Heroes of the Storm

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  1. flyingjig
    Jun 12, 2019
    0
    Don't wast you time. This genera needs to have a pick counter pick of heroes and items. Play dota and you wont need to pay for those heroes. farther more the latest hero wont be op to reward the people who bought it. Bad game development Blizzard.
  2. Satyr_King
    Jun 7, 2019
    2
    Matchmaking in this game is totally broken and playerbase is ****

    Some champions are totally unbalanced in a chaotic battlefield, i did try to like this game but after lv.15 i found out that this i just silly thing to do so i uninstalled the game. i'm trying to find anything positive with this game but i can't find any thing to say, tho the game started up and did not crash.. that    Matchmaking in this game is totally broken and playerbase is ****

    Some champions are totally unbalanced in a chaotic battlefield, i did try to like this game but after lv.15 i found out that this i just silly thing to do so i uninstalled the game.

    i'm trying to find anything positive with this game but i can't find any thing to say, tho the game started up and did not crash.. that must count for something.    … Expand
  3. ponos
    May 20, 2019
    10
    I do not know what to write here, but still I'm here.
    i'll start with the defect:
    -in your game can get a lot of inadequate cattle, which will disturb you, and **** in chat in your game you can -when you start to play in the "matchmaking" you question that some people have a brain - personally, I developed titanium eggs, because of which I cannot safely pass metal detectors at airports    I do not know what to write here, but still I'm here.
    i'll start with the defect:
    -in your game can get a lot of inadequate cattle, which will disturb you, and **** in chat in your game you can
    -when you start to play in the "matchmaking" you question that some people have a brain
    - personally, I developed titanium eggs, because of which I cannot safely pass metal detectors at airports
    -i stuck in this game for 2 years
    pros:
    + the amount of toxic people is much less than in DotA / Lol.
    + interesting gameplay, where you have to play as a team, and not be substituted yourself
    + general level
    + talents: various builds on the choice of one or another talent
    + pretty nice graphics
    + maps where you need to perform certain tasks to win
    + each new hero is a hero from the universe Blizzard, who has been familiar to me since childhood)
    + minimum donate (yes, yes, it is not necessary to spend real money to buy game characters)
    + free weeks where you can play on characters for free (both on new and old)
    + balance of heroes and their talents    … Expand
  4. Kenstar
    May 14, 2019
    0
    The game is trash and blizzard can't go a single patch without screwing it up more, the balance and matchmaking is so bad that Im not even sure they're trying to fix anything, just push out new skins and everyone will be happy. The game has an actually fun core but the incompetence from blizzard is just to much. Even after the reset of ranked season its just a mess, you either getThe game is trash and blizzard can't go a single patch without screwing it up more, the balance and matchmaking is so bad that Im not even sure they're trying to fix anything, just push out new skins and everyone will be happy. The game has an actually fun core but the incompetence from blizzard is just to much. Even after the reset of ranked season its just a mess, you either get facerolled or facerolling the other team maybe 1/10 matches are even. Its absolutly laughable how obviously rigged this game is with forced 50% winrate matchmaking, like all blizzard games are now. In fact this game is so bad that Im starting to consider that Blizzard are actually trying their hardest to get people to stop playing so they can finally shut it down. One can only hope that ActivisionBlizzard soon goes under or just keep focusing on mobile games, they are a cancer on the PC platform.… Expand
  5. matixon
    Mar 18, 2019
    10
    The game is actually great to play, lots of great content and no toxic community, You need to try for yourself.
  6. zelloxy
    Feb 23, 2019
    10
    Love it. Best MOBA out there without a doubt. While playing you can focus on what matter in the game, fighting and not economics.
  7. Tilt1k
    Jan 29, 2019
    8
    Really different MOBA than the others. There is no laning phase and farming, no items. It all feels just like a big teamfight. Balancing of champion is also not so good. But the objectives, man they are so good and the map pool keeps every game fresh and enjoyable.

    Its fast pace is really something fresh to MOBA genre and its not boring at all. There is not so big skill cap like in Lol,    Really different MOBA than the others. There is no laning phase and farming, no items. It all feels just like a big teamfight. Balancing of champion is also not so good. But the objectives, man they are so good and the map pool keeps every game fresh and enjoyable.

    Its fast pace is really something fresh to MOBA genre and its not boring at all. There is not so big skill cap like in Lol, but you need to play well as a team co its perfect to play with bunch of friends and advance in ranks. Also the thing that these characters are from Wow, Diablo and other blizz games makes it more enjoyable.

