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    Advent Rising

    Game » consists of 3 releases. Released May 31, 2005

    In this third-person Sci-Fi action-adventure game, you take the role of Gideon Wyeth, an unlikely hero who unlocks the extraordinary power which lies dormant within each human, and must use his new abilities to defeat a powerful alien race... or face the extinction of humanity.

    slowpantz's Advent Rising (Xbox) review

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    Max Payne Meets Sci-Fi

    Every one has a game they consider a secret, because it isn't favored elsewhere but you cannot stand but to love it. That game for me was Advent Rising.  The story is little overdone but it was fun to see it play out, plus the choices you made early on could effect the ending of the game. After (Spoilers) the earth blows up you join a group of aliens who are being bullied by another group of aliens.   From here you gain magical powers that you can play with. You get things like shields, energy shots,  energy missiles, and so on. The cool thing about your skill is the more you use them  the more they power up, from level one up to level 4.  It starts to really play like Max Payne with you slow-mo jumping and either using guns or magic to dispatch of the enemies.  There are some vehicle segments but there best left unmentioned.  The glaring flaw of this game is frame rate and glitches that crash the game, but get beyond that and you are gonna get a wild ride.

    Other reviews for Advent Rising (Xbox)

      A Flawed But Worthwhile Game 0

      Advent Rising is not a perfect game. There are big issues with the graphics engine such as poor frame rate in places and some see-through textures, some minor bugs such as staying locked onto a target after it's dead and gone, and some of the cutscene camera work is jerky. If you can't look past those things to see a good game, stop reading now. Advent Rising isn't for you. If, however, you're willing to look past these things you're in for a game with some unique gameplay and a stellar plot by ...

      2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

      A Game You Want to Like, But the Game Just Won't Let You 0

      Advent Rising has been in development for quite a while at rookie studio GlyphX.  From the beginning, Advent Rising has always been an ambitious project.  Taking a sci-fi script written by Orsen Scott Card and implementing it into a cinematic third-person shooter game has proven to be a difficult task.  Advent Rising is one of those games that you really want to like, as its brimming with potential, but in the end you just can't recommend it.  The game, while fun at times, is marred with gl...

      1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

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