Heroes of the Storm

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  1. TemplarGR
    May 24, 2016
    10
    I have been playing it a lot for a year. It is clearly the best MOBA game in the market right now. Better than LoL or Dota 2, by a large margin.

    The MOBA genre was born out of mods for earlier RTS games. They proved really successful, so standalone versions like LoL were introduced. Problem is, those earlier mods depended on RTS engines like Warcraft 3, and many concepts of those mods    I have been playing it a lot for a year. It is clearly the best MOBA game in the market right now. Better than LoL or Dota 2, by a large margin.

    The MOBA genre was born out of mods for earlier RTS games. They proved really successful, so standalone versions like LoL were introduced. Problem is, those earlier mods depended on RTS engines like Warcraft 3, and many concepts of those mods were influenced by those games, while really not making much sense. When LoL and Dota 2 copied those mods, they brought these problems in their games as well.

    Other MOBAs rely too much on last hitting, which is a very boring thing to do, and have concepts like "carries", which is stupid. You are spending at least half the game's time laning mindlessly for gold.

    Also, other MOBAs are playing only on 1 main map, with clear cookie cutter builds everyone copies from the others. The supposed "depth" doesn't really exist, it is an illusion, all you have to do is follow the "meta", last hit for 20 minutes, and then play another 20-30 minutes when you already know the outcome of the game but can't really leave.

    Heroes, a fresh take on the gerne, removes many of those problems. No last hitting, shared team experience, lots of different maps with different strategies, removal of items, you instead get talent choices unique per hero. The laning phase is quite short and not that tedious, then the game becomes action-packed. Comebacks are extremely common, you don't really know what will happen until the very end.

    It is deceptively deep as a game, in my opinion much deeper than LoL or Dota 2. While you can "learn" the basics really easily, and it really is the best MOBA for a newcomer to get into, you have a loooooong way to go before you understand how each map should be played, how heroes synergise with and against each other, and how to teamfight properly.

    Also, it is probably the best F2P model i have ever seen. Ignore the haters, you can be 100% competitive and have fun without ever spending a single cent. All heroes are available with purchase for in game gold. Match gold gain rates are really slow, but the game features "daily" quest that are completed very easily and provide lots of gold. Just completing these dailies in PvP games will take 1 hour per day and will allow you to buy plenty of heroes per month, alongside all the other gold bonuses you get from leveling up and other promotions/events. Skins and mounts are costly when not on-sale, but the game has to make money from somewhere, and they are purely cosmetic.

    The main problem of this game, is the matchmaking system, which is really bad and easily exploitable. If you have friends to play with, this game will be a blast, but if you are solo, this game can be frustrating. Since this game is the most team-oriented of the MOBAs, your individual influence is very low. If you have trolls, afkers, or just bad players, you may lose games while still playing really well. But still, the game is worth it, even with the bad matchmaking.

    So, if you like MOBAs or want to get into MOBAs, this is the game for you. If you don't like past MOBAs, this may be the game for you. It is free, just try it!    … Expand
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. TRANDO101
    Jun 29, 2015
    8
    Heroes Of The Storm is quite fun, and its got a fair bit of familiar characters, as well its not too grindy, the only bad things that i can think of is that the matches are all team based, but thats the same for all mobas, and that there aren't a lot of maps 4 or 5.
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. xl33tgamerx
    May 10, 2020
    7
    This is a pretty average game. Nothing great. Just average. About as average as the come for MOBAs. Nothing special, just a Blizzard brand MOBA.
  13. jacob4
    Jul 16, 2016
    10
    A fun, exciting, and competitive crossover of Blizzard's greatest works! Heroes of the Storm is like the Mountain Dew of team arena games which is good I guess. The maps are interesting and all the characters are unique in their own way. A great substitute if your not into League of Legends or DOTA.
  14. 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
  15. Bejjano
    Jun 15, 2015
    8
    A pretty solid moba with even more variety than others. My only gripe is that a team filled with bronze players can beat a team filled with platinum players pretty often. The game caters to newbies, so your excellent solo plays you might be use to in other mobas (1v2'ing for a double kill or something) can be easily overshadowed by simple objectives. In other words, objectives > kills.A pretty solid moba with even more variety than others. My only gripe is that a team filled with bronze players can beat a team filled with platinum players pretty often. The game caters to newbies, so your excellent solo plays you might be use to in other mobas (1v2'ing for a double kill or something) can be easily overshadowed by simple objectives. In other words, objectives > kills.

