Paladins

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7.3

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  1. Pro-ISA
    May 18, 2018
    10
    played paladins for like 40 hrs since like not long time ago and i cant get enough of it

    Great Game.
  2. TheJoJlols
    May 19, 2018
    10
    Thia is the best shooter that I ever played. Graphics are looking pretty and nice for your eyes, you will enjoy every second looking at the beautiful textures, clear blue sky and even whales swimming in the sky! In short, very beautiful graphics.
    There're 36 different champions, so you can easily find your favourite one, and never be bored!
    The game contains three gamemodes. -Siege;    Thia is the best shooter that I ever played. Graphics are looking pretty and nice for your eyes, you will enjoy every second looking at the beautiful textures, clear blue sky and even whales swimming in the sky! In short, very beautiful graphics.
    There're 36 different champions, so you can easily find your favourite one, and never be bored!
    The game contains three gamemodes.
    -Siege;
    -Competitive or ranked (siege and adds ranks and more exp.)
    -Onslaught.
    Every gamemode has many maps, so you will be feeling happy and not bored for long :D
    Donating system.
    This game IS NOT making you paying you for skins. You can buy it or not, skins won't help you to win, but they will give food to yer eyes.
    Balance, the important one.
    Does game have a good balance? No. Does game have bad balance? No.
    Some characters are really OP, they can kill ya easily, but if your hands are growing from the right place you will kill them. If you want to be good player just practice, so there won't be any OP characters for you.
    Also, game contains many bugs, but hey, what game doesn't have it?
    In short, I highly recommend that game to everyone :D    … Expand
  3. FrostyFeet97
    Sep 13, 2018
    10
    Once you start you cant stop. This game is free and awesome. Graphics are decent. The system of cards is very interesting + you can make custom loadout!
  4. deadshoot
    Jul 10, 2019
    10
    its like overwatchs free to play version uejsuudhhdyehdhrjdjdgebrjdudhjd8jj
  5. Skillam
    May 16, 2018
    10
    Paladins is a free to play hero shooter that isn't pay to win in anyway, the only things you can buy with real money are crystals and the battle pass, you can get awesome looking skins with them. The battle pass system works like Fortnites battle pass and has plenty of skins. With crystals you can buy chests which include different skins or you can potentially buy the skins for somePaladins is a free to play hero shooter that isn't pay to win in anyway, the only things you can buy with real money are crystals and the battle pass, you can get awesome looking skins with them. The battle pass system works like Fortnites battle pass and has plenty of skins. With crystals you can buy chests which include different skins or you can potentially buy the skins for some crystals. You earn plenty of crystals in daily logins.

    Now for the game-play, i have been playing Paladins for over a year and a half and I still am not bored with it. You can change your whole champion with the Cards and Legendary system. You create loadouts for your champions and you have 20 cards which you can choose from which you can change however you like,the loadouts contain 5 cards of your liking, they can be leveled up to the max level which is level 5 or you can have them at level 1 but with all your 5 cards combined they have to have 15 levels. The cards are completely free once you unlock the champion.In every match you have an item shop which you can buy 4 Items from the selection of 16. The categories are as follow:Defensive,Healing,Utility and Offensive Items, the credits needed to purchase these cards are earned in the match you currently are playing and depends on how well you are doing you get more credits and can buy more items and upgrade your already purchased items to make them even stronger.
    To unlock a champion it only takes some gold which you earn while playing the game and completing daily quests, don't worry it isn't grindy at all i have stacks on stacks of gold like literally i have 2 Million gold in the game and the most expensive champion costs 60K gold. All of Paladins champions deal tons of damage and do their role fantastically, the supports aren't just some heal bots they actually help the team with their healing, crowd control and their lethal damage. Everything feels viable and its true that almost all of the champions are viable but balancing a game can never be accomplished but Paladins is so close to perfecting it for both casual players and the pro players.

    I haven't spent a single penny in the game and I have the same advantages as the people that spent a 100 dollars on it. I have plenty of skins because of the generous crystals earned daily logins that they offer.

    Every game has its downs and Paladins doesn't have many but still has some, which are various bugs and glitches but they can be fixed in future patches and they are trying their best with fixing as many as they can every patch, in the newest patch they fixed around 20 bugs which are many because they tend to update every 2 weeks to fix balancing and bugs and every 6 weeks they have an update which adds new champions, new events, heavy bug fixes and many gorgeous skins.
    Paladins can be run on potato computers and still get good fps. The graphics are very fantasy like and immerse you into its world. Even if you have a very high end computer Paladins still looks very beautiful on maximum graphics and the FPS is at the maximum limit on my medium computer.

