SMITE

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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 957 Ratings

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  1. HeroesNeverQuit
    Mar 25, 2014
    4
    From the beginning I really loved this game. As I played more and more I started to hate it more actually. 3 days in I was level 12 maybe? I bought the ultimate god pack. When I reached level 22 I stopped playing completely and switched to Dawngate.

    As for the actual game it is very beautiful. They did a great job graphically and gameplay wise. The real issue was the community and the    From the beginning I really loved this game. As I played more and more I started to hate it more actually. 3 days in I was level 12 maybe? I bought the ultimate god pack. When I reached level 22 I stopped playing completely and switched to Dawngate.

    As for the actual game it is very beautiful. They did a great job graphically and gameplay wise. The real issue was the community and the servers were not all that great either.The game itself just feels stale. The community itself on the reddit side is great. In game your lucky if you keep a game 5v5 for the whole thing. Most likely someone will leave or surrender. When the games playing well it is a great game. For the majority of the time it is a less then enjoyable experience.    … Expand
  2. Muh-Master
    Jun 13, 2014
    4
    Decent game but has a few weak points like generic heroes with a lot of similiar abilities, lacking camera controls, strange hitboxes and the matchmaking is oh well in about 60 games I had 2 games without any leaver.
  3. ZZZGheronZZZ
    Jun 1, 2014
    4
    Another Hi-Rex PAY TO WIN game! Very similarly to tribes you can pay to unlock every feature in the game which will give you an unfair advantage over free players. So enjoy smoking noobz if you shell out quiche brah; it doesn't make you a good player.
  4. Carikeo2
    Jun 30, 2014
    4
    This game is a revolutionary MOBA, so you will love it at the begining.
    THe problem comes when you play it for three weeks or more. I played League of Legends and Dota 2 before, and in comparison, this game completely lacks strategy. You don't even need to last-hit in order to get the money
    This game is very noob friendly, but not rewarding enough for experienced Moba players, and it    This game is a revolutionary MOBA, so you will love it at the begining.
    THe problem comes when you play it for three weeks or more. I played League of Legends and Dota 2 before, and in comparison, this game completely lacks strategy. You don't even need to last-hit in order to get the money
    This game is very noob friendly, but not rewarding enough for experienced Moba players, and it get's boring after a couple of weeks    … Expand
  5. KingBubbles
    Aug 20, 2015
    4
    The skill curve is fairly high. You have to put in quite a few hours to be able to compete in pvp matches. Smurf accounts are extremely popular so most of the games I've played have been denied enjoyment. The mechanics are dull and almost childish, though the reaction timing needed can be immensely overwhelming at times. The scaling of mid to late game items is not balanced what so ever.The skill curve is fairly high. You have to put in quite a few hours to be able to compete in pvp matches. Smurf accounts are extremely popular so most of the games I've played have been denied enjoyment. The mechanics are dull and almost childish, though the reaction timing needed can be immensely overwhelming at times. The scaling of mid to late game items is not balanced what so ever. Gods tend to snow ball out of control easily, resulting in a pointless waste of time. Smite has great potential. I wouldn't recommend playing is you are short on patience.… Expand
  6. Abysmalice
    Dec 4, 2017
    4
    It's a fun game. Great game-play mechanics and plenty to do. However, the game is a team based game, and the match making is atrocious. Considering this game is a team based game, match making is vital to the enjoyment of it.
  7. Hyperfailure
    Apr 29, 2023
    4
    Pretty standard MOBA with over the shoulder controls rather than top-down. Not being a fan of MOBAs, I did not enjoy it, but can understand the appeal for those who like this sort of thing.
  8. Monsterdragon24
    Dec 13, 2014
    3
    This online Moba is fun, but under the wing of Hi Rez has increasingly become bad.

