Let’s not lie to ourselves, we all play favorites from time to time. This is especially true in videogames. Just look at the dreaded “console wars”– Nintendo vs Sega, Nintendo vs Sony, Nintendo vs Sony vs Microsoft. Hell, while we’re at it, Mac vs PC! Sure, a little competition is healthy and debate over which is better/or worse can be fun. But what about the games themselves? Especially games that are very similar, like League of Legends, DotA2 and Heroes of the Storm, do you NEED just one? Is there any benefit to declaring your allegiance to just one of these games while shunning the others? Or is it better to have the best of both (or all three in this case) worlds. I found a fantastic article over on kotaku that explores this very concept, and in my opinion makes a great argument AGAINST MOBA monogamy. Here’s a short excerpt:
By having enough knowledge to take advantage of the similarities between these three games, I was able to start appreciating their differences—noticing the finer details of how Faceless Void zapped around with his teleportation move compared to the way Zeratul did, or how Fizz benefits from having two types of mobility-enhancing special moves while Zeratul only has his one “blink.” It wasn’t just HOTS helping me get better at its more difficult brethren, either. I barely touched warrior characters in Heroes until I started playing more melee tank characters in League of Legends thanks to the way the latter game helped me learn how beef up an already beefy type of character over the course of a match by leveling them and outfitting them in a particular way. Obviously HOTS doesn’t have items, but again: the core idea of a concept like “build someone tanky” transports from one game to another once you’re able to finally grasp it.
Be sure to check out the full article here. What are your thought on this? Do you play just one? All three? Why or why not? We wanna know how you all feel about this. Sound off below!
