Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising is a full-scale, action-adventure massively multiplayer online game that immerses the audience in Roman mythology. Players step into a hero's sandals to battle monsters and command minions while seeking favor from the gods, testing their mettle in the fight to save Rome. These brave warriors combat an ancient enemy, the Telchine gods, who have returned to topple the empire and avenge their defeat at the hands of the Olympian gods.
Like it or hate it, free-to-play revenue schemes seem to represent the future of MMORPGs (unless the game happens to have the words "Star Wars" somewhere in its title). The latest MMO to jump on the "free" bandwagon is Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, which has just reduced its initial start-up cost, and scrapped subscription fees, in an effort to attract players before its full transformation into F2P sometime soon. Read More »
The great Caesar Augustus -- namesake of our eighth month, and initiator of the Pax Romana -- once famously remarked that he found Rome in bricks and left her in marble. It's a statement that should have been particularly inspiring for the folks over at Heatwave, the development team that inherited this dusty relic of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game from Perpetual Entertainment early last year... but it's hard to shake the impression that Heatwave merely contented itself with applying some mortar to Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising's brittle framework. It's a shame, really; Gods & Heroes shows obvious affection for its ancient setting, its "estates" provide some semblance of player interaction with the world, and its minion system carries plenty of potential. As it stands, however, this incarnation of Rome feels anything but eternal. Read More »
Delsyn escapes from the Telchines, chooses the wrong companion and fights the Mother of Nightmares. Read More »
Perpetual Entertainment calls all strategy gamers and spreadsheet warriors to rise to Rome's defense. Read More »
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Also known as: Gods & Heroes, Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising
Release Region: United States
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Publisher: Heatwave Interactive
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Publisher: Heatwave Interactive
Release Region: United States
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Publisher: Heatwave Interactive
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Publisher: Heatwave Interactive
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