Crytek Discuss Arena of Fate
Crytek have explained that their new MOBA, Arena of Fate, will be a much more streamlined game. They have tailor made the title so that it will not frustrate newcomers by removing confusing elements and changing gameplay to better suit co-operation. Speaking to Joystiq, producer David Bowman explained how they have tried to make the game as easy to pick up as possible. Feeling that many players are put off by some of the many features normally present in MOBA games they have tried to make it more about killing your enemies. “We’ve tried to make this game very approachable. So we’ve tried to remove some of the toxic elements that exist in, unfortunately, some of the other products. In order to do that, we started with the design questions of what was actually causing conflict among teams.” By removing a store to buy items and instead simply relying on a level progression system they believe that gamers will be better able to play exactly as they want, developing their