The team of Star Wars: The Old Republic is getting another addition and bringing a well-known author back on board.
Back to BioWare after a short break
Back at BioWare – and busy creating stories again! Image source
In the upcoming expansion Knights of the Fallen Empire, much will revolve around the story in Star Wars: The Old Republic. However, BioWare also seems to want to place a big focus on the narrative for the immediate time afterward. Since the beginning of the month, Drew Karpyshyn has been working for BioWare again!
He temporarily left BioWare to write a novel trilogy, but has now returned. He had to temper the excitement of curious fans a bit and confirmed that he would not be working on a new game, but would be responsible for the Star Wars universe again.
Although it is reasonable to assume that Karpyshyn will not have an impact on the launch of the expansion – the time is now too tight for that – fans can look forward to content in the near future that at least story-wise comes from his pen.
For those who may not know the name, it should be noted: Karpyshyn was significantly involved in the story of Mass Effect 1&2, as well as Knights of the Old Republic, and a large part of the Vanilla stories of SWTOR also came from his mind.
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The military MMO World of Tanks is supposed to look great on the Playstation 4. The resolution and frame rate sound excellent. It should even look better than on PC.
60 FPS at a resolution of 1080p will be achieved and it will come across as more elegant and sophisticated than on the PC. Because on PC, many different systems have to be managed. 60-70% of PC users play World of Tanks on weak or mediocre systems, making it difficult to implement more demanding things like HD maps and tanks or the weather system.
Update: Wargaming has since corrected the interview. Even on the Playstation 4, World of Tanks will only run at 30 fps.
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In the Playstation 4 version, which everyone plays with the same hardware, this will be easier. Therefore, the PS4 version will launch with HD maps and models, weather effects, night battles, and dynamic effects.
Mein MMO says:This marketing statement is, of course, well received on the console-affine Dualshockers site. It’s like water on the mills of the readers there, who can’t help but make a “Take that, PC Masterrace” comment. How it will turn out in practice remains to be seen.
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In the MMO shooter Destiny , players without the expansion “The Taken King” are left in the dark.
“Imagine you buy a sofa for $100. After a year, the sofa company comes to your house. They say you need to pay $40 to get a nice cushion. And if you don’t pay, they will saw the couch in half and take one half with them.” With this example, a player on bungie.net describes his last week in Destiny. He did not purchase the expansion “The Taken King”.
On September 14, you could do much more than on September 15
With September 15 came many new things for buyers. However, for non-buyers, others disappeared. They now lack access to certain playlists, the Nightfall strike, vendors, certain missions, Crucible modes, and much more. Or they have access, but it is either at a much too low or too high level. While they could still play the old raids or “The Prison of Elders” – there are hardly any players left.
For them, it is clear: On September 14, there was still plenty to do in Destiny; there was still a full game for which they paid in full. Not so on September 15.
The disappointment is great.
The expansion does not add, it replaces
The problem, analyzed by a player on reddit: “Destiny is a disguised subscription MMO.” Anyone who wants to play actively needs the latest expansion; otherwise, they are left out in the cold. Because additional content does not come, as in “The Elder Scrolls Online”, as a new building block that adds on top of the pyramid, but it replaces existing game content. Those who do not buy this expansion lose something but receive no replacement.
The main criticism from players: That was not how it was announced. If I had known this, it would have influenced my purchasing decision.
Bungie has not yet commented on the topic.
Problems could have been prevented with a lot of effort
My MMO thinks: These are very serious problems that arise from the design philosophy of Destiny. It would probably have been possible for Bungie to mitigate them, but certainly at a high cost. They were not willing to invest that.
The problem: Normally, MMOs introduce a new “zone” with a new expansion. Everything would have remained the same in the Tower, and they could have created a Tower 2 where new vendors are situated.
In Destiny, you essentially stay in the existing world, just changing it. Vendors get new inventory, doors open here, and a portal suddenly leads somewhere.
The “best solution” would be to split the world if one wants to remain in a world. Create two versions. Now limit existing activities to level 34, so there would be 2 Nightfall Strikes, one for 34 and one for 35+ and higher. There would be a Tower for level 34 and another for the players above that.
Clearly: Bungie would have to invest some resources in game content for players who “do not want to pay” more, and it seems that they missed or avoided that.
However: Even MMOs do not do that. Games like WoW, which venture into new areas with each expansion, also neglect “non-buyers”; they balance and patch for the current max level and often trivialize earlier game content. Even World of Warcraft cannot be played just as it was thought to be without the latest expansion.
