Comments on: Wot I Think: Rise Of The Argonauts

By: Animal

Animal — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:32:11 +0000

I liked ROTA. Yes, I will admit, it can get extremely boring, with very long-winded conversations. I think Code Masters were trying to make a movie your could interact with by gaming. The story is a nice story. The game looks very beautiful, but yeah, the fighting isn’t good at all. I did find by looking at the constellations and trying to get those achievements, it made it more interesting. Of course, I think people expected a God of War type game, which I think hurt ROTA a lot more. It’s supposed to be a relaxing game, but if anything, they should have allowed you to explore more places, and would it hurt to be able to collect things? Obviously this Role Playing Game cannot compare to Fallout 3 or Oblivion, but they obviously weren’t trying to do that.

So all in all, it’s a nice game, but lacks so much. Although not intended to be an action, God of War type game, it is still a nice game to play every now and then. I like the idea of Greek mythology (being from Greece myself) and yes, the game wasn’t intended to be accurate or even based on too much, but like I said, it was a very wonderful story. Perhaps people should look into games a bit more before running out any buying them, just to bitch about them online?? Do your research on games first, John Walker. Not every game is going to be like God of War or Dante’s Inferno.

By: Bloodlust

Bloodlust — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:50:53 +0000

Clumsy interface, meaningless dialog requiring you to make inconsequential decisions, random crashes during those “conversations”, no HUD radar/map… 12 gig of rubbish.

By: StenL

StenL — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:35:44 +0000

I was talking about this one and the PoP one, I absolutely agreed with Saints Row 2, showed it to my friends who were convinced that GTA 4 was better because “the cars handled better”, and managed to convert one of them, so YAY !

By: Fumarole

Fumarole — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:33:46 +0000

What good is being king if you still end up working for FedEx?

By: A Delicate Balance

A Delicate Balance — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:53:03 +0000

“that sounds like a refreshingly entertaining premise for a game. the eugenics one, i mean. maybe as a sandbox civilisation-like game, just with a heap of politically incorrect social policies to play with.”

See Blood and Roses featured in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake. You get to play off positive and negative historical events against another player. An actual game like that could be good!

By: Hmm-Hmm.

Hmm-Hmm. — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:01:27 +0000

I can only sigh at this.

By: John Walker

John Walker — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:36:58 +0000

Well, I’ve written three of them, so the results are inconclusive.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:41:31 +0000

@ Stenl: Stop trying to make John sad inside.

By: Alonzo Harris

Alonzo Harris — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:15:04 +0000

Well, Codemasters have managed to butcher one famous and originally excellent story this year, now its EA’s turn.

By: Stenl

Stenl — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:47:32 +0000

Meh, I actually liked this game. Like somebody said, it is a relaxing game, just walk around, look at pretty things, kill some things sometimes. I consider the clipping things necessary, because the game is pretty much a rail-slasher, where you just need to move onwards all the time.

BTW, I have noticed an odd trend. Both Wot I Thinks that I have disagreed with have been written by John. All the other ones I have agreed with completely.

By: danielcardigan

danielcardigan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:43:28 +0000

Gap Gen says:”An Archimedes game would be great. ”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYMARqdP6Vw

By: phil

phil — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:53:24 +0000

@Dhex
Wasn’t that the plot of a Shin Megami Tensei 36?