Paladins

Paladins
Studio	Hi-Rez Studios
Publisher	Hi-Rez Studios
Erstveröffent- lichung	May 8, 2018
platform	Microsoft Windows , Mac OS , Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4 , Xbox One
Game engine	Unreal Engine 3
genre	First-person shooter , multiplayer online battle arena
Subject	Hero shooter
Game mode	Multiplayer
control	Mouse , keyboard , gamepad
system advantages preconditions	Operating system : Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista , Windows 7 or higher Processor : Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz RAM : 2 GB RAM Graphics card : ATI or Nvidia graphics card with 512 MB graphics memory or higher Model 3.0+ support ( ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher) Storage : 10 GB of available space Sound card : DirectX compatible sound card
medium	Download
language	multilingual
Current version	420.69
Age rating	USK PEGI

Paladin (also Paladins: Champions of the Realm ) is a free-to-play - first-person fantasy shooter in the style of a multiplayer online battle arena , which on May 8, 2018 Microsoft Windows , MacOS , PlayStation 4 and Xbox One was officially released. A version for the Nintendo Switch was also released on June 12th .

Gameplay

Paladins is a fantasy first- person shooter in which players compete against each other in 5-on-5 matches in a multiplayer online battle arena with various heroes (also known as "champions"), each with individual special abilities. In order to win the game, it is therefore important to talk to your team about the individual hero classes and how they work together. Text and voice chat are also available for this purpose.

Hero classes

The hero classes are divided into:

• Front line (tanks) , which are characterized by many protective capabilities and a high health pool and are therefore well suited for covering the team,
• Classes with high damage to the enemy ( damage ), but only an average health pool, which are good for corresponding battles,
• supporting characters ( support / support ) who have healing abilities and can thus help the allies better in battle, and
• Flanks , which both do a lot of damage and are fast, and are therefore well suited to traversing the battlefield and entering enemy lines. However, they usually have very little health.

Each champion has a weapon, four skills and one ultimate skill. There are currently 45 champions.

Game modes

The game offers four game modes . These are:

• Siege (Siege) : In this mode, two teams compete against each other in order to conquer the central capture point on the map. In the next phase a cargo has to be escorted into the enemy base while the opposing team tries to prevent this until the time runs out. The team that wins here receives one point for each phase. The team that has 4 points first wins.
• Onslaught (Offensive) : Teams fight across a large combat area to earn points. In addition to occupying a control point, killing opposing players also earns points for the team, similar to team deathmatch. Killing an enemy gives the team 5 points, while control of the combat area gives the team 1 point per second. The first team to reach 400 points first or the team with the most points after 10 minutes wins the game.
• King of the Hill: This game mode is part of the Onslaught Queue and works similarly to this one. However, the teams fight for a small control point that changes location every 90 seconds, killing an enemy only earns the team 3 points and the team with the most points wins after 15 minutes.
• Team Deathmatch: Two teams play against each other and the team that reaches 40 kills first wins.

In-game currency

The game has three currencies of its own. How to get Battle Pass XP for daily quests or achievements in the game; Crystals for purchase with real money and gold , for example for leveling up, daily visits, quests or playing individual matches. The currencies can be used to purchase special items in the game, for example.

Development and publication

Paladins is developed and published by Hi-Rez Studios . As a game engine is Unreal Engine 3 for use. The studio previously developed games like Smite and Tribes: Ascend .

The game was officially announced for the first time in early August 2015. The Paladins closed beta started on November 17, 2015 . In the Open Beta , the game first appeared on September 16, 2016 in the Steam Early Access program.

On May 8, 2018, the game was released for Microsoft Windows , MacOS , PlayStation 4 and Xbox One . On June 12th, a version for the Nintendo Switch was also released , which allows crossplay with the Xbox One.

According to the current status, four more champions are to be added to the game in 2020, just as in 2019.

Position in e-sports

Even Paladin is a title of the e-sports is played. The e-sports league Paladins: Premier League (PPL) was founded in cooperation between the developer studio and the WESA ( World eSports Association ) . This promises the participating e-athletes a fixed salary and support from the clubs.

On August 1, 2017, the Paladins: Global Series started , which is a community tournament with prizes worth 350,000 US dollars . It was announced at DreamHack in Valencia . The event was the largest community esports tournament in the world. Regional PC tournaments are held every month and players from Southeast Asia , Russia , North America , Brazil , Latin America , Europe and Oceania can take part. Open bracket tournaments are held in the first 3 weeks of each month, where the amateurs can prove themselves and qualify for the monthly tournament. The actual Global Series then starts on August 1st and runs for 10 months with monthly winnings paid out. The events will then also be broadcast on live stream services such as Twitch or Facebook .

Paladins now has an active esports scene with several major tournaments per year, such as World Championships and DreamHack competitions (as of December 2019).

Paladins Battlegrounds

→ Main article : Realm Royale

Due to the success of battle royale games such as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds , the developers decided to give Paladins a corresponding mode at the beginning of 2018. The cards should be 300 times larger than the ones in Paladins. Shortly after it started in February 2018, the mode became its own game, called Realm Royale .

reception

User numbers

Within a week of the Open Beta launch on Steam , the game had reached 800,000 downloads and was one of the top ten most played games on Steam. In June 2018, one month after its official release (Open Beta), the game reached an average of 18,000 active players every day. In November 2016, the game cracked the four million mark and in mid-May 2017 the developer announced that the game already has over eleven million registered members. Today more than 30 million players play the game.

Reviews

Meta-ratings Database Rating Metacritic 83/100 reviews publication Rating IGN 8.4 / 10

Paladins is often compared to Overwatch . The Chief Operating Officer Todd Harris of Hi-Rez but indicates that Overwatch had not been the inspiration for the game and you look more like Team Fortress 2 oriented. Compared to Overwatch, Paladins places more value on the classic MOBA set of rules, relies on other heroes, some of which have to be unlocked first, offers other game modes and a special set of maps and is Free 2 Play.

The loot boxes introduced in the game by an update , which could make the game too much pay to win , were criticized by players . The game also received these allegations when it introduced a new in-game currency in a beta patch.

Web links

• Official website
• Paladins at MobyGames (English)
• English-language wiki about the game

Individual evidence

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