SMITE 2

makes me wanna blow my brains out

I'm a long time player of smite. I played on both PC and console for many years, long before smite 2 was a whisper. I ultimately made the switch to league of legends because at the time, league just had so many more features, even if the graphics were not as good. With AD and AP scaling items there were more ways to build champions. Last hitting minions added a level of skill, and more importantly required you to decide between losing life, or losing gold. The bushes made danger lurk everywhere, or taught me to fire skill shots into them, draining mana to protect myself. --- I have since come back to smite 2, and have seen the changes. I can now say, without a doubt that I consider smite 2 to be the superior game by far. It has all of the things I just listed that smite 1 was missing, but they now have three really big selling points that league does not have. 1.) The game is just beautiful and alot more interesting to watch. 2.) Body blocking is only a thing in league with skill shots. In smite, you can block auto attacks making duo lane interactions way more interesting and skill intensive. (As well as skirmishes in mid lane) 3.) The ways to win the game are alot more varied at a competitive level. To elaborate, in league, there's generally 2 styles: Team fight comps, and split push comps. It dictates what objectives are more important. In smite 2, because they have objectives that spawn "lane pushing" minions, you can choose to prioritize those objectives, and win through tempo alone. Allowing champions that have high early game pressure, but fall off late game, a legitimate path to winning before the late game carries come online. ---- I am genuinely shocked, and impressed at how far smite 2 has come. So much so I felt compelled to write this review as a direct comparison.