Sometimes the best innovations come out of just reversing received wisdom. The basic concept of the real-time strategy game is that of a player constructing a large army of independently moving units with varying abilities and setting them against a similar large army. More strategy, of course, means either more units or giving existing units more powers and more things to do. Supreme Commander developer Gas Powered Games (infamous for creating an RTS with tons of units) is looking to turn that on its head with Demigod. GameSpy recently got the exclusive opportunity to go hands-on with the full Demigod beta to discover if a rich and meaty strategy experience could come from controlling just one unit.
Spiffy:
Innovative game design; surprisingly deep strategy; beautifully designed battlefields and interesting units.
Iffy:
Balancing different demigods will be difficult; will strategy gamers be able to look past its "action game" trappings?
Stardock, one of the the longest running indie developers in the video game industry, has launched an intergalactic RTS Steam sale to end all RTS Steam sales.
That's a lot of RTS games... time I just don't have! Like I need my backlog to get any bigger!
Ya it's a pretty decent sale but The Taken King, MGSV, Fallout 4 soon... too many games.
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I still haven't found a MOBA I can get into. Did LoL for awhile, but it was such a slow grind in terms of ranking up and getting money. DOTA 2 just scares me. Infinite Crisis was alright, but I lost interest in it pretty quickly.
Why does Dota 2 scare you? Just wondering because imo its a fairly accessible game especially if you get some friends together to play with you. Also if you are just scared of sucking dont be, just have fun and ignore those who flame because if they are flaming then they probably suck too and are just trying to blame you for any of their mistakes. So just download it AND HAVE FUN!
"From mod to sensation" to over-saturation.
i dont like how all these companys are now trying to make mobas, the markets already been taken by lol and dota.
they should come up with something new instead of just copying.
GamesBeat recently compared the most popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) titles such as League of Legends, Heroes of Newerth, and Dota 2 to each other, but many other games in the genre are also worth checking out. Inside you’ll find a selection of MOBAs from the past, present, and future and the unique elements they have to offer.
