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Rise Of The Argonauts - Trial Of The Bull
Posted by Mike Fahey at 3:20 AM on September 10, 2008
Codemasters is giving gamers a taste of the mythological stylings of their upcoming action RPG Rise of the Argonauts with a series of animated shorts featuring the trials of the game's hero, the legendary Jason. In this short, Zeus tasks Jason with the retrieval of the Golden Bull, held captive by ancient warriors. While the animation is a bit crude, I really dig the atmosphere they're setting up for the game.
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
Mike
Posted September 10, 2008 10:42 AM
What bugs me is Jason was a warrior but also a trickster, he overcame his trials with mind and muscle... to be honest he just sounds like a complete tosser in this clip.
For-shame codemasters !
mablung
Posted 4:49 AM 10/9/08
That art was really bad... the shot of Jason looking up at Zeus in particular. His head was all messed up and the foreshortening was terrible.
mablung
Kai200X
Posted 4:24 AM 10/9/08
This game interested me when I saw the trailer, but after seeing this... somehow I am not that interested anymore...
Kai200X
USMarty
Posted 4:04 AM 10/9/08
no, no... that was terrible.
I've been watching gameplay and it looks pretty hot, its a shame this is the foot they put forward because I think it's going to turn more people off than on.
USMarty
ExistentialEgg
Posted 3:58 AM 10/9/08
I didn't notice him sounding so... reearrrrgggg in the game vids. I wonder if they were cheesing it up for this animated short. I've been looking forward to this game but the above marketing short doesn't really get me excited. Actually, listening to it again it doesn't even sound like the voice I've heard for Jason in the game vids... hmmm.
ExistentialEgg
Sihaya
Posted 3:48 AM 10/9/08
And here I thought it was just me... He sounds like Kratos...Except I'd rather hear Kratos rail at the gods
Sihaya
Calhoun
Posted 3:47 AM 10/9/08
I'm guessing the marketing apes have bet on animated comics ala Dead Space to be "the next big thing" in product shilling. Unfortunately, this isn't half as well done so it sort of comes off as a very "me too" product.
Calhoun
FranksnBeans
Posted 3:37 AM 10/9/08
Cheesy!
So-so voice acting and lame-ass art. I know, I know; it's supposed to look that way, etc. I still say it's lame and cheesy.
Here's hoping the final product does a better job of achieving their goal of generating the wood-producing value of GoW.
J
FranksnBeans
RTW
Posted 3:33 AM 10/9/08
@JetPogi: Ditto. But it's not just the yelling. He SOUNDS like he's trying to talk like Kratos as well. Try to talk like a real hero, fuck, not like some superhero like Kratos. Jason is just a man, he isn't a demi-god, so PLEASE don't ruin the real Jason storyline.
RTW
JetPogi
Posted 3:25 AM 10/9/08
I don't like whenever Jason yells it sounds like he they are trying hard for him to sound like Kratos.
JetPogi
MehGinla
Posted 5:19 AM 10/9/08
If ever they feel like making a true remake to Planet of the Apes, bad over acting and all. I think Jason's voice actor is a shoe in.
MehGinla
Lemming
Posted 4:58 AM 10/9/08
A game with 'Rise' in the title. Yay. Someone get the thesaurus round at the next game developer conference, there's a good sport.
Lemming
Log1c
Posted 4:56 AM 10/9/08
That was just so cheesy
The game looks pretty awesome, the storyline and god interaction sounded fantastic. But if its as quality as that video I will cry.
Log1c
Allcars
Posted 6:00 AM 10/9/08
why is vegeta voice acting this?
Allcars
londonlad
Posted 6:36 AM 10/9/08
The American accent just doesn't cut it when dealing with ancient Greece.
londonlad
saxifridge
Posted 6:15 AM 10/9/08
Boo, and I would use the term "animated" very loosely when describing this...
saxifridge
JohnnyLA
Posted 6:48 AM 10/9/08
If this was a UMD comic for the PSP yeah, it wouldn't be too bad.
But it's supposed to get us interested in the game with absolutely no in game footage?
I'll pass for now..
JohnnyLA
AntiheroKing
Posted 7:18 AM 10/9/08
...*Barf*
Oh...Oh my god... Someone used the f*cking LEAF brush preset in a professional situation... That's just...Oh god... Oh! Losing it again! *Barf*
AntiheroKing
GeeBee
Posted 7:11 AM 10/9/08
Yow!, Jason's voice acting was terrible!
GeeBee
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 7:09 AM 10/9/08
Forced unfitting voice acting was the main problem to me on this trailer. The animation has a certain style which I also think wasn't very fitting, but not completely bad too.
Also, after you already watched and saw stuff like God of War, 300 and Shadow of the Colossus, this trailer just looks like a weak attempt on copying some aspects of them.
But I say we shouldn't judge the game by this trailer only...
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
laser beams
Posted 7:39 AM 10/9/08
yuck. do not want.
laser beams
ShiningDark
Posted 9:05 AM 10/9/08
I didn't think the video was completely horrible. It kind of made me feel like I was watching a Reading Rainbow... But you don't have to take my word for it.
ShiningDark
grizzlywilliam
Posted 10:46 AM 10/9/08
That was a little bit...budget.
But whatever, ARGONAUTS YO
grizzlywilliam