Strategy games are at their best when you can pore over your approach, focusing in on the perfect set of tactics to win you the round. But if you want your strategic action to be a little more fast-paced than an RTS, or struggle to fit a fully-fledged MOBA into your busy schedule, look no further than Mythic Legends and its innovative approach to multiplayer.
Mythic Legends is the first game from mobile developer Hyperdot studios. In each game, you'll need to assemble your army ahead of each battle, selecting and arranging units to build up potent synergies to best your opponents. Once you're ready to go, simply let your troops do the work. Every battle is almost completely autonomous, and although your choice of Legend - a powerful unit that oversees each round - can help swing the fight in your favour, you'll have to rely on your units and the bonds they form with one another if you want to win.
As you progress through each conflict, you'll be able to level up your units and increase the number of synergies your army is taking advantage of, making your troops more powerful as the game progresses. But if you can't commit to an entire campaign all at the same time, that's where Mythic Legends' brilliant multiplayer system comes to fore. The asynchronous drop-in, drop-out approach means that you can shape your approach when it suits you, but that you don't need to be at the helm in order for your forces to fight their way to victory. In ranked mode, your team will be matched against players of similar skill rather than similar power, so you'll have to make sure you're at the top of your game.
To do that, you'll need to be familiar with Mythic Legends' detailed world. Each of the dozens of units that face each other in
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