The Hero Project: Redemption Season

After Heroes Rise 1, 2 and 3, this one feels completely meh. The story is there, but istead of doing hero work (See that "Hero" in the name of the game) it's just politics, politics and more politics. The story is not even finished, ending with a cliffhanger. Dear author, you placed too much emphasis on the RealityShowYAAAAY side of the game and kinda forgot everything else. Can somebody please nuke the Hero Project so we can go back to doing meaningful stuff? Preferrably disconnected from media-whoring? Thank you.

I loved the original trilogy no matter how flawed they were and I believe Zachary Sergi to be one of the best writers even since I played games by "Choice of Games" but this game was seriously disappointing......... It had bad descriptions of characters, not enough character development, weak romances, weak character interactions, no tense/action/drama, weak story, too much focus on "Reality TV Show/Discrimination Preaching" and was merely a waste of time Maybe the next games could have been better and also please revive Prodigal......... 5.5/10

If you want to feel like you can actually do something about the political climate, then by all means go ahead and play (read?) But if you already feel bad for not being able to do anything, then this'll just make you feel worse

A very, very very tentative recommendation on my part. The author always had a tendency to stray heavy into politics with his books, and this time I believe he finally hit the extreme. There is very little hero’ing in this game, but a lot of talk about discrimination of the physically disabled. None of it is particularly subtle, and while it wasn’t all that bad, I don’t feel like ever reading through all of it ever again. Which is a bit of a shame, because everything else is pretty damn neat. Your character is forced to make some pretty hard decisions, and I found myself quite attached to the persona I have crafted for the game. The story is engaging, and I certainly enjoyed it, even if it wasn’t what I was expecting. I certainly don’t regret buying and reading it, and seeing how Zachary (the author) managed to cut down on the obvious preaching in Versus book that followed this one, I’m looking forwards to the continuation of the series. That being said, the author seriously needs to stop with the cliffhangers. The main plotline is nowhere near resolved by the end of the book, and we’re already teased with the next main plotline. I guess it fits the theme (constant crises that plague every comic book series in existence), but it’s getting a bit old by now. I’ll revisit this review later if the series jumps the shark, but for now, as stated earlier – a very careful recommendation. 6,5/10

I just wanted to put a review here after finishing my first run of the game. The most important things I can think of saying here are that this entry in the heroes series does unltimately fit in with the heroes rise trilogy that cames before it. The biggest difference here is that it is perhaps a bit less subtle in the societal topics it deals with. Ultimately I would just like to say that I did enjoy this entry in the series and start of a new storyline set in the heroes universe.

I didn't expect it to be on the level of the original Heroes Rise trilogy. Expecting any other superhero interactive fiction to live up to that would be crazy. And compared to that, I'm not afraid to admit this is more of a lighthearted romp. But heck, I still like it.

Sadly not up to par with the original trilogy.

I just finished the story...great story, loved the characters, got really invested, and wait it's alrady over?

It's very difficult for me to write this review. On one hand, a large portion of the audience hates this game for being political, specifically with it's "left-leaning" message. To hate the game for that is utterly absurd, and these people clearly haven't played the previous games in the series if they weren't expecting politics. Not to mention there's no such thing as apolitical media. That being said, this is a bad game/story, period. It's bloated, poorly-written, choices don't matter or are forced on you, and the premise is silly anyway. I didn't like the reality TV show idea in the original trilogy all that much, but it being back after what happened in the first season is just laughable. It's a shame this game turned out so poorly, I have no idea how it happened after the excellent original trilogy written by the same author, but here we are.

First of all, I'm a huge fan of Choice of games. I've only played a few, but these are among the best storytelling I've ever seen, no matter the media. Second, I played the Heroes Rise trilogy, and I loved every moment of it. So I had rather high expectations about Redemption Season, as the sequel to one of my new favorite licence. And I was kind of scared, seeing this only rated as "Variable" (in French), compared to the other games, which all have received really good reviews. I just completed my first run, achieving almost the best score of Legend possible, and I'll most certainly replay it. I get why so many peoples seems disappointed in this episode. ** minor spoiler here ** As some said, the game revolve heavily around the segregation among the Powered, and mostly toward Ani Powered, Morpho Powered and Disembodied. And some find you actually barely see it in game. I completely agree. Though, it's a logical and good narrative choice. Inside of the Hero Project, heroes are secluded and receive as less as possible informations from the "outer world" (like in most reality show). It's actually only logical, that you can't go on the streets and see this by yourself. ** end of spoiler ** As usal, the narrative is extremely good, the story really got me to actually care deeply for characters, a thing that happens more than often with Choices of Game, and particularly Heroes Rise. So far, in my opinion, it's the storyline that offer exchanges with the most characters (and they're all unique and deep). I'm kind of discouraged by some aspects of the story, for personnal reasons. As such, would I rate it as my favorite narrative game? No. The first trilogy of Heroes Rise is still too fresh to let its place goes. But it's by far one of the best I played (as a text based game), and a top tier game in general (still in my opinion, obviously). Plus side: if you've played the first trilogy, many informations about what has been going on behind the scene can be foud here and there. To me, it explained a lot of situations I found rather dubious, and seems a bit more logical now. If you have one, I highly recommand to load one of your previous game, seeing the consequences of your choices and getting news from your previous self (and his/her group) is really a plus. 9/10 to me (Heroes Rise as a whole being a 10/10. Individually, I have my favorites, and some I would have some concerns to express, but it's really designed to be experienced as a whole)