Jul 18, 2015

Happy Wars

Family friendly free to play moba; its like Wizard 101 but for mobas. Happy Wars is a sort-of MOBA but doesn’t fully embrace what defines the genre. There’s no creep here, replaced instead by a straight head-to-head 8 to 15-player teams constantly spawning and running into battle. Towers also function rather differently. Instead of actively trying to destroy any towers in their path players are working to build their own where they can then spawn. Spawning ever closer via towers and/or going straight to the enemies base are both valid strategies.

But perhaps the biggest change is the simplification of classes. With each respawn, you’ll choose between one of three: The melee-focused Warrior, the healing and support Cleric, and the ranged damage Mage. Each class is ffffffffffairly simple to play with great tutorials for each. 

It speaks to a pleasure as primal as that found in other online mobas even if it's more overtly kidish: this isn't about bloodlust as such its predominantly about a sense of conquest and camaraderie.

Voice chat remains off the cards - an omission that's understandable given the desire to provide a safe space to play. The Menu UI is a little in your face with pop-ups galore but its worth pushing through. Its also free-to-play which is great because of how accessible this makes it with little to no monetary investment.

Happy Wars is a machine for happiness which for a MOBA is astounding lol.