Heroes Rise: The Prodigy

Heroes Rise: The Prodigy

released on May 02, 2014

Heroes Rise: The Prodigy

released on May 02, 2014

Do you have what it takes to become a legendary Powered hero? In Heroes Rise, Powered heroes have become the ultimate celebrities, and you dream of joining the A-List–but to get there, you'll first have to take down evil Powered gangs, compete with deadly rivals, choose a worthy sidekick, team up with famous champions, and prove to all of Millennia City that you're a true hero. Heroes Rise: The Prodigy is an epic interactive novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Will you play as male or female? Gay or straight? Crusade for justice, or gun for money? Will you work as a team with the world-famous Millennial Group, or will you steal their spotlight?


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I'm so fond of this funky little series. It's more railroaded than most CoG titles are, and I have my issues with the author, but this was the first title I played on the website so it has a special place in my heart. The first game is kind of shallow in comparison to where the story would go in The Hero Project and Heroes Rise: HeroFall (the sequels), and the romance is essentially not present at all here unless you count Black Magic who is basically forced upon you (BIG no-no in CoG games, they're all about choice and player agency), but in my opinion it doesn't deserve the sheer level of mockery directed at it these days.

Other CoG games are much better and offer much more player choice and variation in routes, but this is a good first experience of the genre to get used to the playstyle without getting overwhelmed, and it's still a story worth experiencing.

This was my first choice of games "gamebook" or Interactive fiction or whatever you want to call it. To me I went in with the mindset of playing it like a tradtional table top rpg without actively having to make rolls. In that sense it's a bit of a let down, however it was a decent enough read to get through to the end. Superhero RPG's are rare enough. Simply said it's good but forgetable.