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th sides spawn and attempt to enter the portal located on the front of the enemy base. Rather than a single end objective, in Arena each team begins with 500 points, with the goal being to reduce your enemy's score to 0 by killing their players and minions, or escorting your own side's minions and periodically spawning siege towers to the enemy portal.<ref name="arena">[http://www.hirezstudios.com/hirezwp/?p=2421 Hi-Rez Studios Introducing New Arena Game Mode To SMITE | Hi-Rez Studios, Inc]. Hirezstudios.com (2012-11-01). Retrieved on 2012-12-10.</ref>
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| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Xbox One]]<ref name="xbox"/>
| media = [[Download]]<ref name="downl">[https://account.hirezstudios.com/smitegame/ SMITE]. Account.hirezstudios.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-10.</ref>
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'''''Smite''''' (stylized as '''''SMITE''''') is a [[Third-person view|third person]] [[Action game|action]] [[multiplayer online battle arena]] (MOBA) [[video game]] developed and published by [[Hi-Rez Studios]] for [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Xbox One]].<ref name="xbox">[http://www.hirezstudios.com/smite/latest-news/view/smite-blog/2014/08/12/smite-arriving-soon-on-the-xbox-one SMITE arriving soon on the Xbox One | Hi-Rez Studios, Inc]. Hirezstudios.com (2014-08-12). Retrieved on 2014-08-15.</ref> In ''Smite'', players take on the visage of a mythological god and take part in arena combat, using powers and team tactics against other player-controlled gods and non-player controlled minions.

==Gameplay==

===General===
Players are formed into two teams, with three to five players to each team. All players begin at opposite sides of a map at their team's 'fountain'. Before the players enter the map, they are granted an amount of gold (usually 1,500) to buy starting items. These items grant special bonuses or abilities that enhance the player's god. There are one to three continuous 'lanes' running from one side of the map to the other. Each lane is defended by a 'Phoenix' which is accompanied by a pair of extra defensive towers. Phoenixes and towers deal a large amount of damage to any enemies that come too close. The goal of each game is to destroy the opposing team's Phoenixes and the Titan, a giant warrior who must be defeated to win the game. The players are accompanied by 'minions', small soldiers with a weak attack; these minions spawn at the Phoenixes every thirty seconds and run along their lane until they meet opposition and attack immediately. Minions will attack not only players and other minions but also towers, Phoenixes and the Titan; in fact, their presence is required for players to deal full damage to these objectives. Defensive positions will prioritize enemy minions over players, allowing players to attack a tower without receiving damage; however, towers will fire upon players if there are no minions nearby or the player attacks an enemy player under their tower. If a game is going badly for a certain team it can decide to surrender, though this requires a majority of the team (4 players to 1) to agree.

With every game, players have to choose a god to play. Gods are akin to champions in [[League of Legends]] or heroes in [[Heroes of Newerth]] and [[DotA]]. Currently, players can choose between 59 gods and immortals from seven different pantheons: [[Chinese mythology|Chinese]], [[Ancient Egyptian religion|Egyptian]], [[Greek mythology|Greek]], [[Hinduism|Hindu]], [[Roman mythology|Roman]], [[Maya mythology|Mayan]] and [[Norse mythology]]. Two players on the same team cannot choose the same god (with the exception of specialty matches which rotate daily), although they are free to choose gods from the same or different pantheons.<ref name="smitewiki">[http://www.smitewiki.com/Smite_Wiki Smite Wiki]. Smite Wiki. Retrieved on 2012-12-10.</ref> The player controls the god in a [[Third-person view|third person]] perspective, which is a unique characteristic of this [[multiplayer online battle arena]] game, as other games of this genre are typically played from a [[top-down perspective]]. Each god has a basic attack and four spells with varying effects, such as [[Area of effect|area of effect damage]], [[Crowd control (video gaming)|crowd control]], [[Status effect|buffs]] and many more. These spells are acquired and upgraded when a player's god [[Experience level|levels up]] by gaining experience from being in range of creeps when they are killed, taking down towers or phoenixes and killing enemy players. The maximum level is 20 and each successive level is harder to reach. Gold, which is used to buy equipment that increase power, defense, and passive effects, potions, wards and abilities, is accumulated through standard periodic income, by slaying enemies (player and NPC alike), or by selling owned items.<ref name="smitewiki" />

