What is the best alternative to&#x20;NieR: Automata?

Shadow of War gives one of the better feeling combat systems in recent times, allowing you to be either stealthy or go for direct confrontations. If you choose to be stealthy, you can skewer unsuspecting orcs from behind with your dagger, drop onto them from a building while impaling them with your sword, or just pierce them from afar with your bow. If you choose a direct confrontation, it's a really quick-paced and brutal showdown against your enemies with your chosen melee weapon. You weave combos against enemies, dodging, parrying, and countering enemy attacks, which ends in a devastating finishing move, resulting in a mutilated or decapitated orc. Whichever method you choose, the combat flows really well and you always feel like a force to be reckoned with. See More

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Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Top Pro

Satisfying combat

Top Con

Can get repetitive

The overall gameplay formula doesn't change much over the course of the game. You fight orcs, take over strongholds, upgrade your character, and collect blips on the world map. After a while it can start feeling like a grind, especially during long play sessions. This is made worse in the final stretch of the game where you have to fight through 20 consecutive stronghold battles without any story segments or exposition. See More

Top Pro

Character connections make for a compelling experience

Shadow of War uses the Nemesis system to create a more immersive and alive-feeling world. Thanks to it, orc leaders have names, ranks, titles, tribes they belong to, and most importantly, connections to other orc leaders. For example, an orc leader might be at war with another orc leader. This conflict won't end until one of them dies. There are also orcs that are considered blood brothers, having unwavering loyalty to each other. Because of this, don't be too surprised if you ever get betrayed by one of your followers that's trying to do right by his blood brother. Additionally, the leaders you fight will also develop connections with you. Orcs that you've killed or spared, may come back with scars, recalling your previous encounter and vowing to exact vengeance. Orcs that you've escaped from will mock you for being a chicken, and so forth. The gradual creation of this web of connections is very enjoyable and sometimes even more compelling than the game's main story. See More

Top Con

Unskippable cutscenes disrupt the flow of the gameplay

Every time an orc leader enters the screen, there is an unskippable cutscene where he rambles a bit, focusing the camera on him and halting combat until the cutscene ends. This usually happens as you're fighting another enemy, potentially disrupting your rhythm, which can be really frustrating, especially if mess up your combo or take an unnecessary hit after the cutscene. See More

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Addictive gear collection fuels your thirst for orc blood

As you kill orc leaders, they'll drop random quality gear items, ranging from common rarity every-orc weapons/armor to legendary rarity artifacts with unique names. Each item serves to improve your character, providing various stat increases and damage bonuses. You can also upgrade gear with gems or via challenges that usually involve killing orcs, bolstering your strength even further. On top of that, there are set bonuses for legendary items, giving you special abilities such as your hits applying explosive poison on regular enemies. It's very exciting seeing what gear piece an orc leader will drop once you lob his head off, causing you to constantly seek out new victims. See More

Top Pro

You can lead an orc army and expand your own dominion

As part of the Nemesis system, you can recruit orc leaders after you've bested them in combat. Each one has his own unique strengths and weaknesses, so making the best possible army for conquering enemy territories might take a while. For example, an orc leader can be completely immune to ranged attacks, but can take increased damage from explosions. You should take such an orc leader on assaults against fortresses filled with archers but be wary of the slightest hints of any bombs. Once you've finished building a sizeable force, you can assault a fortresses. If you succeed in the assault, you'll take over a territory, allowing you to install your own orc leader as the ruler. With enough effort you'll gradually take over Mordor and its surrounding lands. Shadow of War makes you feel like a recruiter, general, and a ruler, which is very empowering and a lot of fun. See More

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Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition

Top Pro

Highest level of combat depth in any hack and slash game

An open-ended cancelling system (Jump Cancelling) stacked with individual character mechanics (Dante styles and style/weapon switching, Nero ACT and parries, Vergil being Vergil, Lady and Trish are the weakest in terms of combo-ability of the 5 but you can still style with them) and system physics create a combat masterpiece that rewards practice and creativity. See More

Top Con

Recycled stage designs and lack of character-specific bosses

Capcom basically just slapped on the 3 new characters (Lady, Trish, and Vergil) and they suffer the same problems that Dante does, and that's lack of bosses designed specifically for their toolset. They run through the same bosses and levels instead of getting unique missions. See More

