LoV

Here is my review of the new Lords of Vermillion.

Alrighty, so the LoV play like a really old warcraft style map movement where you use wasd to move the map around, drag and drop left click to select your minions, and right click for actions.

Pros: Fresh take and cute idea that allows your cute and cuddly minions to engage in a blood bath of epic proportions.

A slew of minions all with a great deal of abilities that you can work a strategy around.

Cons: No easy way to tell what type of minions you're facing off against without either having the same minion in your crossbar, or memorizing the gazillion minions.

No way to group the minions together easily, aka, press 1 to group w/e minions together to use their special.

The need to have 4 minions to even attempt to use your special.

The hidden effects that don't (unless I've missed it some place) say what. An example is the mammets.

So there you have it, my first impression of my first few games. Honestly, after playing a couple rounds, I just spammed the mammets and sent my horde to the crystals. It was so fast, there was little to no opposition, and each round lasted like 45 seconds. Do to the slow movement of the camera around the map, the pain of trying to select certain minions to get their special off, and the required 4 units needed to even attempt the special, and the cap of 240 points, the strategy was very clear. There is very little room to counter, the units don't chase other units, which is a pain when the opposition decides to run back and forth, and the speed of the game is dead slow for so many reasons. I hope this doesn't die off like Chocobo racing did, but I hope they make some slight changes to make this mini game a bit more engaging.

The gazillion minion types?.....there's 4.

My biggest issue, you cannot resize the UI. On my screen it is absolutely tiny and it won't let you resize. There are a few issues outside of that as well such as group and hotkeys, unresponsive commands and a general feeling of what am I doing with the abilities (or more accurately, how to trigger them when they are ready).

It's nice but it does need a little work to smooth out the edges.

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Originally Posted by Pence

The gazillion minion types?.....there's 4.

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I meant minions, not types. Thanks for pointing out my error.

This is definitely something to be played with a keyboard and mouse, lol. The gamepad controls are asinine, and the tutorial only helps so much. Compared to the k/b&m, I have to wonder where their heads were when they made up the gamepads commands.

Every time someone says LoV now...this is what goes through my head.

https://youtu.be/YBe8Nu2aa4Y

Rush my friend is the goal.

Unfortunately, that seems to be the go to strategy. I was hoping for a bit more.... depth.

I spent about 2 hours or so doing the challenge missions and I must say, unlike the other mini games, this is not just one you can jump in and be amazing at.

On the PS4 pad at least, you can press R2 to check the enemy units so you can see which type they are, but around trying to remember all the minions on your hotbar, all their special abilities and what unit should be used for which purpose, it can be overwhelming. It is going to take time, effort and practice to become a master or LoV.