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Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes is the newest Play4Free title from BioWare that puts players in a fight for their lives with competitive PvP arena combat. These explosive three team battles aren't for the faint of heart as success hinges on destroying all who oppose your team to strategically claim and hold bases. This is the legendary Warhammer Online like you've never seen it before where to emerge victorious and claim your rightful place atop the leaderboards, you must live to fight.
Features include:
Accessible Gameplay: Fast fierce fun that takes the best from Warhammer Online and delivers dynamic 3 Team PvP scenarios all for free.
Explosive Three Team PvP Combat: Experience innovative 6 v 6 v 6 battles where the competition is fierce and strategic alliances are made to be broken .
Swap Heroes on the Fly: Change the tide of any battle by selecting a new hero mid-game - confound your foes and dominate the battlefield.
What do you think?
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Doesn't seem much like a Dota-styled game to me, also is it just me or does the game look like a mess all I saw just was spamming of explosions little of the action or map.
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2011/09/26 22:58:22
Cheesecat wrote:Doesn't seem much like a Dota-styled game to me, also is it just me or does the game look like a mess all I saw just was spamming of explosions little of the action or map.
If you look at the bottom of the screen, there are four squares, probably the ability buttons. It looks like the big difference is the camera which is not top down. Who knows what else is different though.
If they're saying DOTA style, they're refering to the idea that its a PVP focused reverse tower defense game.
Cheesecat wrote:Doesn't seem much like a Dota-styled game to me, also is it just me or does the game look like a mess all I saw just was spamming of explosions little of the action or map.
If they're saying DOTA style, they're refering to the idea that its a PVP focused reverse tower defense game.
OK, thanks for the clarification.
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2011/09/26 23:48:26
hi! I'm new here but I thought I'd contribute my two cents on this game since I've been in several of the betas.
I wouldn't say it it's much like League of Legends...It's more like Warhammer Online, where you control a character in third person perspective and push hotkeys. The difference from typical MMO pvp is that you get only 5 abilities, and they are all instant-cast, so unlike MMO PVP you aren't standing around waiting for spell bars if you are a ranged character. Melee characters tend to run faster than ranged characters and have various snare/magic/melee resistances depending on the hero. It also doesn't have any minions or anything, and the game modes aren't just base defense (in fact, they don't even have a mode like that in it yet)
It's a little chaotic - lots of spell effects going off and stuff, but once you get past the epilepsy, it's a pretty exciting game and there is definitely room for teamwork and tactics in iit. On the surface it definitely looks like a spamfest, but it isn't exactly easy to take down characters, and if your team doesn't coordinate on targets it can be hard to accomplish anything.
Once I got a few of my friends together and started coordinating, we started having a LOT of fun and we had a few really competitive matches. The 3 team mechanic is also very interesting and leads to interesting team ups with enemies and times when you say to your team "oh just let blue and orange kill each other for a bit, then we'll go in and mop up!"
The main thing they've done is to give all the heroes fairly hard counters. You generally want to pick targets based on what class they are and what class you are. You can switch each time you die though, unlike league of legends.
So, it's pretty fun but probably not for everyone. I like it and am excited for more, especially because I LOVE the Skaven.
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Eh, looiks okay, but anything that is "like dota" instantly makes me hesitant, as dota sucks hard.
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Melissia wrote:Eh, looiks okay, but anything that is "like dota" instantly makes me hesitant, as dota sucks hard.
It's really nothing like dota from what I've experienced. It's pretty much warhammer online pvp, but with three teams instead of two, and no cast times on abilities.
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