Ryse: Son of Rome's Ambitious Franchise Plans Revealed
Originally planned as Xbox's answer to Assassin's Creed. Crytek envisioned a multi-era historical series for the flagship title. Underperformance ultimately led to the cancellation of these grand ambitions.
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- Saturday Postmortems/RetrospectivesAn article discusses original plans for Ryse: Son of Rome to be Microsoft's answer to Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed franchise. The game, developed by Crytek, was intended to be a flagship title for the Xbox One.
- Ryse: Son of Rome Had Plans To Be Xbox’s Assassin’s CreedRyse: Son of Rome was initially envisioned by Crytek and Xbox to span multiple historical eras, similar to the Assassin's Creed series. However, the game's critical and commercial underperformance led to the cancellation of these ambitious plans.