    And I'm ok with this, there's just a bit too large of a focus on team play, resulting in a not so enjoyable solo queue experience. If you play with friends, I think you'll have more fun than other mobas.    … Expand
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. Darius_84
    Jan 15, 2023
    0
    There are no words to describe how bad this garbage is. Spare yourself the pain and do something else, let this trash die the way it's supposed to
  20. 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
  21. HardlyRushed
    Jun 8, 2015
    6
    Heroes of the Storm is well made, but it's only entertaining for a short while, i reached level 30 and i didn't even want to play more instead i went back to league of legends, if you've never tried a moba go ahead it might be for you, personally there nothing to do inside an actual game, no item, no masteries, no runes or anything similar only talents. So this is my moba lover judgement
  22. Zhurav1
    Jun 25, 2015
    9
    After being an experienced MOBA player through Dota 1, 2 and Heroes of Newerth, reaching top 1% in HoN and top 3-5% in Dota 2, I feel safe to say with lots of experience under my belt that HOTS is a great game. Although the game has plenty more balance and features to release, it feels very involved and fun. Yes it is easier to pick up and has less of a learning curve, that does not meanAfter being an experienced MOBA player through Dota 1, 2 and Heroes of Newerth, reaching top 1% in HoN and top 3-5% in Dota 2, I feel safe to say with lots of experience under my belt that HOTS is a great game. Although the game has plenty more balance and features to release, it feels very involved and fun. Yes it is easier to pick up and has less of a learning curve, that does not mean that it cannot be mastered like other MOBA's. If you are sick of the farming phase and having supports pushed into roles where they will be dominated, then you will love this game. If Blizzard released a VOIP, the game would further improve. I highly recommend it and hope blizzard pays very close attention to the games balance and expansion.… Expand
  23. Ballsack
    Jun 26, 2015
    8
    Alright, what I dont get is why people **** on this game so much, Its refreshing to have a new game in this genre when its been ruled by basically dota and riot. The characters are nice, game has depth and theres a lot to do in it.
  24. Thatguy1451
    Jun 27, 2015
    9
    Heroes of the storm does do a decent job of trying to stand out from the other top MOBAs like LOL. You can play as some of your favorite heros from all of Blizzards games. This game is great for those that are new to these types of games and does not take a huge amount of time to be able to get the basics right as you have no items and no gold to farm from last hits. Really I do enjoy thisHeroes of the storm does do a decent job of trying to stand out from the other top MOBAs like LOL. You can play as some of your favorite heros from all of Blizzards games. This game is great for those that are new to these types of games and does not take a huge amount of time to be able to get the basics right as you have no items and no gold to farm from last hits. Really I do enjoy this game as I was able to get friends to join in as they could catch on quickly. The only issue I have is the time it will take to gather all the heroes using only gold you gain at the end of the game. Overall it does a decent job of removing all the issues that you would be flamed for normally in LOL, you can play any hero you want anywhere people just get along and don't mind.… Expand
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. Ogie
    Aug 7, 2016
    9
    HoTS is very good MOBA game. I really like graphics of the game and mainly I like team play here. LoL is pretty much game about individuals, HoTS is about team. HoTS is maybe a bit simpler moba, but in this case simple does not mean bad. I am not moba fanatic and have not too much time for playing, but if you are looking for best moba I would definitely recommend this one!

    Graphics - 9    HoTS is very good MOBA game. I really like graphics of the game and mainly I like team play here. LoL is pretty much game about individuals, HoTS is about team. HoTS is maybe a bit simpler moba, but in this case simple does not mean bad. I am not moba fanatic and have not too much time for playing, but if you are looking for best moba I would definitely recommend this one!

    Graphics - 9
    Gameplay - 9
    Lasting Appeal - 8
    Execution - 9

    Overall - 8,75    … Expand
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. Wolfkovich
    Apr 11, 2016
    4
    well-balanced game but extremely boring game :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
  36. GamerMark
    May 10, 2016
    8
    First of all say that i have more than 2000 games in this games .
    You will have instatn action since minute 1 , for me the best MOBA right now , its more important play as a team than your individual skills . You have many diferents maps with diferents meta champions.
    If you like action and MOBA style play this game you just need to until you learn the bases , this is not LOL or DOTA    First of all say that i have more than 2000 games in this games .
    You will have instatn action since minute 1 , for me the best MOBA right now , its more important play as a team than your individual skills . You have many diferents maps with diferents meta champions.

    If you like action and MOBA style play this game you just need to until you learn the bases , this is not LOL or DOTA this is HOTS.    … Expand
  37. LostSands
    Aug 16, 2016
    8
    I'll keep this short.

    Heroes of the Storm is an objectively better game than League of Legends. It has better game design, hero balance, strategic elements, ect. Any positive review will explain further. What I am here to say is as a response for some of the negative reviews. People say they can't carry; they are wrong, they are just less able to notice game changing opportunities,    I'll keep this short.

    Heroes of the Storm is an objectively better game than League of Legends. It has better game design, hero balance, strategic elements, ect. Any positive review will explain further. What I am here to say is as a response for some of the negative reviews.

    People say they can't carry; they are wrong, they are just less able to notice game changing opportunities, or are potentially really bad. LostSands is my username in League of Legends, and I am a Platinum V support main. I play Heroes of the Storm now because it is an objectively better game, and I maintain a 65% win rate in my games. You 100% can carry a game by playing the right characters and making the right play at the right time.

    For individuals who are saying that it's community is toxic, that is ultimately not a consequence of the game, but rather a consequence of any given online MOBA community, and HotS is by far the most tame of any of them due to the fact that you literally cannot spend that much time in a game typing, or else you aren't playing.

