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I'd love to revel in the times when this game was good, but it never was.

P.S. Don't main derpl. Unless you hate yourself.

Dead inside derpl/10

Awesomenauts is a fast paced brawl type game you can play with up to 3 people in a 2d side scroller. The game overall is one of the most unique games i've seen yet. This game however has so many things wrong with it i just can not find anymore enjoyment. Over the amount of time i've played, i tried each character multiple times and found many things.

There are so many issues with Awesomenauts, it's horrid. There are normal complaints about the game like a typical moba would recieve, but this game gets special complaints due to it's aspect.

This game i would not reccomend if you are returning or first picking up. Please do not. Unless you want to get placed in unfair matches with people who know far more superior tactics than you, you'll be left behind spending hours upon hours just learning the game. The spawn, where you have to control a little ship to collect the currency which is called solar is fantastic, but new players have absolutely no idea what is going on. The patterns are different from map to map, but this also makes it even harder for new or returning players to pick up on. The starting solar allows you to get a what is basically worth a kill. When you die, you lose 30 solar which isn't a terrible amount, but it does really hurt. It effectively puts the enemy team ahead 160 solar ahead due to each player getting 30 solar for killing someone, then 40 extra solar to whoever killed that person, and finally the person that died loses that 30 solar which equals the 160 solar. After a couple kills, say about 5, your team is behind 800 solar. It's insanely difficult to ever come back in a game like this. Just the solar amount is so unbalanced, a single kill can honestly make or break the game.

The match making in this game is borderline OK. If it were to be any worse, i don't think this game would be playable. I'm constantly being placed in matches where people live many miles away, recieving a lot of ping. This causes host advantage. Basically if your not the host, or they aren't close, good luck. Especially with all the debuffs that can be applied to a person, you'll be so locked down, you might as well surrender. Also you can join a game where it will basically be ending. You can literally drop leagues so fast and it would be impossible to do anything about it.

The characters in this game however are fun and have their own playstyle, they're unbalanced. A lot of people disagree with this, but some characters are just a little OP. Characters like clunk, skolldir, and derpl have larger bodies so they have a larger body block potential. This makes large mass characters have a huge advantage, where as people like Vinnie, Gnaw, and Leon much harder to body block. Now i'm not saying Body mass is what makes a person OP, it's just it gives them an advantage. Some higher damage people like raelynn, leon, and froggy, all do massive amounts of damage, but some just do more in general. Vinnie has a very high damage dash that is an AOE which could effectively be x3 damage of it's base damage instead of just 1. Vinnie alone can reach insane amounts of damage. Leon is supposed to be a stealthy assassin, but he really doesn't do a whole lot of damage since almost any debuff he recieves destroys his playstyle. he heavily relys on his basic attacks which is basically leon in a nut shell, but he does about the same amount of damage with his basic attacks as a vinnie. I could honestly make a massive list of just all the unbalanced things, it'd take a long time to make.

TL;DR: Awesomenauts is unique, and fast. It's a 2d side scrolling brawl game supports up to 3 people on either team. New or returning players are heavily punished for not spending time in the game. Matchmaking, majority of the time is terrible, and no dedicated servers. Unbalanced match making, making it unfair for new and returning players to play. Unbalanced characters. A single target damage dealer does effectively 2x-3x less damage than A AOE target damage dealer

Good game stop nerfing Nibbs though god damn.

good game, ♥♥♥♥ matchmaking.

Overall the game is very fun and enjoyable. There are a lot of issues, and overall the development of new features is stale, with the exception of new characters, balancing, and one or two map / changes every 1.5 years. The game has a lot of issues that might prevent a single player from deriving consistent fun from it, but it has a lot of potential.


The game:

The matches are in a 3v3 configuration. You can play bot matches, or just offline with your friends. Split screen is supported.
There are several characters to chose from with varying abilities. Most characters have overlap in their abilities (lifesteal, healing, trap, poison, etc...) Every map is distinct, and favor certain play styles over others. In normal mode the objective is to destroy the solar structure in the opponent's base. To do so you have to destroy turrets to create a path. You have buzz saw droids that spawn to help you in this task. Solar is the currency that you use to purchase upgrades. You get solar every second, as well as getting kills, destroying droids / creeps (drop hp) and destroying turrets.

There are custom modes that don't count towards rank. These are great for having fun with friends. You can have deathmatch with a lot of configurable options.

If you want some cosmetic customization, you can also buy skins, that vary from a few cents to > $5.

The issues:

A lot of the problems arise from a bad matchmaking situation. You are supposed to get matched with players your skill level, but the developers allow you to join a match with people that are far better (or worse) and more coordinated than you if it takes too long. The ladder is composed of leagues (brackets) and ranks. One of the developers has mentioned they can't improve matchmaking because they don't have a large enough player base for it to be effective. In my personal opinion what it boils down to is they don't want to upset the players that have remained loyal. There aren't many players online <300 at any given time. So if the matchmaking was fair, it could take upwards of half hour to join a game.

Like many online games, there is the issue of verbally abusive players. These can be new players or very seasoned ones. There are a lot of trolls, but there is a simple mute button you can access on the score screen while in game. Not a terrible problem, but a lot of people are unaware they have the ability to mute.

Consensus:

Since the game is relatively cheap, I recommend it if (and only if) you have friends to play it with. The top players remain at the top because of the aforementioned bad matchmaking. These are players that have over 2000 hours in the game, and only play what is called 'premade' games against other players. The matchmaking puts them against opponents that are new to the game, and most of the time are random people playing together. So the current system reinforces keeping unified players up top while discouraging new players from trying to play alone.

The developers have other projects and the consensus between a lot of players i've spoken with seems to be that the game is pretty much abandoned, and they only keep it alive as a sense of loyalty to the original players. Don't get me wrong, there is still a very vibrant community of players in the game, that continuously donate their time to improve bot AI, and offer suggestions for other improvements. So I still recommend the game. You are sure to meet some of the coolest players while in game, and that alone is worth it.

Whenever you want to dive into a quick battle, you can. This game is pretty fun, Fast paced action MOBA with platformer components (not so much) running on 2D. Pretty fun and different. I am not a fun of moba games (although they do kind of intrigue me). The only issue I have with this game is the DLC. 200 euros worth of DLC. If it was more on a normal base I would not mind buy an extra character or something. But at this price tag, I refuse to give them anything besides base game cost. Besides that, enjoyable game

Fun and interesting take on the moba style game. This game features a colorful cast of charecters that are all unique and play diffrently. The DLC starstorm, is an amazing value, giving you tons of new content (heroes)! Since this game is a couple of years old, the playerbase seems to be very good. Would recomend if you're willing to put in the time to learn the charecters.

Great game. The leveling system is great and gameplay is unique. You can play this game for hours and still want to play it again. The game is active with updates and is still adding in new content.

A good game that's worth owning atm best played with friends because the Queue system is currently less than perfect. But that's only really an issue for high level gameplay. It's a unique upgrade system that involves purchasing abilities and then upgrades for them. There's also a Misc. Upgrade tab with hp regen etc.