Gods and Heroes itself is a beautiful game with a few very innovative features packed into a world rich with familiar lore. The first thing I noticed was the squad based combat -- something unusual in an MMORPG. Essentially, every player has a camp for storage and squad management. Players can recruit NPCs into their camp and take up to 8 NPC squad members out (for a party of 9 total) to hunt and quest in the world. The squads can enter formations, a few I saw were column formation, phalanx formation and skirmish line formation. However, players can create their own combination of formations as well, not being restricted to what the game provides. While the squad members come with their own names, players will be able to give them nicknames, personalizing the squad combat experience further. Players will also be leveling up their squad members in addition to leveling themselves -- which will add a tremendous amount of activity to the game. The camp will be fairly easy for players to return to, although details weren't revealed on how that would be.