Heroes of the Storm

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  1. Ixnatifual
    May 2, 2016
    8
    Pretty much the best MOBA on the market out there currently. They addressed many of the genre's legacy issues, promoted team play and removed only the pointless complexity, thereby creating a more accessible game without losing any depth in the process. Easy to learn. Hard to master. It's relatively quick to accumulate gold to get a decent selection of heroes, and there is no advantage toPretty much the best MOBA on the market out there currently. They addressed many of the genre's legacy issues, promoted team play and removed only the pointless complexity, thereby creating a more accessible game without losing any depth in the process. Easy to learn. Hard to master. It's relatively quick to accumulate gold to get a decent selection of heroes, and there is no advantage to veteran players, other than actual skill, to give them an unfair advantage over new players. For some reason, banning is still a thing, so depending on which hero or heroes are your favourite, if you play in ranked matches, you may rarely get to play your favourites as they may simply get banned.

    The gameplay will be very familiar to players of the genre, but the more objective-based map selection ensures you'll be fighting the opposing players a lot more frequently than you may be used to. Possibly the best genre evolution is team-wide shared experience accumulation within a game, allowing support and tank players to also kick ass. Unfortunately the game can suffer from performance issues even on high-end hardware. Perhaps a side effect of having the game based on the StarCraft 2 engine, which may not be optimally tuned for modern hardware. This is probably the only major flaw of the game, but a potentially very detrimental one.

    The heroes and villains in the game are drawn from the various Blizzard franchises, primarily Diablo, StarCraft and WarCraft. They have plenty of character and are drawn and animated nicely, usually with meaty sound effects that make it a pleasure to destroy an enemy hero and watch what the physics engine does with them afterwards.

    The pricing appears crazy to me. The individual heroes and bundles, have a very reasonable price in in-game currency, while their real money price is prohibitively expensive, even looking at the bundles they have on sale. For the full price of an AAA game, you will only get a handful of the game's heroes and a few skins. It's not really a problem for the player, as you can just buy the heroes you want with gold, but before I would spend real money over simply acquiring gold, they'd probably need to halve the real money costs and increase the gold costs by 50%. But maybe I'm just not the average spender.

    PROs
    - Best designed MOBA out there
    - Great selection of heroes/villains
    - Relatively easy to get in-game money for buying new heroes

    CONs
    - Poor optimization
    - Crazy real money prices
    - Banning system    … Expand
  2. Jakelion
    Apr 26, 2016
    8
    This is the most streamlined and accessible of the popular MOBAs out right. It also has the best IPs of the genre. Blizzard really , really knows what they are doing when they set out to design games. I have not been a fan of their games in the past because of the game passive strategy gameplay, but this game is a nice hybridization of strategic play of warcraft/starcraft and fast paced,This is the most streamlined and accessible of the popular MOBAs out right. It also has the best IPs of the genre. Blizzard really , really knows what they are doing when they set out to design games. I have not been a fan of their games in the past because of the game passive strategy gameplay, but this game is a nice hybridization of strategic play of warcraft/starcraft and fast paced, competitive multiplayer action. This is not a game that you want to play solo! It's way more fun with a squad of similarly skilled players. The best part of the game is the insane team fights. The worst part is not being able to leave a quickmatch or an A.I. match, I understand why they did this but completely disagree with it... If you get really into this game the microtransactions will get you, for a free-to-play game you will find yourself spending $60 in no time, but for a AAA game that your going to put 50+ hours into, i'd say it's well worth it. You will like this game if you enjoy competitive online multiplayer with Blizzard IP. Will not like this game if you don't like PVP and if you are super hardcore jaded MOBA player.… Expand
  3. Fyralon
    Apr 25, 2016
    3
    At first,i've played Hots since the closed Beta.

    At the early start ist was fun pur.Fast to learn but hard to master.The most players was nice to each other. Since 4 month,i report 5 persons cause they are botting and cheating.And they still play today.24 hours/7 days the week.And Blizzard?Right,they do absolute nothing versus this botters.From Week to week more AFK Leecher,more    At first,i've played Hots since the closed Beta.

    At the early start ist was fun pur.Fast to learn but hard to master.The most players was nice to each other.

    Since 4 month,i report 5 persons cause they are botting and cheating.And they still play today.24 hours/7 days the week.And Blizzard?Right,they do absolute nothing versus this botters.From Week to week more AFK Leecher,more botter,and more cheater.

    It is just another cash cow for Blizzard,with absolute zero service.    … Expand
  4. Nuno93
    Apr 19, 2016
    10
    Amazing and funny! HOTS is one MOBA very cool, simple and well done.
    teamwork is essential for the win and every class has its due importance.
    The iconic Blizzard heroes are also present in the game to make it even more attractive
  5. jellowiggler
    Apr 18, 2016
    8
    Most well designed, accessible MOBA style game out there.

    Wonderful character design, interesting maps with different goals, not as punatively punishing to the players, slightly easier to play, constantly under development. All in all HOTS is an outstanding game that is easy to get into for the casual player and deep enough for the hardcore to really get into. Also it's FREE. No    Most well designed, accessible MOBA style game out there.

    Wonderful character design, interesting maps with different goals, not as punatively punishing to the players, slightly easier to play, constantly under development.

    All in all HOTS is an outstanding game that is easy to get into for the casual player and deep enough for the hardcore to really get into.

    Also it's FREE. No money to play if you don't want to. Easily runs on normal computers.

    Cudos to Blizzard and a great game community in the efforts towards continuing to make this game awesome.    … Expand
  6. Wolfkovich
    Apr 11, 2016
    4
    well-balanced game but extremely boring game :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
  7. dorout1
    Apr 6, 2016
    3
    *This review includes alpha up to the prior implementation of Cho'gall.*

    A game where you can play nearly all of the Blizzard heroes. Is there a better idea for a game than that? I don't think so. However, looks can most definitely be deceiving. To cut straight to the chase: I love the game play, smoothness, fines, most of the balancing, and overall game design. What I most certainly    *This review includes alpha up to the prior implementation of Cho'gall.*

    A game where you can play nearly all of the Blizzard heroes. Is there a better idea for a game than that? I don't think so. However, looks can most definitely be deceiving.

    To cut straight to the chase: I love the game play, smoothness, fines, most of the balancing, and overall game design. What I most certainly dislike that prevents me from enjoying and even playing the game is the Hero league *matchmaking* system. Without going into a massive rant, the matchmaking in hero league is very flawed (visit the official HOTS forums and read posts regarding the matchmaking system). This issue was recognized in early Alpha, but never addressed and still present to this day. To add, hero league has been in preseason since the release of the game, which was June 2, 2015.

    Another negative aspect is the cost of heroes and how long it takes to gather up gold to purchase one. There are often a type of 'clearance' sale that occurs, but generally the heroes that are not used are the heroes on sale. You get daily quests to do to assist you with accumulating gold, which is nice, but still takes quite some time.

    I don't know if this is a new thing or if anyone cares, but the forums is the place where players should be able to interact with the community and with Blizzard. Again, to be short, but this is a crucial topic: there is no reciprocation between developers and players at all (don't take my word for it, visit the forums).

    On the positive, there are many maps that rotate and there are plenty of team objectives which makes the game unique and fun. You can purchase new skins and new mounts with gold or real money and they as well go on sales.

    My overall score for the game is a 3/10 because I feel that if I were to play the game today, I would be playing a half completed game. Competition is the pinnacle of any game for me and without a balanced hero league matchmaking system I feel that I am only playing half the game. (I feel that its like playing an RTS game in single player against the computer, but your true desire is to get online and play against a person--if that makes sense). Also, the non-existent communication from developers is also disheartening and shows lack of interest with the player base. I feel that these two issues are substantial enough to give this game a negative rating. If these two issues were resolved then I would definitely give the game at least an 8.5/10, maybe even higher.    … Expand
  8. ozgurg84
    Mar 30, 2016
    10
    It is my first MOBA experience.

    Easy adaptation, funny gameplay, fine graphics etc.

    In addition, I like fast paced team game.

    I love this game. Get it!
  9. LevelsAndGear
    Mar 29, 2016
    5
    I've played way way more than I should and care to admit. I think this game is fun with a lot of positives, and a few negatives. The community (of course) has some issues. The matchmaking is horrendous, though Blizzard seems to make efforts to improve it. However, the combat, characters, maps and presentation are all top notch - And for the most part, especially if I have a friend, haveI've played way way more than I should and care to admit. I think this game is fun with a lot of positives, and a few negatives. The community (of course) has some issues. The matchmaking is horrendous, though Blizzard seems to make efforts to improve it. However, the combat, characters, maps and presentation are all top notch - And for the most part, especially if I have a friend, have fun playing. There are things I would suggest to improve it, but this is a fun game.… Expand
  10. ThecriticGoD
    Mar 24, 2016
    7
    Good things:
    -More than 1 competitive map.
    -Shorter games, more action. -Heroes with real lore. -Different objectives for every map (less monotone) Bad things: -No hero development (except for a talent every 3/4 levels) -Too casual (heroes are easy to use compared to other MOBAs) -Shop is too expensive (10$ for a Hero and 15$ for a skin?) -Terrible ranked solo experience (finds    Good things:
    -More than 1 competitive map.
    -Shorter games, more action.
    -Heroes with real lore.
    -Different objectives for every map (less monotone)

    Bad things:
    -No hero development (except for a talent every 3/4 levels)
    -Too casual (heroes are easy to use compared to other MOBAs)
    -Shop is too expensive (10$ for a Hero and 15$ for a skin?)
    -Terrible ranked solo experience (finds game fast by matching completely unbalanced teams)

    So basically, t's definetely better than traditional MOBA's, because of all the good new aditions it has to the poor genre, however I feel Blizzard could've done this sooo much better and it feels they're really lazy, really money grabbing and they don't care enough about player's needs and what they can do to make the game better, the matchmaking just makes you want to uninstall this game after a few ranked games, as fun as it might seem at the beginning.    … Expand
  11. CaptainBounty
    Mar 9, 2016
    4
    While the competitive gameplay certainly has its moments, the lack of quality in this game destroys the overall experience. Blizzards attempt to take its shot on the moba genre might attract some casual gamers that look for some entertainment, but horribly fails when it comes to seasoned moba veterans. The gameplay is extremely simplified on 4 skills and only a very few heroes. TheWhile the competitive gameplay certainly has its moments, the lack of quality in this game destroys the overall experience. Blizzards attempt to take its shot on the moba genre might attract some casual gamers that look for some entertainment, but horribly fails when it comes to seasoned moba veterans. The gameplay is extremely simplified on 4 skills and only a very few heroes. The matchmaking system is an abomination, the hero selection is uncreative and shallow. The bullet to the neck for this game is the fact that the new heroes that are released every few weeks are always slightly overpowered in the beginning before they get patched. The result of that is that tryhard players instantly buy these heroes with real cash or crazy amounts of ingame money and you have them in EVERY GAME from that time point on until they are patched. The balance within this game overall is bad. Summing up: Blizzard did bring some good ideas to the moba genre with this game, but fail horribly when it comes to realizing the overall standards of the genre: variety, balance, matchmaking.… Expand
  12. Krael
    Mar 1, 2016
    7
    Nice moba, very fast and the games dosent last long (max 30 min) It dosent have the complexity of dota 2 and can be boring after a while. It surely need something new in the future to became a great game, so it deserver for me a rating of 7 or 8 max, for the polish and the change to tipical pacing of current mobas.
  13. Gekiro
    Feb 26, 2016
    0
    Bad optimization for high end graphics cards : GTX 960 and GTX 970, also 980 from what I heard. It has been a long time they didn't fix it and I don't really enjoy getting 30 fps in team fights on lowest settings.
    The competitive future seems compromised too, even if the company works on it.
    Other than that it's a lot of fun but I can't give a good score for a terrible optimization    Bad optimization for high end graphics cards : GTX 960 and GTX 970, also 980 from what I heard. It has been a long time they didn't fix it and I don't really enjoy getting 30 fps in team fights on lowest settings.
    The competitive future seems compromised too, even if the company works on it.

