Heroes of Myth
Choice of Games · 2019 · Adventure, Indie, RPG, Text-Based, Choices Matter
PC
Mostly Positive79% · 71
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About Heroes of Myth
Everyone thinks you saved the world three years ago. It was all a lie. The truth is, the "dark lord" you and your friends supposedly slew never existed; you used magical illusions to fake a prophecy. But now, as you relax into a life of fame and luxury, the omens from your false prophecy are happening again, and this time, you had nothing to do with it.
Heroes of Myth is a 560,000-word interactive novel by Abigail C. Trevor, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Naturally, everyone expects you to save the world again, but you're just an illusionist, and your friends have scattered to the winds. Will you become the hero all the songs say you are, or find new ways to fool them all again? How far will you go to protect your friends' secrets--or are there stronger alliances to be made by betraying their trust?
This is the trouble with pretending you're a hero: occasionally you have to become one. Craft clever illusions, charm suspicious royals, and face shadowy demons from beyond your realm. In the end, is the story you told worth more to you, or to the legions of people who believed it?
Are You A Hero, A Liar, Or Both?
Heroes of Myth is a 560,000-word interactive novel by Abigail C. Trevor, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
Naturally, everyone expects you to save the world again, but you're just an illusionist, and your friends have scattered to the winds. Will you become the hero all the songs say you are, or find new ways to fool them all again? How far will you go to protect your friends' secrets--or are there stronger alliances to be made by betraying their trust?
This is the trouble with pretending you're a hero: occasionally you have to become one. Craft clever illusions, charm suspicious royals, and face shadowy demons from beyond your realm. In the end, is the story you told worth more to you, or to the legions of people who believed it?
- Play as male, female, or non-binary; gay, straight or bisexual; monogamous or poly; asexual, and/or aromantic
- Intercept messages, stage scandals, and guide your preferred ruler to the throne
- Romance a prince, a bard, a long-lost friend, a false prophet, or a visitor from realms beyond
- Defend castles, villages, and your own mind from demonic assault
- Help your friends protect their positions, or sacrifice them in the name of the truth
- Triumph in a tournament of the greatest mages from across the land
- Slay a centuries-old monster—or swear yourself to his cause
Are You A Hero, A Liar, Or Both?
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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Heroes of Myth is praised for its engaging fantasy premise, solid writing, meaningful story choices, and excellent world-building that subverts typical tropes in entertaining ways. However, players note significant issues with stat-based dialogue checks that feel punishing, character relationships that don't react meaningfully to player choices despite branching options, and difficulty balancing that makes the game too easy with limited consequence, which undermines the tension found in similar choice-based games.
Reviewing (mostly) every game (or DLC) in my library, part 592: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ (9/10) Am I crazy, or is [i]Heroes of Myth[/i] excellent? I didn't have high expectations tbh; I wasn't a fan of the author's next work, [i]Specters of the Deep[/i], but this one is a super solid work. It takes fantasy tropes and usually plays them straight (except for the major one), but in a way that's pure fun? It has solid writing, complex characters, a fascinating plot and lore, hugely meaningful choices, and an epilogue that's full of choices. It's just a superb work all around! In [i]Heroes of Myth[/i], you play as the typical fantasy hero, the one who saved the world, and all that jazz! Actually, that's a lie. The prophecy that told of your victory was one you made up with your friends; you simply used your illusion magic to lie to the world. Life is good! Except ... everything in the false prophecy has begun to come true. Once again, it's up to you to save the world again—hopefully, for real! No spoilers, but I thought I knew where the plot was going, but there were so many (realistic) twists and turns I was entertained the whole time. I completely recommend this game. And, as always, a …6 found this helpful
It's fine, but I felt like it was a bit too easy? In the best Choice of/Hosted games like Robots or the Infinity Saga, there was this constant tension that was electric behind every choice. Failure at some point was guaranteed. In Heroes of Myth, I got the best ending on my first try? Maybe I was just lucky?
I hard a hard time getting through this story, tbh. I found its world engaging and unique, and the premise fun, and exciting. But it quickly became apparent that any choices I made would not matter to the other characters. The side characters at the beginning of the story treat you like garbage regardless of how the main character has defined their relationship, (Why give me an option if it doesn't matter). I wanted to play a good person who let their selfishness get the better of them and was trying to improve and yet I had multiple characters tell me I was the worst person in the group despite having been convinced and outright forced to do work by those same characters. I hate every character in this game besides 3, not counting the mc. The vitriol I feel over this game can't be measured. Genuinely I have never had a game respect the choices I made less, and still preach at me about how I'm wrong. I wish I could refund this.
Overall i think the story was pretty good! It was really enjoyable finding out all the mysteries. Some characters i particularly disliked but i grew to like the others overtime. Being stat checked for dialogue options is a big meh, i had to cheat stats so i wouldnt sound like a bumbling fool. It gets pretty demoralizing to get punished so often for something so trivial. Without going too much into spoilers, i was pretty annoyed with one particular character who kept on expecting me to follow their orders without telling me anything. Though the way i got back at them in the end was pretty cathartic so it was still pretty nice. Played this a long time ago so my memory might be a bit shoddy but compared to the other choose your own adventure games i played this one was one of the better ones. Not one of the best but thats a pretty high bar to clear.
4/5. myths of hero
Overall, I do feel this is a decent game. The replayability, IMO, is a bit limited, but it also isn't as bad as it could be. Ability to restart chapters and go back to a previous chapter is NICE, and for the most part, I enjoyed how the story was laid out and written. I think my personal biggest gripe is that the relationships, friendships and romance both, don't seem to be explored very well at all. Descriptions for appearance, as well as the ability to choose our own, are EXTREMELY limited...but this is another minor thing I'm just used to in COG products. It's still a pretty good game/story with obvious fantasy elements. I'd love to see a part 2 of some kind to tie up loose ends and expand more with the relationships and potential fallouts of choices.
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