Perry Rhodan - new science-fiction adventure game.

[Radek]

My friend found some information about the new science-fiction adventure game with the title - Perry Rhodan.

Game release date: November 2007. This game based on the german science-fiction novel.

Perry Rhodan is a US astronaut and he discovers on the moon same unidentified flying object with wounded aliens inside.
The aliens are taken to the Earth and cure. Survived aliens give him a technology and knowledge with thanks.
Now Perry Rhodan can create third army (there is cold war on the Earth) and save the World.

More screenshots you can find here: http://www.przygodowki.pl/modules.php?name=Gallery&file=cat&id=19


http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/6672/perry7je3.jpg

[Bobske]

[JD style voice]Awesomeeeeeee![/JD style voice]

Screens look great and by great I mean very stylish!

Check out Wiki for more info about Perry Rhodan, sounds very promising!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Rhodan

[fajerkaos]

A science fiction adventure you say? Based on some famous bock you say? With really cool art (you say?)?

Sounds great! :)

[Radek]

Below link to information about the person of Perry Rhodan:

http://www.perry-rhodan.net/start.html

[equallyAvant]

Wow these screenies look stunning!!!!

[Melanie68]

Is there a home page for the game (besides the screen shot page)? The one link at the top just took me back to this thread (I don't speak the language on the page so I'm not sure what I clicked. :o :P).

[bulldog]

Those shots are beautiful..... It looks like it will be great. I'm going to check out the link about the person of Perry Rhodan

Thanks for sharing ;)

[cwapitm]

Love the graphics.:)

[Radek]

Is there a home page for the game (besides the screen shot page)? The one link at the top just took me back to this thread (I don't speak the language on the page so I'm not sure what I clicked. :o :P).

There is no home page for this game now.

You clicked link "close page". :D
To enlarge the pictures just click on the one of them.

[Melanie68]

Thank you! :) I learned a new foreign word. :D

[eriq]

Why hasn't anyone been talking about this game. Look at those screenshots!!! Space Quest 2.0!

[Thaurin]

Any news about the gameplay of this game? It looks first-person pre-rendered, but I wouldn't dismiss the possibility of this being real-time 3D this day and age. If it's node-based 360-degree view I hope they do it right, because I get easily lost in those things. :D

[Erwin_Br]

Absolutely stunning visuals, indeed.

--Erwin

[Melanie68]

Any news about the gameplay of this game? It looks first-person pre-rendered, but I wouldn't dismiss the possibility of this being real-time 3D this day and age. If it's node-based 360-degree view I hope they do it right, because I get easily lost in those things. :D


I think this may answer some of your questions (http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1492). :)

[Etrigan]

The visuals of the screenshots and the review makes it an exciting sci-fi adventure game to wait and play. Thanks for the link of the review, Melanie68.

Etrigan

[eriq]

Yea the graphics are the real draw for me here. They're so pristine. I love how moody everything looks. And it has that fun comic book look to it. I wonder how the character art and inventory systems are going to look. And, I know it's weird, but I'm really into things like the icons and the pointers. What will your main pointer look like? Ooh and the title screen?

Hope they release more images soon.

[Thaurin]

I think this may answer some of your questions (http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1492). :)

Thanks Melanie. For the record:

Perry Rhodan will be a traditional 2.5D adventure, enhanced visually by such features as real-time lighting and shading and atmospheric weather effects.

:)

[Ksandra]

Those screenshots look incredible. I just hope the story and gameplay match up.

[Rhodan]

Anything new? As you can guess from my nick, I am pretty excited for anything PR-related.

[Roman5]

WOWWW! Now those screenshots are gorgeous. This is my type of game, futuristic sci-fi. Screenshot at the beginning of the thread reminds me of a scene in reprobates, and the rest remind me of moment of silence and dreamfall. Gimme dis game and quick ! :P

[ozzie]

Here's (http://www.gameradio.de/download/redirect.php?dlid=920) a nice german preview. You may not understand it, but it sure looks great.

[Ksandra]

The latest screenshots are just as nice, but the main character's stance is absolutely ridiculous. It reminds me of a line from Blackadder III: "Here are my genitals, please kick them."

[Lucien21]

Cool.

Looks great.

Can't say i've read any of the 2400 books in the series though, but it certainly gives the game a huge backstory to pick from.

[Rhodan]

Here's (http://www.gameradio.de/download/redirect.php?dlid=920) a nice german preview. You may not understand it, but it sure looks great.

And here (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/165590.html)´s english one.

