Recent reviews by Miss Maven

With my Steam total hours not completely reflecting my dedication to this game due to most of my time being on console, I can tell you that over a good 4,000 or more hours played into this game, there are many facets to it.

Do I recommend it?
Totally.

Can I tell you that it will be all-positive?
God no.
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SMITE is a game if you like any MOBA-style game and also happen to like third person. These things are very unorthodox and tend to change how things are played quite a bit. For example, since your vision is reduced in comparison to top-down, you often get caught by surprise and you must learn to be very proactive when playing. With this, this brings its own issues alongside peculiarities that will challenge even the seasoned MOBA player.
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Pros and Cons

Pros:
- Mythological setpiece with accurate representations to boot
- Frequent updates to the map and overall META which often changes much of the game every year, keeping it fresh
- The ability to purchase all characters directly in a pack deal that stick with you forever, unlike other MOBAs

Cons:
- Toxic community (every MOBA ever)
- Over-bearing microtransactions, even if they are cosmetic, they are annoying
- Server maintenance and bugs are more than abundant, though hilarious at times
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I personally, have loved this game over my seven years of play, and would totally recommend it to lots of folks, but there is one large disclaimer:

You will get angry, rage, and of course, have toxic and terrible teammates. These things happen in every game, but are worst in MOBAs. Do not take this as a deterrent to involve yourself, but understand that you will meet these issues. But like those of us that came before, you must take every mean word, bad teammate, and unfortunate situation in stride. Only through being callous by experience can you get used to it and be able to appreciate every thing at its core value.
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