Omnigul problem three times larger
Let’s not get it wrong: This is not about giving “non-buyers” new game content. It’s about taking game content away from them. With the first DLCs, there was already trouble, as non-buyers were regularly excluded from activities like the Nightfall strike whenever Omnigul or Taniks were involved.
For the first DLC, fans already called: Then just make a separate Nightfall strike for non-buyers. But even then, Bungie showed itself to be deaf to this request. Now the problem is back and much larger than it was back then.
No communication
The topic “What will it be like for players without The Taken King in Destiny?” received hardly any attention before the expansion. Now we know the answer: Pretty bad.
Since the entire situation has an “Either you pay us or…” character, it doesn’t help improve the already extremely burdened sentiment of players towards the gaming industry.
However: Most Destiny players are likely to have purchased The Taken King and now simply do not have this problem. Bungie could simply ride out the complaints, as they have in the past.
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Thanos will come as a new opponent in his own raid
In the Wild Land, Marvel Heroes players will enter uncharted territory in a tower defense mode
The rankings will be redesigned to make them relevant for players who do not play excessively
And Gazillion wants to revise older heroes so that they can visually compete with the newer models, as the level of champion design has increased over time to the point where some of the oldest heroes are simply not good enough anymore
Jean Grey is one of the heroes that received an upgrade from old (left) to new (right).
In the upcoming online shooter Star Wars Battlefront, players are concerned about matchmaking. Will there at least be dedicated servers?
When developer DICE hinted three weeks ago that there will be no server browser, alarm bells went off among fans. Not only because they see the browser as a standard feature, but also because some interpret this to mean that there may be no dedicated servers. Some feared it could be like Destiny, where players become hosts with all the associated problems.
However, there can now be reassurance: Star Wars Battlefront will launch with dedicated servers. This was told by the Battlefront Lead Designer Jamie Keen to the site Playstationlifestyle on the sidelines of the gaming expo in Tokyo.
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With the current expansion The Grand Tournament a lot has changed in Hearthstone. Ben Brode talked in an interview about why certain cards have not yet been nerfed …
Deck Slots, Paladins, and the Grim Patron Warrior
There has been a lot of discussion about Hearthstone since the last expansion. Why hasn’t the Secret Paladin been nerfed? Why are all Warriors still playing Grim Patron? What data do the developers have about the players? Ben Brode, the senior designer behind the game, addressed many questions in an interview with pcgamer.com. We have translated his answers for you and summarized the most interesting aspects.
Why the Secret Paladin Has Not Been Nerfed Yet
This card causes frustration.
A major thorn in the side of most players is the Secret Paladin, which currently dominates many areas of the game. Especially due to the card “Mysterious Challenger“, the Paladin seems unstoppable. For 6 mana, the Challenger has stats of 6/6 and also puts all of the Paladin’s secrets onto the board – ideally, it draws 5 cards and plays them directly.
Opponents now have a hard time playing around all the Paladin’s secrets and often have to sacrifice their entire board, unless it has already fallen victim to a Equality-Consecration combo. Brode acknowledges that the Secret Paladin is very strong but thinks it is still too early to talk about nerfs. The Grand Tournament is still young and one must wait to see if the meta shifts a bit.
Will There Be More Deck Slots Soon?
Another question addressed the community’s repeated demand for more storage capacity for different decks. While Blizzard emphasized a year ago that 9 decks were absolutely sufficient, they seem to have bowed to the ongoing demands: There will be more deck slots. However, Brode is still not entirely sure how these should be implemented in the game. “The first logical answer is not always the best,” he said. They want to take their time to find a good solution that satisfies everyone. Whether this means that additional slots will require real money remains to be seen – how long it will take is also still unclear. “It probably won’t take five years,” Brode joked.
9 deck slots are not enough for many players – this will be increased in the future.
What Does Blizzard Know About Its Players?
It is also interesting to know what Blizzard knows about the players. The developers have access to all of the players’ decks, can track their win rates with individual classes, and find out how often they have played a specific card. They know which cards are hardly ever used and can track trends well. All of this helps a lot in identifying potential candidates for a nerf.
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With The Secret World, one of the great promises to humanity is being fulfilled: Hoverboards!
