Just recently I read a topic at the official MA forums regarding an ability of the Pygalisk hero from Temple Arena. Okay, I mean, if there is thrown a piece of meat into the lion’s den, you cannot expect it not being torn apart. Yeah… well, I don’t mind that people from MA call TA a “rip off of marine arena”, I myself call it a rip off of MA… in regards to the idea. Don’t get me wrong! I love Marine Arena, or to be more precise, I loved Marine Arena. I was a very enthusiastic and successful player myself, up until the point at which the map turned into something disappointing.
As you all know, liking a game depends on your taste. I liked the old-school MA, but definitely not the newer versions (from January onwards). So I decided to bring back the game I missed so much. During the initial stage of the development process, I realized that I could create something more interesting. The idea of the Temple Arena was born.
You see, the only reason for it being similar to MA is because I wanted it to be exactly like MA at the beginning. But now, time by time and step by step, TA is growing more and more into a very unique map with distinct features that MA cannot provide for. I clearly want it to be similar to Marine Arena, because I just like arena games, and to some extent, all arena games are similar to each other. I believe further changes and modifications to the current TA system will bring the important differences between both maps, and I also strongly believe that TA will become a map which won’t be able to be compared with MA anymore.
Therefore I plan on introducing a re-modeled unit system (basic units, mercenaries) and of course, a completely new hero system. The finished Temple Arena, which is to be expected for the time at which Heart of the Swarm launches, will completely blow off your mind. A very new experience in arena gaming, not only with uncountable possibilities to develop strategies, and hundreds of very unique ideas, but also with steady balancing and bugfixing support. Join the BETA team!
- Nishiyamo