February 2022 • Macworld 69heroes that you can choose from,
each with their own different abilities,
weapons and item combinations that
can drastically affect the way that
you – and your opponents – play.
Fortunately, the current incarnation of
the game now includes an extensive
tutorial mode that introduces you
to the basics of combat, as well
as including bot matches against
computer-controlled opponents that
can help you to sharpen your skills.
Even so, DOTA 2 remains a
demanding game that will require
many hours of practice before you
even start to master the basics of
online combat. It’s rewarding when
you finally start to get results,
but there are more recent MOBA
titles – such as Blizzard’s Heroes
Of The Storm, that offer a gentler
introduction
to online
brawling.- DOTA
Underlords
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Valve’s DOTA
was one of the
first games
that helped
to popularise the MOBA category –
multiplayer online battle arena – of
online games a few years ago, and
the DOTA 2 sequel still has millions of
players all around the world. However,
the MOBA genre has been eclipsed
in recent years by ‘battle royale’
games, such as the world-conquering
Fortnite, so Valve is attempting to
bring some new ideas to the MOBA
scene with the new DOTA Underlords.
Underlords is available on a variety
of devices, including Mac, PC, iOS
and Android, and you can sync your
game data across different devices,
which means that you can start
playing on an iPad on the train to work
in the morning and then continue on
your Mac when you get home in the
evening. The game is free to play, and
is currently in its ‘beta season’ testing
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