Rise of the Argonauts is kind of like a shallow dating experience, at first you like how it looks and it seems interesting at first and you have some fun but as the end nears, all you can think is, "Can we just get this over with already?" and when it is finally over, the idea of never seeing it again doesn't really bother you.

The game's story is interesting enough having Jason go after the Golden Fleece to bring his wife back to life, and the quests he must do along the way to gain allies/party members adds to the game's length within the game's overarching story even if it doesn't really follow the story of Jason in Greek mythology other than Jason setting off to get the Golden Fleece.

The gamplay mechanics are where the let down came in. The dialogue is slow by which I mean that it is spoken slowly and I got to the point where I just mashed the button to get past it and didn't really care if I was missing anything related to the story, and I figure I probably saved 1-2 hours doing this. The combat aspects are not overly complicated but the three weapons - sword, mace, and spear didn't really differentiate themselves enough to make me care enough as to what weapon I was using except where I had to get so many kills with each weapon. The one aspect that was different was the spear throwing for a ranged attack, but it was slow moving allowing enemies to dodge and took awhile before you could throw another spear. The really annoying part was how the game had a glitchy feel to it on occasion when wandering around the world getting from point A to point B. I don't know if it was the software or more likely the hardware not able to handle it but either way it got annoying.

I managed to finish this game in about 15-18 hours, which isn't bad if you're looking to get a quick 1000 gamerscore points, although I did have to follow an online guide to avoid having to replay from a save file from earlier in the game if you missed something or do a second playthrough which would likely add another 10-15 hours. So unless you like inaccurate Greek mythology, or find it dirt cheap somewhere, or really want the extra 1000 gamerscore points, I wouldn't recommend Rise of the Argonauts.