anyone else in the game against Marius up to this point excluding the big minotaur guy
Out of all the historical inaccuracies of the game, one of the few historical facts that they captured accurately is just how useless the Praetorians really were against actual soldiers.
@@hugovenegas6509 Initially, yeah, they were made up of Caesar's favorite legions which had joined up with Octavian during the Second Triumvirate. Later on, Praetorians would be recruited directly from the Roman Patrician class. However, during the reign of Tiberius, the Praetorians amassed considerable political power and economic influence. This made them incredibly wealthy, but their wealth combined with their safe and comfortable posting in Rome let them live deeply pampered and comfortable lives. They may have trained, but by the end of the 2nd Century, most of them were rarely if ever deployed in actual combat. Comparatively, the Legions were often deployed to guard the Empire's frontiers and thus faced constant war and military actions, making regular legionaries seasoned, experienced veterans. The Praetorians were sometimes deployed to the frontiers, often times with the Emperor or someone else of note, but never for any extended posting, unlike the Legions which were often in a given area for years. The few times the Praetorians went up against actual Roman Legionaries, they were absolutely demolished. More often than not, the Praetorians would seek to control the succession so as to avoid large scale bloodshed, and when a rival candidate did raise legions against the current Emperor, the Praetorians would often abandon the current Emperor and throw in with the contender if it looked like that contender was going to win. One of the few times they picked the wrong side was when they backed Didius Julianus against Septimius Severus during the Year of the Five Emperors in 193 AD. The Praetorians met Severus's legions in open battle, where they were repeatedly pushed back across Italy by the superior experience of the Roman legionaries. In the end, the Praetorians abandoned Julianus after it was clear that they simply could not match Severus's forces and Severus was proclaimed Emperor. Severus actually ended up disbanding the current Praetorians and replacing them with his own legionaries who were appointed as the new Praetorian Guard. Subsequent Emperors during the 3rd Century would often supplement the Praetorians with their own legions, who were often more loyal to their emperors than the Praetorians. Diocletian for example added two new bodyguard units, the Jovianii and Herculanii, drawn from two of his favorite legions, Legio V Iovia and Legio VI Herculia. The biggest episode of the Praetorian Guard's inferiority is when they backed the Tetrarch Emperor Maxentius against Constantine in the early 4th Century. At the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312 AD, Constantine's legions from Britannia and Gaul faced off against Maxentius's Praetorian Guard. Constantine triumphed, utterly destroyed the Praetorian Guard, killing Maxentius and the Praetorian Prefect and then disbanding the Praetorian Guard completely after assuming command of Maxentius's portion of the Tetrarchy. After that, the role of guarding the Emperor was given to the Herculanii and Jovianii and the newly formed Scholae Palatinae (Literally Palatine Schools). These units would guard Roman Emperors both in the Eastern and Western Roman Empires. They would survive the dissolution of the Western Roman Empire and continue to protect Emperors in the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. By the Middle Ages, the Roman bodyguards were again reformed into the Varangian Guard. The Varangians were recruited from Vikings from Scandinavia and Rus from the Volga (basically the ancestors of modern day Russians and Ukrainians. The Rus themselves were Vikings which had settled in Eastern Europe). Later on, the Varangians would be made up of Anglo-Saxons from England and Normans from Normandy and Sicily. Because of their lack of political connections in Constantinople, they would continue to guard the Byzantine Emperors up to the Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453. None of this is to say that the Praetorian Guard were incompetent or incapable of fighting. They were still renowned soldiers, but their lofty position in Rome meant that they lacked combat experience and their leaderships lacked tactical thinking that the legions and their commanders from the Roman frontier possessed. This put them at a huge disadvantage against actual legionaries.
I have to say the cinematics and voice acting are beyond good, they are insanely good for a video game. This is Gladiator-tier Hollywood stuff right here, and Crytek nailed it. I understand the reviews are a bit lacking due to the rather short campaign and repetitive combat, but as overall entertainment, this is like a 5+ hour interactive movie. Absolutely worth it. I'll play it over again.
I've already played the story 3 times man. The first thing I noticed was that the gameplay is VERY repetitive, but it's the movie-like feeling of the game that keeps it fun
They defintely got their inspiration from Russell Crowe's Gladiator movie. War hero betrayed by the emperor's sons. Family slain and embarks on a mission of revenge. Cinematics was amazing too.
I love the Emperor's reaction tho: Kill him! kill him! kill him! D; its like you are on multiplayer and a undying guy running towards you and you want help from your teammates
@@SentioBonus But though, Caesar was said to look up to Alexander the Great, Hannibal Barca, and Scipio Africanus, one of the reasons why he wants to abolish the Senate is because of how they betrayed Scipio, fearing that they would also backstab him, only if he knew.
Squid 132t8 it was pretty much a tech demo. Made by crytek and ran better than crisis but didn’t have much to do and was a pretty short game. Really easy too. But it was a fun game overall.
@yo-yo9338 broski, why is it "mid" you have given zero reasons for that, havecyou even played it? Because if you did, you'd realise just how good this game is
@@solveigdrekaskot496 lol orange man bad democrat good haha I have 27 pronouns and my gender is goth. I bet you think eating food is a personality as well, go back to laying bricks and blaming your cons and failures on Trump because you know Twitter and the media will accept your irresponsibilities.
Ryse was a breath of fresh air man. There was no other game like it at the time and I had a blast playing it. I wish they'd make more gladiator type games.