    Make no mistake, If you wanted to complain about Heroes of the Storm, then you can absolutely do so, but it should be done for the right reasons. The largests flaw in heroes of the storm for me is a consequence of one of it's upsides. Games are shorter, and more team oriented, objective centric. Because of this, as an individual who is very competitive, it makes the entire game feel less impactful

    There are many times that I know I do very well, landing a critical snare, or a well timed ult, and these things lead to finishing the game. However, these moments don't stack up very well to the moments I have done at the 37 minute mark in League.    … Expand
  38. Axilley
    Jul 22, 2021
    8
    good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good goodgood good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good hots
  39. Veriera
    Dec 17, 2017
    3
    This game can be better. I love the IDEA behind some of their features but be prepared to be frustrated. QM fills like your drawing straws, and feels like it has gotten worst. I have seen a full solo Q of Specialist vs Assassins. How does that happen?? How is that fair? Ranked, you can easily pay for someone who wants to be a troll.
  40. tzimisce
    Feb 1, 2018
    1
    Blizzard chose to be "original" and not to implement any of the mechanics that make mobas worth playing.

    The matchmaking randomly throws players of all skill levels together and on top of that the game does not have any mechanics that would differentiate players like other mobas have - gold and individual xp. This makes ranked modes which really are the whole point of a moba, completely    Blizzard chose to be "original" and not to implement any of the mechanics that make mobas worth playing.

    The matchmaking randomly throws players of all skill levels together and on top of that the game does not have any mechanics that would differentiate players like other mobas have - gold and individual xp. This makes ranked modes which really are the whole point of a moba, completely worthless.

    Solo ranked is getting worse by the season and there are no fixes. There was a performance based MMR implemented and then it was removed shortly afterwards with no explanation or estimation when it would be back.    … Expand
  41. 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
  42. EustaceCS
    May 3, 2020
    8
    First and foremost, the game's dying, slowly but gracefully.
    Get your portion of AWESOME while it lasts, don't hesitate.
    It's free to play (and don't require 20GB+ sized download) anyway. What's good: - Simple gameplay which is master'able by average user. No lasthitting. No item buying. Just hero+talents choice and... - ...raw, robust action! Since there is no need in splitting    First and foremost, the game's dying, slowly but gracefully.
    Get your portion of AWESOME while it lasts, don't hesitate.
    It's free to play (and don't require 20GB+ sized download) anyway.

    What's good:
    - Simple gameplay which is master'able by average user. No lasthitting. No item buying. Just hero+talents choice and...
    - ...raw, robust action! Since there is no need in splitting one's attention between mobs and shops, the player can fully commit to dominating battlefield.
    - Non-intrusive paid content.

    What's bad:
    - 90% of lootboxes content is absolutely useless. There is no point in having 300+ profile icons since they're cheap to craft and can't be used simultaneously. Sprays? Same here. Yet, 1-3 sprays + 1-3 icons + 0 other iems from a lootbox is a common sight.
    - Playerbase is dwindling. So, longer time to reach the battle and...
    - ... permanent balancer hiccups. Just don't expect intense balanced action. It's you or them. No exceptions.

    What's neutral:
    - Plot: exists.
    - Events: numerous but rarely useful.
    - The developers started experimenting with gameplay recently, adding some spice into a bit stale dish.

    Embrace it while it's still playable - and remember it.
    This game is worthy to be remembered.    … Expand
  43. 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
  44. lop
    May 20, 2023
    0
    Used to have a lot of hype around this game when it first came out. Years gone by, not a single significant change to the game. Game is really easy and very little room for competitiveness. Also the devs/blizz probably gave up on this game.
  45. DvalinDK
    Jun 13, 2022
    10
    This definitely was the best MOBA. But sadly they canceled the game. My biggest hope in gaming would be that Blizzard is focusing on this game again, and maybe even a console version.

    But rating the game, how it was back in 2015-2016. Then it was Legend and a clear 10/10. I love that the game is focusing on Team play, so all the team members have shared XP pools.
  46. kezzyhko
    Jul 27, 2020
    7
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  47. NetterBenutzer
    Jul 2, 2020
    10
    I am in love with this game. Thank you so much, Blizzard, for this game ! I have been playing this game for 6 years. This game has what I've always missed in Dota 2, for example. It's just a great game. I used to play Dota 2, but since 2015 I have stopped being a fan of Dota. I love the world of warcraft and I only play as heroes from WOW. Once I had a platinum rating.
  48. JuviWarts
    Jul 4, 2020
    10
    One of the best games I play! the characters are fun and a lot of thought is put into gameplay. some games just do what's cool, but that's not necessarily fun. This game is fun.
  49. ANNDIR
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    After 2 years on lol this is just the best moba, not just farming on lane but action, so many different maps options e.t.c.
  50. Sayros_GO
    Oct 25, 2020
    10
    Heroes of the Storm is the next-gen of MOBAs!
    Different maps, different tactics, team fight is very important, no gold to spend, focus on talent instead and adapt them against your enemies' composition... simply amazing for me!
  51. gammablink
    Jun 25, 2021
    0
    A garbage game by a garbage developer. Spend 1 dime and they will ban you for trying to tell the horifically incompitent teammates to just pay attention
  52. LiniVitro
    Jul 16, 2021
    1
    I registered to write this review. This game is a piece of dried s**t. Blizzard is a greedy, mercantile company. You are given one of three heroes and forced to farm 7-10 thousand gold. But this is the path for only 2 heroes. I tried to play as heroes in rotation. They are extremely weak against those in matchmaking. They have a small radius of attack and use of skills, poorI registered to write this review. This game is a piece of dried s**t. Blizzard is a greedy, mercantile company. You are given one of three heroes and forced to farm 7-10 thousand gold. But this is the path for only 2 heroes. I tried to play as heroes in rotation. They are extremely weak against those in matchmaking. They have a small radius of attack and use of skills, poor escape.Absolutely everything in this game for a beginner comes down to what you need to endure and watch. No competitive interest whatsoever. It looks like Blizzard decided to kill this game 1/10
    1 point for concept    … Expand
  53. Z0MN1A
    Aug 4, 2021
    0
    I have been playing Blizzard's game Heroes of the Storm since the day of the game's Alpha launch. This was around 4/2015. Around 5/2021, I was permanently banned and an account valued at well over $1000 is no longer accessible to me.

