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TStanesa's Awesomenauts (PC)
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| [November 27, 2012 10:31:09 AM]
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This game is a 2D platforming multiplayer shooter. It is a MOBA style game, meaning it is the same style as League of Legends or DoTA. However this game has a much faster pace, with the average game lasting from 5 to 20 minutes. The game is very combat oriented, and which team of three wins the match is almost always tied to which team has more kills. The fact that teams are comprised of teams of three is a boon to teamwork, and makes the game easier to play with friends. However, there is a strange balance issue to the game. The seemingly obvious combination of Tank/Healer very nearly breaks game balance completely. I have never lost using the Tank/Healer combination without the other team using the same strategy. This strategy is so easy to master, and so powerful, that without really any experience in the game (I had played three rounds previously), I was able to rise 200,000 ranks in the leaderboards in one day. To put this into perspective, there are approximately 266,000 places on the leaderboard total. So while this was a lot of fun for me, to without much skill in the game to be able to dominate far more skilled opponents, this was very frustrating for my opponents(hah). But putting balance issues aside, the game is in a very good position to expand the MOBA genre at the low regular price of $10, and the current sale price of $5.
The game's style is cartoonish, and while I didn't find it very appealing, it has the effect of making the game seem more casual or less serious. This is important as many MOBA style games can be frustrating, taking away for the entertainment value of the game. The shorter game times relates to this as well by making the player less invested in the game. While some might see this as a bad thing, I personally was still invested enough for the victories to be rewarding. I enjoyed that whether you commit a large amount of time or a small amount of time to the game you still have a shot at the leaderboards. I haven't ever been able to enjoy the global competition of online leaderboards before, usually because those leaderboards are largely based on time commitment. This is because of high mobility in the leaderboards. If you win a large number of consecutive games, you WILL rise a large amount on the leaderboards. While the number one player may have played hundreds of games, number 9 in the world may have played 50.
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TStanesa's Awesomenauts (PC)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Tuesday 27 November, 2012
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