    If the Paladins team keeps going at this pace and maintain their aggressive updating their game would become one of the best hero shooter if not the best, obviously they have Overwatch to compete against but both of them are very different and people might like Paladins more than Overwatch and vice versa.

    I prefer Paladins over Overwatch because in Paladins you can completely change your whole champion the way you want to play it and you can counter play everything from crowd control, healing, damage taken and more and more with the help of the item shop and with the help of the Cards and Legendary system you can customise your whole deck to counter a specific set of enemies. You can store up 5 loadouts per champion which is plenty.    … Expand
  6. WESTdeen
    May 16, 2018
    10
    I have been playing Paladins ever since June of 2017 ( OB 51 i believe ) and i cannot describe how much of a roller coaster Paladins has been in my life until its launch. It is true that Paladins had rough Open Beta Patches, and it is true that it also had questionable monetization, but with the help of the community, Paladins has become better than ever with a fair monetization modelI have been playing Paladins ever since June of 2017 ( OB 51 i believe ) and i cannot describe how much of a roller coaster Paladins has been in my life until its launch. It is true that Paladins had rough Open Beta Patches, and it is true that it also had questionable monetization, but with the help of the community, Paladins has become better than ever with a fair monetization model (that is one of the best for F2P where you can unlock everything by simply playing the game ) while maintaining at its core a VERY fun game. that is unique from its other competitors.
    What makes Paladins' game play so fun and deep is its Cards Deck Building where you can change a Champions playstyle depending on the deck you have chosen made of 5 cards out of 20 and 1 talent out of 4.
    A support champion like Pip would choose Mega Potion Talent to focus more on healing while he would choose Catalyst Talent to increase his explosives' dmg turning him into a Flank.
    A Front line like Ash can choose Fortress Talent to increase the size of her shield making her a point tank, Battering Ram Talent to grant her a 90% dmg reduction upon using her Dash charge making her perfect for dive comps that messes up the enemy's team backline and get information and get away safely., or Slug Shot Talent turning her into a long range backline sniper.
    A Damage like Drogoz can choose Fusillade Talent making his direct rockets deal more dmg encourage skill aiming, Combustible Talent where his Fire Spits punishes the enemy for grouping up with wide explosions, or W.R.Y.M Jets Talent increasing his jets speed making him a hybrid of flank and dmg that can dive.
    A flank like Zhin, can choose Guil Talent to make his Ult a guarantee kill that he can use to get rid of important targets like Front Lines in the beginning of a round, or Yomi Talent making his every third shot have infinite range and increased dmg granting him a better poke dmg, Retaliation Talent making his counter ability last more thus turning him into a literal Front Line, or Smolder Talent that makes him regenerate health during his billow ability making him a self-sufficient dive flank.
    These are only 4 out of 32 champions that all have unique abilities, talents and card decks, which is exactly what makes me comeback into paladins everyday for the past year. Don't let others discourage you from enjoying Paladins, grab some friends and have some quality time.    … Expand
  7. cmsaunli
    May 17, 2018
    10
    One of the best multiplayer games I have ever had the pleasure on enjoying, and on top of that? It's FREE! Recommend to anyone, skilled gamer or not, you'll enjoy it! Give it a good go, I've been enjoying it for well over a year and continue to just find new happiness with it. HiRez excelled themselves on this.
  8. Gear1483
    May 17, 2018
    10
    I started playing near OB 50. There were some problems at some time but the game pulled through. The developers even commented why they had to do such controversial changes. Other than that, the game is a pure joy. I enjoyed every single one of it. I will do my best to review it.

    Graphics: The graphics is good for a free to play game with such a small developer team. It doesn't make you    I started playing near OB 50. There were some problems at some time but the game pulled through. The developers even commented why they had to do such controversial changes. Other than that, the game is a pure joy. I enjoyed every single one of it. I will do my best to review it.

    Graphics: The graphics is good for a free to play game with such a small developer team. It doesn't make you feel like you have compromised by playing free to play game. So its good.

    Sound: The sound is very good. The game has different voices for each epic skins and there are tons of epic skins. The voice of the skin complements the personality of the skins and anime dubbers are payed to do voice for the skins. So the sound quality is awesome. Also the game is more silly than you expect it to be, So some of the champions will be talking with each other in memes and songs. One of the voice of champion is wholly based on meme music. Its all good fun.

