Advent Rising is a 3rd person perspective game. I played it and I finished it in 2 days straight. No mean feat for someone as lazy as me. I really really love the game. It was simple and fun and the music .. man the music is superb. The only other game that I can think of that can compare with it is the game Homeworld. Full blown orchestra playing as you pummel the living daylights out of evil alien creatures bent on destroying humans. The story is pretty cool but I am not going to spoil the plot. It's by Orson Scott Card (yup , the author of the Ender series). It has one of the coolest sci-fi story/atmosphere in a game (and that has been a long time coming).
At the very end of the game .... with the finishing cutscene .. came the 3 words that I absolutely dread in games ... TO BE CONTINUED ...
Nooooo .. I shouted .. I need to know what happened. Damn cliffhanger endings. I don't take cliffhangers well , it's the main reason why I don't watch drama series (or the reason why I have to watch like 3-6 episodes of the TV series 24 in a go).
Went online .. searched for the reviews of the game , trying to find out when the next one is scheduled to be realeased ..
The damn reviews all said the game was crap .. and the producers should jump into a well and die .. and stuff like that ... sigh .... what happened to the game that I sooo enjoyed ? I wonder how much of the reviews are slanted and biased .... They were complaining about the art (it seems his leg to body ratio was wrong .. what ever happened to 'artistic expression' ? ) and the fact that the game can get very easy (beats fighting the same boss for 2 days in a row) and yadda yadda... sheezh
So to make a long story short ... it seems that due to lukewarm response , the other game which continues Advent Rising, which was to be part of a trilogy will never be made T_T
It's sad , the world has lost a good tale and this is also a stunning blow to those who miss the classic sci-fi feel in games . Take my word for it , it can be fun if you give it a try ...
-Dinesh |
At 2:30 AM,
I agree, this game was amazing, I loved it!! Shame I wish there was more to this it was such an intriguing story and I thought Gideon's leg to body ratio was fine made him look cool.