    Other than that it's a lot of fun but I can't give a good score for a terrible optimization from an AAA company.    … Expand
  14. Noxious
    Feb 6, 2016
    0
    The game is okay. It's enjoyable, then after about 8 weeks you find out it's just another piece of garbage that Blizzard put out like diablo 3 and sc2. Blizzard was my favorite company back in 2002. Played thousands of hours of d2, wc3, and bw, and they just absolutely have gone to trash. This game has so many things wrong with it. Balance, match making, interface, pathing, queue times,The game is okay. It's enjoyable, then after about 8 weeks you find out it's just another piece of garbage that Blizzard put out like diablo 3 and sc2. Blizzard was my favorite company back in 2002. Played thousands of hours of d2, wc3, and bw, and they just absolutely have gone to trash. This game has so many things wrong with it. Balance, match making, interface, pathing, queue times, it's just garbage. :/… Expand
  15. stuntpuickle
    Feb 5, 2016
    0
    Blizzard (or rather the terrible company going by that name) has decided to engage in the baldest and most predatory strategy for making money with this game, and under no circumstances, should anyone pay money to this company. As it stands, the freemium model is now widely recognized as what it truly is: an almost exclusive concentration on profits that attempts to nickel-and-dimeBlizzard (or rather the terrible company going by that name) has decided to engage in the baldest and most predatory strategy for making money with this game, and under no circumstances, should anyone pay money to this company. As it stands, the freemium model is now widely recognized as what it truly is: an almost exclusive concentration on profits that attempts to nickel-and-dime consumers so gratuitously that it becomes unconscionable. Blizzard's strategy of releasing grossly overpowered characters to solicit purchases and then either nerfing them or quickly rendering them obsolete with additional releases provides the most obvious and egregious example of this heinous marketing practice. Consumers should prefer to give their money to almost any other developer.… Expand
  16. BBQnaoplox111
    Jan 28, 2016
    1
    Whats absolutely the worst about this game is that you dont have all the heroes unlocked all at once, and it takes AGES to grind out everything you want. Extra skins or new heroes take months to obtain especially as a casual non willing to pay for stuff player...
  17. kotgaf
    Jan 27, 2016
    7
    A next-gen casual moba. Easy to learn, hard to master. In this game, teamwork even more important than in some other mobas.
    The worst : greedy f2p model, low hero customization.
  18. ZenMaste
    Jan 25, 2016
    10
    Blizzard strikes again with an absolute masterpiece. the character artwork in this game is amazing. The multitude of maps and objectives gets rid of the mundane battles that occurs with other moba style games. The no items method puts the focus squarely on a player's skill and not on an item build. I do not understand the people complaining about this being a money grab game. I haveBlizzard strikes again with an absolute masterpiece. the character artwork in this game is amazing. The multitude of maps and objectives gets rid of the mundane battles that occurs with other moba style games. The no items method puts the focus squarely on a player's skill and not on an item build. I do not understand the people complaining about this being a money grab game. I have not spent a dollar on it yet. Yes some of the skins and mounts cost money but that does not affect the game play at all which is how it should be with this type of game. Without question HOTS outshines every other moba out there.… Expand
  19. LoneWolfSones
    Jan 8, 2016
    8
    Heroes of the Storm is Blizzard's take on the MOBA genre. It smartly trims the more tedious elements of other MOBA's like LoL and Dota and stands on its own as a fresh experience that is both faster paced and more accessible. Gone is the laning phase and other things you might be familiar with. In fact you can get about the map much faster by using mounts. The heroes all feel distinct withHeroes of the Storm is Blizzard's take on the MOBA genre. It smartly trims the more tedious elements of other MOBA's like LoL and Dota and stands on its own as a fresh experience that is both faster paced and more accessible. Gone is the laning phase and other things you might be familiar with. In fact you can get about the map much faster by using mounts. The heroes all feel distinct with characters like Cho-gall even requiring two players to play him. If there is one gripe I have; its that some of the game's heroes and skins are pretty expensive. Its possible to earn them through play but the pricing needs some work. Its adviseable to wait for a sale before spending on real cash on the game at the present.… Expand
  20. scarfake
    Jan 8, 2016
    3
    only rule: the team have area of effect will win. there is no mechanic in this game. stay with your teammates and spam skill. half of community is russian
  21. Dekster_Morgan
    Dec 28, 2015
    10
    It's a great MOBA,Blizzard could make another masterpiece.I'm waiting for 100+ heroes and more advanced maps and perfarct balance.We wait this Innovations.
  22. contris
    Dec 26, 2015
    8
    played dota for years switched to HOTS as i didnt have that much time to spend on dota + girlfriend. btw my hots mmr is 3,2k played since beta. So the summary:
    HOTS has much lower entry barier than dota, matches are by far shorter (usually 17- 23 minutes) and high paced, you dont play individually but as a team. Since you cant be "the hero of the game" and do rampage by yourself it could    played dota for years switched to HOTS as i didnt have that much time to spend on dota + girlfriend. btw my hots mmr is 3,2k played since beta. So the summary:
    HOTS has much lower entry barier than dota, matches are by far shorter (usually 17- 23 minutes) and high paced, you dont play individually but as a team. Since you cant be "the hero of the game" and do rampage by yourself it could be a little less addictive
    HOWEVER
    The game is fun and you dont get bored easily as there are many maps + the pace of new hero releases is very high. In summary i recommend to try this if you want to play moba but dont want to invest 50+ hours learning and not be a complete trash and 2+ hours daily just to play 2-3 games/ stay at some decent skill level    … Expand
  23. olejka
    Dec 13, 2015
    5
    In this game I am not interested to win. With a large number of cards, this game boring "classic" MOBA games.

    The game is good only familiar characters, good localization and technical support.
  24. sqrlking
    Dec 9, 2015
    2
    Lots of characters (for $10 a pop). Fun ideas for maps. But, I'm giving it a 4 because of the TOXIC player base. Get ready for whiny teammates more apt to sit in base (moving back and forth, to avoid afk penalties) than to help the new players or try to carry.
  25. WiLdEcaRd
    Nov 30, 2015
    9
    It's the first TB I play and I must say, I'm in love with this game.Music,graphic,maps,hero's are on top lvl.
    So why 9/10 well MM system need to be fix and Price of new hero bit to much.
  26. DanLanglois
    Nov 30, 2015
    9
    I see that my '9' rating is relatively high. But, Heroes of the Storm has become a part of my day.

    To address some criticisms from other writeups, I'll say that I've never felt tempted to spend money in the cash store. I might agree that the prices are outrageous, but by grinding in-game gold, I've bought 24 heroes, leaving 21 that I don't own. I've bought two 'master' skins, which are    I see that my '9' rating is relatively high. But, Heroes of the Storm has become a part of my day.

    To address some criticisms from other writeups, I'll say that I've never felt tempted to spend money in the cash store. I might agree that the prices are outrageous, but by grinding in-game gold, I've bought 24 heroes, leaving 21 that I don't own. I've bought two 'master' skins, which are as expensive as the most expensive heroes, so basically I've gotten to the point of impulsively buying cosmetics. Never have I been tempted to buy anything with cash. There are no pay-to-pown temptations, no pay gates to content. Actually, I think there are some skins that come with some sort of themed abilities, and I don't want anybody to feel misled about that, but to me this looks like an excuse to spend money, for those who want to spend money. If you are a completist who has to own everything in the shop, then maybe that's different. For me, this game is entirely free to play, it's that simple.

    Next, how do we compare this to League of Legends and Dota 2? Well, it seems like in this genre all these games have kind of simplified graphics. Maybe they're tuned to play on a larger variety of hardware, and not lag, etc. 'Heroes' is like the others in this respect. And, movement and basic attacks are right-clicks, while hero abilities are triggered by the QWE keys (initially) and left-clicks. So the gameplay is similar as far as the controls. And as far as the idea of two teams of five heroes, facing off across a map, split into a small number of lanes, etc. You know, minion waves march across the lanes, and defensive structures for both teams defend 'their' half of the map. I'm no expert on Lol or Dota 2, though I've played a few games of each. In 'Heroes', it's easy to gain a slight advantage, but it's hard to snowball to an unfair one. Lots of the time, teams are within touching distance, and I think the other games are more known for the phenomenon of one player falling behind and becoming a liability.

    Here are some remarks that won't be for those who don't even know what MOBAs are and why they're all the rage: In 'Heroes', each map is dotted with mercenary camps, which are minor aids to your pushing power, capable of pushing through defences if left unchecked. The maps, are themed around their 'objectives', and there is laning on top of those objectives, on top of levelling, and the 'things to do' never stops. I appreciate that there are smaller maps, forcing you to battle intently for big consequences, but the maps are different. A game is just 15 to 20 minutes. I really find that most rounds remain winnable for either team until a very advanced stage. I've seen huge comebacks, I've seen decisive late-game teamfights. I've seen no filler, here.

    Maybe MOBAs are a very specific sort of game that you either are into or not. Must you play this, must you experience this? Maybe not. Where I'm at, I reached max level (40) relatively quickly, and there's nothing much else to gain after that other than leveling up individual heroes for the odd gold bonus. There's a competetive ladder, where I've won over 100 games, so I'm movin' on up. Only when you get off of the bottom rungs of that so-called 'Hero League', as I now have, do you find that no all of your teammates are morons. There is an ironclad rule, that if somebody is chatting, they're reminding you that everybody playing the game is a moron. I honestly can see no redeeming value for chat, here, at all. Like it's been removed from Hearthstone, which seems draconian, but again, honestly, etc. Yet I played a few team games (where all five players are queued up as a team) where we used voice chat, and shockingly I had fallen in with chaming wonderful dudes. Even the time that we lost a game! weird. But in Hero League you queue up along or with one other person, and get thrown into a team of five. Again, once you move up, you get among serious players but I've played for several weeks to get to this point. BTW it's fascinating how much variety and depth there is to the game, as I still don't call myself actually *good*, by any stretch! I think that clearly, a lot of complexities from other mobas are ironed out or removed completely. But, learning the heroes and maps is fun and has depth to it. And, it DOES require you to concentrate and put your best effort in to be the kind of player who's an asset to your team instead of a hindrance.

    From me, then, this is recommended to anyone who has even considered a MOBA. Is it really a 9? Yes, heck, I didn't toss it a '10'. I'm intimidated at how people have been writing off this game, and I wonder whether winning or losing some online match with 4 random anonymous teammates will hardly matter either way. I think a permanent team of five mates ready to play seems, at this point, like the ideal here, to me. And it's a totally different experience using voice chat -- which might be a totally unfair advantage, too!    … Expand
  27. SArais
    Nov 25, 2015
    5
    Another Age of Strife Styled Fortress Assault Game Going On Two Sides genre game, Blizzard's attempt to get in the pot. When did game reviews become more about the bushiness practices than the games themselves? I can't blame the hatred- corporatalized **** does tend to be involved and paid reviews do exist.

    HOTS is not a perfect game to hold my attention, but it can have it's moments of    Another Age of Strife Styled Fortress Assault Game Going On Two Sides genre game, Blizzard's attempt to get in the pot. When did game reviews become more about the bushiness practices than the games themselves? I can't blame the hatred- corporatalized **** does tend to be involved and paid reviews do exist.

    HOTS is not a perfect game to hold my attention, but it can have it's moments of return, but not for extended periods of time.

    I don't spend money, nor care to, unless it's a pointless cosmetic that I like. So yes, I'm a sucker for pointless shiny things.

    **** type games are not my cup of tea to begin with, most of it boiling down to me wondering what the **** i'm doing, why i'm doing such pitiful damage, and am not contributing to my team in any way.

    Awesomenauts and HOTS relieve this and make it playable at least, opting for a selection of upgrade or purchasing them from the shop, specializing them for the class and it's abilities, rather than have a large pool of items and trying to figure out what the hell I'm supposed to do.    … Expand
  28. ottodidact
    Nov 23, 2015
    10
    Best MOBA out there, and much more user friendly to new entrants into the genre. The characters can be unlocked without money via game gold but you'll need to play a lot to unlock everyone. MOBAs are designed to be cash grab games, for all the reviews complaining about Blizzard charging money...really? Wait until heroes go on sale. The skins are beautifully designed, and gameplay is fun.Best MOBA out there, and much more user friendly to new entrants into the genre. The characters can be unlocked without money via game gold but you'll need to play a lot to unlock everyone. MOBAs are designed to be cash grab games, for all the reviews complaining about Blizzard charging money...really? Wait until heroes go on sale. The skins are beautifully designed, and gameplay is fun.

    HoTS has many unique and gorgeous battlegrounds. The gameplay is exciting to the last moment! Several times have I been in games where the outcome wasn't sure until the last seconds. Very exciting and yes it can be disappointing with tough losses.

    Game is frequently updated with new skins, battlegrounds and characters.

    LoL is a toxic game, rarely was someone not yelling and degrading teammates. The Blizzard community seems to be better.    … Expand
  29. Feldblade
    Nov 22, 2015
    10
    U need to open ur mind and accept that its not LoL, its not Dota, its a new concept, and once u get it, u will not play lol or dota anymore, trust me.
  30. ciopenhauer
    Nov 18, 2015
    0
    The absolute worst game I have played (or tried to play) in my life. Bar none. This game is so poorly optimized. I couldn't run it with 660 TI in SLI. I get a 980 GTX (a $700 graphics card) and I still cannot run this game properly. I cannot tell you how frustrating that is. My PC runs every game I throw at it at ultra settings, except this one. When you get 30-40 FPS in fights with a highThe absolute worst game I have played (or tried to play) in my life. Bar none. This game is so poorly optimized. I couldn't run it with 660 TI in SLI. I get a 980 GTX (a $700 graphics card) and I still cannot run this game properly. I cannot tell you how frustrating that is. My PC runs every game I throw at it at ultra settings, except this one. When you get 30-40 FPS in fights with a high end PC because the game doesn't utilize your GPU properly, you know they have dropped the ball. Forget the buttery smoothness of 144hz 100+ FPS with this one.

    The game itself is not good either. It gets boring very fast.    … Expand
  31. Th3M3T4
    Nov 6, 2015
    10
    As someone who tried all the MOBAs out there this is my favorite!