The large areas between the lanes make up what is called the 'jungle', where computer-controlled monsters periodically [[spawning (video gaming)|spawn]] at specific locations distributed symmetrically across the map. Killing certain monsters in said jungle causes a 'buff' to drop on the ground, where it can be picked up by a player. This buff grants the player one of the following [[Status effect|buffs]] for a limited time, depending on which monster was killed: [[mana]] (mana regen & cooldown reduction bonus), damage (basic damage & power bonus), or speed (attack & movement speed bonus). There are two special neutral monsters who spawn less frequently, the Fire Giant and the Gold Fury. When killed, they grant the entire team who killed it a powerful damage buff for a medium length of time or a set amount of Gold, respectively. There also exist monsters which do not offer a buff, only experience and gold.<ref name="announce">[http://www.mmorpg.com/newsroom.cfm/loadNews/20386 SMITE Announced – MMORPG.com News]. Mmorpg.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-10.</ref>

===Game modes===
There are several game types separated in five main groups: '''Practice''' which contains the main tutorial, solo/co-op versions of Joust, Arena, Conquest Map Roam, Assault, and Siege, along with a practice exclusive, Jungle Practice, that allows players to test characters and builds. '''Co-Op''' contains cooperative versions of Joust (3v3), Arena, and Assault. '''Normal''' contains Arena, Conquest, Assault, Joust (3v3) and Siege, Match of the Day and Conquest Premade. '''League''' has the League versions Conquest Joust (1v1). '''Custom''' contains the Challenge versions of Arena, Conquest, Assault, Joust, Domination and Siege.<ref name="smitewiki" />

*Conquest is the main mode of the game, featuring a regular 3 lane MOBA style map. Currently, arranged teams (or parties) are limited to three players total in normal matchmaking. The match manager will try to give the opposing team better solo players if there are teamed players together on a side.<ref name="match">[http://www.smitewiki.com/Matchmaking Matchmaking]. Smite Wiki (2012-06-02). Retrieved on 2012-12-10.</ref> Conquest Pre-Made is a variant of the regular version. As the name suggests, you can only enter this mode once you have a pre-made team of five players. This mode is more of a challenge than the others because teams will usually have some sort of [[Voice over IP|VoIP]] software such as [[TeamSpeak]]. There is also a League (ranked) Conquest mode, and it only allows solo players. It is considered to be the toughest and most competitive of the modes, and is advised only for those well experienced at the game.

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*Arena is played 5 versus 5 with minions and side-objectives including buff camps. However, rather than having lanes, the map mainly consists of an open area. Minions of both sides spawn and attempt to enter the portal located on the front of the enemy base. Rather than a single end objective, in Arena each team begins with 500 points, with the goal being to reduce your enemy's score to 0 by killing their players and minions, or escorting your own side's minions and periodically spawning siege towers to the enemy portal.<ref name="arena">[http://www.hirezstudios.com/hirezwp/?p=2421 Hi-Rez Studios Introducing New Arena Game Mode To SMITE | Hi-Rez Studios, Inc]. Hirezstudios.com (2012-11-01). Retrieved on 2012-12-10.</ref>


*In the Joust mode there is only one lane with one tower and a phoenix on each side and you are grouped up with 2 allies against 3 other players, but beyond this it plays in a very similar way to the conquest game mode, complete with a rudimentary jungle. There is also a League Joust mode, and it only allows solo players, who must fight one on one.
*In the Joust mode there is only one lane with one tower and a phoenix on each side and you are grouped up with 2 allies against 3 other players, but beyond this it plays in a very similar way to the conquest game mode, complete with a rudimentary jungle. There is also a League Joust mode, and it only allows solo players, who must fight one on one.

