Poor attempt to enter the MOBA field
User Rating: 2 | Heroes of Newerth PC
Heroes of Newerth simply doesn't compete with the other MOBA games that are out at the moment. The shop system leaves much to be desired. I constantly found myself spending minutes at a time searching for the items I needed. I could only imagine it would become worse if you were trying to experiment with a new build and actually knew what you were doing. The PvP elements are far too straight forward for my liking. It's honestly just a bunch of all-in types of fights, with any number advantage greatly tipping the scales. In other words, if one player disconnects before the game starts (which ironically happened to me EVERY single time) and you're stuck in a 2v1 lane, be prepared to die if you step off of your tower....or even under the tower. Towers are pretty much useless in this game. You'd think they'd offer some kind of protection from enemies, but even at level 1, its possible for them to "turret dive" you. The only real pro I took away from this game was the terrain manipulation with certain items. I loved being able to chop down a tree to make a new path to a jungle camp. Overall, I feel like they're trying to make this game too complicated for the genre in general. Even after the tutorial, I found myself wondering what was happening around parts of the map.
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