Heroes of Gaia - Browser MMORPG *screenshots*

[snailer]

Hello!

This is the official thread of Heroes of Gaia for GamersHell. The closed beta begins August 17 at the official site and there is a limited alpha test going on now and the alpha keys are available at BBGsite.com.

Official website: Heroes of Gaia - Fantasy Browser Game - Free to Play


Summary

Heroes of Gaia is a free browser game set in a world of swords, elves and magic. Players choose from four races: Humans, Elf, Orc or Undead as they race to build their Castles, amass armies, forge alliances and lead their Heroes on epic adventures to slay fearful creatures of the land.

No downloads, play anywhere, free forever!


Overview

Heroes of Gaia may seem a lot like Heroes of Might and Magic at first glance but the differences are easily felt when you see how the formula is taken further as gameplay is fused with the dynamics of an online community. What comes out of this is a solid game with beautiful visuals, a full online community feature set along with the flexibility and ease of a browser game.

The ease of playing Heroes of Gaia is made apparently clear when you try to start playing the game. Typically, players can go from visiting the official website for the first time to playing it in less than one minute, making it a seamless and painless process. You do not have to pay for anything to play the game, so the game being free and also quick to start is a tremendous plus.



The first thing that strikes you when you see your Castle is that this is a very good looking game. The art is fantastic and very few browser games, if any, have such pleasing visuals. PC gaming veterans will instantly recognize this as the Castle menu where the player acquires resources, summons Heroes, build units for war and perform other more boring domestic affairs.

In your Castle, there are five critical resources: Wood, Lumber, Ore, Sulphur and Crystal. All of these are needed to construct buildings or train units, and they increase at an hourly rate inside the game. By gaining experience and leveling up, your resource output will increase gradually so you can eventually build a formidable fortress and assemble a massive army.

For now though, you will end up with one Hero and a handful of units after completing the beginner tutorial. You can now go out and beat up some beasties.



The world map will instantly strike a nostalgic chord with longtime PC gamers, and still delight new players with its pleasant graphics. You can arrange for your Hero to head out of the Castle to attack monsters, get resources, trigger special events and engage in PK. Due to it being an online game, the Hero’s journey outwards is measured in time, and the Hero must necessarily return to the Castle after every task. Rumors are that Snail Game are planning to allow the Hero to be able to stay outside the Castle, which makes it even more like Heroes of Might and Magic.



You can choose to automate or manually control the battles in Heroes of Gaia. The option to automate battles is a big plus because of its nature as a browser game. Players need not constantly pay attention to the game and can leave it to run on another window while they chat or work. All battles must complete in less than 3 minutes, which is another plus in terms of how quick and accessible this game is. The graphics and animation in the battle are also outstanding, and very quickly you forget that this is really just a browser game.

Heroes of Gaia is leading the way for browser games of the future. In a time where most browser games are mostly text-based, offer rudimentary graphics or are just casual games, Heroes of Gaia is a full-fledged MMORPG that has been technically reengineered for the browser. Because of this technological innovation and the choice of the free-to-play revenue model, it would have taken you less time to try it out than the time you spent reading this article.

[Nxs]

Now this is one I might try just because it is almost a blatant rip off of HoMM. It actually looks really close to HoMM 3. I love the HoMM series and there is one that is actually browser based that is supposed to be coming out but, has yet to see the light of day after a long while in development. So, this might be a good alternative

[snailer]

While I understand your complaint, it is sort of sad that Heroes of Gaia might be viewed as a rip-off simply because there were no games that provided the same kind of gameplay as Heroes of Might and Magic.

I mean, if Mario Bros. were the only side-scrolling platformer in the world and one day there was another, it would also seem like that game were a rip-off...

But hey, if you're willing to try it out then why not? Remember to provide the developers with your feedback so they can tweak the game to your satisfaction

[Nxs]

The Disciples series is sort of along the lines of HoMM. I am not saying HoG is a rip off of HoMM, it is just at first glance it really looks like it. That does not mean I won't like it nor does it mean it is an exact copy. I'll give it a shot when it comes out though as I really like TBS games and there is just not a lot of them

[snailer]

Our closed beta has started.

If any of you want a beta key, just post on this thread and I'll PM you with one.

[chungchi]

hi, snailer. Me and my friend love to play HoMM series game. We love to play Heroes of Gaia also, but we still don't have any beta key... can you give me 2 account test for play game?
Please send an private message in this forum or my email :
support.gamer@gmail.com
Thank you so much.

PS: I was try my best to write in english, sorry for my badly english.

[monde2558]

Yeah, I've tried this one and it's really a good web game. I can play it on a Mac which makes my office a playground. Hehe.