Heroes of the Storm

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  1. Ralathar44
    Jun 9, 2015
    0
    Heroes of the Storm is the MOBA I want, it trims out most of the fluff and needless complexity of MOBAs that isn't fun and focuses it on the gameplay and the action. But it still keeps the strategy and the depth. If it were without problems it'd easily be a 9 or a 10.

    That being said it has some problems right now. The biggest 2 are matchmaking being BAD, like really bad, and the    Heroes of the Storm is the MOBA I want, it trims out most of the fluff and needless complexity of MOBAs that isn't fun and focuses it on the gameplay and the action. But it still keeps the strategy and the depth. If it were without problems it'd easily be a 9 or a 10.

    That being said it has some problems right now. The biggest 2 are matchmaking being BAD, like really bad, and the prices and gold earning rate are both poor too. Prices are horrible but gold earning rates initially seem good up until you start running out of bonuses. Then you realize a month or two later how bad they actually are. It makes League of Legends look generous and I HATE runes.

    Then you have alot of smaller issues like Blizzard not communicating very well, making completely odd changes nobody wanted like removing the ability to easily see critical buffs and removing the ability to see prices in the shop. It's actually easier to see prices in hero select than the SHOP atm.

    You also have a rather poor reconnect system and spectator UI/casting client, bad drafting UI/functionality, etc. They've got a long way to go just yet.

    But when they get there this will be the best MOBA on the market hands down IMO. I'm just not going to give them much of my money until they fix pricing.    … Expand
  2. Brandon_Wu
    Jun 7, 2015
    10
    Great!The best MOBA out there. No more bad game mechanics of last hitting. No longer do you have to compete against your team in a team game. Its a fresh, fast, streamlining of what a MOBA should be. For the first time a MOBA feels like it was designed by professionals. Leaving in the good bits and removing the toxic bits. If you want a fast paced competitive team game look no further.
  3. Spartan111777
    Jun 6, 2015
    1
    How the mighty have fallen!

    As others have stated this is just another cash cow for Blizzard. It's actually sickening to me how Blizzard have become a money grabbing corporation from the small band of average Joe's who changed the face of gaming back in the 90's. Money and power inevitably corrupts. But what do we have left with Blizzard? The only Blizzard game I now play is Starcraft    How the mighty have fallen!

    As others have stated this is just another cash cow for Blizzard. It's actually sickening to me how Blizzard have become a money grabbing corporation from the small band of average Joe's who changed the face of gaming back in the 90's. Money and power inevitably corrupts. But what do we have left with Blizzard? The only Blizzard game I now play is Starcraft 2. I look forward to the third installment on this front but since I've stopped playing WOW and I'm not really a Diablo fan, Blizzard are now like the band I used to love but who now play crappy pop music with only the occasional good song.

    The game itself is, as expected, in no way exceptional. It draws on the shoulders of other successes and I can honestly say I will never play it again after an hour of play in which my heart sunk and my faith in this one time great company vanished. Hearthstone was the first nail in the coffin, Heroes of the Storm is the second.    … Expand
  4. LFiori
    Jun 2, 2015
    10
    It's the first MOBA I play and I must say, I'm in love with this game. It's amazing, and fun, and you gotta love the way the heroes (and villains) of WoW, Diablo and Starcraft battle against each other. A must play for Blizzard fans!
  5. arg
    Jun 2, 2015
    5
    The prices in the Blizzard shop are outrageous. $10 for a hero? Skins for up to $15? The Winter Veil bundle, which includes one hero, two skins, and a mount is $40? The ENTIRE GAME should cost $40 with all content unlocked. I refuse to be ripped off like this, so I've been playing to unlock heroes with gold and it's painfully slow. After 130 games I have 30k gold, enough for threeThe prices in the Blizzard shop are outrageous. $10 for a hero? Skins for up to $15? The Winter Veil bundle, which includes one hero, two skins, and a mount is $40? The ENTIRE GAME should cost $40 with all content unlocked. I refuse to be ripped off like this, so I've been playing to unlock heroes with gold and it's painfully slow. After 130 games I have 30k gold, enough for three heroes. That's over 30 hours of play time and I can unlock 3 of the 37 available heroes. If I could pay $40-50 to unlock all heroes, I'd give this game a 6/10.… Expand
  6. 21grams
    Jun 3, 2015
    2
    Yet another blizzard's abysmally casual cash cow. It uses similar f2p model as Legue of legends, but f2p grind is at least twice as big as in LoL.

