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Who else besides Zombie Yakuza and myself got this?

For the curious, GoME is basically a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) style game set in the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit universe.

If you like Defense of the Ancients, League of Legends or other popular MOBAs on PC, you should try GoME.
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What the hell is a moba? Is it multi-player hack n slash button mash? I do not comprehend.
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What the hell is a moba? Is it multi-player hack n slash button mash? I do not comprehend.

MOBA is short for Mother of Balls, ASS! :rofl:

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Quote by BeaverHunter:


What the hell is a moba? Is it multi-player hack n slash button mash? I do not comprehend.



Moda stands for Massive Online Battle Arena. Basically 2 teams (usually 4v4 to 6v6) will compete against a common objective using a combination of melee, ranged and magic attacks. Most will have checkpoints and other areas you fight over to edge the battle across a map.

The most common two examples are definatly Defence of the Ancients and League of Legends (both of which are free by the way if you want to try them out).

In my opinion these games have viscious learning curves and when not playing with skilled players can be long and monotonous but I've heard once you get a good team together they can be a hell of a lot of fun.
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After the staggering lack of support that Monolith gave to Gotham City Impostors, I wouldn't touch another one of their games even if it was free.
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Update!

So Monolith finally got back from their holiday vacation and got to work updating the game. They have already released two minor balance patches, which is good, and another new DLC guardian, Radagast, which is weird.

It does seem to me that their net code is a bit improved over what it was pre-Christmas; my two roommates and I can actually get in to Battlegrounds ow and stay connected. There are still the occasional random disconnects but they are fewer and further between. The lag also seems to have been minimized.

Ultimately, Monolith still has some work to do, and it is pretty shitty to see them pushing out DLC regularly and all but ignoring some major issues on their main forums. I know this was a case of the publisher (Warner Bros) rushing them to get the game out to coincide with the release of the first Hobbit movie, but they have had time now to really hunker down and polish up the sloppy edges of this game.

Here's hoping they do! Today they are supposed to finally release the Survival Mode to people that purchased the season pass, as well as another new guardian (Gloin, Gimli's dad). After I have been able to try the new mode some, I am going to write an actual review.

Despite the bugs/errors I still recommend this game to pretty much everyone. If you've never played a MOBA before, GoME is a great place to start because it is streamlined and fairly intuitive. If you are a veteran of the genre, GoME is worth checking out because of some of the unique mechanics involved.

Also, if you're just a Tolkien/Lord of the Rings/Hobbit fan, the game does a great job of representing characters' abilities and powers in a faithful way.

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