    I have been reported numerous times for abusive chat. And this is completely understandable as I have been silenced on multiple occasions for it.    I have been playing Blizzard's game Heroes of the Storm since the day of the game's Alpha launch. This was around 4/2015. Around 5/2021, I was permanently banned and an account valued at well over $1000 is no longer accessible to me.

    I have been reported numerous times for abusive chat. And this is completely understandable as I have been silenced on multiple occasions for it. Understandably. I have a bit of an issue with expressing my irritability verbally and pressuring people to play correctly.

    In many cases, however, it was not a matter of straight up crude vulgarity. Although early in the game's life it certainly was, over the years I matured a bit and stuck to more specific claims of other player's performance. Addressing such issues play by play, as many neurotic players do.

    - My biggest argument is that if Blizzard's matchmaking service was effective, then there would be less frustration displayed by players of their teammates in games. Blizzard, as do all other competitive games developers, provide players with a mute/block button. It is the thin skinned player's responsibility to use such features.

    - My secondary argument is that if blizzard cannot create a perfect match making system, then Blizzard cannot expect perfect player conduct. To expect either is irrational.

    - My third argument is that players should not be permanently banned for conduct. Perhaps silenced for a year, perhaps temporarily banned for a year after so many cases. But mental issues are a thing and they are widely possessed in many forms by gamers. Some are offensive, and some are fragile. It is no place of a developer of any sort of software to try and dictate the behaviors of it's users using outright banning of an account as the consequence of not upholding said predefined behaviors.

    - My final argument has to do with a game's lifespan. If a player displays toxic behavior, be it outright vulgarity or simply the revealing to other players of their individual faults, it is likely that behavior is not going to suddenly disappear. It likely may become toned down over time, especially after numerous and increasing chat restriction penalties, but it is unlikely that it will fully disappear. So the longer the game is up, the chance of the company eventually banning the player increases drematically year by year.

    Blizzard and other game's developers should be legally restricted to a year-by-year rule where you can impose a penalty for the remainder of an annual cycle that restricts them (up to completely) from a game due to conduct, but never indefinitely - at the very least without a complete and total refund of that player's money. And offenses cannot be gray areas. Threats of violence, for example, would be a zero-tolerance example of how a player could be outright banned and refunded their purchases. But disrespect should never be considered a bannable offense, especially considering that in society disrespect is sometimes endearing and a, perhaps poor, desire to help improve the overall player-base's ability to perform, or weed out those who refuse to improve. Thereby improving the efficacy of the matchmaking system and in turn reducing the degree of toxic behaviors in individual matches.

    Lastly, this genre of game, specifically. One that originated as a mod on another of Blizzard's games, Warcraft III, is riddled with toxicity. It always has been. And it is toxic players of this genre that ultimately lead to the genre becoming independent of the mod it originated on.

    Blizzard has in recent years become an absolutely terrible company and I caution anyone even talking about them as it simply gives them more publicity. The company is on it's way out for their abhorrent business practices and general disrespect of their player base and those of us who have been here since the very beginning.

    By all means make your own decisions, but take it from someone who has been playing blizzard games since the beginning, they have turned evil very quickly.    … Expand
  54. MMxReptile
    Dec 27, 2022
    10
    Best MOBA ever. Amazing community, great, lively and colorfull graphics, smooth gameplay, really addicting, original maps, ideas and heroes, LoL couldn't be ever as great as this game.
  55. Sajmon55
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Best MOBA! No more bad game mechanics of last hitting. No longer do you have to compete against your team in a team game.
  56. Izoeros
    Apr 26, 2022
    5
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  57. joglow
    May 16, 2022
    9
    I actually really really liked it! And I would not hesitate saying this was the game I played best!
  58. Gamepro5
    Jun 7, 2022
    7
    This is easily one of the best MOBAs I've ever played. It's not too complicated, visually pleasing, and the various characters can be unlocked just by playing the game. The gameplay is so fun that I often wish the games didn't end up in a steamroll situation where your team is at a lower level and you can't keep up with the enemy team. Sadly, the game has been ignored by the developersThis is easily one of the best MOBAs I've ever played. It's not too complicated, visually pleasing, and the various characters can be unlocked just by playing the game. The gameplay is so fun that I often wish the games didn't end up in a steamroll situation where your team is at a lower level and you can't keep up with the enemy team. Sadly, the game has been ignored by the developers since around early 2020. There has not been any new content, and it's currently on life support.… Expand
  59. BPJ
    Jun 14, 2022
    10
    This game is a new experience in moba gameplay, a funtastic game. Go to battle net and enjoy!
  60. bloatdotlol
    Jun 23, 2022
    9
    This game could have stole the first rank of the MOBA genre if it was release one year before. This game is so underestimated.
  61. 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.
  62. pyrominsoo
    Jun 15, 2015
    7
    Blizzard attempts to make a more friendly MOBA by eliminating many elements that cause quarreling. However, they only proved that **** will always be there to ruin your fun.
  63. 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.
  64. Roteiro
    Apr 18, 2020
    8
    This game is great, and maybe the best MOBA, but the brawl mode is so unfair many times... I really cant understand Blizzard... :(
  65. BestNoob
    Nov 26, 2020
    1
    Simple, fun, great ... the best game in this genre ! No items just Hero power and Teamplay/Map mechanics ... and thats the problem 90% Braindead ppl. in this game ..