    -the match making sucks. Reasons? I have 600+ games under my belt and am lvl 30 but I am being paired with idiots with no knowledge of the game.
    -most of the characters are broken/op or are completely bad. Just look up the newest gods abilities

    At least it's a "free" game.
  9. icysnowball
    Nov 23, 2014
    3
    I must say that the game is really well done and the gameplay is really good, but this low score is based on the community of smite.
    i've played League of Legends for about 2 years now and i know what a toxic community is, but Smite really tops this because the game itself is not easy to play. So you get flamed as a new player for ks-ing and feeding and people don't even think about the    I must say that the game is really well done and the gameplay is really good, but this low score is based on the community of smite.
    i've played League of Legends for about 2 years now and i know what a toxic community is, but Smite really tops this because the game itself is not easy to play. So you get flamed as a new player for ks-ing and feeding and people don't even think about the new players that have to learn the game.
    i would not play this game if you're a player that wants a helpful and nice community to play with.    … Expand
  10. FlipstanVork
    Sep 18, 2015
    3
    Honestly smite is a super fun game and I have played it for about a year and a half. That being said, Hi-Rez software, network services, and customer service are absolutely terrible. So terrible, that it effects the overall game experience. Since I started playing smite, it has been one of the laggiest, fair-weather games I have ever played. It has dramatic highs and lows in serverHonestly smite is a super fun game and I have played it for about a year and a half. That being said, Hi-Rez software, network services, and customer service are absolutely terrible. So terrible, that it effects the overall game experience. Since I started playing smite, it has been one of the laggiest, fair-weather games I have ever played. It has dramatic highs and lows in server performance the likes of which I have never sen before. If you consult Hi-Rez technical support on the matter they will tell you that it is a problem with your computer or internet connection, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The servers crash often and any time there is a server issue you are likely to be banned for abandoning a match despite the fact that their paper-clip and chewed gum servers are at fault.

    In short, the game is fun, but be prepared for a lot of technical difficulties, and absolutely no interest in helping you or even recognizing that there are problems on hi-rez' end. also expect a high learning curve do to the fact that in the starter lvl matches there is often 15-30 smurfs.

    could be a much much better game if Hi-rez decided to put some effort into it and maybe improve some base line technical problems instead of completely re-hauling the meta every 2 weeks.    … Expand
  11. razorrose
    Mar 23, 2016
    3
    Disagree, the game is incredibly buggy at high ratings, you can become stuck in walls, hitboxs glitch out when moving into the air or ulting. Animations are not visible for several skins meaning you can't aim some of your abilities. Hi-Rez also has poor customer service, a friend was once locked out of his account for 2 months for no reason, the company itself had no idea why he was lockedDisagree, the game is incredibly buggy at high ratings, you can become stuck in walls, hitboxs glitch out when moving into the air or ulting. Animations are not visible for several skins meaning you can't aim some of your abilities. Hi-Rez also has poor customer service, a friend was once locked out of his account for 2 months for no reason, the company itself had no idea why he was locked out either. the games loading screen will cause crashes with some recording software, and the que sometimes auto accepts then boots you making your account into a "deserter" over all the game itself is fun, but the bugs, poor customer service, and graphical errors make it a poor game. 3/10… Expand
  12. Hitbox
    Aug 22, 2016
    3
    I have been playing smite for 2 years this is the one of the most abused games by the staff running this game. These matches are rigged; you will not even be fighting real players in the normal pvp matches let alone the ranked matches. The robots you fight in Co-Op are used in the normal and ranked modes with difficulties being very bad or very high in terms of the robot skills in theI have been playing smite for 2 years this is the one of the most abused games by the staff running this game. These matches are rigged; you will not even be fighting real players in the normal pvp matches let alone the ranked matches. The robots you fight in Co-Op are used in the normal and ranked modes with difficulties being very bad or very high in terms of the robot skills in the match. They actively restrict American’s 1st Amendment right by removing a player’s ability to speak in matches.
    Some players have had the ability to surrender in less than 2 minutes into the match which is not supposed to be possible until 10 minutes into the match. My entire guild quit due to over reporting by players that loose and cannot take the pressure of pvp which was the last straw after dealing with all the problems I previously mentioned. All in all the game is very good game but the staff and people running it are ruining the game by match manipulation and deceptive practices.    … Expand
  13. DragonHeart000
    Feb 12, 2020
    3
    I'd argue that SMITE is better than league of legends when it comes to inside the game. Between the two I would rather play SMITE over LoL even though LoL is more polished. But SMITE still isn't anything special. It may just be that I am not a big fan of the MOBA genre but it's not really anything special. Combat is about the same as LoL is with just a different camera angle. SMITE is aI'd argue that SMITE is better than league of legends when it comes to inside the game. Between the two I would rather play SMITE over LoL even though LoL is more polished. But SMITE still isn't anything special. It may just be that I am not a big fan of the MOBA genre but it's not really anything special. Combat is about the same as LoL is with just a different camera angle. SMITE is a lot more aggressive with it's microtransactions which is a large down side. I would not really recommend this game.

