Will Rock

Will Rock must save his girlfriend from Zeus and his cronies in this fast-paced first-person shooter by Saber Interactive.

Released: 9 June 2003
Platforms: Windows
Genres: First-person shooter Shooter
Developers: Saber Interactive
Publishers: —
Modes: Co-op Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: First person
Themes: Action Fantasy
Country: United States
Age ratings: PEGI 16 ESRB M
Time to beat: 7hmain story9hwith extras12hcompletionist

About

Will Rock is a first-person shooter video game developed by Saber Interactive and published by Ubi Soft. Released for Windows in June 2003, it was the first game developed by Saber Interactive. It received mixed reviews, with critics comparing the game unfavorably to Serious Sam.

›Story

As the title suggests, the protagonist is Willford Rockwell or Will Rock. Will is an archaeology student, complete with an experienced mentor (Dr. Richard Headstrong,) good build, average looks and a smoking hot girlfriend (Emma) who is also the daughter of his mentor. But when a seemingly uneventful dig takes a turn for the worse, Will is forced into becoming a one-man army against a fanatic cult known as the Olympian Restoration Army (ORA) who have found a way to bring back Zeus and a boatload of mythological beings from ancient Greece (who all really existed, evidently.)

The ORA then murder Richard, and abduct Emma as a mortal bride for Zeus so that he can gain complete power over the mortal world which, unsurprisingly, drives Will over the edge and leaves him in a rather unpleasant position. Luckily for Will the Titan god Prometheus, who happens to be in the market for recruits to destroy Zeus, was close by. With similar goals in mind, Prometheus imbues Will with power leaving him half-man, half-titan - perfect for Will to exact his revenge and rescue his damsel in distress. Locked, loaded and possessed the player is left to control Will as he storms the lost city of Olympus without fear of the terrors within...

Keywords

greek mythology
monsters
bloody
time travel
summoning support
death
mythology
bird
undead
traps
slow-motion
gladiators

Media

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Gameplay

Will Rock is a first-person shooter, with the player having control over the main protagonist, Will Rock. The player can use 11 different weapons in combat. The single-player mode of the game has 10 levels, and there are different multiplayer modes in the game.

Story

With the aid and powers of the titan Prometheus, Will Rock rampages through Lost Olympus, seeking the safe return of his love, Emma, and revenge for the murder of his mentor, Dr. Headstrong. Prometheus, fusing his spirit into Will's able body, seeks to wage a bloody vendetta against the god Zeus, who robbed him of physical form long ago. Half mortal, half Titan, Will Rock will stop at nothing short of toppling the pillar of the gods to wreak vengeance of mythic proportions, and to save a terrified woman in the name of love. They don't have much time, though on the eve of the next thunderstorm, Zeus will be able to take a new wife and this time his sights are set on a mortal: Emma Headstrong.

Reception

The game received "mixed or average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Chris Hudak of IGN gave the game a score of 7.2/10, praising the graphics and gameplay. GameSpot criticized the game for being a mindless knockoff of Serious Sam in a more negative review.