Advent Rising

Advent Rising

Steam Deck · unrated

GlyphX Games · Action · Sep 14, 2006

Worth it for the right player.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $2.49.

78%
Mostly Positive
583 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 186 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 88 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 59 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 43 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 583 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
40% of themes are praise40% are divided20% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Now the graphics are dated and the controls are somewhat difficult on PC, but I still appreciate the imaginative story and music and I did actually have fun with the combat once I turned down the difficulty level.
186 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The entire game is cutscene-heavy without interrupting you much from the entertaining gameplay that has more than just throwing fists and blazing guns.
88 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The Graphics thanks to the style and can look really great, but sadly the textures mostly look bland.
59 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
It is fantastic to see the developers stepping out of their boundaries and trying something risky while maintaining professional voice acting, superb cinematics and humorous, light-hearted dialogue.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters186 reviews
Gameplay88 reviews
Graphics59 reviews
Audio35 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat64 reviews
75%
Controls21 reviews
48%
Difficulty14 reviews
86%
Performance7 reviews
71%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes59 reviews
54%
Bugs43 reviews
65%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.49.

6 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
78%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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