![]() ![]() Conquering the vast arena will require strategic thinking to gain the upper hand and strike down adversaries. Convoy drops soldiers onto the largest battleground. Skirmish is a cutthroat struggle where soldiers will attack and attempt to capture enemy bases on Paden. Combatants must vie for control of the bridge and weaken the enemy forces in order to claim victory. Storm pits soldiers in brutal battles on Mochabarg, a castle divided by a destroyed bridge. ![]() Harness god-like abilities and unleash magical havoc onto the enemy.Īccessible through the WARHAVEN Steam page, players participating in the upcoming Global Beta will be able to brawl in three different game modes across The Holy Grounds. When steel isn’t enough to conquer the battleground, worthy soldiers can evolve into supernatural beings known as Immortals. Master an array of medieval weaponry with fluid hack-and-slash combat and control ballistae, cannons, and siege engines to cut through opposing forces. Players can transform into an almighty Immortal and be among the first to seize victory during the Global Beta from October 12th through November 2nd 2022 on Steam.įormerly known as Project HP, WARHAVEN transports players to a paradoxical medieval-fantasy world to compete in fierce 16v16 sword-and-magic multiplayer battles. Nexon invites players to the medieval-fantasy world of Herarth in WARHAVEN, a massive and visceral team-based close combat action game. I hope to spend more time blowing up my foes with a giant cannon when it is launched free-to-play later this year.Take up arms, master the magical arts, and prepare for all out war. So far Warhaven seems to be shaping up into a bizarrely disheveled war simulator that manages to pack a whole lot of entertaining moments in each chaotic match. From what I can tell in the handful of hours I had with it though, not all are winners, like the spearman whose attacks feel like they’re way harder to land hits with than they should be and which left me almost immediately flattened by the enemy every time I played as him. Most of them feel good to play too, like the shield-bearer who can plow his way through an army of enemies like Frank West in Dead Rising, or the crazy dude with a warhammer who turns the enemy into mashed potatoes like the rabid monster that he is. The silly good times are definitely extended by Warhaven’s interesting roster of playable characters, which range from standard sword-wielding soldiers to lightning-fast assassins with a sneaky set of moves to healers with little in the way of attacks at all. It honestly felt like, in a lot of cases, the match’s outcome came down to a coin toss based on the random and messy flow of battle, even when that sloppy homicide fiesta was generally a lot of fun. ![]() But just like everything else in Warhaven, the battle over the cannon is in no way immune to the utter tumult of warfare, and it seemed like, even whilst communicating with my team as much as possible, we still regularly found ourselves steamrolled by overwhelming numbers leading to repeated turnovers. That race to control the all-powerful artillery was definitely a good time, especially when I was the one firing the cannon at the soon-to-be-dead sorry excuse for a soldier who opposed me. For example, a few maps feature a cannon that’s absolutely essential to victory, as whoever has control of it can rain down deadly hellfire over vast swathes of the map, leaving little hope for the enemy to control the objective without dealing with you first. It’s not that Warhaven lacks strategy, though – in fact, there’s plenty of opportunities for teams to communicate with one another around objectives in order to win the game. It’s ridiculous, over-the-top, and at times feels completely unbalanced, but there’s a certain kind of joy in that utter anarchy that makes each match amusing in how it appeals to my inner agent of chaos. It’s especially funny to see players spontaneously transform into ultra-powerful heroes once they’ve accrued enough murder karma, then roll over an entire team as a horse-mounted character or a magical samurai with a cowboy hat. Even when the odds feel fair though, the haphazard swings from your characters weapons and decidedly floaty movement makes for an imprecise experience that sometimes doesn’t feel great, even though that untidiness usually leads to hilarity. In the occasional instances where both teams show up at a single point in full force, the often one-sided push and pull is replaced by a disorderly slaughterfest that’s sure to be the highlight of any match. ![]()
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