    Gameplay feels very slow, tho matches are way shorter than in top MOBA's like League and Dota. It feels almost clunky and unresponsive and for my taste, it's to much team play oriented which is bad in several ways: you feel less impactful,    Yet another blizzard's abysmally casual cash cow. It uses similar f2p model as Legue of legends, but f2p grind is at least twice as big as in LoL.

    Gameplay feels very slow, tho matches are way shorter than in top MOBA's like League and Dota. It feels almost clunky and unresponsive and for my taste, it's to much team play oriented which is bad in several ways: you feel less impactful, playing solo can be extremely frustrating (way more than in LoL or Dota) and shared experience is just plain stupid idea,

    Game has also several technical issues, like unstable fps with even significant drops, issues with reconnect after getting DC.

    Even games has sever different maps to play, witch different objectives it feels all games are the same, objective after objective - there's not much freedom and strategy involved, it's basically all about how well you cooperate with teammates, and falling behind is more common point of no return than in other MOBAs, because you can't carry weaker players and loosing few objectives gives enemy team insane power spike. One more thing, being heavily objective based game falls short on direct pvp (both duels and team fights), which takes most of this gaming genre's fun away.

    If you are not a big fan of blizzard and their lore or you are not super casual, you might have hard time enjoying this game. Tbh, I can't find anything really positive and good to say about this game.    … Expand
  7. Fishersam
    Jun 3, 2015
    1
    Free to Play!!! As long as you have tons of money. I should have known... You start out with 0 heroes. There is a rotating group of free heroes that they bless you with. Other than that, you have to purchase each individual hero. I could understand if you had to buy skins and mounts. There isn't even a bundle that allows you to buy all current and future heroes. Blizzard should be ashamedFree to Play!!! As long as you have tons of money. I should have known... You start out with 0 heroes. There is a rotating group of free heroes that they bless you with. Other than that, you have to purchase each individual hero. I could understand if you had to buy skins and mounts. There isn't even a bundle that allows you to buy all current and future heroes. Blizzard should be ashamed of themselves for creating this moneygrab they call a game.… Expand
  8. Shardj
    Jun 6, 2015
    1
    What a worthless game, its like they looked at other Arts games and went. Ok people like fighting, so lets make it just that, no farming, no decent mechanics, nothing that requires any skill. the whole game is so unimaginative and ugly its painful to play.

    I give it a generous 1 out of 10
  9. TheTryhard
    Jun 6, 2015
    2
    By far the worst "MOBA" from big companies (Valve, Riot, Blizz)/
    Decent eye-candy only on highest settings and it's a resource whore of a game.
    Heroes' abilities are VERY underwhelming for the most part. Maps are boring and not balanced at all - every game is a snowball fest, you might get a close game in 1/50 cases IF YOU"RE LUCKY. Worst part? The grind needed to get out of QuickMatch    By far the worst "MOBA" from big companies (Valve, Riot, Blizz)/
    Decent eye-candy only on highest settings and it's a resource whore of a game.
    Heroes' abilities are VERY underwhelming for the most part. Maps are boring and not balanced at all - every game is a snowball fest, you might get a close game in 1/50 cases IF YOU"RE LUCKY.
    Worst part? The grind needed to get out of QuickMatch hell into ranked play, where people are actually decent at the game and in manners. You need more than 60 hours to unloock ranked without paying, and if you pay you still have to grind to level 30. It's the greediest model to date.    … Expand
  10. empleat
    Jun 2, 2015
    0
    It is even more stupid than lol + dota 2 together.
    There are no items, you only chooce 5 passive skill for the whole time.
    And that's all, don't even intall this game.
  11. MIXING
    Dec 30, 2019
    4
    This game have a diferent type of play style as League or Dota you do not need to do a lot of things and thats the point I wanted to critic by this fact it do not show all the infinite possibilities or chances the game can give to you and is basically mastering one hero and thats it but another point that kills the game is de comunity toxicity.
  12. ATOMIC076
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    It would be fun if it werent for the fact blizzard has the worst.... absolute worst matchmaking of any game i've ever seen. Expect to lose 8-9 games in a row in absolute stomps. Just a trash company all around.
  13. 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
  14. Alsex
    Jul 14, 2019
    0
    Самое токсичное комьюнити которое я видел. близард плевать на репорты, куда им банить игроков если онлайн и так стремится к нулю
  15. victoriometa
    Nov 18, 2019
    1
    Pros:
    - games are short: 15-20 min
    - nice heores from Blizzard games