    and i mean BRAIN DEAD

    they have nothing in there... completly empty. (LIke the players of most Activision/Blizzard games) and no its not a question of the age !

    The rest is 5% Cheater and 5% Pro Player.
  66. Khaosom
    Mar 22, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's extremely rare I'll rate a game this low but as a Moba player I feel a true rating and review for this is needed. It's a League of Legends/Dota knock off with all Blizzard heroes. Which wouldn't be bad except it's basically babies first Moba. No strategy for building required, no counter building, no items for purchase and no leveling abilities (talents unlock at certain levels that add effects to skills). Then to top it off you get 1 free character, and maybe a second from a loot chest after the tutorial, meaning you can only play a small portion of the roles. There's no free weekly/monthly rotation of characters, there's no free character from each class like other Moba games. If you want an easy game where you have 0 thinking and pay to get everything this is for you.… Expand
  67. 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
  68. soprofy
    Jun 23, 2015
    6
    Dota for rich kids.

    The easiest Dota-like game I saw out there and is the easiest to start with. Maps are great and feel like 7 different custom maps, but with same heroes around the board. The lesbi "pay or we choose which hero you play today" model is totally unacceptable for me personally as it destroys the fair competitiveness in 99% of the playerbase. Play this instead of    Dota for rich kids.

    The easiest Dota-like game I saw out there and is the easiest to start with.

    Maps are great and feel like 7 different custom maps, but with same heroes around the board.

    The lesbi "pay or we choose which hero you play today" model is totally unacceptable for me personally as it destroys the fair competitiveness in 99% of the playerbase.

    Play this instead of the dota2 tutorial.    … Expand
  69. SeniorJoker
    May 14, 2021
    0
    I've been playing game since alpha. It's almost 6 years. Banned this year for chat. Couldn't stand moronic players broken MM provides. And CAN'T IGNORE THEM with leaving game. They report you or system just gives you penalty for leaving. And you get EVEN WORSE PEOPLE with who you must win to get rid of penalty. Also, I don't believe that have same MMR with such people that even don't knowI've been playing game since alpha. It's almost 6 years. Banned this year for chat. Couldn't stand moronic players broken MM provides. And CAN'T IGNORE THEM with leaving game. They report you or system just gives you penalty for leaving. And you get EVEN WORSE PEOPLE with who you must win to get rid of penalty. Also, I don't believe that have same MMR with such people that even don't know damn basics of game. Donated. Had many things unlocked on account. Ofc, no refund. Blizzard cares nowadays only about money. I played student league. Really liked this game. Now it is a trash can with SJV bio-waste, which even the indefinite article in your message offends (so they can use the punishment system in their favor, even if they just don't like you). Do a favor for humanity, don't play blizzard games. Or they will continue to keep the level of their games at the bottom for the sake of the SJV scam. All you find just farming in a beautiful wrapper. They don't even respect their own employees and pay them a bonus with play time in Warcraft while Bobby Kotick gets millions in bonuses. Lmao.… Expand
  70. 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!)

