Advent Rising
Advent Rising is a story driven science fiction third person action adventure game developed by GlyphX Games. Written by author Orson Scott Card and published by Majesco Entertainment. Advent Rising started as…
Advent Rising is an adventure developed by GlyphX Games, released 31 May 2005 on Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $2.49 at Humble Store.
What Advent Rising is
Advent Rising is an adventure game developed by GlyphX Games and released in 2005. It was published by Majesco Entertainment. It is available on Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are Gideon Wyeth, one of the last remaining humans. An alien race called the Seekers are hell bent on destroying the human race. After earth is destroyed you take refuge with an ally alien race called Aurelians. The Aurelians aid and train you to fight the Seekers. You are humanities last hope.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Advent Rising holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.49 at Humble Store, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Advent Rising launched on 31 May 2005, within three weeks of Battlefield 2, Killer7, Medal of Honor: European Assault and Destroy All Humans!. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 2, Killer7, Medal of Honor: European Assault, Destroy All Humans!.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Advent Rising yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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