![]() ![]() As long as the player can move the mouse and use the keyboard, he/she is set. With a game like Will Rock, a tutorial isn't really necessary because of its low mental requirements. Right off the bat, the game looked like it had promise, after a petite 730 MB install, it was time to find out just how much promise the game actually had. After releasing Prometheus, Will starts on his journey to save Emma. ![]() In thanking Will for releasing him, Prometheus gives Will possession of his energy and a renewed thirst for vengeance. The statue that Will hit turned out to be the statue of Prometheus, a Greek Titan that was forced to guard the entrance to Olympus for eternity. In the process, Will is wounded and loses consciousness while the extremists escape into Olympus with Emma, who soon will become the bride of the all powerful Zeus. In a desperate attempt to save Emma, Will grabs a gun and opens fire, missing completely and hitting a nearby statue. As the doors open, the extremist group decides they no longer have a use for the professor and shoot him. An extremist group wanting to restore the power of the gods, ambushes their expedition, and forces the good doctor to open the doors to Olympus. Headstrong and the Dr.'s daughter, Emma, to investigate the discovery of the entrance to Olympus, the lost city of the Greek gods. Will Rock is a freelance archaeologist who ends up going on an expedition to the base of Mt. In hopes of stealing that title, Saber Interactive teamed up with gaming veteran UbiSoft to create the latest shoot-'em-up known as Will Rock. So until Doom III comes out later this year, the title of supreme shooter is still up for grabs. Both games sport the big guns and big explosions that made Doom and Duke so popular. In the past few years, however, gamers were blessed with the release of Serious Sam and its sequel Serious Sam: The Second Encounter. It is very rare these days that the world is exposed to a quality shooter. In those few exceptions are usually mediocre games like Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. With very few exceptions, it has been many years since the world has seen a mindless shoot-'em-up like Duke Nukem 3D or Doom. Get ready to travel through time, to get rich and Kick Some Butt! Many have tried before you and all have failed. The treasures, of course, are not easy to get, they are protected by soldiers of the gods whose sworn duty is to prevent them from ever being touched by human hands. You play the role of William Rockwell, AKA Will Rock, a former accountant who leaves his job, nagging wife and suburban home behind to find biblical treasures described in an old diary written by his grandfather, a world-renowned archaeologist. The game takes place in over 12 levels in three settings, Ancient Greece, Ancient China and Medieval Russia. Will Rock is an FPS for the PC with mind-blowing visuals, heavy-duty weapons and opponents that you just want to blow to bits. A partial list of opponents includes the regenerating Minotaur, charging Centaur, many types of skeletons, harpies, Perseus, sphinx, lions, tigers, satyrs, Atlas, the two-headed Cerebrus, rats, Cupid, and a host of boss creatures like Hephaestus, Cyclops, Medusa, and Zeus himself. Fragmatch is simple deathmatch action, where players score one point for each kill and lose a point if they die.Įmploying various strategies and weapons is a must when dealing with the formidable array of monsters, beasts, and legends in Will Rock. ![]() In Treasure Hunt, teams of players search for hidden objects (the number can be user-determined) in each level, then hunt down and kill all the opposing team members to steal their treasures as well. Up to eight players can join forces in Cooperative mode and choose specific levels or tackle the entire game from start to finish. Three difficulty settings are available in single-player mode, while multiplayer offers three distinct modes of gameplay - Cooperative, Treasure Hunt, and Fragmatch. As Willford Rockwell, a modern man unfortunate enough to be possessed by the Titan Prometheus, whose agenda is to restore the Greek gods to prominence, you have a mighty but eclectic arsenal ranging from a pistol, sniper crossbow, and machine gun, to oddities like the Medusa Gun and Acid Rifle. ![]() With a mix of ancient enemies and modern weaponry, players will rock to the beat of Twisted Sister's 1984 anthem "I Wanna Rock" while taking on hordes of Zeus' minions from Mt. ![]()
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