    This is hiden gem of multiplayer games and the biggest surprise i would say. Give it a try this game is not perfect, but its absolutely a lot of fun.    … Expand
  8. vkasakv
    Jan 27, 2019
    0
    Дайте этому казуальному куску говна уже спокойно умереть
  9. activision
    Dec 18, 2018
    10
    I'm in love with this game. It's amazing, and fun. HOTS has much lower entry barier than dota, matches are by far shorter and high paced, you dont play individually but as a team. No more bad game mechanics of last hitting. The best MOBA out there.

    gud gaym
  10. SakhTyphlosion
    Dec 17, 2018
    0
    Blizzard needs moneys, not fan community, if they are putting their dic on the community, then why we should play this. let Blizzard go to all four sides, only the lack of players can sober up those tossers from blizz.
  11. skitz4me
    Dec 12, 2018
    1
    I have spent hundreds of dollars on battlenet games and HOTS, specifically. After spending about an hour to report a bug that made my game unplayable, I will no longer be spending money on their company. I wish I had stopped sooner. I hope there developers get jobs at places where they care about their clients.

    Blizzard used to be a company I was proud to support. Now it's just another    I have spent hundreds of dollars on battlenet games and HOTS, specifically. After spending about an hour to report a bug that made my game unplayable, I will no longer be spending money on their company. I wish I had stopped sooner. I hope there developers get jobs at places where they care about their clients.

    Blizzard used to be a company I was proud to support. Now it's just another EA. They don't give a crap about good content or helping their customers. If you pay them, they will continue.    … Expand
  12. Olezhka
    Dec 8, 2018
    0
    +Idea
    +Design
    +Pace -Balance (would say double -) -Pay-for-new-OP-hero (always OP, always expensive, kind of P2W) -Toxic kids -Reporting is not working -Hard to reconnect after disconnect -Bugs -Varian 2 years have passed, but feeling that game is trash and done for easy money is still here. Developers are concerned about cosmetics more than about the actual game. Would play if    +Idea
    +Design
    +Pace
    -Balance (would say double -)
    -Pay-for-new-OP-hero (always OP, always expensive, kind of P2W)
    -Toxic kids
    -Reporting is not working
    -Hard to reconnect after disconnect
    -Bugs
    -Varian

    2 years have passed, but feeling that game is trash and done for easy money is still here. Developers are concerned about cosmetics more than about the actual game. Would play if it has a soul like previous Blizzard games.
    Do not recommend unless you want to burn out all the time.    … Expand
  13. HotsIsGarbage
    Dec 7, 2018
    0
    Garbage moba, garbage matchmaking,it;s nothing but a cash grab.
    Purposely releasing overpowered heroes so all the 12 year old would get their mom's credit card to buy the latest hero and dominate the battleground and it takes months until they nerf.
    Don't waste your time with this game .
  14. 4125MakeItSo
    Nov 3, 2018
    6
    It is nice to play characters from favorite games. Also many maps with different mechanics. But game is too dependable of team play, and many team mates ruin it, even if you try your best.
  15. seking812
    Oct 20, 2018
    0
    the worst out of the MOBA genre. while League of Legends and DOTA 2 continue to grow, heroes of the storm only developed their cash grab loot boxes model, beyond that nothing else. uneven and more often than not lop-sided matchmaking makes the match last an average of 12-15 minutes where one team decimates the other. balance only applies as far as any heroes with upcoming skins. new heroesthe worst out of the MOBA genre. while League of Legends and DOTA 2 continue to grow, heroes of the storm only developed their cash grab loot boxes model, beyond that nothing else. uneven and more often than not lop-sided matchmaking makes the match last an average of 12-15 minutes where one team decimates the other. balance only applies as far as any heroes with upcoming skins. new heroes are over-tuned for the first 2 weeks until they are sold enough, then nerf down to below working condition.
    the forums bleed with playes asking for the same two things, balance and matchmaking, yet blizzard continues to work on "lore" that makes no sense and throw giant re opening events, only to fall flat when people AFK and leave games since there is no punishment for leaving.
    this saddens me as a blizzard fan boy, i have played wow, SC I and II and diablo for years. overwatch is my favorite shooter. too bad blizzard simply sees this sad MOBA as a way to pick up whatever pennies its players are willing to throw their way.    … Expand
  16. Xeminus
    Oct 10, 2018
    9
    Heroes of the Storm

