Hell Rising

Outline

Theme: Apocalypse
PvE/PvP: PvP (and later PvE)
Daily AP: 50 (Zombies)/60 (Vampires)/70 (Humans)
Population: Closed in 2020 with an unknown number of active accounts
Extra Notes: This game was created in (approximately) 2007 by Darryl Hull and Chris Wolf, two people unknown to the author. It closed in 2020, but was reborn as All Out Hell under the stewardship of a small team with Will and Kraufen listed as developers.

About Hell Rising

Hell Rising was clearly based upon Urban Dead, with human players marking use of labs and revival syringes to bring players back to life, and buildings having a barricading system.

Death in Hell Rising was dictated by your circumstances of death:

  • If you are killed by a vampire and they choose to turn you, you become a vampire.
  • If you die after being infected by a vampire, you become a zombie.
  • Vampires that die remain vampires if neither of the above is true.
  • Zombies that die remain zombies if neither of the above is true.
  • Human that die become zombies if none of the above is true.
Players can be turned back into humans by using a revival syringe on their corpse.

This game maintained strong PvP elements, with three very distinct classes and (later) NPCs. I cannot offer much more insight as I only played this one a little, however it appears to have developed a thriving community and its reincarnation has lasted a long time.

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