Heroes of Gaia is a free fantasy game inspired by the gameplay of classic PC franchises like Heroes of Might and Magic as well as Disciples.
Play with tens of thousands of other players online in this medieval fantasy MMORPG as you build your Castle, amass an army, forge alliances and lead your Heroes into epic adventures and slay fearful creatures that roam the land.
Anyone can play Heroes of Gaia! All you need is Flash installed and an internet connection. You do not have to pay to play Heroes of Gaia, there is no waiting for downloads as it loads immediately, and you can even play it anywhere: from home, school or work.
How The Game Plays
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.
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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.
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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.
27th November 2012
Heroes of Gaia - Unite the Kingdom
