- Ring of Fire: Prometheus enters open beta in China
- The story points to a world falling apart, a wandering girl, and a spark of human resilience
- There is no global version yet
Some projects arrive with movie trailers, detailed descriptions, and enough jargon to fill a conference room. Ring of Fire: Prometheus it doesn’t do any of this. Instead, it hands you a piece of atmospheric fiction, asks you some philosophical questions about eternity, and drops you into a world that seems to be falling apart at the seams. It’s vague, but in an engaging way.
It’s currently in open beta in China and honestly, the biggest impact is tone. The trailer’s text reads like the opening pages of a murky fantasy novel – a girl wandering through a crumbling world, mounting disasters, and a creeping shadow swallowing everything in sight. I have no idea how this translates to actual gameplay, but as far as vibrations go, they’re engaged.
And because there is so little specific information, you end up filling in the blanks yourself. Maybe it’s an action RPG. Perhaps the focus was on narrative. Perhaps it is something completely unexpected. All we really know is that beneath all these ruins there is a weighty, somewhat poetic and strangely hopeful mood.
This actually gives it a refreshing angle. You weren’t promised 50+ heroes or a world on the brink of collapse for the thousandth time; you are asked a question. Strangely substantial. This alone makes Prometheus stand out in a sea of mobile RPGs that tend to throw everything at you from above.
Will this be enough to secure a global launch? It’s challenging to say. The open beta is still intended for China, and we’ve seen many ambitious projects remain regional forever. But if this one ever makes the leap, it already has the kind of atmospheric hook that could gain a following.
Until then, all we can do is watch and wonder what exactly lies behind all that smoke and poetry. And if you’re in the mood for something you can play right now, our list of the best RPG games for Android includes plenty of worlds that don’t require existential philosophy to get started.
