Current-gen MMOs that ship with player housing options are seemingly a dying breed. Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, debuting next week courtesy of Heatwave Interactive, is bucking that trend by launching with something the devs are calling an estate system.
In a nutshell, your Roman hero will inherit his very own ancestral estate. Unfortunately you'll take possession of the place after it's been razed to the ground by the evil machinations of the Telchinist cult. Part of the Gods & Heroes progression experience involves rebuilding your home, which in turn affects the power and quality of your NPC minions as well as other as-yet unnamed benefits.
The rebuilding process takes the form of various quest lines throughout the game, and you'll get a glimpse of what's in store by checking out our new estate system gallery below.
Reader Comments (2)
Posted: Jun 17th 2011 5:20PM Pingles said
That first pic reminds me of the scene from Gladiator when he meets up with his wife and kid. *chills*
Posted: Jun 18th 2011 12:44AM Nandini said
There's currently no way to customize the estates. Each player's estate looks exactly like everyone else's.
Comparing these areas to player housing is somewhat disengenious. It's basicallly just a private instance whose buildings change as you complete quests. What good is having a villa if it looks like everyone else's, and you can't even invite someone to visit?
None of the buildings seems to have any effect on minions, either. (Unless those effects are intended to be conveyed by one of the buggy estate quests that still can't be completed a month after implementation.)
Players should carefully research this game before buying into it. It's not cheap, and there are no refunds.
Comparing these areas to player housing is somewhat disengenious. It's basicallly just a private instance whose buildings change as you complete quests. What good is having a villa if it looks like everyone else's, and you can't even invite someone to visit?
None of the buildings seems to have any effect on minions, either. (Unless those effects are intended to be conveyed by one of the buggy estate quests that still can't be completed a month after implementation.)
Players should carefully research this game before buying into it. It's not cheap, and there are no refunds.







