Rise of the Argonauts Comments by Tom Bramwell

Well it was a choice between this game and The Witcher for me (PC versions obviously) since both looked interesting and I fancied an RPG but, fortunately, I decided on the latter.

ouch, these adverts won't pay themselves.

3/10? how can you even make a game that bad?

/BLATANT LIE

But... how? This looked amazingly great when I've seen it on TV...!

BLATANT LIE/

funny thing is with knowing nothing about the game and reading not a word of the review I knew it would be bad just from the artwork.

3/10 with ads across the top of the screen? Where are all the EG conspiracy theorists when it goes this way?

Why did EG have to go and give a 3 to a game with so much advertising on here. Now i have to go deeper and work alot harder for my conspiracy theory's.....unless EG WANT me to do that....

If it wasn't for the ads it woulda been a 2?

Im sure this is better than 3/10. Just another case of EG underscoring games that did not live up to the hype.

Balls, was really looking forward to this one too.

Ah well, I cancelled the pre-order recently due to lack of funds, might pick it up during the summer drought or something.

The interview seemed to have alot of positive in it too, seemed to read more like a 6 or 7. There didn't seem to be anything gamebreaking or any serious issues, sounds like a good idea with mediocre exceution, certainly not a 3 anyway...

Ah well I'm not going to buy it so bitching won't be on the cards for me! But then again, it never is!

3/10 is something no one can possibly enjoy - yet I liked this game. Some(not all, but still) of the dialogue here is well above the average. I think it deserves something on the lowest end of the "playable" range, like Viking last year - if you play for some time, you get used to the flaws and even start liking the game.

People whinging about the score in a review comments thread? Unbelievable, Jeff!

Edge also gave a terrible score (and review) for this one.

Strangely OXM came out with an 8/10 and raved about the story and the title as a 'slow burner'.....?

TBH, sounds like if you want the setting/action, go for GoW, if you want the RPG and NPC interation, go for Oblivio/Fallout/Mass Effect.

*sigh*

/continue to wait for Sacred 2

3 seems a little harsh....it annoys me when this is said, but it didnt 'read' like a 3.....more like a 6.

Worse than Ninja Gaiden 2, then?

Pretty much worse than almost everything else, by the looks of it. ;)

Ooooh, harsh. I've played this for quite a bit (don't ask why), and I would have scored it higher - a 5, maybe. There's nothing fundamentally wrong with it - the combat is quite fun and visceral (unfortunately, what initially looks like it could be a slightly more "tactical"fighting game soon turns into button-mashing), and some of the characters aren't bad. My main problems would be corridor level design, the lack of random loot and the (mostly) less than stellar art design. Why does Hercules have to look like a member of the WWF, for example?

oooh such a low score, this reviewer must be good!

Oh dear.Big shame

i played this back in december (it's out in continental europe for a while now), and i wholeheartedly agree with the score. was massively looking forward to this, and it was a pile of crap.

if it wasn't for the skullcracking in slow-motion, a 2/10 would be justified.

Nice to see EG is breaking out of the usual gaming review range that only seems to go from 6 to 10.

For gods sake - although in the back of my mind I just knew this would be shit.

Surely there is a gap in the market for a game based on the greek myths? Come on! Sprawling sandbox world, violence, intrigue, sex, side quests, unique weaponry and items, memorable NPCs/enemies/locations - its all right there! Why, it could even be GASP! educational?

except the poor (financial) performance of this travesty will mean no developer will touch it with a bargepole. Numpties.

Please dear god, will someone recommend a decent greek myth based game?

I say we go on strike.

I'll probably still pick this up in the summer if its reduced heavily

I love how EG post articles about the recession not affecting the games industry, yet continuously under-score games…

Ok, so by your own admission, the games industry might not be affected by the recession, but your continuing ignorance and low-score giving will affect it!

How the hell can a game score such a wide and diverse range of scores?

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platform...

Will EuroG make a decision to not advertise bad games as well?

@butler

Seconded. From the first preview I saw in Edge, I knew it wasn't going to be very good. Even the subtitle "Rise of the Argonauts" gave it away to me. Is there any kind of stock exchange where you can buy stock in a game you think is going to be good or bad? I'd make an absolute shitload.

In fact, developers, why not save yourself a few millions and hire me as a consultant before your game launches? I'll be able to tell you ten things to change that even if I can't fix your game outright, it'll convince enough people to buy it anyway.

"Fleeced", what kind of pun is that?

You wasted a perfectly good opportunity to use "Risible".

Shame, as this looked really interesting. I have to say, I think the score is based almost entirely on the reviewer's disgust at the ending!

I'm sorry but this is not a 3/10 game. They are just being ridiculously harsh probably based on the reviewers personal expectations.
It is a very weak RPG game, and in fact is more akin to those Lord of the Rings action games or Conan than an RPG. However, the art is pretty decent though a bit cartooney but overall the production values alone would earn it a 5. It plays ok, and you would usually judge it as an 'average' game in the true sense of the word, 5/10.

What annoys me most is the end of the review where the reviewer holds no regard for anyone who might be playing it or whatever and just basically prints spoilers, or rather - tells us the end.

To me it's unprofessional and smacks of the kind of 'spit the dummy out' behaviour I'd expect from a spoilt teenage gamer.

so eg is biased if they give a high score and biased if they give a low score?
anyone who thinks eg has an agenda is a muppet.

Surely there is a gap in the market for a game based on the greek myths

There's a plug in that gap called "God of War".

And Titan Quest.

3/10!!!
But I thought when there were ads for a game splashed across EG they were then obligated to give them at least an 8.....
Maybe that theory is absolute horseshit huh?

Anyway, the score is a bit harsh, for those who care about those things. Didn't enjoy this game very much - combat is visceral but ultimately oversimplified, the level design narrow and constricting, the 'levelling-up' system too simple and even shallow and it also has certain technical problems on PC. But the narrative is actually above average and it keeps you going. As someone said, this is nearer to the quality of games like Viking than in the 'completely unplayable' category.

"Please dear god, will someone recommend a decent greek myth based game? "

Age of Mythology !

OMG EG is biased!

If this game had been on the 360 they would've-

oh.

Actually age of mythology is not that good. It does have, however, one thing going for it. The sound and visual effects of medusa unit petrifying gaze are best in any game I saw in last 15 years.

Jason SLAIN by eurogamer . I dont see a problem . Eurogamer dont usualy score games this low ?? Thats probably because the companies know their game is a dog and dont give eurogamer a review copy . you also have to wonder why ( reading from the posts ) this game has been available for some time in europe and not in uk . were the publishers waiting for the usual post xmas game starvation to set in so the release would score highly among non existen opposition ?.

zuluHero . why should any reviewer score games up just becuase we are having a small maroeconomicdownturnanomaly ? buy the game yourself . if you like it good . if you dont , bad luck for wasting £45-00 . its your choice .

EG always give indie-games and other games they want to hype a higher score than the norm.
They also give games that do not live up to their expectations a much lower score than the norm.
This does not go hand in hand with their policy that 5 is medum. It just makes us, the consumers, confused and personally I have a very hard to to "rate" a EG score. I never know if it will be close to my own thoughts about a game or not.

If you take a look at gamerankings etc, EG often give either the highest OR the lowest score for alot of games.
I dont think they have an agenda, nor are they biased, but they score like fukken attention whores.

The texts themselves are solid and as good as ever, but, as much as I try, its hard to just ignore a number at the end that seems like the result of a dice-roll.

I miss old EG ;c

I played the game and finished it (check out my gamertag: XSaltTheFries0) and I personally would give it 6.5 out of 10, but I CAN understand why it got 3/10 here.

If someone was interested in the game, I recommend still checking it outm though in all fairness it has numerous game breaking glitches and it's a technical mess. At least the 360 version is.

Not a great game but this review is a JOKE...

How's about you people bitching about the score just ignore it and read the review? These comments could then be about what the reviewer said rather than the number stuck on the bottom of the review.

Unfortunately for me, the US version of this is region free and I bought it back in December. The review is spot-on, I was hoping for something like a 360 version of God Of War but instead got something that makes Too Human look like genius.

I took a look in these comments to scout out the "this game deserves more than a 3" crowd.

I wasn't disappointed. Best laugh of the day ;)

How's about you people bitching about the score just ignore it and read the review? These comments could then be about what the reviewer said rather than the number stuck on the bottom of the review.


Not much bitching, is there? Mostly mild-mannered disagreement. Looks to me like most people read the review, too.

I took a look in these comments to scout out the "this game deserves more than a 3" crowd.

I wasn't disappointed. Best laugh of the day ;)
ignore poster


Er, unless it's a silly "9/10 or10/10" console-exclusive fanboy debate, I don't see what the problem with people disagreeing with a review or score is. In fact, it's the reason why I mostly check the comments to hear if a game might be worth trying out despite a poor review.

I find the your knee-jerk reaction that doesn't fit this thread at all, but looks like it was copypasted from the Killzone 2 thread, a good laugh of the day, too, though. :p

@UKGN_Zoidber:

Haha, I had the same feeling, though I liked Too Human to an extent I'd give it a 7.0 or 7.5, but it also annoyed me at times, but exactly playing Rise of the Argonauts made me appreciate Too Human even more. Too Human compared to RotA is an extremely polished game, and its combat system is miles better than RotA's.