Battlesouls: New Moba ideas
by Dark_Laharl
I didn’t know what to expect when I first heard about Battlesouls. I knew it was a MOBA but had no idea how it played. I decided to try the beta and was less than impressed; but I also wasn’t disappointed.
Gameplay/Controls
The controls are standard; walk with the W, A, S, and D keys on your keyboard and activate your abilities with a mouse click.
You can also switch your characters with 1, 2, and 3 number keys; no complaints here.
The gameplay is where my gripes start. It takes too long for what it is. The game I played has an inhibitor to be captured before you attack the enemy crystals but the crystals have too much health. If your team is not attacking it takes forever to destroy one crystal. While you are attacking, the enemy can easily capture the inhibitor and stop your attack. The re-spawn time seems to get higher (at least, it feels like does) each time making it more difficult to go back and help complete the mission. The entire match just feels long and tedious.
Battlesouls does bring something I have not seen to the MOBA genre: the ability to choose 3 heroes at once that you can switch on the fly.
You can start as a melee character, then switch over to a ranged, then a magic user. Every hero has a unique passive ability when you first switch to them and they also have two active-able abilities.
The game has a 3
rd person style so the melee characters feel awkward to play as they slash in front of them. Aiming the melee also feels odd, but that is nothing new since I feel like all 3
rd person games have weird melee mechanics.
Graphics
The graphics of Battlesouls reminds me of Team Fortress 2. It’s cartoony and minimalistic which isn’t a bad thing; it sets the game apart from other games in the MOBA genre.
Verdict
Battlesouls is not a horrible game; it’s just not my cup of tea. I can see it improving but it depends on the direction the developers take it. The game is free to play with in-app purchases. I didn’t venture too much about finding out what they sell but I know I wouldn’t bother buying it, especially if it is the heroes or skins. Don’t dismiss it until you try it, but personally, I will play other games for now.
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