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Codies' slasher nearly upon us.

Codemasters plans to unleash Rise of the Argonauts across Europe in November.

This PC, 360 and PS3 action role-playing game reinterprets the story of Jason and the Argonauts and promises distinctive RPG mechanics that do away with endless inventory-surfing, status bars, experience and levels.

There's still plenty to satisfy RPG fans though: skill trees to climb, branching conversation options with subsequent deity impact, equipment and weapon hoarding, Argonaut recruitment, a great big ship to fill with people, plus plenty of side-quests and stories (and subsequent rewards).

There's also a fancy combat system where unblocked blows kill, rather than slightly deplete hit-points. AI team-mates also perform co-operative moves when Jason gets into close proximity, usually grappling baddies so our king can dispatch them in a gruesome manner.

Rise of the Argonauts sits somewhere between God of War and Titan Quest, then, and is worth keeping an eye on. Head to our Rise of the Argonauts gamepage to find out more.

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Kazzahdrane #1 3 years ago

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Hopefully there will be a demo for this, as I have a God of War-sized itch that needs to be scratched. Can't go spending money without a demo (or VERY good review) first though, in this harsh economic climate.
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Velios #2 3 years ago

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If it's as good as "Rise of the Robots" Count me in!!!
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Quint2020 #3 3 years ago

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Buy Sacred 2 on November 7th instead, it will be a far, far better game .
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andywilkie35 #4 3 years ago

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from what i've read, this is a must buy for me
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w00yay #5 3 years ago

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I don't know what to make of this game really, I want it to be great. The concept sounds good, but I've not been too impressed with the vids so far...fingers crossed that the gameplay is good
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Spectral #6 3 years ago

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I saw a vid of this a couple of weeks ago. The game did look like it could be fun but the framerate was atrocious. I really hope it's better than that in the finished game.
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koji_m #7 3 years ago

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good good, I'll have RPG's coming out my ears after two years of nothing they all release in a timespan of about 2/3 months...
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Trafford #8 3 years ago

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High hopes for this.
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michaelius #9 3 years ago

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Looks like a boring crap to me with americanized greek themes (bunch of characters that typical hamburger eater knows instead of real argonauts).
And it's not RPG it's action game that wants to pretend to be one

Imho will be flop like too human
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creepylizard #10 3 years ago

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@michaelius
do you know the real argonauts?
well..I do and I found them most uncouth
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Bleh #11 3 years ago

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Still not sure about the game. It has some promising aspects but how will it turn out to be.....
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