    If you're a fan of LoL this may be a fun game to mix it up some but it's not really my style of game. Just know that there will be much more microtransactions and less polish.    … Expand
  14. theNILE
    Apr 22, 2014
    2
    The third person view doesn't work, it makes the game very irritating at times. Isometric just works far better for this type of game. Really, each item has tiers? So you can pick an item and have an intermediate one? That is really bad design. Part of going for certain items which are strong is that there is a large delay which encourages you to play better and stop you from constantlyThe third person view doesn't work, it makes the game very irritating at times. Isometric just works far better for this type of game. Really, each item has tiers? So you can pick an item and have an intermediate one? That is really bad design. Part of going for certain items which are strong is that there is a large delay which encourages you to play better and stop you from constantly going back and then suddenly being superior to the enemy, but Smite seems to defy this and make purchasing items a chore rather than an achievement.

    Aim based normal attacks, are you for real? This takes focus further off cs (it lightens the punishment of missing cs) and introduces another annoying element to the game. Suddenly the game is a third person shooter strategy action. Honestly, Smite is more like a boring MMO instance than a "MOBA".    … Expand
  15. Brosman
    Jul 11, 2014
    2
    Although the community is great and the game is fun, it is ruined by the fact that maybe 5 champs run the game. Out of the maybe 4 dozen champs, only 5 are worth anything and if you dont play them you lose. End of story. Its no fun to play as people only play the 5 OP champs and you cant play the ones you want or you are guaranteed to lose. Ill stick to LoL, much better champ balance there.
  16. noob123
    May 1, 2014
    2
    This game was just weird... The whole third person view thing might sound like a good idea, but i found it VERY hard to play. This game also has no original concepts or characters.
  17. derpyyy
    Jul 31, 2014
    2
    So here are my gripes with the game:

    Not much room for skillful play because last hitting isnt actually worth anything and creep denial by friendly fire on your own minions doesnt work. The minimap isnt very good and doesnt really convey information such as enemy location in lane because as soon as your opponent moves a bit further away from your teammate (even if he stays in lane) he    So here are my gripes with the game:

    Not much room for skillful play because last hitting isnt actually worth anything and creep denial by friendly fire on your own minions doesnt work. The minimap isnt very good and doesnt really convey information such as enemy location in lane because as soon as your opponent moves a bit further away from your teammate (even if he stays in lane) he will disappear from your minimap.

    Furthermore the mostly unranked gametypes this game has are ruined by premades stomping randoms - there doesnt seem to be a decent pre vs pre matching. Especially later at night you will often run into 3 (conquest) to 5 (arena) man premades who just destroy random teams over and over.

    ^The issues above are somewhat fixed with the introduction of curse voice but not that many people are using it as of yet (especially in unranked where people dont WANT to use voice) so its not helping as much as it could.

    By far the worst thing about the game is the report system. Basically the losing team will usually pick 1 guy on their team and just shove all the blame on him and ask the other team to report him as well. (you know how everyone becomes trash tier when your team loses.. *sigh*)

    You can also get banned for getting disconnects during games (which actually happens a bit more at right now because hirez seems to have server problems at the moment) pretty much if you DC 3 times in 2 days you get a ban.