@@mlarson5300 but those games were the games that actually brought out the strength of the consoles and exhibited how powerful they really were. the graphics of GOW4 was actually quite unique and very little games are seen to have matched its potential, so you could say that the GOW was a showcase for the system's power.
@M Larson He didn't say it was a showcase for a systems "potential" You added the "potential" part and you did so because you probably realised that you can produce a showcase for a system at any time during it's lifecycle, whether it's at the beginning or end is irrelevant.
@@GenocidalSquid You have to take in account that Commodus saved his strength the whole time while Marius fought ceaselessly. Although not exhausted, he's not in top shape at that point. Obviously Commodus will have some fighting capabilities, but he pretty quickly shows his limits and uses cheap tricks.
Actually look at the main commudus guy next to the other 4 other doppelgangers, All of the copies went down like shit maybe they had shit armor, But when you slice the commodus guy himself he just gets knocked back, There are no scratches of blood on him
it's not plate armor, it was more of a "scale" armor that was designed to absorb blunt force but would cave in with a blade in certain locations. shields were not indestructible but a shield would block a blade, especially if it were used correctly, a shield was primarily designed to deflect objects, like a sword and in some cases an axe or even a spear
Because obviously the Britons rode war elephants that they bought from a nation they've never even heard of. Not to mention, that Commodus (despite not being alive for another 200+ years) is Nero's son (who was reported to have killed his pregnant wife bearing the only possible legitimate heir to the Julian-Dynasty). Yes, it sounds legit to me.
Ratatoskr Exactly. It is very entertaining at that too. If people want to play a game for historical accuracy, they are indeed boring little wet-blankets. Just stick to your mods if you're gonna have a problem with it. Another example that is historically based but not accurate is Dynasty Warriors, I didn't play dynasty warriors for its historical accuracy about Ancient China and the 3 Kingdoms, but because it was cool as fuck and had some awesome game mechanics back when people were playing on ps2 and xbox.
It was such a pleasant felling seeing Nero being scared sh*tless, realizing, that either way he is doomed and has nower to run, neither hide, because Damocles will chase him, until he is killed...
This game stuck in my head and I regularly think about. You're basically an immortal killing machine, so it makes sense your moves are redundant, Zeus himself only uses a fucking lighting bolt. This was a great game.
@@yo-yokaito Maybe some people just want to be normal man with an infinite bloodlust for vengeance. God of War is cool, but other games are allowed to have ruthless slayers.
I ALWAYS loved the scene where Damocles/Marius is so CONSUMED with rage and hatred towards Nero for murdering his family and leading to Rome's potential collapse that you can hear it in his voice and the way he moves. No wonder Nero calls Damocles a demon at the beginning of the game. He's *TERRIFIED* and *SHOULD BE.* You can tell that Nero is also terrified, yelling hurriedly and terrified for someone to kill Damocles as soon as possible, even making sure that the Praetorian Guard search the city and what-not to make sure Damocles does die. This scene sold me the game when I saw it on youtube and I just HAD to try it out when I was able to. And I am so glad to be able to play it, and it's a genuinely fun game to play every now and then.
8:27 I love that shot of "Damocles" killing Commodus and the crowd screaming as he raises the severed head and declares he will kill Nero. The pure *rage* in his eyes alone is enough to give anyone nightmares.
@B Smith aculy Damocles in Greek lore is the spirt of vengeance and god of vengeance. But yeah your right kratos would destroy him. But they lost every thing but one aculy came back as the God of vengeance even though he died he is still a god.
Fun fact: Marcus Aurelius is (was) the father of Commodus. Fun fact # 2: Commodus becomes the emperor of Rome Fun fact # 3: Commodus is killed by Narcissus while bathing.
Even after all this time the graphics of this game easily rival some of the titles releasing today. Crazy. Really wish this game could have had sequel and some expanded gameplay options as well. So much potential in this time period no ones tapped into.
The cutscenes' character models look better than the ones used during combat, though (including Marius's). But yeah, a couple of them really look almost photorealistic, like that... oracle? (can't really remember what she was) who appears near the end of the game
I loved this game, got it on when it came out. Way too many haters for no reason, it's a "tech demo" and? It was great and that's why it still stands up today. I don't care if a games short as long as I enjoy it, I would rather have top a top notch 8-10 hour game then a 80+ hour fetch quest game that I bored with. Some of the best games I have played have been short games.
Well, he realized, that Damocles himself is coming for him - The Spirit Of Vengeance - and there is nowhere to run, neither to hide - it will pursue him until he is killed...
its gorgeous, and the story seems great, but legit this gameplay//fighting style looks sorta shit. idk if i should hate the player or the game. looks repetitive as shit, and like you're forced to take hits. dodging and blocking doesn't seem that effective, but being able to just absorb damage with a big 'ol health bar ain't fun either
reported worm Are you comparing this to the old GoWs or the new one? If you’re talking about the new one then I’m afraid that you’re wrong because this game came out in 2013
For everyone talking about not being able to hear what he's saying, Roman colosseums had INCREDIBLE acoustics. So even if you were in the nose bleeds way up there, you could still hear what was being said.
I played this game, and it's definitely worth the buy. Also, I never knew this until I stumbled upon it, but you can parry the red (or "dodge away") attacks if you time it right. It's just so short a window, and other than once in the game near the start, you're never told about this.