[JKR]

Honestly technical graphics don't usually impress me, but WOW, those are amazing.

[LuigiHann]

First game featuring fictional astronaut due later this year

I'm pretty sure this is not the first game to feature a fictional astronaut :P

[ozzie]

And here (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/165590.html)´s english one.

The difference is that my link doesn't only lead to the trailer. :P

[Lucifiel]

And here (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/165590.html)´s english one.

Btw, are you one of the developers or a fan of this game? :P

After all, your nickname is "Rhodan". :D

[Rhodan]

After all, your nickname is "Rhodan". :D
Well, I am fan of pulp booklet series the game is based on.

[Lucifiel]

Well, I am fan of pulp booklet series the game is based on.

Aha, I see. :)

[Rhodan]

As for official homepage, here it is -
http://www.perry-rhodan-game.de (http://www.perry-rhodan-game.de)

[Lucifiel]

Anyways, another "save the world" game? Aren't there enough of such themes as it is?

[ggreen737]

Anyone else see the how similar the graphical style is to Moment of Silence? While MOS was decent, the screens I saw and the gameplay that resulted when I actually got the game left me a bit dissapointed.

This game looks fantastic, and the screen caps do look like the gameplay holds a more dynamic aspect, hope it gets realeased here in the states!

[Rhodan]

Anyways, another "save the world" game? Aren't there enough of such themes as it is?
Ara you basing this on the first post? That´s the description of the series prologue, not the era in which the game is set (which is 3 000 years after Cold War).
EDIT: Probably the most useful link if you want to know about good part of the series - http://www.perry-rhodan-usa.com/web1998/sersumm.htm.

[Gabe]

Anyone playing this?

[Boneho Chane]

Damn, I missed this topic! This looks like a badass game!

[PhoenixWrong]

Anyone know the system requirements? The graphics look so good, I don't think my computer can handle it!

[Melanie68]

From the official website (http://www.perry-rhodan-game.de/) (you can change the language in the upper left corner):


Minimal
512 MB RAM for Windows XP & Windows 2000
1024 MB for Windows Vista
ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB / Nvidia GeForce 3 64 MB
1,5 GHz Pentium 4 CPU (or similar)
3.5 GB free hard drive space
ATI / Nvidia graphic card driver installed
100% DirectX 9.0 compatible soundcard
Mouse and a keyboard
DVD-ROM drive

Recommended
1024 MB RAM for Windows XP
2048 MB RAM for Windows Vista
NVidia GeForce 6600 GT 256 MB / ATI 9600 XT (or better) 256 MB
2,4 GHz Pentium 4 CPU (or similar)
3.5 GB free hard drive space
ATI / Nvidia graphic driver installed
100% DirectX 9.0 compatible soundcard
Mouse and a keyboard
DVD-ROM drive

(Onboard graphic chipsets are not supported)

More details will be available on this page after the game release.

Also, the game got a North American publisher (http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1643) too. :)

[PhoenixWrong]

From the official website (http://www.perry-rhodan-game.de/) (you can change the language in the upper left corner):

Also, the game got a North American publisher (http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1643) too. :)

Thanks very much! I think I can run it! :D

[Ksandra]

Well, this one just leapt up several notches on my personal Hype-O-Meter after playing the German demo (http://www.gamershell.com/download_25132.shtml). Great intro cutscene, absolutely beautiful graphics, plenty to see and do, and a good selection of puzzles (all of which seem pretty fair and logical). And joy of joys, it even has a 'highlight all exits/hotspots' feature. I just hope the English translation is good - so many AGs developed in Europe are let down by bad writing and terrible voice acting.

[Terramax]

Reading Wiki it appears to be Germany's answer to the UK's Doctor Who series, if a lot more serious in its story telling. Considering the series supposedly represents the political 'zeitgeist' of the times, told by a host of [presumably] great writers over the years, I'm looking forward to a well told adventure game here.
If not the story, then I can at least enjoy it for the same reason as Roman5.

The latest screenshots are just as nice, but the main character's stance is absolutely ridiculous.

Actually, I don't say this often, but I think the stance and style of the 3D characters in this game look perfect for the pre-rendered settings. Lovely lighting effects to.

My only real fear is getting lost on giant ships with endless corridors like countless other sci-fi games.

Downloading the demo now, so here's hoping I don't have anything pessimistic to say.

[Ksandra]

My only real fear is getting lost on giant ships with endless corridors like countless other sci-fi games.
From what I saw in the demo, that doesn't seem likely.