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Smite
File:SmiteVideoGame.jpg
Developer(s)Hi-Rez Studios[2]
Publisher(s)Hi-Rez Studios (WW)[2]
Tencent Holdings Ltd. (CH)[3]
Level Up! Games (LA)[4]
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Xbox One[5]
ReleaseMarch 25, 2014[1]
Genre(s)Action game
Multiplayer online battle arena[2]
Mode(s)Multiplayer[2]

Smite (stylized as SMITE) is a third person action multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed and published by Hi-Rez Studios for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One.[5] In Smite, players take on the visage of a mythological god and take part in arena combat, using powers and team tactics against other player-controlled gods and non-player controlled minions.

Gameplay

General

Players are formed into two teams, with three to five players to each team. All players begin at opposite sides of a map at their team's 'fountain'. Before the players enter the map, they are granted an amount of gold (usually 1,500) to buy starting items. These items grant special bonuses or abilities that enhance the player's god. There are one to three continuous 'lanes' running from one side of the map to the other. Each lane is defended by a 'Phoenix' which is accompanied by a pair of extra defensive towers. Phoenixes and towers deal a large amount of damage to any enemies that come too close. The goal of each game is to destroy the opposing team's Phoenixes and the Titan, a giant warrior who must be defeated to win the game. The players are accompanied by 'minions', small soldiers with a weak attack; these minions spawn at the Phoenixes every thirty seconds and run along their lane until they meet opposition and attack immediately. Minions will attack not only players and other minions but also towers, Phoenixes and the Titan; in fact, their presence is required for players to deal full damage to these objectives. Defensive positions will prioritize enemy minions over players, allowing players to attack a tower without receiving damage; however, towers will fire upon players if there are no minions nearby or the player attacks an enemy player under their tower. If a game is going badly for a certain team it can decide to surrender, though this requires a majority of the team (4 players to 1) to agree.

With every game, players have to choose a god to play. Gods are akin to champions in League of Legends or heroes in Heroes of Newerth and DotA. Currently, players can choose between 59 gods and immortals from seven different pantheons: Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Hindu, Roman, Mayan and Norse mythology. Two players on the same team cannot choose the same god (with the exception of specialty matches which rotate daily), although they are free to choose gods from the same or different pantheons.[7] The player controls the god in a third person perspective, which is a unique characteristic of this multiplayer online battle arena game, as other games of this genre are typically played from a top-down perspective. Each god has a basic attack and four spells with varying effects, such as area of effect damage, crowd control, buffs and many more. These spells are acquired and upgraded when a player's god levels up by gaining experience from being in range of creeps when they are killed, taking down towers or phoenixes and killing enemy players. The maximum level is 20 and each successive level is harder to reach. Gold, which is used to buy equipment that increase power, defense, and passive effects, potions, wards and abilities, is accumulated through standard periodic income, by slaying enemies (player and NPC alike), or by selling owned items.[7]

The large areas between the lanes make up what is called the 'jungle', where computer-controlled monsters periodically spawn at specific locations distributed symmetrically across the map. Killing certain monsters in said jungle causes a 'buff' to drop on the ground, where it can be picked up by a player. This buff grants the player one of the following buffs for a limited time, depending on which monster was killed: mana (mana regen & cooldown reduction bonus), damage (basic damage & power bonus), or speed (attack & movement speed bonus). There are two special neutral monsters who spawn less frequently, the Fire Giant and the Gold Fury. When killed, they grant the entire team who killed it a powerful damage buff for a medium length of time or a set amount of Gold, respectively. There also exist monsters which do not offer a buff, only experience and gold.[8]

Game modes

There are several game types separated in five main groups: Practice which contains the main tutorial, solo/co-op versions of Joust, Arena, Conquest Map Roam, Assault, and Siege, along with a practice exclusive, Jungle Practice, that allows players to test characters and builds. Co-Op contains cooperative versions of Joust (3v3), Arena, and Assault. Normal contains Arena, Conquest, Assault, Joust (3v3) and Siege, Match of the Day and Conquest Premade. League has the League versions Conquest Joust (1v1). Custom contains the Challenge versions of Arena, Conquest, Assault, Joust, Domination and Siege.[7]