    Cons:
    - Matchmaking doesn't (read never) work. 90% of games is one sided.
    - League system is horrible
    - Some heroes are forgotten and unbalanced (from worst to best)
  16. nco2k
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    used to be fun, until blizzard decided to completely ruin the whole gaming experience, and treat customers like garbage.
  17. MRjank
    Feb 13, 2020
    0
    I'm playing with alpha, today I realized that the game is very fast and methodically roll to the bottom. There is no support, there were problems in the game process. League system bottom. Team time selection too.
  18. R3XXagan12
    Mar 4, 2020
    0
    This game was an interesting project of Blizz, but as always, they just dont give two fcks about the community. This game has completely turned to money-eater pay-to-win game. The Strategy is: release a new overpowered hero for players to buy and play cuz it's rly op and then after some time nerf it a bit, and don't forget to nerf some old heroes, making them just unable to use in a game.This game was an interesting project of Blizz, but as always, they just dont give two fcks about the community. This game has completely turned to money-eater pay-to-win game. The Strategy is: release a new overpowered hero for players to buy and play cuz it's rly op and then after some time nerf it a bit, and don't forget to nerf some old heroes, making them just unable to use in a game. Some old heroes became just uselss for a game so if u just remove it noone will notice it. Then, matchmaking. it's made SO horrible, that some time u starting to realize that this game just wants revenge for something u did bad for it, again making it unreal to play. Then, brawls. Blizz made a perfect way to play their game if u don't want these concetrated games, u could just have some fun in braws, where u could find some interesting and funny gamemodes. Yeah, fck community, we'll just make brawl as a one gamemode, that won't change to other modes anymore, we'll just change the maps there, making it a mode where 5 ppl fight on one lane. no any "Pudge Wars" like modes, just this one lane battle. I expected so much from this game, but it just keeps stognating over and over i can't keep believing in it anymore.… Expand
  19. jgoose13
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    Fun concept, getting to roll as one of your favorite characters from the several blizzard games.

    It is simple and quick, okay for a little digital breather here and there. The player base is just awful though. If you can find a handful of decent folks it can be food for the matches you are teamed up. But if you play ranked , solo, you will likely get matched up with at least one    Fun concept, getting to roll as one of your favorite characters from the several blizzard games.

    It is simple and quick, okay for a little digital breather here and there.

