我是冲着它的风格类似泰坦之旅才决定在打折的时候入手的。
看起来就像是3D的泰坦之旅，不过差好远……
不要抱着太大的期望，打折的时候喜加1

本想实验一下能不能使用游侠网的汉化补丁来玩，实验了以后发现不能兼容，依旧是英文。
风格和魔兽世界类似，但是图形做的和前者可就差远了，2010的作品，但脸部特征还是平拍，而且人物间的互动没有语音系统辅助，点开以后就弹冗长的英文提示，比较吃力，提不起玩的兴趣，因为是喜加一包买来的，近乎于免费了，给好评

很喜欢，盗版玩的免安装汉化，买了正版后发现没有汉化补丁，英语苦手还是不要买了。

I've been trying really hard to like this game from the moment that I started playing. With each passing encounter, with each newly introduced event, with each new NPC speaking and each logic flaw in either narrative or combat; my task grew to become harder and harder. Finally, I give up. This is the day that I'll leave an RPG unfinished.

As the curtain opens, we watch a cinematic about a legendary artifact; the Sickle of Chronos being stolen. Then, we choose between two 12 year old siblings - one male and one female - to take as our character, and begin playing a pesteringly long, somewhat illogical and predictable prequel story. By the end of the prequel, our "hero" is given the "choice" of becoming the champion of one of the 9 Olympian Gods to compete in a contest. If she/he prevails, her/his one wish will be granted by the gods. To accomplish this deed, our hero is sent to the Island of Machantar to the main temple of his/her deity. After that point, our hero will venture out on an unending journey of hack & slash to acquire that accursed sickle.

Numen: Contest of Heroes is a single player 3D RPG in a run on the mill MMO model - which is based on fetch quests or killing a certain amount of monsters to get a certain drop - with the skill bar, mobs to kill and levels to gain. You slay monsters, gain level and loot, travel to new areas with tougher monsters and so on and on... which would be quite alright if it wouldn't be for a couple of downers. To begin with, the storyline is botched, with you always ending up aimlessly wandering around to try and discover "what to do next". Quest indicators fail to present pointers or direct towards locations. Any and all areas of the game are open, so it wouldn't differ whether you are level 20 or 80, you can always find a mob to get yourself killed by accidentally.

There is a monstrous imbalance between classes; warrior being overpowering, mage being somewhat decent and archer being completely pointless. Skill and item usage are completely laggy; you end up pushing a hot key 2-3 times before the game decides to cast that spell and by then - guess what? - You are usually dead. There is no actual lore to gods or no differentiating factor between gods, so your choice of whomever you decided to follow there is somewhat irrelevant. The game fails to deliver any kind of authentic lore: there are Greek names and figures thrown around, bravo. As if that would be enough for a setting. Aside the main scenario - and a vague one at that - side quests are not many, and they end up popping around in completely imbalanced levels. Dialogue is forced, unimaginative and usually contains a couple of typos anyhow. Arena battles or tournaments rely on luck and how laggy your casting would be instead of actual skill and reflexes. Oh, and as far as atmosphere goes: graphics and textures are okay - with no facial or physical customization option for your character, and the soundtrack decides to take long pauses of silence as you play for no apparent reason.

Phew, sorry. I hate being thoroughly this negative, but Numen: Contest of Heroes would be a somewhat acceptable MMORPG. As a single player RPG, it fails to deliver either interest in story, any character or scenario involvement, decent game or combat mechanics or basically any good time. I remember having better time with Metin 2. That was multiplayer at least. When I bought this game, it was on sale for 99 cents so it's not a big loss, but if you are interested in an Action RPG in a Greek Setting, Titan Quest is most definitely a better choice. Good day.

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I really like this game.

It looked to me like an arena fighting game at first glance so I always ignored it. I bought it on sale for 79 cents on a whim and I'm sure glad I did.

It looks like Titans Quest, but It plays very much like an MMO. Tab targeting, auto-attack, skills hotbar, camps of mobs you have to carefully pull, etc. If you aren't in to MMO-style combat, you may not like this. The combat reminds me of Vanguard and several others. Fights are quicker though, mobs your level usually die in 10-15 seconds.

The leveling is relatively fast so far. I've been playing about 6 hours and am level 31. I did grind out a couple of levels once to make an area easier, but it only took about 10 minutes.

A big plus for me is that there are 16 item slots, including four ring slots. I prefer many slots and slower upgrades rather than constant upgrades to 6 or 8 slots.

One of the things I didn't like about it are the slow walking speed when you first start the game as a child. But once you leave the tutorial island and become an adult, the walking speed is very good.

