Rise of the Argonauts Reviews

  • knight0fkh0nshuknight0fkh0nshu845,227
    15 Feb 2009 06 Apr 2009
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    Introduction

    A tale of a great loss, an unspeakable betrayal, and an epic journey to save a true love. A warrior who will stop at nothing to save his love, even if it means going to hell and back again. With the Gods at his side will even that be enough to bring back the dead and save a young warriors love? Or will she be lost to Hades forever...or worse?

    Gameplay
    Rise of the Argonauts really does nothing to stand out above the crowd, but that does not mean it's a horrible game. Throughout your epic journey you'll be joined by a number of allies, such as Hercules, to aid you throughout your quest.

    For combat, you have the basic combo system like all other games in this genre, it may not be as fancy as some other systems, but it gets the job done. As for the "magic" part of this game, you earn God Powers from any of four different Gods: Ares, Athena, Hermes, & Apollo. You level up these God Powers by making key dialogue aligned choices throughout the game and also by completing different quests (such as kill 10 enemies, use God Power 10 times, etc.) Each of the aforementioned Gods' powers are closely related to a particular weapon. By taking any of these powers, the particular weapon gets more powerful.

    Rating: 7/10

    Story
    On the day of your wedding day your wife is killed by an unknown assassin. So, if it was in the realm of possibility you'd try to save your wife-to-be, wouldn't you? Not only that, you'd want to hunt down the little schmuck and make him wish he was dead. Well, this is what our King Jason does...sets out on a quest of love, devotion, and revenge. He will eventually wind up on Delphi seeking a way to bring his loved one back. On Delphi, he'll meet an Oracle who will give him more questions than answers. From here the real story begins as Jason continues on his quest to answer those questions and maybe he'll find a way to bring his love back.

    Rating: 8/10

    Graphics
    Argonauts is nothing on the scale of amazing graphically. It's, again, on par with most games in it's genre (i.e. Conan, etc). The characters are nicely detailed but they could've used a little more work to make them seem more life-like. Cutscenes are about the same as the games in-game graphics, but they do help to tell more about the story which is a plus. At least the cutscenes actually mean something in this game as opposed to other games.

    The thing that troubles me the most are the "invisible barriers". There's not much more in a game that drives me crazy in a game than an open section where I'm getting ready to go explore, but yet get blocked by an invisible barrier. I really thought we were getting passed this phase in gaming, but apparently not.

    Rating: 6/10

    Sound
    The sound is somewhat glitchy at times. I noticed near the beginning of the game that Hercules was talking, but there was no sound to accompany his lip movement. So, I turned it off and back on again and behold! Sound that goes with the lips. Other than that issue, I didn't see much of a problem in the rest of the game. The actors did a great job with their lines, promptly promoting emphasis when it was need unlike some games (See My Two Worlds Review, lol).

    Rating: 5/10

    Achievement Difficulty
    Honestly, there's nothing really extremely hard about these achievements. I played on the hardest difficulty on my first playthrough and got every achievement on my first playthrough. The only thing is that some of these achievements seem a little glitchy, but they can be obtained. The one that bothered me the most is the Corona constellation...because it said I needed to have the 4 God constellations fully completed. But it turned out I only had to have the first 4 in each God's constellation to have it complete. I can't really thing of any reason why an average game couldn't potentially get 1000/1000 on this game.

    Rating: 6/10

    Final Thoughts
    I really enjoyed the storyline to this game. It's one of the better one's I've played so far this year. It's by no means on the scale of Bioshock and games like that, but I really did enjoy it. If you're big into mythology, Gods, and hacking and slashing this is a game for you.

    Final Rating: 6.4/10
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    knight0fkh0nshulol..thanks a lot :)
    Posted by knight0fkh0nshu on 22 Dec 09 at 01:42
    deutschZuidNice guide. I am going to start on this game soon. The fact that I love mythology-based games might just make this one stand out from the rest (for me anyway). Thanks for the review. It has given me a good idea on what to expect.
    Posted by deutschZuid on 01 May 10 at 10:50
    knight0fkh0nshuNot a problem. Glad you like my review! Thanks!
    Posted by knight0fkh0nshu on 02 May 10 at 01:10
    AussieGoreits a solid. 7.5 game i thought. Good review.
    Posted by AussieGore on 08 Jul 10 at 15:58
    ProphetsroseOne thing I read in OXM really helped, if you install the game to ypur hard drive it really helps minimize the glitching. I only had one audio glitch in a full playthrough. Also, it helps if you actually sit through the loading/branding screen.
    Posted by Prophetsrose on 24 Jul 10 at 18:44
    WeisGuy9Although I thought you rated the graphics a little to highly, I totally agree with your overall rating. As a fan of mythology, I was not disappointed by this game but it could have been so much better. A decent game overall. Thumbs up!
    Posted by WeisGuy9 on 20 Aug 11 at 01:16
    jleona201I wasn't really expecting much from this game before I played it,but I was pleasantly surprised. Yeah it's the greatest game graphically etc but it has a great story and overall I enjoyed it. I'd give it 7.5 out of 10
    Posted by jleona201 on 31 Aug 11 at 11:44
    ScottMacFreedomWell it's been a while since a comment...
    I am about to start this game... Finally after seeing it on the shelf over 5 years ago when it was released. Always been a game I wanted to play, well before I had an Xbox.
    Mythologies games are almost always my favourite, especially ones about Norse Mythology... (I will say it now, Too Human was fucking amazing! I dont care what anyone else says about it..) Also in regards to your referrence to other games voice wor- One second let me look outside... Hmmm It's raining... (Not a word of a lie) I loved the Two Worlds "JVCD Amazing" Voice work.
    Regardless back to the story!
    Mythology games are always amazing, Age of Mythology, Too Human, Viking: Battle for Asgard, Darksiders, Hell I even enjoyed the Thor & Beowulf games! I would even count Tomb Raider Underworld as one since the plot revolves around Norse Mythology.
    There are always nice references to Myths in all sorts of games, quite a few in Halo, Wolfenstein, even Army of Two: 40th Day even has some dialogue; "I hope they have room for retards in Valhalla". Essentially if you put any aspect of myth in a game I will be a huge fan.
    *EXCEPT* In for God of War, I honestly did not find the game to offer a meaningful experience. I will also admit I only have played the 3rd one and not the 1st or 2nd so I am slightly biased...

    But I can't wait to start... I almost don't want to... I can just see this being an amazing game....

    I swear I was going somewhere with this post.... hmmmmm.
    Posted by ScottMacFreedom on 08 Jun 12 at 19:39
    RayvenMorriganaI'm starting this tonight, thanks for letting me know what to expect! Thumbs up :)
    Posted by RayvenMorrigana on 04 May 13 at 18:19
    knight0fkh0nshuThanks! Its really not a bad game.
    Posted by knight0fkh0nshu on 04 May 13 at 19:46
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