  • Conquest is the main mode of the game, featuring a regular 3 lane MOBA style map. Currently, arranged teams (or parties) are limited to three players total in normal matchmaking. The match manager will try to give the opposing team better solo players if there are teamed players together on a side.[9] Conquest Pre-Made is a variant of the regular version. As the name suggests, you can only enter this mode once you have a pre-made team of five players. This mode is more of a challenge than the others because teams will usually have some sort of VoIP software such as TeamSpeak. There is also a League (ranked) Conquest mode, and it only allows solo players. It is considered to be the toughest and most competitive of the modes, and is advised only for those well experienced at the game.
  • Arena is played 5 versus 5 with minions and side-objectives including buff camps. However, rather than having lanes, the map mainly consists of an open area. Minions of both sides spawn and attempt to enter the portal located on the front of the enemy base. Rather than a single end objective, in Arena each team begins with 500 points, with the goal being to reduce your enemy's score to 0 by killing their players and minions, or escorting your own side's minions and periodically spawning siege towers to the enemy portal.[10]
  • In the Joust mode there is only one lane with one tower and a phoenix on each side and you are grouped up with 2 allies against 3 other players, but beyond this it plays in a very similar way to the conquest game mode, complete with a rudimentary jungle. There is also a League Joust mode, and it only allows solo players, who must fight one on one.
  • Assault is a game mode that is based on the ARAM (All Random All Mid) custom match mode from other MoBA titles. Each player is assigned a random god and they are all taking charge in one lane with the inability to recall back to base, so the only way to buy items from the shop, is to die. The objective is similar to that of Conquest, destroy the enemy team's 2 towers, Phoenix and their Titan.
  • Siege is the game mode most recently added to the game, somewhat similar to Conquest with two lanes, two towers and a Phoenix per lane and a Titan plus a jungle in between the lanes. But unlike Conquest, there is less emphasis in gathering gold/experience to become stronger and more in taking down enemy objectives as soon as possible. To do this there is a special super minion called Siege Juggernaut, which is more resistant, twice as fast as regular minions, deals bonus damage to structures and allows allied gods to quickly teleport to its position. To spawn one, a team needs to fill a counter of 100 points by either killing enemy players (+5 points each), killing enemy minions (+1 each) or clearing neutral camps (+9 each). Once spawned, the Siege Juggernaut will constantly move forward, attacking any enemy units in its path while prioritizing structures. In this mode there is also a special neutral monster, the Wild Juggernaut, which if slain will instantly spawn a friendly Siege Juggernaut, separate from the counter, allowing for two to coexist.
  • There are also specialty matches which are on a daily rotation. These matches are called the "Match[es] of the Day" and are abbreviated as MotD. These matches are played on a variety of maps with various rules changes in regards to God selection or the in-match item shop. For example, "Battle of the Beards" allows players to only select from Gods with beards. "The Perfect Storm" allows players to choose from the storm gods, Zeus, Thor and Kukulkan; this is an example of a match type in which there can be multiple of the same God on one team. It also hosts an old, removed mode called Domination, where two teams of five players fight for the control of Three Obelisks distributed in three lanes. Each side has a Counter of 400 tickets. Controlling two or more obelisks reduces the enemy's counter. Much like in Arena, the objective is to reduce the enemy tickets to zero.

Matchmaking

The matchmaking system uses a modified version of TrueSkill ranking system.[11] Around December 2013, there was a feature added that allowed players to choose between US and EU servers, but was later removed from the game due to issues with the matchmaking system. The region lock feature was eventually re-added. Most modes operate on queues with 3-minute match-making timers. Every three minutes, matches will be made from the group of people in queue at that time. This helps optimize match-making.

