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The Xbox game was not entirely well received, due in part to the number of bugs and difficulty of controls, but the PC version fared better.
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* [[Badass]]: Gideon Wyeth, of course.
** His brother Ethan possibly moreso, being able to hold the line at the escape pods while crippled.
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* [[Colony Drop]]: The Seekers destroy the hero's home world by dropping asteroids on it.
* [[Convection Schmonvection]]: A few levels later in the game take place in an underground lair inside a volcano, where you routinely jump around pits of lava.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Several of the levels seem to be homages to ''[[Halo]]''. Or maybe just ripoffs. It's hard to tell.
* [[Gainax Ending]]: Seeing as this was meant to be the first part of a trilogy, this trope was practically inevitable.
* [[Game Mod]]: [http://www.miketyndall.com/setz/Advent%20Revising/ Advent Revising], a fan-patch that, while not fixing any possible problems the PC version has when it comes to gameplay, fixes a buttload of problems it had with cutscenes & cinematics [including adding in cutscenes that were cut from the PC version, along with (arguably) better subtitles, less cutscene stuttering, and lowered music delay]. Essentially, this makes the PC version [http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/advent_rising (available on GOG for about $6,] [http://store.steampowered.com/app/3800/ or Steam for $10)] basically the best version.
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* [[Ground Pound]]: Once his superhuman melee skills are upgraded, Gideon Wyeth can perform a 'Seismic Pound'.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: You have the choice to dual wield any weapon in the game. Even the rocket launchers. You can use two different weapons, and use a weapon with a power, or use two powers.
* [[Hey
* [[Humans Are Special]]: Obviously. So special that the Aurelians, at least, worship the humans as gods, while the Seekers will do everything they can to control and/or destroy them for the same reasons.
* [[Normally I Would Be Dead Now]]: In a cut-scene, the hero falls out of a walkway, hits the side of a building hard, slides down it for about thirty stories and slams into an observation platform. He just shakes it off. And this is ''before'' getting any superpowers.
* [[Loading Screen]]: Between levels, you are treated to in-game cutscenes that can only be skipped once the next level has finished loading. These cutscenes range from plot-moving action and conversation to long, pointless shots of gunfights and general destruction.
* [[Obvious Beta]]: The Xbox version has a '''lot''' of bugs.
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: Present in most music tracks. That or [[One
* [[One
* [[Orson Scott Card]]: Half of the writing team, and heavily promoted.
* [[Out of the Inferno]]: Gideon does this after causing the self-destruct of a base stationed on top of a volcano. [http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8356/adventrisingscreenzg7.png And it is awesome].
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