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A common legend pervades the galaxy-that of a powerful, highly intelligent ancient race that will one day deliver the universe. They are known as Humans. The Advent of Humanity Begins...
Advent Rising is a action, sci-fi and third-person shooter game
developed by GlyphX Games and Cavetap
and published by Ziggurat.
Released on September 14th 2006 is available only on Windows.
It has received 528 reviews of which 411 were positive and 117 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 2.49€ on Steam with a 75% discount, but you can find it for 1.93€ on Eneba.
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Minimum: Windows 2000/XP, 2.0 GHz Processor, 256 MB of RAM, 128 MB ATI 9000 or higher or 128 MB GeForce 3 or higher (except GeForce 4 MX), DirectX 8.1 or higher compatible sound card, DirectX 9.0 (included with download), 5.5 GB Minimum Hard Drive Space, NVIDIA nForce or other motherboards / soundcards containing the Dolby Digital Interactive Content Encoder required for Dolby Digital audio, Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse
Recommended:Windows 2000/XP, 3.4 GHz Processor, 512 MB of RAM, 256 MB GeForce FX 5600 or higher or ATI Radeon 9600 or higher, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 series sound card or higher, Game Pad
Recommended:Windows 2000/XP, 3.4 GHz Processor, 512 MB of RAM, 256 MB GeForce FX 5600 or higher or ATI Radeon 9600 or higher, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 series sound card or higher, Game Pad
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It's definitely a cult classic. It has it's moments, you get options, but the story is formulaic, the programming is iffy, and it's unstable on modern hardware. Definetly read the steam community guide on troubleshooting issues. Despite all those issues, it was still enjoyable. I think the early-mid game was the best, as the limited options better defined the flow of combat. Towards the end you are, both narratively and mechanically, a demigod. You can play in first person or third (though maneuvers are limited in first), as a cover shooter or movement shooter, as a sci-fi wizard or Jason Bourne. Those options are all there and executed competently enough to be enjoyable. But the jank is also there and must be worked around. Whether it's finicky elevators or game crashes or poorly telegraphed solutions, you can't expect a smooth ride from start to finish. It's a classic "jank but fun old game". Not one I can recommend to anyone, but still one I can recommend to some people -- with caveats.
THEY THROW ROCKS !!! THEY THROW ROCKS !!! THEY THROW ROCKS !!! Only a few games from the xbox classic era that was trying to be a halo kotor hybrid this predate mass effect i seen some people compare it to mass effect but that not fare and... yes the game is dated but back in the 2000's we loved it games like this. If you grew up on the classic xbox you had this game i got the classic and this copy sitting on my tv stand and i love it. yes windows 11 makes it crash a few times but when you hear that music and you feel so powerful slinging space powers around its worth it..... if i won a jackpot id remake and carry on this saga. THEY THROW ROCKS !!!
I don't think you can love this game if you didn't play it religiously in your formative years. It's one of the biggest pieces of junk ever made (at least on PC): shooting? not the best, camera work? not good at all, horrendous sound issues where some sounds are MUCH louder than the rest, cutscenes are recorded in extremely low framerate (and the restored ones are visibly made by running the camera with a mouse over the levels), mandatory crashes in some sections. Even the writing is bizarre. And yet I love it so. There's so much sauce in the overall aesthetic (character designs, weapons, ships, architecture, animations), the world is so interesting (if you manage to hear and understand the ambient dialogue), the music is downright insane. Levelling up equipment and abilites by using them was such a novel idea for an action shooter in 2005 (at least to me). Part of me wishes someone would pick up this game, involve the original creators, and remaster it. Fix the technical issues, fix the sound, improve controls, add subtitles to ambient dialogue, maybe even remake some of the cutscenes and improve the graphics a bit... But at the same time maybe it's for the better to leave it as is: a rushed, buggy mess made by people with a dream.
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Advent Rising is currently priced at 2.49€ on Steam.
Yes, Advent Rising is currently available at a 75% discount. You can purchase it for 2.49€ on Steam.
Yes, Advent Rising received 411 positive votes out of a total of 528 achieving a rating of 7.36.
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Advent Rising was developed by GlyphX Games and Cavetap and published by Ziggurat.
Yes, Advent Rising is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Advent Rising is not playable on MacOS.
No, Advent Rising is not playable on Linux.
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No, Advent Rising does not support VR.
Advent Rising is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 2 DLCs available for Advent Rising. Explore additional content available for Advent Rising on Steam.
No, Advent Rising does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Advent Rising does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Advent Rising is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
GlyphX Games,
Cavetap
Publisher
Ziggurat
Release
14 Sep 2006
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