The plot seems like typical cheesy space-opera stuff á la Star Wars - which is fine by me, as I love Star Wars. It's all very tongue-in-cheek - I actually laughed more at some of the lines in the demo than I have at many of the so-called 'humorous' adventures I've played recently.

[AFGNCAAP]

1.39 GB? Hefty. How long is the demo, roughly?

Reading Wiki it appears to be Germany's answer to the UK's Doctor Who seriesReading Wiki, it appears to have debuted two years before Doctor Who. :P

[Ksandra]

1.39 GB? Hefty. How long is the demo, roughly?
It's a pretty huge demo, actually - the entire first level of the game. I hope it's a long game, because if it's the same length as your average modern AG, I've already played about 25% of it. :crazy:

[Nautilus]

Wow, very nice scenarios. I readed only one Perry Rodan book. This game can be only the begin of a long term adventure series. :)

[eriq]

This game looks amazing. Anyone know if it's coming out in the US?

[Melanie68]

This game looks amazing. Anyone know if it's coming out in the US?

Yup! (http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1643)

[Terramax]

Yup! (http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1643)

So it's supposed to be out in the UK within the next week and a half? I haven't seen it listed on Amazon.com yet.

Reading Wiki, it appears to have debuted two years before Doctor Who. I stand corrected.

[Dale Baldwin]

I haven't seen it listed on Amazon.com yet.
Well that would be because amazon.com is the US site.

On amazon.co.uk however... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deep-Silver-Perry-Rhodan-PC/dp/B0010SDDVY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1211216389&sr=8-3

[eriq]

so this month then! wow.

And it's by Deep Silver, same team behind Tunguska? If so, that's great. I loved Tunguska.. mostly. The graphics and interface/attention to detail were great. Very "tight" production values.

[Ksandra]

Found an English review (http://gaming.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=13288).

On a side note, that is some seriously cheesy box art for the UK version. If I hadn't enjoyed the demo so much, it might actually have put me off buying the game.

[eriq]

great review. This one looks like a winner... finally.

I don't mind the box, myself. But I think a hand-painted Steve Purcell styled box would have been fitting. ;)

[Terramax]

Well that would be because amazon.com is the US site.

On amazon.co.uk however... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deep-Silver-Perry-Rhodan-PC/dp/B0010SDDVY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1211216389&sr=8-3

The guy was asking if it was coming out in the US though... but knowing it's coming out in the UK is just as good. Shame Amazon.co.uk isn't loading up on my computer at the moment. Hmm...

The plot seems like typical cheesy space-opera stuff á la Star Wars - which is fine by me, as I love Star Wars. It's all very tongue-in-cheek - I actually laughed more at some of the lines in the demo than I have at many of the so-called 'humorous' adventures I've played recently.

That's reasuring to hear. Lets just hope the humour isn't lost in translation when in English.

I played the demo. Seemed OK enough, but couldn't tell what was going on and I did find the locations a bit samey, but then again when I know what the heck I'm doing it should work on me a little more. Very Star Warsy though.

[AFGNCAAP]

On a side note, that is some seriously cheesy box art for the UK version. If I hadn't enjoyed the demo so much, it might actually have put me off buying the game.
Aw, I love the cheesiness, especially the pizzahead alien on the left. [insert a pizza & cheese related pun here]

And it's by Deep Silver, same team behind Tunguska? If so, that's great. I loved Tunguska.. mostly. The graphics and interface/attention to detail were great. Very "tight" production values.

Tunguska was by Fusionsphere, with Deep Silver publishing. Perry Rhodan, on the other hand... I am not sure. AG profile lists Deep Silver just as a publisher again, and a company called BrainGame as a developer. But the first news item about it (http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1492) refers to the game as "a joint production" by DS and BG. I guess this could be because the earliest press release was either mistranslated or unclear. But to make things even more confusing, the official site (http://www.perry-rhodan-game.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=31&lang=en) claims DS and BG are publishers, and 3d-io is a developer. :crazy:

[Radott]

Hi,

The game perry rhodan in english just released now in the U.K
I just placed order from the website : www.game.co.uk
Here is a link there for perry rhodan : http://www.game.co.uk/search.aspx?s=...dan&platform=*

Here is another link there when you enter to perry rhodan game section :
http://www.game.co.uk/PC/Action/~r33...s=perry+rhodan

It says 23/05/2008 as for today and : Available for Immediate Despatch
Last night it says Pre order and so....

So the game is ready for buying there and it can be Delivered to all over the world including canada and united state .