Hindu god controversy

In June 2012, some Hindu leaders became upset at the inclusion of several Hindu gods in Smite and the fact that they are player controlled. The deities that were in question were Kali, Agni, and Vamana, and there was particular opposition to how Kali was dressed. Rajan Zed, the president of Universal Society of Hindus, released a statement urging Hi-Rez to remove these gods from the game, claiming their presence is trivialized and in other words, offensive to the devoted. Since players control the gods, this is seen as offensive to the faithful.[12]

In response Todd Harris, CEO of Hi-Rez, had this to say:[12]

Smite includes deities inspired from a diverse and ever expanding set of pantheons including Greek, Chinese, Egyptian, and Norse. Hinduism, being one of the world's oldest, largest and most diverse traditions, also provides inspiration toward deities in our game. In fact, given Hinduism's concept of a single truth with multiple physical manifestations one could validly interpret ALL the gods within Smite to be Hindu. And all gods outside of Smite as well. Ponder that for a minute. Anyway, going forward Smite will include even more deities, not fewer.

Despite the response from Hi-Rez, in early July 2012, the Hindu leader who spoke out against the game had not given up on his quest to rid Smite of Hindu deities, and since his initial statement he has gained new backers from other faiths that have come together in support of his stance that the game's content is offensive. Rajin Zed was joined by Rabbi ElizaBeth Beyer and Buddhist Jikai’ Phil Bryan in condemning the game's content as offensive.[13] These leaders have labelled the old Kali model as being depicted in a "pornographic style" which appeared to be their main concern.[14] The Kali character went under a major art and gameplay overhaul in December 2013, which included more concealing armour.

Partnerships

On August 21, 2013, Hi-Rez Studios partnered themselves with Tencent Holdings Ltd., the company known for making League of Legends explode in popularity within China.[3]

On June 5, 2014, Hi-Rez Studios announced they'd partner with the South American company Level Up! Games to bring the game to the Latin American region.[4]

Reception

Smite received generally favorable reviews from critics.[15][16][17][18] The game currently holds a score of 84 out of 100 on Metacritic[17] and 87.62% on GameRankings,[18] based on a dozen reviews by all major video game critics.

References

  1. ^ "MOBA Title "SMITE" Has A Release Date, Coming This March". DSOGaming. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  2. ^ a b c d Smite | Hi-Rez Studios, Inc. Hirezstudios.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-10.
  3. ^ a b Tencent and Hi-Rez Studios Announce Worldwide Cooperation and Publishing for SMITE | Hi-Rez Studios, Inc. Hirezstudios.com (2013-08-21). Retrieved on 2014-08-15.
  4. ^ a b Hi-Rez Studios and Level Up partner to bring SMITE to Latin America | Hi-Rez Studios, Inc. Hirezstudios.com (2014-06-04). Retrieved on 2014-08-15.
  5. ^ a b SMITE arriving soon on the Xbox One | Hi-Rez Studios, Inc. Hirezstudios.com (2014-08-12). Retrieved on 2014-08-15.
  6. ^ SMITE. Account.hirezstudios.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-10.
  7. ^ a b c Smite Wiki. Smite Wiki. Retrieved on 2012-12-10.
  8. ^ SMITE Announced – MMORPG.com News. Mmorpg.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-10.
  9. ^ Matchmaking. Smite Wiki (2012-06-02). Retrieved on 2012-12-10.
  10. ^ Hi-Rez Studios Introducing New Arena Game Mode To SMITE | Hi-Rez Studios, Inc. Hirezstudios.com (2012-11-01). Retrieved on 2012-12-10.
  11. ^ View topic – MatchMaking, How does it work?. forum.hirezstudios.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-10.
  12. ^ a b Hindu Leaders Unhappy With Smite, Hi-Rez Responds. rtsguru.com (2012-06-27)
  13. ^ Controversy Over Hindu Gods in Smite Not Over. rtsguru.com (2012-07-02).
  14. ^ SMITE Offends Hindus, Catholics, Jews, With Porno-Style Depiction Of Kali. Cinemablend.com (2012-07-14). Retrieved on 2012-12-10.
  15. ^ a b Hicks, Tyler. "I'm smitten". Gamespot. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  16. ^ a b Jackson, Leah B. "ALMIGHTY BATTLE". IGN. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  17. ^ a b c "Smite reviews". Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  18. ^ a b c "Smite reviews". Retrieved 26 March 2014.
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