    First of all the game has very intense gameplay from the start with no 20 min laning before things are getting fun. The community here is so much better than Lol and Dota. There are toxic people here to but this game has an effective reporting system and there are far less toxic people here. Items in this game are    As someone who tried all the MOBAs out there this is my favorite!

    First of all the game has very intense gameplay from the start with no 20 min laning before things are getting fun.

    The community here is so much better than Lol and Dota. There are toxic people here to but this game has an effective reporting system and there are far less toxic people here.

    Items in this game are replaced with talents for each hero, which makes it easier for the team to balance things and no need to recall to buy.

    The heroes have a HUGE variance and you will find a character you like. You can play as Murky with a 3 second respawn or The Lost Vikings where you control 3 characters etc

    The team is taking feedback from the community and updating the game regulary.

    I recommend at least trying it and getting your own opinion    … Expand
  32. Kaprawiec
    Nov 4, 2015
    3
    Game makes good first impression, but after a while you start to feel bored and unhappy with the effects of your efforts. You dont mean a sh*t on the field. Its either Your team or their team has better players, and when the system picks teams randomly, this game is like a roulette. You wont carry games and that is really unrewarding.
    What I do like is that the matches are fairly short,    Game makes good first impression, but after a while you start to feel bored and unhappy with the effects of your efforts. You dont mean a sh*t on the field. Its either Your team or their team has better players, and when the system picks teams randomly, this game is like a roulette. You wont carry games and that is really unrewarding.
    What I do like is that the matches are fairly short, they load quite quick and you dont have to wait 1:30 minutes to minions to appear like in LoL so you waste less time. Picking champs is also a lot faster, i hate when i wait 10 minutes to start a match in LoL. Also the community is a bit less toxic than in other f2p.
    Overall: game is just not fun for a long run. Its free so You can check it for Yourself, but be warned, You can pick waaaay better f2p games.    … Expand
  33. Oralfun
    Nov 3, 2015
    2
    Wow these gaming site reviews are ridiculous. The exclusion of items really kills the genre. What if the other team has a ton of burst damage? Build a tanky item. Oh wait you cant. Each level up gives you an absurd amount of power. Not much thought went into this game. Your individual impact is minimal. So it has become a good eSport for pros that failed at other games such as dota 2 , LoLWow these gaming site reviews are ridiculous. The exclusion of items really kills the genre. What if the other team has a ton of burst damage? Build a tanky item. Oh wait you cant. Each level up gives you an absurd amount of power. Not much thought went into this game. Your individual impact is minimal. So it has become a good eSport for pros that failed at other games such as dota 2 , LoL , or even sc2.… Expand
  34. Brova
    Nov 3, 2015
    9
    Alot of the negative reviews here are blatantly wrong, I'll address what I can for people reading these to decide if they wanted to put some time into this game.

    The f2p grind is not as long/hard as lol. You do earn a small amount per game as compared to lol or dota, but you earn ridiculous amounts from quests and milestones. I just hit level 40 and i have 14 champs, 2 of which are the    Alot of the negative reviews here are blatantly wrong, I'll address what I can for people reading these to decide if they wanted to put some time into this game.

    The f2p grind is not as long/hard as lol. You do earn a small amount per game as compared to lol or dota, but you earn ridiculous amounts from quests and milestones. I just hit level 40 and i have 14 champs, 2 of which are the most expensive. When I hit max level in lol i only had 5 champs (granted i had expensive taste in that game, and this was during the age of absurdly priced runes). The only way the grind is harder is if you are playing 24/7, because at a certain of binge gaming HotS absolutely does become more grindy, but I'm not even close to having that much time to game. However, the $ prices are higher than LoL for individual items, bundles are huge savings.

    Alot of negative reviews focus on team shared exp saying that this brings down because you cant save your team. People saying this are the toxic lol/dota players that start raging at the first sign of a bad team. The underdog system makes it so that one player CAN bring the ENTIRE team back up to a level playing field. Ask any experienced HotS player. It is not uncommon that you are behind by 3 levels at minute 10, but back on a level playing field by minute 15-17. This is essentially unheard of in LoL. I cant begin to explain how many LoL games I've played where a carry lost early and never had a chance to recoup and we go on without significant AD damage, or a jungler made mistakes, lost some camps, and now can't gank or tank for the next 15 minutes while the team lays helpless against a snowballing jungler. The shared exp in HotS is actually what allows a single person to bring back the ENTIRE team, and its not that rare.

    I understand alot of the apprehension of no items. But when we sit and look at LoL, how often do we see AD carries with identical builds? Ap carries? Tanks? Junglers? How many ADs build serker greaves, blood thirster, phantom dancer, infinity edge? Is there really that much diversity in other mobas when each role really just uses all the same items. I actually see comments laughing at HotS for only giving players 6 choices for their build. How is not easily comparable to items? Most games in other Mobas dont even make it to full builds. Granted, it took me until about lvl 20 in HotS to truly get over not having items, but talents are much more unique to each hero than items ever were. And there is actually diversity in your choices than every X champ having to follow the same build. And these aren't minor choices, they are choices that change your abilities. In LoL, you may have your serker greavers, blood thirster and infinity edge, but how are these items actually changing you? They are making you stronger and more of a threat but thats it, its not a diverse build, you really arent any different just stronger. Talent choices in HotS are choices that add stuns, increase slow, increase cast range, lower CD based on enemies hit, etc etc etc. These choices fundamentally change your champ.

    There are negative comments saying it is slow and repetitive... Now this is very odd because I dont know at all see how you can think that this game is slow and I especially cant imagine how it's repetitive. Now, I did enjoy the laning phase of LoL, especially for mid, and HotS essentially removes the laning phase. This may be considered a negative, but it makes the game FAST. Brawls and ganks are happening immediately, team fights start at minute 2 on some maps. 4v4 fights happen on some maps to contest vision even before minion waves start clashing. You start with 3 abilities. This game is FAST game. And it is certainly not repetitive. How can LoL and Dota players say that? I come from LoL, where in draft I know where I'll be finding each enemy champ before the match even starts. I know what builds to expect. I know at what minute it's best for their jungler to come bot and get me. Ever read a jungling guide for LoL? How is that not repetitive but HotS is? Except for specialists, you usually dont know what lane anyone is going to. You can play only one champ and you will be in different lanes each game. On top of that, you wont be stuck in a lane for most the game, you'll be brawling. And of course, HotS has map diversity. So not only are you changing lanes and moving around and not following a preset minute by minute guide, you are reading the new map, the new situation, the new comps. Oh crap, we are pushing top lane and the sky temple showed up bot and they have mercs pushing mid at minute 20, we are now in a dire situation that doesnt show up on a guide because this game is way more fluid than any other moba out there.

    This game is very different from other MOBA's, it's easy to be apprehensive about it. I primarily come from LoL and I'm not going back anytime soon just to spend 3 hours to only complete 3 games where my teammates yell at each other the whole time    … Expand
  35. birdman3
    Nov 1, 2015
    9
    I've never jumped on the MOBA bandwagon before, so I wasn't expecting to like this game very much. My brother mentioned to me that it has a number of features that are good for casuals, like a shared experience system, certain comeback mechanics, and not to mention the highly recognizable faces from Blizzard lore. I was pretty entertained at first, playing only against bots, but once thatI've never jumped on the MOBA bandwagon before, so I wasn't expecting to like this game very much. My brother mentioned to me that it has a number of features that are good for casuals, like a shared experience system, certain comeback mechanics, and not to mention the highly recognizable faces from Blizzard lore. I was pretty entertained at first, playing only against bots, but once that became less challenging, I decided to face off against other human opponents. I have yet to delve too deeply into that aspect of the game, but I decided that the game has enough depth to make the game diverse and interesting. I've decided to play this one much more thoroughly.… Expand
  36. gipsylon
    Oct 29, 2015
    6
    I've been playing this game since January 2015 and it's still far from being finished.

    Matchmaking is a joke, MMR and ranks are all over the place. I don't feel any difference in players skill whether I'm rank 1-5 or when I was previously stuck at 20-25 (before reset). I have over 2000 games played and I'm still being matched with absolutely clueless people who have 100-200 games    I've been playing this game since January 2015 and it's still far from being finished.

    Matchmaking is a joke, MMR and ranks are all over the place. I don't feel any difference in players skill whether I'm rank 1-5 or when I was previously stuck at 20-25 (before reset).

    I have over 2000 games played and I'm still being matched with absolutely clueless people who have 100-200 games total and are unranked (still doing their 20 placement matches, which is actually some **** thing introduced to trick people into thinking devs are improving something, fun fact - some people are placed at the lowest rank 50 after their placement matches where they went 15 wins 5 losses or similar - since it's not possible to drop rank below 40 it means they played 20 games for nothing).

    Servers are unstable and you are guaranteed to have lagging/disconnecting people in most of games, sometimes whole team gets dropped, sometimes you get strange freezes and you have to quit the game and rejoin.

    Devs pretend they know about the issues and are working on it, but the only stuff we get are some skins and reskinned horse for 10€.

    TL;DR
    You will enjoy the game if you're new to MOBA and like Blizzard games in general, but once you learn the game basics and get better you will realize how uncompetitive and unfinished this game is.
    Also prices are too high.

    PS. Don't trust anyone who gives this game more than 7/10 at this point.    … Expand
  37. bleublimpgaming
    Oct 29, 2015
    10
    Heroes is my favorite game of all time, I love the team based leveling, the lack of CS, and the amazing fan base. 10/10, better than Corey in the house.
  38. xfhfghdfgh
    Oct 27, 2015
    3
    Bad balance, no immersion, heroes are no way affordable unless you grind your ass off everyday. Skill ceiling soooooooo low. Expected so much better from Blizz
  39. Gsark
    Oct 26, 2015
    10
    The game is awesome with a better graphics than League of Legends or DOTA 2 and with more battlegrounds. It has some awesome heroes with more awesome abilities. More heroes are coming and after the release of Overwatch, it should be real fun.
  40. DemKin
    Oct 24, 2015
    5
    Broken automatic matchmaking system, bizarre team composition, unbalanced and frustrating matchups. This pretty much seems to sum up everybody's experience of this game.
    It's a classic MOBA, except Blizzard dumbed it down a bit and with it its competitive potential. The heroes have one predetermined role and have to stick with it, there is no items to buff them or anything, the maps have    Broken automatic matchmaking system, bizarre team composition, unbalanced and frustrating matchups. This pretty much seems to sum up everybody's experience of this game.
    It's a classic MOBA, except Blizzard dumbed it down a bit and with it its competitive potential. The heroes have one predetermined role and have to stick with it, there is no items to buff them or anything, the maps have secondary objectives to fulfill, the heroes are not very numerous and the balance is very bad, but the worst about this game is this very silly automatic matchmaking system that tends to make the most random team compositions and will make you wait 3 mminutes to then send you into 20+ minutes of unbalanced garbage, and that's a fun killer.
    After a few hours, the fun's not there anymore and HotS for me is a nope. Blizzard should make new franchises instead of trying to ride that MOBA wave and doing it wrong.    … Expand
  41. Haruna
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    The game is so young and already the community is extremely unfriendly. Played a few games, the other guys on my team constantly flamed each other. Also, content is extremely overpriced and gameplay feels extremely boring and repetitive after only a few games.
  42. Raiolon
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    For a game made based on already popular existing franchise, Blizzard really did manage to eff this garbage up so bad. Horribly overpriced, overly simplified mechanics, terrible matchmaking and boring rip-off gameplay are some of the many reasons you should stay away from this game.
  43. faustlim
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    Blizzard tried to make another money grabbing **** like RNGstone in this game. Much like RNGstone, Heroes is a dumbed down version of competitors, however, they were stupid enough to make the skill level needed to play this game competitively that of a 1 day old retarded monkey
  44. Litorah
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    Complete and utter garbage. Dont waste your time with this greedy rip-off game. Heroes are super duper overpriced, gameplay is boring and is basically a dumbed down version of other mobas
  45. andrewl913
    Oct 14, 2015
    9
    An amazing MOBA. I highly recommend!! Although I can't give it a 10/10 due to the pricey cash shop. This isn't your typical MOBA and it is more exciting than league of legends or DOTA. It's casual yes... and it can also get very competitive.
  46. blade01
    Oct 8, 2015
    6
    So many things so **** up in a game, why blizzard, why?First of all, i dont know how the prices in other MOBAS are for content.But one **** skin for 10-30 bucks?Really?Sometimes blizzard bundles things together so you have to buy the hole package or youll probally never get a skin or mount.Why?The problem is so many people are willing to spend enough money on 2 or 3 skins to buy a AAASo many things so **** up in a game, why blizzard, why?First of all, i dont know how the prices in other MOBAS are for content.But one **** skin for 10-30 bucks?Really?Sometimes blizzard bundles things together so you have to buy the hole package or youll probally never get a skin or mount.Why?The problem is so many people are willing to spend enough money on 2 or 3 skins to buy a AAA title.This is so hilarious.But the things you can buy are cosmetic only for the most part and you can farm gold more or less easy.I play 1-3 games a day and unlocked heros for i think 50k gold in a ok period of time.Blizzard lets you play heros for free on a rotation, fair.I wish the prices for skins were lower so i could buy some of them and be happy to give something back for the game.But not that much money, no.Even on 50% discount a skin is about 5 bucks.Makes me sad.