    Heroes of the storm is a MOBA game released by Blizzard using iconic characters from their other franchises as the playable heroes It is made for teens and adults and focuses on the aspects of teamwork and communication that are required in groups. It competes with the other large MOBAs Dota and League of Legends and though it is the smallest of the 3 it promotes    Heroes of the Storm

    Heroes of the storm is a MOBA game released by Blizzard using iconic characters from their other franchises as the playable heroes
    It is made for teens and adults and focuses on the aspects of teamwork and communication that are required in groups.
    It competes with the other large MOBAs Dota and League of Legends and though it is the smallest of the 3 it promotes teamwork and cooperation much more than the other 2

    As someone who has spent countless hours in Hots I can say that the game itself has very few flaws
    The paywalls restricting play of new characters is likely the most tedious and obnoxious flaw the game possesses, it forces you to use the few free rotation of heroes that changes each week to earn gold but this limits your time to improve on these characters and thrusts you into unknowns when forced to swap to new ones when the rotation changes
    Different game modes requiring different approaches to the game, quick match and vs Ai are very similar in that you choose the hero you want to play and queue into a match with them whereas the ranked formats and unranked both use a drafting system. Quick match forces you to expect the worst from your teammates or be ready for disappointment, ranked often results in less risky matches where the players fear to make any mistakes should it cause them to lose their precious ranked points and unranked is similar to ranked except with more risk taking as it is view to not matter.
    The most challenging part of the game comes initially when your roster of heroes is limited exclusively to the free rotation as unlocking a new hero can take several days of play. The only thing done to alleviate this problem is the variety available in the rotation, it usually contains 2-3 heroes for each role in the game allowing for some options for newer players.

    However, despite these negatives the games also contains many positives, the community whilst still containing toxic members is mostly acceptive and willing to help players grasp new concepts. Higher levels of play can open up limitless opportunities to try out unusual and fun strategies that other players would usually berate you for, and the frequent updates and events being added to the game help keep play fresh and exciting.
    The map variety allows for different characters to shine of some maps while not being drastically stronger than the rest of the roster. Objective focused teams can lose to enemies who use the team’s tunnel-vision against them and push in multiple locations, yet these strategies won’t be as effective against coordinated teams.
    The options in the game allow for changing the graphics settings with higher amounts allowing the character models to fly across the screen when they die, though lower settings are still available for people with computers that aren’t able to handle the higher quality.
    Overall, the game can be tough for new players to get into but once past the initial grinding to unlock characters you will be able to enjoy trying out different strategies and characters on the vast selection of maps and objectives the game offers.    … Expand
  17. nanakhy
    Sep 13, 2018
    1
    i love blizzard universe, but i hate this f.... matchmaking....so unfair half time...
  18. Tritonio
    Aug 27, 2018
    4
    Still the best MOBA but lately it's been a series of stomps with 1:7 games been interesting. I doon't know what they do with their matchmaking but its becoming worse and worse.
  19. MrMati864
    Jul 23, 2018
    9
