Rise of the Argonauts
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Blood and Gore,Sexual Themes,Violence
Publisher: Codemasters Genre(s): Action, Role Playing Game Home Page: http://www.rise-of-the-argonauts.c...
Verdict: Fail Sorry, Jason. Not enough action, not enough role-playing. I really wanted to like Rise of the Argonauts but I can't deny the fact that it's a textbook case of a bad PC game. It carries two separate diseases plaguing PC games these days - the "rush things and patch it later" and the "lets hit the magic win32 recompile switch" curse of a poorly done PC port with zero extra effort beyond what's on the Xbox 360. And that's not all - while there are some unpolished bits and bugs, the actual flaws run deep. I'm not sure where this train went off the tracks or what's the root cause, but my personal feeling is that Rise of the Argonauts was just too ambitious for the development team, so in order to actually ship a game they kept cutting corners and the end result is a jumble of compromises. It actually seems like nobody had the time to actually ensure that the game is any fun to play. Even if you decide to minimize your UI for better immersion, the game has to give you all the needed information and play well without the HUD you are omitting. Rise of the Argonauts doesn't - it feels like you are constantly pushing onwards with one hand behind your back with critical bits of information either not shown at all or hidden in a clumsy pause menu. Still, the basic concept is okay, there are some good design ideas and in many places the art is actually good but in the end the game feels like a big budget concept done on a shoestring budget. There is far too much talk for a pure action game while all the corner-cutting results in a RPG that is basically just button mashing. The sum of all the parts just fails to truly take advantage of the concept. The few good design ideas are more than offset by the terrible ones and the poor UI design choices just don't work. If you insist that you want to check out the story anyway, wait until you find the game in the bargain bin - it's going to end up there very soon. Summary of YouGamers Hardware TestingThe publisher of this game state the following specifications for their minimum and recommended requirements:
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