Heroes Rise: The Hero Project

Heroes Rise: The Hero Project
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17 June 2014
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The sequel to "Heroes Rise: The Prodigy." It's America's #1 reality show for heroes! As a contestant on "The Hero Project," you'll battle villains and heroes alike with your newly discovered "Infini" powers.

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Kilbert
Kilbert

This game is fucking legit. Remember Choose Your Own Gooosebumps? Man, fuck you, get that weak shit out of my face. This is the game for real OG's. Shoot fuckers with lightning and shit.

Hooper_X
Hooper_X

Extremely lo-fi presentation masks (oho) a reasonably entertaining superhero-themed adventure. If you remember the old-school 1980s "Fighting Fantasy" books, which were Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-style tales with limited RPG attributes, this is essentially a digital recreation of one of those.

It's not without its flaws - there's the occasional typo, the player's money never actually seems relevant, and some of the characters are wafer-thin, but the entire series is worth a couple bucks if you've got an open mind or a love of old-school text-based adventure gaming.

I will give the game's creators a great deal of credit for their attention to gender and sexuality - it gets a little hamfisted at times, but allowing a player to set their gender and sexual preference seems like it should be a given in 2014...

The Prophet Kramer
The Prophet Kramer

I love ths freakin game! beacause of its story and decisions it has humor, drama,and a little action. I know its text baxed but its still really fun its worth every penny and dont let anyone tell you otherwise.

Blueshifting
Blueshifting

Honestly, this game as well as the first instalment are one of the most entertaining and engaging games I have ever experienced. Certainly worth the minimal cost to play!

Mi1k
Mi1k

For a text-based game it's quite good, the writing's solid and it took me about 4 hours to finish, which is a fair length for a game this cheap, I mean, some of the more modern Call Of Duty titles have shorter singleplayer campaigns. Some people may point to the fact that the game is linear and that occasionally your choices may make you feel "Boxed In", however, the choices presented to you are great enough and of a large enough depth that you may deviate from the main story arc and play the kind of hero you may want to play, however you will soak the fallout for whatever decisions you might choose.

In short; the game is good, and gives you more entertainment than expected of a game with such a small pricetag.
Oh, and if you have the few extra units of whatever currency you possess, buy the bundle or the perfect legend guide + warning system. They help in the long run.

Stav
Stav

Awesome. Althoughthis game isn't something some of us are used to, the story would win over pretty much anyone. I would definitely replay this game without getting bored one bit. Ihope to find games as great as this one, but it's not likely so.

Varacka
Varacka

This game the the previous one are amazing! I normally hate games with no graphics or similar stuff but wow! I can't wait for the squeal and I am interesting to checking out more of this companies games. It is just wow!

The story is so mature and in depth. It brings up some great issues that affect modern society and makes you think. It really spoke to my open minded, activism personality yet I could see had options for other views too. This is how more games should be.

The way the story flows I am ready to go for another play through of both games to see it from another point of view. So many choices I wish I had done better. That I wish I had done differently. That it just makes me want to go again.

I highly recommend this game to anyone who is up for an intellectual story that really gets you thinking and emotionally attached. However it's all text. So be Warned.

(Feel free to comment with constructive criticism about my review. I am always open to seeing how I could do better or different.)

SnowsNotHot
SnowsNotHot

Do you like choose your own adventure stories? Feel like every storyline is the same in every game, Ever? Then its time to bring back the past and nostalgia, and pick up this game! Sure, it had no visuals or audio, but the story and the choices themselves offer quite a bit of entertainment for those willing to read a little (okay, more then a little. Its like a novel!) This is definitely a game to pick up if youve been looking for a new book or adventure to read, without having to sink all your attention and time into something. I thoroughly enjoyed the series, and would reccomend it to any reader or enjoyee of literature.

Jackie Daytona
Jackie Daytona

Loved this. Great game/story. About to start the next one.

ROBOT SKELETON
ROBOT SKELETON

I thought this was a great sequel to the initial Heroes Rise game and though initially dubious that my style of play would be penalised by the types of choices to be made it all paid off in the end. I would again recommend this to anyone as the story is engrossing and, yet again, inclusive which made it a joy to play.

Wabbajacked
Wabbajacked

Compared to the previous chapter of Heroes Rise, The Hero Project really seems limited in the choices you can make, to the point where it doesn't seem to make a difference what you do. In addition to the plot being largely all over the place and difficult to follow, it's really just a weak follow-up to The Prodigy.

MidnightGargoyle
MidnightGargoyle

I'm really enjoying this series. Its inspiring me to get involved in twine myself. I wouldn't call this a choose your own adventure, as it is linear but I don't actually feel thats a criticism. The confines of the narrative are really driving the personality of my hero, I've just finished this chapter and am booting up the finale, I feel really immersed. I've been playing these with two steps from hell orchestral music (goes great) I didn't think I'd ever sit down and play a text game in 2014. Good job, an experience I'm glad I'm having.

BigFartThunder
BigFartThunder

The sequel to the first game was great, I really liked the little things put in later on that made me love it more. These games have a unique function allowing you to continue with your character already made from the previous installment, but new people still have the chance to play it as well. I have some issues with the story, but mostly from my own feelings from the first game, that I plan not to spoil. On that note, this one seems easier to replay with even more strategies to make this a game more enjoyable, which I might do, but after marathoning all three games, I think I'll take a rest from it.

William Shakesman
William Shakesman

The gayest trilogy outside of Mass Effect continues. I swear, they check every dumb sexuality box. There's a dude who is of a race that has no specific gender and insists on different pronouns. Maybe that's a cool sci-fi concept. Who knows, because that just leads to a whole scene that is a pointless sexuality argument. Thanks guys. I think you're in the wrong genre.

Still, that's one scene. A good work otherwise. A marked improvement over the previous game. Branching paths, multiple styles of play. The first lacked a lot of agency. This one has some clever choices and tricks here and there and a sense of genuine mystery; it's more about the politics of the reality show than heroing but I was not truly impressed with the first game's heroing so it evens out. It's still a CYOA book but a pretty decent one.

Besides, it's $3 and I know you're gonna get it on the cheap. Don't even lie. I've bought worse (And better) CYOAs for $5-10. It's worth your time. Try the demo at least.

