Teen
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
69
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.5
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

In Advent Rising, you play as Gideon Wyeth, a rookie space pilot. Gideon has a loving fiancée and life smiles. That is, until mysterious aliens appear. Gideon and his brother, a hero space pilot, are invited to the historical greeting party. Though the aliens are friendly, they come with a warning about another, vicious race, known as "the Seekers", who have decided to exterminate humans. Soon after, the Seekers invasion begins, and so does the actual game.

The game itself is a third person shooter and you control Gideon. Generally you just go around shooting things - with a new kind of targeting system. On Xbox you'll select targets by tapping thumbsticks towards the foe you want to shoot, on PC this happens by scrolling the mouse wheel (although you can use the mouse for manual aiming and thus avoid scrolling through long list of enemies). You can also gain psychic powers to aid your combat. These powers work like character upgrades, and even though the existence of these powers hasn't been explained much, they make virtual life a lot easier.

Alternate Titles

  • "圣者降临" -- Chinese title (simplified)

Part of the Following Groups


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Amazon
Advent Rising Xbox $0.01  
GOG
Advent Rising $5.99  
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User Reviews

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The Press Says

Game Chronicles Jun 18, 2005 8.9 out of 10 89
Xboxdynasty (XD) Feb 11, 2006 8.1 out of 10 81
GameZone Jun 22, 2005 8.1 out of 10 81
IC-Games Apr 18, 2006 78 out of 100 78
Game XC (GXC) 2005 7.5 out of 10 75
WomenGamers.com Jul 18, 2005 7.25 out of 10 72
MS Xbox World Jul 28, 2005 7 out of 10 70
1UP Jun 01, 2005 6.5 out of 10 65
The Next Level Jun 14, 2005 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60
GameSpot Jun 01, 2005 5.7 out of 10 57

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Why was this game so panned? 3 Sam Jeffreys Bronze Star Contributing Member (3331)
Jul 24, 2007

Trivia

Gamepro Magazine, a leading authority on today's hottest video games, has awarded Advent Rising their Editors Choice Award! With a score of 4.5 out of 5, Gamepro calls Advent Rising "the most emotive title to hit any platform in ages".


This entry was contributed by Jouni Lahtinen (299)
 

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