Play Herakles no Eikou 2:Glory of Heracles Online

You wake up as some random kid in a world where Heracles is already myth—then Titans start wrecking everything. Classic JRPG grind with a Greek twist, though the story’s a bit of a mess.

Developer: Data East

Genre: Role-Playing Game

Released: 1989

File size: 256 bytes

Game Overview

Glory of Heracles II ditches the first game’s setup—you’re not playing as Heracles this time, just some kid in a world where he’s already a legend. The story’s a mess timeline-wise (they later made a spinoff to patch the holes), but it’s got that classic Greek tragedy vibe, with Titans causing chaos and all that.

Gameplay’s way different too—they dropped most of the original’s quirks and went full 8-bit JRPG standard. You’ve got a party now, day/night cycles, and random battles galore. Not groundbreaking, but the writing’s solid (thanks to Nojima, who you might know from later Final Fantasy stuff).

Honestly, it’s more interesting as a weird footnote in JRPG history than as an actual must-play. The first game’s odder, but this one set the template for the rest of the series.