Lolssi
Lolssi

Not sure if it was better than 1st book, but it was harder to me. No game has glued me into my chair same way since Human Revolution.

Abusnail
Abusnail

An amazing follow-up to an amazing original, this novel delivers even more thrills, chills, and spills (I'm so sorry) than the original. In fact, a number of choices had me stressing out for approximately twenty minutes deciding which way to lean; not even a Bioware game has ever done this to me. Play and read it. You'll be glad you did.

BlackRoseFFX
BlackRoseFFX

This game is much like the first in the series, and you can play it without paying the first one but I wouldn't recommend it. After the fame generated from Prodigal and her Deathwave, you are trying to find a way to keep your legend level high. Your best idea to do this is to join a reality TV show called the Hero Project, which the top six winners will join a team of superheroes supported by the government. Black Magic, Jury, Mayor Victon, Jenny, and your Grandmother all make appearances. You can continue your relationship with Black Magic, if your were in one, or you can start a relationship with Jenny or another Hero named Lucky. Black Magic is pretty jerky in this one, so I went with Lucky, who is sweet. At the end you can import your save file into the third game, which some of the romances in the third one require the romance to have been completed in this game. Also you do not have to import a save file from the previous game and you can start fresh.
Some of the bad things were: you cannot save and load in the game, so if you do not like a choice you made, you are stuck with it, the legend guide that you unlock isn't that helpful, they could have added more achievements, and sometimes it was hard to tell how a choice would affect your stats. Overall it is a good game that is well written. Some complain about ending up at the same place regardless of the choice you make, but that is sort of the point to keep the story moving, and it being written out. Sometimes you'll unlock scenes you didn't see on a previous playthough.

Gaz Blackheart
Gaz Blackheart

i have beaten the first two games in the series and am moving on to the third shortly and i have to say its been a great experience. this game brings me back to the days of choose your own adventure games but with much more depth and immersion. your choices matter so choose wisely your saves carry over. it covers many issues as well such as gender, sexuality, tolerance, relationships, betrayal, corruption, responsablility, social status, some slight drug use and the list goes on. who needs fancy graphics when you can have an immersive narrative that you control with many twists and turns. the only thing i could say is a negative is a few minor spelling errors and the stark white backgrounds...they should really throw up some cool backgrounds to choose from.

Zokushi
Zokushi

The entire trilogy was great. The romances were my favorite part, but I wish they'd be longer!

Fiannawolf
Fiannawolf

This game is definately required if you want to understand half of whats going on in Herofall. As the 2ed game in the trilogy it provided the needed bridge in the narrative but I will be honest:

Going full hero path basically messed up both teams in the story. Still going to replay as a villain at some point because there are so many avenues from this game into the 3rd that I want to see how everything ends. Just pick up all 3 games as a collection. You wont be dissapointed. Its like City of Heroes meets Text based RPG.

BloodyKharma
BloodyKharma

To put it simply, if you were a fan of the first game Heroes Rise: The Prodigy, then your going to fall in love with this game even more. Its obvious that the developer stepped up his game quite a bit, making this my favorite one in the series for now. If you didn't like the previous game, then your going to hate this one just as much.

Materia User
Materia User

It was hard to judge whether I should give the second installment a thumbs up or down. It has all the things that made the first installment great - however it ends on a cliffhanger.

This all by itself would not be that bad but I went through the in-game store to buy the third and last chapter. This is where my nightmare started.

Although I don't own it on steam, I do own herofall on the website. When I bought it, herofall wasn't on steam yet, so I didn't think it would be a big deal if I purchased ahead of time - many other games support you if you go through their website, in fact most games I know actually prefer that you do it that way since they get more from you directly and don't have to pay anything to steam. However because the game is not on steam I cannot continue my character from the first and second game - this defeats all the effort I put into my character from both games. I contacted them figuring it would be an easy enough fix to move a save file or something, but after weeks of back and forth emails it breaks down to me needing to start all over if I want to play herofall.

I chose all my decisions carefully from the first and second game and to hell if I can remember all of them, nor do I want to sit through both games clicking forever to get to the same spot again. The only other option I have is to buy the game again through steam but I am really against buying a game I already own. It's not like a PS game that I own that I want on the PC, it's a computer game I own that I want on my computer... and I can't have it.

Now that Herofall is on steam I DO recommend buying the entire pack or just the first game if your hesitant. Definitely avoid the in-game option of buying it though.

Arthur, King of the Britons
Arthur, King o…

I actually preferred this to part 1; opens the world up quite a lot and is fairly entertaining, if brief.

The Fake Winner
The Fake Winner

This game is even better then the last.
If you are new to Heroes Rise, this story give you enough insentive to buy the first one and read form there. Truely this game is amazing.

The mystery in the game left me takeing notes of all the little details so i wouldnt miss anything as i played. as well as checking on my stats at the choices, just so i wont screw up.

a definate 9/10.

I recommend you buy the trilogy. as this game will make you want to live through it all!

The one true Potatoe
The one true Potatoe

Made a rich guy called "Bruce Wayne"
Have butler avatar named "Alfred"
Both parents dead
Living alife as "Batman"
Didn't get an achivement.

Don't buy this, you cannot be Batman.

Dr.Prinny
Dr.Prinny

10/10
The best one within heroes rise trilogy
To me, it has the most lengthy story ( 5 hours for one playthrough comparing to 3 hours for the other two
The most difficult choice to make ( where you have to choose between dream and friendship
And the best conflict in the whole game
It's not as good as the Prodigal, it's better

Mr. Blonde
Mr. Blonde

A really good continuation, even though in some parts, early specially, it seems you are bound to make some decisions if you want to continue with the contest. Pretty good, less focused on combat, and more with relationships and what it means.

GuitArchon
GuitArchon

So...remember all those old "Choose your own adventure," style books from when you were a kid? The Heroes Rise series is like that, but with much less page flipping and with a more engaging story.