Funny thing is by this time no romans high court son (or any family member of a noble class or senate class) were allowed to figth in the arena like gladiators. Except if it was a criminal or a "enemy of the state" then yes.
+DemonicGoat Well I believe Commodus actually did fight as a Gladiator, though it was looked down upon. Not saying Ryse is going for accuracy though having Commodus be the son of Nero.
+Matthew Ahern “Lawful Paladin” This battle was upon for beeing more accurate in the period of "maddnes" of the emperor Caligula. He really like nonsense violence.
+Charles Hastings, The battles were rigged. The gladiators who fought Commodus would have been wounded before the battle, while Commodus had the best gear money could buy
Remember that Damocles is the only one affected by Commodus' poison gas therefore all the spectators see for 10 minutes straight is him just randomly swinging his sword around and pretending to get hit
@@strang7739 Not at all, the kills feel more satisfying and visceral in ryse just like old ac games. Also, this game is more streamlined and polished than odyssey.
8:12 it was so satisfying to see this rich kid with a god complex see taken down a peg. Well, he was more taken down a head but you kno what I mean. Also: 8:35 "I. AM. DAMOCLES!" "I. AM. VENGEANCE!" "YOU. ARE. NEXT!!!!" I finally got the game on pc the other day and these words and this scene will forever go down as one of the best moments and quotes in all of gaming history for me. Chill. Especially when he threatens Nero.
So you FINALLY clicked on it....how long as that damn headless face has been staring at you....BEGGING you to click? I do better stuff now, check it out - bit.ly/3iSUGfx
Weird how recent this was posted. I laughed when I read your comment because I kept getting recommended this and finally clicked after years of seeing that head.
Yeeaaaah, you've made me click it.... AGAIN.
I've seen this video twice. 3years ago and now ...TODAY
Yeah he's been staring at me for 6 videos I've been watching now so I finally clicked it and this deserves a like even a sub
I’ve been seeing this edgelord Viking holding a head in my recommended for years now
not a single phone in sight.. just people living in the moment
This is very good
Lol
ok boomer
Only love ❤️
ok boomer
Imagine being at the back row seats and being like _"wtf is he saying?"_
Lol reminds me of a comment I saw on alexander the great's speech
Other guy : “Shhh he is talking you make me missed the speech”
_I think he said blessed are the cheese makers._
The way the stands were built and the way it looks curved you were meant to hear the slightest whisper.
@@AntiHamster500 I love you
"I fear not for that little shit's life..."
-Best father ever
It's sad tho..
If you had a kid who turned out like him, you'd be the same.
@@SteelShroom256 yeah he turned out just like Nero what made him hate him even more…
@@damian5071 Well...
The little shit of Commodus, if anything you can blame him for the Crisis, to a certain degree.
Commodus in real life was incompetent and wasted his time in the colosseum, wasn’t even good at fighting.
Ive avoided clicking on this for two years. I just caved in.
Same
Same haha
LMFAOO me too
Why?
Nathan Wilson because I never played the game. It’s been coming out on my feed for years. I accidentally clicked on it, and here we are.
"I. Am. Damocles"
"I. Am. Vengeance."
"YOU. ARE. NEXT."
Fucking chills man
he is a good choise for being mortal kombat guess character
Cheesiest shit ever. Hilarious
Ape no kill ape!
That's pure hatred in his words
One of the best and memorable pure anger filled quotes ever.
Freaks me out how a 2013 game manages to look and run better than most games released these past couple of years
How about bf bc1-2 mw2 gta iv
@@illuminatiaqi6130 those games don't hold up anywhere near as well as this game does
@@illuminatiaqi6130 You can't be serious
GOW, TLOU2 ( like a few of the games I'm about to mention, bad game but real good graphics), newest Ratchet & Clank, BO3, Halo 4 & 5, Chernobylite, Assassins Creed Origins and every AC after, Cyberpunk 2077, The Evil Within 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, should I keep going?
@@jesusrodriguez3728 you named at least 5-6 that don't look anywhere near as good as this lol
"Pathetic!"
Hires clones and uses poison gas
Lol
What you expect from rich people? No offence
Well this is Commodus we are talking about. His historical version wasn't much better
@@solinvictus4367 dumb ass fought in a tournament then it was the start of rome fall smh
Infirmus
8:52 notice how his arm was shaking when he pointed the sword to Nero. That's years of anger and hatred barely contained in the body of a pissed off centurion
I think it's also exhaustion from fighting an entire arena and getting poisoned
@@nathanaelheil2818 yeah this
Or maybe they animated the arm on FK ;)
Adrenaline. Exhaustion. Unadulterated rage.
Really, really fucking good acting.
*OFF
Considering how he acted out in the beginning of the game as we met him, You have to give Commodus some credit - He actually took some level in badass. Being able to fight off Damocles for that long. Of course, minus the 'shortening the odds' things.
I'm not giving him any credit or respect.
Cheating is still cheating even if he did manage to last several minutes on his own.
Yeah I thought he was totally useless in combat but he held off better than anyone else in the game against Marius up to this point excluding the big minotaur guy
Well if it were not without the poison and Clones helping him he would have lasted a bit shorter anyway
@@-.DIO.- pa
@@inolongerusethisaccount4004
Well, he was called a _"little shit"_ for a reason.
Out of all the historical inaccuracies of the game, one of the few historical facts that they captured accurately is just how useless the Praetorians really were against actual soldiers.
I thought only the best were allowed to be praetorian's? I only know that they were involved in every coup that about it
Really?
