Rifts: Promise of Power

Rifts: Promise of Power is a 2005 video game licensed for the Rifts role-playing game (RPG) from Palladium Books. It was later released in October for the N-Gage.

Rifts: Promise of Power
Developer(s)Backbone Entertainment
Publisher(s)Nokia
Designer(s)Palladium Books
Composer(s)Chris Rezanson
Platform(s)N-Gage
Release
  • EU: October 2005
  • NA: 31 October 2005[1]
Genre(s)Tactical role-playing game[2][3]
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

The basic mechanics of the game are adapted from the pen-and-paper version, utilizing an action point turn-based system.

Gameplay

There are three character classes available in Promise of Power' . There are three proto-classes from among which players can select at the outset of the game, Mercenary, Psionic and Magic User. Upon reaching fourth level, players may choose a specialization such as Borg, Burster, or Ley Line Walker, some of which are restricted based on proto-class. One character class specially designed for the game – the Elemental Fusionist – was adapted into the Rifts Ultimate Edition core rulebook.

The game covers five different locations on Rifts Earth from the sourcebooks. Promise of Power is set on Rifts Earth, a post-apocalyptic world a few hundred years in the future. It features advanced technology, magic and psionic powers, alien and monstrous beings from other dimensions, mutants, and vampires.

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic75/100[4]
Review score
PublicationScore
GameSpy[5]

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4]

References
  1. "Rifts: Promise of Power". IGN. Release Date: October 31, 2005
  2. Coleman, Stephen (27 October 2005). "Rifts: Promise of Power Hits N-Gage". IGN. Archived from the original on 30 December 2005. Nokia today announced that it has shipped Rifts®: Promise of Power TM, heralding a new era in tactical role playing as this renowned pen-and-paper RPG meets video gamers for the first time.
  3. Tierney, Adam (17 September 2004). "Rifts: Promise of Power (Preview)". IGN. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. "Rifts: Promise of Power (ngage: 2005): Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. Leeper, Justin (19 January 2006). "Rifts: Promise of Power". GameSpy. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
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