    Besides that, the game isnt that great.The game never looks awesome but i cant run it properly on my(older) PC while other, better looking games run just fine.This is a weird and sometimes the game is so demanding that is laggs like hell.

    I encountered many bugs along the way too.20 minutes prior to the review im writing right now i had a game with the AI.The AI broke completely, never moved.I had to play alone, died 30 times maybe because hey, i was alone against a complete team.I had other issues with bugs, the mostly the AI.

    The game is really unbalanced.Sometimes i think blizzard never tested the things they do.No long ago the released Leoric.Kinda broken this is hero, now they made some changes with the latest patch....and hes still a bit overpowered.Youll see him in most pro-lineups for a good reason.Same with one of the newer maps.For example the map with the punishers.They rebalanced some things because if you were behind on that map it was nearly over.The punishers wer too strong.After the patch i never played the map, so i dont know if they succesfully changed it now but again, who tested this ****

    In the end i think this is a mediocre game that many people play because they are not good enough for the other mobas.I dont mean that as an offence.Im not made for this genre too but Heroes is simple enough for me so i dont mind.But its kinda shallow i think in many aspects.The community is still very toxic despite the fact that it is very likely that youll play in quickmateched with a team that is not that great because like i said, they are not good enough for the other mobas.I recommend this game to that target audience or when you are total new in the genre.I think you can learn a lot by playing Heroes.But as a product i think its mediocre and a solid 6.    … Expand
  47. everin
    Oct 1, 2015
    7
    Tier 2
    + An excellent post-introduction to MOBAs for those who have already played LoL and DotA 2 but have grown tired of them
    + Full of just as many unaware, objective-ignoring teammates as other classics in the MOBA genre + Matches are quick and streamlined, offering stale but easily digested simulacra of the mechanics you've come to love from other MOBAs ? Provides a variety of map    Tier 2
    + An excellent post-introduction to MOBAs for those who have already played LoL and DotA 2 but have grown tired of them
    + Full of just as many unaware, objective-ignoring teammates as other classics in the MOBA genre
    + Matches are quick and streamlined, offering stale but easily digested simulacra of the mechanics you've come to love from other MOBAs
    ? Provides a variety of map types, which it then offers to you in a completely random order regardless of your interest in them
    ? Pets the soft scaley back of your reptilian brain by injecting it full of rewarding DOPAMINE through "daily quests" and sparkly visuals
    - Improves on the pricing model of LoL by making everything more expensive despite offering shallower gameplay and fewer characters overall    … Expand
  48. CntrlAltDel101
    Sep 29, 2015
    9
    Addictive. Easy to learn. Less toxic community than similar games. Regular content updates. Did I say it was addictive.

    I wouldn't expect anything less from the masters at BLIZZARD.
  49. DracCusS
    Sep 28, 2015
    3
    I see that over rated reviews about this game and all I have to say is that is misleading. Heroes of the Storm could be an amazing game, though Blizzard threw it out of the window so as to "innovate". That game after some time is boring and not fun at all. After you have played all of the maps 2-3 times it really doesn't have anything to offer. The roles are locked in from the time you buyI see that over rated reviews about this game and all I have to say is that is misleading. Heroes of the Storm could be an amazing game, though Blizzard threw it out of the window so as to "innovate". That game after some time is boring and not fun at all. After you have played all of the maps 2-3 times it really doesn't have anything to offer. The roles are locked in from the time you buy the hero, without giving you the option to play however you like. Gameplay value is thus zero. The optimization of the game is also really crappy. The only thing that is good are the Heroes. Really good design and abilities. But the outrageous amount of money they require is repelling from trying them. Good for beginners. Bad for Veterans.… Expand
  50. hiddenpheonix
    Sep 26, 2015
    1
    It's a great idea and an almost good game but the frustration with the system removes 99% of the fun. There ranked matches are either complete teams or PUG where you score more than anyone on both teams and still drop points because you're incompetent team failed to win. ANother big problem is the points are based on kills and not achieving team objectives which each maps has different.It's a great idea and an almost good game but the frustration with the system removes 99% of the fun. There ranked matches are either complete teams or PUG where you score more than anyone on both teams and still drop points because you're incompetent team failed to win. ANother big problem is the points are based on kills and not achieving team objectives which each maps has different. More so the least fun maps rotating "randomly" into the game more than the fun maps. Oh and you don't get to pick maps unless you get ten people who want to play the same map before starting the game.
    Every new hero is overpowered to get to it sell at ridiculously high price when compared to other games. Also in game cash drop is pathetic after the few hours.
    Cheating, rage quits, arm chair generals, and general no punishment toxic trolling, at least one of those will every game and Blizzard doesn't nothing real to stop it.    … Expand
  51. Foreverwise
    Sep 23, 2015
    0
    stay far away. There is no carry. What I mean about that is hero lvls are shared by the team not individual. So if your team sucks you will lose. Guess what, if you lose your "MMR" or skill rating goes down. So if you lose enough games you join whats called MMR hell where you only get matched with the worst players in the game.

    Even average players like me with a MMR of 2600 though    stay far away. There is no carry. What I mean about that is hero lvls are shared by the team not individual. So if your team sucks you will lose. Guess what, if you lose your "MMR" or skill rating goes down. So if you lose enough games you join whats called MMR hell where you only get matched with the worst players in the game.

    Even average players like me with a MMR of 2600 though it doesn't matter too much. Since its a team based game the game desides who wins and who loses because the match maker picks the players. Right now even blizzard says match maker is broken and this game has been out for quite awhile.

    There are no items or any gear, so there is nothing to make your tank, say diablo, better than another diablo. Its all who ever has the better players. I would say being fair I have 1 even game every 25 games.

    Game is addicting so do yourself a favor and don't even download. It will frustrate you that you have no power to change the outcome of the fight.    … Expand
  52. Cramdawg
    Sep 21, 2015
    4
    I can't believe this game is rated so highly. I just deleted it after two weeks of on and off play, being in a 3 month WoW hiatus. Fist of all, the game isn't bad for what it is and can be addictive, albeit monotonous and potentially cheat-plagued, yet it's little more than a zoomed out WoW battleground where they expect you to buy heroes, skins, and pets to run around and blast otherI can't believe this game is rated so highly. I just deleted it after two weeks of on and off play, being in a 3 month WoW hiatus. Fist of all, the game isn't bad for what it is and can be addictive, albeit monotonous and potentially cheat-plagued, yet it's little more than a zoomed out WoW battleground where they expect you to buy heroes, skins, and pets to run around and blast other players in. This isn't exactly what it was hyped up to be (like getting a toy that's much smaller than advertised). My beef though is that I spent 80% of my time in the D/C screen waiting to be reconnected only to appear in the middle of a mob and get killed by a beefed up Diablo; some battles were better than others. I checked my time zone box and tried reducing all of the settings to low and that didn't work at all. I have satellite internet, yet I play WoW, like I said, on high settings with absolutely no D/C and barely any latency so...kind of strange for it to happen in a mini game like this. It tried my patience. Money wasted, although not much ($5). The game is worth a few hours of down time however and you can play for free if you don't mind using the heroes they make available for the day.… Expand
  53. Psyga
    Sep 19, 2015
    0
    Casuals are quitting because of the toxicity and overpriced heroes.

    Hardcores are quitting because of the dumbed down mechanics (too much focus on team-fight and objective) and utterly broken MM. Everyone is leaving thanks to the devs who only cares about cash-grabbing and keep ignoring the player-base. Currently the game is not worth playing, the development plan is too tied up    Casuals are quitting because of the toxicity and overpriced heroes.

    Hardcores are quitting because of the dumbed down mechanics (too much focus on team-fight and objective) and utterly broken MM.

    Everyone is leaving thanks to the devs who only cares about cash-grabbing and keep ignoring the player-base.

    Currently the game is not worth playing, the development plan is too tied up with other Blizzard IPs (i.e new heroes and maps) so devs have ZERO flexibility to deal with feedbacks. Also, the game is not casual friendly, it's more like ''clueless friendly'' , as long as you have a brain, you will greatly suffer from clueless players who play like yolo swags and never try to communicate with others. Since the MM is broken and the player-base is too small, no matter how good you are you will often have to play with those clueless bastards.

    Just avoid this game like a plague, whether you like MOBA or not, this game is not worth your time.    … Expand
  54. bonehead11
    Sep 11, 2015
    0
    For start I hate MOBA type games, but HOTS is a moba for people who dont like mobas...to put it short I liked it alot. No more 20 minutes just farming gold to get into fray, no more 1 hour games, no more billions of items wich get streamlined into one specific item that you actually need, making it almost impossible for a new person to actually do something, no more idiots yelling at youFor start I hate MOBA type games, but HOTS is a moba for people who dont like mobas...to put it short I liked it alot. No more 20 minutes just farming gold to get into fray, no more 1 hour games, no more billions of items wich get streamlined into one specific item that you actually need, making it almost impossible for a new person to actually do something, no more idiots yelling at you for doing one slight mistake.

    This game is pure fun, they streamlined the gameplay and made it what in my opinion MOBA should be, quick action paced tactical brawl, wich doesnt care about your gear but more on your actuall skill and tactics. The heroes are numeral, the gameplay is fun, maps are nice and overall its great game. It has some flaws as connectivity issues, some maps are badly designed. But its really solid game an awesome moba for people who dont like mobas, gameplay mechanics wise 9/10.

    But now lets get unto the ugly truth, how blizzard BUTCHERED, let me repeat, butchered this game into state of being unplayable crap. They made perfect game, but they destroyed it. Lets get straight down to the worst deal breaker. Matchmaking....the matchmaking is the WORST I have seen in the history of gaming. Its plain horrible, if you want fun balanced game....no you WONT find it here every single game, is either you steamroll enemy or enemy steamrolls you. NOTHING BETWEEN, scores like 30-0 kills is normal....its just utterlly pathetic and there is no excuse. I dont even know how they managed it, its even impossible to make such matchmaking, it destroys any challenge or fun of the game, you either just kill enemy team without any resistance or you get steamrolled, HOW IS THAT FUN????
    Than another brilliant idea was implementation of bots, if one member of your team goes AFK, you literally lose because they get replaced by bot that is brain dead, the other team groups up and game over. The bot just gives them free exp, while contributing nothing to your team. I dont even understand who ever tought this would be good idea??? Why not let other person in queue just jump in??? Or give the team some kind of boost??? No, it gets replaced by good for nothing bot, that ruins your chance of winning + awesome connectivity means this happens in 90% of games, im not kidding.
    Another big flop is that the controls are flaky, its not intuitive you feel like you are controlling pushing a rock. You cant do precise moves, you cant skirmish, you just cant do any kind of manouvers so it removes any kind of skill in terms of movement. Than heroes are unbalanced, to the point of there are only few choosable heroes, ussually the most COSTLY ONES, must be a coincidence...*cough* cash cow *cough* on paper it looks lovely, so many combinations and unique heroes and gamestyles....haha no, there is only one gamestyle, choose overpowered ones and win, but op hero of today may be weak hero of tommorow if the price goes down. Community wont boycoot this because they would be fools cause they spend hard cash buying those op heroes...who would want balanced game when they paid to win right?
    I thought there is skill involved, but no....actually this game favors those who are less skilled in fact this game has to be the most luck base multiplayer game I have ever seen.
    Lets not forget the most intelligent decision, to not be able to choose heroes right before match like in other moba games. You choose hero and go into queue. The awesome matchmaking system now pits you with totally random heroes, wich is 50/50, if your team is imbalanced, you cant change your hero to suit team when game loads or at the beggining of match....no its game over, you are doomed even before you start game and you cant do squat.
    Now unto the grinding. You make 30 gold per match if you win, game lasts 20 min average, heroes cost 2000-10 000 gold. If you will play daily 2 hours you make 180 gold....that means you have to play 11 days to just get one cheapest hero or 22 hours non stop....yes you have daily quests but you get one per day and its only 300 gold per quest...you get rewards for leveling heroes, but with the number of heroes, cost of heroes and rewards are one time only....the grind is unbeliavable + you have to have 10 heroes to get into the league battles!!!! Dont worry heroes cost from 2 dollars to 10 dollars!!!! You can buy skin for 15 dollars!!!! This is outrageous!!! Again you buy only the 10 000 ones cause the cheaper ones in league will get butchered. So pay to win cash cow....
    Plus there is absolutely NO ROOM for solo gameplay, you cant just drag your team out of loss, no you can do anything in your power but the game is all about team, if one of your team members suck, game over you lost and you cant do anything to change that. Even the pacing is garbage, anything you do until high levels is usseless, you can push one objective in higher levels and you win...one lucky completion of objective and you win....
    To sum it up its unplayable 0/10.    … Expand
  55. Axelander
    Sep 10, 2015
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the first MOBA I actually have over 200 matches played, and I am still playing it a lot. It is not necessarily a casual game, it is accessible to players new to MOBAs ,or veterans for the matter ( Ranked Mode ). It is also very unique since it uses the Talent System, and it has no items. The game is also full of nice little details and easter eggs ( such as heroes talking to eachother before the match actually starts ) .
    Also, the heroes are all from the different Blizzard games. And just as it was with Hearthstone, this game is also simple,and simple is something Blizzard does well.    … Expand
  56. Runeforged
    Sep 2, 2015
    9
    As a MOBA veteran (I played the original DotA Allstars many years ago religiously) I've played nearly every MOBA under the sun up until about 3 years ago. I had to quit playing because a new addition to the family was and is taking up a-lot of my spare time so I could only play a game here and there.