    Character: Now this is where paladins is very creative. Its characters are fantasy based so there is no restriction. They can create original concepts or add elves, dwarfs, giants and dragons( game has all of this). Also being hero shooter, kit of the champions should be good for enjoyment and it is. Some skills are awesome, some are hilarious, each and every champion is unique in personality and kit. So paladins is excellent in this category. So Hirez are not restricted in this category. They have a lot of great choices to make champions from and they have proved it. The game has currently 36 champion and a new unique support champion is coming in early June.

    Gameplay: The gameplay is also unique and has its own quirk. It has just the right amount of speed. Its not too fast paced and not too slow paced. Also the time to kill is higher than other games in this genre so players have to position themselves perfectly, change positions regularly and when you kill someone, you feel awarded. There are very few one hit kill and they each have their limitation. Also the map is symmetrical and there are very creative systems in place that seem mundane at first but help to increase your fun in game like mounts. The mount system allows you to get to points faster in a long map, allows you to flank easily. After playing with mount system, you will want it in other games.

    Cards and customization: So this is where the game excels at. By customization, I dont mean aesthetic. By choosing five cards from more than 15 cards, and allocating points on them, you basically change how you play the champion. You can add points on the speed increase if you kill someone, or gain health, shield, damage reduction and other stuff. I am just trying to simplify it. Basically you have a standard champion and you shape him however you want and what suits your play style. Also there are legendary cards that you pick one out of 4 or more and it changes your champion more than the cards mentioned above. You can make tanks do more damage and make them have more mobility so they can flank and deal damage easily and you can make a flank a support by increasing their healing radius so it also affects your team mate. This created many meta where tanks were flanking, supports were dishing damage like crazy, damages champions were zooming around and flanks were healing. If you think this is chaos, then it is not, there are built in measures to stop it if you want. If tank is attacking you head on with his shield, then you can buy in match items that you buy with credits from killing enemies in the same match which will deal more damage to shields, you can also buy items to reduce healing, increase healing, increase mobility, increase ultimate charge rate, reduce damage from aoe or direct, increase range of visibility of invisible champions, etc. You will play the game how you want in each match and each match will be different even if your team and the opponents team choose the same champion. So this category makes paladins unique and best among its genre.

    Bugs: The bugs have reduced a lot from its beta phase. There are also bugs patches each 2 weeks or sooner if the game demands it. Only about 2 bugs present are a little bit annoying but they are being addressed in this week's patch.

    So this game doesn't has any cons abut it. The game is very much community focused and is evolving and its toxicity is near zero. The match making is a little bit awkward when it is not a common time to play but now after the launch and more players coming to the game, it will be better.

