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I tried Heroes of the Storm and it's depressingly bad.

Dunderflump·11/29/2014, 4:20:20 AM·2 votes·5,260 views

Seems like blizzard is intentionally ignoring every issue people have had designing characters in the MOBA genre. More than half the abilities in the game are point-and-click. Most bruisers and tanks play exactly like Taric: heal ability, point-and-click stun, mindless autoing. Imagine playing a game of League without anyone buying items and with 3-4 Tarics on each team with an ADC or assassin. That's how HotS plays.

It's just...goddamn. I was sort of looking forward to trying it and it flows worse than when LoL was first released. The engine's amazing and totally destroys League's, but the gameplay and balance is so bad that I can't see myself or anyone who enjoys MOBAs ever prefering it to League or DotA.

8 Comments

KlNGPlN11/29/2014, 4:49:39 AM2 votes

How can you say what they are trying to do doesn't work? For all you know, the game is EXACTLY how they wanted it to be - it just doesn't match up with the game you imagined it would be.

Deep Terror Nami11/29/2014, 4:23:48 AM1 votes

They specifically don't want HotS to be the same as the current MOBA's; they're even going so far as to call it a Team Brawler and not a MOBA. Your concerns are a bit invalid when they aren't trying to take the MOBA scene by storm.

KlNGPlN11/29/2014, 7:43:14 PM1 votes

Again, there is literally NO way for you to know whether or not the game is as Blizzard intended it to be. Simply because it isn't the way you think it should be doesn't mean it is a crappy game. Its different. There is no right or wrong, only your opinion.