Have you Played a MOBA?

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Some MOBA Games

Some people have been wondering, are MOBAs (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) games actually part of the strategy genre? Well, the answer is yes, you may see strategy gaming trophies on websites of popular MOBA games. This question arises because people think that MOBA style games are more action than strategy. It's true that MOBA does incorporate lots of action, but if you've played a "Battle Arena" game before, you would know that it takes quite a bit of thinking to win a game.

What's a MOBA?

MOBAs are currently the most popular strategy game genre being played right now. An example is the well-known game, DOTA (Defense of The Ancients). In MOBA games, players control their character with their mouse and keyboard to kill NPC (non-player controlled) minions that spawn from the enemies' base. The goal in a MOBA game is to kill the enemy base in team fights or custom single fights. There are turrets along the way that your team must destroy along the way, before you can go for the base. 

If you have played a MOBA before, please feel free to skip this long list, since you would already know what the game would contain.

WHAT A MOBA HAS

• many Characters to choose from

1. Fighters (Specialized in dealing Physical Damage)
2. Mages (Specialized in Magical Damage)
3. Tanks (High Defensive Stats and Health)
4. Carry (Main Damage Dealer in the Team)
5. Support (Champions with Good Team Boost and Healing Skills)

• a main Base or Headquarters
• Turrets that attack enemies online the route
• Minions that spawn from the Base
• Neutral monsters in the Jungle for exp (Experience Points)
• a Legendary unit that is the strongest Neutral monster in the game
• Gold to buy Equipment from Shop(s)
• Shop Equipment(s)

1. Movement Items (Enhances Speed)
2. Strength/Power Items (Greater Melee Damage)
3. Magic Items (Greater Magic Damage)
4. Mana Items (Increases Mana/Mana Regeneration)
5. Health Items (Increases Health/Health Regeneration)
6. Consumable/Usable (One Time Use Items)
7. Defensive Items (Increases Physical Defense/Magic Resistance)

• Extra Features, Custom Games and Competitions

Defense Of The Ancients MOBA Game

For some people, MOBAs may seem quite boring, since Win/Loss ratio is the only affect of playing the game. I do like games that put a permanent affect on a player for what they do in the game, but MOBA games are an exception. One reason is because I am not the best at these kinds of games, so I do lose quite a lot, and am glad that it doesn't affect my plays later on.


Thank you for reading this post, and if you would like to check out the games shown on this post, please view the links below.



Links

1. http://www.smitegame.com/ SMITE
2. http://riseofimmortals.com/  Rise of Immortals
3. http://leagueoflegends.com/ League of Legends
4. http://www.playdota.com/  DoTA
5. http://dota2.com/ DoTA 2
6. http://www.bloodlinechampions.com/ Bloodline Champions

You Thinking about Strategy Games?

Rooster here, as this is the first post on this blog, I will explain to you about the different types of strategy gaming that goes on in the world of computers/PCs. MauxStrategyGaming will try out and give feedback on PC strategy games, browser or otherwise.



First things first. If you've never played a strategy game before, then read this, if you have, then feel free to go on to the next paragraph. A strategy game requires thinking, planning ahead and plotting your victory one way or another. The motive for thinking is to win, take chess as an example, you stage your pieces for attacks and take out your enemy's pawns,knights, etc. Ultimately it all leads to a checkmate and a victory.

So you know about strategy games right?
If you've played many strategy games, you probably know about the different types of strategy games you can find on technology. There are numerous types of strategy games you can find online and for free such as MOBAs(Multiplayer Online Battle Arena), Flash games, and RTS(Real-Time Strategy). Although games are usually put in one of these categories, there are some variations in each one. For example, difficulty is usually different even if the games are of the same category.

Real-Time Strategy

In the case of RTS games, they are usually castle-building and time-oriented. These castle-building games may be split into three sections. They are Command and Conquer, Tribe Wars and Variables.

StarCraft Command and Conquer Game

1. Command-and-Conquer
These are games like starcraft, where you build up your base and make troops to invade the opposition. The games are relatively short, less then 30 minutes each, sometimes exceeding an hour long. Usually, Command and conquer games have no permanent effect on you after a game.
*command and conquer games are usually download-to-play





2. Tribe/Faction War

Travian Tribe/Faction War Game

Tribe/Faction War games take an immense amount of time. In these castle-building games, you build up your own base with resource producing buildings, technology, units, and heroes. These types of games usually last until the server dies and everyone has quit. Most of these games are highly effected by money-payers that buy benefits in-game.
*Tribe/Faction War games are usually browser-based(can be played with your google chrome or whatever you use)

3. Variables
Variables are what I like to call the in-between games of Command and Conquer and Tribe War. These games have aspects from both of the two other types, with building, and with commanding. I don't consider Starcraft a variable, because buildings in variable games have building times similar to Tribe/Faction war.

There also other games in the Variables category, these are the single player RTS. Single player RTS are usually flash games. Flash Variables are fast-paced, in the time strategy, flash games usually require you to act quick to situations so you don't lose the game.

Macdonald's Game (Flash Variable)

That's basically it for this post, next time, I'll explain more of the other types of Strategy games, then start writing reviews for strategy games I've played and am currently playing. The links to the games shown above are down below if you want to check them out.

Links

• Starcraft II

http://us.battle.net/sc2/

• Travian

http://www.travian.com/

• Mcdonalds Game (this game goes by other names and can be found on multiple flash gaming websites)

http://www.heavygames.com/themcdonaldsgame/showgame.asp

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