The game's not perfect, but for what it is and what it costs, I'd say give it a look. You might be surprised. I certainly was.

dawnofwar1944
dawnofwar1944

Slugger! Gotta say that the sequel is better than the original! I was happy to see relationships flounder, grow, and get utterly destroyed! Once again, the writing and story are stellar. The scenarios you find yourself in remind me of some modern Suicide Squad storylines, with a taste of reality tv thrown in for extra political flavoring. Even the worst parts (as in, the negative things that happen to your character) were arguably some of the best written and conflictive thusfar. There's a definite nod to progressive social issues and it's handled in such a way that you can represent most opinions accurately. All I gotta say is...I will become judge, jury, and executioner in the third installment (and I was the "peaceful, accepting hippie" type for most of this game)!

[LINUX] NoSt
[LINUX] NoSt

In my opinion, one of the strongest games by Choice of Games (along with Choice of the Vampire).

Although I'm not a fan of superheroes and the like, I still enjoyed a lot my time spent in Millenia City, carving my own heroic way despite all the obstacles.

What appeals to me the most is that you really have many opportunities to be a kind of hero you like and how your choices define the outcome of the game.

HeartBreakOne
HeartBreakOne

Another strong entry in this trilogy, with even tougher decisions with rather strong impacts as the story progresses. Only gripe with this one was a rather heavy handed bit about personal pronouns/sexuality/gender stuff I felt out of place; I can see where the writer was trying to make it a subtheme, but it just didn't fit in my opinion.

topagae
topagae

A weird sequel, that is great on it's own, but only until you play the third act to see the results of your choiecs and the story unfolding in the third act.

tea
tea

This is the second installment of the Heroes Rise trilogy. Like the first one (The Prodigy), the events are mostly scripted and the story is linear. However, the Hero Project allows for more choices, and they are tougher to make this time. The writing has improved somewhat and I thought that the Hero Project's story is more well thought-out and better than The Prodigy's. The Hero Project is also lengthier and has higher replayability. Although it is highly recommended that you start with The Prodigy first, it is not necessary. You can just jump right in if you choose to without losing too much of the backstory.

Comparisons aside, the elements that make up the Hero Project are dynamic and feature several themes. Politics, betrayal, friendship, romance, conspiracy and so on. The battles are interesting, and the events are emotional, if not dramatic.

Two tips to maximize your experience:
1. Get the MeChip Warning System. It's really helpful.
2. Be consistent in your choices (ex. don't swing from being lawful to lawless, choose one and stick with it and make choices accordingly).

Guess Who
Guess Who

Be warned, there is no way to take back a decision you made in this game (other than restating entirely). I personally had to restart two or three times because of some of the choices I made and immediatley regretted. This game has a very interesting spin on the super-hero genre that was very refreshing to see. Totally worth the low, low price.

Yamaikazi
Yamaikazi

I recommend this adventure right off the back because if you played Prodigy, then you will want to continue "your" story. It took me awhile to get used to the writing style in these stories, as it doesn't feel exactly like a "choose your own" kind of story. Some of the reactions from "My" character feels closer to watching a character, instead of controlling myself. This adventure takes you into a reality TV show for superheroes, though I'm not sure I would want any of these heroes saving me.

One of the biggest issues I have with "my" adventures up to now are the romantic options. Maybe spoilers, but the romantic choices suck. At least, during my adventure they have. I think the writing overall was better then the first story, I wasn't pulled out of my adventures as much as I was in Prodigy. After seeing where Prodigy took the storyline, I was extremely curious to see where the next adventure took me. I'll be honest, I was a little disappointed with a reality show setting, but after finishing the adventure I can at least see why it was chosen.

Some of the most important choices during my adventure though felt emotionally powerful, but it wasn't always my emtions that were moved. As I had mentioned, sometimes I'm watching this lead hero react not in a way I would have in the same position. Also, with the given choices, more then a few times during combat I feel like there is no gray area between "nuclear bomb" and "don't move". When this occurs, I tend to take into account how angry I am at the target, or how serious they have attacked me.

Overall, I would say I enjoyed this adventure and where it might lead too, even if it was a little obvious from the begining. I was never really invested into the reality show's antics, and I was so unwittingly thrown into the event that I was completely suspicions of the thing the entire time. Though, I never really had an option to express this feeling. How much love will I find next, i'm starting part 3 now!

YokaiSamurai
YokaiSamurai

This game is like Big Brother and Superman v. Doomsday went out and got ice cream, then the ice cream melted... and everybody has super powers. Long story short, you're going to need napkins becuase this game is going to get messy. You should probably add sprinkles because why would you not make something so good... even better.

Memoirs of a Jungle Girl
Memoirs of a J…

This is probably the worst game that Choice of games has ever made. The main problem with their games is that you're never really clear about the consequences of your actions and how they will reflect on your character sheet. And here it's worse than ever. You'll think you're being heroic but then you look at your stats and the game tells you "Nah actually you where 50% Heroic 50% Teamplayer.". And you're just completely baffled cause isn't being a teamplayer part of being heroic? This makes no sense at all. And it will happened to you CONSTANTLY. And you can only get the best ending if you're 100% heroic or 100% a teamplayer or 100% Evil etc. It feels like you're being constantly railroaded towards a specific path and in a game about choices that is a deal-breaker. On top of that, the story isn't all that great as it slogs through the middle part of the trilogy grasping for relevance to the overarching plot. Only play this if you want to play all 3 games in the series.

Amanfreed
Amanfreed

The weakest of the three but that dosen't mean it dosen't have a better story than most AAA titles nowdays also it is a stepping stone towards the third so it is forgivable.

TurboVirgin, M.D.
TurboVirgin, M.D.

This game made me lose faith in my abilities as a hero, and destroyed my childhood dreams of once day succeeding Batman. 10/10. Would play again.

Demon3321
Demon3321

Didn't exactly like how this one takes place but I still enjoyed it, almost thought I'd get a harem at one point. That thought was crushed not soon after :/ but some of the choices you have to make have the potential to make u feel like scum.. or like a hero :D

scruzz
scruzz

Truthfully, the reality TV setting was initially kind of a bummer... I definitly thought it was going to make the (already pleasantly campy) story a little TOO cheesy.

I ended up acting as bat-sh*t crazy as any of those reality TV stars in real life: "BUT if I choose, Becky, she might backstab me and vote me!!! But will be BFF be mad at me if I choose her over my BF? I'm not here to make friends, I'm here to WIN!"