Hollywood promised us two modes of transportation decades ago: jetpacks and hoverboards. Jetpacks were seen in James Bond’s “Thunderball,” in Running Man, and other films. To this day, nothing has come of it. They do exist, but they are just terribly impractical (and dangerous).
We are still a technical distance away from the hoverboards from Back to the Future II. Although, initial prototypes have been developed.
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In the MMORPG The Secret World, they are already mature. They will be coming soon as part of the “sprint optimization” .
In the MMO shooter Destiny , the expansion “The Taken King” also brought new codes that anyone can redeem for free to get an emblem and three strange coins.
At Destiny’s release, there were already several codes available that could unlock emblems, shaders, and Grimoire cards by simply entering them on a Bungie page. You can find the old codes here.
In the last week, two new codes have been revealed. Bungie had tied them to some puzzles.
This code gives you three strange coins: ARR-RRR-RRR (It is unclear how long this code will work – it might be time-limited)
This code grants you the new badge Insula Thesauraria: 3VF-LGC-RLX
DICE has now talked about the Force users in Star Wars: Battlefront. How powerful will they be? Which players will be able to play them?
May the Power-Up be with you
Star Wars Battlefront wants to be more than just a Battlefield clone in the universe of the Jedi and Sith. For this reason, there are Force users like Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, who occasionally appear on the battlefield to bring death and destruction to the enemies of the Republic and the Empire. The Senior Producer Jamie Keen has now explained how the heroes are supposed to play – and how long they will stay.
Luke makes short work of entire groups of enemies.
According to Keen, you just have to pick up a specific item on the battlefield – like a kind of Power-Up. This then allows players to take on the role of a Force user. However, since these characters are clearly overpowered (which is what they are supposed to be), their health will continuously drain.
While you can extend this duration somewhat by killing enemy players, it probably won’t work forever. “The goal was for an average player to play as a Force user for about 2 minutes”, Keen reveals, “more skilled players might stretch this to up to 5 minutes if they are really good.”In theory, you could also stay in the skin of Luke or his father for the entire battle – but that is very, very unlikely.
The abilities of Skywalker
The young Skywalker will heat things up for the Empire – at least for 2-5 minutes.
He also briefly described how Luke will play. “He is a very acrobatic character, very strong and skilled in the ways of the Force – although he is not completely familiar with these powers yet.” This is also reflected in his abilities:
His jumps are far-reaching and enhanced by the Force – allowing him to quickly cover large distances.
The lightsaber attacks involve a large area effect, allowing numerous enemies to be attacked simultaneously in a confined space.
With the Saber Rush, Luke charges forward and strikes “at lightning speed”.
Force Push pushes back far, as the name suggests. This is also good against distant enemies.
The two match users will be playable in the upcoming beta – then you can expect first impressions from players.
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In Final Fantasy XIV , the next patch 3.1 will be released in November. Hopes for an Xbox One version can probably be buried.
Patch won’t come until November, they took a vacation
The patch 3.1 will not be released until early November, which can be inferred from an unofficial translation of the last Producer’s Letter from the Tokyo Game Show. It is expected to happen in the first 10 days of November. This is unusually late for FF14 standards. Apparently, the team has taken a small breather after Heavensward.
The patch 3.1 will be packed full of a new 24-player raid, relic weapons, exploring flying islands by airship, a new “Golden Saucer” attraction, and much more. We have already introduced patch 3.1.
Due to business reasons and platform exclusivity, there will be no Xbox One version
Also in Tokyo, IGN asked Xbox One chief Phil Spencer about the possibility of a version of Final Fantasy 14 for Microsoft’s console. So far, the game is available on PC, Mac, PS3, and PS4.
There’s no good news. Final Fantasy XIV will probably not be released on Xbox One in the foreseeable future. As Phil Spencer stated, this is due to “business reasons” and platform exclusivity. He could not be more specific. There are various deals, and the situations change. Spencer did not want or could not explain what exactly the hold-up is.
Malphite will join the existing pirate skins, as “Ironside Malphite” is seen here in the splash screen with pirate versions of Quinn, Garen, and Aatrox.
And this is how he looks in-game. He will cost 975 RP.
A pair that will receive new skins are Jax and Karma. They come in this new “Warden edition.”
Each of the two skins is supposed to cost 750 RP.
And the second pair is significantly more warrior-like. Olaf and Alistar as “Marauder.”
These will also cost 750 RP each. Please keep in mind that this is still on the test server at the moment. It is unclear when they will be released and whether anything will change by then.
