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 a trilogy, but due to poor critical reception and poor sells the sequels were cancelled. There was a PSP title in the works called “Advent Shadow” that was also cancelled. Due to an epic story and fun gameplay, Advent Rising has acquired a cult following and is considered and underrated classic by fans.
Some claim they are the messiah. Others believe they exist only in the imaginations of the young. The Seekers, however, know Humans exist and believe they are an enemy that must be destroyed. Under the guise of benevolent explorers, Seekers comb the universe and eradicate any Human colonies they find. Until now.
Working with award-winning science fiction author Orson Scott Card, GlyphX Games has created a gripping storyline that will thrust gamers into an incredible intergalactic saga.
The Advent of Humanity Begins…
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.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Pentium III or Athlon equivalent | Pentium 4 or Athlon XP |
| CPU SPEED | 2.0 Ghz | 3.4 Ghz |
| VRAM | 128 MB | 256 MB |
| RAM | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| OS | Windows 2000/XP only | Windows XP |
| Graphics Card | 128 MB 3D DirectX 8.1 compatible video card (NVIDIA GeForce3+ / ATI Radeon 9000+) | 256 MB GeForce FX 5600 or higher or ATI Radeon 9600 or higher |
| Direct X | 9.0 (included on disk) | 9.0 (included on disk) |
| SOUND CARD | Yes | Yes |
| HDD Space | 5.5 GB | 5.5 GB |
| Game Analysis | Advent Rising is a third-person, science fiction action-adventure video game. It was developed by GlyphX Games and published by Majesco. The game was released on May 31, 2005 for Xbox and on August 9, 2005 for Microsoft Windows. The story of this game was created by Donald Mustard, and featured a script written by science fiction writers Orson Scott Card and Cameron Dayton. The full orchestral soundtrack was done by Tommy Tallarico. As of September 14, 2006, Steam began offering Advent Rising for download as well as other games by Majesco. (Advent Rising on Steam) At release on Steam, it cost $9.99 USD. | |
| High FPS | 0 FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
| Note | Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse or Game Pad | |
| Optimization Score | 5 | |