Whether it's a case of human-nature or of good story development, I was actually quite gripped. Without giving away too many spoilers, you also gradually learn the gravity of your choices and the show/situation to the greater public.

Also I got to bang Robert Pattison. 10/10 will shame-bonk vampire douche again.

Milky
Milky

So, after my disappointment with The Prodigy, I was set to never touch this series again - once I had gone back and finished it, of course. A family member assured me I was wrong and that the series got better in The Hero Project - to their credit, they were right.

However, even in that case, THP barely struggles to make *average*. The writing style continues to be quite sophomoric and not in the entertaining sense of being young. It's sophomoric in the sense of awkward phrasing, juvenile handling of sex and bizarre, immersion-shattering rants about correct gender pronouns. It's immature and banal. Look, I get that more games should deal with sex and gender, and I get that interactive fiction is one of the best genres for it, but Zachary Sergi needs to handle it with a bit more deftness. Credit for attempting it.

To Sergi's additional credit, there are some interesting choices in this game. I thought many of the ones relating to Null and Lucky were quite good and hard to choose from. Unfortunately, much like the previous entry in the series, THP suffers from the stark feeling of being stuck on rails with an author that's waiting to jump out and go 'aha!' at you for not picking the right choice (while giving you no indication of what might be the right choice unless you *pay for it as an in-game app store-esque purchase*. THP, however, seems to have less of those ridiculous options like The Prodigy had (infilrating and forgetting to take off your hero costume, anyone?) - so, that's some improvement. But it's still not embracing the strength of an interactive medium because good IF rewards choices and does its best to disguise the rails (eg; Choice of Robots).

Much of the worldbuilding and setting continues to be a bit on the nose - again, it's very sophomorric. The fact that Sergi continues to interject 'slugger' into so many sentences as a catch all term that seems to be a general epithet, noun, verb, adjective and so on is lazy. Honestly, if there is one thing I could remove from this whole trilogy, it's this word. As a whole, the world feels very derivative of superhero comics and doesn't offer much in the way of originality.

For a simple premise (superhero reality TV) the plot has too many characters (of course, expecting you to remember/care about all of them) and a slow development where things just seem to happen. I'm not sure how much control over my story I actually had, thanks to the aforementioned of feeling like I'm on rails. What's worse, is that the characters aren't particularly likeable - again, due to the writing style.

So, what's good about it? Well, there's a fair bit of customisation. If you're looking to feel like you're in a superhero story and you want a bit of a self-insert fantasy where you can craft your dreamworld to exacting specifications then this is for you. If you want something that advances the medium of IF, offers interesting, branching choices with clever writing and wit - avoid. As someone who looks for the latter, I cannot recommend THP.

Additionally, I ran into a bug near the end that caused me to need to restart my entire story. I won't mark the game down for that but it was quite unfortunate.

Forsakenwriter
Forsakenwriter

Aside from an anvilicious debate towards the middle that felt like it came out of nowhere, this is a strong follow up to The Prodigy. Flush with your successes from the previous game, you take part in a reality tv show to form America's next great Supers Team. Much like Slammed, this game has betrayal, scandal, fame, and public opinion as major themes.

The twists towards the latter half were interesting as well. It's also the first and only of the three that I faced a game-over in.

M_Helder
M_Helder

Basically, the whole Heroes Rise Trilogy is a clichéd, cartoonish and somewhat poorly written imitation of Choose Your Own Adventure game. It had a potenital to be a lot better, but unfortunately the myriad of missed opportunities and obvious "plot twists" bog it down to be a passable game, 3/5 in my book.

If you are into teenage superhero fantasy, than you might actually like this one.
However, if like me you prefer something more mature and serious, than I suggest you buy "Choice of Robots" by the same developer instead. A far better experience, as far as I am concerned.

Red Justice Gamer
Red Justice Gamer

This is the second installment of the Heroes Rise series and the sequel to Heroes Rise: The Prodigy. The tale continues with our protagonist (you) who has managed to succeed some degree of going away from being a Zero and becoming a potential Hero. You end up participating in a reality TV show that grants its winners the positions of forming an USA-backed national superhero group. This Choose Your Adventure game adds more elements that can be affected by the way you treat your powers, how you treat others and so on.
It's definitely a step up in comparison to the first installment in terms of length and all the stuff you need to keep up with, and despite its departure from your average superhero tail, the game offers tons and tons of plot twists and dramatic turns that keep you engaged and intrigued to the very end.

jerry gourd
jerry gourd

Your choices don't matter.

Go read a book or something.

Lumps
Lumps

Just as awesome as the first.

If you loved The Prodigy you'll loved The Hero Project.

If you liked The Prodigy you'll like The Hero Project.

If you didn't like The Prodigy you wont like The Hero Project.

Chaos
Chaos

Great sequel. World of superheroes is full of dirty politics and very petty motives of those, who suppose to save people. Many important choices and very good plot. I think it's longer that the first one and much more exciting. Try it :)

Heliosmajestus
Heliosmajestus

Enjoyable, but can be a bit railroady at times and the legend guides do not help at all. Game can be frustrating for Perfect Legend scores, but the story is amusing enough that i will play the third one.

Penitenziagite
Penitenziagite

Nice little interactive story. No Pulitzer Material here, bit cheesy at times and it is annoying you can't "go back" or save/restore, maybe a little short. Still OK if you like interactive reading, and/or superherores, and you get it on sale.

Duke (Unvaccinated)
Duke (Unvaccinated)

Book 2 of 3. Please send help, this book is terrible.
Similar mechanics to Book 1, but this time the story is tedious at best, and non-existent at worst. The whole story (and this isn't a spoiler DW) is set around a reality TV show, and the characters act completely contrary to rationality, and don't follow any character development from the previous book.

This is A BOOK, similar to the old R.L. Stine pick-a-choice books.
If discounted, get it only so you can progress to Book 3.

Flakesz Toaster
Flakesz Toaster

YOU WANT ME TO PAY $0.99 IN A TEXT CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE?!?! NO!