Top Pro

Fun combat

You'll immediately notice how nice it feels to attack the enemies with each slash, strike and shot having an impact behind it. Enemies will flinch, get thrown back and get suspended mid-air from your attacks, making it feel like you're always the dominant force. It's especially amusing seeing an enemy flail about and slamming it into the ground with your demonic arm. Some of the stylistic elements add fun as well. The prime example is Nero's greatsword the Red Queen, which is equipped with a motorcycle-like gear shift. You can use the gear shift mid-combo to add a flame effect to your sword. This increases your damage and the range of your combos and also looks very nice. It's especially awesome to see your character ascend in a whirlwind of flames. See More

Top Con

Occasional difficulty spikes

Upon reaching the first boss you'll encounter the first difficulty spike. The boss attacks a lot faster and stronger than the enemies leading up to it. Messing up means you'll die in a couple of seconds, which can be really frustrating. Especially because you have to switch gears so suddenly and adapt to a new playstyle, where the enemy stands on equal footing. See More

Top Pro

There's a bunch of stuff to do even after beating the game

You can replay the game on higher difficulties, try to find all the hidden missions or collect all the upgrades. You can even try to get the max style rank on all the missions. Doing any of these will award you extra collectibles or unlock new modes. There's also the The Bloody Palace, which is an arena consisting of 101 levels. Each level contains enemies and bosses found within the main game. The first few levels are quite easy, but each level becomes increasingly more difficult. Only the most skilled players can reach the end, giving you another goal to strive for. See More

Top Pro

Great soundtrack

Most of the battle music has the lyrical styling of progressive rock while mixing in dark electronica guitar riffs. It matches the rhythm and speed of the battles really well, spurring on your combos and devastating attacks. The exploration sections and cutscenes have an entirely different style of music. It ranges from divine vocals accompanied with organ music to eerie pieces with harp and piano sounds creating a bone-chilling ambience. See More

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Titan Quest

Top Pro

Holds up incredibly well

Titan Quest is over 10 years old now, and it is still widely played. It even saw a remastered "Anniversary Edition" in August of 2016, drawing in more players, old and new. See More

Top Con

Save anywhere does not save character placement

This means that there will be some retreading of areas once a save is loaded as the character will not be in the same place as where they were left off. This will waste time and can be frustrating having to do this every time you load the game. See More

Top Pro

Replayability through different classes

There are a plethora of classes that open up upon leveling to the second level, once one is chosen the others will be gone for that game session. This means that a different playthrough will be needed to explore what all the different classes offer, making for quite a lot of playtime. See More

Top Con

Combat feels a little static

Top Pro

Lots of loot to find

There is quite a lot of loot in the game to be found, which drives the player to continue playing, just to find that better weapon or piece of armor. The loot is also color coded when dropped, making it easy to discern what is worth picking up or leaving behind. See More

Top Con

Disappointing loot at later levels

Even when the player has reached a high level, they will often find loot meant for low level characters. This can be frustrating when trying to find better gear and just adds a lot of clutter to ones inventory as the majority of items found won't be that useful. See More

Top Pro

Tons of customization

There are 30 different classes of characters to choose from within the game with 150 character skills that they can learn. This way users can customize their character to their liking and playstyle. See More

Top Pro

You can choose the speed you want to play at

Titan Quest is unique among ARPGs in that you get to choose the game speed. You can be a leisurely player and take things slowly, or you can go hard and play the game on very fast settings. The fact that you get to choose adds another level of enjoyment to the game. See More

Specs

Platforms:Android, Windows, PlayStation 4, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One

Genre:Action Role-Playing, Hack-and-Slash

Co-Op:2-6 Player Online

Arkham Asylum is the first game to bring us freeflow brawler melee combat in its full glory. It invented the combat genre where you fight a multitude of enemies who take turns attacking you, while the player has a basic attack, a parry+counter and a combat roll. Getting multiple hits in on enemies builds up a combo streak that makes batman stronger. This streak is reset by getting hit by an enemy. Other games, like Assassin's Creed, had superficially similar combat systems, but not as optimized as this and they did not feature hit/combo streaks. Arkham Asylum's freeflow combat system is very suitable to be played with controllers. See More

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Batman: Arkham Asylum

Top Pro

Freeflow combat pioneer

Top Con

Dark atmosphere

You won't realize how many shades of black exist until you've played an Arkham game. It's always dark outside, so to people who like daylight and colors in their games, this might get a bit dull after a while. See More