So enjoy the great game .
I allready got in my email confirmation for my order :)

[Ksandra]

I'd usually wait for a few more English reviews, but all indications are that this one will be pretty good. I'll probably pick it up tomorrow.

[Wouter]

I received the game from play.com a couple of days ago (only 24 euro) and i'm enjoying it so far. The story managed to drag me in and i'm intrigued enough to keep playing.

The graphics quality varies but is mostly good and sometimes amazing. Cutscenes are very nice and so is the music and sound effects. The voice acting is generally good and never really annoying. The production values are rather high.

The user interface isn't up to the standards of Secret Files Tunguska (my personal benchmark for a superb user interface) but it's ok.

The loading times seemed to annoy me at first but not anymore. You need a fairly powerful pc to run the game at maximum settings.

All in all, so far my impressions are positive and i'm glad i bought it.

[misslilo]

I am waiting for my copy to arrive :)
Can't be that long now... ordered it 2 days ago...

[Sandman]

I received the game from play.com a couple of days ago (only 24 euro) and i'm enjoying it so far. The story managed to drag me in and i'm intrigued enough to keep playing.

The graphics quality varies but is mostly good and sometimes amazing. Cutscenes are very nice and so is the music and sound effects. The voice acting is generally good and never really annoying. The production values are rather high.

The user interface isn't up to the standards of Secret Files Tunguska (my personal benchmark for a superb user interface) but it's ok.

The loading times seemed to annoy me at first but not anymore. You need a fairly powerful pc to run the game at maximum settings.

All in all, so far my impressions are positive and i'm glad i bought it.

Is it like the "Blade Runner"? - with a possible touch of moment of silence. The game seems way into the future than the BR and MoS.

[Boneho Chane]

I was hoping it was a lot more like Blade Runner too. If this game is still coming out in May in the US, it needs to out by Sunday then. And that doesn't seem likely. Should I just pick up the UK version?

[Sandman]

I was hoping it was a lot more like Blade Runner too. If this game is still coming out in May in the US, it needs to out by Sunday then. And that doesn't seem likely. Should I just pick up the UK version?

Not here in my country either. If nothing else I would order the UK version.

[K.Steeze]

Amazon.com in the US has the game listed simply under "The Immortals of Terra", but it's still not available. Next to the title, however, it says June 4, 2008. Hopefully that's correct. Also, the box art is infinitely better than the UK box art, for those that care.

[mosdl]

Hopefully they will release an english-language demo - the german voices are pretty good, so have to decide which one to get.

[Ksandra]

Finally got the game yesterday (it doesn't seem to be in the shops for some reason, so I had to order it online). The translation and voice acting are quite good in general, though not flawless. The guy playing Perry is very good, but also very familiar - according to someone over at Gameboomers, it's the same guy who plays George Stobbart in the Broken Sword games. I nearly burst out laughing a couple of times because he sounded exactly like George.

[Boneho Chane]

Hhmmm. George Stobbart again. Well, he's reliable. Not fresh, but promising.

[kadji-kun]

Holy crap. Just got the game and never saw this thread...or checked it out. This game is beautiful, the story is sexy, the cutscenes are absolutely top knotch.

This game proves that art style, graphics, and production quality is possible in Adventure games. Let this set the trend for all future games.

This is the exact direction my company aims for, but for a more real-time environment.

This shot itself up to my top adventure game list, and even up on my top 10 games of all time.

[eriq]

This shot itself up to my top adventure game list, and even up on my top 10 games of all time.

uhm.. wow. I am buying it NOW!

ugh! I have so many adventures to play!! Perry, Jack Keane, Sherlock, Dracula!

Who says adventures are dead?! WOO!

[kadji-kun]

Voice Acting, Graphics, interface, puzzles, etc......all awesome. :)

Forgot to say. There's LOTS of action in this game. :)

[eriq]

Voice Acting, Graphics, interface, puzzles, etc......all awesome. :)

Forgot to say. There's LOTS of action in this game. :)


STOP! You are making me horny for some classic adventure gaming goodness!

[Terramax]

Still waiting for an English demo before I make my choice. Funds are real low, just bought another game, and I'm pretty picky/critical with adventure games that get really good reviews (and vice versa) so don't wanna take the risk of just buying.

Any news of an English demo?

[Wouter]

I finished the game yesterday. I have kept my positive feelings which i had from the beginning. In fact, this game has gone a long way in resparkling my interest for adventure games.

