Infinite Crisis Review

Another MOBA comes along, but can this one stay?

So many little MOBAs come and go, but when Warner Brothers Games invest into one it's got to be good, right? Well it's true, this game does have some strong points. It is another top view 5v5 MOBA based on DC comic's creations. This means you can play as your favourite super heroes, well for now not many of them but in the future there will be many. Currently there is more versions of heroes than I would of thought required. For example there is a Batman and a Gaslight Batman, both of which are in the same character class but have different abilities. The first unique aspect of this game we come across is the map. Unlike the typical 3 lanes and a jungle it is based in a city with 2 lanes in a pentagram and a suburbs area with the camps/buffs.  This confused me at first (still kind of does) because it is not anything like I'm used to.

Now we run into our first problem. There is no tutorial. I am a hard core League of Legends player but every time I try a new MOBA I like there to be a tutorial so I can get the grasp of the individual game. This has nothing, not even bot games, you are thrown in at the deep end with no idea what to do, just running round like a headless chicken. Then there is the heroes themselves. They don't seem to have any form of balance, I'd go 2-0 up then get completely assassinated with a 2v1 in my favour by nightmare Batman. He is completely ridiculous. At first I thought although the abilities were not too similar to other main MOBAs, which is good, but then I realised you can't target for more than a certain time because it auto casts, the hit detection is off and some just do absolutely nothing to help you.

But less on the bad points, more on the positives. The summoner spells (or equivalent) are all unlocked level 1, and each hero gives a unique power to 1 of the spells. Each game starts with a cutscene of the 5 heroes on your team (as displayed above) and so far I haven't come across raging 12 year old's that are so common in League. With some development (addition of tutorials, balances etc) and some more progression this has the opportunity to be among the big ones. But until that time, Infinite Crisis you are a 4/10, not what I expected from such a big company.