    The problem with that is in DotA 2 and LoL the games are long and very skill intensive.    As a MOBA veteran (I played the original DotA Allstars many years ago religiously) I've played nearly every MOBA under the sun up until about 3 years ago. I had to quit playing because a new addition to the family was and is taking up a-lot of my spare time so I could only play a game here and there.

    The problem with that is in DotA 2 and LoL the games are long and very skill intensive. If you want to play seriously at all you need to keep up with the incredibly un-fun last hitting and denying. So I just stopped knowing that I would always be out of practice and I would also be constantly bashed by the trash communities in both games.

    Fast forward to about 5 months ago, I discovered Heroes of the Storm was ready to play in my Bnet client. I wasn't excited or anything because I already knew I didn't have much time to game but my curiosity got the best of me and I checked it out. I am REALLY glad I did.

    First off, this is definitely a more casual game. Games are much shorter and the gameplay is all about team fights, jungle baddies and objectives. Instead of the painfully boring slow starts consisting of denying and last hitting present in other MOBA'S, you jump right in to the action and HotS does MOBA action better than all the rest.

    This is where skill comes in. Team fights and objectives present great targets for strategy and skill. A team working together will always beat a team that does not and Blizzard made working together SO very easy with it's auto-ping system. You don't need to chat, just ping something on the map and your team knows what you mean and what to do. It's genius! I found myself immediately having a blast the very first game I played. No-one bashed me for being new and 2 of my teamates even helped me out with advice in-game. Your team shares XP so everything you kill, every objective you complete contributes to your teams overall level. As you level, you unlock talents. Talents present the diversity in builds in HotS instead of items. This is also a great change that removes a-lot of the busywork present in other MOBA's. I quickly made 3 builds for Sonya, one focused on siege damage and laning, one on killing enemy heroes and one on tanking, all 3 worked great and played very differently! I didn't have to look up item builds, or farm for gold to get it done.. I just had to fight and do objectives and help my team!

    I've finally found a MOBA I can play with my time constraints. And it happens to be the very best one I have ever played. Blizzard has surprised and delighted me with this game. Totally worth playing!

    - best action packed gameplay of any MOBA
    - focuses on fun and teamwork over last hitting and denying
    - Objectives are unique and effective for each of the 8 maps
    - Quick games!
    - did I say it's fun yet? cuz it really is.
    - Talents allow very versatile Hero builds.
    - In-game gold earning is pretty quick
    - Community is actually not full of a$$holes!    … Expand
  57. Maneinarr
    Sep 1, 2015
    4
    I'm gonna paraphrase what our buddy "icy -something-" down on the comment section said: "Overall its a decent game. For the casual moba players, as well as new-to-moba players this is definitely a great game for you." This!

    It's such a simple game, any hardcore MOBA player will hate it, but casuals will love it, no doubt. Plus it has all the bliz lore which makes it awesome! Being a    I'm gonna paraphrase what our buddy "icy -something-" down on the comment section said: "Overall its a decent game. For the casual moba players, as well as new-to-moba players this is definitely a great game for you." This!

    It's such a simple game, any hardcore MOBA player will hate it, but casuals will love it, no doubt. Plus it has all the bliz lore which makes it awesome!
    Being a "semi"-hardcore gamer myself, I find it waaay too simple to even count as a MOBA... it's more like a Tablet game with kick ass graphics    … Expand
  58. Explo
    Aug 29, 2015
    1
    Before i say anything about this game i should to say that my english isn't good, but i hope you understand me. I've not checked new updates of the game yet, but i think policy of Blizzard isn't that thing that can change in six months.
    The game is awful. Spells and abilities are great disappointment of the whole game. Players don't need great skill to land most of spells the heroes    Before i say anything about this game i should to say that my english isn't good, but i hope you understand me. I've not checked new updates of the game yet, but i think policy of Blizzard isn't that thing that can change in six months.
    The game is awful. Spells and abilities are great disappointment of the whole game. Players don't need great skill to land most of spells the heroes have. There is no high risk - high reward system - you can faceroll enemies without significant impact. Interaction between you and your enemy is so close even you play as Nova (that girl with sniper rifle). There is no spell such as Mirana's arrow or Pudge's hook that can change the outcome of fight. Therefore players don't need to play cautiously because nobody can stun or drag up and quickly kill from nowhere. Another example comes from LoL: there are such skill-required spells like Ashe's and Jinx's ults that can quickly kill an enemy if landed properly (Nidalee's spear too). HotS doesn't have this at all. It's all about lazy fighting and doing things to complete objectives of current map.

    Significance of individual skill is nothing. The game is too teamplay oriented as mentioned before. No high risk - high reward. Most of spells are identical, crappy, lazy and easy to use. I give one point just because of familiar characters i have seen in WoW and Diablo.

    Another cash cow for Kotick. Another disappointing game from once great company. Wasted.    … Expand
  59. vahn
    Aug 29, 2015
    8
    In an era where MOBAs reign and multiply, it's the originality of one game that allows them to succeed. For the most part of course: we saw experiments like SMNC, Dawngate, and maybe Smite but they end up either failing, being cancelled or just feel too different to be fun. HoTS however feels different on some regards.

    I will admit upfront: I was not expecting any good from this game    In an era where MOBAs reign and multiply, it's the originality of one game that allows them to succeed. For the most part of course: we saw experiments like SMNC, Dawngate, and maybe Smite but they end up either failing, being cancelled or just feel too different to be fun. HoTS however feels different on some regards.

    I will admit upfront: I was not expecting any good from this game and I simply thought that this was going to be another LoL or DOTA2 clone with no innovation whatsoever. But in the end I was partially wrong, and I'm glad that the game is actually tons of fun!

    Instead of talking of what the game is about, I want to focus on what makes HotS different:

    -There are no items. Hence, there's no gold. Hence there's no last hitting. Everyone takes experience points at the same time and you don't get to be shouted if you're a support in need of money: you can attack and get yourself already into the battle from level 1.

    There are no levels. To be precise, the levels are shared between all of your team mates but it doesn't mean you can slack off: each player gives exp from their creep farming and hero killing, but there's no fear of being left behind anyway: if your exp rate is low you just go and farm creeps.

    There is no jungling. Again, to be precise you can find creeps in the jungle but they have another role, and that's to push the lane. While giving exp, they also turn into stronger creeps that will push the lane and help you out, especially boss types.

    No skill levelling. Your skill levels up with your level and you start with all 3 at once from level 1, while you have to choose your ultimate at level 10 (instead of 6). Instead of skills however you have talents and if you've played WoW for the past 2-3 years you'd understand what it is. If not, it simply means that your character gets unique perks on their skills of their choosing, greatly modifying their skills' functions.

    The best example I can give is the new hero Kharazim: he is a melee support but with the right talents he can turn into quite a good damage dealer. Granted not all heroes have the same luck, but their talents can potentially change how they behave in combat.

    There is more than one map. Most of the maps are still the standard 3 lane way, with one being a 2 lane, but the difference here is that you have more than one map and each one of them have unique events that you MUST do in order to win. In Blackheart's bay for example you have to hunt gold coins so that the pirate will use his cannon on the enemy team's buildings, and or in another where you need to collect seeds to build an horror that you can use, and so on. As of now, there are a total of 9 maps and they are always random chose, meaning that your last match might be totally different than the last.

    Overall, the main feature of this game is that it's, quite literally, a simplified MOBA that cuts the fat around the most annoying parts (gold farming, exp farming, etc), and simply makes it more about the actual combat rather than being around preparing to combat. Fights don't last more than 20 minutes (I won some in 10 as well), and that means you can have that "one more game" feeling quite a lot.

    Still...the game has flaws. Some aren't game breaking, sure, but they're flaws nevertheless.

    The game is still relatively new, which means we have a total of only 40 heroes right now: not a lot for a MOBA, especially where in LoL we have more than 100.

    The shop's prices are insanely high. Sure, LoL's skins aren't cheap either but usually the heroes in that game aren't costy, but in HotS a hero can cost up to 10 bucks! And some skins? 15 bucks too! Luckily enough you can buy them with daily missions that give you gold, but that'll take you a very long time before you can purchase your favourite hero.

    The lack of items, gold, and experience farming might make the game too easy for some and the talents don't always translate into new builds: if you have one build working you might as well stick with that only. Besides, didn't you do the same on LoL? Didn't you always build the same, exact items for most matches?

    And for last, the game is mostly based of events in the map and might turn off the purists, since you ARE required to achieve the events' goals in order to win.

    But still I cannot deny that I had a lot of fun playing so far and I quite literally don't see a reason to play Dota or LoL anymore: those games are complex, yes, but they don't allow mistakes to happen and rely on a high skill level to play another hero properly. But in this game, you can play any hero you want and have fun right at the beginning without worrying about too much of your skills. Sure, some heroes are harder than others but even the hardest to play can be fun to try.

    With that said, I highly recommend to give this game a try. It tries new things and, in my opinion, it succeeds on making a new type of MOBA. Definitely a must try.    … Expand
  60. murky
    Aug 26, 2015
    10
    nice game i love the heroes ,the maps and on my **** computer it works just perfect and the mounts and skin are beautiful the idea of objectives is great
  61. Tuz0
    Aug 23, 2015
    5
    Blizzard tried to create a MOBA which should differ from its competitors and managed it surprisingly good. Compared to other MOBA games, HotS has a large pool of maps where players can prove themselves on. Each of them has different optional Quests which can help the team to gain advantage, to finally destroy the enemy base. It is indeed something new in this genre filled with moreBlizzard tried to create a MOBA which should differ from its competitors and managed it surprisingly good. Compared to other MOBA games, HotS has a large pool of maps where players can prove themselves on. Each of them has different optional Quests which can help the team to gain advantage, to finally destroy the enemy base. It is indeed something new in this genre filled with more interactive neutral camps, Mounts and more customizable abilities. Furthermore this game is very beginner friendly and so easy to learn, which helps new players to adapt much easier and faster in this game. That means no items where new players get easily confused with, no lasthits which takes a lot of time to master and no gold to prevent overfeeding which happens in others MOBA games pretty often.
    Everything in this game is set to motivate players to work as a team. For example there is no individual leveling in this game, every team member share the same level. This is the main strength of HotS, a more emphasized teamplay and even more interactive maps. But the main strength is also the main weakness of this game. An outstanding individual player will never prevail nor ever change the pace of a match since everything is linked through the team level. Moreover this game has no in-game depth whatsoever, it is easy to learn and easy to master. And since there is no lasthits, means that everything lies in stupid autohits and ability spamming just to push lanes. The team who pushes more, gets more experience and the one who grinds more experience wins the game.
    Apart from its fancy mash up of the Blizzard universe and some extra bonuses, this game is nothing more than dazzling gamers about some minor features and strip Blizzard fanboys from their money. The final and the most disappointing fact is the endless grinding. Whether it's to buy heroes or to get to the top ladder of ranked Matches. No skills are needed here, just time, luck or an insane amount of money. Blizzard desperately tried to gain its share on the huge MOBA market, but it's nothing more than a game with a limited lifespan. One of many average games.    … Expand
  62. Tanikaze
    Aug 22, 2015
    0
    A perfect MOBA for ''carebears''. Really don't know why Blizzard keeps dumbing down their games.
    No items, real-money payed mounts, shared kills...it's like DOTA2 or LOL without importance given to player skill.
  63. Mordread
    Aug 21, 2015
    5
    It is honestly not a bad game. Its just not a good game.
    It feels really flat and lifeless. It is far too watered down and feels like a children's game.
    It can be fun for a few games but gets quite boring afterwards. It cannot really compete in terms of fun with any of the existing big games of this style. If anything it can be a fun game to play with young children or people who want    It is honestly not a bad game. Its just not a good game.
    It feels really flat and lifeless. It is far too watered down and feels like a children's game.
    It can be fun for a few games but gets quite boring afterwards.
    It cannot really compete in terms of fun with any of the existing big games of this style.
    If anything it can be a fun game to play with young children or people who want to ease into the game style but after 5 to 10 games you would do well to move on to a better game.    … Expand
  64. TsarVadim
    Aug 19, 2015
    5
    This game is meh. Way too simple. No meta game. Boring. Expected way better from Blizzard. You can't corner every market bros.

    Cash cow guys common...

