Battlerite

Battlerite gets to the heart of what makes MOBAs great.

Battlerite attempts to bring in the free to play MOBA audience by offering a much more fast-paced experience with constant combat, eliminating the wait times of "laning" phases from other games, but does it succeed in replacing the rest of the gameplay from those titles?

For those looking for a PvP-intensive MOBA, Battlerite delivers some of the best small-scale battles you can find.  Rounds are quick, but gameplay is addictive and fluid enough that you can continually play without realizing it.  Though it may not have much depth, Battlerite has lots of action packed into an easy to learn package.

To distinguish itself from the MOBA crowd, Battlerite went for pure, skill-based action and hit the mark dead center. The fluid mouse-and-WASD-driven combat makes every move count and the quick pace of its 10-minute matches never lets off the gas. Even with its lackluster randomized progression system robbing it of momentum, Battlerite keeps me coming back to improve and add to my bag of tricks along the way. Stunlock’s approach to MOBA combat creates a near-even playing field that makes each outplay feel earned, whether it was me or my foe picking up the win. These arenas are places I can see...

Now that Battlerite is out of Early Access, most of its potential has been made reality. It still needs some fleshing out content-wise but the very enjoyable core gameplay make it a worthy play nonetheless.

I was pleasantly surprised by Battlerite in this crowded sea of arena/MOBA games, but once I learned that Stunlock Studios was at the helm it all made sense. This genre is in its DNA, and I hope this one catches on for a while as more than just an alternative to some of the bigger market leaders.