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Paladins review 8/10
Yes this game has copied ideas from Team Fortress 2. But it also branched out into a venue that makes it feel like League of Legends/Dota2 as well. So here's the skinny.
You collect cards and put them in builds for your champions. Once the game begins you then buy items to further enhance the champion. You cannot switch champions during matches. It is definitely more polished and has a better feel then TF2 but not quite as good of feel as Overwatch. Since the game is f2p you can't really argue with that point though.
Its now free open beta on steam and just grab it for a few good fights. I would expect this games playerbase to rival Smite but not anything like Dota2. Steam approval rate for this game is currently 83%. They got 16 champions right now. IDK this game might end up holding its own quite well considering steam and f2p. Its peaking at 30k players a day right now.
You collect cards and put them in builds for your champions. Once the game begins you then buy items to further enhance the champion. You cannot switch champions during matches. It is definitely more polished and has a better feel then TF2 but not quite as good of feel as Overwatch. Since the game is f2p you can't really argue with that point though.
Its now free open beta on steam and just grab it for a few good fights. I would expect this games playerbase to rival Smite but not anything like Dota2. Steam approval rate for this game is currently 83%. They got 16 champions right now. IDK this game might end up holding its own quite well considering steam and f2p. Its peaking at 30k players a day right now.
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Card sets are limited at this time so in a week of so you should have all the cards collected.
Good casual fps.
They do have issues with server stability but if you have some patience it will be ok.
Yea Battleborn made the huge mistake of being b2p. Blizzard can fart a b2p product and people will love it. Heck lot of them claimed it is the greatest game in the world and we know that isn't even remotely true. At least Paladins added some kind of depth to the game.
I own Paladins and Overwatch. Paladins is so so so bad compared to OW. It s an ok game, but will be a distant memory in a couple years, where OW will probably be even bigger.
I ve had fun in Paladins, it s just that it feels like a cheap wannabe version of OW.
"But this game caught my attention and Overwatch didn't."
Yeah cause it's free and Overwatch costs $40. You can't/don't want to spend the money, so this game seems enticing.
I admit if Overwatch didn't exist, I'd probably be playing it. But Overwatch is simply better. And $40 isn't too much for a great game- I have 180 hours in Overwatch now and it's still fun as hell and still surprises me.
As for it rivaling SMITE, I wouldn't count on that, either. SMITE is unique as a 3rd person MOBA, plus it has the whole cool "God" lore thing going for it. Paladins is not unique as a team/ability-based fps and almost everything about it is derivative.
I mean, it is a difference...
Aside from that, "polish". The fact Blizzard has such a massive budget to throw at their game means they can iterate and refine things quite a lot more, and can make even sub-par features and designs shine rather well.
Overwatch is itself a solid, even if finite and more casual, experience for competitive gameplay and it has a Pixar level of visual refinement that other titles haven't really managed to capture.
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You also have the ability to try different builds for champions. That alone brings a whole new dynamic to this type of game.
There are just a million little things that add up to a much better experience. Graphics, optimization, voicework, balance, servers, the maps, the characterization, etc.
This is really a case of "you get what you pay for" when you're comparing Overwatch to Paladins.
Plus it's also nice that the game is extremely popular because it's far more likely for matchmaking to pair you with people close to your skill level in a short time. This is really important in a team-based game.
SMITE has always been riddled with matchmaking complaints- it's not HiRez's fault, it's just the playerbase is not large enough for it to work well.
Plus the B2P model is actually a good thing here- Blizzard has commented how it's freed them up to do what's best for the game, and not do things like MOBAs do where they pump out overpowered new characters.
Just like this video below its like a copy of Hanzo.
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Plus I hear the gameplay is a clusterfuck. Overwatch has definite tactical decisions to make (with tanks that can tank, potentially game-changing ulitmates and a META like MOBAs, and much counterplay). Paladins is similar in this regard but I think Overwatch is much more refined.