Status dannygupta Oct 24, 2023
Very good game with great story. If it wasn't for bugs, could have spawned a blockbuster franchise. Powers were fun to use
Advent Rising (2005)
3.35 from 81 ratings
429 members have it in their collection · 4 playing now · 201 backlogged · 32 wish listed
How long? Main story 7h · 100% 12h (from 3 logged playthroughs)
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 …
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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.
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Details
- Developers
- GlyphX Games
- Publishers
- Majesco Entertainment
- Genres
- Adventure, Shooter
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction
- Event
- Xbox E3 2004 Press Conference
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- May 31, 2005 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox
Rating distribution
5 stars
14
4 stars
22
3 stars
26
2 stars
14
1 star
4
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status 8BitHero Dec 17, 2019
From the moment of starting the game I was already met with some annoyances:
- It crashed when I tried to play over my monitor/TV. It's an older Samsung HD TV. I could try fiddling with the settings on the game.
- Controller support was non existent for menus. Gah
- Controls are terrible when flying the ship. I'll probably try again but …
From the moment of starting the game I was already met with some annoyances:
- It crashed when I tried to play over my monitor/TV. It's an older Samsung HD TV. I could try fiddling with the settings on the game.
- Controller support was non existent for menus. Gah
- Controls are terrible when flying the ship. I'll probably try again but using the right toggle stick changes direction but acts more like a camera controller. Usually that stick changes views.
- The characters right from the beginning are a couple of pompous d bags.
Is it even worth continuing with this? It would be better to play on my TV because the graphics are actually pretty nice for the era. I was very impressed with the opening scene with the aliens. They reminded me of cenobites from Hellraiser.
Status SuperFieroStatus Feb 10, 2019
The entirety of the cast of this game is unbearable. I can only hope that they go through some kind of collective arc where they stop being incorrigible frat-boy douches and become interesting in any capacity.
But hope won't be enough to get me to try this one again.
Status SuperFieroStatus Jul 22, 2014
Found a sealed copy for $10 so it picked it up. One of the original Xbox games that I always wanted to play. I find big flops interesting. Also like the history behind the $1,000,000 contest that never was.