Okay, so I gave this game ago
Didn't like it.
Let's focus on the good first.
The God theme, AWESOME. Makes me wonder why no other DOTA Clone has not had a coherent theme in them (besides Demigod)
Phoenix towers, what a brilliant Idea!
Very well calculated minion/tower to hero interactions. Pros will love it.
The third person camera does make melee'ing and shooting the basic attacks feel visceral. Although I'm not sure, because Bloodline Champion (also requiring skillshots for basic attacks) felt just as visceral.
Having items and ability upgrades fixed for newbies is a great idea
Now the bad things.
The map is, first of all, too big, or that the hero I had was too slow (Since I had Kali, the melee assault/assassin type, I felt my speed was a HUGE hindrance). The abilities of Kali were extremely dull, and her Ultimate was terrible and made me vulnerable. What the hay?
No idea what the abilities/items are. No clue on how anything works. No tooltips, no nothing.
The background is really bland, and while the spells/abilities are adequate, they are nowhere near exciting, well designed, or unique.
Which gets to my biggest problem. The biggest disappointment is that it really is just DOTA/LOL/HON in third person, with nothing truly new to offer.
Every trope in those "MOBA" (ugh) games are in here, including the Item Shops, Jungling, and imbalances. I feel like they missed a huge opportunity in not incorporating something completely new with this third person perspective.
Don't tell me that "always requiring a skill shot" is new, because it has been done before in Bloodline Champion, and while it is a great addition, it doesn't add much to the experience.
Now, some people say that, being in the Third person perspective, it is easier for people to gank, making it harder to predict enemy movements. But this is hamstringed by lazy design of the map (which is too big) and the heroes not being different at all.
Their abilities literally feel copy and pasted, just painted with their own God theme. (Just look at everyone's second spell, they are mostly forward AoE's which are there mostly to kill spawns)
If they really wanted to be unique, why don't I see any heroes like the Spy from TF2? I mean, I picked Kali, the most assassin like hero, and her abilities were REALLY lackluster, and
nothing like what I imagined.
Kali rant (hero imbalance may or may not pertain to the game overall)
- Kali is a slow ass bitch, I can't even catch up to the other heroes while attacking. Not even the big fat Ice god thing
- Kali's second attack doesn't do diddly squat against heroes
- Kali's third attack is useless without enemies spawns.. In the thick of battle, it is completely useless
- Kali's ultimate is almost Useless. Against a pack of heroes, the ranged hero just backs off and begin to shoot you down and laugh at you. Ironically, you're the one laughing maniacally as your ass is getting whopped from range
- Terribly uninteresting hero. Her blades feel dull and unsatisfying. Her first spell is a buff, and Yes she is a beast, but the special effects and sounds won't tell you that.
- Unbalanced - srsly, her ultimate is useless. I can't even kill Ra that Sun god, which I assumed is the glass cannon. Even if not, I barely do damage.
- The Monkey does way more melee damage than me, AND he gets to jump around and use fear and fireworks to slow down, AND has more health. What the shit?
- The ONLY spell that can gank is her first spell... that's lame dude.
- Spells don't combo well with each other... They feel like a conglomeration of random ideas that are good on their own but sucks together. Her L2 doesn't do jack, NONE of her abilities allow her to get in close range. Her L3 requires enemy spawns, and disrupts with all the other spells because the long ass time it takes, and the health-drain isn't even that good. Finally, her ultimate... what the fuck?? srsly.. what the fuck? .. Most Useless ultimate EVER. Completely vulnerable for the entire duration. Here's an idea, how about L3 = life drain toggle/channeled, rather than an AoE, so all damage dealt when L3 is still in effect causes % life drain? So L3 and combo with all the other spells and make her ultimate pretty beast? But no, we get Sanguine blood Copy.
- So the selling point of the game is "Third person camera" and everything requires "Skill shot". Then why the fuck is my 2nd, 3rd AND 4th spells all AoE Spam? Also, Kali's L1 is just a buff of her melee attack. So there are ZERO skill shot abilities. What?!
The point is, they did not explore from this perspective. They built the game to be a DOTA clone with a gimmick third person camera, and they succeeded that. They did a great job replicating how DOTA/LOL/HON feels, and any veteran players will feel right at home with this style of gameplay. But that's just it! It tried so hard to be a DOTA clone that it copied all of its bad tropes.
Such as the spells are all spammed once there're 4 or more heroes. Doesn't feel good to not know what killed you. To a complete newbie like me, everything feels like a complete mess and spam
Also, note that Kali's 2nd, 3rd, AND 4th spells are AoE attacks. Her L1 is a buff. So NONE.. I repeat, NONE of her abilities are skill shots. no wonder she felt unintersting.
I would recommend this game to anyone who plays DOTA/HON/LOL, but definitely NOT to anyone who's looking for a new, unique game.