Glory of Heracles
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A Land of Myths–A Time of Heroes…In ancient Greece, not everything is as the legends say. Great cities wage war. Mythological monsters terrorize the land. The gods of Olympus squabble while heroes and men suffer. A young boy washes up on the shores of Crete, robbed of his memories but blessed with immortality. Who granted him this gift, and to what end? Will his quest to restore his memories bring glory to the gods or spark a war that destroys them all? Explore this unique take on Greek mythology as you travel through Crete and Athens to the halls of Mount Olympus themselves. Face off against gryphons, harpies, the fierce Echidna, and the unstoppable Hydra, and earn your place among the great Greek heroes! Pit your heroes against monsters of myth in turn-based battles! Pray to the Titan Prometheus to receive the powers and magical abilities of the gods. Unleash these skills in battle, and enhance their power with stylus based minigames!Amazon.com Product Description
Embark on an Epic Quest to Ancient Greece
Not everything plays out exactly as the legends say. Great cities still wage war, mythological monsters haunt the land and the gods of Olympus fight while heroes and men suffer difficult lives, but in the midst of this chaos, a young boy washes up on the shores of Crete, devoid of memories and divinely blessed with immortality. Who granted him this gift, and to what end? Will his quest to regain his memories shed light and hope on the gods or ignite a new war that destroys all?
| Take Command of the Greek Squad Glory of Heracles features many familiar references to Ancient Greek characters and locations with a rich storyline inspired by Greek Mythology without explicitly recreating events. The story begins when a boy washes up on the island of Crete. He doesn’t remember how he got there or even who he is. In this unique adventure, he soon meets companions with equally murky backgrounds and finds out he’s immortal…just like his new friends. Glory of Heracles also features a deep, role-playing battle system and magic that can be powered up through the use of touch screen challenges. Players can visit well-known locations like Sparta, Athens and even the legendary Mount Olympus.
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- Pit your heroes against monsters of myth in turn-based battles.
- Receive the powers and magical abilities of the gods.
- Players travel the countryside to meet new characters, collect helpful items and gain experience.
- Strategy is key during battle, but once the fighting is over, players can gather the spoils of war.
- Players can opt to use the stylus or +control pad and buttons to control movement in the game, while the touch screen is required to complete optional challenges used to power up spells or skills during battle
Average Ratings : 4.0
Price : $9.99
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Everything about this game is old style RPG even the pixilated graphics. It’s fun to play and even though the story is a rehash of most RPG storylines it still kills sometime between the Zelda, Mario, and Pokémon games.
Rating: 4 / 5
Glory of Heracles isn’t a game with overweening ambitions to be innovative. It follows the basic standard for strategic RPGS pretty closely. But what it does, it does well indeed.
The story involves your character (he’s amnesiac, so you can name him what you want) who discovers that he’s an unkillable immortal. Searching for answers as to who and what he is, he falls in with several other immortals who don’t know why they’re in that fortunate state, as well as someone who may, or may not, be Heracles himself. Their search for answers on their identities and fates lead them to become involved in an ancient war for the earth itself.
The gameplay is turn-based, but compared to some recent offerings that had scarcely any variety of attacks (I’m looking at you, Nostalgia), Heracles gives a wide choice of physical, skill-based and magic-based options, as well as buffing and debuffing abilities. The menus are easy to navigate, though, even if deciding on which attack to select may be tricky. Additionally, little minigames optionally allow you to increase the power of attacks, so if you want to spend a few seconds chasing circles around the touch-screen, you will be rewarded with, sometimes, double your attack power. Or, if you feel lazy, you can skip it (which is a nice option).
The story isn’t quite as powerful as, say, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, but it has some nice touches about the power of love – between friends, siblings, spouses and parents and children. And, really, who can resist a game where the mighty Heracles rallies his team with the immortal warcry, “Don’t make me look bad!”?
Rating: 5 / 5
I enjoy a good old fashioned RPG. I don’t mind grinding. I am the type that tends to over level my characters. That said, I find this game BORING. It is extremely linear. You can’t go back and revisit towns. It is easy to miss things (especially knowing which are important things are important to buy for later in the game), but then again it doesn’t feel like it is all that important. Additional grinding just feels like a waste. I like a game that lasts 100+ hours but with this game I just feel like going to get a book to read. I have to force myself to pick up my DS to finish this.
Rating: 2 / 5
I am merely hours into the game, and am having a blast. At first, I only bought this game due to the fact that it was $11 and Amazon gave a $10 game credit (so I thought ‘Why not?’) but I was actually surprised by how much I enjoy this game.
There are plenty of skills for each character: some are learned from various temples throughout the game (that you do not get to choose specifically) and others are gained from pieces of equipment or weapons (which you of course do get to choose/enhance yourself). I find myself well-engaged in the storyline and smirking at the often quirky humor. I’m wondering about the ending, wondering what ties all of the playable and mysterious ‘immortals’ together, and wondering what sort of trouble is coming next. They even throw in various ways to power up your spells with the stylus during battle, doing up to 170% damage from what I have seen (but you are not forced to use this system and can opt or do nothing when prompted to simply cast the spell normally). This is a great handheld RPG for any age that I would gladly have paid full price for.
Overall, this game is chocked full of ancient Greek lore and references, meshed together with cute and witty humor and keeps you engaged with an interesting-yet-familiar-and-user-friendly dynamic battle system.
Rating: 5 / 5
I think this game deserves a 4 and 1/2 rating, but given all the four star reviews, I made it 5. It is a very good game, and it kept me entertained. The battle system isn’t anything to out of the ordinary for an RPG, but there are nice features, like the magic boosting mini games, and the overkill feature, which allows you to strike a enemy already killed to gain some MP (magic points). The graphics are moderate. But the storyline is completely unique. Although the beginning is somewhat cliche (you wake up with your memories lost), there are plenty of twists along the way to keep you entertained. A good example (slight spoiler) is, contrary to what you may think, the hero is NOT Heracles. I won’t explain why he thinks he is just yet… that’s a little to big of a spoiler. Some other nice features include the ability to forge and enhance your own weapons, as well as give them special powers. Again, the storyline is by far the greatest aspect of this game, but I don’t want to give to much away. In short, BUY IT! It’s an awesome game, and you’ll enjoy it very much.
Rating: 5 / 5
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