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  Advent Rising - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Advent Rising is the first in a planned trilogy and it will also include a game that will take place alongside Advent Rising called Advent Shadow for the PSP, including novel tie-ins by Card.
The release of the Advent Rising game was supported by a promtional one-shot comic book produced by DC Comics.
The new comic series, called "Advent Rising: Rock the Planet" is written by Rob Worley, with layouts by Arthur Dela Cruz, pencils by Cliff Richards, inks by Dennis Crisotomo, colors by Cris Delara and letters by Simon Bowland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Advent_Rising   (1020 words)

  
 Advent Rising with Bonus! | EBgames.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
Advent Rising is a disappointing effort on all fronts, and probably isn't worth your time.
Advent Rising featured one of the best-produced musical scores ever put into a game, and then it was mucked up by the whole editing process.
Undoubtedly, Advent Rising is a better game on the PC than it was on the Xbox, but it still isn't especially good.
www.ebgames.com /ebx/product/media/relatedmedia.asp?pf_id=256061&element_id=A6130970&intDeptTab=2   (1731 words)

  
 Advent Rising | PopMatters Multimedia Review
While I had not been looking forward to Advent Rising with bated breath, nevertheless, I have been interested in the creation of the first part of the Advent Trilogy largely due to the fact that I knew science fiction writer, Orson Scott Card, was involved with writing its plot.
Advent Rising begins well as it familiarizes the player with his in-game persona, Gideon Wyeth, a hotshot military pilot sent as an escort for a first contact diplomatic mission with a peaceful alien race.
Advent Rising's third-person gameplay is reminiscent of Halo's first-person combat.
popmatters.com /multimedia/reviews/a/advent-rising.shtml   (847 words)

  
 DailyGame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
Advent Rising allows you to configure your buttons on the fly and lets you use fighting, melee, ranged or powered attracts all at once if you wish.
The story in Advent Rising, based on the work of Orson Scott Card but not being written by him, is relatively linear, but the choices you make during the game can have an affect on the difficulty of your progression.
Advent Rising also incorporates a light amount of stealth, should players feel like taking it slow or have a need to get around a tough spot.
www.dailygame.net /news/archives/004120.php   (694 words)

  
 Inside Hotwire 3D - Reviews: Xbox - Advent Rising   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
Advent Rising is the latest action adventure from Majesco that focuses on immersing players to the alternate universe.
Overall, Advent Rising is just an average sci-fi shooter that tries hard to live up to Halo with its notable story line.
Advent Rising would have been a much enjoyable game, if it added a cooperative mode or at least a map that directs to where you need to go.
www.hotwire3d.com /reviewsxbox_adventrising.html   (967 words)

  
 Gamecloud - Interview - The Rise Of Advent Rising   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
Just in case you are not familiar with Advent Rising, the game (to be published by Majesco) revolves around the human Gideon Wyeth (your player character) in a huge tale involving humans and aliens trying to discover if the legends of humans becoming a super-race are actually true.
Advent Rising, as a matter of fact, is the first in a planned trilogy of games and Mustard admitted, “One or two scenes that we thought were going into the first game we decided to move into the other two games”.
Advent Rising uses the Unreal engine so the game will already look pretty good in its Xbox version but the PC version that will ship a month afterwards will look even better, according to Mustard, with higher resolutions, better effects and a way to control the character via the keyboard and mouse.
www.gamecloud.com /article.php?article_id=21   (835 words)

  
 Mygamer.com :: Advent Rising on PC games (551335)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
Advent Rising is the futuristic tale of Gideon Wyeth, hotshot pilot and brother of Ethan Wyeth, a decorated war hero of the planet Edumea.
Advent Rising is available on both the PC and the XBOX platforms from Majesco.
Graphics- 7 Advent Rising debuted on the XBOX and you can definitely tell that fact when playing the PC version- models are a bit chunky and have that stiff, lower-rez feel that I’ve come to recognize from console ports, even when played at 1600x1200x32.
www.mygamer.com /index.php?page=gameportal&mode=reviews&id=551335   (1777 words)

  
 Advent Rising Reviews for the PC (GameTab)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
Advent Rising is the first in an epic trilogy of action/adventure games, presented in a stunning cinematic format to deliver an unprecedented variety of game play experiences.
Advent is akin to a fast-paced action movie where the player is swept up in a continuously evolving series of sequences and events.
In Advent Rising, players make decisions that effect not only what they experience in the first game, but the entire Advent trilogy.
www.gametab.com /pc/advent.rising/3976   (263 words)

