Heroes Rise: The Hero Project

This is a sequel, I didn't know that until I had bought the sequel and spin off series in its entirety. Regardless of the huge lore drop at the start I experienced, this and the rest of the series is great. Your character's main adversaries, and the other characters no doubt had lots of banter and relationship building in the previous game but even without it these characters are some of the best I have seen. Each has their own opinions and goals, they actually feel like people, and the overall premise is believable. This was my favorite series of the ones I have purchased from these devs and the whole series really is my favorite. Enjoy :)

I really enjoyed this game. Yeah it does have pictures and graphics. But all you need is you own imagination to make this epic. I recommend it.

Продолжение серии в жанре приключенческой фантастики. В целом довольно объёмное и удачное произведение, но к сожалению продвижение по сюжету основано на целостности и последовательности выборов. Вот только личность не выразить одним словом, даже самые упорядоченные и ярко выраженные качества оттеняются исключениями.

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I didn't like this quite as much as the last game, but it was still worth playing. Rating of 3/5 for me. I just wasn't a huge fan of the 'reality TV' setup. That said, I still enjoyed the game and game 3 was worth playing into for me (as it was also an improvement on this game).

This one started off slow, but when you really get into the hero project it really picks up. This is about you learning to work in a team or even become a leader. It's like you're a member of the Avengers or X-Men. Go on missions with different teams of heroes. Nothing ever goes smooth, each mission is unique and really tests your ability to problem solve under stressful situations. Pros: -More stats. -Everything you do while competing in the Hero Project. Interesting, intriguing, surprising, just so well written and engaging. -Interesting alliances and character dynamics. Surprise and multiple defections. -Having new, unstable, and untested powers really gave you another layer to consider. Not only how you use them, but how you interact with normals, powereds, and infini-powereds. -Continuing your relationships from the first game. -Better defined powers. -This game was a bit more grounded than the first game, which I think is an improvement. -Characters are well defined and memorable. And there's alot of characters. -The roster is crazy! Very diverse group of heroes, different backgrounds and personal agendas. Avengers and X-Men comics could learn alot from this. -The banter between my team on 2nd mission was my favorite part of the game. -Interesting twist at the end and different options. The one I chose lead to a sweet battle where I applied what I had learned. Very satisfying. -Longer than 1st game. -Epilogue at the end really blew me away, never would have guessed. Cons: -Pacing was really off compared to 1st game. The 1st game revealed things as you progressed or as was necessary. This game just throws pages of information at you. -Wanted more conversations with the other finalists, you know what outcome they want but not what drives them. -There is a character who is faking their powers, this was unnecessary and didn't add anything to the story. I think this actually hurts the story going forward. -I was surprised how little the anti-powered sentiment stat mattered. It was really low for most of the game, then just shot up because that's what the story demanded. -It does kinda force you to pick one alliance or the other. It would be difficult to do, but I really wanted a middle or united option. -No spoilers. At the end of the game there's a huge summary of everything that happened. This was really unnecessary. Would have preferred alt options or more time with characters.

I dont like this game despite its good writing for two reasons: 1. It takes place in a trashy reality-show and thats exactly what happens. Fights, manifactured tension, nosensical threads and reactions from npcs because of your choices. It also leads to a much more streamlined game that limits your ability to choose. 2. Destroying the cartasis from the end of the last game, making a majority of the villians untouchable and going the "everyone dumps on the protagonist" route moves this towards a sadist show. Unless you play as the pollyanna, you wount have a good time.

Heroes Rise was was defnintely captivating. I will admit that this story threw me off a bit taking the role of a game show, but in the end I liked how it all played out. Also, while I understand the gender and sexuality issues in our society and I appreciate that this story brought them into consideration, I found it very odd that this story focused so heavily on the drama surrounding it.... In short, the story got very awkward in a few places. I will give this story a 7/10.