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Developer(s) | Backbone Entertainment |
Publisher(s) | Nokia |
Designer(s) | Palladium Books |
Composer(s) | Chris Rezanson |
Platform(s) | N-Gage |
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Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing game [3] [4] |
Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
Rifts: Promise of Power is a 2005 video game licensed for the Rifts role-playing game (RPG) from Palladium Books. It was released for the N-Gage in 2005.
The basic mechanics of the game are adapted from the pen-and-paper version, utilizing an action point turn-based system.
In 2025, Palladium Books announced plans to crowdfund the re-release of the game on PC. [5]
There are three character classes available in Promise of Power. There are three proto-classes from 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.
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Metacritic | 75/100 [6] |
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Jeuxvideo.com | 9/20 [9] |
The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [6]
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.