After watching this video, I bought the EA for the game. It’s definitely a lot more different than your popular MOBA titles, and here’s how:
– The characters are, for the most part, well thought-out in a way that makes them unique, regardless of their role.
– Objectives matter just as much as laning, which, albeit done before, is the right path to follow in MOBA. On the same track, gold and exp are split between members; no last-hit denials, no bonus for kills, KDA values assists as much as kills (this is very important).
– Characters have unique items, as in, exclusive to each hyper, allowing for a large variety of builds. They can also be built to extremes, like making a tank out of a striker and vice versa, leading to unbelievable compositions and ending the notorious permaban list of characters. Having to select all 6 items on game start adds a bit of strategic value to it.
– The game’s got a ton of fanservice. Can there be too much? Apparently, Hyper Universe wants to answer that question… While the early skins are terrible to the point of a simple palette swap, NEXON went as far as making gender bender Cain a freebie, so I have to hand them that, at least.
– It’s legitimately fun to play, because, in the words of the hyper Allen, minions are tougher than you (they really are). You can’t just yolo turrets with a tank soaking them, you need to drive the enemy team away until your wave arrives to get some damage in.
– Speaking of damage, you don’t – you can’t – get melted down in a second until the end game, leaving enough room to learn from your mistakes and turn the tables on a match you’re losing.