  
 Advent Rising Review
Advent Rising is a third-person shooter with a heavily imbued sci-fi theme.
Advent Rising packs a liberal arsenal for Gideon's survival and you'll make use of over ten different weapons throughout the ordeal.
Advent Rising is a very good start for Glyphx and I can only wish them the best of luck as the series progresses.
www.deeko.com /xbox/reviewDetail.asp?id=315   (3409 words)

  
 Advent Rising for Xbox Review - Xbox Advent Rising Review
In development for a few years, Advent Rising tries to do an awful lot of things at once, attempting to combine a cinematic gameplay experience with an all-new sci-fi universe and some unique control and combat mechanics.
In Advent Rising, you play as Giddeon Wyeth, a hotshot rookie space pilot who lives in a fairly prototypical futuristic scenario.
In terms of gameplay, Advent Rising is a fairly run-of-the-mill third-person shooter.
www.gamespot.com /xbox/action/adventrising/review.html   (1157 words)

  
 Gamebiz XBOX - Advent Rising Preview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
During Advent Rising you’ll play the role of Gideon Wyeth, the younger brother of a world-renowned fighter pilot and war hero named Ethan Wyeth.
Advent Rising will have multiple endings to it as it features a gameplay choice system that allows you to choose the direction that the story will take next.
Fortunately Advent Rising looks excellent so far, so the sequels will be likely to have a lot of anticipation by fans who are eager to play the next part of the story.
www.gamebiz.com.au /previews.php?action=display&id=148   (517 words)

  
 Advent Rising Review (Xbox)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
Advent Rising, an extremely ambitious new Sci-Fi Third Person Action game from GlyphX and Majesco has had plenty of hype built up around its name.
Thanks to some good delays (good delays is almost an oxymoron considering 99% of games have bad delays), Advent Rising emerged from being an extremely shoddy demo a year ago to have finally started turning into the package it was meant to be.
Advent Rising is the story of the game that could have been.
www.gameralias.com /articles/2005/advent-rising-review-xbox   (1029 words)

  
 Advent Rising - Advent Rising Developer Interview - Xbox Interview at GameBattles
GB: For the PC version of Advent Rising, were there any gameplay aspects that were included that had to be cut from the console release earlier this summer due to system limitations or time constraints?
GB: In Rising, there seems to be a bit of a branching storyline when deciding who to rescue in the game’s opening chapter; your brother or your girlfriend.
In the story, we intend to show just how Ethan becomes Ethan in Advent Rising, and more importantly how Gideon’s personality develops to become what it is. That’s what the Advent is really about from a story standpoint.
xbox.gamebattles.com /game/advent-rising/interview_775p1.html   (1143 words)

  
 WORTHPLAYING - - All about games !
Advent Rising is a title that I have been following for some time, and I have eagerly awaited its release.
The final gameplay problem area with Advent Rising is in the enemy A.I. It's definitely not the worst I have ever seen, but Covenant they are not.
After all that has been said, you might think that Advent Rising is a stink bomb worth avoiding at all costs, but at the end of the day, I had have to say that I still had fun playing it.
www.worthplaying.com /article.php?sid=27303   (1734 words)

  
 Advent Rising > Review
Advent Rising, the first in a proposed trilogy, has you playing as Gideon Wyeth, one of the last living humans.
Without these problems, Advent Rising would of easily been in the running for Game of the Year, giving both Sci-Fi junkies and action fans the reality of their most desired dreams.
At its core, Advent Rising is a great game, but for all of its ambition there just isn't a good enough execution.
www.dignews.com /review.php?story_id=10383   (1039 words)

  
 Advent Rising Trilogy
The Advent Trilogy Blogspot - Advent Rising News
I am happy to say that Advent Rising: Rock the Planet has one of the most eye-catching and detailed cover that I have seen on a comic in quite sometime.
Overall, if you are a fan of Advent Rising and want some extra background on each character, and want to see the characters from game interact in their younger years then you will definitely like this comic.
advent-trilogy.blogspot.com   (1108 words)

  
 Advent Rising - Xbox Review
The colorful deepness of Advent Rising is overshadowed by the game’s grainy textures.
The setup in Advent Rising is not your average third-person control scheme.
Advent Rising promised the world to gamers, but its only excellent feature is its audio.
www.talkxbox.com /review377.html   (1466 words)

