In D&D Heroes, you may play as any of four different resurrected heroes charged with defeating a sinister wizard whom they once defeated over a century earlier. Revived as mere shadows of their former selves, these heroes battle through countless foes while slowly regaining their powers. After regaining their powers they can once again face their archrival. The heroes' journey is completely linear but takes them quite far, first through some catacombs to the remnants of Castle Baele, and then to the heart of a portal that leads to various elemental-themed stages. Finally, the heroes reach the wizard Kaedin's fortress. The game's story doesn't figure heavily into the proceedings, and it unfolds mostly through the occasional soliloquy from a nonplayer character either in a nicely done CG cutscene or in an awkward in-engine 3D cutscene. The heroes themselves never speak (though you hear them grunting in battle) and have no real personality to them.