If you want to hear what the new champion Kindred sounds like in English, you can listen here:
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WildStar is getting a new in-game shop with the Free2Play transition – but how will it affect the power dynamics? Will the MMORPG be Pay2Win?
The usual concerns
In just under 10 days, the launch of WildStar: Reloaded will take place. It brings not only many new features and the long-requested Free2Play but also a new in-game shop. But what will be offered there? Do paying players get significant advantages that make them more powerful? Will the new WildStar be Pay2Win? We take a brief look at the in-game shop in its current version.
Starting September 29, WildStar is Free2Play – but will it also be Pay2Win?
Two currencies – one shop
If you take a look at the new shop, you will quickly notice that most items are offered with two currencies. The first is clear and known from other games: Ncoin. It can be purchased directly for real money and is also used in other NCsoft games – so it is cross-game usable. The second currency is called “Omnibits” and only appears in WildStar. The best part: Players earn them for everyday activities. Visiting dungeons, completing daily quests, or farming can grant these coins – dedicated players can buy items from the shop without spending money, but they will need more time than players who opt for real money.
What does the shop offer?
The ‘Fortune Coin’ is one of the few items only available for Ncoin – it offers random rewards, such as exclusive mounts and housing items.
The offerings in the in-game shop are likely familiar to most MMORPG players: There are various boosters (which increase the drop rates of resources and experience). Fairly, it must be said that these have been available for purchase since the game’s launch – for a currency that hardly anyone used. Besides housing items, special costumes for characters, and some other visual upgrades that provide no gameplay advantage, there are also unlocks. Similar to SWTOR, you can acquire new character slots or greater access to the auction house here. Here lies the only real major criticism for F2P players: They only have access to creating 3 auctions simultaneously. Presumably, one will buy an increase of 50 slots as soon as the necessary Omnibits have been farmed.
There are also items with which runes can be recovered from weapons and armor, and these could be directly converted into gold – whether this will sustainably harm the game’s economy remains to be seen.
The YouTuber Fevir has introduced the new shop in a short video that we don’t want to withhold from you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaqROuP3Kik
All of this leads to the conclusion that one cannot really speak of Pay2Win in WildStar. Please keep in mind that the facts mentioned here are still from the test server – a last-minute change from Carbine would of course be possible, though unpredictable (and it would likely damage the studio’s reputation).
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In the SF-MMO Star Trek Online , the Cardassian fight is being revamped.
A typical problem with MMOs that last for years: Eventually, some parts of the game feel out of date. In Star Trek Online, renovations are now taking place, focusing on the storyline of “The Cardassian Fight.”
The story arc consists of 4 episodes and is playable from level 35. The plot features elements from the television series “Deep Space Nine.” The influence of the “True Way,” a group of Cardassian nationalists who do not recognize the peace treaty that ended the war against the Dominion, grows.
At the center of the plot is a “Tactical Cube” that is to return to Bajor.
The missions surrounding “The Cardassian Fight” in their original form were considered by some to be the low point of the game, as the weakest storyline. This is a matter of taste, but it would explain why Star Trek Online is focusing on this.
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In Destiny , a player has completed the oversized treasure hunt for calcified fragments and has received the Touch of Malice.
Not all exotic weapons in Destiny are known. 13 are officially in the database. Some others, like Sleeper Simulant or “Touch of Malice” are known, but they are not in the database. Details are still unclear.
Touch of Malice – Scout rifle with interesting perks
Last night, the Touch of Malice was found for the first time by the player SackofFerrets. It is indeed the weapon that caused a stir with images beforehand.
The Touch of Malice is an exotic scout rifle with two exotic perks. One restores health when you achieve three precision kills in quick succession. The other perk ensures that the last round in the magazine deals bonus damage, while also draining the user’s health.
How to get the Touch of Malice in Destiny?
The Touch of Malice is awarded at the end of a challenging and lengthy quest in the Taken King, which is a search, as it is referred to in Destiny-German.
Almost every Guardian is on this quest. Without knowing what awaits them at the end, they search for the calcified fragments in the Dreadnaught. Many thought it would result in Sleeper Simulant.
The exact process of the quest is still unclear at the moment. In addition to collecting these fragments, which are hidden everywhere, there are a few more quest steps where Guardians have to complete specific missions.
It may also be that to fully complete the Touch of Malice, you need an item from the final boss of the raid “King’s Fall”, which does not drop every time – similar to Crux for Necrochasm.
