Advent Rising

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Summary

Advent Rising is a story driven science fiction third person action adventure game developed by GlyphX Games. Written by author Orson Scott Card and published by Majesco Entertainment. Advent Rising started as a trilogy, but due to poor critical reception and poor sells the sequels were cancelled. There was a PSP title in the works called "Advent Shadow" that was also cancelled. Due to an epic story and fun gameplay, Advent Rising has acquired a cult following and is considered and underrated classic by fans.

Storyline

You are Gideon Wyeth, one of the last remaining humans. An alien race called the Seekers are hell bent on destroying the human race. After earth is destroyed you take refuge with an ally alien race called Aurelians. The Aurelians aid and train you to fight the Seekers. You are humanities last hope.


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Review by Steeldude [user]
October 13, 2014

The story in this game is surprisingly good and the gameplay is not bad either. I didn't expect anything of this game, but I certainly got aThe story in this game is surprisingly good and the gameplay is not bad either. I didn't expect anything of this game, but I certainly got a good amount of fun out of it. Too bad there is no continuation as of yet.

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Review by thebloodline [user]
February 19, 2011

The best story line ever, probably better than FF7! the game was made for the 360 so theres no suprise no one picked up a copy, since theyThe best story line ever, probably better than FF7! the game was made for the 360 so theres no suprise no one picked up a copy, since they where just getting there hands on the 360 they wanted to play with the best graphics at that time, even though the graphics on this game is the best i saw for the original xbox, the company rushed it and made it flop. I just wish I could play the last two games and find out what happens. the game play and the story line along with the graphics (kickass)

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Review by RyanT [user]
July 1, 2009

The only good thin about the game is the storyline. The gameplay is choppy and riddled with bugs. The developers apparently could not make The only good thin about the game is the storyline. The gameplay is choppy and riddled with bugs. The developers apparently could not make the decision if it should be an action/adventure game or a FPS. In my opinion most of the bugs that I dealt with should have been found during testing; although Majesco has no way to contact them about said bugs. I spent $10 on the game and I feel like I have wasted my money.

100
Review by DustinP [user]
October 1, 2008

ok ok every game has a few flaws however as far as a game that takes away bordom this is perfect a story line that is damn near better then ok ok every game has a few flaws however as far as a game that takes away bordom this is perfect a story line that is damn near better then Halo and a fun experience t be like a god without being a god its newish and exciting the PC version is the only one ive played the controls are simple and easy to use easy to learn i truly enjoyed this game and this is omming from someone who though COD4 sucked online play is ok for a bit and the offline play sucked hardcore however Advent Risiong beats teh majority of those games it is fun and not boring like the others and needs to have a sequel maybe change the physics engine make it look prettyer and set us up with some more powers more story and lets see the humans conquer lets see them find another planet with others that band togetehr to take out the seekers i think it was wonderfull and needs more much much more maybe say forget the trilogy lets go right for a series and keep it going there is no limit to the potential of this story.

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Review by RobM. [user]
June 21, 2007

An excellent attempt that hits a home run in some areas, misses in others. The gameplay can be clunky and a bit repetitive, however, the An excellent attempt that hits a home run in some areas, misses in others. The gameplay can be clunky and a bit repetitive, however, the story is excellent, as is the voice acting. The graphics are above average in every regard, the one complaint I would have about this game is how fast it goes by. I would recommend this to anyone, I believe that this game was under-rated due to the issues it had on its Xbox launch (there were many bugs). The port to computer took care of many of them. I wish there was a sequel, the game was origionally planned to be a trilogy, however that may not ever happen.

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Game Information
Release Date May 31, 2005
Publisher GlyphX Games, Majesco Entertainment, Demiurge Studios
Content Rated T (Teen)
Game Modes Single player
Player Perspectives Third person
Genres Shooter, Adventure
Themes Action, Science fiction
Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox