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  • This game is great, maybe not as popular as God of War, but i still highly recommend it as it's nice and cheap these day's.

  • OMG "This is Thes-a-lon-i-ki" Could they make it any more American? If you're Greek, you'll know how it's meant to be pronounced

  • its alittle slow at first but once your past like the third level u can really get into it and i becomes one of the most fun games there is

  • All these IGN reviers are American ... We need some Canadians ...

  • @PeaceXoXTime actually Charles Onyett is Canadian

  • @BrainBucket78 I see... Hmm .... 

  • "It seems Rise of the Argonauts tries to appeal to everyone and ends up compromising in the process.", Am I the only one finding IGN making this statement extremely ironic?

  • @Stektanudlar Yea...like, isnt that exactly the point!!! To try and appeal to everyone, you have only the option of compromise! It is ironic and frankly just plain stupid! Im just glad its not another 1st person shooter! We need more games like this, I love my PS3, but Im shocked at the lack of game titles that interest me. I have had my PS3 a year, and I have only 7 games I really like.

  • @theGDbatman8686 Yeah, me too. Actually the only game I really, really liked this far has been Demon's Souls. That game, incidentally, doesn't compromise even an inch.

  • @Stektanudlar Really?...would you care to type me a short synopsis? Im desperatley looking for games I like. So far, I have all the God of War titles, Batman AA, Uncharted 2, Conan, Castlevania LOS, The Prince of Persia titles and a few Zelda & Metroid titles for the Wii. Im really havin a hard time finding games that interest me...thanx.

  • Liquid didn't pay IGN enough for a good review.shame cos this game is awsome even for today's standards

  • the game itself lack something. Whether its combos or a unique combat system. Whoever is ripping on ign for giving its opinion has a pretty bad taste in games. Get Elder scrolls oblivion. now thats a good game

  • do not buy this game not only is it horribly boring but its the glitchiest game ive ever played

  • @blueslime17 I'm playing the PC version and I haven't yet experienced one single glitch or bug so far, and I'm almost through the game.

  • This game got so low score that they didnt dare to show it or what?

  • @CU2UK No, this is an older review. I know, I find it annoying too, how sometimes they show the score and sometimes they don't. It got a 6.2, at least that's what it says on ign.co.uk

  • IGN doesn't know how to do a fucking review , what a fucking chomps

  • ok game..jason is a wimp in this game :/ i wish this game was open world and had char cuztomization

  • I have this game, and really really I wasted my money on such a shitty game, But, The best thing about this game, is it's story, and none of the combat system and cutscenes are better than the storyline, and they say this game like 300 "from the movie".

  • @indskab - The combat system is fine.. You must be a repetitive fruit when it comes to gameplay. XD

  • @xchargerOUx No no!! Not all, I like the games with rich storyline, that's all.

  • This game sucks, extreemly boring and repetative. Dont waste your time or money on this piece of crap

  • This looks pretty boring. Thank goodness for gamefly. lol

  • Are the Story about revenge for the dude killing your wife or Girlfriend or what ever she is?.. i'm getting it if it has love in it :) - please answer ^^

  • i have beaten this game multiple times and every time i feel like i am missing something in the trailers there were lands of spartan warriors and a big ass boar that you have to fight i was wondering if there was some way to get to these places of if they were just taken out of the game all together..

  • ign hates rpgs :/ look at there other reviews they havent liked 1 yet...

  • i bought a brand new rise of the argonauts game for the xbox 360, and its always too laggy and stops when i play it, what is the problem?

  • a bit buggy, and the camera angles are weird, but an amazing game

    fun combat and awesome story.

    I loved pan's voice acting

  • This is a good game despite some annoying flaws and subpar fighting, I really got into the story and enjoyed it.

  • At the beginning I thought this game was boring but when i passed it i started getting more and more into the story, i just couldn't get enough of it.

    The game is amazing, if you are thinking of getting this game i HIGHLY recommend it.

  • so is this totally story based or is there some freeplay...? this reviewer isn't very good so I didn't really understand much about the game, IGN should script some better lines...

  • This game is fun. The combat also has some variety if you choose to use it.

    I've never agreed with people who complain about not needing to use complex moves to win battles. There are enough complex moves and abilities so use them.

    The point of a game is to enjoy the experience not go from point A to the end as quickly as you can.

    And I also disagree about the game not knowing what it wants to be. It was made clear that you level up with your deeds not pure stats.

  • Didn't even get a verdict, Can you play as Achillies, If not i aint even gonna hire.

  • can someone please tell me if this game is good

  • its ok play it but dont buy it

  • @XXGDUBSXX Kind of hard to play something if you don't buy it.

  • uh no because you can rent it

  • this game is a piece of shit....

  • u dont wana be watching IGN reviews if u wana know whether a game is good... peace xxx

  • @williamcuthberto Now that's just not true. Charles Onyet is always very fair in his reviews. No matter if he likes or dislikes something, he always gives very well thought out reasons why.

    This whole "let's hate IGN" thing is about as great as racism and sexism. Each editor at IGN just gives you their own personal opinion, just like any reviewer from any other site.

  • i only got this game yesterday and really like it but the map problem is anoying

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  • God of War + Titan Quest yaaay :D

  • Well then thats just sad.

  • I loved the game, the dailogue was kinda lame cause it wasn't presented in good way - but it was alot of fun, and it was beautiful!

  • does any one know a quicker way to earn ponts for the gods?

  • this game is a huge waste of time. Im not shitting anyone when i say this the game is like 8-9 hours long, and only about 2 of those hours will be spent accually fighting.

  • @theTROOPER1945 the game is not an action game it's an rpg with action elements. it's not ment to be about fighting, its ment to be about your choices and how they affect your quest.

  • well oblivion is full blooded rpg and i spent almost quadrouple the time fighting on that than i did on this poopie flavored lollypop.

  • knights of the old republic was bout 30ish maby 5 are fighting still amazing game

  • 3:12 does jonathan frakes do Jason's voice??

  • I got this game like a couple of days ago and to be honest i think its great

  • Dialog options that give you different powers dont have much of an impact?! Pathetic review. Absolutely pathetic.

  • @azz578 I guess he meant in relevance to the plot, which is true.

    I enjoyed it for what it was, but I agree that it felt limited and repetitive in places.

    Nice visual style though, and the unique setting kept it interesting. Prefer ME2 over it though, a billion times.

  • @azz578 Thought he said; it don't really FEEL LIKE it has much of an impact. That is something way diffrent.

  • I like this guy that did the review. He states it all fast and not really getting off topic much

  • can you get different weapons, and also i was wondering if this is comparable to fable 1 at all?

  • If anything compare this to God of War, and compare Fable to Zelda

  • Personally I liked this game the golden fleece armor was great but combat was a bit lacking story wise they took their own view as in true mythology jason dies alone and for a different reason

  • it's a great game

  • god of war isnt an rpg you douchebag

  • RPG=Role Playing Game, you can't decide what you do story based. Just the same levels and stuff..

  • i reckon the game was al goods just the stupid map system

  • i hated this game. i just kept running around at the start trying to find where to go, and the combat at the start (like the guy said) got so repitive it wasn't funny. i traded it in for resistance 2

  • very good trade resistance is amazing

  • yea i hate this game 2 :/

  • when you pass the start, game starts being amazing.

  • Bueniiisimo juegazo =D

  • Game's got good story line. if it's a movie i believe it'd be good. unfortunately, 90% of the time you spent pointless talking/running back and forth. Think of it as BS side quest that you are require to do in order to progress. Secondly, the layout map in this game's confusing. Most of the time you don't even know where you're going. This is Rise of the Argonauts. Not a Sherlock Holmes mystery/action game. Jason and the Argonauts deserve better than this.

  • does it have boobs like god of war?

  • no but it has a lot of ass

  • This game became very glitchy at the end causing me to reset the console 3xs. Once I got stuck in Tartarus (Jason didn't respond and was frozen/stuck), second was a glitch in the last scene with the Blacktounge that killed Argo (Jason was Invisible the first and couldn't chose dialogue, second time i just couldn't chose dialogue), and the last was the last fight (couldn't operate control buttons).

  • can you help me pls. how do you kill pelias ?

  • 1. go to it

    2. press "hit" button until it dies

    3. and you'r done

  • lol, jerk

  • sorry bodering...just a question,i have this game on the pc and it goes smooth but at the cutscenes sound goes mad...someone kno something useful(or anything even a f u noob)

  • No one perfect.

  • If you like this kind of theme.. greek mythology and all.. this game is awesome. Jus played it 6 hours straight. Time to sleep

  • hmm... i was thinking about buying this but i really have no idea on what to do

  • the game is actually fun and cool on ps3

    but on pc it crusher pretty often

  • It "crushes" often on PC? I'm guessing you thought you said it crashes often. Yet, your stupid enough to blame the game when your crappy PC can't run it, or your just a loyal PS3 fanboy trying to make the PC look bad.

  • Wow, I love it when people do this. If you insult someone's stupidity, get it right.

    Your grammar is shit.

    You're an idiot.

    Get it?

  • Dude I don't give a shit about every little aspect of my grammar, I'm on the fucking internet. My comment it never going to be graded and won't effect my life in any important way. I love when people like you say that other people's grammar is wrong, its pointless because no one gives a shit.

  • What I love about that comment is it's perfect grammar. Well done. Did you double check it?

    A+

    In future don't say 'your stupid' when insulting someone, it's just stupid. Especially when insulting their spelling.

  • Oh-oh!

    Looks like you did make a typo though; 'It' instead of 'is'.

    A , not A+.

    Better luck next time.

  • Moron, what part of "Dude I don't give a shit about every little aspect of my grammar" do you not understand? Do you realize how pathetic it is to sit on youtube and read each comment making sure it has correct grammar? And don't fucking say thats what I did, the retard hit 'u' instead of 'a'. How do you make a mistake like that? The reason I make mistakes, is because I try to type fast and don't bother to read over my comment.

  • You hit a 't' instead of an 's' in the reply before this one, much like he hit a 'u' instead of 'a'. How fitting.

    However, 'your' instead of 'you're' indicates a fundamental lack of understanding, and isn't due to fast typing.

    I don't look for bad grammar. But if someone gets it wrong while insulting someone's stupidity I have to point it out.

  • Dude why the hell would I bother to type you're instead of your, it's the fucking internet. 'it' and 'is' are two very common words. Because I was tying fast I accidentally wrote 'it' instead of 'is' its really not that big a deal. I have no idea why the hell you care so much, But I'm fucking done. I will get on with my life, and you can bitch about other peoples grammar mistakes.

  • Do you remember insulting that guy in the first place? He wrote 'crusher' instead of 'crashes' (just two letters) and you got all anal about it, and you got it wrong at the same time.

    What goes around comes around buddy. Maybe you shouldn't be all anal in the first place, and if you are going to, then get it right.

  • lol... godsnightmare21 got pwnd xD

  • hahahaha, you douche bag, u probably made him very pissed with your douche bagry

  • get a life

  • Alrighty then.

  • i hear most of what they are saying , but i thouht this was more fun then what they make it look like it is.

  • I just picked this up last week, and I have really been enjoying it. I hope they make a sequel.

  • can i ask how long it took u to complete it? is it a long game? cheers.

  • Took me about 20 hours, but to get all the achievements you'll have to play it twice. It has pretty decent replay value thanks to the RPG elements. Choosing a different god to devote yourself to grants you different powers and dialog options.

  • cool

  • i understand what ign is saying but the game is very fun! and why the hell are they comparing this to god of war? this isnt a hack and slash

  • this game rules it's a must buy. ign is screwing up reviews a lot lately they gave lotr conquest a 7.0 and rota a 6.2 wtf

  • wot a crap review!!! the guy cant even speak properly

  • this game is really good but combat is scarce i wish they had more of it. Dont get me wrong the comabt is very satisfying the killscens are beautiful and so are the enviornments but some things feel out of place. Defintley not your average hack and slash game

  • Looks good

  • whell I live in the midle of europe, here the game cost over 100 dollers and there are no rental stores, plus they import about 60% of all the games and 50% of thos games are crap, for instance- we never got fallout 3, far cry2, gta 4, gears 2 or even resistance 2, but we did get Lair, N3, sonic 2006 and too human.

    What do you think about that ?

  • i think thts another reason why america is better

  • lol, yeh

  • I don't know how many "Middle Europes" there are, but I've been pretty as much convinced that I live in one of them. I don't know in which country do you live, but there is no shortage of quality games shipment in my birthplace (sometimes called the "Heart of Europe"). Contrary to your statement, we got Fallout 3, Far Cry 2, GTA 4 etc. without a single problem or delay. However, we've never had (and possible never even have known) games like "Lair", "N3" or "Sonic 2006".

  • BTW this guy doesn't know what he's talking about " Ancient Greek Mythology Is an Appropriate Setting for an Action RPG like rise of the argonauts" Hmmmm, The Argonaut's and this whole story (well the Basic Idea) Is ancient Greek Mythology. Good game though, And Could have had a higher rating.

  • xplay is better

  • I really like this game,picked it over fallout 3...

  • u fool

  • Hes a big big big msssive fool

  • buy this game don't listen to what the review sites say its a very good game

  • i own it, and its a decent game, just released too early

  • i kinda wanna try it cuz cuz it kina looks good well who gives a poop wat i tink

  • this game sucks cock

  • LMAO hahahahahahahahaha

  • Um are you sure you're not describing yourself? because during the game so far I havent seen ANY cock sucking... Pick your words more careful next time you fucking dick head

  • Classless rubbish

  • what he described is a game with similar things like a combat system from fable 2 and interactive cut scenes in mass effect so to me its sounds like its worth a try

  • no this game has nothing on fallout 3, FALLOUT 3 FOR THE WIN THUMBS UP!

  • yeh fallout 3 owns almost every game out there. mabye apart from gears 2 and gta.

  • yah duh. manhunt,and[in my opinion] rain slick precipite of darkness and carmeggedon are neck to neck with fallout. but gta owns, i got vice city. didnt get gears 2 tho. no xbox :[

  • Fallout 3 Fuckin sucks balls... Let me geuss your a big fan of oblivion aswell?

  • Thats your oppinion,and yes i am a oblivion fan, are you a dig dug fan? i am.

  • Your idiots should stop talking abou waht is better or what is not.

    I ve buyed this game, Rise of the argonauts, and i have to say ist fucking much fun ! Its really fun. It has a genius story, and a really good fightings system. Well the graphic is not the best, and the character looks in dialoges a bit donnish. But this is really no problem. All people who play good Action / RPGS / Adventures or interrested in Mythology i would say: Buy this game - you can't do wrong. i fucking love it

  • if u just wanna play games xbox is better but ps3 has better stuff like blu-ray and ps home. the nbxe really sucks if ur gonna use online the ps3 is better

  • but when i buy a game consle i want a game consle not a dvd player or second life if i wanted either of those i would have bought them

  • haha.. LOL

  • im sorry but it looks crap soz

  • thx for sharing ur opinion(+nobpdy gives a fucking shit)

  • It is actually really fun, Borrow it from your local Rental shop thingy and then Tell me your opinion!

  • or maybe IGN just sucks.

    seriously this is one of the best games ive ever played.

    and with IGN's top games of 08, im lost all respect for them. seroiusly, they chose games NO ONE has ever heard of to win game of the year.

    their reviews all suck and its clear whoever works there has no fucking clue what they're talking about

  • gametrailors WOOOOOO

  • IGN I suspect is like Gamespot & taking money to provide higher reviews for games. Go back a bit to where a guy got fired at Gamespot for his low review on Kane & Lynch (I thought the game was cool though). Gamespot just sucks smelly hangdown, an adventure game ALWAYS gets the shittiest scores no matter what there. Why? Because adventure game companies are small & don't give them bribes.

    I also liked this game as well, mostly 4 the story but its quite fun 4 a watered down RPG, use a gamepad!

  • Fallout 3 was a good choice if you played it.

  • game of the year...

  • Wow he shat all over this game lol they gave princeop like 9.4 or somethin & that game isn't even that good but this looks better than average so it should have at least got 7.5 but either way i'm gonna play througt this sometime for sure.

  • this shit is crap.gow dukes this in the az

  • Hmmm, I don't think this Is a steaming pile of Feces

  • ps3 or xbox 360 i want a real answer not a fanboy IDK what 2 get

  • both and PC

  • Seriously i'm noy fanboy, but i would say 360. The PS3 is way to expensive, Xbox live plays so much better and is actually a social experience. The graphics are slightly worse, but the only advantage the PS3 has on the 360 is better graphics. 360:Best games (Halo, Gears, COD etc

  • wrong the part of the games ps3 wins also in 2009 more games like god of war 3 killzone 2 dude ps3 is better...

  • I'd Pick 360 any day, It's cheaper, better games. 360 makes 10 good games to every 1 Good PS3 Game, And who cares about the blue ray and free Online play, The online play is shit for PS3 everyone I know that has one get's DC'ed And Blue ray I don't care if I Can see every little line on someones face.

  • I'd get 360

  • and wtf ign action-rpgs have been around forever and just cause you see ROTA you think it's a new type of game and a hybrid wtf

  • i don't care what ign says it looks like a good game and i will have to try it out even if it has some flaws

  • well im still loking forword to it lots of great games get bad reviews like mount and blade got a 6 on gamespot and i love it or how assassins creed got a 7 and it was one of my favorite games of the year

  • that was a pretty good review

    much less opinionated than the average IGN review

  • i think it was a good review.

  • Looks like a poor man's Fable 2 to me.

  • fuck IGN, its so biased its not even funny

  • ign sucks nuts!! this game rocks!

  • thats a 14 year old kids comment not a 36 year old adult. the man is doing his job. a reviewers job is to turn the game upside down, find all good and bad things and then measure them to conclude to a final verdict. all reviewers so far rated this game as average. he by all means does not express his own opinion. he just says what he sees.

    you just can't realize the quality like a game critic does. you just see the game without the problems despit the frustration you get from them at times.

  • there is not a thing wrong with the frame rate...well maybe sometimes but very rarely...its like mass effect...but when a little company comes out with a game its automatically crap?

  • That's why I hate critics, They dont Say It is extremely fun, but it's shit because of the combat styles

  • You know I actually like this game. 1 reason is because I like both Action, and RPG games. Secondly, I'm a bit of a nut for Greek Mythos games.

  • God of War 3 vs Rise of the Argonauts...

    hmm

    GOW 3 KICKS RISE OF THE ARGONAUTS ASS

  • like this game stood a chance against god of war 3. i mean really..... ITS GOD OF WAR 3 DUDE!

  • I know im with God of War on this one god of war rocks... but this ... kind of sucks

  • I hate god of war...

  • Is it a good game because i never trust reviewers please tell me the only thing i want to know is if there is enough fighting in the game plz respond

  • i got the game three days ago,there is pretty much fighting

    but only on scripted events for as far as i know,

    so no free roaming like final fantasy

    again for as far as i now,

    its a fun game but i think its pretty short you get to choose three islands to explore when leaving your home

    i already completed 2 two of them within 4 hours....and i'm half way the third

    and like the reviewer said no mini map gets pretty annoying

    i would not recommend to buy it now maybe when it get cheaper

    take care

  • thnx for the tip dude

  • i just cant believe they messed up with such a great story to fall back on(come on they didnt have to b innovative & make changes unlike the god of war team).but overall i really would like to c a game telling the hercules story & having him as the lead character.(but please dont base it on the movies)

  • I don't think that the reviewer really didn't give this game a chance. I don't even think he played it...Please don't put too much weight into a review unless you try it...

  • I'd prefer Fallout 3 when it comes to RPG/Action hybrids.

    Or, of course, Fable 2 (when i'll get an Xbox, and god knows when...)