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Underlords Open Beta (Steam/Android/iOS) Official launch Feb 25, 2020

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scarybore

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Never bothered with Auto Chess in the Dota 2 client but I'll give this a go, first impression is every hero is now as low poly as Morphling. :)

corn_fest said:
I'm curious what this is running on. The fact that there's an iOS and Android version right off the bat makes me doubt that it's Source.
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A quick glance at the game folder and it very much looks to be standard Source 2 stuff.
 
Divvy

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So I'm confused, is it out now? Or after a week in open beta?
 
SteveWinwood

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not the biggest fan of some of the look, although it will probably look much better and be more readable on a small screen because of it

it's still ten times better than the awful art of that mobile version
 
Wok

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shira said:
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I think this is an underlord. A Dota Yoda, visible in the background of https://underlords.com/

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DSP said:
The race to clone this game has been insane. Feels bad for the og devs, they didn't get much time to profit from their creation.
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Yes and no. They actually did profit even from the days when it was just a mod. From what I've heard they're very well off to the point that money wasn't too big of a concern for them + now they of course have epic's backing.

But yes it's a rough business and if your idea is gold it's no going to be easy to compete against elite teams of seasoned devs with the backing of a big publisher.
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Honestly seems like a bit of a premature release to me UI looks ROUGH but I guess their hand was forced. But it seems to follow the mod very closely(outside of lessening the item rng) + lots of quality of life controls so that's not a bad start for people used to the custom game itself.
 
Chunchun

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Even tutorial isn't ready... Valve made this game in 4-5 months, not much to except from it.
 
EloKa

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The look and feel of the game is pretty good imho. And it got Pudge which makes it a default win.
 
CountAntonio

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Holundrian said:
Honestly seems like a bit of a premature release to me UI looks ROUGH but I guess their hand was forced. But it seems to follow the mod very closely(outside of lessening the item rng) + lots of quality of life controls so that's not a bad start for people used to the custom game itself.
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I think the reason the UI looks how it does is because the mobile version is being released soon and it was probably easier to make a UI that works on both then later reiterate on the PC version. The UI looks very mobile friendly.
 

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CountAntonius said:
I think the reason the UI looks how it does is because the mobile version is being released soon and it was probably easier to make a UI that works on both then later reiterate on the PC version. The UI looks very mobile friendly.
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Checks out. Hope the main game shapes up well in a decent time (without killing devs of course).
But I would love for them to focus on maybe providing a somewhat decent solo experience in the future.
Looking at the revamped item system I can easily imagine a slay the spire solo run game mode version of this.
 
vestan

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Anyone else like the UI? I know it's tailored for mobiles and all that but I honestly really like the look on PC and would be completely fine with them sticking with it. Obviously offer options and all that jazz but anyone else in this boat?
 
Won

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Even the mobile version is out soon? This auto chess race sure is fascinating to watch. Never expected that from Valve.
 
Wamb0wneD

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vestan said:
Anyone else like the UI? I know it's tailored for mobiles and all that but I honestly really like the look on PC and would be completely fine with them sticking with it. Obviously offer options and all that jazz but anyone else in this boat?
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It's definetly more readable and easer to get into than the mod version, so there's that.
 
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Won said:
Even the mobile version is out soon? This auto chess race sure is fascinating to watch. Never expected that from Valve.
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Artifact team has expressed a great interest in Auto Chess back in December. The damage control is there, "Plans for Artifact", but I think it is safe to assume that Dota Underlords will decapitate the corpse of Artifact.
 
SpottieO

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I like the less bullshit item rng here, next week I'll probably jump over to this as my permanent auto chess fix.
 
vestan

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Wamb0wneD said:
It's definetly more readable and easer to get into than the mod version, so there's that.
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Yup. Jumped into the Purge stream and the first thing I noticed was how clear and legible the UI was compared to the mod. Makes a world's difference imo.

Real excited to try this out later.
 
pochi

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Valve is madman. Making it exclusive to Battle Pass for a week is genius.
Prizepool gonna skyrocket.
 
voOsh

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Won my first game with 9 Warriors + 2 star Gyrocopter. There are some great new features such as hero item swapping and you get to choose from 3 rewards after each creep round. There seem to be a lot of new items and I don't believe you have to do any combining.

I'm not a huge fan of the UI. It's obviously intended to look the same across all platforms including mobile. I'd like to be able to chat. Also no mini-map and courier is kind of a bummer. You don't need a courier really with their drag-n-drop system but having an animated avatar to represent your life total is charming in AutoChess.

Overall I think it's a very solid product for being so early in development. Excited to see where this goes.

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Wamb0wneD

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vestan said:
Yup. Jumped into the Purge stream and the first thing I noticed was how clear and legible the UI was compared to the mod. Makes a world's difference imo.

Real excited to try this out later.
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It really does. The mobile version with the crappy artstyle already has so many improvements over the mod, but this looks really good in that aspect. I find the lessening of RNG elements with the item system the most promising change. Shit got ridiculous sometimes in the mod, and less is more sometimes. What I'm not happy about though is having to ditch my Bishop5 account from the OG mobile version when this comes out lol.
 
SpottieO

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I would imagine they'll implement some sort of courier avatar eventually? It seems like that's an easy way to add cosmetic customizations to the game.
 
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voOsh said:
Won my first game with 9 Warriors + 2 star Gyrocopter. There are some great new features such as hero item swapping and you get to choose from 3 rewards after each creep round. There seem to be a lot of new items and I don't believe you have to do any combining.

I'm not a huge fan of the UI. It's obviously intended to look the same across all platforms including mobile. I'd like to be able to chat. Also no mini-map and courier is kind of a bummer. You don't need a courier really with their drag-n-drop system but having an animated avatar to represent your life total is charming in AutoChess.

Overall I think it's a very solid product for being so early in development. Excited to see where this goes.

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the auto combining and item trading are almost worth ten bucks alone

I also trust valve on balancing more than some randos so I expect a better game in the long term
 
Corran Horn

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Not too bad, much smother than the Dota mod althought its been a 1/2 months since Ive played it.

Im guessing they will add new tilesets and maybe custom hero sets to make money off this instead of couriers.
 
CommodoreKong

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Interested in giving this a try next week to see what auto chess is all about.

Valve put out Artifact last year, Underlords this year and and they're planning on putting out a VR game this year (probably Half Life VR). They seem to be moving back into game development pretty aggressively (Or at least as aggressively as a company of 350 people that does a bunch of other stuff can).
 
monkyrez

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Would have been nice if Valve gave pre-open beta access to all of us suckers who bought Artifact, but I'm still excited to try this next week. I'm still not sure where my Auto Chess allegiance is gonna lie after this, the LoL, and the EGS ones are all out. Though I will say that Valve having cross-play and progression out of the gate is really nice.
 
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