@@hugovenegas6509 Initially, yeah, they were made up of Caesar's favorite legions which had joined up with Octavian during the Second Triumvirate. Later on, Praetorians would be recruited directly from the Roman Patrician class. However, during the reign of Tiberius, the Praetorians amassed considerable political power and economic influence. This made them incredibly wealthy, but their wealth combined with their safe and comfortable posting in Rome let them live deeply pampered and comfortable lives. They may have trained, but by the end of the 2nd Century, most of them were rarely if ever deployed in actual combat.
Comparatively, the Legions were often deployed to guard the Empire's frontiers and thus faced constant war and military actions, making regular legionaries seasoned, experienced veterans.
The Praetorians were sometimes deployed to the frontiers, often times with the Emperor or someone else of note, but never for any extended posting, unlike the Legions which were often in a given area for years. The few times the Praetorians went up against actual Roman Legionaries, they were absolutely demolished. More often than not, the Praetorians would seek to control the succession so as to avoid large scale bloodshed, and when a rival candidate did raise legions against the current Emperor, the Praetorians would often abandon the current Emperor and throw in with the contender if it looked like that contender was going to win.
One of the few times they picked the wrong side was when they backed Didius Julianus against Septimius Severus during the Year of the Five Emperors in 193 AD. The Praetorians met Severus's legions in open battle, where they were repeatedly pushed back across Italy by the superior experience of the Roman legionaries. In the end, the Praetorians abandoned Julianus after it was clear that they simply could not match Severus's forces and Severus was proclaimed Emperor. Severus actually ended up disbanding the current Praetorians and replacing them with his own legionaries who were appointed as the new Praetorian Guard.
Subsequent Emperors during the 3rd Century would often supplement the Praetorians with their own legions, who were often more loyal to their emperors than the Praetorians. Diocletian for example added two new bodyguard units, the Jovianii and Herculanii, drawn from two of his favorite legions, Legio V Iovia and Legio VI Herculia.
The biggest episode of the Praetorian Guard's inferiority is when they backed the Tetrarch Emperor Maxentius against Constantine in the early 4th Century. At the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312 AD, Constantine's legions from Britannia and Gaul faced off against Maxentius's Praetorian Guard. Constantine triumphed, utterly destroyed the Praetorian Guard, killing Maxentius and the Praetorian Prefect and then disbanding the Praetorian Guard completely after assuming command of Maxentius's portion of the Tetrarchy. After that, the role of guarding the Emperor was given to the Herculanii and Jovianii and the newly formed Scholae Palatinae (Literally Palatine Schools). These units would guard Roman Emperors both in the Eastern and Western Roman Empires. They would survive the dissolution of the Western Roman Empire and continue to protect Emperors in the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
By the Middle Ages, the Roman bodyguards were again reformed into the Varangian Guard. The Varangians were recruited from Vikings from Scandinavia and Rus from the Volga (basically the ancestors of modern day Russians and Ukrainians. The Rus themselves were Vikings which had settled in Eastern Europe). Later on, the Varangians would be made up of Anglo-Saxons from England and Normans from Normandy and Sicily. Because of their lack of political connections in Constantinople, they would continue to guard the Byzantine Emperors up to the Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453.
None of this is to say that the Praetorian Guard were incompetent or incapable of fighting. They were still renowned soldiers, but their lofty position in Rome meant that they lacked combat experience and their leaderships lacked tactical thinking that the legions and their commanders from the Roman frontier possessed. This put them at a huge disadvantage against actual legionaries.
@@Killzoneguy117 dude your smart as fuck, you got any recommendations on any military leaders from back then?
al Mamlūk damn dawg u got knowledge
I have to say the cinematics and voice acting are beyond good, they are insanely good for a video game. This is Gladiator-tier Hollywood stuff right here, and Crytek nailed it. I understand the reviews are a bit lacking due to the rather short campaign and repetitive combat, but as overall entertainment, this is like a 5+ hour interactive movie. Absolutely worth it. I'll play it over again.
I've already played the story 3 times man. The first thing I noticed was that the gameplay is VERY repetitive, but it's the movie-like feeling of the game that keeps it fun
+Ian C. repetitive is putting it lightly
They defintely got their inspiration from Russell Crowe's Gladiator movie. War hero betrayed by the emperor's sons. Family slain and embarks on a mission of revenge. Cinematics was amazing too.
Same villain too, although Commodus wasn't actually Nero's son in irl.
Agreed. I'll take a great story over a long campaign any day.
Am I the only one surprised that this is six years old and still doesn’t look half bad
It’s Cryengine
Well I hope it looks good 6 years isn't a long time
@@zachdinga6496 For video game technology, 6 years is a lot of time.
@@notseth3500 not for 2013 technology
Owen Kingsley Cryengine. Look how old the Crysis games are and they still all look fantastic.
I like how he trembles when he screams you are next, that is some genuine rage
I love the Emperor's reaction tho: Kill him! kill him! kill him! D;
its like you are on multiplayer and a undying guy running towards you and you want help from your teammates
Toprak özdemir I know right XD
Esteban Singh minus the repetitive game play, this games finishers and story is brutal
Every Roman felt the tremble when Damocles was heard because of his Legend.
@@b-17gflyingfortress6Damocles never stops, until he takes vengeance... and he knew, he was doomed!
This strongly reminds me of Joaquin Phoenix and Russell Crowe fighting in Gladiator.
You mean the Joker??