Top Pro

Fun stealth & gadgets

Remaining stealthy and getting stealth takedowns is important in Arkham Asylum's gameplay. Arkham Asylum gives the player a relatively large number of different gadgets to use for different combat purposes, such as ranged takedowns, cutting ropes, diverting enemies' attention, blasting through doors, traversing longer distances and hacking. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive

Genre:Action

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Grim Dawn

Top Pro

Complex leveling system with thousands of possible builds

Basically you choose 1 class and select skills as you level up. At level 10 you can select a second class, which already gives you 5x5=25 character type possibilities. Each character has dozens of skills, plus you have this additional passive skill tree that you unlock through cleansing shrines. Then there is item customization with crafted "modifiers", adding additional unique stats and skills that you can use, all this adds literally to thousands / millions of character possibilities. Do you want to use a double weapon shooting lightning bolts? You can do that. Do you want to summon your creatures and support them with fireballs? You can do that as well, you can push it wherever you want. See More

Top Con

Only some builds are fun

There is a definite meta, with superefficient vs non-viable builds. It's easy to mess up a build, and attribute and spec-bar points are non-respeccable (you can use a cheat editor, but devs want you to reroll a new char). See More

Top Pro

Great homage to old school ARPGs

This game is very dark, and grim. It harkens back to games like Diablo 2 or Titans Quest. While other ARPGs have come out since then, none have hit all the marks of what fans of the genre have been asking for. For those that wish for an updated version of Diablo 2, Grim Dawn is the game for them. See More

Top Con

Difficult to move when fighting, especially when you are ranged

Top Pro

Highly modifiable

Relevant in modern gaming because the community can keep products like this fresh and varied, even if the developers eventually decide to slow down their updates (which they have not!). The possibilities are great with modding, while the experiences in Diablo 3 and Path of exile are a lot more static. See More

Top Con

Static pre-rendered levels

This may cut down on replayability a bit as all the levels in the game are pre-rendered, meaning that each playthrough will have the exact same layout, making for something that can get tiring and too familiar. Similar games have gone with randomized levels, which can keep the game fresh. While Grim Dawn is meant to be a throwback to earlier games in the genre, some newer features found in more recent released would have been welcome. See More

Top Pro

Drop-in co-op (online and local)

Co-op is pretty convenient as players can drop in and out of your gaming session at any time. This way there is no wasted time jumping out of ones game in order to find players to play with. See More

Top Con

Lots of trips to town

The majority of loot in the game can be useless, with odd stat restrictions or repeats of vendor items. This means the user will need to make many trips into town to sell it all off in order to have room for even more loot they will not necessarily need. See More

Top Pro

Exploration

Specs

Genre:Action / RPG / Hack n' Slash

Co-Op:4 Player Online / 4 Player LAN

Controller Support:Full

The game has interesting, multi-part boss battles. A lot of character to the fights is added by the impressive, grotesque boss monster designs. See More

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

Top Pro

Grand boss fights

Top Con

A departure from Castlevania series in key areas

Some aspects of the game are considerably different from the previous Shadow game. For example, combat is a lot more God of War than Castlevania and boss fights are a lot more Shadow of Colossus than Castlevania. See More

Top Pro

Impressive, flowing combat system

The game has a visceral, impactful free-flow fighting system that emphasizes counter-attacks, dodges and stringing combos with a variety of weapons and moves. See More

Top Con

Stealth sections feel out of place

The game has stealth sections that involve turning into a rat and getting from one place to another while avoiding detection, but the stealth gameplay is very barebones and feels very out of place in a Castlevania game. See More

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Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition

Top Pro

Excellent story, well rounded abilities and insane combos

Top Con

Lacks widescreen support

The game only plays in 4:3, there is no widescreen support. See More

Top Pro

Hardcore difficulty mode

New to the series is a hardcore difficulty mode that is meant for only the most extreme players. This adds a level of difficulty to the game for those that are interested. See More

Top Con

Terrible controller support

The default controls for the game with a controller do not work that well and will most likely require a third party fix. See More

Top Pro

New character with new gameplay mechanics

DMC 3 focuses on a new character, Dante's brother Vergil. Vergil offers a whole new moveset when compared to previous games, which makes the gameplay fresh for those that are familiar with the series. See More

