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| Artifact 2.0: Is the game too cluttered now? Posted: 05 Feb 2021 03:14 PM PST Hi All, Does anyone else think that perhaps there is "too much" going on in Artifact 2.0, to the extent of creating decision paralysis? My experience so far with A2.0 is that there is so much activity taking place simultaneously across 3 boards, that there is perhaps too much going on, too many decisions, which makes the game too cluttered. There is just so much "going on", so many activated abilities, so many passives, so many spell options but so little mana to use because lane mana is not separately allocated (which means that one must be very careful about which spell to cast). This is all on top of an overarching design to play all 3 lanes at once. Perhaps it is too much! Maybe this game style is excellent for extremely fast-witted, high IQ players who like big-brain decisions and making decisions quickly after processing all options in rapid speed, like the Dota 2 professionals do in a live environment, but I don't think it is suitable for someone playing this game whilst lying in bed, sitting on the toilet or playing casually whilst sipping coffee and listening to music/streams. I admire the devs for trying to add more interesting, impactful spells and effects to the game (particularly abilities of heroes), because this is one aspect of Artifact 1.0 where Valve received criticism for making too many bland heroes that just affected stat lines, but perhaps Valve was wise in Artifact 1.0 by deliberately not over-cluttering the game. Keep it short, simple, as they say. On the positive side, at least A2.0 is now immune from any possible criticism that this game "plays itself" or that there is "not enough player agency". Artifact 2.0 shines in this regard. What are your thoughts? Is there too much happening all at once in Artifact 2.0? I suspect so, but what do you think? [link] [comments]  |
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