So here we go again. This time on the posting list I decided to share some of my thoughts on the latest release from our beloved chaps over at Blizzard, Heroes of the Storm (or Blizzard DOTA or All-Stars or whatever …). In case you’ve read some of my previous posts as well (although I honestly doubt that) then you know my thoughts on the whole MOBA games, that is the fact that I found them boring and pointless back in the days when I first got to test League of Legends while I was still enjoying the story from WotLK in Warcraft. Anyways I didn’t had too big of an expectaction from this game either especially since most of LoL fans that played it in beta said it would totally suck, but heck, I gave it a try either way (or maybe especially because they said it would not be as good) and guess what? I bloody liked it! Seriously, I never got too used to LoL or DOTA and so when this game came crashing through the hardware and software stores and I got to play it for the first time about a month and a week ago on day one of the launch I actually liked the whole package just enough to keep me interested for the whole month.
Simply put, the game is relatively easy and as such isn’t too big a pain in the ass for any newcomer to the whole genre to tackle so you could think that it would be boring, but it most certainly provides enough challenges for the most seased players as well once the levels are reached and the true pvp in the rated battlegrounds begins. As far as I can tell since I had little experience with other games from this genre, the focus here is having good teammates and capping the ass of the opposing team before they cap yours, a ridiculously easy task to be done on training mode, where your AI mates are elites and the opposing team are all morons, a decent task to accomplish in vs AI where you usually lose if you choose CPU as your team and not other players since you must command everything they do as well, but not to worry it is not uncommon to encounter a team of baboons that can easily hand over victory to the enemy team by not doing all the things they are supposed to be doing – like: capturing mercs and bosses or finishing the map gimmick in time for the team to get the advantage over the enemy. Still as far as I have seen it is quite difficult for this to happen and in 9 out of 10 matches victory is easy to achieve in this mode as well (perfect for everyone to earn easy XP and finish the quests). In quick match and ranked combat things are different, but again it is all down to the team and not to individual works or perks (well some perks, but still it’s basically communism). Anyways the chaps from Smosh Games said it best through their Honest Trailer that was also posted just around the launch date:
Heroes of the Storm (Honest Trailer)
I tried the game and it was good, I honestly can’t complain, especially after having gotten so bored by WoW (where the only thing that is still worth doing in there are the good old BG’s and no, Ashran totally doesn’t count and I am pissed as hell cause we got no new BG in this bloody expansion) it was a real breeze to drop in and battle across all the new maps from the Nexus that most certainly feel like all new battlegrounds in their own right (still this doesn’t excuse the devs for nerfing the PvP in WoW). Also the familiar heroes were are all nice and fuzzy themselves with awesome graphics and balanced powers and gameplay (except for Abathur and The Lost Vikings, these guys take a whole lot of headache to master!). And if all of this wasn’t enough, just a week ago in one month from the launch we got a nice patch update called The Eternal Conflict that introduced (among other minor and insignificant changes) a new battleground that’s kinda of cool and an awesome hero who is so badass that if played properly and with the right team to assist him it can easlily dominate the entire map. Seriously just check out his spotlight right here:
The Butcher (Hero Spotlight)
Now I ain’t tha big of a Diablo 3 fan so this fellow isn’t all that known to me, but he surely looked intriguing enough for me to spend all my hard earned gold on his sorry arse. Anyways it was worth the investement since so far I never lost a game with him. Just make sure you keep the meat stacks (that for some reason look like blood drops) at 35 and you are good to go (seriously just choose that talent, don’t be fooled by the other stuff). Plus we got special event quests that are to be finished before the game starts (those with bad connection are out of luck in here) where you kill a stupid npc that does nothing but move around really really fast and you get 100 g (once a day obviously). And there’s this hero roation system where you get to play around all the heroes (or almost all) and experience a little of the abilities each of them has and in case I missed anything just check out the news and play the game for yourselves and enjoy. After all it is free to play and as opposed to the other free to play game from Blizz … Yeah you know that one where you win with a combination of skill and luck … But mostly luck and a ton of legendaries which you buy with a ton of money, in this game you can buy the heroes it is true, but basically spending any real money whatsoever will not make your game any better … Like seriously at all. Full fledged communism I tell you and maybe that’s why I actually like it so much. Still if you like the unicorn than you must show the paper, but other than that you are all good.
With these being said I will be taking my leave once more and I do hope that you have all enjoyed going through this small presentation where I tried my best to put my thoughts to paper (well desktop, but anyways) in regard to this delicate subject of MOBA video games that still suck, but have proved an interesting therapy in treating the lack of nostalgia for the good old games that I once loved … And that I seemed to have lost interest in as with WoW and GTA and other stuff … There are many, but let us not talk anymore about them now cause I have been going on for far too long and you guys must have better things to do then read all this, right? Exactly!