@@aimanbenmbarka8791 Joaquin Phoenix was famous before to play in this stupid movie .
I LOVE that movie. I still watch it from time to time it has aged so goddamn well
Illumi Ibn Silver stupid movie? Get that nonsense out of here
@@chrismarple allright
The movie was good but
People must know Joaquin Phoenix apart from Joker
I think his best movie is Gladiator
"I am the greatest general to ever lead rome and her peoples!"
*Scipo Africanus would like to know your location*
Julius.
Aurelian would like to come to that meeting as well.
Julius Caesar was a greater general tbh the amount of nearly hopeless situations he overcame is crazy
@@SentioBonus But though, Caesar was said to look up to Alexander the Great, Hannibal Barca, and Scipio Africanus, one of the reasons why he wants to abolish the Senate is because of how they betrayed Scipio, fearing that they would also backstab him, only if he knew.
I’m surprised anyone would check history to find out about the Scipo Africanus.
I actually forgot about this game but damn for 2013 this game looked and looks amazing
Squid 132t8 it was pretty much a tech demo. Made by crytek and ran better than crisis but didn’t have much to do and was a pretty short game. Really easy too. But it was a fun game overall.
cry engine ... that's why
Squid 132t8 cry engine beliek
I know this game looks great love it I just wish the gladiator online play was still a thing it's hard to find people
Squid 132t8
yeah. Imagine them making a game in 2020. It would look amazing.
8:38
What he says there you can feel the pure pain, rage, and damnation that flows through him as he screams it to Nero
At the same time, he's also crossing the point of no return with that declaration.
Remember getting to this scene and getting crazy goose bumps when he told the emperor "YOU ARE NEXT." Awesome voice acting in this game, great story.
The scene send chills down my spine the first time i saw it.
Mid game
@@yo-yokaito nah you just don't have taste in video games like this, come back when you have one
@@yo-yokaito cringe
@yo-yo9338 broski, why is it "mid" you have given zero reasons for that, havecyou even played it? Because if you did, you'd realise just how good this game is
*does the most dishonorable thing in fighting*
AM I, NOT THE GREATEST?!?!?!??!?!?
Must be good friends with Trump.
@@solveigdrekaskot496 let’s not bring politics into a joke.
@@masterinsatiable6656 I concur politics is for serious shit not for ruining a good joke.
Whom else could use such underhanded tactics and act the superior fighter?! NONE!!!
@@solveigdrekaskot496 lol orange man bad democrat good haha I have 27 pronouns and my gender is goth. I bet you think eating food is a personality as well, go back to laying bricks and blaming your cons and failures on Trump because you know Twitter and the media will accept your irresponsibilities.
Damocles threatening the emperor.
best "FUCK YOU!" ever.
Ryse was a breath of fresh air man. There was no other game like it at the time and I had a blast playing it. I wish they'd make more gladiator type games.
I thought I was pretty bad at this game, but whoever was playing this made me look like Damocles. No offence.
Gameplay is not good but scenes and actiins are dope
It feels like interactive movie
@@halkras That's because this was the first game on Xbox to showcase its power. Like what The Last Of Us did for PS3 or GOW for PS4.
@@mlarson5300 but those games were the games that actually brought out the strength of the consoles and exhibited how powerful they really were. the graphics of GOW4 was actually quite unique and very little games are seen to have matched its potential, so you could say that the GOW was a showcase for the system's power.
@M Larson He didn't say it was a showcase for a systems "potential" You added the "potential" part and you did so because you probably realised that you can produce a showcase for a system at any time during it's lifecycle, whether it's at the beginning or end is irrelevant.
What's the point in even saying "no offense", lol. You may as well just say he sucks and leave it at that.
YOU....ARE....NEEEEEXT
still gives me chills it's amazing
The crowd gets absolutly mute during that speech. And at the begining a woman scream when Damocles fatally stabs him.
kill him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kill him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kill him kill him!!!!!!!!!!!
Me too
I AM NEXT IN LINE
m2
“I, Commodus! Your General! Your Savior! Your GOD!”
*dies to Damocles/Marius in less than 5 minutes*
Woulda been less without the clones and poison
Welp
@@BadVelocityGT It could be worse. He seemed to have fighting prowess, and only backed by tricks and traps.
@@GenocidalSquid You have to take in account that Commodus saved his strength the whole time while Marius fought ceaselessly. Although not exhausted, he's not in top shape at that point. Obviously Commodus will have some fighting capabilities, but he pretty quickly shows his limits and uses cheap tricks.
@@thibautisserant ...I guess that's what too much vices does to a man. Weakens them, throws them off-balance.
It's weird that almost 4 years later, and the graphics of this game have not aged at all.
whats even weirder is that this is the OG xbox one
Meh
the graphics maybe but the animations? holy shit.
@@banjabalst4973 I've seen mobile games with better animation tbh.. Not trying to shit on the game, I'm sure the fans don't care but damn.
@Melanie L Hunt Showdown has something to say about that.
Damocles: "I am vengeance"
*Batman would like to know your Location*
wow you're funny
@@anthraxiii7753 dont be a dick
I legit thought for a moment he was gonna say "I'm Batman" next
Damocles is really the roman ghost rider
*Ghost Rider would like to know Batmans location*
Commodus: "I'm immortal"
Damocles: "Who decided that?"
that's it. that's the whole damn fight summed up in two sentences
*Slices his head off*
*kicks his corpse*
Come on, you're supposed to be immortal!
