I've already played Fangs and I can not take it out of my head: This is what new one of the parents of LOL

There are proper names capable of explaining the birth of whole genres and that of Steve Peak is one of them. Better known by the League of Legends players as GUNSOO, it is largely responsible for converting the mobs into an imperishable fashion. He did it first by modifying the initial versions of DATA (Defense of the Ancients) and later joining Riot Games to create part of the team responsible for giving life to which he has become one of the most successful video games of all the times.

When he knew that there was a new developer project involved in the creation of League of Legends or Valorant He was already interested. However, he went to see that his name figured as one of the top responsible when I decided he had to prove it as it was. Now, after having participated in the closed alpha of FANGS I can say that it is one of those games still in creation that we must follow the track and that the success that these developers had not a coincidence in their day.

Fangs, my great discovery of 2021

FANGS is a MOB with Brawler dyes that proposes a combat between two teams formed by three players. Sugar, spices and many beautiful things whose particular substance is equip is a brewing in which we find League of Legends and Brawl Stars as evident references. An inspiration that allows us to understand what kind of game we are talking about and not hidden at all. However, until the recipe with which the superheroes were born is moldable to give rise to a unique result.

Details here and detailed here that they complement and create nuances in the already known. It is true that The first thing we will see will be their combats with a map of between a few available that will propose a great goal. Capturing ten gems or pushing a sort of winged beast carriage to the enemy base is not a marketing argument that is too powerful taking into account the existence of incredible games that have already converted similar modes into one of their hallmarks.

However, it is then when you realize that you have more options to win a game. We can take a relic that appears in a neutral area of ​​the map and take it to our base to add somewhat or eliminate an enemy player who exercises from captain based on ultra-defense and exchange lows with a certain sense. Two small ingredients that are equivalent to the genre that had the introduction of Roshan in Defense of the Ancients or the Nash or in League of Legends.

These mechanics are those that make up the own identity of the title. Elements that give it away from an absent tactical depth in the rest of the Brawlers and that they promise greater diversity when it comes to as we face each game according to our team and the rival. The creators of Fangs are pending that we always want to split their face with our rivals, but also to allow us to create positional advantages or strategic plays to try that that mix of skills and basic attacks has a little more sense.

Alternative evolution of the old League of Legends

Tactical features become more evident once we get in touch with the Character Selector. Fang has heroes who remember the League of Legends classic champions, although in a somewhat more modern version. They are fun to play and have powerful mechanics without printing that they do too much damage or have abusive skills. Even those with a more frustrating design feel fair and allow you to see their strengths and weaknesses offering a capacity to personalize their functions that have left us passages.

This is achieved thanks to the increases system. A kind of runes that we can equip the characters to enhance the effects of certain skills or change them completely. We unlock as we are playing with a certain hero and there are all kinds. From a few statistical improvements to the ability to make our skills cure allies when we are playing with a character that in its version without these increases was not remotely similar to a healer.

In my case, I decided to choose Rose, a half-human half character who caught my attention when I have a mechanics of attacks very similar to that of Ayah. Like the League of Legends champion, she throws projectiles that go through enemies and are nailed on the floor so that we can pick them up by activating an ability to inflict additional damage if they return to touch the rivals. Again a known recipe that is mixed with different elements to give rise to a very different game experience.

As I was playing, I was unlocking the aforementioned increases. In the three hours that the test lasted, I could not advance many levels, but they were already allowed to see the kindness of the system. So This horse character between the shooters and the murderers became a support DPS Able to act as a secondary initiator to leave the rivals at the mercy of a third partner who did enough damage to liquidate them. Wonderful group fights in which everything changed according to the use of this system.

a game that we can not lose sight of

In spite of being such an early stage of development Fangs leaves clear what their master lines and the most interesting points will be. Thus, it has become a game that has been able to choose very well what their great references are and that it tries to refine the formula giving rise to a hybrid grateful with brief games in which the action never ceases. Pure talent in a development that has clear ideas and from which we only hope that the roughness is lime and increased face to its launch.

For you to make the idea of ​​the interesting of the proposal, it is enough to say that this testing phase did not even have implemented the sound effects or some of the most important visual indicators (normal at this stage of development) and still So I enjoyed every minute of the three hours in which it was available. In fact, my only bad taste of mouth was to know that I could not participate in the session that took place the next day due to schedules problems and I would have to wait a few weeks to enjoy Fangs again.

Test Fangs for free

All those who are interested can try Fangs completely free during the game sessions. All we have to do is check in on the website and wait for a code to arrive at the email before your next closed alpha, which will take place during the first weeks of December.