    Merp Derp Herp
  65. overclocked_13
    Aug 18, 2015
    0
    Play all MOBAs, really like this game, but the matchmaking in this game is the worst out of all the moba games. Quitting due to terrible matchmaking, hopefully blizzard will fix.
  66. gromjow
    Aug 13, 2015
    10
    1 jogo novo no estilo moba, que trás vários mapas com objetivos diferentes, reunindo personagens das franquias da blizzard, 1 crossover. O jogo é novo demais então sua comunidade não está grande, mas daqui a uns anos ela estará tão grande como a do lol
  67. HAL9ooo
    Aug 12, 2015
    8
    After reading some reviews I really dont know what game those guys were playing.

    The balance is perfect, in no way you will have won or lose after the first few minutes. The game can change with every objective or teamfight. The client is very stable, exept it has some problem with too many open browser tabs. So close your browser and your good to go. Ingame prices are insane, but you    After reading some reviews I really dont know what game those guys were playing.

    The balance is perfect, in no way you will have won or lose after the first few minutes. The game can change with every objective or teamfight.
    The client is very stable, exept it has some problem with too many open browser tabs. So close your browser and your good to go.
    Ingame prices are insane, but you can get a real good starter package for ~15$ on the internet is you want to heroleague faster. That said, you get enough money by just playing the game to have all cheap heroes and one expensive when you reach heroleague level. Also the "long" grind helps players to understand the game before going competitive.

    I never liked LoL or Dota because of last hits and an awful community. But I really enjoy HotS. Its easy to play but hard to master.    … Expand
  68. Azgar5991
    Aug 7, 2015
    8
    i'm League of Legends player but a friend of mine show this game from Blizzard ( i was a World of Warcraft player ), start playing and now i pass my time playing this one. You fight more at team than LOL you need you re team for the most of match, The map you play is always changing and you need do diferent things in each map. For me this game is pretty good not yet better than LOL buti'm League of Legends player but a friend of mine show this game from Blizzard ( i was a World of Warcraft player ), start playing and now i pass my time playing this one. You fight more at team than LOL you need you re team for the most of match, The map you play is always changing and you need do diferent things in each map. For me this game is pretty good not yet better than LOL but someday i belive yes, after all its Blizzard.… Expand
  69. SmileyCyrus
    Aug 1, 2015
    7
    HotS takes out so much of the negative from League of Legends and Smite. The ability to feed, snowball, taunt, talk, report, etc... It takes out the tribunal and reporting power that while a terrific idea, humanity is to immature ofr that power even in a game.

    Without items and gold, players cannot snowball so often. Granted the enemy team can get a head and really cause trouble.    HotS takes out so much of the negative from League of Legends and Smite. The ability to feed, snowball, taunt, talk, report, etc... It takes out the tribunal and reporting power that while a terrific idea, humanity is to immature ofr that power even in a game.

    Without items and gold, players cannot snowball so often. Granted the enemy team can get a head and really cause trouble.

    Overall a good game    … Expand
  70. Vindicator
    Jul 31, 2015
    10
    It really grows on you. Don't try to compare it to LoL or DotA as Blizzard has stated they aren't trying to create something like those games. Don't let the lack of items or "last hit on minions" mechanic dissuade you either. While the game may appear to be simpler without them, this game shares the Blizzard motto of "Easy to play, hard to master". There is a lot of deep strategyIt really grows on you. Don't try to compare it to LoL or DotA as Blizzard has stated they aren't trying to create something like those games. Don't let the lack of items or "last hit on minions" mechanic dissuade you either. While the game may appear to be simpler without them, this game shares the Blizzard motto of "Easy to play, hard to master". There is a lot of deep strategy involved in talents and working with your allies that isn't obvious until you've played a lot. For example, Zeratul can prevent cannonballs from damaging structures on Blackhearts Bay.… Expand
  71. icydecay
    Jul 31, 2015
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. THIS IS A LONG REVIEW, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

    To start off let me say that I have a lot of experience playing moba's; over 2000 games on league and several hundred on both dota and Hots. With that being said, I can honestly say Blizzard did not do too bad with this game. I will try to give an honest list of both pros and cons, as well as some moot points, and I'll try to be fair.
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    Pros
    -For the Blizzard lore fans out there, this game includes several of the iconic people throughout most of Blizzard's franchises.
    -Gameplay is more accepting of new to the genre players, meaning its a lot easier to get into this game than dota or lol
    -So far there has been pretty consistent patching and releases to keep the game from getting too stale
    -The game is somewhat fair, I mean unless you are playing against the top echelon of hero league(10 or lower) there is a super defined meta, so that you don't HAVE to play the FotM hero.
    -it is ftp so ever if you don''t enjoy the game too much you can see it as nothing ventured
    -hero progression in the game is a tad bit more rewarding, in which you can attain different hero colorations (similar to league's chroma packs , compared to the newly added champion mastery in LoL
    -gameplay is a little more action packed than the other two mobas, in that action is more constant in heroes, whereas in both dota and LoL the action is a little more explosive
    -with minion deaths awarding only exp as well as the absence of items in the game, you are not constricted to farm your lane for some 15-20+ mins until the "mid game"
    -game is more objective based, which can allow for some miraculous comebacks, even when severely down in both kills and exp
    -there are some innovative gameplay, relating to some specific hero's, namely abathur and the lost vikings (for the dota fans reading this, the lost vikings play out somewhat similar to meepo)
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    Cons
    -dear god the reconnect systems sucks...very, very, VERY badly
    -hero league matchmaking is very imbalanced; the ranks are not separate enough and progression occurs much too quickly to allow for evenly matched game, resulting in most games becoming complete stomps
    -regular quick match formation of teams can be a bit rng at times(iv'e had games of 4 assassins and a support against 3 warriors, a specialist, and a support) which results in some very frustrating games
    -being that the game is more objective based, the lack of "currency" in the game and shared experience, the ability to solo-carry games is just not there
    -(i was very, very disappointed with this) hero master skins are stated as being unlockable by progression, and is a way to show that you truly have played that hero a lot, yet it costs as much as the newer champions(10,000 gold, which is nothing to laugh at) and that can cut back on unlocking new, fun heros
    -until you reach level 20, you have to level up a champion simply to use some of its talents and abilities, which is not something a pumped up person wants to do when they just bought their favorite hero
    -some maps are just downright frustrating ( haunted mines, i'm looking at you)
    -the community is pretty polarized due to the mixing of players from league and dota with the casual blizzard fans, which causes some very hostile games
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    Now for some moot points, and just some of my opinions.
    -This game can be very unwelcoming to hardcore players because the sustained gold income to buy new champions is very inconsistent, basically the quests are nice, just not for people who play 4-5+ games a day
    -there needs to be median game mode that is targeted more towards the hardcore community; something that isn't "Ranked" simply for us to pass the time, and it would maybe split up the two communities because lets be honest, getting into the games with new-to-moba players can be a bit frustrating
    -tbh some champions do feel a bit stale and clunky, such as -> sonya, lich king, elite tauren chieftain...etc
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    Overall its a decent game. For the casual moba players, as well as new-to-moba players this is definitely a great game for you. For the more hardcore players, this game, imo, is more of a pallet-cleanser; but it has the propensity to be a great game.    … Expand
  72. HelixIsAlmighty
    Jul 30, 2015
    4
    Considering that the MOBA genre originated with mods to blizzard's games, this game is rather disappointing. The combat and mechanics are choppy and simplistic, and the game's strategy varies very little from match to match. The entire game is determined by repetitive objectives, meaning that individual achievements and mistakes influence nothing. Overall, the game gets old quickly due toConsidering that the MOBA genre originated with mods to blizzard's games, this game is rather disappointing. The combat and mechanics are choppy and simplistic, and the game's strategy varies very little from match to match. The entire game is determined by repetitive objectives, meaning that individual achievements and mistakes influence nothing. Overall, the game gets old quickly due to the glaring lack of strategy that people have come to expect from the genre.… Expand
  73. Gorgannan
    Jul 30, 2015
    6
    The Good: Fast paced, interesting gameplay with many maps. Many heroes on initial release, with more to come. There are some unique mechanics, and the short games make it easy to play. Kills aren't very rewarding, making a feeder on your team really not that severe.

    The Bad: Most of the heroes kits are very uninspired. Low skill floors, low skill ceilings. There are 3 or 4 VERY unique    The Good: Fast paced, interesting gameplay with many maps. Many heroes on initial release, with more to come. There are some unique mechanics, and the short games make it easy to play. Kills aren't very rewarding, making a feeder on your team really not that severe.

    The Bad: Most of the heroes kits are very uninspired. Low skill floors, low skill ceilings. There are 3 or 4 VERY unique heroes, and then most who are just so bland and easy. Between thematics and kit, it's been hard for me to find more than a few heroes I enjoy playing. Kills aren't very rewarding, so doing well doesn't feel good. It's a little TOO important to do the objectives. My biggest complaint is shared experience. There is a diminishing return on experience in every game. Each level takes more and more to level. Well in this game, you'll never have easy to kill squishy underfed targets to gain experience off of when you are behind, because instead of one crazy fed character on the enemy team, their whole team will be slightly ahead. This makes comebacks MUCH more difficult than any other moba I've played. The only way to win against a winning team is for them to throw, and not for you to play well. It's frustrating for the carry roles (ranged ADC) to not be able to get a real edge on assassins as well.

    There is no customization of characters because there is no gold because there is no farming. When I first started playing Dota and LoL, I hated last hitting. I thought it was the most stupid mechanic in a game. Now that I've played them for years, I see why you need it. To replace the item system, there's a talent system. The talents are boring, add very little to the gameplay, and based on their team, are preset as to what you must get to be effective in your role.

    The Ugly: This games graphics are bad. VERY behind in the genre. Between LoL's recent visual upgrade, and Dota 2s stunning effects, Heroes looks like a pixelated WC3 with slightly better models. The default mount is a horse, which EVERY rides. Giant Demons, Jim Raynor (space cowboy) and monstrous creatures of all sorts who look incredibly out of place. They should remove mounts from the game. I'm not really sure what the point of them is. Just give a run when not in combat effect and call it good. Stitches looks retarded up there on his horse.

    Overall, it has potential. It could be very big with some changes. The most off-putting things for me though, are gameplay design choices they have, so it really just isn't the game for me. Warcraft 3 is currently the last game of Blizzards that I'm still playing and I hope they can start releasing higher quality games soon. I mistakenly had high hopes. Blizzard didn't let me down, I expected too much.    … Expand
  74. Skemes
    Jul 28, 2015
    4
    Reviewer Perspective:
    I have invested around 1k hrs in both Dota 2 and LoL, along with around 30 or so hours in HoTS. I have also played numerous Blizzard titles and actually quite enjoyed them.
    TL;DR: Cash-grab based on MOBA's that lacks Blizzard's usually quality control. Highly repetitive and poorly fleshed-out. Most professional reviewers were obviously bought-out. There's little    Reviewer Perspective:
    I have invested around 1k hrs in both Dota 2 and LoL, along with around 30 or so hours in HoTS. I have also played numerous Blizzard titles and actually quite enjoyed them.

    TL;DR: Cash-grab based on MOBA's that lacks Blizzard's usually quality control. Highly repetitive and poorly fleshed-out. Most professional reviewers were obviously bought-out. There's little quality to this game.

    By the Categories (Best-Worst):

    Multiplayer Interactivity: (8/10):
    Since the game is incredibly easy to understand and low stakes, Friends are easy to invite to the game, and it's quite enjoyable while intoxicated with people that have highly variable video game skill levels.

    Technological Demand (6/10):
    This game actually runs pretty poorly and has not been well-optimized. It works well for certain rigs and not for others, and is completely independent of the overall quality of the PC.

    Gameplay (4/10):
    Gameplay is highly repetitive with an incredibly low skill cap that makes the game feel quickly unrewarding. Much of the strategy is at the team level, and this isn't a very interesting game to begin with, so solo players will derive very little pleasure from this.

    Graphics (2/10):
    This is a straight up ugly game. Blizzard is known for their quality art style and aesthetic. This looks like garbage. The art direction is a mismatch of Blizzard titles with the anti-aliasing turned off. While hero spells may match their aesthetic individually, when all of them are mashed together on screen, it looks horrendous.

    Monetization Scheme (2/10):
    As of right now, HoTS has around 35 or so heroes. Most of the new or interesting heroes cost more than $10, or almost 2 weeks of grinding. Free heroes rotate weekly, but since the overall hero pool is very low, the number of free heroes is pitifully small, which leads to a new player experience of highly repetitive games.

    Skins cost an obscene amount of money, and hero packs (where one can buy several heroes for a 'reduced' price) are very few and actually not that good of a deal. Those expensive skins, while a luxury, are just plain overpriced. They are simplified hats that don't change hero abilities, idle animations, or anything relevant that provides actual worth for the $20 price tag.

    Yes, LoL's scheme is similar, although it has a far larger share of the overall market since it 'got there' first, and offers significant advantages over HoTS: a significantly larger hero pool, a large pro scene, large discussion base, more overall game complexity. This is coming from a person that actually dislikes LoL. The question needs to be asked why publishers think they can offer a game of inferior quality to current games on the market with the same monetization scheme when actual F2P MOBA's of high quality, such as DOTA2, which offers all heroes and content for free, exist.

    4/10, and that's mostly because it's great to play with friends that are normally trash at video games.    … Expand
  75. banditpwn
    Jul 21, 2015
    7
    Blizzard Entertainment seems to be on a trend of making online games that are extremely easy to pick up but lack a lot of the depth and complexity of games in the same genre. Heroes is no exception here as a new MOBA player can jump right in and feel comfortable yet a MOBA veteran might miss the depth of LoL or DotA. I have played Heroes ever since it was in closed beta and saw it growBlizzard Entertainment seems to be on a trend of making online games that are extremely easy to pick up but lack a lot of the depth and complexity of games in the same genre. Heroes is no exception here as a new MOBA player can jump right in and feel comfortable yet a MOBA veteran might miss the depth of LoL or DotA. I have played Heroes ever since it was in closed beta and saw it grow into a game that I believe has the potential to rival other MOBAs simply because Blizzard is behind it (meaning it is beautifully crafted and well thought out). Also it is awesome to see all the lore from past Blizzard masterpieces all compiled nicely in one universe.

    Being a long time League of Legends player, the thing I most missed about Heroes is the lack of items or any rich in game customization system. While this makes it very easy to pick up with choosing different customizations rather than learning ~100 items, it makes the game get pretty dull after playing a few hundred games. I ground out a bunch of games when the ranked system as first released and made it pretty far in a short amount of time because it seems really easy to win games with certain characters or simple strategies.

    In all, I would certainly recommend Heroes to friends to try out since it is a helluva lot of fun but I certainly wouldn't play it on a very consistent basis and risk getting bored of the limited customization and repetitive game play.

    Score: Solid 7-7.5 (Maybe an 8 or higher for newcomers to MOBAs, seriously give it a try it's free)    … Expand
  76. damanpark
    Jul 19, 2015
    0
    What the heck is this garbage I just played. I played about 7 games and then I realized I was getting about 9 to 20 gold per game,while I need 10,000 to unlock per character. Are you out of fking mind? In addition, I felt that the game was just stupid. Worst blizzard game I ever played.
  77. Watersson
    Jul 18, 2015
    8
    HOTS is a nice change from the League of Legends or Dota 2. It introduces quite interesting changes such as sharing of experience between members of teams, mounts, capturing checkpoints, recruiting creatures and so on. In this game there is no gold or buy items. Only you, your team and skills. Blizzard gives us disposal 7 completely different maps. They differ from each other tasks,HOTS is a nice change from the League of Legends or Dota 2. It introduces quite interesting changes such as sharing of experience between members of teams, mounts, capturing checkpoints, recruiting creatures and so on. In this game there is no gold or buy items. Only you, your team and skills. Blizzard gives us disposal 7 completely different maps. They differ from each other tasks, soundtrack and graphics. What else? The game is very simple! There are not any clever tactics, the goal is only a one- to kill and win. With a clear conscience I can recommend you Blizzard's MOBA. Oh, Matchmaking sucks here.… Expand
  78. alexo774
    Jul 18, 2015
    4
    I've played the 4 major MOBAs, Dota 2, LoL, Smite, and now this, and while Smite may be better than this by the slimmest margin, this as as pretty damn close to perfect as a top down MOBA can get. With Smite being the best, this is easily a close second, with League not far behind, and Dota being way way behind, stinking up the joint. Ironically, I've put the most hours into Dota as ofI've played the 4 major MOBAs, Dota 2, LoL, Smite, and now this, and while Smite may be better than this by the slimmest margin, this as as pretty damn close to perfect as a top down MOBA can get. With Smite being the best, this is easily a close second, with League not far behind, and Dota being way way behind, stinking up the joint. Ironically, I've put the most hours into Dota as of now, but that won't be the case for long...

    This game ditches the items of the other three, and also the leveling system! Instead, you all level up as a team. There are no assists, and if you were nearby a kill and contributed, you get credit for the kill. This may annoy some people, but to me, that is an amazing idea. You can contribute so much to the game and not lag behind. Theres' no pointing fingers at who caused the loss any more. It's just a great game, and once you find a character that really speaks to your playstyle, you'll fall in love with this game...    … Expand
  79. Drackbolt
    Jul 18, 2015
    8
    Pros:
    Automatic saving of full game replays and easy sharing
    Ability to try ANY hero or skin before purchasing Many ways to gain Gold for purchasing Heroes with daily Quests Excellent tutorial and introductory setting Hero experience and Levels are spread out across entire team, greatly reducing "snowballing" effects Lack of "items" and introduction of Talents shifts sophistication    Pros:
    Automatic saving of full game replays and easy sharing
    Ability to try ANY hero or skin before purchasing
    Many ways to gain Gold for purchasing Heroes with daily Quests
    Excellent tutorial and introductory setting
    Hero experience and Levels are spread out across entire team, greatly reducing "snowballing" effects
    Lack of "items" and introduction of Talents shifts sophistication and balancing to Champs/Heroes
    Good sense of humor and atmosphere; fun to see old Blizzard game characters return as well
    Positive in-game feedback from narrator and other champs is a nice change
    High attention to detail and ease of navigation through all game interfaces
    Starting matches with all QWER abilities makes you feel immediately powerful and relevant
    Lack of last-hitting means more focus on champ-to-champ conflict and taking objectives
    Lanes are much shorter and riding mounts means quicker and more engaging play
    Average game is only about 20 minutes, with no lack of action
    Many different maps to play on with their own mechanics
    In general players are punished less for mistakes, encouraging more positive community reactions

    Cons:
    Hard-won last-hitting skills are lost here
    No "items" or in-game currency to spend at shops
    Hero experience and Levels are spread out across entire team, meaning you cannot personally "snowball"
    Purchasing champs or skins with real money is slightly more expensive than in other games
    Fewer Heroes to choose from since the game is relatively new
    Graphics are good but not mindblowing
    Some abilities have unexplained mechanics (like someone's dash/tunneling making them take no damage)    … Expand
  80. whaql666
    Jul 18, 2015
    0
    game is well made , good graphics but this game has awful matchmaking and so much one sided-game

    according to blizzard ' play nice play fair'

    Bull **** blizzard
  81. Vekkul
    Jul 17, 2015
    10
    It would be fair to think of Heroes of the Storm as a 'Super Smash Bros.' of MOBAs -- more fun and enjoyable than its serious counterparts, yet surprisingly deep strategically with lots of content.

    The strategies are different than those in LoL or DOTA2, and if you like those games the way they are, HotS may not be for you. But if you've been frustrated by mechanics that seem    It would be fair to think of Heroes of the Storm as a 'Super Smash Bros.' of MOBAs -- more fun and enjoyable than its serious counterparts, yet surprisingly deep strategically with lots of content.

    The strategies are different than those in LoL or DOTA2, and if you like those games the way they are, HotS may not be for you.

    But if you've been frustrated by mechanics that seem out-of-place, if you're tired of being carried or trying to carry, and tired of 40+ minute matches, HotS could be perfect for you.

    Items are gone, replaced by Talents and a variety of well-balanced maps. There's less emphasis on personally ensuring your team's victory and much more on creating synergies within your team and controlling the battleground.

    The graphics are gorgeous, though the game still needs performance polishing for team-fights where FPS can dip by 20 or more.

    HotS feels like everything MOBAs always should have been. If you've never tried a MOBA, this is definitely the place to start.    … Expand
  82. chriscox
    Jul 17, 2015
    8
    I started Moba's with the original Dota on Warcraft 3, It was a tough gig back then. People expected you to be an expert and new players got a really hard time. I also played League of Legends for 2 years and got Gold Rank IV.

    When trying Hot's for the first few games i was shocked at how simple it felt in comparison. Gone away with an inventory system last hitting etc. I feel the game    I started Moba's with the original Dota on Warcraft 3, It was a tough gig back then. People expected you to be an expert and new players got a really hard time. I also played League of Legends for 2 years and got Gold Rank IV.

    When trying Hot's for the first few games i was shocked at how simple it felt in comparison. Gone away with an inventory system last hitting etc. I feel the game is a little more casual in that sense.

    The important thing is the game is fun with lots of varied and interesting maps with different things to do. I will have to wait and see how long it can hold my interest.    … Expand
  83. Exavier
    Jul 16, 2015
    6
    For a free(ish) game, HotS has some weight to it. Taking it at face value, you have a MOBA with recognizable Blizzard characters; when I heard of this my hype was at an 11. Unfortunately this falls flat of my expectations.

    ++ Has a wide roster with some interesting character playstyles. Even without purchasing any characters and only using free rotation, you shouldn't be bored with the    For a free(ish) game, HotS has some weight to it. Taking it at face value, you have a MOBA with recognizable Blizzard characters; when I heard of this my hype was at an 11. Unfortunately this falls flat of my expectations.

    ++ Has a wide roster with some interesting character playstyles. Even without purchasing any characters and only using free rotation, you shouldn't be bored with the selection.
    -- That being said, characters are expensive to purchase with in-game currency, and the cost with real money is downright absurd. At a rate of $0.99 per 1,000 gold, with 1/3 of the champions costing 10,000 gold, you're looking at $10 per decent character. So effectively, just a small handful of characters once you've depleted your "early" bonuses (aka playing for an entire day or two straight).
    -- Which, unfortunately, is dull after a while. Each map gives you different objectives, but they generally all feel the same. Go here, kill this, go here, your team gets an advantage for a little while. Every map feels very similar.
    ++ To their credit, however, the maps are pretty. So that's something.
    ++ And to the character selection's credit (and cost), at the very least they give you the option to test a character before you buy it, in a reasonable single-player practice environment with a single lane, minions, an enemy Arthas, and an ally Malfurion to back you up, as well as control over level and lanes.
    -- There is an unfortunate lack of complexity in character leveling, but enough to make one character using the same hero at least *slightly* different from the next.
    ++ And on the plus side, at least it's easy to unlock the masteries for a given character. 2-3 matches seems to be enough.

    There's not a whole lot else to say about the game. It's briefly fun, but gets stale fast--maybe I'm jaded. But I think this is where I have the biggest issue, coming more from a fan of these series than an unbiased gamer. It just doesn't feel like they've been done justice. I get the idea behind making everyone level at the same time, but it doesn't solve the problem of "if one person on your team sucks, your whole team sucks." In fact it makes it worse. With individual leveling, a good carry can compensate a poor player. Now that poor player drags the whole team down.

    Not to mention, when I'm doing really well individually, I want it to be known, and I want to tear that battlefield up. When I heard this was going to be a possibility, I imagined strolling in with Kerrigan, rocking a lane, shutting someone down and FORTHESWARM-ing all over the place, cackling maniacally while blasting muh gaming tunes at max volume. Now I'm held back because someone else on my team is feeding but I'm nailing every skillshot? Not a fan of that. In reality the homogenized experience pool makes individual players doing bad even worse.

    "Homogenized" is probably the best word I can use to describe it overall. But it's not bad, for what it is. I may pick it up when I'm bored or a neat new hero comes out I wanna look at, but this just doesn't have revive that spark that had me playing LoL for so long. In fact, as someone who hasn't played LoL for a couple years, this game actually made me want to play LoL again.    … Expand
  84. Milkman128
    Jul 15, 2015
    10
    A much needed refresh of the MOBA style. no longer do you need to compete against your team in a team game. No more recycle bad mechanics like last hitting and a bevy of maps that allow for strategic depth not found in other MOBAS
  85. Assessinho
    Jul 14, 2015
    6
    Meh. I expected more from a Blizzard game, I had some gameplay issues and crashes.
    Maybe I will change my review once, but for now, this is a shadow of what this game could've been.
  86. blues
    Jul 13, 2015
    8
    The game plays great and I love to see all my favorite characters. Downsides: First is that the game is hard to play for free, since getting some characters takes a lot of time or lots of money. It really feels they are milking you dry. And second is that quick match is terrible! The worst of that is that you need to spend significant time to get into the Heroes League and do some normalThe game plays great and I love to see all my favorite characters. Downsides: First is that the game is hard to play for free, since getting some characters takes a lot of time or lots of money. It really feels they are milking you dry. And second is that quick match is terrible! The worst of that is that you need to spend significant time to get into the Heroes League and do some normal games with drafting (this is where the fun started for me). Conclusion: a great and very fun game that requires money and/or lots of time to enjoy.… Expand
  87. ratapwnz
    Jul 13, 2015
    4
    This is just casual version of generic MOBA game. Easy way to feel yourself as cyber sportsmen actually playing tetris-like complexity game. However visual design is nice, but there is no game behind it.
  88. Silmarwen
    Jul 10, 2015
    1
    I'm giving this game a low score not because of content, but because this is a great example of microtransaction greed gone crazy.

    I started playing during the tail end of the beta. I bought a few heroes with gold, I bought the starter pack, and I had a few special mounts from playing their other games. I saved up all my gold from leveling characters after my purchase of Sylvanas    I'm giving this game a low score not because of content, but because this is a great example of microtransaction greed gone crazy.

    I started playing during the tail end of the beta. I bought a few heroes with gold, I bought the starter pack, and I had a few special mounts from playing their other games. I saved up all my gold from leveling characters after my purchase of Sylvanas so I had about 30k. To those of you who haven't played, each hero costs approximately 10k gold. Some are less, some are more.

    My child decided to buy the piggy bank mount for me for 20k gold. She's 4. Attempted to contact support for a refund or a roll back, they refuse to do so because it was in my own house. It costs them nothing and they lose nothing from undoing the transaction, but apparently -- as with other microtransaction companies -- they've decided to flip people the big bird and refuse to fix anything. Machine Zone does this, most other app companies do this, now Blizzard does this.

    It should be noted that there is no real way to block kids from clicking that gold purchase button. They can't use your real money, but it's easy to spend your gold. This is definitely by design juding from 90 minutes of sparring with two "Game Masters". Unless you're childless or keep the little monsters on a short leash, be prepared to fully log out every time you step away from your desk or you're stuck with whatever they do. It doesn't matter if you contact support within 5 minutes of discovery as we did or offer to let them roll your account back over a week. You are boned. They want you to buy that sweet, sweet gold or use money to buy their little heroes and accessories.

    If anyone is interested in seeing a copy of our transcript, I'm sure I'll find a way to get it on reddit by the end of the night. It's truly enlightening as to how much Blizzard doesn't give a bleep now that they're on the pay-to-play wagon. No amount of logic can touch that kind of greed.    … Expand
  89. Lightfighter
    Jul 10, 2015
    9
    I play this game since beta (January '15 i believe), and I "must" play it every day. I like that they really keep the F2P aspect in balance with paying users imo. You don't have to pay, if you don't want to. It's very possible to play Hero League without paying any real money. U only need to gather 10 heroes and reach level 40. The heroes you can buy with gold or real money. Gold can beI play this game since beta (January '15 i believe), and I "must" play it every day. I like that they really keep the F2P aspect in balance with paying users imo. You don't have to pay, if you don't want to. It's very possible to play Hero League without paying any real money. U only need to gather 10 heroes and reach level 40. The heroes you can buy with gold or real money. Gold can be gathered by playing games, leveling heroes and leveling you as a player.

    I started playing the Moba genre since it was a mod of Warcraft 3. I never found any other game in the genre quite as enjoying as the mods of WC3. Dota en LoL were not my kind of games, these games have a too steep learning curve and an unkind community. Heroes of the Storm is the reason I tried the genre again, and it succeeded to keep me interested enough. Yes, there are also flamers, kiddies and plain stupid players present. But those kind of players are in every game. You can easily find new friends ( you get bonus xp and gold if u team up with a friend), and just keep playing with the ones you like.

    Heroes of the Storm is my main game since January and I estimate that it stays that way for the next half year.    … Expand
  90. blackhorn1
    Jul 8, 2015
    10
    Great game.

    Easy, fun, and addicting. Prices are a little high for my taste, but gold gain is easy if you play on average 2 hours a day, also there are a a lot of free bonuses/incentives the more you level up your profile and specifics heroes. Games are quick, too, which is a huge change from LoL/DotA. No items, but the logic is the same: "talents" in HotS function as "items"    Great game.

    Easy, fun, and addicting.

    Prices are a little high for my taste, but gold gain is easy if you play on average 2 hours a day, also there are a a lot of free bonuses/incentives the more you level up your profile and specifics heroes.

    Games are quick, too, which is a huge change from LoL/DotA.

    No items, but the logic is the same: "talents" in HotS function as "items" in LoL/DotA because of the restrictive nature of certain "builds" in LoL/DotA; the system is just more streamlined; you don't need to bother with annoying formulas, and you don't need to look at or buy items that will be useless for your hero; you simply pick which "talent" you'd like, and it improves your hero to your liking. The system is great, in my opinion.    … Expand
  91. curtc
    Jul 8, 2015
    10
    Fantastic. Similar to League of Legends, of course, but so much better. So much more polished, annoying stuff removed/fixed. Great characters, abilities. Beautiful graphics. I don't understand the complaints I've seen about Blizzard going for a "money grab" or "cash cow". I have not put one cent into this game, and have been having an absolute blast since February (closed beta). No, IFantastic. Similar to League of Legends, of course, but so much better. So much more polished, annoying stuff removed/fixed. Great characters, abilities. Beautiful graphics. I don't understand the complaints I've seen about Blizzard going for a "money grab" or "cash cow". I have not put one cent into this game, and have been having an absolute blast since February (closed beta). No, I don't own all heroes, but that's fine. I own 15 or so, and that's just from using the in-game gold, mostly from daily quest rewards. Bought a new computer just for this game. About to buy another one for the family. It's crazy to think of how much money I spent on WoW, and yet spent nothing on this. What a deal! But yeah, if you're OCD and have to have all heroes, skins, mounts, whatever, it's going to cost a lot of money. But I'm thrilled that some people are willing to do that, to subsidize me and my family playing for absolutely nothing!… Expand
  92. kevsarus
    Jul 6, 2015
    0
    Gameplay is fun and innovative for a MOBA. Maps are dynamic and change the meta accordingly which makes games more interesting. There are 2 big cons that I feel are going to kill the game for most.

    - This game is very poorly coded. It has so many bugs and FPS issues that you would think an indy developer made this game (nope, it was Blizzard, a billion dollar games company). Powerful    Gameplay is fun and innovative for a MOBA. Maps are dynamic and change the meta accordingly which makes games more interesting. There are 2 big cons that I feel are going to kill the game for most.

    - This game is very poorly coded. It has so many bugs and FPS issues that you would think an indy developer made this game (nope, it was Blizzard, a billion dollar games company). Powerful gaming rigs are getting massacred by this game.

    - The matchmaking is horrible. Quick match has the worst system to take team comps into account and often puts unbalanced teams against each other. The skill range for hero league is also too wide and players of very varying skill levels get put into a game together. Landslide victories happen more often then competitive games that go back and forth.    … Expand
  93. esxdri
    Jul 6, 2015
    9
    Heroes of the Storm - MOBA you haven't seen yet.

    If you are going to play Heroes of the Storm, don't expect to be like League of Legends, Dota 2 or similar MOBAs. About the gameplay - When you choose your hero and start the game, you are spawned in one of currently 8 battlegrounds along with other 4 player of your team. None of the battlegrounds are the same. They feature different    Heroes of the Storm - MOBA you haven't seen yet.

    If you are going to play Heroes of the Storm, don't expect to be like League of Legends, Dota 2 or similar MOBAs.
    About the gameplay - When you choose your hero and start the game, you are spawned in one of currently 8 battlegrounds along with other 4 player of your team. None of the battlegrounds are the same. They feature different lanes, mobs and most importantly objectives. As the game is heavily teamwork-based, you must complete different objectives to help your team, such as collecting skulls for summoning golems, conquering sky temples etc.
    There are no character levels in Heroes of the Storm. All of the team members have the same level as you need to support each other.
    No shops or items. You cannot upgrade your hero by buying items or healing with potions. You gain TALENTS every level and upgrade, or get new abilities. You must decide wisely as you cannot undo it.
    If you want to unlock more heroes, you need gold and the main source of gold is completing quests, such as playing ceratin hero types or winning game.
    There are microtransactions in Heroes of the Storm, but you don't need to spend a single real coin to get all the necessary things.
    Overall, this game is very fun, but could use more heroes.
    9/10 - Different, but addicting MOBA.    … Expand
  94. Mythbuster8747
    Jul 5, 2015
    10
    Heroes of the Storm encourages team battles. Team battles require players to make judgments repeatedly about problems that change on a millisecond basis. Thus team battles require far more skills than copying another player's item build. Also, more than likely, players commit to the same item build, over and over. This does not take any special skill. And it's not fun watching otherHeroes of the Storm encourages team battles. Team battles require players to make judgments repeatedly about problems that change on a millisecond basis. Thus team battles require far more skills than copying another player's item build. Also, more than likely, players commit to the same item build, over and over. This does not take any special skill. And it's not fun watching other players go back to shop. Repeatedly. People like watching players make the big decisions. You probably get the most with this game.… Expand
  95. Fodamseblizzard
    Jul 5, 2015
    1
    Every 2 weeks a broken hero is released. Every 2 weeks you either pay 15k gold (which takes way more than that to make), spend 10$ in the new hero, or queue with 4 friends and tryhard or you lose.

    It's the most disgusting business model ever, it's somehow even worse than league of legends, where releasing broken heroes was somewhat negated by the fact there were 100+ of them.
  96. gasperk
    Jul 4, 2015
    1
    Another mediocre game from Blizzard. Painfully average. It has no depth. Gets boring really fast. Stuff they sell is way too expensive. Graphics and art are mediocre. Actually its generic. Animations are sometimes so cheap it makes me cry.
  97. RootsMccoy
    Jul 4, 2015
    9
    Speaking from experience with other MOBA games, heroes of the storm is an invitingly fresh and fun game. The gameplay encourages and rewards teamwork and is a lot more easy to get to grips with than dota 2 or LoL, which I see as a positive.
  98. BaliCritic
    Jun 30, 2015
    10
    I've been playing MOBA's since the StarCraft one days. Then IceFrog created the original Dota for WC3, which was the only thing I did in that game. Then finally the craze caught on and developers started creating their own Moba's, with the first being Heroes of Newerth which my friends and I loved. I still rate HoN over Dota 2 and LoL, due to the fact that it was the first after theI've been playing MOBA's since the StarCraft one days. Then IceFrog created the original Dota for WC3, which was the only thing I did in that game. Then finally the craze caught on and developers started creating their own Moba's, with the first being Heroes of Newerth which my friends and I loved. I still rate HoN over Dota 2 and LoL, due to the fact that it was the first after the original Dota and it had the best mechanics, LoL is just a bad version for the masses and noobs and Dota 2's mechanics are just clunky and slow... However I started to tire of the genre, since there was little innovation going around and everyone was just copying IceFrog's original formula. This was until Heroes of the Storm came out. I was immediately excited to see that it had a different take on them and I was skeptical at first due to the itemization being removed.. but boy oh boy, did it streamline the game. The mechanics are perfected from their Diablo 3 game and HoTs has won me over as the reigning KING of MOBA's now. Sure Blizzard is a money making machine now, with their slightly overpriced models, but you can earn everything without paying, you just have to put in the time.. which you will as this game is highly addictive. This is the quintessential Moba now and the others better be scared as Blizzard has created a beautifully fun game with great combat mechanics and fast paced gameplay. 10/10 from me.… Expand
  99. BatmanBuster
    Jun 30, 2015
    7
    This game takes MOBA to a whole new level, but not anything new is actually good. I dont really enjoy seeing an all-star salad with all the characters molted down in an alloy strong enough to survive most of the criticising which come from players happy about the previous blizzard's individual game-worlds.
  100. Chrystian
    Jun 29, 2015
    10
    It's not a DotA copy, for God's sake.
    It looks like a moba but it has a lot of differences. First, last hit doesn't matter, what makes a lot funnier to play. There is too little farming and the game forces team fights.
    The experience is global to the team, so, as long as one member is near a death, the whole team gets xp, what makes you play more like a team and eliminates the carrier    It's not a DotA copy, for God's sake.
    It looks like a moba but it has a lot of differences. First, last hit doesn't matter, what makes a lot funnier to play. There is too little farming and the game forces team fights.
    The experience is global to the team, so, as long as one member is near a death, the whole team gets xp, what makes you play more like a team and eliminates the carrier role and the support that would help the carrier to level, is focused on healing, disabling and crowd controlling.
    Every map has objectives that spawns from time to time and helps the teams to get the upper hand, this is when the game almost forces team fights, and helps the matches to be faster (around 12 minutes vs bot, 21 minutes vs players).
    The heroes have all theirs skills unlocked (except the the 2 ults, that you have to choose at level 10) from the beginning of the match and at some levels (1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20) they have to choose a talent, that gives additional effects for the skills or even unlocks more skills. This is the personalization you get for your during matches, there is no item shop, what makes easier to new player to learn how to play.
    Although it seen too casual because it's easy to learn, it's not so easy to master.
    Most people complains because HotS is too different from DotA. I played DotA 2, League of Legends and Strife, but for me, this is the funniest game of the gender. Do you want to play a game like DotA, play DotA or it's copies. Do you want a different game, try HotS.    … Expand
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#16 Best PC Game of 2015
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 57 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 57
  3. Negative: 0 out of 57
  1. Ten Ton Hammer
    Nov 1, 2015
    90
    Heroes of the Storm is an exceptional game that’s thrown the cat amongst the pigeons in this rigid genre.
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  2. Pelit (Finland)
    Sep 9, 2015
    90
    In Heroes of the Storm you play as one of Blizzard's iconic characters from Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo. At first glance the game looks like a typical 5 vs 5 MOBA, but there are changes that differentiate it from its competitors. The matches are shorter, items have been replaced with talents and all maps have different side objectives. Overall, the changes have made the game more intense and varied. The main thing that I have issues with is the payment model. At first it seems fair and reasonable, but after a while you realize that you have to spend tons of money if you want to unlock all the characters or play the game for a long time. [Sept 2015]
  3. Games Master UK
    Aug 18, 2015
    86
    A welcoming avenue into a visually complex genre, with supreme production values. [Summer 2015, p.74]
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