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[Preview] Heroes of the Storm: Heroes of the Storm Refines the MOBA
BillMurphy
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Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm recently entered a small "technical alpha", and I managed to somehow luck out and snag a key. I've been playing the game pretty much any chance I get since Friday, quite possible because it seems Blizzard's done it once again. They've taken what makes the MOBA genre work, extracted the good and left out what some might consider the bad. Read on to find out why it's eating up all my free time.
Bill Murphy's Heroes of the Storm Refines the MOBA
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when will have an open beta?
Yeah Blizzard esports suck....SC2 is only ranked number one on most esport sites and with combined game viewship Blizzard is only #1 by a hugh number. But hey they suck right.....
No one knows yet, Kidon, but I'd bet by the end of the year. It's very polished as it is right now.
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The difference is that you now only need to know the talents of your hero instead of all items in the game.
You also don't have to waste time going back to Base to purchase. Another small plus to having character specific builds, as opposed to crazy itemization.
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I see Blizzard is really jumping on the cash shop bandwagon.7.99...7.99...7.99 that can really add up FAST.What is there well over 20..geesh that is like asking for 200 bucks to attain all the present content,let alone anymore or other items that come along.
I believe this is the TRUE meaning behind streamlining the leveling effect,they WANT you to level up fast and buy more heroes.Basically the same gimmick as selling a new xpac in WOW and offering a 90 player because they know they wouldn't sell it otherwise.
Even more incredible is they rehash all the same models from their other games,so cheap effort 101.Should just call the game HEROES of BLIZZARD !.
As to the question of weather the streamline idea is good,i say yes of course but still the game overall is just a cheap browser looking game,low end models low end game world.I am not about to pop out 200 bucks to attain all content in a 1990's game.
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I think blizzard managed to create a MOBA that is very light on toxicity.
Can't wait for them to get it released, seems like a MOBA that would be a _pleasure_ to play :jLuck had nothing to do with it, Blizzard is the most biased company on the planet when it comes to deciding who get's first wave invites.
Always streamers and press, ALWAYS. As evidenced further by the fact that every single streamer who is big in Hearthstone was invited to HoTS.
Hey Kost, I think it's actually luck for me. I got an email from PR saying that I wouldn't be included on the first wave because we don't cover MOBAs as much as MMOs and RPGs. I was cool with that. But then received an invite 2 hours later anyway. No one else on our team did get in, except some streamers (who are volunteers and not official staff).
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Looks like Blizzard took a genre, which is already pretty simple, and dumbed it down even further to make it more "fun".
Im glad I haven't bought a Blizzard game since WoW was released, almost a decade ago.
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I agree. I am still not sure about WoD, but D3 RoS, Heartstone and HotS are getting a lot of my attention.
I am eager to play Heroes of the Storm.
Blizzard did it again.
This games features are definitely appealing and cosmetically its top notch. My real hope though is that League of Legends will see this as a real threat and FINALLY upgrade some of their awful character models and the summoners rift map. :P
On a side note, Abathur looks awesome and like an incredibly creative mechanic to play.
It's a really half assed LoL clone, much like that stupid DC one NOBODY talks about.
I think everybody realizes that if you're going to play a Dota like game, it's either going to be Dota 2 or LoL while the cash ins/clones pretend they matter...