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Multiplayer, Online, where you Battle in Arenas, but not a MOBA: Bloodline Champions
SnickerSnack
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I was just wondering, is anyone here playing in the Bloodline Champions Closed Beta?
For those of you (all of you?) who never heard of the game, it is an arena battle game that at first sight seems like some sort of DotA variation, but is actually completely different. No creeps, no leveling, no equipment, no farming, no mana; in the most commonly played game mode, your team of up to five people fight against an equally sized team until all of the members of one of the team dies, with the surviving team winning the round. Matches are usually played first to four rounds.
Oh, and by the way, the game has no auto-targeting: you move with WASD, aim with your mouse. Even heals have to be targeted manually (though they are relatively easy to target because they "explode" when the projectile reaches the point you clicked, healing more the closer your allies are to center of the explosion). It's a great game with a 16 very varied characters (called bloodlines) with 7 skills each; may not look like much, but there is a lot of stuff to do with these skills.
Other cool stuff in the game include the fact that it has no inherently random elements at all: no criticals, no passive abilities with a chance to proc, no chance to hit (melee attacks affect a small fixed cone in front of your character), no random damage, etc. Also, you can hold down a button to use an ability as soon as it is available instead of keeping hammering the key; rounds have a time limit to avoid those huge, annoying matches; and it has a pretty unique art style, going for a type of tribal flavor instead of more traditional fantasy.
You can see the Bloodlines here (slightly outdated skills, though):
http://www.bloodlinechampions.com/bloodlines.php
Check out some videos (that I found on youtube).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejokjC0OSXg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE9imgPC-hU
The game lets you choose multiples of the same bloodline in the same team:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P30hRtfuFss&feature=related
This one is a different mode: Capture the Flag.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyoSRX22EJI&feature=related
I got a Beta invitation a couple of weeks ago, and I'm absolutely loving it. I figured it needed more exposure.
For those of you (all of you?) who never heard of the game, it is an arena battle game that at first sight seems like some sort of DotA variation, but is actually completely different. No creeps, no leveling, no equipment, no farming, no mana; in the most commonly played game mode, your team of up to five people fight against an equally sized team until all of the members of one of the team dies, with the surviving team winning the round. Matches are usually played first to four rounds.
Oh, and by the way, the game has no auto-targeting: you move with WASD, aim with your mouse. Even heals have to be targeted manually (though they are relatively easy to target because they "explode" when the projectile reaches the point you clicked, healing more the closer your allies are to center of the explosion). It's a great game with a 16 very varied characters (called bloodlines) with 7 skills each; may not look like much, but there is a lot of stuff to do with these skills.
Other cool stuff in the game include the fact that it has no inherently random elements at all: no criticals, no passive abilities with a chance to proc, no chance to hit (melee attacks affect a small fixed cone in front of your character), no random damage, etc. Also, you can hold down a button to use an ability as soon as it is available instead of keeping hammering the key; rounds have a time limit to avoid those huge, annoying matches; and it has a pretty unique art style, going for a type of tribal flavor instead of more traditional fantasy.
You can see the Bloodlines here (slightly outdated skills, though):
http://www.bloodlinechampions.com/bloodlines.php
Check out some videos (that I found on youtube).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejokjC0OSXg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE9imgPC-hU
The game lets you choose multiples of the same bloodline in the same team:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P30hRtfuFss&feature=related
This one is a different mode: Capture the Flag.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyoSRX22EJI&feature=related
I got a Beta invitation a couple of weeks ago, and I'm absolutely loving it. I figured it needed more exposure.
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Super-sad I'm not in.
I will check my account to see if I have any friend invites left.
Edit: I have 2 invites that will go to the first 2 PMs.
Anyway, I hadn't been playing lately thanks to a rather busy schedule on weekends [strike], but I still have an invite left, if anyone's interested[/strike].
I guess it's the perspective and the fact each character has multiple skills on a cooldown? Dunno. It really is a completely different game.
And yes, it really is an amazingly fun game.
Edit: Invite sent.
Well in any case I guess I will start keeping my eye on this.
I'll play with you when/if I get on this weekend.
Play practice matches against hard or medium bots, at least until you can reliably hit with your attacks. Also a good way to figure out how to break tanks and healers which is super important.
Here are some videos
Important things to note from the video:
Team based arena environment.
No levels or Random number generation, all skill based.
Each hero has 6 abilities and an ultimate.
Everything must be aimed, ranged abilities, melee attacks and even heals.
No mana. All champions have the same stats.
Three different architypes and various heroes underneath: Tank, Melee and Ranged.
Moves and controls with WASD and mouse.
Has stats, match making and grading system so good players can't stomp newer ones.
Will be published by Failcom.
Several different games types, team deathmatch, control the points, and capture the flag.
LOS ability similar other RTS games. Hide behind an object, people can't see you and you can't see them.
Bloodline Champions - Gameplay introduction
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