Overall Rating: 4/10
The glory days of "Smite" are long gone. What once was a project that offered an educational PVP experience with enormous potential has lost all of its promise with the rapid decay of its gameplay experience. There was a time where it could have been argued that this was the best MOBA on the market. Now, however, it is nothing more than a money grabbing scheme that will continue to loop you in a repetitive cycle of disappointment. After nearly 5000 total hours of experience across platforms, I can assure you that this is nothing more than a waste of your time and money unless you like Fornite, CoD, and other mindless PVP games. It will only provide you with a temporary dopamine boost and promises of a better tomorrow that will never come. Admittedly, this review is a bit jaded but my advice in 2024? Don't play it.
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Cons:
The glory days of "Smite" are long gone. What once was a project that offered an educational PVP experience with enormous potential has lost all of its promise with the rapid decay of its gameplay experience. There was a time where it could have been argued that this was the best MOBA on the market. Now, however, it is nothing more than a money grabbing scheme that will continue to loop you in a repetitive cycle of disappointment. After nearly 5000 total hours of experience across platforms, I can assure you that this is nothing more than a waste of your time and money unless you like Fornite, CoD, and other mindless PVP games. It will only provide you with a temporary dopamine boost and promises of a better tomorrow that will never come. Admittedly, this review is a bit jaded but my advice in 2024? Don't play it.
Pros:
- God concepts and skills are really cool!
- Lore, items, and skins are exciting!
- Good with friends.
Cons:
- Highly toxic community on multiple levels.
- Repetitive cycle of game breaking patches.
- Lighting your wallet on fire would be more productive than buying these now expensive skins.
- Uninspiring, immersion breaking collaborations and meme skins.
- Horrible matchmaking; especially in ranked.
- Progress and achievements feel fruitless after a certain point.
- Each new 'god' breaks the meta in a bad way.
- Dumbing the game down has made it 'fun for everyone'.
- And now, they are replacing it with Smite 2 without proper reimbursement for your time wasted in the first one.