    TLDR: So from a gamer to gamer. if you are looking for a good hero shooter fps game, then this is the game for you. Its casual and competitive at the same time. You wont regret it.    … Expand
  9. WhispersDimZ
    May 19, 2018
    10
    Игра заслуживает внимания, более года играл в бета-версию, пронаблюдал все "поиски себя" разработчиков и вытерпел все жёсткие перемены в экономике игры и некоторых геймплейных фишках.
    На данный момент, как мне кажется, игра нашла идеальный путь развития. Кроме очевидных плюсов, вроде карточной системы, прекрасной костомизации персонажей, оптимизацией под слабые ПК (на момент написания    Игра заслуживает внимания, более года играл в бета-версию, пронаблюдал все "поиски себя" разработчиков и вытерпел все жёсткие перемены в экономике игры и некоторых геймплейных фишках.
    На данный момент, как мне кажется, игра нашла идеальный путь развития. Кроме очевидных плюсов, вроде карточной системы, прекрасной костомизации персонажей, оптимизацией под слабые ПК (на момент написания обзора спорный вопрос), достаточно приличной графики, я хочу отметить отношение разработчиков к своему продукту. Разработчики не стесняются общаться со своим комьюнити, могут в юмор и вкладывают в развитие игры кучу усилий (Обещают, что крупные обновления будут выходить каждые 6 недель, а между крупными обновлениями будут проводить мелкие изменения и правки)
    Хвалить игру можно очень долго, но пиарщики и сами все достоинства покажут в деталях, хотелось бы рассказать о минусах, которые я очень надеюсь в будущем будут исправлены:
    1) Игра работает не стабильно, хоть все и говорят, что она сделана для слабых ПК имеются проблемы ( у меня не такой уж и слабый компьютер). Во-первых, если ваша игра затянется больше, чем на 3-4 часа за одну сессию, ждите проседание фпс до 20-30. Во-вторых, после последнего обновления почему-то фпс в игре не подымается выше 60 (ранее был 175, не уверен, что проблема в игре, но стоит обратить внимание, т.к. игра очень зависит от установленных на ПК вспомогательных программ)
    2) Плохая рейтинговая система, не знаю как у других, но у меня либо идут 10 побед подряд, либо 10 поражений. Другого не дано (В быстрых играх такой проблеммы нет, актуально только для рейтинговых)
    3) Мало игровых режимов. Для быстрой игры всего два, а именно: "осада" и "схватка" (включает, два режима "натиск" и "командный бой на смерть"), рейтинговая игра имеет всего один сценарий, аналогичный режиму "осада".
    4) Баги. Лично я встречаю баги и вылеты редко, но в группе ВКонтакте часто вижу скриншоты с багами и читаю возмущенния игроков, поэтому лучше не ждать, что игра будет работать идеально
    Однако, не смотря на все неприятности, я рекомендую ознакомится с Paladins, потому что игра имеет разработчиков, которые готовы развивать проект. В каждом обновлении можно увидеть исправление багов, часто будут проходить ивенты, что разнообразит игровой процесс, а правильная рекламная компания и поддержка со стороны игроков позволит сделать хороший подбор в рейтинге.    … Expand
  10. Polydenver
    May 19, 2018
    10
    Calling this game poor man's Overwatch is like calling Fortnite poor man's PUBG. It's very different from Overwatch, and is very fun.
    This is a very good game as a player from the beta (i started to play around in the O.B 40's aka when lex came out). At first you may compare it to Overwatch, as did I but give the game a chance. Sure some Champions have similarities to Overwatch heros such    Calling this game poor man's Overwatch is like calling Fortnite poor man's PUBG. It's very different from Overwatch, and is very fun.
    This is a very good game as a player from the beta (i started to play around in the O.B 40's aka when lex came out). At first you may compare it to Overwatch, as did I but give the game a chance. Sure some Champions have similarities to Overwatch heros such as their abilities but its just one ability and and Champions have plenty of others that make them completely different from Overwatch heros.
    I recommend this game for all. It's really good hero shooter.    … Expand
  11. XEATT
    May 19, 2018
    10
    I started playing the game with OB 39, I saw a lot, from bugs to cheaters, saw THE p2w game system, but the developers with each patch to improve the game,I believe that the game has earned a great rating
  12. Soniator
    May 19, 2018
    10
    Paladins is a great multiplayer shooter, giving bright emotions and after many hours of play. There are four roles in the game: flankers, tanks, healers and damage, so it's easy to find your own style of play. This is also facilitated by 36 different champions, unlike each other. Despite such a large number of champions, the balance is very good for playing this genre, which can not butPaladins is a great multiplayer shooter, giving bright emotions and after many hours of play. There are four roles in the game: flankers, tanks, healers and damage, so it's easy to find your own style of play. This is also facilitated by 36 different champions, unlike each other. Despite such a large number of champions, the balance is very good for playing this genre, which can not but rejoice. Most importantly, the creators take care of their offspring and with each update make the game better and better, focusing not on making a profit, but on improving the quality of the game.
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    Паладинс - великолепный многопользовательский шутер, дарящий яркие эмоции и через много часов игры. В игре существует четыре роли: флангеры, танки, лекари и урон, поэтому не составит труда найти для себя свой собственный стиль игры. Так же этому способствуют 36 различных чемпионов, непохожих друг на друга. Несмотря на такое большое количество чемпионов, баланс выстроен очень неплохо для игры данного жанра, что не может не радовать. Самое главное, что создатели заботятся о своем детище и с каждым обновлением делают игру всё лучше и лучше, делая упор не на получении прибыли, а на улучшении качества игры.    … Expand
  13. LiLwerewolf
    May 20, 2018
    10
    Such a good game, of course it has bugs. But interesting gameplay, a system of cards and items covers everything. And it`s free to play :)
  14. FinnTheWolft
    May 23, 2018
    10
    A great free game the best you have is the way to play the same characters in different ways and choose which is best suited to your style of play and we thank the purchase of items within game to counter and help at certain times, which can be obtained by paying is simply cosmetic that does not affect the gameplay at all
  15. TheLinx2
    May 24, 2018
    10
    este juego por su complejidad, ademas han habido actualizaciones que vuelven mas entretenido este titulo
  16. davyzao
    Aug 3, 2018
    10
    Eu gosto bastante do jogo e ele provem bastante horas de jogos e tbm as skins são bem tranquilas de conseguir
  17. DaJackob
    Oct 31, 2018
    10
    For people saying its pay to win because of the feature where you have to buy champions- that's misleading. while you have to buy some champions, you CAN do it by playing the game. the game also does this thing called "free rotation" where for a certain time period some characters become free. that's when you try them out, see if you like them. but for those characters you don't have, youFor people saying its pay to win because of the feature where you have to buy champions- that's misleading. while you have to buy some champions, you CAN do it by playing the game. the game also does this thing called "free rotation" where for a certain time period some characters become free. that's when you try them out, see if you like them. but for those characters you don't have, you can just check their abilities and see if they would be fun to play, you can check their gameplay. the game is actually a lot less pay to win than it was before! overall i'd reccomend it :)… Expand
  18. gokuzansunake
    Jan 8, 2019
    10
    nada que decir obimente este juego tiene bastantes bug pero que le vamos hacer a si es el tito hirez a mi aunque tenga bugs me encanta de porsi
  19. pyrithengen
    Jan 10, 2019
    10
    awesome just awesome just play the game honestly just lay it you will see why I love it
  20. GroundhZero
    Aug 16, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Отличная игра , прекрасная мультяшная графика , достаточно много чемпионов а именно 42 , увлекательный геймплей , донат решает только на кастомизацию и то там его минимум , 4 режима , частые обновления всё это Paladins .… Expand
  21. Ritsu3161
    Nov 11, 2019
    10
    Наиграв на данный момент 252 часа, 50 ачивок есть.. Я нацелен на большее в этой игре, она очень разнообразная в плане карт и умений персонажей, хочется заходить в неё ещё долго и долго, battle pass-ов много, ИВЕНТ каждый раз с новыми скина и и бонусами, тематика интересна.Наиграв на данный момент 252 часа, 50 ачивок есть.. Я нацелен на большее в этой игре, она очень разнообразная в плане карт и умений персонажей, хочется заходить в неё ещё долго и долго, battle pass-ов много, ИВЕНТ каждый раз с новыми скина и и бонусами, тематика интересна.
  22. Warcraft3Fun
    Jan 5, 2021
    10
    This game helped me a lot with my sorrow due to death of my grandmother because of covid-19 disease...I lived with her all my childhood. And now I'm 27, and I can't forget that memories. I'm really grateful that I can distract a little.
  23. Leon_Lakrba
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    to return the best moment of the match!
    to return the best moment of the match!
    to return the best moment of the match!
  24. Raulfox
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    very good game if you like heros shooters and adds more dynamics which makes it more interesting and competitive, fun to play with friends and solo, excellent community and very creative characters
  25. Gonzaked
    Jul 10, 2020
    10
    Free-to-Play done right !

