It's lively, strategic, beautiful, and, best of all, approachable.Path of Exile is a top-down dungeon raiding action-RPG focuses on character customization. Even with the push to purchase, Heroes of the Storm is a worthwhile MOBA. This heavy-handed marketing is a little annoying, but hey, at least you can try before you buy. The base game is free, but for the full experience, you must spend money (the game constantly reminds you of this by tossing you into the cash store). The graphics and sound are fantastic (of course they are it's Blizzard), and the cartoony, non-gory violence keeps things competitive without being graphic. Seven maps - each with a cool story intro and different side objectives - let players augment their teams with things such as vengeful gods and hired thugs, while more than 30 heroes keep things fresh match after match. The welcome side effects of this are more heroic contributions from every player and quick, dynamic matches. Removing the resource gathering and item purchasing of other MOBAs, Heroes of the Storm lets you focus on learning and upgrading your heroes' skills and practicing your teamwork. It also has the benefit of Blizzard's legendary ability to boil gameplay complexities down to their most entertaining essentials. Its distinct advantage in a hero-centric genre is significant, because its hero roster can draw from three hit franchises: Starcraft, Warcraft, and Diablo. Heroes of the Storm manages to be an attractive, fast-moving game that's both challenging and accessible by focusing on the core gameplay factors of the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) genre. Summary: If your kid can commit to not playing with others, it's a lot safer of a game than if they do. There are certainly some foul people online, and though the Heroes of the Storm community is so much better than toxicity of the League of Legends and DOTA communities, it's still something that I would caution parents about, and I personally would let my kids play online with others until they are AT LEAST 15, but maybe even older. However, comparing that base content to what children are exposed to in online interactions is comparing apples to oranges. The content built into the game isn't that bad, or at least in my evaluation not as bad as other parents have evaluated it to be. I let my 11-year-old play the game in a single-player versus computer-controlled opponents mode, and I feel comfortable with that decision. Other reviewers have expressed reasonable evaluations in their reviews, but a strong distinction needs to be made between the content that comes with the game and what is exposed through online interactions with others.

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