    All of this wouldnt be an issue if the bans would be looked into more thoroughly by a support team but theyre not. And in addition to that if you get banned 4 times (within any timeframe at all ever) your ban will be almost permanent (1year). This is a huge problem as leveling a character to the point where u can play ranked takes A LOT of time and if u want to use all the gods you will have to unlock all of them again on a new account as well (which again consumes A LOT of time OR you can of course PAY MONEYZZZ to speed it up)

    So basically banning people is a pretty good source of income for HiRez which is not a good starting point for a fair report/ban system.    … Expand
  18. derpenstein
    Mar 19, 2015
    2
    unfortunately after picking this game up again in season 2 - it still has the same issues as in season 1

    abusive teammates and a ban system that encourages premades to harass solo players without consequences (because there is no way for the solo player to do anything about it with the current report system) just to have their premade report the solo player for no reason after the match    unfortunately after picking this game up again in season 2 - it still has the same issues as in season 1

    abusive teammates and a ban system that encourages premades to harass solo players without consequences (because there is no way for the solo player to do anything about it with the current report system) just to have their premade report the solo player for no reason after the match

    poor matchmaking

    permabans after a certain number of reports towards an account with no option for atonement i.e. if you play long enough your account is certainly going to get permabanned earlier or later

    do not invest real money into your account    … Expand
  19. Cyliann
    Jun 5, 2014
    2
    An absolutely okay game that bends awry from the current sewage spill that is the MOBA market just to dip back straight into it by allowing you to purchase items such as beads that instantly clears you of any and all CC effects (including grabbing ultimates of other gods) for only 300 gold that doesn't even take up a normal item slot or the blink orb that is just as cheap and effective asAn absolutely okay game that bends awry from the current sewage spill that is the MOBA market just to dip back straight into it by allowing you to purchase items such as beads that instantly clears you of any and all CC effects (including grabbing ultimates of other gods) for only 300 gold that doesn't even take up a normal item slot or the blink orb that is just as cheap and effective as the 2150 gold blink dagger in Dota 2.