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    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
  71. fastlite
    May 4, 2023
    9
    The best and most fun MOBA out there. It's sad that it's no longer being supported
  72. ComandanteCobra
    May 25, 2016
    7
    Good Work Blizzard. It's a free MOBA that is actually excellent!
    1# No pay to win 2# Fast matches ...15 minutes or even less 3# Fun cooperative play is possible (party vs ai) 4# Easy to earn in-game currency to "buy" champions without burn real money 4# Easy to learn but experienced players shine in actual gameplay 5# No toxic community 6# Really encourage teamplay because Heroes (or    Good Work Blizzard. It's a free MOBA that is actually excellent!
    1# No pay to win 2# Fast matches ...15 minutes or even less 3# Fun cooperative play is possible (party vs ai) 4# Easy to earn in-game currency to "buy" champions without burn real money 4# Easy to learn but experienced players shine in actual gameplay 5# No toxic community 6# Really encourage teamplay because Heroes (or Champions) gains levels as a team and not individually 6# Support champions are fun to use 7# Lots of players 8# Lots of maps with different objective and tactics 9# If a player disconnect a bot immediately take his place 10# AI is not too dumb 11# There is a pratical way to try champions before buy 12# No equipment to buy during matches ...that means no coins gain for a kill...that means no kill-stealing whingers 13# Fast connection time 14# If you do decide to play solo gets repetitive like other MOBA so lower score to 6 or 7 solo. 'nuff said ! Note: High Score because is a free game    … Expand
  73. Tk4Bullet
    Mar 29, 2022
    6
    I'll give it a 6 because I had a blast playing it, but as time goes it get worse wnd worse. The game removed unecessary and boring stuff like last hitting/farming from another mobas and made a team-oriented moba, where you have no chance 1 v 5. Additionally, different maps provide more variety, where various compositions will excel, but some players still can't use this to theirI'll give it a 6 because I had a blast playing it, but as time goes it get worse wnd worse. The game removed unecessary and boring stuff like last hitting/farming from another mobas and made a team-oriented moba, where you have no chance 1 v 5. Additionally, different maps provide more variety, where various compositions will excel, but some players still can't use this to their advantage.
    Edit: while playing unranked our tead did not know what to pick and therefore we were knocked out of the picking phase back to menu and got banned for 1 game from unranked/ranked - had to win 1 game of QM, but after 2 matches of **** quick match provides, we uninstalled. Nova/deathwing/genji/tracer every game. Why can't heroes like this just be deleted? **** all of you guys who main these heroes

    On the other hand, quick match was and still is the biggest flaw of the game where you get idiotic compositions. You either stomp or get stomped. Sounds like fun, eh? Yet I am not suprised because most of players want to carry and play assassins. Nobody cares about a good team comp on QM. Reconnecting system is bad too. If you lost connection, you may just wait until the match is over because you will not rejoin in time. Ranked is far from ideal too, people are clueless about positioning or draft, even in diamond/master. Trollpicks such as nova/gazlowe/murky are a common thing    … Expand
  74. Seafox89
    May 28, 2016
    8
    Blizzard always puts out great quality games. HotS looks great, plays smooth, has a huge variety of heroes, maps, and extra stuff, a pretty positive online community, as well as a really really solid client. Overall it's an excellent F2P MOBA. As a long-time League of Legends player, it's hard not to review HotS without making comparisons. The key difference I see between HotS and LeagueBlizzard always puts out great quality games. HotS looks great, plays smooth, has a huge variety of heroes, maps, and extra stuff, a pretty positive online community, as well as a really really solid client. Overall it's an excellent F2P MOBA. As a long-time League of Legends player, it's hard not to review HotS without making comparisons. The key difference I see between HotS and League is the skill-level and strategic depth. HotS is a bit simpler and easier for beginning players to learn and enjoy, but that means it doesn't quite have the same depth as League in terms of high level play. However, HotS still has some pretty competitive pro-level play. Blizzard is fast approaching Riot's position as the poster child of esports, and I wouldn't be surprised to see HotS on ESPN at some point.… Expand
  75. Onlifex
    Jul 21, 2016
    10
    A really good and fun game, with a lot of goals and characters so it is hard to get bored, it really is a work of art, Blizzard good work. And I know what I say, because I've been playing this game since beta.
  76. clawh00k
    Jul 21, 2016
    9
    I wanted to play a MOBA but LoL and VainGlory weren't fun for me. I picked up the starter pack for this game ($20) and got right into it. I love it. The combat is fun and I like the turret design more than in other MOBAs. My only complaint is that the frame rate can be bad, even at lower settings. Besides that, this is a great game!
  77. AzazelNGT
    Aug 6, 2016
    3
    Addictive, would be a really nice game if not for the cons:

    - Poor server, often unstable connection, there is usually at least one gamer having connection problems which compromise the match - Unusually long waiting times, on average a game lasts 40 mins, of which 25 mins is the net game time - Teams on quick match can be imbalanced and since no resign option is available that means    Addictive, would be a really nice game if not for the cons:

    - Poor server, often unstable connection, there is usually at least one gamer having connection problems which compromise the match
    - Unusually long waiting times, on average a game lasts 40 mins, of which 25 mins is the net game time
    - Teams on quick match can be imbalanced and since no resign option is available that means 40 mins of your time wasted. Same if one player does not participate.
    - Teams are too small. Should there be any of the issues above present, your whole match is just a waste of time. There is no chance to stand with 4 vs 5.
    - Free part of the game allows not much personalization. The paid part is at ridiculous prices and do not give any valuable extras.    … Expand
  78. Lone_Wolf_Sones
    Aug 7, 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 wise to wait for a sale before spending on real cash on the game at the present.… Expand
  79. buzzspark
    Apr 15, 2018
    10
    The best game I have ever played. Period. So much fun and it never gets old, LoL and DOTA2 can suck it.
  80. VladiMiagk
    May 15, 2018
    10
    Отличная игра! Лучшая в своем жанре! Близзард как всегда на высоте! Играю уже давно!
  81. DalerLK
    Mar 16, 2018
    5
    If you are looking for fun with friend(who play casual game) in MOBA, then it's your turn. Easy game for spend some time without any nerves.
  82. DepressedGamer
    Mar 22, 2018
    2
    Power creep and matchmaking have utterly crippled this game. Matches are usually a stomp and there is no fun to be had anymore. This is made worse because, like most MOBAs, the community is extremely toxic.