    The player base is just awful though. If you can find a handful of decent folks it can be food for the matches you are teamed up. But if you play ranked , solo, you will likely get matched up with at least one troll or bot.    … Expand
  20. Allau
    Apr 21, 2020
    1
    It Is an amazing game to play, different from the other mobas, but because of blizzard matchmaking (and personally I think it is meant to be like that) it's just a pain. You win 7/8 games, then you loose the same amount, and so on. It's frustrating after the 3rd lost, and when you win you know you'll have to deal with that anyway in a while. You look at win rate, 50%, 51%, 49%. DifferentlyIt Is an amazing game to play, different from the other mobas, but because of blizzard matchmaking (and personally I think it is meant to be like that) it's just a pain. You win 7/8 games, then you loose the same amount, and so on. It's frustrating after the 3rd lost, and when you win you know you'll have to deal with that anyway in a while. You look at win rate, 50%, 51%, 49%. Differently than LOL, in this game you have to play as a team, 2 good players in a crappy team will always lose, hands down, and I like that, don't get me wrong. But how can it be that the enemy teams are composed by the best players you'll ever see for 4 matches in a row, and then they become magically weak for the same amount of games? I mean, it's free, **** it, but not everyone has 4 people to play with all the time.… Expand
  21. Artanis_Mattias
    Sep 11, 2020
    0
    Эта игра не стоит вашего времени.
    Сломанный баланс и слишком казуальные механики введут вас в глубокое разочарование.
    Разработчики делают все возможное что бы уничтожить эту игру своими глупыми решениями которые никакого отношения к желанию игроков не имеют. Как следствие отток игроков и будете вы играть с одними и теми же игроками которые играют в основном на Ли-Мин, Кель-Тасе, Вариане    Эта игра не стоит вашего времени.
    Сломанный баланс и слишком казуальные механики введут вас в глубокое разочарование.
    Разработчики делают все возможное что бы уничтожить эту игру своими глупыми решениями которые никакого отношения к желанию игроков не имеют. Как следствие отток игроков и будете вы играть с одними и теми же игроками которые играют в основном на Ли-Мин, Кель-Тасе, Вариане или Нове. А теперь ещё и Диве и Газлоу, ведь их апнули, а значит играть против них стало совсем неинтересно, ведь они разносили и так всех 1 на 1, а теперь они разносят 1 в 3.
    Я устал от этой игры, я ливаю с каждого боя что не приносит мне удовольствия от процесса соревновательной игры. А его тут нет, ведь это пошаговая стратегия, где решает пик, а не умение играть.    … Expand
  22. Falrinth
    Feb 23, 2020
    1
    To heabily relies on teammates. That combined with randomness of PUGs and low playerbase for MM to match even teams results in awful games with lot of frustration out of not being able to influence outcome of the match. You can only not drag team down, you cant carry them and win the game yourself. Its all about how MM decides to match you. Not even about your enemies, but about teammatesTo heabily relies on teammates. That combined with randomness of PUGs and low playerbase for MM to match even teams results in awful games with lot of frustration out of not being able to influence outcome of the match. You can only not drag team down, you cant carry them and win the game yourself. Its all about how MM decides to match you. Not even about your enemies, but about teammates - if they are bad, you are turned off, game cannot be won. Simple as that. To much weight is put on teamfights. And there you cant do anything alone among all the combos, synergies and crowd control. Without good team you are locked out of fight or easy pick to chain-cc and burst down. Im getting tired of this roulette game, where the outcomee you have to watch for 15 minutes.… Expand
  23. Fizard
    Nov 6, 2019
    3
    This game could be awesome. The maps are nice, also the different strategy of the game. The problem is it doesn't care with players. They just want to create new chars(initially overpowered so people buy it and then probably nerfed) and maps, but not a single effort to make the MATCHMAKING better. It's the worse matchmaking of all moba I've ever played. (even on mobile). If you play with 5This game could be awesome. The maps are nice, also the different strategy of the game. The problem is it doesn't care with players. They just want to create new chars(initially overpowered so people buy it and then probably nerfed) and maps, but not a single effort to make the MATCHMAKING better. It's the worse matchmaking of all moba I've ever played. (even on mobile). If you play with 5 friends then could be a nice game to play. Also it doesn't care the experience of players, putting 4 dps and a healer for example in a game. I prefer waiting 4 minutes then to play like that.
    Also, they could at least avoid grouping on matchmaking with people you block (because can't play as a team or toxic people).
    Too bad, I though it would be an amazing MOBA. Played on day one but until now no gaming improvement on those. I really tried to give at least 5 rating but matchmaking really kills the game... One team with healer, tank, and the other without a single healer? This is too basic to be in a decent MOBA game, never thought a Blizzard game would have this kind of amateur problem for so long.    … Expand
  24. filipeandrei
    Nov 4, 2020
    3
    The best MOBA mechanics, in my opinion. Fun, simplistic, team-based action (as opposed to lol or dota, with equipments and players going super strong solo, leaving the team behind). The only - and biggest - problem is its in the hands of Blizzard.

