And before anybody has any ideas of killing the cute, furry courier, know that they cannot be targeted or killed, and doesn’t need player intervention to deliver the items where you are. You can always buy items anywhere you are, as long as you have gold, as it’s delivered straight to you via a courier. There are other, nicer things that make Strife the MOBA for people who are afraid of MOBAs. Players are also required to pick their heroes first, rather than the other way around. With fewer characters and bigger versatility, players are free to play their character however they want. The smaller roster of players avoids the trap of specialized characters, who usually have a very specific way of playing. The hero pool for Strife is also significantly smaller compared to other MOBAs, and while there are traditional roles to fill (tank, support) the characters are flexible enough that they’ll be able to do other things that are helpful to the team. Players also get to share the gold with the entire team, which means you’re only going to compete against the enemy team, and not your teammates. Speaking of statistics, you won’t see anyone’s KDR while the game is ongoing, which means the blame game for a losing match is kept to a minimum. You’re only able to communicate with your own team, both via the chatbox and the built-in voice chat in the game (no more using Teamspeak or Mumble). You can’t talk to the opposing team for example, which means there’s no trashtalking with them while in the game, though you can talk to them postgame, after the game statistics are shown. To that end, they’ve done a few things to take the stress out of playing. Strife, made by developer S2 Games and brought to the PH by Asiasoft and Level Up!, aims to change all that, by completely redesigning how MOBAs are played.įirst off, the developers of Strife wanted to take out the toxicity surrounding MOBAs. The highly competitive nature of these MOBAs means that they usually have extremely steep learning curves, and requires players to be as competitive as possible, leaving little room for experimentation. While multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games like HoN, DoTA and LoL have managed to take the gaming world by storm, not everyone can actually go in and enjoy them.

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