For those of you who aren’t familiar with the lingo of MOBAs, this term simply means that you have to aim your abilities with your mouse and the chance to miss a crucial skill – especially when under an incredible amount of pressure and pumping with adrenaline – is always a very real thing. Every ability that is not cast on you or a team mate (and even some of those, too) are skillshots. Conflict is not simply an eventual inevitability it’s an instant requirement.Īnother difference from WoW Arena or MOBAs that many players will try to compare it to is that this game is entirely based on skill. There is no laning phase, minion and creep farming, no gold, no items to purchase mid-game, and no sprawling maps with multiple paths, lanes, and points of attack. What it does differently, however, and something that I find to be one of its biggest advantages over other MOBAs, is that Battlerite strips away all the fat and pares down to the absolute core: conflict. A lot of the ideas driving its design takes inspiration from the traditional MOBA style. If you’re familiar with other MOBAs like League of Legends, Dota 2, or Heroes of the Storm, this game should be a little easier to grasp and understand. It took WoW’s Arena mode – which was a PvP brawl inside a small enclosed space with teams of two, three, or five – where absolutely no holds were barred and stripped away the plethora of abilities that a WoW class had available. During a time where World of Warcraft was the dominant force in MMOs, and popular competitive gaming was limited to StarCraft and Counter Strike as the pioneers of the eSports scene, Bloodline appeared with next to no fanfare – at least not the amount that it deserved. If you’re someone who’s been into the arena PvP genre of games for a few years then you may already know of its predecessor: Bloodline Champions. Battlerite is exactly one of those titles that falls between a couple of genres and game types, but this is one you will not want to miss if you’re a fan of competitive MOBAs or the older format of arena combat games. With so many MOBAs, FPSs, and MMOs out there vying for attention it becomes almost too easy to miss a title that fills a niche otherwise unoccupied by anything else.
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