When comparing Awesomenauts vs Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation, the Slant community recommends Awesomenauts for most people. In the question“What are the best online multiplayer games on PC?” Awesomenauts is ranked 43rd while Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation is ranked 50th. The most important reason people chose Awesomenauts is:
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.
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Pros
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.
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.
Pro Fun characters and skins
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.
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.
Pro Better framerate when ran in DX12
This game is DX12 compatible which allows for a higher frame rate over DX11. DX12 is only able to be taken advantage of on Windows 10, so that is something to consider, but for those that can take advantage, there is a slight gain to be had.
Pro Pleasing graphics
The graphics stand out as polished and make for a really nice looking RTS. This is top of its class in graphics for an RTS in 2016.
Pro Cool mechanic for controlling troops
There is a tool in the game that allows one to "lasso" their units together into an army. By making an army the player can then control that army as they would one troop unit, meaning that all micromanagement for a large group of troops is unnecessary as the game will deal with it in a more intuitive an easy manner. This can be done with as little or as many troops as the player want, which overall makes for an easy way to control the game when in the heat of battle.
Pro Good mix of gameplay modes for any skill level
The game features a single player story mode, a story mode called Ascendancy that will walk the player though how to play the game and multiplayer modes that are ranked as well as custom multiplayer modes. Through the assortment of modes the game allows for any type of player to find gameplay that they may like, whether they are a seasoned RTS player or a newcomer to the genre. Whether playing locally in single player or online with friends or random people, there should be plenty on offer for any skill level.
Pro Focuses on positioning over micromanagement
The maps in this game are large, sometimes taking up as many as 20-30 zones in a single map. What this means is that the player will need to focus a lot more on position of their units over actually micromanaging every aspect of each unit (due to the vast size of maps and the amount of units on them). This allows for gameplay that has a broader scope in strategy, as it forces the player to plan out what is best to protect and the best position to hold of enemy attacks all while still trying to grow their army in order to overpower their enemy.
Pro Easily allows the player to utilize specific info on their enemies
At all times the player can vies on a mini map how much their enemy has expanded and into what areas. There is also a thing called player power rating, which allows the player to know on a point scale what their enemies military and economic power level is. Which means you can get a sense of what fields your enemy is expanding into. Combining these tools allows for a quick way to know where the enemy is expanding and into what fields of tech they are concentrating on. This way the player can adjust their strategy accordingly, making for an even deeper level of strategy overall.
Cons
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.
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.
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.
Con Gameplay is boring
Can be fun for getting Steam achievements but soon after, the game can quickly get very boring.
Con Physics are unrealistic
Many of the units will pass right through each other, making for units that behave in an unrealistic way and can pull the player out of the immersion of the title. The units also all hover over the ground, which means they have no real weight to their actions, when combined with the unrealistic way they move makes for something that just does not looked polished.
Con Demanding system requirements
The game requires a high end GPU as well as at-least a 4 core processor. This means the game is quite demanding and needs to take advantage of multi-cores in order to play smoothly at high graphical settings. So for those with a mid-range system, the game may play at lower frame-rates, which can be frustrating.
Con Lacking in options for factions and units
There are only two factions available in the game to play with, so makes for limited choice. On top of this each faction has only so many different units, which also shows a lack of choice. Combined, once the game has been experienced and both factions played with there will be little in surprise as to what the game has to offer.