GET! UP!
4 Years on, still one of the best graphics in video games.
General Biggus Dickus would approve too.
EDIT: 7 years now. Welcome to year COVID-19
You forgot about his wife. Do you even know what she's called?
Big Chungus
Noman Johan NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION
You forgot hitman
but still a shitty game
8:15 They looked at the achievement lmao
Bruhhhhhhlol
Never give up
LMAO!
Lollll
ксхн-канал с хорошим названием never ganna give you up
I like how Commodus calls the player pathetic and mocking him but yet proceed to hide behind his own clones and use poison gas from the clown on dbd
I ...AM... DAMOCLES !
I ...AM... VENGEANCE !
I ...AM... BATMAN!!
Dameclus xD
I...AM...SPARTACUS!
I... Am... Groot!
Burak Arda Aksoy I. AM. DAMOCLES!
YOU.ARE.NEXT!
Burak Arda Aksoy I AM CORNHOLIO!!
"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!?!"
IS THERE NO ONE ELSE
“IS THIS NOT WHY YOU ARE HERE??”
*Spit*
8:41 that would be a sick helmet for centurion in For Honor
They should just make it into a full set of armor
I would take my longsword and run to another point
CRAWLING IN MY SKIN
4:50
Wow how did you catch that hahaha
haha nice
@Landon Taylor i see you are a jojo fan too
@Landon Taylor That's Linkin Park not Jojo lol
LMAo good one
Slicing through plate armor like butter... Boi
Emil Wiberg nonsense = good games it's how games work
the bullshit continues when shields are apparently indestructible in this game.
Actually look at the main commudus guy next to the other 4 other doppelgangers, All of the copies went down like shit maybe they had shit armor, But when you slice the commodus guy himself he just gets knocked back, There are no scratches of blood on him
Plot twist: his armour is butter XD
it's not plate armor, it was more of a "scale" armor that was designed to absorb blunt force but would cave in with a blade in certain locations. shields were not indestructible but a shield would block a blade, especially if it were used correctly, a shield was primarily designed to deflect objects, like a sword and in some cases an axe or even a spear
This game actually had such an amazing story
Hey, so I'm just guessing here, but I take it that historical accuracy wasn't the game's main selling point?
It's about historically accurate as God Of War is.
Basically.
Because obviously the Britons rode war elephants that they bought from a nation they've never even heard of. Not to mention, that Commodus (despite not being alive for another 200+ years) is Nero's son (who was reported to have killed his pregnant wife bearing the only possible legitimate heir to the Julian-Dynasty). Yes, it sounds legit to me.
The appeal for me is not the historically accuracy. Its ancient Rome based, and thats fucking cool imo. Its just a game for entertainment
Ratatoskr Exactly. It is very entertaining at that too. If people want to play a game for historical accuracy, they are indeed boring little wet-blankets. Just stick to your mods if you're gonna have a problem with it. Another example that is historically based but not accurate is Dynasty Warriors, I didn't play dynasty warriors for its historical accuracy about Ancient China and the 3 Kingdoms, but because it was cool as fuck and had some awesome game mechanics back when people were playing on ps2 and xbox.
The lack of incredibilis astounds me
😂
My man. Nice reference.
It makes me Sadibilis
I find it very infirmus…
@@BWxEclipse Etiam! Do it again
Class goes to coliseum for school trip
Boys:
Commnets on Ryse son of rome videos
10% People talking about stuff
90% People talking about how historically inaccurate this game is
If you google the game, it says it is an alternate history of the Roman Empire. It was not meant to be a historical game.
+billythekid21able bodiccia rising through Rome on an elephant gave that away.
And the roman gods.
More like 10% people talking about how inaccurate the game is
89% complaning about repetitivness
1% talking about what people are talking about
Cause people are fucking stupid and forget it's a game.
4:12 dude in right side is like "no nononononononono."
OH GOD HE'S COMING FOR ME NEXT.
he was moowalking
Body Double: "Oh Jupiter, I'm next!"
It was such a pleasant felling seeing Nero being scared sh*tless, realizing, that either way he is doomed and has nower to run, neither hide, because Damocles will chase him, until he is killed...
"Are you not entertained?"
Sigmatron ' crowed goes wild '
"Somewhat!"
no? yes? I'm confused is this a trick question
This game stuck in my head and I regularly think about. You're basically an immortal killing machine, so it makes sense your moves are redundant, Zeus himself only uses a fucking lighting bolt. This was a great game.
after 2020.....we all wish we where damocles
Bruh god of war way better than mid game
@@yo-yokaito who got you so pissed?
@@yo-yokaito Maybe some people just want to be normal man with an infinite bloodlust for vengeance. God of War is cool, but other games are allowed to have ruthless slayers.
I ALWAYS loved the scene where Damocles/Marius is so CONSUMED with rage and hatred towards Nero for murdering his family and leading to Rome's potential collapse that you can hear it in his voice and the way he moves. No wonder Nero calls Damocles a demon at the beginning of the game. He's *TERRIFIED* and *SHOULD BE.* You can tell that Nero is also terrified, yelling hurriedly and terrified for someone to kill Damocles as soon as possible, even making sure that the Praetorian Guard search the city and what-not to make sure Damocles does die. This scene sold me the game when I saw it on youtube and I just HAD to try it out when I was able to. And I am so glad to be able to play it, and it's a genuinely fun game to play every now and then.
