Sunday 11 November 2018

Paladins (Switch/PS4)

Paladins is often criticized as an "Overwatch Clone" ... and well, it kind of is, but it's free, it's on Switch, and did I mention it's free?  Now I rarely touch a mobile game, most of them are "free to play" but just wind up being "pay to win".  Paladins is not that.  It's an objective based hero shooter, it gives you access to the main game, but only a handful of the full roster of characters.  You do earn coins for playing the game and I was able to unlock a new character every 2-3 days if I collected my daily login bonus and completed the daily challenges. 

Overwatch is probably the most polished game I've ever played from a company that's not Nintendo, so for a free to play to be compared to it almost doesn't seem fair.  So while the character design is less memorable, the sound and voice acting nowhere near it's paid counterpart, the actual gameplay is quite similar and should not be skipped just for being a clone of one of the best games ever.  I recommend you give it a try as competitive shooters are at a minimum on Switch.