Monthly Archives: October 2016

SMITE Tactics Impressions

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It’s interesting to see how far my opinion of SMITE has come and how much my thoughts have  changed over two years. I went from “Ugh, this game is not League and I don’t have fun” to “Let me try this out for realsies this time. . .” to “Man, I love this enough to stream it most of the week!”  I love mythology, I enjoy MOBAs, and all in all, I’ve really come to love SMITE. So when I heard they were making a new game, I couldn’t help but be curious. I didn’t have to wait long! SMITE Tactics is the answer to people like me who prefer 1v1 turn-based tactics style games. Not to mention they announced to us that it’d be a new “SMITE” game, and I could not even imagine what it could be! Though the hints on Twitter made me think board game/strategy game. . .I love this idea more than I can even put into words. But I will continue to try!

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Players will choose where minions will go on the map, and what God will lead them. It’s a 1v1 game that will have a competitive vs. mode, and not to mention several “Vs. AI” adventures, where you are pitted against a variety of Gods, likely that make sense together. I cannot possibly love this idea enough. There’s another very interesting thing going on here. SMITE Tactics runs on Unreal 4. SMITE runs on an inferior Unreal 3 Modded. Could it be? We’re going to get a visual rework out of this to boot? Could we get a cool new competitive game and a visual update to an already visually appealing game? Their skins already look phenomenal. Imagine what they could do in Unreal 4! This last bit is just a theory, but I certainly think it’s feasible. You should go sign up for the beta here! SMITE Tactics is a bold new idea from the HiRez camp and I absolutely cannot wait until it is in my hands so I can get my strategy on.

Ember

Ember is a party based real time strategy homage to classic role playing games. Protect the Embers as a Lightbringer through 30 hours of choice filled storytelling through a vast explorable world with extensive crafting, dozens of powerful skills, and nigh endless amounts of adventure, available for IOS and Microsoft Windows.

World Weary: The 20+ fully interactive environments range from beautiful green forests to dark and spooky underground caves.

Borrowed Time: Pause the intense combat to make crucial strategic decisions.

Tall Tale: Explore your numerous allies’ backstory quests.

Tokyo Ghoul: Dark War

Tokyo Ghoul: Dark War is a real time strategy action role playing game for mobile devices. Choose a path: to hunt humans and feast on their flesh, or protect humanity from the ghouls, available for IOS and Android.

War is Hell: Go it alone in the single player campaign, or team up with your allies to take down the opposition in multiplayer.

Here Comes the General: Command a squad of ghouls or humans, each with superior abilities.

Team Player: Multiplayer is split into two modes: a standard death match arena, and a MOBA inspired 1v1, 3v3, or 5v5.