Thanks!

Tempted to be Domitian? A keyboard is less practical than a stylus for pest control, but needs must

for reception of antiquity via Middle Ages, there's the Roman coins (and ruins) in Assassin's Creed Valhalla...

It's mainly about the foot placement, but not entirely

I forgot the most obvious reason: it’s Crytek and their big franchise at that point was Crysis

How long’s it been a wreck? Did the regional population decide they didn’t want water after all?

Third, putting a Y in a word creates a pronounceable brand (Myst).

Clive Sinclair once said X and Z are sexy, but I'd include Y too (IMHO usually feminine: womyn like Yuffie, Rayne, Symmetra&Zarya, Bayonetta, Aloy, Fenyx. Paging Dr Freud...)

Just guesses (only developers know)...

Second, without getting too graphic, Ryse sounds virile - it's now the name of a protein supplement

First, rise/rising has always sounded adventuresome (Rise of the Robots, Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising)
www.imdb.com/list/ls05715...

"Too much is never enough". So, more