HUNTERS ARENA SERIES

These should go great with the twerking emote that was important for the female characters to launch with. For now, however, I know that the major outfits that are on tap seem to be Super Sentai-related. Maybe as more of these go on we will see new characters, a fleshed-out story, and more.

HUNTERS ARENA SERIES

One of the characters, Wukong, fights with an extendable staff and is clearly an allusion to the Monkey King from the epic novel series Journey To The West.Īt the time of writing, the game is undergoing its first battle pass where players can earn new levels just like battle passes of the past. In college, I dabbled a little with the Shinto Faith but it seems this game draws more from Chinese and Korean faiths, with the developers being based in Korea. The champion characters and setting draws influence from Eastern Mythology, though I am a little rusty as to whether goblins were a major part of many religions in the East. I assume the players of most of these genres don't walk in hoping for the next Last of Us so it is serviceable for what it is. Eventually, most of these games build into a more prominent narrative but since Hunter's Arena is only a month old, I cannot speak to if it will nor can I hold against it that it doesn't. Like most battle royale games, Hunter's Arena: Legends has vague lore that serves mostly as a backdrop for the game itself. All of that hurts more because it is a truly unique game. Hunter's Arena: Legends is not a great game, at times it struggles to be a good game. I did get better, even won a few games by the end, though I would argue I never got great. I kept trying, long after that to get to some point where the mechanics stopped feeling cumbersome, and any issues with my own play had stopped me from feeling that I disliked the game because I was bad at it. That is why when about 20 rounds in I found myself asking 'Why am I still playing this?' I found myself disappointed. It isn't like I had high hopes, but I went in with an open mind. While the game wasn't topping my list of things to play, it wasn't to say I wasn't interested in diving into it. This creates the emphasis that you as a player need to farm and grind so that before the map shrinks you into an enemy player or team you make sure your gear is enough to see you through.

It's a mash-up of the battle royale genre and the MOBA style, that pits players against hoards of enemies, powerful world bosses, and other players wandering the map. On paper Hunter's Arena: Legends is an extremely cool idea.

PLATFORMS: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Steam RELEASE DATE: August 16th DEVELOPER: Mantisco PUBLISHER: Mantisco MSRP: $19.99 ESRB: T for Teenĭisclaimer - This product is being reviewed on the PlayStation 5.

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