Apparently, Perry Rhodan is the first big adventure project for this team and keeping that in mind, they did a great job overall. They still need to finetune some stuff (the userinterface, ability to rewatch cutscenes, more save slots and some typical problems that plague nearly every adventure game ...).

The production values are high. Some of the graphics are amazing. Great cut-scenes, wonderful music, generally good voice acting and an interesting world and story. The ending was a bit of an anti-climax though for me.

I found some of the puzzles to be rather difficult, in which case i just consulted a walkthrough (i haven't as much patience as i used to have for games).

If they decide to make a sequel, then i would definately look forward to it and buy it without hesitation. Perry Rhodan worked really well for me.

[-Infiltrator-]

My pc fits in all of the game's recommended requirements and i still get picture like i'm playing in 16 bit color quality.
Is this how the game looks like?

[kadji-kun]

My pc fits in all of the game's recommended requirements and i still get picture like i'm playing in 16 bit color quality.
Is this how the game looks like?

Absolutely not. You might have to update your GPU driver.

[Gabe]

Most exciting looking point&clicker since Syberia couldnt believe for a sec if game really started exquisite,well done.
I cant believe this game wasnt on so called hype ometer all the time wakey wakey adventure
gamers!

[AFGNCAAP]

Finally got the game yesterday (it doesn't seem to be in the shops for some reason, so I had to order it online). The translation and voice acting are quite good in general, though not flawless. The guy playing Perry is very good, but also very familiar - according to someone over at Gameboomers, it's the same guy who plays George Stobbart in the Broken Sword games. I nearly burst out laughing a couple of times because he sounded exactly like George.

They've got ROLF SAXON on board and chose not to publicize this fact? :crazy:

[Ksandra]

They've got ROLF SAXON on board and chose not to publicize this fact? :crazy:

I couldn't find any credits at all for voice actors, but it definitely sounds like him.

Anyway, mini-review:

Graphics: For the most part, very good. There are some stunningly beautiful scenes in there, and a lot of nice background animations as well (smoke, flying ships, etc). The only things that weren't so good were the rather clumsy character animations, and the fact that water in the game isn't animated at all (which astonished me, especially with the rest of the game paying so much attention to details like this).

Dialogue and voice acting: A lot of it was very good (including all the main characters' voices, luckily), but there was still the occasional line or phrase that had been translated rather awkwardly. In a way, these stood out precisely because the rest of it was so good; it's strange to hear someone speaking in perfect colloquial English, and then suddenly using a word like 'thus' in place of 'so'. Also, some of the alien characters sounded a bit unconvincing.

Story: It's OK, but as Wouter said, the ending is a bit of a letdown. It's not terrible, but as with so many other games, there just isn't really enough of it to make it feel worth the effort you put in. Quite a lot of questions were left unanswered (and not in a 'they're giving us something to think about' way; more a 'they set up this plot thread and never really developed it properly' way). The overall atmosphere is excellent, though, and the cutscenes are great - I'd have liked to see more of them, as several important events took place offscreen.

Puzzles: Most of them were pretty logical, and just challenging enough to be satisfying to solve rather than frustrating. Unfortunately, there were some Myst-style puzzles (especially in the middle section at the museum) which were rather poorly clued and relied largely on trial and error. There were also times when you'd seemingly done everything you could in a certain area, and had to perform a completely unintuitive action in order to proceed.

Interface: Simple and intuitive. I particularly liked the fact that you could skip straight from one area to another by right-clicking on an exit, since there are parts where you have to do quite a lot of running around. The only annoying thing was that certain objects didn't show up on the hotspot finder.

Overall, I'd probably give it around 8 out of 10. It might have been 8.5 if the ending had been more satisfying, but I have to say I preferred the earlier parts of the game to the later ones; towards the end, everything just started to feel a bit rushed.

[Dale Baldwin]

I couldn't find any credits at all for voice actors, but it definitely sounds like him.
I have to disagree, it does not sound like him to me.

[Wouter]

@Ksandra: the mini-review is spot on. Pretty much how i feel although i had some issues with the user interface.

In the end, seeing that this was their first big adventure project, i think they did a pretty impressive job overall. If they iron out all the problems, then i'm really excited on what the future may bring from this development team.

I had a great time playing Perry Rhodan.

[Ksandra]

I forgot to mention that the soundtrack is absolutely gorgeous - beautiful and haunting, without ever distracting you from the game. The only place it got in the way was during a rather difficult sound puzzle, but luckily it's easy enough to turn the music volume down to zero for that part.

[smulan]

They've got ROLF SAXON on board and chose not to publicize this fact? :crazy:

No, it's not Rolf Saxon, still good.

[abner]

I bought the game yesterday...and so far it seems awesome!!!
Cool graphics,great voice acting,superb cut-scenes...i reccomend this to any adventure game player(although to give my full reccomendation,i'll wait till i finish the game first).

BTW Rhodan's voice seems to be from the guy who gave his voice to the lead character in the Blade Runner game...

[mosdl]

Weirdly enough, still can order or pre-order from amazon - "We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock."

[Ksandra]

Has anyone actually managed to find a cast list for the voice actors?

[mosdl]

Looks like the US release is now July 1st - Gamestop has the pre-order ship date as 6/30/2008 and for $19.99, which is cheap for a full adventure game
.

[Aurebesh]

So to summarize things about the English release, there's a UK version and a US version which are different from each other, the former was released already and the latter is still forthcoming?

Also, there seems to be a difference in the titles of the two versions;

The American version is going to be called The Immortals of Terra: A Perry Rhodan Adventure, as seen on Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Immortals-of-Terra-Windows-DVD/dp/B0018Y1JQG/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1212507879&sr=8-1) and the US website (http://www.perry-rhodan-game.de/index.php?lang=usa);
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8705/51h15neactlss500sa2.jpg

The recently released UK version is called Rhodan: Myth of the Illochim (note the lack of "Perry" in the title!), as seen in Amazon.co.uk (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deep-Silver-Perry-Rhodan-PC/dp/B0010SDDVY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1212395338&sr=8-1[/url), Game.co.uk (http://www.game.co.uk/PC/Action/~r334954/Perry-Rhodan/?s=perry+rhodan) and on the UK website (http://www.perry-rhodan-game.de/index.php?lang=en);
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1300/334954ps500hit4.jpg


Non-English versions seem to be titled simply Perry Rhodan...

I've noticed that there's another supposedly English version, called Perry Rhodan: The Adventure, as seen in Amazon.co.uk (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Koch-Media-GmbH-Perry-Rhodan/dp/B000X3KJYQ/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1212507804&sr=1-10) when searching for "Perry Rhodan" under video games and scrolling a bit down;
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7655/41ggzl535qlss400sy2.jpg

This is also the only title that the game is listed under in Moby games (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/perry-rhodan-the-adventure), and the box above is what you see when you press on Shop in the UK website (http://www.perry-rhodan-game.de/index.php?lang=en), see here (http://www.braingame.de/produkte/produkt_g12_59.html); According to this it's actually the German version (the shop page is in German), so perhaps it's linked there by mistake, and was also listed on Amazon.co.uk (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Koch-Media-GmbH-Perry-Rhodan/dp/B000X3KJYQ/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1212507804&sr=1-10) by mistake.

Also note that this odd Amazon.co.uk listing and the Game.co.uk (http://www.game.co.uk/PC/Action/~r334954/Perry-Rhodan/?s=perry+rhodan) listing says that a company called Koch Media is the developer/publisher, and it's weird cause it wasn't mentioned in this thread when you discussed the companies involved, and already four companies have been mentioned :crazy:

[kadji-kun]

Interesting. Definitely prefer the American Boxart. It attempts at portraying the game as epic more than the others. Plus I prefer the title better. It also assumes that there will be future additions for the Rhodan games.

[Melanie68]

Interesting. Definitely prefer the American Boxart. It attempts at portraying the game as epic more than the others. Plus I prefer the title better. It also assumes that there will be future additions for the Rhodan games.

It's quite a popular and long-running series with over 2,000 novellas, so there's a lot of potential game material. I would imagine it's a matter of the developers wanting (and having the budget) to do more of them. But if the game is as good as many are saying and that translates into sales... :)

http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1492 (there is a link to the official Perry Rhodan site in the article)

[AFGNCAAP]

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7655/41ggzl535qlss400sy2.jpgYeah, it's apparently a German one (and thus the first one available, which would explain why some sellers put it up on their sites).

Also note that this odd Amazon.co.uk listing and the Game.co.uk (http://www.game.co.uk/PC/Action/~r334954/Perry-Rhodan/?s=perry+rhodan) listing says that a company called Koch Media is the developer/publisher, and it's weird cause it wasn't mentioned in this thread when you discussed the companies involved, and already four companies have been mentioned :crazy:Oh, this part of the mystery is simple. Deep Silver is Koch Media's division/brand name for games. For the purpose of this discussion we can treat them as one, I think. So that leaves us with three companies somehow involved in the production: Deep Silver (= part of Koch Media), BrainGame, and 3d-io. (Fusionsphere Systems aren't; I mentioned (http://www.adventuregamers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=469536&postcount=54) them only to correct the claim about Secret Files: Tunguska.)