    Plus Lootboxes are the primary means to get cosmetics.
  83. 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.
  84. Arsemex
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    This game fails in every aspect. Terrible balance, terrible matchmaking, terrible UI, and they don't even let you surrender.
  85. 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
  86. 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.
  87. kutayc
    Mar 14, 2022
    0
    Blizzard could take instalockers, afk players, and people picking multiple roles more seriously since matchmaking is the core handicap in this game.
    My account is banned for chat violation and you know what I've been through if you played this game. Yes I got really mad sometimes because of the toxic profile you get matched with.
    If you can put up with cancer players go for it and    Blizzard could take instalockers, afk players, and people picking multiple roles more seriously since matchmaking is the core handicap in this game.
    My account is banned for chat violation and you know what I've been through if you played this game. Yes I got really mad sometimes because of the toxic profile you get matched with.

    If you can put up with cancer players go for it and download. Terrible matchmaking and drafting mechanism only awards bad players and pushes dedicated good gamers out of this space.

    I have wasted my years to play with troll players that pick heroes that can be easily countered or the same roles already picked by the other teammates. Matchmaking system is just terrible. No cooperation, no communicaion, no help, players that don't know what they do etc. This game has a lot to go though but its already dead anyways.    … Expand
  88. TooDming
    Mar 18, 2020
    10
    I play this game since 2016 and that is my review.
    I didnt play in Lol, so particulary i will compare Hots with Dota 2.
    When i first saw its graphics, i was surprised it looked very cool and for me, the graphics still better than graphics in dota/lol. I read many old negative reviews and people say that you need to donate if you want to play ranked or buy new heroes.Its a lie, i could    I play this game since 2016 and that is my review.
    I didnt play in Lol, so particulary i will compare Hots with Dota 2.
    When i first saw its graphics, i was surprised it looked very cool and for me, the graphics still better than graphics in dota/lol.

    I read many old negative reviews and people say that you need to donate if you want to play ranked or buy new heroes.Its a lie, i could play ranked in a month and have never donated till now, i can play many heroes because i have bought more than half of them, plus you can play some heroes every week without paying for that.Ofc you can donate and unlock ranked in a week, but what do you want?Get lower rank because you played not so much and you are bad player?

    What about heroes?In my opinion, we have only 4-5 op heroes, oh you think someone can take them?Every team has 2 ban at the beginning and 1 ban for each team in the middle of preparation.So you can ban op heroes and also some heroes that can beat your pick.If you want to win, make a good pick, i dont see disbalance here.In that case, its similar with Dota.
    Every hero has his abilities and talents.Someone said that abilities are similar, i remember only 5 abilities which are similar by its effect (not by animation of cource) or that people want to say that abilities have similar damage or heal?I hope they are not so stupid.In Dota 2 every hero has 4 abilities (i dont remember about passive ability) and you need to make simple upgrades which upgrade damage/heal.Also there are special talents on 10, 15, 20, 25 lvl which can improve your hero stats/give more ability duration/less cooldown/more dmg for ability.
    Hots heroes have 5 abilities (5th can be passive or active) , every hero can choose 1 talent of 3-4 (and two to choose for ult), talent up at level 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20.Some of them have special task to complete and get bonus and there are some which give you new abilities (not so strong, compare with basic).Its clear, that talent system is better in Hots then in Dota.And that was without including Dota items, so lets talk about them.

    Items in Dota make a major influence in fight, i find feeding for items is boring, and that is another problem that people say, they say that Hots is boring, too fast and i found guy who said its not funny.
    Every game in Dota lasts about 40 mins an average, all the game you are trying to earn money, buy better items and just kill your opponent because you have better items.
    Hots is fast, has many maps, the complete opposite of Dota, that how it was made.You think Hots boring because its fast?Because i dont see where it can be boring, if it has 15 different maps and dynamic gameplay.About fun, you want some clowns on the map, who will amuse you or what?For example, find funny playing Cho`Gall with my friend.

    Hots has shared level, because of that, there is no guy who will dominate all the opposite team because he got bigger lvl. Team gets exp for killing creeps, taking camps and killing enemy. There is no "Kills mean nothing" or "Its impossible to comeback", Kills give you important exp in the beginning and might give you victory after 20 lvl, because hero respawn is very long at that time of the game.2/5 or 3/5 of the game you need to stay as team (not all the time, how said sever "pro gamers" in these reviews) , the other half heroes must be splited up on all 3-2 lines.
    Disconnect problem is not so big, i may have disconnect 1/15 games, but its less than 30 sec.
    Now we came to the main problem, the problem of people's behavior.You have a small chance to get a team, where everyone will try to win and wont cry, doing bad for all team.Many people hate Hots for toxic people, but isnt it absolutely all games have such a problem?You can get lower rank because of them, so got I. I got 5 gold after calibration, after several games fall to silver 2 for a long time.It was hard to win every game but then i dealed with that, picking my best heroes.Currently im platinum 3-4.

    Hots is an interesting moba game which was made different from other moba games.Its seems easy, but that is the point. You can play other moba, if you dont like its gameplay. Hots was made that way.
    That how critics say (and its also a cause because there are no negative critics).