Another thing I don't care for is the day/night system. You have to find a campfire to rest, with the option of resting to restore stamina only, or until morning or evening. It seemed like I had to rest until night time to make one quest mob appear but there was no indication of this that I saw so I roamed around looking for him before trying to wait until night time. So far, this was the only time day or night mattered, other than picking some flowers on the tutorial island, and you are told to do that at night.

The last thing is the save system. You can only save at one of the campfires. There are plenty of them around so this is not a big issue for me, but a "save anywhere" would be nice.

I only went to the arena for a few minutes and it was kind of weird and not all that fun, so hopefully it'll be mostly optional.

The graphics are on par with most MMO graphics and the sound is adequate but there is not a lot of music.

Having finished all other RPG's that interest me, and being between MMO's at the moment, I'm having a lot of fun with this. I would have easily paid the full $7.99 for it had I realized what it actually was.

Edit:

1) I finished the game in 13 hours at level 80.

2) The arena is optional. I never went there again and only lost a little favor with the gods for missing a tournament.

3) The night/day thing was not a big deal. There are 3-4 times someone or something will only appear at night.

4) A couple of the quests are a bit vague. I consulted a walkthrough a few times.

5) It did crash on me twice, both times after saving and entering a new zone.

It was still probably the most fun I've ever had for 79 cents, and is well worth even full price, imo, if you can overlook a few minor issues.

Numen: Contest of Heroes basically plays like a single player MMO, complete with hotkey bar, ability cooldowns, and combat that doesn't feel like it's quite connecting. It isn't a great game, but it's at least a decent one, and well worth the huge sale prices I've seen it (currently $0.99 as I write this review.) I myself picked it up for $7.50 soon after release, and don't really regret it, though $5 or less is the sweet spot here IMO.

The introductory / tutorial section is pretty boring, but persevere and the game becomes more enjoyable later. You start out as a kid, and through a few quests learn the basics of the three primary classes - Warrior, Archer and Mage. At the end of the tutorial you get to pick which of the three classes you want to become, and appear as a leveled up adult with only the abilities of the chosen class. At the same time you also pick which God to worship, granting you additional abilities and bonuses, which increase as you make your God more proud of you through your actions.

Then it's standard fantasy RPG fare. You go on quests, trigger events which advance the plotline, unlock new areas and make more quests available, kill monsters to level up and get better loot, and eventually kill the final boss and beat the game. You encounter other heroes along the way and choose whether to help, hinder or ignore them. And there's an Arena tournament event where you can fight these heroes as well.

The balance seems a bit off in some areas. A couple times you can be thrown into a new area severely underlevelled for the enemies, and have to grind before you can take on more than one of them at a time. Then 3/4 of the way through you find that 90% of your attacks are critical hits and enemies don't stand a chance as long as you don't get careless.

Overall I'd recommend the game when it's on sale, though not at the base $9.99 price.

It's not a good RPG, but it's not a total catastrophe either... The item and level grinding is boring, it lacks in story and especially in side quests and the level 'design' is pretty much non-existant. Most of the game looks more random than Diablo while it isn't. While the game isn't a complete waste of time and has some moments, the lack of speech for the few NPCs, the mindnumbing and pointless arena fights and a lot of other small details make the game very dull and sometimes tedious to play. There's just so many better Diablo clones around and this one is hardly worth anybody's time. The final battle is a joke compared to the other boss fights. So many design flaws in one game that it's almost a candidate for a rotten tomato award... Unless you're extremely bored and have nothing better to play, stay away from this game.

Numen: Contest of Heroes is a short action RPG from 2010 whose Metacritic score is only slightly higher than its current Steam rating (50%). It often goes on sale for $1.00 or less, which is when I picked it up. Despite the mixed to negative reviews, the mythical Greek atmosphere attracted me enough to take the small risk. I should note that I have a high tolerance for lower-reviewed or lower-quality games; as a little girl, some of my favorite games came out during a great time of innovation for gaming, with hits and misses ('90s, early '00s), so I tend to like trying games that fail to convince others. Beating these types of games feels like a whole different kind of achievement since so many abandon them.

I'm really glad I played Numen. It's a ridiculously short game, which I didn't expect; I beat the entire game in 15.3 hours, which included completing most side quests and getting lost in the minotaur labyrinth for over an hour. The labyrinth seems to be the most memorable part of the game for most given its difficulty; you are placed in a dark maze without the map function and must get through it, defeat a minotaur, and escape, all without the map. Rather than frustrate me, this only motivated me to make a hand-drawn map and create my first-ever guide for this section of the game, which I will include below in case anyone ever needs it.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2454816512

