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Rifts: Promise of Power

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Rifts: Promise of Power
DeveloperBackbone Entertainment
PublisherNokia
ComposerChris Rezanson
PlatformN-Gage
Release
GenreTactical role-playing[3][4]
ModesSingle-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]

Gameplay

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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.

Development

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Shane Neville loved the Rifts adventure book as a high school and university student, and began to envision a game based on them once he entered the video-game business; when he joined Nokia's fledgling Richmond studio in 2003 and saw that Rifts was one of the company's options, Neville met with Kevin Siembieda to collaborate on the game.[6] Siembieda refused all video game licensing requests for the game for 14 years, but finally agreed to license Rifts to Nokia.[7] Nokia announced a dedicated Rifts Promise of Power mini-site, which went live on April 2, 2005 for the upcoming Rifts role-playing on the N-Gage.[8]

Reception

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The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[9]

References

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  1. ↑ "Rifts®: Promise of Power(TM) enters a brave new world as the pen-and-paper RPG ships on the N-Gage platform". GamesIndustry.biz. Gamer Network. 27 October 2005. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  2. ↑ Abolins, Mike (28 November 2005). "Rifts Ships in Time for Gifts". Pocket Gamer. Steel Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Coleman, Stephen (27 October 2005). "Rifts: Promise of Power Hits N-Gage". IGN. IGN Entertainment. 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.
  4. ↑ Tierney, Adam (17 September 2004). "Rifts: Promise of Power (Preview)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Siembieda, Kevin (2025-05-22). "Promise of Power – Palladium Books® – Weekly Update – May 22, 2025". Palladium Books. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  6. ↑ Andrews, Marke (2004-09-15). "Vancouver games maestro to launch two new titles". Vancouver Sun. ProQuest 242318337.
  7. ↑ "Rifts: Promise of Power. N-Gage plays host to a little old-school roleplaying". Computer Gaming World. No. 245. December 2004. p. 204. Retrieved 2025-10-19 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ↑ "Rifts site goes live". The Globe and Mail. 2005-04-04. ProQuest 2386654456. Archived from the original on 2025-10-19. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  9. 1 2 "Rifts: Promise of Power (ngage: 2005): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Workman, Robert (15 March 2006). "Rifts: Promise of Power Review". GameDaily. Gigex, Inc. Archived from the original on 20 April 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  11. ↑ Leeper, Justin (19 January 2006). "Rifts: Promise of Power". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on 15 June 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  12. ↑ Killy (17 November 2005). "Test: Rifts : Promise of Power". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
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