  
 GamerFeed : Reviews : PC : Advent Rising   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
Advent Rising is a sci-fi third person shooter that puts players into the role of Gideon Wyeth.
It seems like every great idea in Advent Rising has its downside, since the game cannot tell the difference between a double-tap and simply trying to nudge forward, even with a few seconds pass between taps (you wouldn't believe the number of cliffs we accidentally jumped off of).
There are only a handful of vehicles in Advent Rising, one of which is a little buggy meant to travel quickly across the landscape and jump over obstacles.
pc.gamerfeed.com /gf/reviews/839   (2322 words)

  
 Advent Rising Review (Xbox)
The story behind Advent Rising is one of its strongest qualities and one that should definitely not be spoiled in a simple review.
Advent Rising is primarily a third-person action shooter that intertwines some elements of adventure through the highly cinematic experience.
Advent Rising is a game that delivers upon its hype in some areas, while also failing miserably in others.
reviews.teamxbox.com /xbox/944/Advent-Rising/p1   (631 words)

  
 Advent Rising (pc: 2005): Reviews
Advent Rising is interactive fiction at its finest.
Flaws aside, Advent Rising is still, at the end of the day, an enjoyable romp through a galaxy full of noble aliens, implacable enemies, burning space ships and furious action, and in my book, that’s a win.
While it's hard to fault the good intentions that underlie the creation of Advent Rising, a game of this quality does more than just eventually stink up some EB bargain bin; it misses a huge opportunity to put the medium forward.
www.metacritic.com /games/platforms/pc/adventrising   (1240 words)

  
 Advent Rising Review for Xbox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
Advent Rising is a game full of ups and downs, and acts as a beacon of hope for gamers.
Advent Rising suffers under this pressure, and as much as it tries to be unique, much of its plot unintentionally borrows from other hit games and movies.
Average gamers will be able to blast through Advent Rising in about 8 hours, but the true fan may want to play the game over again to experience the game’s alternate storyline (a choice made early on decides certain pieces of dialogue).
www.xboxcore.com /reviews/100.html   (1622 words)

  
 GameSpy: Advent Rising Preview
Advent Rising is a high-concept project by a low-profile developer.
Advent Rising's backstory and plotline will not just be cutscene filler; game developer Donald Mustard sees them as the very heart of the game.
Advent Rising feels somewhat different than other action games, though, because it puts more of an emphasis on dodging rather than aiming.
pc.gamespy.com /pc/advent-rising/583906p1.html   (569 words)

  
 IGN: Advent Rising
Advent Rising is a third-person, intergalactic action/adventure epic, akin to a fast-paced action movie where the player is swept up in an ever-evolving series of sequences and events.
We rise to the occasion with previously unseen story-heavy cutscenes.
Tommy Tallarico's core to be released by Nile Rodgers.
xbox.ign.com /objects/567/567332.html   (637 words)

  
 GameSpy: Advent Rising
Huge musical effort for Majesco and GlyphX's Advent Rising (02/07/05) - Employing some heavy hitters from the music industry for their action epic, Majesco is shooting for an extraordinary experience.
Advent Rising (01/31/05) - A high-powered sci-fi epic is approaching from an unexpected sector.
Advent Rising (08/08/03) - GlyphX's debut title could be one for the record books.
xbox.gamespy.com /xbox/advent-rising   (398 words)

  
 Advent Rising Review - PC
Advent Rising for the PC is a decent game with some excellent qualities.
Advent Rising might not have excessive eye-candy, but it is still a solid game graphically.
Advent Rising is a solid game with some excellent features.
pc.gamezone.com /gzreviews/r22070.htm   (1751 words)

  
 GameSpy: Advent Rising Review
Advent Rising reaches for greatness by attempting to combine hardcore action with an epic plot and movie-like presentation.
In fact, Advent Rising is just part one of a planned trilogy, in which one of the last humans (that'd be you) assumes supernatural powers and tries to find meaning in the destruction of his people.
All told, Advent Rising fails to be the cinematic gem that it could have been.
xbox.gamespy.com /xbox/advent-rising/620476p1.html   (431 words)

  
 Advent Rising Hands-On Preview (Xbox)
Card has woven a story for Advent Rising that looks like it will work well in the confines of a videogame; with the right mix of depth and action which staves off any situation where the cut-scenes take precedence over the gameplay.
Yes, Advent Rising is offered with more cinematic flair than most any other third-person action adventure before it, but GlyphX made sure that focus was not lost on the title’s other strong points such as the wild control set or great gameplay physics.
The human race is a part of lore in Advent Rising, and is spoken about the Aurelians (the race in this neck of the universe) in terms similar to how people talk of Jesus and his teachings in the realm of Christianity.
previews.teamxbox.com /xbox/966/Advent-Rising/p1   (955 words)

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