Top Con

It's practically impossible to play with mouse and keyboard

A keyboard binding exists, but it is impossibly complicated for anyone to use. See More

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score 292 · Answer 9

Crashlands

Top Con

Cloud saves not through Google services

An extra account will need to be used in order to take advantage of the cloud saving as it does not work with Googles solution to cloud saves. While this does allow for the cloud saves to work cross platform, people may not want to take the extra step to make a new account with Butterscotch Shenanigans. See More

Top Pro

Hours of content just in the main quest alone gives the player plenty to do

For just the medium difficulty setting there is hours upon hours of content, and that's even if you skip all the side quests and just focus on the main story. Plus there are two harder difficulties to try and in the near future a tool will come out which will let you build your own adventures as well as play other people's. See More

Top Con

Not free game

Top Pro

Pleasing graphics that show off a well designed and polished game

The graphics look nice and you can tell time has been put into designing them. While not the most flashy, there is a certain style to the whole game that makes for a very cohesive experience. See More

Top Pro

Great soundtrack that suits the humor and setting of the game quite well

A great mix of chill and energized music, that fits the setting of the game at all times. A pleasure to listen to on its own as well. See More

Top Pro

Hundreds items to craft in a deep and varied crafting system that will keep the user busy for hours and hours

There are over 500 items that can be crafted in the game, giving the player quite a lot to experiment with and explore when it comes to crafting items. See More

Top Pro

Multiple game modes

Once you've finished the basic mode there's also a challenging and insane mode for replayability. See More

Top Pro

Excellent progression system where you never feel like you are grinding too much

Progression never feels sluggish or rushed, everything has a good pace to it from the farming of materials and grinding out the various components for the tons of items, to the incredibly unique combat/interaction system, it all blends well into a long gaming experience. See More

Top Pro

Good writing

You don't need to read everything to enjoy the game but the writing is very good and really adds to the enjoyment. See More

Top Pro

Lots of entertaining pop-culture references

Top Pro

Pick up from your last save, no matter the device you are using, thanks to the built in cloud saving

Playable on Android, iOS and PC you're able to transfer the one game between multiple devices (on same or different operating systems) and take it with you anywhere you go. with a Butterscotch ID (the devs self implemented cloud save system). See More

Specs

Genre:Adventure

Publisher:Butterscotch Shenanigans

The game revolves around deliveries that take time to arrive to your fireplace. There are time constraints on these deliveries that force the player to wait, unless you purchase postage stamps by unlocking combo's. As such, most of the time played in the game will be in a more 'idle' situation waiting on the deliveries instead of actually using the deliveries to solve the puzzles. See More

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Little Inferno

Top Con

Most of the time is spent waiting and not on puzzles

Top Pro

Intriguing wordplay-based puzzles that keep the player guessing

Certain items may have odd properties or work together with other items to create unexpected results. A list of combinations, where the only hint is the name of the combination, gives the game another puzzle-like layer that you are required to solve to progress further. For example, a somewhat vague sentence (such as Wooden Block Combo) will be given and the player must analyse and choose the correct materials in order to process further. See More

Top Con

Costs too much

Top Pro

Delightfully warped gameplay makes for an amusing way to burn digital objects

You spend most of your time throwing things in an ill-conceived invention for kids called the Little Inferno fireplace. By setting things on fire you get money that you can spend to buy more things to throw in the fireplace. There is a subtle plot that may make you re-evaluate your actions. See More

Top Con

The game is quite short

Little Inferno is a short game. On average, the main story takes a little bit over three hours to complete, while completionists need about four hours to explore everything. See More

Top Pro

Minimalistic, eerie puzzles, gameplay and narration pointing out how the games we play manipulate us

Top Con

No puzzle diversity or large number of mechanics added

The gameplay mechanics in Little Inferno stay the same: you use the fireplace in order to burn materials and create combo's. Even when unlocking newer catalogs with new materials to burn, not much changes in terms of gameplay. The puzzle hints that are provided also are quite similar, which can make the game feel rather monotonous. See More

Specs

Platforms:Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows

Genre:Puzzle

You'll have to find clues, interpret symbols, use correct items in appropriate places to unearth the mystery of the room. See More

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score 154 · Answer 11

The Room

Top Pro

A good variety of puzzle types makes sure that the game never repeats or gets tiring