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Unfortunately, this is not entirely clear at the moment. The user who was the first to receive the “Touch of Malice” worldwide says he only needed “45” calcified fragments for it. He knows the details alone. He also says that the scout rifle is fully automatic and needs Hadium Flakes to be upgraded.
But this will surely become known in the coming days and detailed guides will emerge.
But now the introduction of a new class is at hand, with the Ninja coming as a character that is hardly absent from Asian MMORPGs. The Ninja is expected to be a stealth class with enormous burst potential. He will be more suitable for advanced players, as dodging requires quite a bit of practice.
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The fantasy MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV has come up with something new for the Tokyo Game Show, leaving PlayStation players amazed.
The Tokyo Game Show, something like a Japanese E3 or Gamescom, is a home game for Final Fantasy XIV. At conventions, visitors are usually shown a fight against Titan, a boss fight, and this time they added a new dimension: streaming the fight, so to speak, to a virtual reality headset. On PlayStation, it was once called “Project Morpheus.” For a few days now, it has been referred to as “PlayStation VR.”
This allowed fans to experience the fight from a different perspective, feeling what it’s like to have a deep fall. Or, as Square Enix says, simply check out some really cute characters.
The hoped-for step into a VR-MMO like Sword Art Online is still far off, but the action certainly generated buzz and curiosity.
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This week, a new patch went live for the SF-MMO Skyforge , and the next invasion is already in full swing. Additionally, the Aether core system has been revamped, and a Grand Prix is taking place. In other words: there is a lot going on.
For some, last week in Skyforge brought a warm rain, a financial boost. The comprehensive patch “Aelion’s Call” also revamped the Aether core distribution.
The patch also brought variety to Skyforge, we have already discussed the most important changes in this article. Many adjustments were made behind the scenes regarding the critically important rewards and adventure systems. While this isn’t spectacular, it plays a significant role in everyday life.
The spectacular part is better left to this trailer:
http://youtu.be/m6HgZDYWUtI
Grand Prix Event and an Invasion of the Mechanoids
A Grand Prix event for your Adepts is currently taking place as well. It runs until September 30th. Some costumes, vehicles, and other goodies can be afforded by particularly diligent heads of a racing team of Adepts. However, the tickets must be earned with effort. Nobody should hope for action here, as it is essentially just more missions with a significant grind factor.
Amid all the cheerful activity, the Mechanoids crash in, another alien species that comes not in peace. Their invasion is already in full swing. This is a matter for the entire server.
Sounds like exciting times in the open beta of Skyforge.
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In the MMO shooter Destiny the evening of the new raid “King’s Fall” started yesterday and was completed 6 hours later. First chests have already been discovered as well. Unusual for a raid: The celebrities won.
Raid generated great interest on Twitch – Stream Team claims the kill
An uncomfortable truth: Normally, streamers with a large fan base are not known for their skill in the game, but for their entertainment value. But there are exceptions. Yesterday, a raid group consisting of perhaps the two biggest Destiny streamers on Twitch, Professor Broman and King Gothalion, was the world’s first group to complete the raid “King’s Fall”.
In previous instances, they had fallen considerably behind. Established raid groups that did not stream claimed the world-firsts.
After about 7 hours, the final boss
Streamer King Gothalion emerged as the favorite among the raid members with Twitch viewers. 50,000 were watching him at times. A level usually reached by League of Legends and not Destiny. By the way, among German-speaking streamers, Nexxoss Gaming, a friend of our site, managed to reach at least 1,000 viewers, which is also significantly above the normal level.
The raid “King’s Fall” opened sharply at 7:00 PM. At 1:52 AM, Bungie announced: The stream team has won. They narrowly beat the rival team VersusTheStream, who had just wiped at the final boss.
Gothalion, his associates, and the fans had observed the attempts of their competitors prior to their successful try and were able to draw the decisive hint from the failure of the other team to triumph themselves.
10 minutes later, VersusTheStream also achieved the kill on the boss.
So how was the raid?
[Mild Spoiler Alert]: The raid has been the “puzzliest” in the history of Destiny so far. Even the beginning required more coordination and collaboration than before. A jump puzzle tested nerves and wits before the first time coordination and overview were called for.
In the boss encounter, timing and the right tactic were crucial. For many ambitious teams, the Warpriest was probably the first dead end.