[misslilo]

Wow, just finished the game.
It's been a long time, since I've enjoyed a game this much.
The lenght was just right and so was the puzzles...

For a long time, I've usually been able to go through a game in 8-10 hours.
With this one it took me 3 days - of course I mean the hours after work
I took my time with it, just to make the enjoyment last longer.

[Menschmaschine]

According to Igor Posavec, boss of 3D-IO, the division of labor in the creation of the game was as follows:
( http://forum.perryrhodan.net/index.php?showtopic=14599&st=0&p=396481&#entry396481 )

- Deepsilver was the publisher
- Braingame was the producer and also did the soundFX
- music composed by Martin Rosengarten and produced by Christian Steinhaeuser
- writing by Oliver Wronka, supported by Robert Feldhoff and Michael Markus Thurner (the first one is from braingame, the last two are authors of the Perry Rhodan series)
- all the rest, e.g. graphics and programming, was done by 3D-IO

links:
3DIO: www.3d-io.com
Igor Posavec: www.igorposavec.de
Braingame: www.braingame.de
Koch Media: www.kochmedia.com
DeepSilver: www.deepsilver.com
Martin Rosengarten: www.martin-rosengarten.de
Christian Steinhaeuser: www.christian-steinhaeuser.de
Robert Feldhoff: www.perry-rhodan.net/information/team/teamautoren/feldhoff.html
Michael Markus Thurner: www.perry-rhodan.net/information/team/taschenbuchautoren/thurner.html

Hope this answers all questions! :D

[AFGNCAAP]

Many thanks for the info and welcome to AG, Menschmaschine! :)

[Erwin_Br]

What's up with the different titles? I'm not sure, but it seems like this happens a lot with adventure games only. Is it because of the publishers or something?

I like the 3rd box best, by the way.

--Erwin

[mosdl]

What's up with the different titles? I'm not sure, but it seems like this happens a lot with adventure games only. Is it because of the publishers or something?

I like the 3rd box best, by the way.

--Erwin

Perry Rhodan is a german series of books - so rather than use a name that means nothing to most people in the markets outside of Germany, they obviously tried to go with a title to convey that it is a scifi game (Immortals of Terra sounds almost like a cheesy movie though).

[kadji-kun]

Perry Rhodan is a german series of books - so rather than use a name that means nothing to most people in the markets outside of Germany, they obviously tried to go with a title to convey that it is a scifi game (Immortals of Terra sounds almost like a cheesy movie though).

Rhodan or Perry Rhodan sounds like a cheap BBC/Scifi Channel Scifi Series. :frusty: Immortals of Terra sounds like a good name. It sounds epic and intellectual, far...FAR from cheesy.

[Ksandra]

There's not much to choose between the names as far as I'm concerned, but the US box art is much better (so is the German one, come to that). Strange, because Deep Silver did a great job with the box for Secret Files: Tunguska.

[Wouter]

Another interesting link:
Sven Sauer: http://sauer-mattepainting.com/

I immensely enjoyed the "digital matte paintings" Sven Sauer did for Perry Rhodan. Worth a visit once you have completed the game.

I agree that the boxart could have been a lot better for the uk release.

[Menschmaschine]

In case you want to have some media from the game:

All game data such as sound, pictures, animations, fonts and 3D-models and scenes are available as separate files under Program Files\Perry Rhodan\Data. The latter are saved in obfuscated formats. According to Igor Posavec, this is because it would otherwise be very easy to mod the game and do such naughty stuff like showing Mondra or Kari naked.
However, all the rest is available, simply look around a bit. Music, speech and sound effects are in the ogg format, which can be played for example with winamp. Pictures are in standard jpg, tga and png formats. Animations are in the Bink format, a player can be downloaded under www.radgametools.com. For instance, if you liked the holo dancers in the bar, look at the files dance_vertical.bik and dance_horizontal.bik :D. Note that the sound is not included with the animations, if you want it you need to find the corresponding sound file and merge it into the animation with the Bink tools.

[Aurebesh]

So that leaves us with three companies somehow involved in the production: Deep Silver (= part of Koch Media), BrainGame, and 3d-io.