    Good graphics, good universe : a melt of fantasy and sci-fi is a nice touch.
    Wonderful soundtrack.

    Many heroes to play, even free players can unlock the characters they want really fast.

    Not pay-to-win mechanics :
    You can buy cosmetics for your favorite character,
    but you can't buy victory !

    A pleasure to play at a low cost !
  26. Paco0o88
    Aug 1, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very good nice game … Expand
  27. khoitran101507
    Oct 28, 2021
    10
    Really nice game to play. Much better than OVERWATCH, and Paladins is free to play not lile OVERWATCH.
  28. Villadiego
    Nov 30, 2021
    10
    Es un buen juego, muy entretenido, ideal para cuando llegas del trabajo o de la universidad candado y buscas algo para despejar tu mente, partidas no muy largas, intensas y con variedades de campeones, talentos, barajas e ítems que hacen jugarlos de manera diferente, tiene sus errores, no es perfecto pero es mi juego favorito.
  29. Grisamour
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Un Hero-Shoter muy sólido, un gameplay bien hecho con un sistema de items bien logrado.
  30. Arthurmcarniel
    Jun 25, 2022
    10
    amazing smooth gameplay a lot of players and the skins are easy to get and on top of that they are beautiful
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. CD-Action
    Sep 27, 2018
    80
    A solid, enjoyable hero shooter, varied and polished. Yes, it does have a lot of Overwatch DNA, but in some areas it’s more advanced than Blizzard’s game (e.g. wide range of adjustments you can make to adapt your character to your playing style) and it’s free. [08/2018, p.62]
  2. Vandal
    Jun 1, 2018
    81
    Paladins is a very solid hero shooter, with a great core gameplay and very good ideas. You can try it for free and its business model is not abusive at all, so we recommend you give it a try.
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  3. Areajugones
    May 31, 2018
    88
    Paladins shouldn’t be seen just as the free alternative to Overwatch but, instead, should be praised as one of the best multiplayers nowadays. A great and addictive game that will surely entertain every kind of player thanks to its accessibility and well-developed mechanics.
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