Air1sam
Air1sam

i have never felt so fucking amazed by a game that didnt inculde me chopping off someones torso.

leon.mayne
leon.mayne

I don't even know how to start this. I'm leaving this same review on each of the Trilogy pages because it's an across the board review of 5 out of 5 or 108 out of 100 or A++ or whatever you can think of.
This has been one of the most emotional, roller-coastering rides of my life, and it happened in a videogame. One that's entirely text-based. You start off as a little hero still trying to figure out who you are and you end as a big one, no matter what path you take, knowing exactly who you are. You'll go through so many ups and downs and surprises and disappointments and happiness and sadness and successes and failures, you'll get into all the great beat em up action that comes with being a hero and all the baggage and consequences, too. But if you stick to who you are, just like in life, you'll pull through and make the right calls, and become a legend. The fate of the world is in your hands. The fate of your world is in your hands. Now get to it. And buy this trilogy.

ChromeNyte
ChromeNyte

It's a pretty enjoyable game but I didn't like how you were punished for being grey. You either had to be black or white if you wanted the game to go well, not much leeway for in betweens.

zombiedrummer972
zombiedrummer972

Spends two hours playing through The Hero Project

Is asks to vote for the Popular alliance

Chooses 'I don't know which way I'm voting'

Game dumps boyfriend, alienates Lucky and annoys Null

10/10 would play again

Terranaunt
Terranaunt

For a game which claims to be powered by my imagination, it is too much railroaded. Straight to the point of almost nonexistant replayability.

The Real Brad Pitt
The Real Brad Pitt

Warning Contains Spoilers Proceed At Your Own Risk: Meh, is this game I'm about part three and I'm writing the review as I'm playing this game. Not as great as the original so far, but still pretty good. So I'm figuring you've already played 1 if you're reading the review for 2. Have you? No? Too bad I'm telling spoilers for the first game anyways. So as the competition started in this weird reality tv show thing. My character imported from the last game and named Metal Man a comic I made on this comic website before I took writing classes. I was with my lover Black Magic and we were gonna do this together. The first challenges were easy, I recklessly went through them in a flash. As it went on though they got harder and I met new heroes along the way, and I met a long lost girlfriend from hero camp, which her name will be disclosed do to the evil called spoliers. So basically I was still heads over heels with Black Magic, so I said "Get out da' way b*tch" at the time. Than I actually started to have feelings for her and Black Magic at the same time I was torn and not knowing what to do, I had also just made an alliance with two beginner heroes. Not knowing how the f*ck the voting system worked i thought giving them votes would help them stay on the show and helping these young aspiring heroes become stars or a vigilante like me. I accidentally voted one off and the other had a vendetta for me basically, I really felt bad and did the other challenges which were getting harder from me not focusing and the guilt overwhelming me as the next elimination sequence was coming. What the f*ck do I do? Black Magic my love says I have to vote childhood girlfriend off, or she'll break up with me. Then childhood girlfriend is like "Don't abandon me a**hole remember me? I was your first kiss." Of course I remember your a** you were my first kiss. I was given an option to vote off both, childhood girlfirend, or Black Magic. I was litterally sweating what was I going to do, I knew Black Magic so well and my character loved her, but childhood girlfriend was also very dear to his heart with him knowing her since childhood. So I came to the decision to boot off childhood girlfriend. After that I was strucken withe more guilt. Taking off beginners left and right, like they were babies it didn't feel right. I spent the rest of the night with Black Magic with something ringing in my mind. "Did I make the right choice?" I was also put in chrage of multiple heroes in the group I chose when I eliminated my first beginner. I took down multple heroes on tema two using tactics including Black Magic and another guy with metal bending or whatever the f*ck power it was. I was then pressured to use steroids so I said f*ck no. Apparently that b*tch Jessica from the last game dressed up in a costume and litterally turned full bada** for no literal reason. No training, it was only a year or two after the first game... so yeah, the game kinda pulled "She's a bada** now, so just deal with it." So I was like okay and jacked off for a lot of the other sections of the game until a decision came. Do I rat out Jenny because she's undercover (It's okay because none of you know her name so it's no spoiler, well it kinda is. Bah, f*ck it.) or do I stick up for her and be a "good friend." By giving up all my hopes and dreams. So I make the obvious choice of not being a tattletale because we're totally in first f*cking grade and I've been eliminated from the competition. So uh yeah. Kinda f*cked up there. Did it ever occur to you that I'm a swearaholic? So I still lve wth my grandma for now with my me thingy named Winston. Than dun-dun-dun somebodies elected president that is bad, seriously just guess, I won't say his name but if your not retarded or have short term memory loss you'll know. Also have I mentioned my character has been going insane lately, it should be obvious. But I'm disgusted by his new found victory, so like a 2 year old who still doesn't have his apple juice I whine about it. I also whine about how Black Magic is in a coma because this one a**hole as pissy fit on the battlefield. But as my character slowly turns evil and down this dark unsettling tunnel I decide I'm ready to move on from Black Magic for, she may never wake up from this coma. I then see Jenny and along with the five other winners win leaving a pit of regret in my stomach, wishing I could be the one in first place not her, but sadly I sacrificed everything to help the b*tch who had no powers. So I'm forced away to a concentration camp for infi-powered people by Mr. President, it's also mandatory. They might as well start calling us Jews. So I have a pissy fit myself and destroy the machine myself starting to realize how different I've become since this all began, how I used to pretend to be some sort of Batman, but now I'm starting to look more like this moral sponge which soaks up his own morals and others and spits them out as he abides to no laws modern men will give him. For I am a sponge, designed to soak up oragnge juice and be rubbed against someone's a** cheeks. Jenny was right the beautiful b*stard The Hero Project was in cahoots with infi haters, with it's crosshairs on me. For now, I must stand and fight. For now I must rebel. I must take off this villain mask I think I've been becoming, and show my real face, a bigger and better vigilante. Wintry, Summit, Stage Show, Rebellion, Judy, and Inherit are all coming to take me down, luckily I have Jenny on my side. 2v7, bring it on. I take out the guards and suddenly fumble and childhood girlfriend appear to help me? They say they're on my side so I'm like, maybe I can hook up with Lucky after all and now it's a 4v7 fight, again bring it on. After taking down all but 1 and that is Rexford, which appeared from nowhere he shoots an enegery blast the dampens powers, afraid that Jenny could die from the blast I must be a hero, I jump in front of the blast dampening my infini powers in the process. Everything goes white and I resume the story a while later, my powers weakened but not taken away, and it could be permanent, but I'm guessing it won't. I'm seen as a vigilante icon around the world just how I like it. But that doesn't mean my journey's over. Oh no, I still have the Victon's to worry about. For we're at war.