Top Con

The control scheme can get slightly frustrating

The touch controls of navigating in 3D can be difficult at times. See More

Top Pro

Great atmosphere is set by the wonderful music and well done design

Due to an excellent choice of music and incremental telling of a dark story, the game creates a nice bit of tension and a creepy vibe in an otherwise simple and calm game. See More

Top Con

should be free

Top Pro

Amazing graphics allow for a level of detail not always found on mobile games

The Room has very detailed graphics that show the intricacies of all the items. See More

Top Con

Ends abruptly

The Room is relatively short. Experienced players will be able to beat it in less than two hours. And it ends abruptly. Luckily there is a sequel. See More

Top Pro

Immersive

Specs

Genre:Puzzle

You will die, a lot, and that is the point. The game is challenging, but fair. It is as much about memorization as it is about precision of movement. This makes for a game that needs to be practiced, quite a bit, which should appeal to those who enjoy working for their achievements. See More

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score 154 · Answer 12

Super Hexagon

Top Pro

Addictively challenging gameplay where "just one more game" is a constant

Top Con

Not free

Top Pro

Great soundtrack that complements the gameplay perfectly

The soundtrack is done by BossFightSwe, who is very well known for their video game sounds. See More

Top Con

May cause nausea

The fast spinning graphics could cause some people a bit of nausea. See More

Top Pro

Aggressive aesthetic that forces the player to adapt to succeed, which keeps the gameplay interesting

The visual design of the game consists of basic geometric shapes in bright colors that turn and blink, all while you are trying to stay focused on a little triangle in the middle. This can be distracting and is by design in order to try to trip up the player in their goal of continuing as long as they can. See More

Specs

Genre:Action / Arcade

A detailed aesthetic, a great score and an intriguing narrative together create a world that engrosses you from the very beginning. See More

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Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery

Top Con

Costs too much money

Top Pro

Excellent atmosphere that compliments the engrossing story

Top Con

Subpar gameplay

The gameplay often times feels convoluted or just too high concept. Art in the place of gameplay, which some may enjoy, but those looking for deep game mechanics should look elsewhere. See More

Top Pro

World enveloping puzzles that build upon the last in order to keep the player interested

Puzzles in this game are not too difficult and usually can be quickly figured out by being attentive of your surroundings. But they are not supposed to be hard, they are meant to bring you further into the world. It is through these puzzles that the player will feel more and more connected to the world and story of the game, making for an experience one will remember. See More

Specs

Genre:Puzzle / Adventure

This space fantasy was implemented great. The history is funny. There are unlimited race styles. And skins like "Back to future", "Terminator", "Final Fantasy" and "He-man" are great. See More

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Awesomenauts

Top Pro

Fun characters and skins

Top Con

Poor developing

No actualizations. No new characters every month. This makes the game unbalanced. You need to choose the unbalanced characters to win and progress in the rank. Because you have nothing else to do. See More

Top Pro

Differentiated gameplay

Fun playing style that is no longer in the game. This guarantees a different dynamic, like jumping and flying, without the game being 3d. The farm is diferent too. There is no lane fase. Frenetic pvp. See More

Top Con

Dead community

Are few players in the world and you will players more ranked than you even you are newbie. The time waiting is like lol, because in lol you wait connection and here you wait find players. See More

Top Pro

Simplified MOBA gameplay

Awesomenauts works as a distilled gameplay of a regular MOBA and is played on a 2d side scrolling plane. This has made it easier to be played on consoles as well as for first time MOBA players. See More

Top Con

Dead community

Compared to most, this game's community is mostly dead. If you want to play a match, you'll have to beg your Steam friends to join a game. The game's creators even went so far as to give away thousands of copies of the base game away for free some months ago. But people have given up on this game. See More

Top Pro

Like most MOBA games, Awesomenauts is deeply tactical

Awesomenauts is a very tactical game that will take time to learn all of its nuances, with enough time and patience though the game pays out with plenty of fun to be had. See More

Top Con

Gameplay is boring

Can be fun for getting Steam achievements but soon after, the game can quickly get very boring. See More

Specs

Publisher:dtp entertainment

Available on Steam:Yes

Number of Heroes:17

There are multiple weapons that Victor can equip, and each has a different set of abilities and are used in a way that is very different from how the other weapons are used. They really feel like separate classes. There is also a huge pool of equipment types (spells, etc.) that drop that supplement the various builds. Weapons and armor also have stats and qualities attached to them too. See More

