Advent Rising
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Video Game Reviews of Advent Rising
Customer Review: What was Orson Scott Card thinking?
Summary: 2 Stars
Make no mistake; this was a promising idea. The initial concept is interesting and the gameplay, especially when your character's powers reach a godlike magnitude, can be fun. However, none of that adds up to a game worth the value of the box it comes in.
First off, the game is not finished. Ever played KOTOR 2? Hated the fact that the ending seemed rushed and unfinished? Not only is this ending even less polished; it cuts off on purpose. Without the phantom sequels to fill in the plot holes, this is a terrifically weak story, something I'm frankly surprised an author like Card would be willing to put his name on. The characters are ill-defined and not particularly interesting or charming. The game makes vague references to Card's books, but neither attempts to explain the setting to non-fans nor explain what has happened between the books and Advent Rising (for instance, why does the destruction of Edumea bring the human race near extinction? What happened to all the other planets colonized by humanity?). The plot that does exist in the game is bare-bones. For example, at one point a bounty hunter is sent after main character Gideon Wyeth, and says that he'd been hoping to capture him alive. Why? Who wants him alive and what do they want him for? Perhaps these questions were meant to be answered in the sequels that will likely never come out. If so, it's a pretty flimsy excuse, and not a very good way to endear yourself to your audience... unless there is a large audience of people who like paying for a full story in a number of full-priced installments.
If you are one of those people, you will be disappointed because unless things change quite a bit, you aren't going to be able to get the rest of the series for love or money. And if you aren't, you'll be as bitterly disappointed as I was.
Customer Review: An underated classic
Summary: 5 Stars
For some reason, this game was given horrible reviews. That is, at first. Places like IGN and others marked it down badly, for really foolish and miniscule things.
Advent Rising, is one of my favorite games of ALL TIME.
It has a story to die for, and a main protagonist that really completes the deal.
The gameplay is fun, it is new, inventive, and after you finish the game, you are at a lost for words. It leaves you sort of hanging, but there is no signs of a sequel. Hopefully there will be, but regardless, its a great game. Just buy it, and play it. Its cheap, and is a great game, which will make you a fan of the series. Forget what places like IGN say, and read the reviews here, directly from the people who have played it.
Do this, and give it a chance.
One chance, and you'll love this game.
Customer Review: Review by a lifelong PC Gamer
Summary: 5 Stars
The negative comments that have been made against this game are completely unfair. It is a great game, and all those for whom it just isn't good enough can go play World of Warcraft or some other game that meets there overrated expectations. If you want a good story and some good action then you should buy this game. It might be shorter than a lot of other games but it has a very engaging story, which despite a few flaws is still one of the best that I have ever seen. I personally hope that they come out with the sequel and soon. They just need to make sure that it is ready because there biggest mistake with the X-Box version of this game was that they came out with it before they had gotten all the glitches out.Customer Review: Rushed production, but still fun!
Summary: 4 Stars
It's obvious that the creators of this game didn't have (or take) the time needed to finish it up properly. While I expected the pre-rendered video cut-scenes to be low-res and blurry (it's a port from XBox after all) I didn't expect such jerkiness and especially not such severe clipping (wow, that alien's cape is hanging though his legs!).
Also falling somewhere between irritating and amusing is the inconstancy in the main character's modeling in the cut scenes. One minute he'll have long hair that hangs over his eyes, the next minute it's a military cut. It's as if somebody started changing him to something new, and ran out of time. Also, in another cut scene, a person who supposedly died is shown for a moment sitting in the seat of the person that you saved in their place. That's just poor production.
Some of the graphics (and especially textures) ARE uninspired and dull, but overall the game looks alright. I got high frame-rates on my mid-range computer with an economy graphics card. Sound is also not very good. Sometimes the noises of battle are too loud to hear dialog that characters are saying to you, and subtitles are only provided for the cut scenes.
Other than weird cut scenes and occasionally sloppy controls, I haven't found this game to be buggy at all. I really had a lot of fun with it, and wish they would have had a chance to write at least a sequel if not both final parts of the trilogy. Even by itself, this game is worth grabbing from the bargain bin for its fun gameplay, occasionally inspiring storyline, and excellent soundtrack.
Customer Review: Great Game, to short for me.
Summary: 4 Stars
A love this game, the end was great, I usually don't wait to see the credits but I didn't except the game to continue after them. The soundtrack amazing. I give it a 4 starts overall because is to short it lets you wanting for more.