By the way, this is how the Warpriest goes down, if you want to believe a guy I watched struggle with it for 3 hours yesterday:
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And the Warpriest marks the halftime. After that, there are still more bosses, a jump puzzle, and the final boss. But we don’t want to give away too much.
Raid mechanics in a shooter like Destiny usually consist of positioning and timing. It comes down to the right Guardian running at the right time in the right place, and if they shoot what they are supposed to shoot and don’t die too often, everything is fine.
Overall, the raid feels significantly more strategic than before. Players can probably be asked for more now.
Three chests already found in the new King’s Fall raid of Destiny
The popular game in Destiny “Where are the secret treasure chests?” is already in the first round.
Three have been found so far:
The first one is at the end of the jump puzzle passage:
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The second chest can be found inside Golgoroth’s Labyrinth, where there are four doors with “Pressure Plates” that you need to stand on. One plate is hidden; you can access it by jumping through a small hole.
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The third chest is available after the fight against Golgoroth at a jump puzzle with invisible platforms:
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So far, it seems there is no new “exotic chest”, no exotics. It is questionable whether there will be any exotic chests in King’s Fall at all. The chests found so far contain neither weapons nor armor, but besides materials, the item that you need 20 times for Oryx to spit out something else, of which we do not yet know what it is.
Update: There are some reports that in these chests, relatively to very rarely, legendary items or exotics can be found.
Have you been in King’s Fall yet? And how did you like it?
For this weekend, the makers of Evolve are offering a skin again – if players complete a specific challenge.
“Sometimes I confuse the healing with the napalm grenades”
This weekend, to grab a free skin in Evolve, players are once again given a task. This time, they need to achieve over 18,000 victories with Medic Caira. It doesn’t matter whether you play as Caira yourself or even as the monster for the challenge. What’s important is that she is in your match, and the hunters win the respective round – then you qualify as a participant in the challenge. The chosen game mode is also not important: As long as you’re connected to the internet, you can complete a match in single-player with bots or engage in a quick skirmish in the arena.
If players manage to collect the 18,000 victories with Caira, all participants until September 24 will receive the Infinity skin for the cheeky healer completely free. So grab a few friends and throw the healing grenades at them!
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The new trend in the genre: team shooters with a strong dose of MOBA in their DNA. In 2016, they are set to take over the market. We have taken a look at the most promising games that want to compete with Overwatch for control in the genre: How do Gigantic, Battleborn, and Paladins play?
With the announcement of the team shooter Overwatch , Blizzard is stepping into new terrain for the first time. The chances of establishing itself as the market leader in the genre look good after an impressive trailer, first footage, and test versions from fairs. But the competition is not sleeping: three brave development studios are sending a contender into the race. Let’s see who ends up on top.
I had the opportunity to extensively test all three titles at this year’s gamescom. As a reference, I have Overwatch, which I was also able to play a lot.
Opponent 1: Gigantic – a dynamic MOBA?
Gigantic is being developed by the American studio Motiga. Thanks to a collaboration with Microsoft, the team shooter will be released for Xbox One and exclusively for Windows 10. In our trio constellation, Gigantic is the most MOBA-heavy game, at least in terms of the scenario.
As usual, two teams of five face off on the battlefield. The goal of the game is to defeat the opposing Guardian. And with that, we are already at the special feature of Gigantic.
Instead of the MOBA-typical tower and base defense, the match flow is much more dynamic. The so-called Guardians are a kind of walking inhibitor that actively participates in the fight and supports the respective team both offensively and defensively. This combined with clever heroes in cel-shaded graphics and controlled from a first-person perspective results in the MOBA shooter Gigantic.
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Forecast: Currently, I am spending my weekends in the Gigantic Beta, which is why I can tell a lot about the game. The unacceptable conditions of the beta (again disconnections, 30-minute wait times for a match, problems with account creation, playing with friends, etc.) I will not include in my conclusion.
Gigantic is a truly refreshing title with very dynamic fights and a challenging difficulty level. Especially the team fights can quickly seem chaotic if you don’t keep all eyes and some extra careful attention on the screen. The game system is unique, and I needed several rounds to understand the game, especially the goal of each match. Here, one can see the difference between theory and practice. The combat system can only be compared to Overwatch or the other opponents to a limited extent.
It feels less like a shooter, much more like a precise skill-shot system with targeting.
Anyone who is tired of MOBAs and finds first-person shooters too strenuous should definitely check out Gigantic.