Numen's story is generic. The characters aren't memorable, and there aren't many of them to begin with. Numen has a lot of great ideas that aren't implemented to the fullest (gaining your god's favor, tournaments, travel system, etc.). I had no glitches, though the game did crash once, but I had recently saved so it mattered none. It is a beautiful game, with diverse and interesting locales to traverse. There are three play styles: warrior, archer, and mage. The game told me that whatever I ended up using the most as a child would be my adult class, so I used all three in the first section of the game to see if I could create a hybrid. I couldn't; the game classified me as a warrior and removed my mage/archer abilities, so that was a little disappointing. The game's so short it doesn't end up mattering much, since it doesn't give you time to "miss" other play styles, and you can unlock new abilities for your class all the time given how quick leveling is. I beat the game at level 75 or so, and I have no recollection of leveling up 74 times, so I have no idea if the game starts you out at a higher level or not. Everything in Numen feels like it goes at super speed; you're done with a map in two quests or less, you level up every handful of enemies or so, and awesome loot is dropped so often you never have to pay for equipment at a trader. In many respects, this makes Numen significantly easy. Given Numen's low difficulty (other than the minotaur level and its battle) and short play time, this game is a perfect choice to play when you feel like exploring/fighting in an RPG game without having to put much effort or thought into it.

Overall, I get why Numen isn't the highest-rated RPG in the world, but that it is rated at 50% baffles me. I think this deserves a 60% or so, and that's around where I would rate it on a scale. I enjoyed it. It was short, allowed me to gawk at gorgeous vistas and explore a little taste of mythical ancient Greece, all without requiring too much of my time. Is Numen worth full price ($7.99 at the time of this review)? Although I got more than the $1/hour of playtime out of it, I would say wait for a sale. Half off? Sure. If it's on sale for $1.00 or less, absolutely! Get it and jump into it when you're feeling a bit lazy but want to play an RPG, particularly if you're forgiving of flawed games. Numen is perfectly competent. I probably won't go back to it, but I enjoyed my time with it.

Numen: Contest of Heroes is a third-person hack & slash RPG. Having demonstrated enormous courage as a child, you are selected by a Greek God to be its hero and must compete against those of other Gods in order to find the Sickle of Kronos first.

Pros: You get to pick from a boy or a girl, although can't actually customize your appearance. When beginning the game, you are given the option of using different weapons, and your class is determined by the type you used the most. Your mastery of any weapon comes from using it. Each of the three classes allows you to pick from three different Gods to be the champion of, so the game offers a total of nine sets of spells and powers. There is a large variety of equipment you can find (common, enchanted, rare and unique) and may equip up to 16 at a given time. Some of the items you find are only good for one gender, but can be refitted to your character. Rather than being class-specific, items are attribute-specific, meaning a mage that works strongly enough on its Strength will be able to use that badass sword usually meant for Warriors. Graphics are ok, most textures are pretty good, and each piece of equipment have a different look on your character.

Cons: The writing is bad: sure, I spotted several typos and even apparent missing words, but the bland story itself is badly written with many mistakes about Greek mythology (example: Neptune is NOT a Greek God), you never actually feel like you're playing in Greece. The game lags and drops in frame rate when looking too far away. Combat is uninteresting, you click on the opponent once and look at the character fight, this game should've been an isometric hack & slash, but that would probably make the tiny size of the maps too obvious, or the comparison to Titan Quest (a much better Greek mythology RPG) too easy. There is little to no development, interactions with other champions are very limited and fighting them in arena battles is lackluster. The game is short, very few main or side quests, no branching paths, save a few short class-specific quests in the early game. The game itself would be over quickly if you didn't spend that much time grinding for levels, the first few hours of which is so tedious that I almost stopped playing (although the grinding got less annoying a few hours in).

Verdict: ★★☆☆☆ - Forget it

I've seen worst, but it doesn't excuse Numen: Contest of Heroes from being an uninteresting game that offers no surprise, no excitement, and no replay value. If you have it in your library AND have the patience to tough it through the boring introductory level, you might as well play through it to get it over with, but I otherwise don't see how I can recommend to someone to purchase this.

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This is the game for people who enjoy atmosphere, delayed gratification, and don't mind realistic lengths of exploration and grinding for experience. I LIKE games where you can't immediately carry or don every item and you keep stronger stuff around while building up equipment and skills every few quests and monster kills. The character has an appearance customized by the gear so you see your armor and weapons change your look.
It's straight forward but there is some depth and it's perfect for someone like me who just wants an open world playground, a sense of progression and challenge, and enough little touches to the environment to show the love for the world.
This is grind-tastic, lengthy, lots of walking and going on fetch quests and kill quests...but if you're someone like me that works out fine.
A lot of people compare this to a single player MMO and that's how it feels, minus the lag and constantly spending money to upgrade your skills and gear. Confession time: I loved Inquisitor and this is like that only set in Greece and in full 3D.
It caters to a certain taste, but that taste in definitely mine and I hope I'm not completely crazy....