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score 28 · Answer 15

Victor Vran ARPG

Top Pro

Lots of different builds

Top Pro

Acrobatic gameplay

Victor Vran ARPG is unique in the genre in that it's a very acrobatic and dodge-oriented game. In order to get far, you're going to have to learn how to jump, dodge, and dive around (or even on to!) your enemies in order to survive. This aspect of the game really adds another level of fun to an already good game. See More

Top Pro

Funny Dialogue

As you progress through the various maps, you have a "ghost" that tags along with you and pokes fun at Victor, the situation, or sometimes even you. He has multiple pop culture references as well. See More

Top Pro

Incredibly diverse AI in monsters

The AI in Victor Vran is spectacular. It's randomized very well which leads to far less predictable enemies than other games in the genre, and it will really keep you on your toes which is a lot of fun. See More

Top Pro

Map Challenges provide extra challenge

Each map has a set of five challenges that reward you for completing them. They range from things you would normally do anyways to things that are so difficult really have to change up your approach to get them. See More

Specs

It may crash often when loading missions. See More

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XCOM: Enemy Within

Top Con

Many crashing bugs

Top Pro

Hardcore strategy gaming at it best on a mobile platform

For a series that is regarded as hardcore gaming even on PC, to see this franchise come to mobile is a godsend. See More

Top Con

too expensive

Top Pro

Expansion on what was already a fantastic game

Enemy Within is and expansion on the classic Enemy Unknown. With Enemy Withing players are given new options such as maps, missions, enemies and of course the new Mech Suits. See More

Top Con

Second half of game lacks as many options as first half

The second half of the game feels a bit lack luster in options when compared to the first half. See More

Top Pro

Ethical choices effect long game

The choices the player makes from what kind of upgrades to use to what soldier to send where on a battle map will effect later game play. See More

Top Pro

Enjoyable gameplay

XCOM sets the standard as to what to expect in turn based strategy gaming. Players use soldiers to fight off an alien invasion by utilizing cover, flanking and other strategy tactics to defeat the alien baddies on each level of grid based environments. See More

Top Pro

Turn based strategy works well on touchscreen devices

The gaming genre of turn based strategy lends itself very well to touch screen devices. It is actually easier to interact with the characters on screen with ones fingers instead of a mouse. See More

Top Pro

Online multiplayer

There is support for asynchronous online multiplayer built into the game over Google Play Services. See More

Top Pro

Unexpected storyline

A strategy game such as this is often not expected to have a storyline, or if so, a good one. But this game has an interesting and surprising one. See More

Top Pro

New upgrade resource

There is a new resource known as Meld that allows the user to purchase upgrades. See More

Top Pro

Many upgrades

Many possibilities for upgrades are available in the game, which is impressive. Cybergenetics and genetics mods are some of the options you can use as upgrades in the game. See More

Microtransactions involve only cosmetic items such as custom weapon designs or clothing colors and tickets to view live events. See More

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score 463 · Answer 17

Dota 2

Top Pro

Fair free-to-play business model

Top Con

It's got a huge learning curve

Dota 2 has 111 heroes, all of which are unique from each other. It will take time and effort to learn which heroes you like to play, and become skilled with them. See More

Top Pro

Start with all heroes

You don't need to unlock or purchase characters. See More

Top Con

Rude, toxic community

Many players feel free to flame and insult, especially in the lower ranks and from non-English speaking countries. See More

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Available on Windows, OS X, and Linux. See More

Top Con

Matches are too long

The game is great but even just a single match can take a lot of time. And when you get to mid game and realize you already lost, you have no option but to keep dying and literally wait for the game to end. See More

Top Pro

Very active professional scene

Dota 2 has one of the most active professional scenes in eSports today. If it's not the most active, it's certainly got the largest prize pools, coming in at over $20 million in 2016. See More

Top Con

Miserable community

Takes 100s of hours not to suck, and even then, you're still not going to be good. See More

Top Pro

Incredibly deep gameplay

For players who put the time into Dota 2 to get past the early beginner phase, Dota 2 can become an extremely satisfying game. There's a reason it's one of the most popular eSports titles in the world. The amount of strategy, skill, and variables involved make it a very deep game where anything could happen. See More

