OT: any tes-style games based in greek mythology? : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:13 pm

my favorite game growing up was Battle of Olympus on the NES. I was an awesome Zelda II style aa-rpg. Anyway, since gaming has evolved into 3D, i havent found any rpgs based on ancient greece that i liked. Rise of the Argonauts looks really crappy. Thoughts? Id love to play a TES-style RPG with greek mythology setting. any good ones out there?

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:10 am

Rise of the argonauts...IS really crappy.the voice over work is terrible... Hercules looks like a deformed hulkamaniac....so many reasons..

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:58 am

There are barely any TES style games at all, let alone Greek mythology ones.

» Sun May 29, 2011 12:56 am

There are barely any TES style games at all, let alone Greek mythology ones.

If it was a TES game it wouldn't be based on Greek mythology.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:01 pm

What I think could be a cool way to sort of combine the two would be this: Since Tamriel is not the entire world, a Greek-like civilization could exist on another continent. Something where the two cultures sort of discover each other and merge--NOT to the point of destroying the original culture, mind you. But just allow them to meet and have a small influence on each other. After all, Roman culture (including mythology) was very much influenced by Greek culture.

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:07 pm

You can try out Titan Quest.

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:33 pm

Greek Mythology no. Future games based on the the Ancient Greeks maybe. My guess would be Summerset Isle.

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:27 am

If it was a TES game it wouldn't be based on Greek mythology.

But the question is not about TES games. It's about TES STYLED games.

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:26 am

shadow of the collossus is the only thing I can think of.

But the open world is where the similarities end.. but you do fight giant stone gods.

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:20 pm

Rise of the Argonauts is fine. I thought the voice work was pretty darn good. The music is great. The character models aren't meant to be realistic - there is an amount of style. Think of hercules as having an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSTN mutation.

I haven't finished the game or gotten too far, ran into a bug (I have the PC version), and I sort of dropped the ball on testing the work-arounds available.

God of War is awesome. It isn't TES, it isn't open-world, but that doesn't make it a bad game. In fact, it is an awesome game.

If you want a hack-n-slash RPG with mythology, try for Titan Quest.