History VideoGame / GloryOfHeraclesIII

* JerkassGods: The Greek gods have turned their back on humankind as the world decays and monsters flood the world. It turns out that [[spoiler:this is because the decay of the world is due to one human's actions, and is so severe that Zeus and Hades are outright plotting to KillEmAll to save Gaia]].

** The party gets a few, from [[spoiler:Prometheus]] for [[spoiler:using the revival blood for the wrong thing and affirming Zeus's desire to KillEmAll]], and from [[spoiler:Lord Albion]] for [[spoiler:seemingly betraying humankind by refusing to kill the monster guarding Mt. Atlas]].

* WeaponOfChoice: Characters join trained in a type of weapon, but all characters can be trained in up to three weapon types. Trying to learn a fourth weapon skill will require them to forget everything they knew about a previous weapon type.

* BalefulPolymorph:
** The centaur elder turns the party into centaurs, believing them responsible for Kurin's disappearance. Ironically, this allows them to rescue Kurin.
** [[spoiler:Lord Baor]] was transformed into a giant, speechless green monster for his great sins. [[spoiler:Which you experience first-hand.]]

The story begins with a young man who awakens in a village, unable to remember his past. When a hole in the earth to the Underworld opens, the man falls in to his death...except he survives without a scratch, revealing that he is an immortal. After seeing a strange place in his dreams, the man sets forth on a journey, uniting with other amnesiac immortals and fighting the monsters emerging from the Underworld in a quest to rediscover their memories and the meaning of their shared dream. Meanwhile, as monsters plague the earth, the people of the world wonder why the gods have turned their back on humanity...

* TheChosenMany: Prometheus granted immortality to three humans. [[spoiler:Which raises questions when the party discovers a ''fourth'' immortal...]]

* DevelopersForesight: Party members, both permanent and temporary, may ignore your commands if your Trust stat is low. The one exception is [[spoiler:the monstrous Baor when he joins the party against Lord Albion]], who will never ignore your commands [[spoiler:because he ''is'' you.]]

** [[WellIntentionedExtremist Lord Albion]] is introduced by invading a peaceful village without bloodshed, then requesting an alliance with the King of Athens to fend off the monsters—under threat of conquering and enslaving the people of Athens if the King doesn't accept.

** Immediately after Themisios and Steia join the party is another dream where Steia is part of the party—but not Themisios, revealing that Steia is the third immortal rather than Themisios.
** Steia learns [[MakingASplash water]] and [[HolyHandGrenade holy]] spells, [[spoiler:fittingly for a priestess of Oceanus.]]

** One of the Protagonist's spells, Rockbe, is described as a black light surrounding the target of the spell. [[spoiler:As the name suggests, it temporarily turns the target to stone—something the Protagonist's past self had a fondness for as well.]]
* GambitPileup: A four-way pileup courtesy of the gods, as whoever's plan to deal with [[spoiler:the harm caused to Gaia by humans]] works would become ruler of Olympus. Zeus [[spoiler:wants to flood the world to wipe out all humankind]], while Hades [[spoiler:wants to do the same with monsters from the Underworld.]] Uranos [[spoiler:wants to shelter humanity from the flood in the sky, but mostly sees the opportunity to gain power.]] And Prometheus [[spoiler:granted immortality to three humans in the hopes that they would lift the petrification from Oceanus and restore the world.]]

* JerkassGods: The Greek gods have turned their back on humankind as the world decays and monsters flood the world. It turns out that [[spoiler:this is because the decay of the world is due to one human's actions, and is so severe that Zeus and Hades are outright plotting to KillEmAll to save Gaia.]]
* KarlMarxHatesYourGuts: Initially, stores that sell [[WarpWhistle Travel Wings]] sell them for a whopping [[{{Cap}} 65,335D]]—justified in-game by monsters that are preventing more Travel Wings from being made. Once you deal with the monsters, Travel Wings drop to a far more reasonable price...though this happens at the same time you gain access to the spell that serves the same function.

* NonLethalKO: Immortal party members only faint when reduced below zero HP, and are revived at the end of battle. Most {{Guest Star Party Member}}s will cheat death in varying ways. Averted for the groups of Pixies, Slaves, and Troops—each set amount of HP represents one of the nine, and losing that much HP results in one of them dying and the unit's max HP being reduced.

* PointOfNoReturn: After the events on Mt. Atlas, [[spoiler:almost the entire world, including the temples you learn magic at, are temporarily inaccessible. Defeating Hades is a permanent one for that part of the Underworld, including the vendor of the [[InfinityMinusOneSword Infinity-1 Equipment]].]]
* PlotCoupon: The blood of the three Gorgons, which have the power to undo petrification. [[spoiler:Except the heroes aren't told what they were ''supposed'' to do with them...]]

* StableTimeLoop: Chronos creates one as punishment for [[spoiler:Lord Baor, a.k.a. the Protagonist. After being turned into a giant green monster, Chronos sends the Protagonist back in time to Mt. Atlas, where he is the monster he and his companions defeated before reaching the summit of Mt. Atlas. Only by [[SheatheYourSword refusing to fight]] his past self and companions does the Protagonist free himself from the time loop.]]

* WhamEpisode: What follows the summit of Mt. Atlas. [[spoiler:The world gets wiped out by a flood because the heroes trying to revive Atlas wasn't at all what they were supposed to do and the revelations that the Hero is the son of Lord Baor, the man responsible for all of the calamity facing the world—and that the Protagonist is Lord Baor himself.]]

** Shortly afterwards, the party encounters [[spoiler:Baor]]'s wife, who cries out for her husband and son, [[spoiler:calling her son by the name the Protagonist gave to the Hero.]]
** Finally, there's [[spoiler:Hades addressing the Protagonist as Lord Baor.]]

* YouCantThwartStageOne: Uniquely, [[spoiler:you can't stop ''yourself'' from initially using the revival blood for the wrong purpose.]]

''Glory of Heracles III'' is one of the first games to involve [[TheFogOfAges immortals with lost memories]]. It is also notable for its considerable amount of {{Foreshadowing}} compared to similar [=JRPGs=] of the era and for [[OlderThanTheyThink doing a certain major twist long before it was made famous by]] [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic a different RPG.]]

* YouCantThwartStageOne: Uniquely, [[spoiler:you can't stop ''yourself'' from initially using the revival blood for the wrong purpose.]]

The third game in the ''Heracles no Eikou'' (''VideoGame/GloryOfHeracles'') series, a {{JRPG}} series based on Greek mythology. Subtitled ''Silence of the Gods'', it is considered to be the MagnumOpus of the series, receiving a smartphone re-release in 2008. Like almost all of the games in the series, it was [[NoExportForYou never released outside of Japan]], though a fan translation for the Super Famicom game exists.