    Heroes of the Storm is if not the best MOBA i ever played, It's simple to play and goes to the point, easy to play hard to master, tons of map variety and if you are playing with friends it's for sure that you will have fun. The problem is that for example the gold is hard to earn by itself even if you complete the daily missions but it's just a flaw that fixes itself with the boxes forHeroes of the Storm is if not the best MOBA i ever played, It's simple to play and goes to the point, easy to play hard to master, tons of map variety and if you are playing with friends it's for sure that you will have fun. The problem is that for example the gold is hard to earn by itself even if you complete the daily missions but it's just a flaw that fixes itself with the boxes for lvling up that can contain anything even XP/gold boosters.… Expand
  20. Rorsha
    Jul 23, 2018
    0
    Worst MOBA ever. Really. I like Blizzards universes of WOW or Starcraft, but HOTS…. Its something so useless and impotence. The rank system, matchmaking, report system too bad taken. When u become a experienced player u realise that. Also theres childish and weak community.
    Better play Dota2 or LoL
  21. Sharrash
    Jul 16, 2018
    0
    Game is good, but the company's support is terrible. Never thought I'd get threats and insults when contacting a customer service, but Blizzard employee, Xyriex, surely showed me that everything is possible. So yeah, if you want a good game, but being treated like a trash as a customer, I'd definitely recommend this game to you.
  22. CobaltFox
    Jun 16, 2018
    0
    They should renamed the game to Heroes of the Bots, or Heroes the Map Hacks.
  23. stugpro
    Jun 7, 2018
    1
    Я эту игру не советую
    Во первых: героев нужно покупать, а это очень тупо учитывая, что есть дота ,где все герои сразу открыты .В базовый комплект входят не все герои ,а только 8 (за 850 рублей) учитывая, что есть игра с похожей системой (paladins), но только при покупке похожего набора тебе открываются все, и последующие герои, но только за двое меньшею сумму(а именно за 350 или 450 руб)    Я эту игру не советую
    Во первых: героев нужно покупать, а это очень тупо учитывая, что есть дота ,где все герои сразу открыты .В базовый комплект входят не все герои ,а только 8 (за 850 рублей) учитывая, что есть игра с похожей системой (paladins), но только при покупке похожего набора тебе открываются все, и последующие герои, но только за двое меньшею сумму(а именно за 350 или 450 руб) . Это показывает насколько жадный отдел биззард отвечающий за эту игру.
    Во вторых: баланса тут нет , герои несбалансированные ,а о новых героях я и говорить не хочу ,выходят очень часто примерно по герою в месяц и часто бывает, что способности у них очень однообразны, например иллидан с тираэлем и их ульты, маиев и сильвана с их Eшкой и т.д. не интересно.
    В третьих : игра однообразная ,карты выходят очень редко ,лор типо есть, но о нем практически нет информации говорят будут развивать (уже 3 года развивают) , очень много доната в виде кастомизации ,из нового будет только это ,потасовок новых нет, каждую неделю показывают одно и тоже.
    Игра скучная и однообразная ,если было бы у меня возможность вернуть все то время которое я профукал в hots, я бы воспользовался ею.    … Expand
  24. volorin
    May 27, 2018
    0
    This is literally the worst MOBA ever created. Actually, no. The game itself is good, fun, and games/maps are quite fast paced, which is very nice, but you'll have to grind EVERY DAY playing heroes you don't want, and after weeks of farming you'll be able to buy a new hero, and few weeks after this, the hero will be heavily nerfed. All new heroes cost a tremendous amount of gold/gems toThis is literally the worst MOBA ever created. Actually, no. The game itself is good, fun, and games/maps are quite fast paced, which is very nice, but you'll have to grind EVERY DAY playing heroes you don't want, and after weeks of farming you'll be able to buy a new hero, and few weeks after this, the hero will be heavily nerfed. All new heroes cost a tremendous amount of gold/gems to buy. 90% of heroes are 10€, but no, you can't buy them with money, you need to buy gems, and of course you never have just the right amount of gems, it feels like you're playing clash of clans or other cancerous games with absolutely no love or care of its players. Just abandon it and play LoL, or even better, DoTA, where all heroes are free, and only cosmetics can be bought.… Expand
  25. DKR
    May 25, 2018
    4
    Blizzard. King of MMO's, ARTS, RTS, and now FPS. Last to conquer is the every growing, ever dated MOBA, and it sucks but not totally.

