A forgotten little gem, imo. A bunch of MOBAs I've played have come and gone but this was always one of the best, it felt like it was actually trying to carve its own place in the scene without trying to be just League of Legends But Not.
It was a smaller, streamlined MOBA type where the game wanted you to be more having fun playing and less dawdling back and forth and thinking about long term choices whilst also not numbing your brain completely through boredom. It's a very tight rope that newer multiplayer games seem to attempt but I think HOTS did it well.
Which was mostly due to the map objectives and heroes. Each map had it's own gimmick that you would fight over that made the game more about fighting and less about farming and they introduced some novel heroes to the game that I had a bunch of fun with! It also liked to have fun with some of its heroes, in perticular ones that ended up in the Specialist class where they had more of a unique role. Stuff like Lost Vikings, Medivh, Sgt. Hammer...they're pretty cool! I like weirdos in MOBAs! Also Cho' Gall is a really awesome idea for a hero that I want other series to have a go at.
Whilst you still can play it, it is a bit sad to see the game become more and more obscure over time as Blizzard guts the dev team and e-sport structures around it. It also doesn't help that the monetisation in this game is ridiculous and probably meant they didn't get nearly as much profit on the game as they would've hoped. Either way, less and less people are playing now which is a shame. Cus it's fun! If you want to play something chill with friends and more goof off than get salty, then HOTS might work for you!
It was a smaller, streamlined MOBA type where the game wanted you to be more having fun playing and less dawdling back and forth and thinking about long term choices whilst also not numbing your brain completely through boredom. It's a very tight rope that newer multiplayer games seem to attempt but I think HOTS did it well.
Which was mostly due to the map objectives and heroes. Each map had it's own gimmick that you would fight over that made the game more about fighting and less about farming and they introduced some novel heroes to the game that I had a bunch of fun with! It also liked to have fun with some of its heroes, in perticular ones that ended up in the Specialist class where they had more of a unique role. Stuff like Lost Vikings, Medivh, Sgt. Hammer...they're pretty cool! I like weirdos in MOBAs! Also Cho' Gall is a really awesome idea for a hero that I want other series to have a go at.
Whilst you still can play it, it is a bit sad to see the game become more and more obscure over time as Blizzard guts the dev team and e-sport structures around it. It also doesn't help that the monetisation in this game is ridiculous and probably meant they didn't get nearly as much profit on the game as they would've hoped. Either way, less and less people are playing now which is a shame. Cus it's fun! If you want to play something chill with friends and more goof off than get salty, then HOTS might work for you!