    This game deserves at least 1 more point to user score.
    By the way Dota
    and Lol have low rating too, everyone just argue with each other.There are people who played Hots and got mad because of "main problem" (and then rated it as 0-4 (who can even rate as 0? 0 score-0 brain)), i think people should left their little whims somewhere else. Still, i wont put bad rating for Dota or Lol because "I played only Dota and then that "Hots" appeared, i wont play it, Dota forever, Hots is trash", its very stupid and looks like child's deed.    … Expand
  89. harros
    Sep 9, 2019
    7
    World, graphics and hero design are on point and creative, however what the game brings in joy and creativity it limits weekly. Not all heroes are available to play like competitive MOBAs and I think this will be the biggest hurdle in front of the community for ever becoming a serious esports in the eyes of its own casual palyer base and if your casual playerbase don't feel serious thenWorld, graphics and hero design are on point and creative, however what the game brings in joy and creativity it limits weekly. Not all heroes are available to play like competitive MOBAs and I think this will be the biggest hurdle in front of the community for ever becoming a serious esports in the eyes of its own casual palyer base and if your casual playerbase don't feel serious then you will have no esport base either.… Expand
  90. blover
    Dec 5, 2019
    7
    It's a good game, but Hots is too casual and quickly bored.Dota 2 and LoL are much better.Blizzard lost this battle
  91. tumismo
    Dec 8, 2019
    3
    Awfully imbalanced game. You can tell the studio doesn't care enough to fix the pile of issues that the game is dragging.
  92. Qysc3nt
    Feb 3, 2020
    8
    Not my first, but my favorite MOBA. Not very complex like others, lot of variety with different maps, and fast pacing. If you like MOBA genre but don't want lot's of time to invest into it Hots your choice. Sadly released to late in over saturated market with leaders like DOTA 2 and Legue of Legends.
    Still if I want to relax and play some quick matches HOTS is my choice.
  93. Bloodnes
    Feb 6, 2020
    10
    Лучшая моба которая когда либо создавалась. Близарды сделали шедевр и только фанаты других игр могут поливать её грязью. Геймплей Вас не оттащит с утра и до ночи, игра никогда не надоест. Это шедевр! 10/10
  94. Omnimoon
    Feb 11, 2020
    10
    Достаточно долго игрался в дотку первую, затем попробовал вторую, которой не был впечатлён от слова совсем. Затем я попробовал ХОТС и влюбился :3 Жаль, что не попробовал ету штуку раньше, слишком много нервов и времени убито на токсиков скучной доты :сДостаточно долго игрался в дотку первую, затем попробовал вторую, которой не был впечатлён от слова совсем. Затем я попробовал ХОТС и влюбился :3 Жаль, что не попробовал ету штуку раньше, слишком много нервов и времени убито на токсиков скучной доты :с
  95. Drakontas
    Nov 23, 2020
    10
    Nice game killed by greedy Mundus' corporate greed. Still alive, gets new releases and balance batches regularly every 3 months
  96. PanMrkvicka
    Feb 12, 2020
    7
    I very much liked this game it was a different take on MOBA but I stopped playing when Blizzard **** up the game so. But until then it was great.
  97. EmilF
    Feb 1, 2020
    10
    Free to play
    Many online players
    Stable good servers
    Stable gameplay
    New content released all the time

    A masterful succes by bliz
  98. bullybeatdown69
    Feb 3, 2020
    10
    Best Blizzard game! Love being able to play as my favorite characters across the Blizz Universe. The mechanics, maps, and graphics are all outstanding. Great game play highly engaging. Wish they'd put more developers on the project, they've really nailed it with this game
  99. Murlop
    Feb 25, 2020
    2
    This game is rubbish, they force you to lose to keep you close to 50% winrate by pairing with very low level people vs premade players who know how to play, it is also very unbalanced and the reports are automatic, do not verify the reports and are cumulative, In addition to that there are more and more Trolls and people who do not cooperate and do not play as a team and this is a gameThis game is rubbish, they force you to lose to keep you close to 50% winrate by pairing with very low level people vs premade players who know how to play, it is also very unbalanced and the reports are automatic, do not verify the reports and are cumulative, In addition to that there are more and more Trolls and people who do not cooperate and do not play as a team and this is a game that is based on teamwork and if a single player refuses to play as a team you have already lost.… Expand
  100. Temmi
    Apr 26, 2020
    10
    Very good graphics, a familiar universe, excellent balance for most heroes, the team aspect is not necessarly a bad aspect (just think of it as the overwatch of MOBAs), it s far more original then the other MOBAs, thx to the multiple maps with objectives where you ccan have team fights and heroes with mechanics unseen in the genra: a hero played by to player, for example. In conclusion, inVery good graphics, a familiar universe, excellent balance for most heroes, the team aspect is not necessarly a bad aspect (just think of it as the overwatch of MOBAs), it s far more original then the other MOBAs, thx to the multiple maps with objectives where you ccan have team fights and heroes with mechanics unseen in the genra: a hero played by to player, for example. In conclusion, in many aspect this game is better but more casual then it's competitors, but don't take thant as an excuse, it's not like you are 'challenger or something'… Expand
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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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86

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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