App Profile: Arena of Valor

NGAjoe

Rating: 5/5

I’ve dabbled in a few MOBAs on PC, and love the concept, but the community was awful, and the time commitment was unaffordable. Fast forward about six years, and I almost exclusively play video games on the phone these days (after kids are in bed). Arena of Valor combines a strong pedigree (produced by the owners of League of Legends), with a well-balanced community encouragement system, with great frame rates and visuals, mixed with a really nice tutorial that opens up the whole system for you over several days, mixed with joystick based controls that feel right at home on the phone. Oh, and disregard all the negative reviews about balance issues: This game has been out for *years* in China, so trust that those kinks have been smoothed out long ago—no offense to those reviewers but skilled players will win over unskilled players, all heroes have distinct strengths and weaknesses. I’ve played this longer than any multiplayer (video) game to date, to include my Counterstrike days. If you’re new to the concept of what a MOBA is or why you should play (you should), this is *the* one you want. And lastly, you don’t need to pay a cent to play with about a dozen different heroes and unlimited play time. You’ll be matched with players of equal skill regardless. This is a solidly constructed app that takes a serious competitive game and makes it accessible and fun to play at nearly any time. Have fun with this one! Most Recommended!

don't make me give you 0 stars

Rating: 3/5

I really think this game is really good, but there are some things I could play without. 1st, there are so many afk players or, players who up and down in core fountain. It’s really annoying and it becomes a 4 vs. 5 and It gives the enemy/ or our team and unfair advantage. 2nd, is the hero’s cost to much money. If you want a hero like Aoi or Aya etc, they’re too expensive because you find out they’re 18,888 coins and you have to play so many matches. I think you guys should either make the the hero’s cheaper, or increase the amount of money in each match. 3rd, what’s really annoying, the credibility score. Now I know you should be punished if you leave the team in the middle of the match, but if at least 2 people report you, you lose so many points. And it says you have to play bot matches, but they never start, so you can’t get the score up and you have redownload it. Lastly, I think they should make an account sign in or make you have a password or something, because if you somehow get logged out of your account, you have to start all over again and friend request new friends. But other than that, I think this game is one of the best games ever but for now I’ll rate it a 3 stars because of the 4 big problems.

TheUltimateAppReviewer

Rating: 4/5

This game is definitely enjoyable, but I’m not sure I see too much skill involved as far as controls. I’ve only been playing for a few weeks, but so far, it seems as though gameplay just consists of spam buttons. It is extremely difficult to overcome an enemy that has had a better start than you, which gets frustrating sometimes. As a long time Vainglory player, the action spamming in this game is quite enjoyable for a change, but once you’ve played for a few days, there isn’t too much strategy and skill involved, unlike Vainglory. Once you understand your heroes abilities, and the fun of spamming the “attack” button with Valhein starts to wear off, the game starts to lose some fun. Also, in the rare occasion that both teams are pretty equal, late game is a little annoying. Both teams just bunch up in middle lane and try to push, which takes forever, and I feel like the game doesn’t move forward. I mean, both teams can just keep killing each other forever, so I feel like this game is in need of something like the “kraken from Vainglory”. Although it does have the dragons, they do not really change the flow of the game as much as I would hope. However, I love the colorful roster of heroes and the 5v5 action. Overall, I feel as though this game is only really fun on the winning team, but has great potential with the wonderful heroes, so far so good community, and well known developer. Hope this helps thanks!