Jack Raynes
Jack Raynes

A promising start in the first game in the series is hideously derailed here. This second part becomes almost more about gender and sexuality issues than superheroes, fully seventy five percent of the characters in this CYOA are either transexual, homosexual, bisexual or some kind of genderqueer. Normally that's not something that bothers me but it starts actively muscling into the story and detracting from the overarching plot. The game finally drops all pretense to being about superheroes and crimefighting and reaches its ultimate nadir when you're shoved into a room where your supporting cast (an effeminate gay, a masculine gay, a lesbian and two transexuals) argue over who is most oppressed. I am not kidding.

Xenoverge
Xenoverge

I really like the story and universe. It is fantastic and a good read but..... and quoting from the game:

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General Tip: In Heroes Rise, you are rewarded for sticking to your ideals. If trying to earn a high Legend Level, make sure to remain consistent once you decide what kind of hero you want to be.
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Which is why I am split in recommending this game. At least it is better than the first story when it comes to balanced choices and those choices really affecting the outcome.

Also it seems that some characters have not remained consistent......

Capsule-Kin
Capsule-Kin

I thought this would be good but, this was not good at all. Becasuse of some of the choices you had to make was crazy and could make you lose. For example I decide to help people and I got kicked of the hero project. I tryed three diffrent times to fix what I did wrong, But I still failed because I decide to do the right thing. So All I can say is not the best work. Maybe one day I will comeback to it, but not right now.

Anastasia
Anastasia

The story is rather short & none of the decisions seem to impact the story in any meaningful way, or at all in some cases.
This is a classic example of the illusion of choice. The experience leaves zero desire for an additional playthough.

KJak
KJak

Great second part to a very exciting trilogy!

Not quite as good as parts One or Three, but I definitely still recommend it, and it's quite key to the overarching plot.

8.5/10

Lilidae
Lilidae

While I enjoyed the first game I have to disapprove of this one.
I have no issues with certain political agendas and issues handled in a game but I don't want to get rubed in the face with certain agendas otherwise I'd make a tumblr account. So no thanks.
Mind you, there was only one scene which felt forced and pushing into certain agendas though I have to say it really ruined that game for me.

Local Disk (W:)
Local Disk (W:)

Possibly the best game of the series (so far), The Hero Project takes your hero from the first game and catapults him/her into the exciting world of television. Choose what kind of hero you want to be and stick to it to win The Hero Project!

Excellent writing, more character development for the main supporting cast too, which is great.

harku1446
harku1446

When I first played this game, I didn't like it as much as the first, but I realize now that i felt this way because of the choices I made in the game or at least the ones I felt I had to do to make my girlfriend in game happy. However after replaying it so as to get the strategy types and seeing what else could happen I have really grown to like this one a lot.

It took like like 8 play throughs to get the elimination badge (The game makes it out like it's an easy to thing to do when it's actually not) and even though the game chided me every time I got eliminated, I now wear that badge proudly because it was a bitch to get.

almacher
almacher

A well-written, engaging game, as was the first in the trilogy (The Prodigy). My one criticism is that in this installment there were rather more characters, some rather sketchily-defined, and this made it hard to keep straight who was who. This confusion affected my ability to make choices consistent with a chosen strategy throughout the game. I think The Hero Project could benefit from a non-spoilery "Quick Who's Who" link accessible from any point in the game.

Videogamevegas
Videogamevegas

The Hero Project is even better story-wise than the first! Can't wait to play the next one and continue my adventure! Major turn off points however for the author's incessant lifestyle choice rhetoric, but otherwise, a near perfect game!

See my review for Heroes Rise: The Prodigy to see my suggested improvements for the series.

CrabNicholson
CrabNicholson

Please keep your ham-fisted liberal politicizing out of videogames.

An excerpt:

""It remains unclear whether Culic is indeed a Zehir, another form of genderqueer, or fully male," The Monk begins. "Whatever Culic's gender identity, his association with any genderqueer community is obviously potentially damaging."

"As both an Animalistic Powered and a potential genderqueer individual, Culic must have faced harsh judgments from many sides," The Monk continues. "If that is indeed the case, it is understandable why he would feel the need to stand up for fellow outcasts—those who don't necessarily have a voice in our society. But Culic is also a remarkably sad example of what can happen to a person who faces such persecution—he obviously harbors some deep anger and a need to fit in to our larger society."

"So I feel it is my responsibility as a public Zehir figure to take this opportunity to draw attention to the lingering stigmas that still plague—"

"I'm dying to know what equipment that sexy he-she is working with," The Bear cuts in. "Besides, I'm way hotter than Fistfull any day of—"

"The proper pronoun is ze," a new voice says from the door. "And posing that question is precisely the kind of ignorance we gender-progressives have to deal with every single day." "

Tigre Boschi
Tigre Boschi

Will never get tired of replaying this game.

BeerForAll
BeerForAll

The twists keep on coming! An amazing follow up on the original. Looking forward to any game set in this world. Keep up the awesome work :D

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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.

Paradoxical
Paradoxical

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.

Acacia
Acacia

Wonderful narrative and engaging. I would recommend :)

Anonymous
Anonymous

My advice: largely ignore some of the more "critical" reviews.
I played through the previous game, so I was already invested in my character and their relationships, which obviously helps. At first, the setting made me think I wouldn't like the direction this game was going in, but I felt this nagging itch to progress the story and see how things would turn out. And I'm glad I did.
You get opportunities to flex your superpowers, opportunities to prove yourself as a squad leader, to stick to your moral grounding, and to play it how you like with the romance options. There's some pretty good character writing and I found that I could stick to what I perceived to be my character's views and opinions, and their strengths and weaknesses.
If you liked the previous one, continue your Hero career.

ReBeeKey
ReBeeKey

I love the Choice games and the Heroes Rise series is my favorite. I thought hero project was good, but a little bit more difficult than the first game.

the_walking_kyle
the_walking_kyle

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.

