An oddity in its own genre,Smiteis a third person MOBA where players control gods and other mythical figures to do battle in classic MOBA fashion. There are a lot of choices and the game continues to enjoy popularity, complete with its ownSmitebattlepass system.
While it appeared during the heyday of MOBA games and stood as an interesting alternative to those who did not want to pursueLeague of LegendsorDOTA 2, interest inSmiteis not as high as it once was. But it is by no means a dead game, and Hi-Rez is not passive in its addditions to the game or its marketing, as one slightly misguided Twitter campaign shows.
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Hi-Rez attempted to get a questionaire trending on Twitter forSmiteplayers to talk about their favorite gods or other divine beings to play in the game. The questionaire asked them to list their favorite god, god that grew on them, most underrated god, and the god they most want to master. An innocent question for a MOBA player, but since it was talking about, well, gods, Twitter took the prompt and ran with it. It turns out these nonspecific questions were not as well thought out asHi-Rez' work at home policy.
Many replies had nothing to do withSmiteat all, instead focusing on whatever god the Twitter user in question wanted to talk about. Gods both famous and lesser known were brought up as favorites, for varying reasons. Far from the hype forSmitethat something like atrailer for a new godwould bring, the prompt mostly brought a lot of funny responses about God, or gods. And in some cases, Godzilla and his immediate nemeses, because why limit answers to actual gods when not evenSmiteactually does that.
Many people responding to the prompt did not even understand why “favorite god” was trending in the first place, being completely unfamiliar withSmite. Rather than praising one ofSmite’s newcomers like Tiamat, they were praising Morgan Freeman’s portrayal of God fromBruce Almighty.
To fully list all the best responses would take all day, but there are some great ones out there. Hopefully, some of those who were not familiar with the origin of the prompt will learn aboutSmiteand its deific roles. And hopefully someSmiteplayers will learn all about other gods, likeWarhammer’s Grandfather Nurgle.
Smiteis free-to-play on PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