The animations in the cinematics and voice acting are the best I have seen in a game so far.
GrumpyCommissar there are many other games with better animations, voice Acting ecc...
Imperial Ace Scholar
Not every animations is doing by human People.
In fact Three are games better than this one
God of war in every game was ahead of its time
Imperial Senator Avitus Livius Aquila not to be a fanboy but uncharted has better animations...
Lol try The Last of Us
Thanos: I am inevitable
Damocles: I Am DAMOCLES
John: "EHEHEHEHEHEH"
Fuck thanos
This game is nearly a decade old and still holds up incredibly.
I brought this game Because of the ad on my T.V that shit looked badass even today it still is.
Rasmus G game is the best we need more like this
Facts
8:39-8:55 Pure Rage Right Here
Gaming Moments aaaA
Punctuated. For. Emphasis.
Yup
Cant beat kratos rage. Athena!!! Areeessss!! LMFAO
Gotta love the music when he cuts commedas head off I love that part
8:27 I love that shot of "Damocles" killing Commodus and the crowd screaming as he raises the severed head and declares he will kill Nero. The pure *rage* in his eyes alone is enough to give anyone nightmares.
Next opponent: Kratos
God of War kills this game so Kratos would win
@B Smith aculy they would be friends they were both betrayed lost their family and such. So they would be great friends
@B Smith aculy Damocles in Greek lore is the spirt of vengeance and god of vengeance. But yeah your right kratos would destroy him. But they lost every thing but one aculy came back as the God of vengeance even though he died he is still a god.
Dont compare them lol kratos is a God!!
Pantheon Kratos would turn him into mincemeat. Norse Kratos would tear out his ribcage open with two fingers
Fun fact: Marcus Aurelius is (was) the father of Commodus.
Fun fact # 2: Commodus becomes the emperor of Rome
Fun fact # 3: Commodus is killed by Narcissus while bathing.
Fact: Damocles wasn't really a betrayed commander
Fun fact this is an alternative history game.
Aesthetic Percy oh yeah..........
Fun fact: this game is alternate/modified history
He was killed by the Gladiator!!
8:34 Straight up one of the most badass moments of the entire game right there
POCKET SAND!!!
SAND ATTACK
a weapon to surpass metal gear
King of the Hill reference is nice
XD
Dinglie Danglie Doodle Desperate times calls for desperate measures...amirite?
Even after all this time the graphics of this game easily rival some of the titles releasing today. Crazy.
Really wish this game could have had sequel and some expanded gameplay options as well. So much potential in this time period no ones tapped into.
B Smith of course god of war looks better this game was being developed before the xbox one and the ps4 even came out
The cutscenes' character models look better than the ones used during combat, though (including Marius's). But yeah, a couple of them really look almost photorealistic, like that... oracle? (can't really remember what she was) who appears near the end of the game
This Game Was Ahead Of Its Time,
Better Than Halo: Infinite Graphics.
and only exclusive worth to play
I loved this game, got it on when it came out. Way too many haters for no reason, it's a "tech demo" and? It was great and that's why it still stands up today. I don't care if a games short as long as I enjoy it, I would rather have top a top notch 8-10 hour game then a 80+ hour fetch quest game that I bored with. Some of the best games I have played have been short games.
1:28 "Your SAVIAH!" :D
Lol
This part made me feel absolute masculinity.
Val Marko I bet without all that make-up, you and me could be twins
Val Marko nice pf.
Val Marko me too. It's only two other games that have done that for me Lincoln Clay in mafia 3 and Ezio Auditore in assassin's creed brotherhood.
Witzel Witz lies!
Val Marko p
A game from 2013 let me tell you, the graphics and soundtrack was out of this world. Best 7 euros of my life at the time
there is no way you got this game at that time for “7 euros” you lying sack of shit
@@nejcl3152 he never said he got it in 2013 dumbass
@@nejcl3152 lol why so mad they got it cheap? You pay full price like a chump?
Is it available for PS4?
@@canaldamia8393 I’m pretty sure it’s on Xbox one exclusive
Hands down one of the best voice acting moments in a video game I've ever witnessed. Second only to maybe The Last of Us
3rd must be far cry 3
Vaas Are you kidding? The voice acting in FC3 was a bit shit. Especially NPC's
bro, I reckon The witcher 3 might be on par.
Tha Profit TW3 is in a another league
Defconpain64 a worse league. The Witcher FUCKING sucks
Damn those graphics are unbelievable
Reggie Noble to be one of the first video games for Xbox One, yes, the graphics are unbelievable and one of the best I’ve ever seen!
Exactly and this game is made in 2014 or 13
The thumbnail to this video always looks like the guy who risked his life for a selfie near a twister.
"One lucky blow from you and my repu-"
Immediately gets slashed along his side
I love Irony 😁😆
Awesome graphics
bLASTrapz CryEngine ;)
it's Cry engine.... obviously
bLASTrapz for a potato..
bLASTrapz awesome graphics but terrible game
I thought it was a movie at first
when the emperor starts panicking i laugh every time
Well, he realized, that Damocles himself is coming for him - The Spirit Of Vengeance - and there is nowhere to run, neither to hide - it will pursue him until he is killed...
He jiggles in fear lol
"Pride comes before the fall." As they say.
CRAWLING IN MY SKIIIIIIIINNNN 4:50
Flavor you win
is that the 1000 suns cover for your profile pic?
Nathan Lang it's the album All our gods have abandoned us by architects. But yeah it totally looks like it.
