07-14-2016, 04:07 AM
(07-12-2016, 02:16 PM)Surge Wrote: I can't believe I've done this but...here's what I think of Heroes of the Storm after...fuck has it really been over 12 hours? Anyways Heroes of the Storm is intended as a MOBA boiled down to it's purest essence, teamfights and lanefights, it's a big blobby no-nonsense mess of heroes beating the tar out of each other, at least that was the sales pitch. In practice the no-nonsense part doesn't hold up, each hero has a non-linear progression where you choose one of 3-4 perks every couple of levels, and the perks you can choose from varies depending on the milestone you're hitting, so no going back for that damage increase after you get lifesteal, and each map has a unique "gimmick" to try and spice up gameplay, though they all boil down to "do X to rapidly burn down the enemy towers" "do X to summon a giant monster that burns down the enemy towers/heroes for you" and "do X to absolutely turbofuck the enemy towers so you can burn them down" I'm sensing a slight pattern. I digress though, the teamfights are delivered very well, without any pressure to level the right abilities or buy the right items it just comes down to using your hero's kit to beat the tar out of the enemy in some mad furball of a teamfight, and what complexity there is in the game of teamfighting and pushing lanes serves only to make it less of a pain in the ass.
Of course there are some rather glaring issues, some of the "talents" you can choose from every so often seem blatantly and objectively better than others (restore mana on every 5th attack or restore HP? hmmm gee I wonder what I want on my high damage melee character) and frankly the F2P model is piss, asking $10 to cram your hero into a new costume and giving a paltry 50 gold per bot match (which I'm actually told is all a lot of people play) while hero costs are in the thousands is just not kosher. I'd be more understanding of this model if HotS had the good sense to ask for $40-60 upfront and then give me the keys to the mansion so to speak, letting me run off and play with every hero it has as I please, like SMITE does, but the only bundles HotS seems to offer are just collections of skins and their associated heroes.
Heroes of the Storm is momentarily engaging, but ultimately greedy and seems to lack real substance as a MOBA, I don't think I could recommend it in good faith.
Ah HotS. Worse gameplay than League, and still a less greedy pay system.
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-Eugene Jarvis
Mishuk gotal'u meshuroke, pako kyore - Pressure makes gems, ease makes decay
The rumours of my death were greatly exaggerated.
It's called a hustle, sweetheart!