The Hero Project: Open Season

I've played through the entire Heroes Rise trilogy and enjoyed it. I picked up Redemption Season, and while I felt that it didn't quite have the charm of the first series, there were definitely some interesting dynamics going on. Open Season is an on-rails bait-and-switch that drops all of the personal drama and superpowered action in favor of political messages that are no longer clever commentary on politics that your character can thread their way through, but a forced ideology. Not to give the plot away, but eventually, there are rebels and no matter how hard you say "No" to them, the game will not accept that answer, effectively kidnaps your character, and forces him/her to work for them by eventually not giving you dialogue choices to refuse any more, despite not giving your character any motivations to stay and do so and not undermine them. So I hope you like it when the LGBTAQ expys take over an American city and secede from the Union, because you're one of them and you're going to agree with their tactics whether you like it or not.

This was an incredible story. I have read these all the way from the beginning, and I'm thrilled to have finished them. I can't wait to see how this connects to the Versus series. I'm most definitely going to be reading every single title that comes from this author. The characters and the story were just brilliant. I do have a few questions that were left unanswered, but I hope that they'll come to a close in the Versus series. I am more than happy to give this a 10/10. And yes, you should read them all.

Now, I see a lot of reviews criticising this for A: overfocusing on side characters, and B: having an over the top plot. And I'm afraid you're missing the point of Golden Age of Comics inspired stuff- they like their rosters, they like their plots to be as high up the stakes as possible, and this does so with aplomb. As a swan song to the whole series, it keeps the momentum, it keeps the feeling that your decisions matter. You get unprecedented freedom in this game, and everything you've done across the whole series as both your characters finally comes home to roost. Were you a hard enough hero? Did you do your best? Only one way to find out. . . play this game. Highly recommended, as are all four others.

A real improvement over the last one. I think these games are a lot stronger when they aren't as focused on the silly reality tv show. Some elements feel a little rushed. The main villain didn't have much build up and I would have like more details on Magnuspiral. But ultimately it's a fun game and I want to see where it will go next.

First off, ignore all the bad reviews. This game has all of two actual flaws: You don't get any kinds of 'heads up' when being forced to read as a different character. & A few minor spelling and grammatical typos. Secondly, if you liked this series before, you will like this game. This game, right from the start, throws tons of information your way. It goes a long way to making you feel as overwhelmed as your character does/should feel. The biggest bad thing people seem to say about this game is they didn't get enough information on Magnuspiral. This series has always left certain things intentionally vague, so that you as a reader can fill in the blanks yourself. It's a technique they've been using very well that promotes personal creativity, replayability, and connecting the reader with the story in a way that can change from playthrough to playthrough. I guarantee the bad reviews are all from people who either aren't used to playing text based games, or are against the issues this story covers which has expanded from the previous stories from gender identity, light politics, and a small taste of the tension between different kinds of powered individuals. This story includes body dysmorphia, heavier politics and the full scope of tension between powered individuals. It's clear that this piece turned into a mental health and acceptance advocacy piece, and I'm not entirely sure why people are saying that's a bad thing. Yes, some bits feel a little 'heavy-handed'. Quite frankly, those topics always sound 'heavy-handed'; because the people who care enough to champion these issues are just that: Caring and emotional.

This got a LOT more LGBTQ hate then I thought it would, which is a shame because it's pretty good and people are like. Uncomfortable with the material. Which is also a shame because they could've learned something if they weren't too uncomfortable or uh, bigoted I guess.

I actually really liked this story. it wasn't the perfect cap off to the Heroes series, but it was still pretty good all things considered. If this were the very last story that was being written in this universe, i would've liked it far less because it would feel to Mass Effect 3ish but as the ending showed, that might not be the case so hopes up and all that. Does this game have it's flaws? yes, absolutely. But should you still buy it in spite of that? yes, definetly.

Yeah im sorry but im going to have to go with the the rest here... No offence to the author. I really do like your writing and your previous works. It was just extremely difficult to immerse myself into the role of a character who didnt seem to know himself. It was like looking into the mind of someone with schizophrenia... I kept asking myself why doesnt this character need a psychiatrist waking up different every single day seems traumatizing even playing it kinda traumatized me.

Alors, que dire de ce cinquième et dernier opus de la saga Hero Rise/ Hero Project ? Et bien c'est, mitigé. Le jeu est dans la continuité direct du précédent, aussi bien en terme de narration que de technique. Je m'explique. Niveau histoire, il reprend directement à la fin de Redemption Season, jusqu'ici rien de compliqué. Le fait est qu'au niveau technique, il reprend et pousse bien plus loin les défauts du précédent. Là ou nous avions des paquets de 4/5 pages sans choix ni dialogues possible, nous avons maintenant des paquets de peut-être 8/9 voir 10 pages où nous ne faisons rien d'autre que suivre l'histoire. J'avais vraiment l'impression de livre classique plutot qu'un livre "dont vous êtes le heros". Je n'ai pas vraiment envie de m'attarder donc je passe la plupars des points, pour en arriver à la fin . Sans spoils bien sur. L'histoire monte, monte et monte dans un climax vraiment bien réalisé à mon gout. Tout y est, à l'instant final j'étais tellement pris dedans je n'en décrochais pas. Pour.. pour.. Décéption, décéption et tristesse. Sans spoil toujours, on pourrais comparé cela avec Star Wars dans le cas où à la toute fin apràs toutes les épreuves, lors de la confrontation entre Luke et Dark Vador, Boba Fett s'interposait entre les deux et partait avec Dark Vador. Comme ça, sans combat, sans explications. C'est sérieux ? Comme si votre partenaire vous chauffais toute la journée pour s'endormir à 20h vous laissant seul avec.. Bon, vous avez compris. EXTREME deception. Cependant, quelques points positif tout de même. Tout ce qui tourne avec le personnage principal de la premiere trilogie. Pardon ? Ah non c'est tout. D'autres points négatifs ? Non mais je... Bon si vous insistez. Vraiment parce que c'est vous. Le personnage de Jelly Kelly alias JK qui, bien que correctement écrite et appréciable dans Redemption, m'a juste monter les nerfs durant tout mon temps de lecture. Personnage inutile dans le grand ensemble de l'univers du jeu MAIS qui apparement à sa place dans une unité d'élite au coté des plus puissant héros ? Euuh ? Bref, foricing pour forcing vous me direz .. Ensuite, sans spoil, la révélation des parents de notre personnage ? J'ai cru à une blague. Mauvais, c'est juste mauvaaais. Garder le mystère aurait été mieux que ce Deus Ex Machina pour nous dire "Finalement, tout etait lié depuis le debut TANTANTAAAAN". Risible et ridicule. Un autre ? Bon d'accord mais un dernier. Sans spoil, un personnage qui fait son grand retour avec un plan sortit de nulle par, choquant tout le monde. Pour au final se faire One-shot devant le boss final. Non, non vous ne revez pas. C'est trop pour moi. La seul et unique raison pour laquelle je pourrais recommandé ce jeu est qu'il clot la saga . Bon et aussi pour les moments avec l'ancien personnage principal mais ça c'est bonus.

Buy this game, Chickens!