History VideoGame / AdventRising

''Advent Rising'' is a third-person action-adventure game for UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} that was released in May of 2005 (with a [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] version being released a few months later). You play as Gideon Wyeth, seeking to defend humanity from an alien race known as "The Seekers." To help you in this quest are the friendly Aurelians, and the fact that humans are apparently demigods with a vast number of powers.

''Advent Rising'' is a third-person action-adventure game for Xbox that was released in May of 2005 (with a PC version being released a few months later). You play as Gideon Wyeth, seeking to defend humanity from an alien race known as "The Seekers." To help you in this quest are the friendly Aurelians, and the fact that humans are apparently demigods with a vast number of powers.

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''Advent Rising'' is a third-person action-adventure game for Xbox that was released in May of 2005 (with a PC version being released a few months later). You play as Gideon Wyeth, seeking to defend humanity from an alien race known as 'The Seekers'. To help you in this quest are the friendly Aurelians, and the fact that humans are apparently demigods with a vast number of powers.

* GameMod: [[http://www.miketyndall.com/setz/Advent%20Revising/ Advent Revising]], a fan-patch that, while not fixing any possible problems the PC version has when it comes to gameplay, fixes a buttload of problems it had with cutscenes & cinematics [including adding in cutscenes that were cut from the PC version, along with (arguably) better subtitles, less cutscene stuttering, and lowered music delay]. Essentially, this makes the PC version [[http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/advent_rising (available on GOG for about $6,]] [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/3800/ or Steam for $10)]] basically the best version.

** As one of the Aurelians says, "It is not easy being God."

* {{Badass}}: Gideon Wyeth, of course.
** His brother Ethan possibly moreso, being able to hold the line at the escape pods while crippled.

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* OrsonScottCard: Half of the writing team, and heavily promoted.

* OutOfTheInferno: Gideon does this after causing the self-destruct of a base stationed on top of a volcano. [[http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8356/adventrisingscreenzg7.png And it is awesome]].

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Several of the levels seem to be homages to ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''. Or maybe just ripoffs. It's hard to tell.
** Not to mention the fact that the Seeker starships resemble [[Series/BabylonFive Minbari war cruisers]] - or at least what said war cruisers would look like [[StandardHumanSpaceship if the Minbari designed their ships according to ISO specifications]].

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Averted. Punching out Bud, the belligerent space marine, instead of shooting him lethally, still leads to the cutscene of Bud being shot fatally. Whoops?

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[[caption-width:268:Cue heavenly chorus.]]

* CreatorKiller: This game's bombing almost led to the demise of Majesco. It basically killed their long-term plans to rival companies such as {{Ubisoft}} and is why they push more casual titles such as ''VideoGame/CookingMama'' today.

* StillbornFranchise: It was intended to be a trilogy on consoles with a spin-off for the PSP. The poor reception of the original game put a stop to any further prospects, as well as the million-dollar contest promoting it.

* TheChainsOfCommanding: Gideon isn't very comfortable with the idea of being worshipped. Most of the time he seems to avoid talking about it.
** As one of the Aurelians says, "It is not easy being God."
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Averted. Punching out Bud, the belligerent space marine, instead of shooting him lethally, still leads to the cutscene of Bud being shot fatally. Whoops?

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Several of the levels seem to be homages to ''{{Halo}}''. Or maybe just ripoffs. It's hard to tell.

* NeverMyFault: The Cockney-accented marine and his pals in the beginning of the game, who instigate a bar fight and later try to shoot Gideon's brother. Thankfully in the second instance (which ends with the Cockney guy being killed by Gideon himself after he starts shooting at Ethan on the firing range) the MPs who respond are ReasonableAuthorityFigures who reviewed the security tapes before they arrived and saw that it was a clear case of self defense.

** Also a HilariousInHindsight moment - if you turn on the subtitles, you see his name is Baraka Bahma. [[BarackObama Say that quickly...]]

* SuperpowerLottery: Gideon Wyeth, has, once he unlocks all his powers, SuperStrength, a HealingFactor, BulletTime when using his improbable dodging skills, [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], [[BarrierWarrior various]] [[AttackReflector forcefields]] (which are [[NighInvulnerability impenetrable]] and harm any enemy that touches them), [[ShockAndAwe electromagnetic bolts]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction massive, devastating radial energy explosions]], [[FlashStep gravimetric teleportation]], [[TimeMaster intertial damping]], [[BeamSpam dozens of exploding ice-missiles]], and [[AnIcePerson cryokinesis]]. He's also skilled at piloting, marksmenship, and hand-to-hand combat. And, for his last trick, he can create
[[UnrealisticBlackHole controlled singularity]] that can kill a PhysicalGod.

* CreatorKiller: This game's bombing almost led to the demise of Majesco. It basically killed their long-term plans to rival companies such as {{Ubisoft}} and is why they push more casual titles such as ''CookingMama'' today.

* SuperpowerLottery: Gideon Wyeth, has, once he unlocks all his powers, SuperStrength, a HealingFactor, BulletTime when using his improbable dodging skills, [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], [[BarrierWarrior various]] [[AttackReflector forcefields]] (which are [[NighInvulnerability impenetrable]] and harm any enemy that touches them), [[ShockAndAwe electromagnetic bolts]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction massive, devastating radial energy explosions]], [[FlashStep gravimetric teleportation]], [[TimeMaster intertial damping]], [[BeamSpam dozens of exploding ice-missiles]], and [[AnIcePerson cryokinesis]]. He's also skilled at piloting, marksmenship, and hand-to-hand combat. And, for his last trick, he can create [[UnrealisticBlackHole controlled singularity]] that can kill a PhysicalGod.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The main character, Gideon Wyeth, is voiced by Will Friedle, who also voiced Terry Mcginnis from ''WesternAnimation/{{Batman Beyond}}'' and Ron Stoppable from ''{{Kim Possible}}''.

* SortingAlgorithmOfWeaponEffectiveness: Subverted, in that you ''start'' with extremely powerful weapons, but as the game progresses you learn to fight without them using your demigod powers instead.

* SadisticChoice: You are forced to choose between saving your brother or your fiancee. [[spoiler:Except that the game doesn't tell you you can only save one. And the one you save dies once you reach Aurelia. And the one you left behind is somehow transformed into a bizarre abomination that tries to kill you at the end of the game.]]
** Oh, and if you rescue Olivia, every time you save there's a chance the file will be corrupted and after loading it'll turn out you have saved your brother, [[GameBreakingBug making the above choice moot]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: The main character, Gideon Wyeth, is voiced by Will Friedle, who also voiced Terry Mcginnis from ''{{Batman Beyond}}'' and Ron Stoppable from ''{{Kim Possible}}''.

* GunsAkimbo: You have the choice to duel wield any weapon in the game. Even the rocket launchers. You can use two different weapons, and use a weapon with a power, or use two powers.