Summary
A lot of eyes in the gaming industry are starting to turn towardsStar Wars: Huntersas the game draws closer to its official launch date of June 4. The game, developed by Zynga and hoping to launch on mobile devices and the Nintendo Switch, takes quite a unique approach for aStar Warsvideo game adaptation, being a free-to-play PvP arena combat experience at its core.
While the premise of squad-based arena combat is fairly unique to theStar Warsfranchise, fans are already starting to note the inherent similarities betweenStar Wars: Huntersand theOverwatchIP. The character selection, core gameplay, and especially game modes ofStar Wars: Huntersare very much in-line with the experiences thatOverwatchis known for, and fans of the iconic hero shooter may want to checkStar Wars: Huntersout to get another fix of high-octane PvP engagements.
Star Wars: Hunters Takes the Overwatch Experience to Mobile Devices
The full release ofStar Wars: Huntershas been a long time coming, with the project taking its first steps in 2018. Zynga, who have had great success in the past through games likeFarmville, announcedHuntersat 2021’s Nintendo Direct presentation, although the game’s release date has been delayed several times since then.
Despite the delays to its full release,Star Wars: Hunterswas launched in a kind of early access state in Australasia in 2021, meaning a lot of the main gameplay elements of the title are already well known. AsStar Wars: Legendsgets closer to its full worldwide release, the similarities that it shares withOverwatchare becoming even more clear.
Star Wars: Legends' Modes and Characters Take a Page Out of Overwatch’s Book
Like theOverwatchfranchise,Huntersallows players to choose from a wide range of in-game characters, each offering unique combat avenues and abilities. Also likeOverwatch, these characters are categorized between damage, tank, and support, with there currently being 13 confirmed playable characters that belong to some ofthe most famous factions inStar Wars.
Star Wars: Huntersalso shares the same compact lobbies asOverwatch 2, with the 2022 sequel famouslychanging the franchise’s usual 6v6 gameplay for a new 5v5 approach.Huntersfeatures 4v4 lobbies for its team-based game modes, meaning that character choice and team composition are just as important as they are inOverwatch. The game modes ofStar Wars: Huntersare another real point of similarity between the mobile game andOverwatch, with the title currently featuring the following modes:
The likes ofEscort and Control also happen to be two of the major game modes ofOverwatch 2, meaning that fans of the Blizzard franchise will feel right at home trying outStar Wars: Legends, if the game meets its intended release date of June 4. The abilities and core combat mechanics ofLegendslargely follow the same formula asOverwatch, with team composition and character-specific abilities being very important, and the overlapping game modes between the two games make the free-to-play mobile experience one that fans ofOverwatchshould enjoy checking out.