    The graphics deliver what you would expect: saturated & colorful with a wide palette on the heroes and maps. Might be the game's best feature. Sound-wise, the voices are great (when they learn to st*u. BLESS YOU, HEALER! BLESS YOU, HEALER! I've never    Blizzard. King of MMO's, ARTS, RTS, and now FPS. Last to conquer is the every growing, ever dated MOBA, and it sucks but not totally.

    The graphics deliver what you would expect: saturated & colorful with a wide palette on the heroes and maps. Might be the game's best feature.

    Sound-wise, the voices are great (when they learn to st*u. BLESS YOU, HEALER! BLESS YOU, HEALER! I've never been more deterred from healing.), the music is 50-50, and all the sound effects are satisfying.

    Plot. LUL.

    Also note this is a MOBA, so all that implies is here: OP hyper-expensive champs, cheap, sh**** champs, weeks of grinding to unlock one decent champ, new champ every other day to drain the wallets of neckbeards and kids with disposable income, garbage balancing, matchmaking pits a first time player with salty top 500 players, blah blah blah, its all here.

    In brief, Bliz shows off its trademark polish on all categories. Except gameplay and the usual MOBA business model tropes.

    The gamepl- (sorry, the rest of this review is DLC. You can read the rest for just $5.99!)

    *cha-ching*

    gameplay wants you to think there is wide variety of champs and styles and builds. There isn't. As with any other MOBA, the DPS tanks with mobility stomp anything in their path. Bliz's twist on this done-to-death genre is controlling a neutral boss/advantage (think Baron Nashor) for a team/morale crushing super power. Some of these powers can be bosses, bosses you can pilot, swarms of creeps, lasers that zap buildings, big variety of things. How do you unleash these pandora boxes? Mostly has to do with standing in a zone and controlling it for 30ish seconds. These 30s are the meat of HOTS' matches. Above any other strategy, build, champ choice, synergy; above all else, controlling these wins the game. So, just go fight for it, right? If only. See, another age-old problem is here.

    The (Episode 2 of this review is out now for only $9.99!)

    *cha-ching*

    community. Everyone's favorite collective of idiots is alive and well in HOTS. Bad champ choices, not playing tanks/healers, poor engages, chasing across the map into an ambush/turret death, no communication, sh**y connections, flaming, abusing the automated report system (more later), ignoring objectives, not grouping, poor target focus, gorging the enemy to death with their feeding then d/c, oh yeah! Apparently, it's somehow your fault if it happens a lot, according to threads and fanboys. So you go to claim the power. As expected, all 5 of the enemy is there. Looking at the map shows your teammates are either dead, or scattered everywhere. You can either a) rush in and die alone or b) wait for the inevitable. If your team DOES group for it, the opponent has a meat wall of 4-5 high dps, high mobility oafs ready to toss anyone into an event-horizon-blender of CC and DPS. Ofc, you can TRY to reason with your teammates, but they'll just report you. Of all the stupid ideas Bliz learned from Riot, they had to take the fully automated report system which punishes players - NOT BY VIOLATIONS - but by number of reports.

    Justice can't be democratic by it's nature, folks.

    So assuming any position of callouts, leadership, or polite disagreement can net you a THREE. MONTH. ACCOUNT SILENCE, preventing you from saying anything to anyone for 90+ DAYS. Meanwhile, the guy that called me stuff that I can't repeat here, NOTHING happens to him. Why? Did he not break any rules? No. "Not enough people reported him." Now everyone thinks I'm a jerk b/c I don't talk to them....uh....how do I tell them my account is silenced? Do I just wait for more reports of poor teamwork to pile up? Then what do I do? Bliz could care less. The cash is flowing and flowing. Fanboys beat back these legit concerns with "well dont be toxic then DUH!!" *high fives and Oh's all round*

    My last solace is to just have fun in unranked with a champ I like. Unless I crack open my wallet, I'd have to grind. It's about $10ish per hero, or you can save up 10,000 coins. At about 15 coin/25 min game, order some pizza and call in sick, bc u gonna b hur a while, and that's to get ONE. The novelty of each champ wears thin after 3 games, too. Sorry it's just...boring. There's no skill or room for mastery and improvement. You play dps tanks, m2 targets, and mash your 4 buttons. I thought LoL casualized MOBA. HOTS puts LoL to shame. Even LoL had a tiiiiny bit of mastery to it. If you're still curious, I'd say jump in quick, bc HOTS is dying FAST. The queues are taking forever. The last people playing are trolling the chat with politics or watching the pros with their kappa memes bc HOTS is bare-bones BORING.

    Bliz knows the game is dying. Begging people to play.

    Overpriced champs, dumba* community, sh* balancing, no farming/itemizing, and a garbage report system with a dying community. It would stop if morons would stop pouring cash into these practices.

    "Guess stupidity will never go out of style." -Carth Onasi    … Expand
  26. VladiMiagk
    May 15, 2018
    10
    Отличная игра! Лучшая в своем жанре! Близзард как всегда на высоте! Играю уже давно!
  27. Saxdrik431
    May 6, 2018
    4
    This game is ridiculous, everytime that a heroe is realeased, the meta burst, blizzard always had had the same problem they dont know how to balance their games wow, ow, heroes what ever.
    Also the community sucks, toxic everywhere, the rank system is a piece of **** that provoked me to leave the game.
    It`s not worth it anymore.
  28. Cowson
    Apr 25, 2018
    10
    One of my all time favourite games. Most of my collection is from loot and gold. I only tend to spend money on the xp boosts. I thoroughly enjoy playing this game all the time. There aren't many games that holds my attention anymore, but this one certainly does.
  29. Junglist724
    Apr 23, 2018
    5
    This game is actually really fun, nice and casual with short games. The main problem is people are REALLY REALLY BAD at it, like even people with hundreds of levels on their account still stuggle with moba fundamentals when that's all this game is, the most basic MOBA ever.
  30. Sassoroleofen
    Apr 22, 2018
    0
    The worts match making ive ever seen on a MOBA, Blizzard died when Activision buyed it !
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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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