Well played for the linkin park song
"Fear not for your son's life, my Emperor"
*Reads title of video*
Oh no
One of the few instances I don't agree with bad review for a game.
That shit was heavy rain esque.
its gorgeous, and the story seems great, but legit this gameplay//fighting style looks sorta shit.
idk if i should hate the player or the game. looks repetitive as shit, and like you're forced to take hits. dodging and blocking doesn't seem that effective, but being able to just absorb damage with a big 'ol health bar ain't fun either
reported worm It's nothing like God of War.
Survivalist but you do the same thing in this new god of war, and nobody complains, but when is xbox...
reported worm Are you comparing this to the old GoWs or the new one? If you’re talking about the new one then I’m afraid that you’re wrong because this game came out in 2013
bob junior the game is extremly repetetive
The legend says that the emperors is still saying “kill him!!”
For everyone talking about not being able to hear what he's saying, Roman colosseums had INCREDIBLE acoustics. So even if you were in the nose bleeds way up there, you could still hear what was being said.
Is that a go pro on his forehead?
yes
No..its a dick
average220 That’s his faceplate.
Buzzy Bland I don’t think u get a joke
Roblox nigga Nigga roblox I get the joke; I’m just being an overly literal douche.
Im commodus, no im commodus!
Peter Griffin- This ones commodus
how to tell if a game was made to look pretty: just when the gameplay gets interesting, it transitions to the cutscene
4:12 my guy is trying moonwalk outta there
This game is so underrated, it was and still is legendary status.
I recently remembered about this game and I have to say it was so fun, the blood the storyline, it was just perfect.
I almost fell for the "27 years ago" thing, very smart
So Damocles killed Ben Affleck and the emperor's next?
Yes.
@@taloob493 Really funny now considering Joachim Pheonix plays Joker
When they all went saying "I'm Commodus", I couldn't help but think "Damnit Alpharius, what the hell are you doing here?"
Pierre Braud Alpharius more like no-one-caresius
Legend has it the emperor is still shouting "kill him, kill him" to this day...
I played this game, and it's definitely worth the buy.
Also, I never knew this until I stumbled upon it, but you can parry the red (or "dodge away") attacks if you time it right. It's just so short a window, and other than once in the game near the start, you're never told about this.
Picked it up for $5. Enjoyed the game and story more than any $60 purchase made in a decade. Just a great time
watching it without music when he yells that he is damocles is amazing because the entire arena goes quiet with shock as his voice roars
Funny thing is by this time no romans high court son (or any family member of a noble class or senate class) were allowed to figth in the arena like gladiators. Except if it was a criminal or a "enemy of the state" then yes.
+DemonicGoat Well I believe Commodus actually did fight as a Gladiator, though it was looked down upon. Not saying Ryse is going for accuracy though having Commodus be the son of Nero.
+Matthew Ahern “Lawful Paladin” This battle was upon for beeing more accurate in the period of "maddnes" of the emperor Caligula. He really like nonsense violence.
this game wasnt meant to be historically accurate
As I recall, there were occasions, when aristocrats also fought as Gladiators in the arena, in disguise, of course :)
+Charles Hastings, The battles were rigged. The gladiators who fought Commodus would have been wounded before the battle, while Commodus had the best gear money could buy
3:33 Now isn't this a subtle nod to the "I'm Spartacus" scene from the 1960 movie?
Remember that Damocles is the only one affected by Commodus' poison gas therefore all the spectators see for 10 minutes straight is him just randomly swinging his sword around and pretending to get hit
Rewatching this and realizing that these execution animations are still smooth af even after 9 years
8:10 damn those achievements popping up ruins the scene
Dang, this was on my recomendations for years, and Ive always avoided clicking on it.... now that I have, I want more
Who would wanna see a fight between Damocles vs Achilles ??
BGT 032016 Damocles automatically wins. Full immortality vs immortality with weakness.
Achilles vs spartacus
na bro, Damocles vs Maximus decimus meridius
This is Odyssey shoulda looked like , they're making games better than Ubisoft.
this gameplay is terrible lmao you blind?
@@strang7739 Not at all, the kills feel more satisfying and visceral in ryse just like old ac games. Also, this game is more streamlined and polished than odyssey.
@@strang7739 not shitty and repeating shit like ubisoft's
@@艾可 for real the gameplay is really good the formation when you rise your shield and throw spears at your enemy that was badass asf
2021 this game still holds up insanely well.
This game’s soundtrack is criminally underrated
Who else click this having no clue what it is.
How do you not know what game this is? This came out in 2013. Oh wait you must be a brat
mewster x3 tf?
mewster x3 he’s got a roblox pfp that says it all
mewster x3 tbh this game didn’t really get all that much hype
Heck I don't have an Xbox and even I know what game this is lol
8:12 it was so satisfying to see this rich kid with a god complex see taken down a peg. Well, he was more taken down a head but you kno what I mean. Also:
8:35
"I. AM. DAMOCLES!"
"I. AM. VENGEANCE!"
"YOU. ARE. NEXT!!!!"
I finally got the game on pc the other day and these words and this scene will forever go down as one of the best moments and quotes in all of gaming history for me. Chill. Especially when he threatens Nero.
When I first played this game I was genuinely impressed of how real the game looks
8:27 ⚠️Warning Testosterone level might exceed max capacity. Proceed with caution.
3:15 - when you're the only brave enough to take the lizard out of the classroom