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Rise of the Argonauts

A grand scale action/RPG, Rise of the Argonauts immerses players in a gladiatorial adventure set in the vibrant and powerful world of Ancient Greece brought to life. Taking the role of Jason, players will…

60 16 December 2008

Rise of the Argonauts is an adventure developed by Liquid Entertainment, released 16 December 2008 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Rise of the Argonauts is

Rise of the Argonauts is an adventure game developed by Liquid Entertainment and released in 2008. It was published by Codemasters. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Rise of the Argonauts immerses gamers in a gladiatorial adventure, set in a wondrously imagined vision of ancient Greece.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Rise of the Argonauts holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 3.0 Ghz Pentium or AMD™ equivalent, XP 1GB RAM / Vista 1.5GB RAM and Geforce 6800 / Radeon X1300 or above. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Rise of the Argonauts launched on 16 December 2008, within three weeks of Prince of Persia (2008), Prince of Persia, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future and Spelunky Classic. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Prince of Persia (2008), Prince of Persia, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Spelunky Classic.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Rise of the Argonauts — frequently asked questions

When did Rise of the Argonauts come out?
Rise of the Argonauts was released on 16 December 2008 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Rise of the Argonauts?
At minimum, Rise of the Argonauts needs 3.0 Ghz Pentium or AMD™ equivalent, XP 1GB RAM / Vista 1.5GB RAM, Geforce 6800 / Radeon X1300 or above graphics, 8 GB Hard Drive Space of storage.
How many GB is Rise of the Argonauts?
The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "8 GB Hard Drive Space" and the recommended line says "9.2 GB Hard Drive Space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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