This is a fantastic little game, deep strategy, tactical, fun, and all presented in a rather cartoon style. I'm not sure how to describe the game itself, the most generalized description I could give is... destroy the enemy base before they destroy yours!
The games are played on very simplistic maps, which as far as I am aware never differ. BUT the familiarity of the maps leads to the tactical use of their assets. You the player play as a 'champion' each champion has a huge and varied array of abilities something for all styles of play. each game starts as the 'minions' spawn these minions are computer controlled basic units they wander toward the enemy base and attack anything they don't like along the way in the most simplistic form of punchy or uninteresting magical way they see fit... likewise the enemy base spawns its own minions which head to your base with similar intent.
Between each base is an array of defensive towers, It's in the best interest of the player champions not to be near these as they tend to lead to death. All deaths are dealt with a timed respawn, and the longer the game goes on the longer the respawn time.
So, the players have to navigate enemy minions... fight off the enemy champions, take out the towers and finally destroy the opposed base.. simple! ... yes it is, however it's VERY good fun and usually a game can be completed within an hour, so it doesn't take up your entire evening to play.
The graphics are nice and each champion is well detailed and has extra skins available for even more variety (more on that later...) the scenery is suited and it all melds together well, the sounds are good, lots of bashing, slicing and magical noises to help your ears enjoy the game. If I were to say any one criticism of all this.. the cartoony graphics are a little gaudy for my personal taste... but not so much it spoils the game for me.
One last point. I mentioned the extra skins. If you find yourself taken with a given character skin. It will cost you real cash to buy it (virtual goods/micro-transactions) However... this is no bad thing. The game itself is 100% free to play and you need never spend a single penny to enjoy playing it. More importantly the micro-transactional side of things has NO bearing on game play so, there is no artificial edge to be gained through transactions. Personally For a game of this caliber to be entirely free is really quite fantastic!
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Gaming Review summary:
Graphics 4/5
Audio 4/5
Gameplay 4/5
Features 5/5
Weighted Score: 87%
Snooze Rating: Considering the price... Why don't you already have this!
