Tencent and League of Legends game combine “new”?
“Tencent” and “League of Legends” are names that are very familiar to the gaming community globally. One side is the largest NPH game in the world, one side is their product – MOBA game online is the most famous at the moment. But perhaps, many gamers do not know that Tencent has been planning to produce a new game, a League of Legends but possessing a completely different gameplay.
Specifically, this game is almost identical to the League of Legends in every aspect, but there is a play that uses the third angle, instead of the angle from the top down. It is called Smite, developed by Hi-Rz Studios and Tencent released in China, first appeared in 2014. Smite has impressed thanks to the new play and the system of generals based on the gods Different civilization.
However, the game does not receive the attention from the Chinese gaming community, and is subject to the strong competition of other MOBA games such as League of Legends, so the domestic version has been closed in the year. 2017.
However, in the international market, “Smite” maintains a small but loyal number of players. A year ago, Tencent revealed the launch of Smite part 2. It is said to be a new “revolution” for the future MOBA series.
However, this blockbuster caused Tencent to receive criticism
Smite 2 is said to be a very potential project. Instead of using Unreal Engine 3 technology of part 1, Smite 2 will be built on the Unreal Engine 5 graphics platform, promising to create many breakthroughs, both in graphics and gameplay at the time.
But in fact, Smite 2 encountered many mixed reactions. The gameplay and fighting mechanism still do not have much innovation compared to the first version. The character system is almost copied from part 1, making gamers feel lack of creativity. Another minus point is that the player cannot transfer accounts or items from Smite 1 to Smite 2, forced to invest from the beginning. This makes the game criticized as a commercial guise rather than a big step forward.
The most prominent point, the gameplay uses the third angle of the game is now too faint compared to the time when Smite 1 was launched 1 decade ago. Experts say that SMITE 2 cannot compete with other popular MOBA games, especially when League of Legends and Dota 2 still dominate the market, and Valorant and other tactical FPS games are attracting people. Extremely powerful play.
Smite 2 is starting the first closed testing phase and is expected to officially launch in … the next 2 years. It was still too early to assert anything, but Tencent seemed to be extremely serious, investing in this “instability” game.