    YEARS passed since launch, matchmaking suck as bad as when it launched, TERRIBLE matchmaking, both in characters on your team and versus, and    The best MOBA mechanics, in my opinion. Fun, simplistic, team-based action (as opposed to lol or dota, with equipments and players going super strong solo, leaving the team behind). The only - and biggest - problem is its in the hands of Blizzard.

    YEARS passed since launch, matchmaking suck as bad as when it launched, TERRIBLE matchmaking, both in characters on your team and versus, and players levels. The Blizzard matchmaking throughout their games is horrible: if you start winning too much, the game will pair you in a team of people who are losing too much, usually against a closed team, to force your defeat and keep you in the 50% V/D ratio. I kid you not, if i play in a closed team with my friends, we win 9,5/10 times, but in random, is a downright fustercluck of terrible players, trolls, racists, xenophobes, mysoginists etc.

    Speaking of which, i had one account BANNED from this game, a while back, for speaking against FASCISM and RACISM, and refusing to play with the said racist player. So much for the CEO "we want to be better" mambojambo after the Hong Kong negative repercussions.

    What saddens me most, is that this company was my hands-down favorite, game-wise. Now, i am disgusted to see or touch anything they do, even if for free.    … Expand
  25. BundleGem
    Sep 27, 2021
    0
    **** piece of **** without matchmaking without any comeback mechanics.
    Ok. We dont have comeback mechanics why they don't added simple button like surrender i dont understand.
  26. iPadla
    Oct 27, 2021
    0
    No teamskill balance in quick matches here.
    95% of games are either super-easy walk or are impossible to win.

    Feels like they enforce 50% winrate and not with quality matching but with "wow, u are above 50% and u need to lose immediately" rule.
  27. Ordnik
    Jun 21, 2021
    0
    Hero balance is absolutely terrible, sometimes they oneshot you sometimes they heal %100 in seconds, sometimes they are god-like. Matchmaking is unfair. Buying heroes is like buying a house in real life, Blizzard is money hungry as always. Everything about this game is terrible, unfair. Do not waste your time. Zero fun.
  28. R3XXagan
    Apr 23, 2021
    0
    This game is dead. Blizzard does nothing to improve it's gameplay, just trying to dig a bit more gold out of it. New heroes (paid) one stronger than another, makes the game unbalanced as any other game is. Example is pretty simple: they release a new hero, which is rly OP so that ppl buy it and use it, while Illidan, which was in game since it's launch, is now a piece of trash, and nooneThis game is dead. Blizzard does nothing to improve it's gameplay, just trying to dig a bit more gold out of it. New heroes (paid) one stronger than another, makes the game unbalanced as any other game is. Example is pretty simple: they release a new hero, which is rly OP so that ppl buy it and use it, while Illidan, which was in game since it's launch, is now a piece of trash, and noone wasnts to rework it, making this hero unplayable. this game is not about the strategy, teamplay and good pick combination, it's a competition of who's the dumbest of our players to buy and own each and every new powerful hero, that guy will be leading. i've been playing it since beta, got myself trapped in it and couldn't leave it for another game bcuz i've learned each mechanic to play it, so i've seen enough in this game to tell you right now that this is an abandoned piece of trash, noone in Blizzard cares about it's own child and i'm pretty sure this won't change anytime soon. I finally deleted it… Expand
  29. PlumperLover
    May 7, 2021
    0
    Нуууу это высер близов, больше нечего добавить.
  30. Nepen1he
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
    games out of politics, juegos fuera de la politica, jogos fora da política
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#16 Best PC Game of 2015
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#12 Most Discussed PC Game of 2015
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#46 Most Shared 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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