BradentonSlick
BradentonSlick

Hero Project has an interesting premise that you are on a superhero "reality show" contest. As such you "vote off" both opponents and friends at various points. I had 2 problems with this part of the story: you get points for sticking true to a "strategy" you choose at the start. However, a lot of the choices are written in a vague manner (I thought) that made it hard to know which fit your "strategy". And this all determines how long you can stay in the show before being "voted off".

The second problem I had with the game is the fact that the author seems to be using the story to push the so -called "alternative lifestyle" issue. Granted, he doesn't take away from the main story when he does, but I don't care about that and never will, so I found being preached at in a superhero story about this issue highly irritating. And with each group jockeying for identity in the coalition the acronymn now has so many letters in it it looked like a cat walked across my keyboard.

At points the main character was screwed around no matter what you did I wondered if the author is a fan of Marvel Comics, as it reminds me of thier brand of "angst" stories. However, things did work out in the end, mostly. I would recommend if you don't mind the issues I brought up.

2nd Class Janitor - Wilco
2nd Class Jani…

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TLDR: Unfortunately this series takes a turn towards all the elments I disliked about the first. Narcissism, focus on popularity, fame and a reality tv show even if you choose the justice path, imperfect handling of choosing a new game.

The game just assumes homosexuality now rather than asking orientation and I have not used the save game feature from the first game due to the email and potential data harvesting with the dev.

Everything is so vain, popularity centered and recycles the big names from the first iteration that I cared little about. This game is mostly about being a celebrity, and how to handle the public's opinion of being some kind of chosen one with powers that threaten the status quo.

Maybe this is the kind of story that would appeal to many but personally it leaves me feeling dead inside. I gave it a chance read in diagonal and made the usual heroic, isolationist choices I would have made in the first game, but instead of things going wrong but me still being able to power through this sequel just failed me becuase for some reason I did not make it through the season of SuperHero survivor.

I realized by then that my level of investment was just too low to really bother. I thought this would be heavilty politically influenced with the mayor sub-plot from the first game but that seems to come in only in drip fed small amounts.

Conclusion: If fame and political intrigue swapped places with each other I might have soldiered on. With heavy emphasis on some underhanded power struggle from the mayor the decent writing of the author would have kept me on-board,even despite all the other flaws. Unfortunately this probably caters to a different audience. Removed local content and moved permanently to hidden library for declutter. Will check third iteration of franchise next but my expectations are set very low by now.

ChaosEvolution
ChaosEvolution

I liked this game and I would recommend it based on the story alone.
But it has the same problems like the first one.
I'll add that Review below.
The Problem that this game additionally has,
is that it is possible to easily "die".
What I mean with that is that it is possible to get a
game over early based on your choices.
Which wouldn't be so bad if there were checkpoints or
something like that.
For example the ability to rewind to the
beginnings of different chapters would be a great addition.
I get that the possibility of simply going back on the choice
one just made would just make the choices lose weight
in general but that you have to restart the entire game
to correct one misstep, because you misinterpreted
the information you were given or simply because you
weren't given enough is extremly tedious.
After all, this isn't a short game, it took me around
11 hours to complete this game with a relaxed
readingspeed and two restarts which killed the flow
pretty much.
There is the possibility though to rewind after a game over
for the price of one of your stats.
But because most of the "Choice of Games" that I played
so far loved their statchecks I kinda ignored that one.
I don't know though if that stat has any actual
importance.

At the end of all this I still enjoyed this whole story
,but because of these flowbreakers I certainly
didn't enjoy it as much as I could have.

P.S.
For those of you who want to know how much they
miss if they start a new game instead of importing
their save from "Heroes Rise: The Prodigy":
The story itself seems, as far as I can tell,
complete, but any relationships with the other
characters are going to be reset.

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Here is the Review about the first game:

First of all, all I liked the game.
It was an interesting read and overall it was enjoyable, even though
I kinda guessed where the game ultimately would end and there
are a few things, that are really not your decision:
Like how you have a crush on another hero, and you don't get
the option to say that you couldn't care less about him/her.
I know that the actual choices in these kind of games are
actually fairly limited, but I simply don't like it if the
Illusion of choice gets so obviously broken.

Yet so far I would recommend the game, so why don't I?
At the end of the game you get to save your game.
You need this save if you want to import your progress into the
next installment of the series (Heroes Rise is a Trilogy).
But to save you need to upload your savegame to the
"Choice of Games"-Server.
First of all why do I need to upload my choices and my character
just so I can continue fully experiencing the story, it's not
like that it is hard to simply generate a text-document which
holds all the important information.
I mean you give this game a fair bit of information about
yourself, I certainly don't want to upload it to the
internet even though this seems to be normal nowadays.

My second point is that you need to give them your
e-mail-adress.
I did that once and after two days my mail-box literally
exploded with spam-mail even though the site that I gave
it to assured me that they wouldn't divulge any of my
information.
And why the heck would I need to hand that out just so I
could save my game?
What comes next ? Your telephone number for
quicksaving, or your adress for autosaving?
My point is even though there is a way to create a
new character in the next installment with
fairly similar statistics, all the minor choices get
skipped over, which let's me hesitate because I don't
know how many aspects of the game I might miss.
Even though I would love to continue reading this
series, this completely unnecessary obstacle
killed entirely the flow.
And simply put: That sucks.

filip_peringer
filip_peringer

Holy guacamole, was that a good game! Better than the first one, I tell you! I'm very positively surprised and I will start the next part immediately.

GreatDevourer69
GreatDevourer69

Second game in the series, and a damn good ribbing of reality TV as well as continuing to be a solid CYOA supers game. Everything you did in the last game has knock on effects, and adds up to trouble and intrigue for you! Highly recommended.

Cannibal Christmas Tree
Cannibal Chris…

One of, if not the best, Choice if Games games, Heroes Rise: The Hero Project is hands-down great. It ties together great storytelling, meaningful player chioce, immersive writing, and a believable world in a way few other games or books do. I don't want to speak of the plot or characters, because you should go into this with a totally clear mind. Needless to say though, if you enjoyed the previous game, Heroes Rise: The Prodigy, you'll love this one even more. Even if you didn't, give this one a try anyway, because it improves on that game by leaps and bounds.

theharrymormonator
theharrymormonator

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).