Well, there's also Viva Media, which are in charge of the US version. They didn't contribute much to developement obviously, but they did create the name Immortals of Terra...
Who would you say is more in charge of proper developement? Braingame or 3d-io? I mean, is it a "BrainGame game" or a "3d-io game"?

By the way, does anybody know if there are any differences between Myth of the Illochim and The Immortals of Terra, aside from the title? Censorship, British vs. American voice-acting, etc.?

[Ksandra]

By the way, does anybody know if there are any differences between Myth of the Illochim and The Immortals of Terra, aside from the title? Censorship, British vs. American voice-acting, etc.?

Well, the UK version has a scene wherethe main character gets off his head on drugs. I'm not kidding. I've no idea if it's in the US version, but I imagine it would have to be, as it's part of the plot.

Also, some of the terminology used by the characters is British English, e.g. 'football' and 'trousers'. Again, I don't know if that's been changed for the US version.

[mosdl]

Amazon has it on pre-order now for $19.99

[Lee in Limbo]

The German package looks classy, but of course, Perry Rhodan is unknown on this continent, so...

The American art looks like sci-fi book dust cover art, which should catch the eyes of anyone who are into that sort of thing. I like the deep shadow. It makes the layout of the art itself look stronger, without the framing element used in the German version.

[Aurebesh]

Who would you say is more in charge of proper developement? Braingame or 3d-io? I mean, is it a "BrainGame game" or a "3d-io game"?

Seems like Adventure Gamers changed their listing of the developer from BrainGame to 3d-io in the game details (http://www.adventuregamers.com/gameinfo.php?id=991), I'm sure it's for a good reason?


Also, in the technical info tab of this game's details page it says:

"Version info
Released in the UK as Rhodan: Myth of the Illochim or Rhodan: The Adventure."

What's this about "Rhodan: The Adventure"!? I thought there was only one UK version?

[Gabe]

"Perry Rhodan: The Adventure" -- German title
"Perry Rhodan: Le Mythe Des Illochim" -- French Title

[Aurebesh]

"Perry Rhodan: The Adventure" -- German title

Yes but the AG details page says it's also the UK title (well, one of them). Simply a mistake?

[mosdl]

Looks like the release got bumped by a few days - now is July 7th.

[Aurebesh]

Looks like the release got bumped by a few days - now is July 7th.

That's only the US release. The UK already got their version last month.

[mosdl]

Just got the US release - the english dubbing is decent (from playing the first couple of screens) - but the main character's voice is good.

[MakeMonroe]

Is there a way to play this game on full screen?
It's always forcing to windowed mode. :/

[DuncanIdaho]

my apologies for the thread-ressurection...

I'm curious, is this game any good? I haven't kept up with the news surrounding this game, and reviews only go so far.

Is Perry Rhodan worth it? How's the story? How's the gameplay? Is it a game that is just a precursor to a sequel, or is it a fullfledged adventure that can stand on its own? Is it a game you can finish in a single day of geekdom, or will it take a week or more for the story to play itself out?

[misslilo]

I loved the game :)
Huge world to explore with lots of NPC's and even more if you like...can be adjusted in settings.

And it's a full adventure of it's own.

I took my time with it, but sure you can finish it in a day.

It's point-and-click, 3rd person view.

[Jelena]

I really enjoyed Perry Rhodan. I don't think I would have been able to finish it in a day. It's too much to explore and the puzzles aren't that easy although quite do-able.
It's definitely worth getting!

[Jonatan]

I liked the game, but it was a little too slow paced for me. There is a lot of backtracking and not too much action except during cutscenes.

[loobylou26]

I havent got very far yet but its ok, i wish the developers gave a bit more background info (maybe they will later in the game) but so far I feel like there's this huge exciting background and im starting after all the fun

[therabidfrog]

I havent got very far yet but its ok, i wish the developers gave a bit more background info (maybe they will later in the game) but so far I feel like there's this huge exciting background and im starting after all the fun

That was exactly what the Gamespot review lamented. Apparently Perry Rohden has been around for a long time, and there is a lot of back story that never gets explained. Some other people complained about the story being more or less impenetrable unless you have a fairly intimate knowledge of the series. So I guess none of that ever really gets covered.

[mosdl]

That was exactly what the Gamespot review lamented. Apparently Perry Rohden has been around for a long time, and there is a lot of back story that never gets explained. Some other people complained about the story being more or less impenetrable unless you have a fairly intimate knowledge of the series. So I guess none of that ever really gets covered.

There is a gallery early in the game that covers some of the back story. While I agree giving more would have been good, it didn't really stop you from solving the puzzles.