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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.

Glory of Heracles

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Inspired by Greek mythology, Glory of Heracles delivers a unique take on the characters, events and monsters of legend. Travel from Crete to Athens and all the way to the halls of Mount Olympus, facing off against Minotaurs, Harpies and the unstoppable Hydra as you try to earn your place among the immortals of ancient Greece.
Guide your party of heroes through turn-based battles, unleashing the powers and magical abilities of the gods against the monsters of Greek mythology. Touch screen challenges give add to the action, giving you the chance to power up your magical attacks.
In-game tutorials and intuitive stylus-based controls make Glory of Heracles easy to learn for beginning RPG players but difficult to master. In addition, during battle, the game will offer advice on battle strategies that both RPG newcomers and advanced players will find helpful. Heracles also offers tremendous depth for experienced RPG fans, featuring alternate control schemes, programmable party member AI sets and a multitude of unique character skills, abilities and magic.

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Product Description
Glory of Heracles features the eponymous Greek hero in a pick-up-and-play role-playing game that has a rich storyline in a Greek motif and a deep battle system. The story begins when Heracles washes up on a beach with amnesia. You must journey far and wide to figure out Heracles' story and unravel the mysterious pasts of the other main characters in this new adventure. The game uses ancient Greece as its backdrop, and you can visit cities like Sparta and Athens on your travels.

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Glory of Heracles July 5, 2010
Lee Houston, Junior (NE USA)
At first Glory of Heracles may seem a bit simplistic with its eye pleasing graphics and easy to follow instructions, but don't let that fool you. This game is just as much an entertaining DS title as it is a challenging quest worth the time and attention of any fantasy and/or video game fan awaiting the next Zelda title to be released.

5 out of 5 stars

i love this game July 4, 2010
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

the adventure never stop with this game, it met my expectations and surpass it. the only thing it i would recommend that you need to build your players up to a level such as level 20 so that you can compete and have the advantage in your ball-court. also if you are not a strategical person this game isn't for you. it took me quite some time to understand my players weaknesses because it was more so about gaining more power then being tactical. but if your the type of game player that grow the more you play you will have no problem.

4 out of 5 stars

Nick's review of the Glory of Heracles July 1, 2010
The game is fun if you are looking for a challenge at times. I like that when you are casting spells, you can do mini games with the styles to power up the attack. The graphics are good but not great.

5 out of 5 stars

Minor Gem of an RPG June 13, 2010
B. Foster (Toronto, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

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!"?

5 out of 5 stars

An Unexpected Joy June 10, 2010
Daniel Morse (Lawrenceville, GA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

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.

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