Easily the most notable change is how Underlords handles items. It's Valve's freedom to do so, as it owns the likeness of characters like Axe and Drow Ranger, and having that built-in comfort is certainly appealing to someone looking for a more polished version of Auto Chess.īut it's also restricting, as Valve's effort doesn't really stretch to tread new ground.
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Many of the units are the same, and have the same strengths and weaknesses as their mod counterparts. You're still combining copies of the same unit to rank them up, fretting over formations, and occasionally fighting a few rounds against "neutral" units for rewards (more on that later). The core loop remains: purchase units, arrange them on your board, fight other players' boards, repeat. Underlords is not quite a carbon copy, but it is extremely familiar to anyone who's played Dota Auto Chess. It's what happened with Dota, which became Dota 2 as well as League of Legends and Heroes of Newerth, and with Riot and others stepping into the mix, it's looking to happen again with Auto Chess. In some cases, this leads to new ideas and clever twists that better the genre but there are also imitators who just try to reskin the popular trend. A mod gets extremely popular, and several companies start to siphon out bits and pieces, building their own version. If you're not familiar with Auto Chess or why it's big, the simplest explanation is that its narrative eerily mirrors that of the original Defense of the Ancients. But while it's certainly Auto Chess, Underlords might not be distinct enough to stand out as other titans move into the space.
After negotiations with Drodo Studio-makers of the original Auto Chess mod for Dota 2-fell through, Valve is staking its own claim on the Steam platform.
Last week, Valve launched a closed beta of its take on the burgeoning autobattler genre called Dota Underlords.
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