    Certain god balances like Ao Kuang, Poseidon and Zeus also leaves me scratching my head and once you combine it with the most putrid community & report system ever, you got a game that has naught but a third person perspective gimmick in a fundamentally imbalanced MOBA that's populated with nothing but trolls and tryhards on a bunch of wonky servers.    … Expand
  20. Samfortal
    Jun 1, 2016
    2
    The gods are very unbalanced. That's ok, Games can have some issues, but then you realize that Hirez keep unbalancing and unbalancing everytime, buffing strong gods like Cyla, Kumba, Nox and Nerfing weak ones, mainly removing defense stats' strongness. It's all that? No, Then they put Susano and New Mouse, both ultra high overpower, **** all the game up.
  21. AlexBu
    Jan 12, 2015
    2
    First of all, I hate games that copy other games. Like smite, a lot of the gods are just copies from League. The game development team fails to be creative and bring us a fresh/awesome game with authentic ideas. Also this game's mechanism is old and boring, same old same MOBA. Moreover, the skins are very poorly designed and I didn't want to spend a dime on any of them, even though I had aFirst of all, I hate games that copy other games. Like smite, a lot of the gods are just copies from League. The game development team fails to be creative and bring us a fresh/awesome game with authentic ideas. Also this game's mechanism is old and boring, same old same MOBA. Moreover, the skins are very poorly designed and I didn't want to spend a dime on any of them, even though I had a champion that I really liked. I would buy a skin immediately for my champ in league because of their superior art/effect/design. This game also has a HUGE amount of unskilled players, it annoys you a lot and the auto matching system keeps matching noobs for your games. The item mechanism is broken, a lot of items are similar, if you go check the items in league, they are much better/more diverse. Lastly, the first person perspective just fails in a MOBA, sometimes a projectile that misses 1 millimeter on the screen can decide if you win or lose in League, yet in this game it's impossible to do that.
    I don't recommend this game. League is WAY WAY better than this game, and btw, I do NOT like League that much(it's still better than this game)    … Expand
  22. nightwolf592
    Apr 17, 2016
    2
    This is an AWESOME game, I love it, its quick, its fun, where it lacks for strategy, it compensates with the action and the rewards you get for being skillful at it... Now you may be asking "Why did you give this game a "2" if you love it?" well... the players. Smite may be an awesome game, BUT it has A TON of jerks, idiots who harass everyone, and teammates who's only objective is to makeThis is an AWESOME game, I love it, its quick, its fun, where it lacks for strategy, it compensates with the action and the rewards you get for being skillful at it... Now you may be asking "Why did you give this game a "2" if you love it?" well... the players. Smite may be an awesome game, BUT it has A TON of jerks, idiots who harass everyone, and teammates who's only objective is to make sure you have a horrible time playing this game. I don't hate the game, I HATE THE PLAYERS. and as long as Smite doesn't do anything to fix this, this score will remain as a 2.… Expand
  23. slaughterj11
    Mar 15, 2017
    2
    The game itself is very addicting and has a great concept. The over the shoulder MOBA put you closer to the action and retains the strategy factor. There is one huge huge flaw that makes the game awful. The game is definitely run to make money. They release new god's to play all the time which is great but they always make them crazy overpowered on purpose. So literally half of the timeThe game itself is very addicting and has a great concept. The over the shoulder MOBA put you closer to the action and retains the strategy factor. There is one huge huge flaw that makes the game awful. The game is definitely run to make money. They release new god's to play all the time which is great but they always make them crazy overpowered on purpose. So literally half of the time you are playing smite there will be a god out that is insanely over powered and beating the **** out of you and there is nothing you can do about it until they patch it. During that period (which is half the time) everyone is picking the god so its impossible to play a balanced game. Once they finally balance the new god they shortly release a new one with the same story. I finally gave up on thinking hi rez would actually balance the game and not release bull **** god's but they never will.… Expand
  24. Synol
    May 10, 2014
    1
    Many of the positive reviews say that if you didn't like LoL or dota2 you should give this game a try. That is 100% not true. It is a moba, it plays exactly like a moba. Only with super amounts of lag and instability.

    I've played LoL plenty and never been in a situation where based on what server I rolled on I would be able to use my skills or I would just press buttons and nothing    Many of the positive reviews say that if you didn't like LoL or dota2 you should give this game a try. That is 100% not true. It is a moba, it plays exactly like a moba. Only with super amounts of lag and instability.

    I've played LoL plenty and never been in a situation where based on what server I rolled on I would be able to use my skills or I would just press buttons and nothing would happen.

    The game might be playable if another company made it but the coding is beyond terrible and I would not recommend wasting your downloads on this.    … Expand
  25. Athene
    Mar 28, 2014
    1
    The game is a overrated, it has nice ideas and mechanics but the reality is it's just mediocre.
    The Gods are unbalanced and people use and ban the same Gods every game, many gods are not viable because they're just too weak compared to others.
    The matchmaking is broken as it takes into account the average MM rating of the team, so you end up with situations where high ranked players end    The game is a overrated, it has nice ideas and mechanics but the reality is it's just mediocre.
    The Gods are unbalanced and people use and ban the same Gods every game, many gods are not viable because they're just too weak compared to others.
    The matchmaking is broken as it takes into account the average MM rating of the team, so you end up with situations where high ranked players end up in the same team with relatively new players while the opponents are more even in skill level and either the high ranked players have to carry the game to victory on their own or they're gonna lose badly.
    Gods can be unlocked for free but their cost is so high (5500) and the "favor" (free game currency) you gain per match is so low (20-50 depending on game mode and win/loss) that you just won't be able to unlock every god without paying real money.
    The game has servers only in 2 regions, NA and EU, so you often end up in teams with Latins, Spanish, Brazilians, Russians, etc. who can't or refuse to speak English and so will lose you the game due to no communication. Not to mention the ping and lag issues if you're plying from the West Coast or anywhere outside the US or Europe.
    The items are very few and the stats very simplistic, often taking away most of the choices in item builds as there are always must have items on every god depending on your role.

