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Daring To Be the Same - Paragon News
SBFord
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Daring To Be the Same - Paragon News
When Epic Games announced its intention to release a new MOBA – in 2016, no less, it had me a bit baffled. I thought to myself, “Epic must have something crazy up its sleeve for Paragon.” Nope. Paragon is about as generic as its name, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t any fun to be had in it.
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Seriously, every thing is slow. From games to even the movement speed.
And most of the games I played were around 45 minutes(some lasting upwards of an hour, yikes) and you get the prettiest darn snooze fest ever.
But, Im sure none of that matters because people will flock to it because of the graphics.
Idk where you got that it was "slow" gameplay wise. Match wise...yes, it is kinda of slow. Gameplay wise. Not really whatsoever. I guess it's perspective.
It's not that noticeable later on into the match. Mixing the skills in with auto fire makes it almost unnoticeable because you're focused more heavily on escape mechanisms, skill placement, etc. Plus...items can increase attack speed.
i wish they had gone for a more active shooting instead. We will see when it launches and i play it myself. It will be free so if it doesnt convince me i wont lose anything.
It is going F2P so I personally would recommend people to at leave give it a try.
Your main hero or character doesn't waddle around like in moba's ,the action is fast paced ,WAY better immersive and just all around graphics and done in a more action based play style rather than what moba's are doing which is basically slow spam.
Only my opinion but Epic knows pvp better than most devs and Paragon is just leaps and bounds better than the rest.
Does that mean i turn a new leaf and all a sudden start playing moba's when i have always thought them to be total garbage?Nope not just yet but it did catch my eye and i do think about the game quite a bit,perhaps in the near future i will join the moba fray but only in Paragon.
My opinion moba's are like 2/10 games,Paragon is a 5-6/10,it is that much better.However what i think doesn't matter,the money is alreadyt cemented in these ESPORT teams and sponsors,LOL and Dota will remain popular for no other reason than MONEY.
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Def not even remotely stiff.
* Alongside DotA2, it has one of the most generous business models in the genre. All heroes are free, and cards aren't too difficult to obtain - and can't be purchased with real money.
* While it didn't do away with the League-esque stealth pads entirely, it did cut down on them and shift them solely to strategic locations in the jungle. This can change gameplay pretty significantly.
* The elevation mechanics on the map helps make the map their own. I'm sure there will be great plays around this change to the maps.
* Their map boss is an oddity in the genre. It requires that you deliver an orb that it drops to a location on the opposite side of the map. This gives the opposing team a little more room for counterplay and creates a mad sort of capture-the-flag feel to this aspect of the game. That's a pretty great innovation.
* They've taken inspiration from some of the genre's dead games (namely Dawngate, Prime World, and Infinite Crisis), taking some of their more innovative mechanics and refining them. The Harvester system is akin to Dawngate's wells that generated gold passively for your team. Paragon chose to tie these behind items, require that players collect from them, and to allow the Harvesters to be attacked. This adds more decision making and counterplay to an already interesting system. The card system is reminiscent of Prime World's gear/skill system, but they've cut the fat by removing the per-hero grind and other absurdities that killed that game. The result is something more enjoyable. From Infinite Crisis, they took the coin feature and used it to create a system that allows for xp gain by picking up dropped orbs, but encourages skillful last hitting.
* Basic attack animations stand out from the crowd. Each one feels distinct with its own cast time, sound, weight, and "reload". The shooter inspiration is clear, and it really defines each character.
What I do not like is the limited amount of characters, which will increase over time of course, and that some of the characters are VERY bland design wise, I am looking at you TwinBlast and Sparrow.
I think the game is great to play as it is now and will only improve, but again, this is a traditional MOBA done in 3D, not something else. I also think it is a lot better then Blizzards game and SMITE, and I actually like both these games, YMMV.
/Cheers,
Lahnmir
Kyleran on yours sincerely
'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'
Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...
'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless.
It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.
It is just huge resource waste....'
Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer
I like the deckbuilding idea (I like anything that involves "theorycrafting" and I like the combat. the fact that they have meaningful 4th dimension also is a cool point for me.
I got the 20$ founders pack and i feel like i've already played it 20 bucks worth.
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The combat is very slow, your character moves like a snail once combat begins and it takes tons of hits to kill/die also. Compared to Smite lets say, its as if you are in slow motion.
GAME TIL YOU DIE!!!!
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Try a MUD today at http://www.mudconnect.com/I decided to support the devs with the expansive pack. the review is less better then usully from this writer, specialy when u consider this is alpha phase.
I do not get this attitude, MOBA is a genre and this is a game that belongs to that genre, nothing more, nothing less. I take a more 'traditional' good game over an 'innovative' pile of crap any day. And this game? It is a good game while not being very innovative, it does bring some new things to the table like a real 3D map with varying heights, card decks, and semi realistic scifi graphics.
Both your posts have however taught me that you haven't played the game at all or for a maximum of 5 minutes. There is nothing cheap about this game and I would not call it a clone at all.
/Cheers,
Lahnmir
Kyleran on yours sincerely
'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'
Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...
'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless.
It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.
It is just huge resource waste....'
Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer