Fury of the Storm: Heroes of the Storm

I finally got sick of playing Worlds of Warcraft after getting back into it for Warlords of Draenor (which partially explains the level of neglect of my blogging habits). I think the game development world will be hard pressed to make another MMO that could possibly be better; however, that does not change the fact that I believe that WoW is starting to get tired. This expansion has been amazing but my attention span has been stolen by another game from Blizzard: Heroes of the Storm!

Heroes is a MOBA style game; I know, I know, "another MOBA" you say but Heroes has changed some concepts for the better on this one. Everyone shares XP in this game so your team levels together making even the group fight shy laner useful to his team. There is no backing to upgrade, meaning when you level up you get skills to choose from which is how you develop your build and playstyle of each individual character. Another thing that is nice is last hitting is not a thing because there is no gold to be worried about; this makes early team ganks and lane switches easier and viable.

The characters include some of your previous wow favorites like Thrall or Jim Raynor and also include some new faces (based on non-character units). As well as having a player level, each character gains levels independently which unlocks skins tints, abilities and mount tints. Oh snap, forgot to mention mounts!

Another cool element is that all characters can mount up (or a similar equivalent) and move faster. I like this addition because it speeds things up a bit... well literally speeds things up. A game of Heroes lasts roughly 25 minutes which is good in my opinion.

Heroes also features six different maps all with a different mechanic to help you push the lanes. These mechanics are based around small objectives that lead to team fights which adds to the fun. Many times, games are filled with team fights from the beginning and are very fast paced. The varying maps make the game less droning than most MOBAs which feature 1 map.

All in all, I am super pleased with how this game is going so far, even in it's Beta form. Currently you can buy into the Beta for $40 which also unlocks 3 characters, a skin for each and a couple different cosmetic mount choices. Totally worth the scratch; I highly suggest it. Message me for a friend request!

For builds and guides, I use: www.heroesfire.com