    In the end Smite is a game built for casual gamers new to MOBAs, with very little to offer to veterans from other and better games from this genre.    … Expand
  26. DarkJackal
    Apr 5, 2015
    1
    Would be a good game if any reasonable amount of time/money was invested into maintaining the servers. If you're in the EU don't bother playing this game - for every good day their servers are up without problems, there's 2 days of server issues. On the date of leaving this review, the EU servers have been having problems for over a week with absolutely no comment from Hi Rez that they'reWould be a good game if any reasonable amount of time/money was invested into maintaining the servers. If you're in the EU don't bother playing this game - for every good day their servers are up without problems, there's 2 days of server issues. On the date of leaving this review, the EU servers have been having problems for over a week with absolutely no comment from Hi Rez that they're even looking into the problems - because they probably aren't. More than 50% of the matches I've played over the past 3 years I've been on this game, the servers have been having problems. As I said, would be an awesome game if Hi Rez we're so useless and actually invested a reasonable amount of time & money into it instead of trying to spend as little on it as possible. so in summary - good when the servers are in good shape...but they very rarely are.… Expand
  27. Ozoi
    Oct 18, 2015
    1
    If you're fine with playing a game and getting no real support, go for it. However, I'd not recommend actually spending money on it or investing too much time in case what happens to me happens to you. So I was playing the game for around a full year when I got a new computer, it wasn't a great one, but it was brand new and had only the basic files on it.

    However, after I got the    If you're fine with playing a game and getting no real support, go for it. However, I'd not recommend actually spending money on it or investing too much time in case what happens to me happens to you. So I was playing the game for around a full year when I got a new computer, it wasn't a great one, but it was brand new and had only the basic files on it.

    However, after I got the computer my friends invited me to a game for it, and I was after we got into a game for 2 minutes I was kicked out. I thought 'Oh lord, it crashed!' So I tried to hurry back on and I was banned for using illegal software. On a brand new computer. So I figured, ' This has to be a mistake.' but my friends are demanding I play, one made an account for me, and then first 2 minutes. Banned again. So an application on a brand new computer had software that was bringing up false positives, I confronted support about that and they were probably the rudest people I've ever talked to, especially from any support group. I asked for a multitude of things, any potential of getting ban lifted? Since it was a fresh computer? No. Could I at least be told what the supposed program was so that I could remove it? No. After the first two responses they simply stopped responding.

    TL;DR play it if you want, but don't invest time or money into it, because you may be banned for literally nothing, and they will not listen to anything you have to say. However, the gameplay was fine.    … Expand
  28. retinal
    Oct 8, 2017
    1
    its a decently fun game but the company behind it has no consequences for its employees. Many times on official hi rez twitch chat or twitter you can see employees (usually casters) bullying other people. Online harassment is a terrible thing in mobas and when the company behind it is BM you can imagine what the player base acts like.
  29. Outcasts
    Aug 11, 2018
    1
    THX Hirez you killed game for CIS. Realy nice X2 price. When your`s servers unstable, useless and garbage MM you doubled gems price.
    F6 Hirez!!!
  30. LarsWestrum
    Aug 21, 2018
    1
    THX Hirez you killed game for CIS. Realy nice X2 price. When your`s servers unstable, useless and garbage MM you doubled gems price.
    F6 Hirez!!!
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83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Multiplayer.it
    Aug 8, 2014
    83
    Smite is alternative to Dota and LoL suited to beginners as well as veterans of the genre.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jul 23, 2014
    80
    Third god perspective freshens up the MOBA genre but its potential was not fully utilized (e.g. you can jump, but there’s nowhere to jump to). Smite makes up for that with varied game modes and accessibility to inexperienced or casual players. [06/2014, p.58]
  3. SpazioGames
    May 19, 2014
    80
    The product of Hi Rez Studios is well made, and offers different feelings from those of its competitors, thanks to the different camera angle and a fast paced gameplay.
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