#ryse: son of rome

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Marius Titus - Ryse: Son Of Rome (2013)

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Ryse: Son of Rome

“Ryse: Son of Rome” tells the story of Marius Titus, a young Roman soldier who witnesses the murder of his family at the hands of barbarian bandits, then travels with the Roman army to Britannia to seek revenge. - Steam

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BORISLAV SLAVOV APPRECIATION POST

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[whereforartthoumisthios87]

Get To Know Me: video game edition!  Tagged by the fantastical @aeide, thanks! 💜

This took me entirely too long to make LOL. I haven’t played very many games and Odyssey trumped most categories but I do like my slight variation I managed to get! haha (blank template below!)

Couple notes: - “hate” is a strong word! I just don’t vibe with ol’ Bayek. - Favorite villain was hard to pick cause...they’re villains 😂 but I picked Basim cause he’s...oddly charming in his way. - Favorite boss fight was the Huntsman in the Hidden Blade DLC. Just thought it was kind of badass how it ended. - Highly recommend “Coffee Talk”!

Tagging (with no pressure ever as always!): @cringy-username-dream-wanderlust, @certaingentlemengalaxy, @aquila-v, @justaquietkidinaclass​, @wickedwitchofthewesninski​, @tashabanes​

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[imperial-prefect-marcella]

I personally think Marius from “Ryse: Son of Rome” and Mizu from “Blue Eye Samurai” have surprisingly amount of similarities. They’ve both mastered their own swords, both are driven by the desire for vengeance and would travel across mountains and seas to achieve that, both became a spirit of vengeance after experiencing a cruel betrayal, both made tools of revenge with their own hands, both singlehanded cut through a army even with severe injuries, and both wouldn’t die before they have their revenges…

However, they are still two very different characters. It’s amazing that two characters can be so similar and yet be so different.

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Ryse: Son of Rome (2013)

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Yeah I know this movie is old and probably isn't accurate to actual roman empire shenanigans but

Please dude I love the acting, the scenery, the sfx, the ACTING??? love it times a million

Gladiator (2000)

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Invasion - OTimON

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Ryse: Son Of Rome (2013)

[rachandruin]

Spent today playing Ryse: Son of Rome (broadly enjoyed it) and idk if it's just me but I immediately decided that the alternate timeline the game openly occupies is not ancient Rome, but an alternate modern-day Rome.

Everything about the way it's designed put me in mind of a world where Christianity never rose to prominence, the Roman Empire never split, and somehow the apparatus of the Empire just kept going, like a Japan of the west. Rome looks like you could imagine 1st century Rome eventually looking if they had two thousand years of unchallenged dominance and development behind them.

Emperor Nero isn't OUR Nero Augustus Germanicus - he's a guy with the same name, just like Boudica is (which was by all accounts a common Brythonic name anyway).

Idk, it just made the world feel way more engaging to me.

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:3

[datcloudboi]

List of video games turning 10 years old in 2023:

Aliens: Colonial Marines (the godawful FPS from Gearbox)

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

Animal Crossing: New Leaf (do people still like New Horizons? I genuinely don't know...)

Antichamber

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (the one where you play as a pirate)

Batman: Arkham Origins (IMO, not bad at all)

Call of Duty: Ghosts

Company of Heroes 2

Disney Infinity

DmC: Devil May Cry (the reboot. PS, c'mon, guys, this game wasn't bad at all)

Don't Starve

Dragon's Crown (developed by Vanillaware, who would go on to make 13 Sentinels, which is one of the best games I've ever played.)

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (the director's cut version of Dragon's Dogma and pretty much the best way to play the game)

Dynasty Warriors 8

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (the relaunch of what is now one of the most successful MMOs of all time)

Fire Emblem: Awakening (in the West)

Fuse

Gears of War: Judgment

God of War: Ascension (the last game in the series before Dad of Boi)

Grand Theft Auto V (old_man.gif)

Killer Instinct (the reboot)

Killer is Dead (a decent hack & slash from Grasshopper Manufacture, the devs behind No More Heroes)

Killzone: Shadow Fall (a launch title for the PlayStation 4)

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (as part of the Year of Luigi™️)

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (as part of the Year of Luigi™️)

Marvel Puzzle Quest

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (don't fuck with THIS senator!)

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (an excellent JRPG from Level-5 that was also animated by Studio Ghibli)

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures

Pandora's Tower (one of the last big name games to release on the Wii)

Papers, Please

Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time

The PlayStation 4

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity (the first Pokémon game on 3DS)

Pokémon X and Y (the first 3D mainline Pokémon games)

Project × Zone (a crossover between Capcom, Sega, and Bandai Namco properties)

Remember Me (the first game developed by Dontnod, who would go on to create Life is Strange)

Rune Factory 4

Ryse: Son of Rome (a launch title for the Xbox One)

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Soul Hackers

Shin Megami Tensei IV

SimCity (the one that was always online for some godforsaken reason)

Slender: The Arrival

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (the only Sly game not made by the original devs)

Splinter Cell: Blacklist (so far, the last Splinter Cell game to release)

The Stanley Parable

Super Mario 3D World

Tales of Xillia (is this one of the good Tales games or no? I thought it was decent.)

Tomb Raider (the reboot)

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct (an absolutely terrible spin-off of the TV show centered on Daryl)

The Walking Dead: Season Two (or, at least, the first episode of the series)

The Wolf Among Us (or at least, the first episode of the series)

The Xbox One

Ys: Memories of Celceta

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