Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising News - City Profile, Rome Part Two
Posted by Jon Wood on Sep 25, 2007 | 10 comments in our forums
The folks over at Perpetual Entertainment have provided us with this second part of an introduction to the gloried city of Rome, a focal point in their upcoming MMORPG, Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising.
Roma is the center of the civilized world, the greatest metropolis known to mankind, and the seat of the eminent Republic that is spreading law and order throughout the land. Its teeming streets, diverse multitudes, inspiring architecture, and stunning public artworks make it not only the Republic’s capital but also quite possibly its most impressive achievement.
It being such a big city, we’re covering the city of Roma in Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising™ (G&H) in three installments. This week, we’re focusing on the character class quarters and the majestic Olympian temples of Roma.Each Hero class in G&H can choose from two gods with whom to align themselves, thus each class quarter in Roma is the site of two Olympian Temples, one for each of that class’s gods. The Olympian Temples are awe-inspiring structures with soaring marble columns and a finely sculpted statue of the god to whom the structure is dedicated. The Flamen of each temple can be found in a subterranean chapel directly beneath the temple; these are the holiest personages in all of the city, and should be regularly consulted by any true Hero eager to serve the Olympians and heap ever-more glory on Roma and her gods.
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Read the whole article here.
It would appear that in the recent rounds of job cuts on G&H they fired the guy who can tell the difference between Romans and Greeks ... Olympian temples in Rome????
Yes, Olympian temples in Rome. The Romans freely "borrowed" from the Greek cities under their rule.
From: http://www.sacred-destinations.com/greece/athens-temple-of-olympian-zeus.htm
Well, technically Romans had greek gods. Zeus - Jupiter, Venus - Aphrodita and so on.
The Romans adapted many different religions for their own needs, primary amongst these were the Greek and the Etruscans, yes but here's the major difference:-
The Greeks believed their gods lived on a mountain in greece - Olympus.
The Romans didn't.
Do you seriously believe that the Romans would have ex-pat's as gods?
But i'm just nit picking, plus as G&H's goes forward are the Greek Cities already under Roman rule or are they still indpendant so they can become an expansion later on? But more importantly there's a difference with bending history for artistic benefit and then there's running over it with a steamroller while chuckling madley. Would you wanna play a game based on 'history' when they can't even get the basic's right?
You should have stopped there. Plus if their choice of deities is such a thorn in your side perhaps go ask the devs or research why they decided on certain features.
The game is set in the mythical world of ancient Rome. I doubt you actually saw centaurs, medusa, and the like in historically correct ancient Rome...
Yeah i should have.
Just so dissappointed, there are few, very few, mmorpg's that i look forward to these days (the last being Auto Assault - can't i pick em
). I've avoided the hype, the previews, the shouts of 'unclean unclean' from some of the playtesters etc etc.
I thought wait till it goes live and give it a go i'm only loosing 50 quid if it's really bad (i always try to judge a game for myself when i get a chance hence why i'm playing Horizons and loving it) and then i made the fatal mistake of reading this city profile ... the dissappointment, oh the dissappointment!
In a sea of blandness WoW makes the blandest MMORPG look really really interesting
I was really looking forward to G&H.... after the beta and everything that's happened I am really disapointed and can honestly say, they have lost the plot.
During the periods of Roman expansion they often absorbed various religious influences from the people that they conquered. In particular they did take most of the Greek pantheon into their keeping and renamed them. We often see Zeus as Jupiter etc... I doubt if you look closely at all you will find myriad ways that they are not 100% historically accurate but this is a MMO and you should not expect 100% historical accuracy.
If you want a great resource for primary classical material this link is one of the best, if not the best, resource on the web:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Has anyone been able to download the client lately. I was give a site to download a .rar file but it give me a 404 site error.
I have only one other complaint about the game and that is the various Gods you have to worship when you choose a class. I understand this is just a game but I refuse to worship an idol god not of my own choosing. Worse, I refuse to worship some idol God other then my own God even if it’s just a game. This really needs to be changed! Where is the Christian God or the Jewish God, I believe they need to be included and players given a choice of worship even if it's not to their benefit.
Ramothin,
"None of us are as strong as all of us"