Top Con

You can be put into a low priority mode for being bad at the game

Top Pro

A very diverse MOBA

This game has a steep learning curve, but it's well worth it. The games that came after Dota like League of Legends, Heroes of the Storm, Smite, and other lookalikes don't even compare to the complexity of Dota 2. Every hero is unique and valuable in one team composition or another. The amount of versatility of each hero is amazing as well. The mechanics by far destroy any other Dota style game (MOBA) and that's what makes this game top tier in its genre. This game is the highest grossing eSport game in the world and will probably continue to be for a long time. See More

Top Con

No SURRENDER option.

As rediculous as it may sound, you are a slave, once you start a game. You may suffer, you may cry, but you cant concede. Very much influences an overal toxic athmosphere of game. See More

Top Pro

Has user-created custom games

Dota 2 includes Workshop Tools that allow users to create custom games as well as other play them. See More

Top Con

It's a slow and repetitive game

This might be the most repetitive MOBA game. See More

Top Pro

It's very well-balanced

Gameplay is balanced in the sense that while other MOBAs would have only around 30-60 viable picks for the competitive scene, Dota 2 has heroes and strategies in the game that are more varied, which enables more heroes to be picked in the competitive scene. Number of Heroes Picked in Dota 2's Recent Major Tournament in the past 4 months (as of July 2016) is 86/111 heroes picked and 100 out of 111 heroes picked. To compare between Dota 2 and LoL pick diversity, LoL has 64 out of 131 champions picked for LCS. There are also factors such as the ban/pick phase difference and the more rigid positions in LoL that may limit the viability for different playstyles and hero picks (typically it is 2 (AD, Support Bot) -1 (AP mid) -1 (Tank Off) - 1 (Jungler), with a possibility of double junglers in LoL). On the other hand in Dota 2, there are a lot more different positions compared to Lol/Smite such as Duo Mid (1-2-2), Traditional (2-1-2), One Jungler (1-2-1-1, most similar to league), One Roamer (1-2-1-1 as well with the difference being the hero roams the map for kills to create space for the mid and safelane rather than farm the jungle which can weaken a lane), Duo Roamer (1-1-1-2, all lanes are weaker in lane presence with the tradeoff being they get solo experience with two aggressive supports roaming), Trilane (1-1-3, Aggressive or Passive Trilane) and Abandoned Offlane (0-1-3-1 where the offlane is completely left empty due to a strong duo or trilane on the opposing team). More heroes are viable and balanced in Dota 2 partly due to the greater flexibility in laning. This can be attributed the mechanics such as creep pulling and creep stacking which allows the team doing trilane to make up for the shared experience between three heroes. Besides that, the existence of teleport scrolls that allow you to defend your towers or punish a tower dive also allows you to react and assist other lanes. In pub games, any hero/lane/lineup can work, and it is more about your individual mechanical skills (understanding of hero, combo execution, map awareness, last hitting, timings, item builds, flow) over the lack of coordination and teamwork (on both teams). See More

Top Con

Zero merit goes to good players

If you score, say, a 20 kills 0 deaths but your team loses because 4 people are noobs, you lose -26 personal rank. See More

Top Pro

Players can trade self-made cosmetic items

The game includes a system for players to create, buy, and sell cosmetic items. See More

Top Con

waste of time

Top Pro

Regularly updated

Dota 2 is regularly patched and changed with new characters being introduced and balance changes made. This can prevent the game from becoming too stale as the tactics utilized by players changes often. See More

Top Con

It has voice chat.

It boosts rage and toxicity so much it has to be removed. See More

Top Pro

Dota 2 has the world's biggest e-sports tournament

At The International 7 in summer 2017, players raised the prize pool to more than $23 million, one of the largest prize pools in sSports history. See More

Top Con

You love and hate the game

While infuriating at times the addictiveness of the game keeps the players coming back. See More

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Can be played online and offline

However, you will need to be logged in to Steam either way. See More

Top Con

Game has been broken down to make it noob friendly

Top Pro

Moba-leading graphics

When compared to other leading MOBAs, Dota2 has some of the best graphics to be found. See More

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In-game mic

Has in-game mic so you can get toxic with voice chat. See More

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Good for brain

trains brain definetly hard See More

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Genre:MOBA