Sasha Plays Games
Sasha Plays Games

This is a review for the Heroes Rise trilogy as a whole, rather than as individual games.

Overall:
10/10

Pros:
- Amazing story and world. The writing level of these games is equivalent to most professional novelists, while still being variable enough that your choices as a player still matter in the world at large.
- Your character is varied enough in their powerset that you can play the game multiple times, without it getting stale.
- This series has some of the best characters that I've read in a long time.

Cons:
- While not a con for myself, the game is clearly entirely text based. As such, it is not universally appealing. However, the level of writing this series has is well worth it, if you are a reader.

Idiom
Idiom

Still could use some proof-reading. Many of the characters felt one-dimensional and pretty morally flawed from the get-go. Maybe check it out if you're big on the superhero genre but the railroading in the choices is something of a downer.

jver1706
jver1706

I don't know. I kinda quite the game in the middle. It felt like every choice i made was just bad. It felt like pick this choice or something bad happens. Like the previous game it feels like there is one path that leads to good results but if you stray from that path your ass i gonna get kicked and everybody hates you. I tried playing the good guy but most of the heroes and other characters are just their to screw you over for no particular reason. And a save system or a checkpoint system would really help. If you make one mistake (miss clicking or misinterpreted a choice) you really screw yourself or have to restart the game and hope you remember all the choices you made. I understand that they do this because every choice you make matters but restarting the game because 1 mistake is really annoying. Couldn't they made it optional to activate saves or something. Also i just hated that you couldn't catch a break in the prequel and in this game. Everybody just hates you even if you played the absolute hero type. It's part of the story so okay but they just rub it in your face every single time you talk to someone. I also played fallen hero rebirth and i must say i really enjoyed that game more because it was a little more forgiving and because you actually felt powerful but you had to be careful for your weaknesses. This game is not bad but i really started to get annoyed because i had a feeling they forced you to go 1 specific road. It didn't feel like i really had a choice more like pick this or get screwed over. Not bad but too frustrating for me personally.

Red
Red

I felt like I was on a roller coaster when playing this but in a good way. It had alot more to offer than the first game and it certainly showed that the author worked so hard to provide an engaging story with multiple layers of plot. The main character gets to interact with alot more people and we get to see how our choices shaped the hero we became. Its amazing, I cannot recommend this enough!

Larker
Larker

The game is very linear, the choices are not logical and feel like the player has to cater to an arbitrary book author, instead of playing a reasonable RPG. Refund it if you can.

Gummruchk
Gummruchk

It never ceases to piss me off that these Choice of games have no manual saving so you have to start the entire game over again if you make any wrong decision or just want to try something in a different way despite all the good that one fact is just so bloody annoying still recommend it though because it's cheap and still fun to be a super hero.

Drokonic
Drokonic

The excellent sequel to "Heroes Rise: The Prodigy"!
While it can seem, at times, slower than it's predecessor, and dialogue can seem more linear, "Heroes Rise: The Hero Project" manages to actually improve on the importance of choice! Ever decision can greatly impact the outcome of the story, building the world and setting up the greatest threat your hero has ever faced!

If you enjoyed the original, be sure to pick this up!

Valence
Valence

Its alright, the kind of game i used to play on my phone until i fell asleep. I picked up the hero series after choice of robots buts its appeal can be repetitive after the third or so playthrough.

The branching in this series is okay, some things feel shoe-horned, especially if you had a good run from the game directly before this one. But most events you navigate through will have thresholds of effort you build upon, the game does not take kindly to the situational thinker who presents many behaviours, its bad for the press. Stick to lone wolf or team player, kind hero or ruthless hero and your fame/legend score will rise quickly.

Anilomu
Anilomu

This was an infuriating story, without counting the “on rails” feeling that still exists from the previous book. I feel like half the time I have no control. There are feelings I want to convey to characters that I just cannot because it’s never dialogue option. Your MC getting in arguments with characters and immediately losing them when the person they were talking to just walks away from the conversation. Characters spitting out witty remarks to you and your character just lets it happen. Hell, the challenges feel so completely bogus, you can’t really make out how the scoring works half the time even with explanations. It still bugs me that my character is happy about things I MYSELF am very disappointed about!

Spoiler Warning

I really want to profess that the hero project made people who you thought were friends and love ones, be the most selfish people ever. Jenny, Black Magic, and Lucky were characters that I wanted to understand and get along with, but this stupid hero project brought the worse in them.
Jenny was someone I thought was supposed to be your friend but is instead constantly forcing you to participate in her stupid investigation or you lose opinion on her and without trying to understand where you are coming from (needing the money and trying to help your grandma) she says its her way or the highway. What a completely unbelievable way of thinking when you know the MC got into this thing to help make life better for themselves and she is just becoming more direct competition while outright telling you to basically screw your dreams and leave the project because her job is much more important.

Black Magic has completely changed, all she cares about is winning, she’s hardly there for romance and when she is there, its only because you decided to listen to her and join her team, any other time its her focus that she wins and you’re just some side character for her to mess around with when you do good. For a good portion of the story I just wanted to explain to her how upset I was about everything but my stupid character keeps saying and thinking things that do not relate to me at all.

Lucky felt manipulative, she left a note that I think was supposed to trigger black magic, but you can’t even investigate that note further, your character just accepts its existence and goes on. How am I supposed to trust and care about lucky when she is clearly trying to manipulate, she even had the audacity to guilt trip me about how she has nothing. Am I supposed to care after feeling like she gives no care about my feelings? Its so stupid, I feel like I cannot like anyone in this damn story because they only care about themselves. Grandma is probably the only likable character, even after lying to your face about your powers last book.

I kind of liked the story premise but find it so frustrating when I feel many things are out of my control and I am so sick and tired of jury and everyone always have the upper hand due to plot armor without any room for me to breath and get an advantageous lead. It just seems like I do good one time and then I get slammed down 80% of the time. It’s like I’m some sort of side character for everyone else.

The ending didn’t feel up to par with all the annoyances I went through but the very final epilogue scene was very interesting. I still can’t recommend this game at all.