Paragon Brings Big Beats and Bad Ass Heroes to PS4

Well, those Twitch metrics were always going to mean that MOBAs would make a dash to consoles eventually, eh? Paragon, the Unreal Engine 4 take by Epic Games, is trying to be a little different, though, pitching itself as a MOBA that non-crazy people can enjoy. In fact, the developer's trying to avoid the word MOBA entirely.

"Paragon is a competitive game with two teams of five," social media specialist Ryan Clements wrote on the PlayStation Blog. "Each team tries to push into the opposing team's base in order to destroy its core, which is protected by automated defences. That's it." Yeah, we can definitely wrap our heads around that. But it is still a MOBA, right?

Well, it is, in the sense that you'll be selecting a unique hero to control, each of which will have a different role in battle. Like other games in the genre, there's only one map, and AI-controlled enemies will play a part. The twist is that it's still a third-person game at its core, which isn't quite as intimidating as that isometric League of Legends nonsense.

And it looks… Kind of alright, we suppose. There's a new trailer embedded below showing off the various heroes and their abilities. Look, the reality is that Sony seems to be pretty stoked about having this game on the PS4, so you're going to hear loads about it regardless. If it really is a MOBA for normal people, though, it could be cool. We guess.