SMITE - Patch Rollback - Watch Past SPL Matches in SMITE!

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What is a MOBA?

Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas, or MOBAs for short, originated as a sub-genre of the RTS (Real-Time Strategy) genre. Because of this, in most MOBA games, the player takes control of a single character from the isometric (top-down) view akin to most RTS games. Typically, in MOBA games, a player takes control of a single character on one of two teams. Those players choose characters that all have their own abilities, or “kits”. To win, the players must use a combination of abilities, teamwork, and strategy to not only best their opponent, but destroy the opponents main structures. A bonus to the genre is that most MOBAs are free games, which is definitely a contributing factor of the their massive success. The genre has many titles, the largest of which being Defense of the Ancients (DoTA) and DoTA 2, League of Legends (LoL), and most recently SMITE!

What is SMITE?

SMITE is one of the more recent free MOBA games to enter the fray. In SMITE you don’t just choose a character, you choose a god. You’ll instantly feel an attachment to characters like Thor and Zeus because even if you don’t know the lore behind them, you’ve at least heard their names before! What makes SMITE so immersive is Hi-Rez Studios’ inclusion of historical lore into the gods’ abilities, kits, and play styles. Thor and Loki aren’t just characters from Marvel comics and movies. They’re also a part of Norse mythology and you can take control of them in SMITE!

What makes SMITE different?

SMITE takes all of the strategy of the top MOBA games and adds another layer of difficulty by putting you into the action! Unlike most MOBA games, SMITE offers players the chance to experience the MOBA genre they know and love from a third-person perspective. This unique perspective allows for an extremely immersive experience unlike any other game in the genre. While this doesn’t sound like such a big change, once you play it you’ll understand! All of these things added together is what has gaming websites everywhere continually rating SMITE as one of the best MOBA games available!

[Red_Horseplay]

thats a lot of steps for watching one game. I rather just go on YouTube or watch the twitch vod

[levelhundycolonel]

Not working for me. Followed all the steps and once I'm logged in, the game just shows a messed up background and does nothing. This happen to anyone else?

[dragontyron]

_Immediately watches the 2-minute EnVy game_

[arcnister]

no entendí una mierda porque estaba en inglés xD

[travelkingable]

... JUST UPDATE THE WISDOM TAB YOU COWARDS

[xICEx]

That user experience is horrible, haha. UX fail! How about double clicking the demo file from ANYWHERE just automatically launches the correct version of Smite? Or a facade program, something like "Smite Version Switcher.exe". Or is that just too obvious? (I'm a 5th year programming student and don't see why you couldn't achieve this.)

[alvareznivek]

ok where's our free skins after watching every or mostly smite match?

[birbddhaGodOfBirbs]

Yet you still can't rewatch games on console

[Macaulyn_]

You know what would be great? If we could use this patch override to actually play older versions of the game.

[xxerbus]

So is this just replays as in vods or are these games you will be able to spectate. If the first too much hassle for a replay. if the second then that's a really cool feature!!!

[akba]

Can you really trust someone who works for Hirez AND SNK? Where does his loyalties lie?

[thetizic]

Aw. Thought this was going to help me fix my game from crashing everytime I minimize the window

[unbiddenisland]

I'd like it better if we could watch our own games to learn rather only watching the few ranked games we can watch.

[jasonwilliford]

when are you guys gonna fix the menu for console. its not loading

[Custom]

Dont work for me if i use the version overide I cant launch game cause its outdated.

[HargroveNation-]

how much u want from me to make a nemesis skin👁👁🏧

[Dojan]

I was wondering what the patch override was for. That's pretty neat.

[kaiser_ind_yt]

what is smite spectator client? is it available to everyone?

[Icallshots]

I cant' get access to the google drive? anybody else?

[Victor-izdw]

i like how he spelled "Demos" out like it was hard to mess up and then didn't do it for "-replayfile=egrvslggame1" wich is way easier to mess up