In our official MMORPG.com site review of Heatwave Interactive's Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, Managing Editor Bill Murphy puts the game through its paces to see how it measures up. Read the official review and then be sure to swing by Adam Tingle's Second Thoughts: Magister Mundi Sum to see what he thought as well. Be sure to share your opinions in the comments below.

I remember beta testing Gods & Heroes while it was still under the direction of Perpetual Entertainment. Sure I could make a few jokes about just how perpetual they really ended up, but that’s neither here nor there anymore since Heatwave Interactive picked up the code and license and ran with it. I’ve been waiting what seems like forever to play a finished version of Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, and I’m afraid I’ll be waiting for a while more. Though Heatwave’s first foray into the MMORPG space is not completely without merit, it’s plain to see that the game they sought to flesh out and polish in a mere 18 months is still several more “moon cycles” away from being ready for primetime. Underneath the bugs and shallow nature of the title, G&H has some truly compelling toys to play with. But unless you’re the most diehard fan of Roman mythology and culture, I’d recommend waiting a while before picking this one up.

Read more of Bill Murphy's Gods & Heroes: The Official MMORPG.com Review.