By Malakai Pisacreta – Staff Reporter

Dashing through the middle of the arena, two teams of champions clash to meet an objective to defeat the other team. This is Paladins, a video game made by Hi-Rez Studios, who have created another game called Smite. 

Paladins is a FPS where two teams of five compete in different challenges such as Siege, Team DeathMatch, and Onslaught. The most commonly played game mode is Siege, where the two teams fight to see who can stay on the capture point, and after, push the payload/stop the payload to the appropriate area.

There is a wide variety of champions with each having a unique set of abilities and each being helpful to a team’s success on the battlefield. With four different classes, Flank, Damage, Medic and Frontline, each team can consist of many different styles of play. 

After each game, the player earns experience based off of their skill and how they did. 

The game runs smooth, plays well, though one downside can be unlocking the champions. Champions are unlocked by using in game currency or spending $25.99 to get all of the characters. This brings down the potential of the game since it is free to play, and it just feels like unless the player plays for hours on end, they will never get enough to buy a champion.

Overall, the experience that the game gives the player is well worth it considering that it is free.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars