SMITE 2: The First Preview

We've got a first look at SMITE 2, the Unreal Engine 5-powered MOBA sequel that will stand alongside the popular original game, not replace it. Previewed by Jen Rothery.
#IGN #Gaming #Smite2

[@Understandable5]

The game was running on a 15+ year old engine, I’ve been saying for years how much they would benefit from updating it. The sound design and lighting are already impressive as Hel.

[@zabii5200]

Haha , Underated comment. “Hel”

[@ZeroOne130]

It would be nice if Paladins gets the same treatment.

[@Kaizanor]

@@ZeroOne130 According to some old devs they actually were planning on doing it but ended up canceling it. If Smite 2 does well there a chance they might reconsider.

[@localartifactsglo5691]

OK shut up they did it

[@aetherwalker5434]

Impressive? If you play on PC this is just meh

[@ScareKrow_]

Hoping for smite to finally have the deserved spotlight on them ! Such an underrated game.

[@aliquidgaming1068]

Smite is among the more popular lasting MOBAs. It isnt underrated at all The best MOBAs on the market are Smite, League, DOTA and Predecessor.

[@avocol4589]

we def need better servers, smite servers are so garb

[@prinstyrio0]

@@aliquidgaming1068 I'd say it's slightly underrated and defo deserve more, comparing Smite to League and DOTA is like comparing a volleyball game to football and basketball, the other two are just vastly different giants. That said there's been a lot of great MOBAs that's sadly died, Heroes of the Storm is one that's barely alive and kicking that has been criminally butchered by Blizzard. So Smite still kicking it and hopefully growing again is amazing.

[@arosu13]

this is just false bro@@aliquidgaming1068

[@refloxi5290]

@@aliquidgaming1068 Predecessor? Damn get you out of here while Paragon overprime delivers more in any update then your asscessor

[@wolvandhiek7312]

Honestly this game was such a breath of fresh air for mobas.

[@Lalaafastroli]

possibly one off the most underrated games ever released

[@CHRISTOPHERBAKEWELL]

Along with Paragon

[@CrackCECKer]

lets not get ahead of ourselves

[@ashleygray1632]

​@@CrackCECKer Online yes it is. Over all not at all.

[@TypicalBlakk]

@@ashleygray1632again let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

[@TheGamefather__]

@@TypicalBlakkna you trippin lmao

[@ashleygray1632]

Been playing Smite since my daughter was born 9 years ago it's mad how time flys. Can't wait for number 2 with the updated systems

[@toogoodgaming4721]

congratulations on your second daughter! what systems are you planning to upgrade for the new baby girl?

[@aidan861]

you got to have another kid when smite 2 releases

[@PeepoFrog]

If you don't have another child for when smite 2 releases then you will disturb the balance of the universe and you will upset the gods badly.

[@Jayyyden04]

Been playing smite for years did not expect this

[@ricolives1166]

You should have. Smite needed a new engine

[@parragarcia9019]

A mí me gustaba el motor de la season 2-3 así todo darks y odie el último de plastilina

[@markoliimatainen2565]

@@ricolives1166 Meh, new engine is pointless. ue5 engine is heavy and having to buy all the skins again, having to wait gods to reappear...it takes forever...so its pointless.

[@natecoet3291]

@@markoliimatainen2565 UE5 is heavy? what does this even mean some games in UE5 run on mobile. UE5 is more stable than UE4 and is less likely to crash. Geez don't talk when you don't know.

[@CrystalMang0]

​@@markoliimatainen2565pointless for you? New graphics, gameplay, all that is fresh. So how is that pointless?

[@thinktwicebetter]

This game is amazing. I’m playing smite with my brother for years. So exited about Smite 2.

[@supernovaskaters706]

Throughout the ups and downs of the gaming industry smite has always been there im excited to load up this next beautiful adventure

[@Kaimaju_]

Need a Paladins 2

[@mab848]

100%

[@MattR8605]

if there's EVER a moment for it, it's now. OW2 is in the struggle forest, and a similar upgrade like Smite is getting could be huge.

[@redflame300]

@@MattR8605 ow2 is not. plenty of people still play

[@MattR8605]

@@redflame300 you really out here defending OW on a 3 month old comment.

[@erosrama3593]

Planning to update both games still sounds like its gonna lead to the downfall of both quickly.

[@reptilus89]

Smite has already fallen tho

[@austin1moore]

People have been saying that for years. Takes a 30 second search to see it's still fine. ​@@reptilus89

[@MiamiMAJIN]

@@reptilus89not really 😂 it’s just plateaued still successful

[@xNemesis_]

​@@MiamiMAJINwell technically he is right, when a product hit the roof, it's gonna decline. This is the fate of any product

[@dame3323]

​@@xNemesis_People have been saying that about smite for years.

[@GoldenEntropy]

Twitter gonna go crazy once they get their hands on these updated models

[@kronniemixon]

Me too

[@forsaken6658]

Me too lol

[@Drakath-in6qg]

I’ll have sleepless nights and sore hands

[@Sinhearted]

This was honestly the most unexpected thing hi-rez has done right next to the runescape collab

[@MrrrDippp]

Hope it’s not just another Overwatch 2

[@GrayGhost235]

It’s getting better next season 🤞

[@makielcepeda9003]

They already said won't replace smite 1 they learned from ovwrwatch mistakes

[@DonutTPOTer]

​@@GrayGhost235 Felt like I've heard that 8 times already lmao

[@Mackoo88]

Cant be that bad 😅 Atleast they have new engine and new animations.

[@mew1534]

I'll quote you on this when they stop supporting smite 1 before smite 2 @@makielcepeda9003

[@Belgariad87]

"stand alongside the original game, not replace it" remember when overwatch 2 was going to do something similar?

[@eligreg99]

Wasn’t expecting this at all. Been playing smite since 2016

[@bluejaysforever3627]

This sounds great but it is going to split the player base some stay on OG Smite and others on Smite 2.

[@MechaMeister]

there will be huge amount of new player coming to smite 2

[@Frogdoddofficial]

Not if they take down smite and replace it with smite 2

[@zag285]

Yeah just transfer all ur skins and currencies and its done

[@MastaToken]

Most people will shift over to Smite 2 as Smite 1 will likely be put in maintenance mode once 2 launches.

[@Visitormassacre]

@@zag285 Funny story... there is no transfer

[@doubledrum2]

"Relics are being removed from the game entirely" The beads on every character shown would say otherwise

[@GothikaGeist]

Beads are now a permanent item that can be used with a specific key press, same for vision items. Relics have been turned into "active items" that now use their own hotkey to activate.

[@caseynivans7885]

Relics don't exist anymore, they're items, so it's correct

[@SgtNoPants]

Will it be the big jump that will make it finally as popular as the other 2 big MOBAS? If they make it in Asia servers, it will maybe gain a huge player base with China and South Korea

[@TheBulge]

Yeah no, def not. Maybe BDO level?

[@nawab256]

Ya a lot of smite players aren’t happy about their skins not transferring over. Legacy gems are just coupons that could mean nothing if the new skins cost twice as much. Atleast transfer over t5, limited and unlimited cause those skins cost a lot.

[@jebgutz6540]

Can't wait to go Physical Crit Ymir in this game

[@TheNIMARS]

Realy need to play this great part 2

[@ZaynNaz]

Love the sequel but what’s the point of having both if both is going to get updates

[@ahmarcamacho8404]

They should try to bring over the T5 skins though

[@GutsGaming]

Why does this look exactly the same

[@deku4947]

No skin transferring is wild

[@Jadizi]

It's a different game on a different engine. Most things can't be ported but actually need to be worked on.

[@christianwilson9529]

Nah think about games like cod it’s kinda like the same thing

[@derek4111993]

overwatch and cs2 can do it, hirez just greedy

[@Psilomyde]

@@christianwilson9529you clearly know nothing about game dev

[@Vexkion]

⁠@@derek4111993 What are you talking about? Not wasting time and money to port skins they aren’t going to make money on makes them greedy? Are you delusional? If anything, they’re being generous to give us legacy gems to cut the prices of their new skins. Hop off the hate bandwagon.

[@exentric616]

the best fact is that the gods now have physics in game

[@raidenc9846]

How about the account data? Is It synchronized from SMITE 1?

[@iceguy2402]

They getting scare by paragon and predecessor 😂

[@dwaunw]

People that complain about games charging for skins immediately makes me think you ain’t got a job 😂

[@alexdernoncourt4017]

insane. it looks absolutely gorgeous. i’m so excited

[@refloxi5290]

You call this insane? Smite 2 looks like smite 1.5

[@Senumunu]

they really needed to reiterate on the core gameplay not just update models and animations

[@krisztoferkugler811]

Which video did u watch 🤣

[@Toronto_Man]

will mastery progression carry over from the previous smite?

[@dabd8175]

Splitting their player base crazy

[@Milda47]

They will shut down Smite 1 anyway because it will die by the time with no new gods

[@VicentePT_]

Do we have our stuff automaticly in Smite 2 or do we gave to do Something before having them in Smite 2?

[@twoeyedbill1337]

Are the lanes supposed to be like 4 feet wide?

[@BabyDump808]

i’m so down for this

[@Alex-ms1xr]

does anybody know if some of our skins will be transferred to smite 2?

[@blend443]

SMITE2 is what this game needed.

[@jhonxavier3014]

to die completely? xD

[@jhonxavier3014]

the predicted scenario is a division of players that will slowly kill both smite 1 and 2

[@jhonxavier3014]

In general what smite needs is a better matchamaking wich requires more players. A better anti-hack and a little improvement on graphics since it continues being a very beautiful game

[@mythicity416]

@@jhonxavier3014 all 3 of the things you mentioned were being limited by ue3 pretty hard. the ui still runs on flash which is discontinued lol, you crack me up.

[@jhonxavier3014]

@@mythicity416 mm and hacks related to unreal engine? damm you smoking crack every day for how many years? lol

[@ElecTricksCity]

I'm going to need more details on that legacy system because man...

[@pajapac4959]

There are certain skins that you cant unlock anymore, making them unique in smite. Now with the new game you wont be able to transfer them to it either (making previous purchases worthless)? And its only a matter of time before they shut one of the games off since with this move they will be splitting a not so large community. I'll stay optimistic as im hoping that the new game will bring in more new and returning players

[@souljr.]

The skin purchase was already worthless when we made the purchase. What made you think they have a worth? The cost is for the devoloppers and artists and the IP if its a crossover, not a physical product LOL.

[@TrashBandicoot12]

This is gonna be so dope

[@JustAnotherTwink]

IGN talking about smite is always insane to me lol

[@vTensai1]

Why is that ?

[@JustAnotherTwink]

@@vTensai1 smite isn’t a very talked about game. It’s not a small game by any means, but it’s definitely not talked about very often in any media.

[@vTensai1]

@@JustAnotherTwink maybe bec its very old game like LOL and warframe

[@Ackz89]

Havent played in years, hope they have another map like that sand arena where it was just one big brawl 😂

[@Boss70305]

When does it release?

[@DWAINEMonster]

Alpha is in spring

[@ViktorBorgGrelsson]

nobody gonna say it? it looks literally the same

[@Plem_xo]

If you watched with your eyes closed yeah probably

[@Drakath-in6qg]

Love this game

[@RJ39767793]

is this not going to split the playerbase ?

[@PsionicDiamond]

Let’s hope the community’s improved

[@kalenadams6985]

Kinda annoyed about the cosmetics situation but whatever ig still hyped 😂

[@jakewhite215]

they just want you to spend more $$ on Smite 2... scam

[@DanteNeverWaits]

@@jakewhite215 “scam” games free bro, cosmetics are ur choice. And this is coming from a close to 10 year smite player. Can’t wait for this, here’s to another 10😂

[@kman13131]

@@jakewhite215they said you get all your gems back on smite 2

[@hakatapawa7115]

@@jakewhite215how exactly is it a scam?

[@meantoaster8037]

@@jakewhite215You cant possibly be dumb enough thinking they could actually import the skins bro... This had to happen eventually. Unless you wanted to play the same dying game into oblivion

[@Savage80]

Ive been waiting for a smite 2 i cant wait

[@ZenTradeGame]

Can’t wait

[@ronjagdfeld8127]

Could be a chance to start with Smite for me :)

[@truejeslik9986]

When ?

[@prodigygod1]

New trend. Having two of the exact same games running side by side

[@leonlamberz2747]

Will there be finally Crossprogression?

[@alexanderson4338]

Can someone inform me what’s different from 1 and 2

[@somakun1806]

Lets goooo...been playing smite since seeason 3

[@mainakdas7441]

they should do the same with Paladins,

[@SweetYeya]

paladins 2 now please

[@danhnguyen5661]

you might wanna try the Paragon : Overprime for higher graphic game

[@Plem_xo]

Nah. lol. Predecessor is much better. Overprime isn't very much of a moba, it plays more like an arena. Predecessor is much more akin to a moba, as well as what paragon was.

[@harveyjosejumawan8437]

Hoping for the SEA servers to be back again

[@bembelviking5425]

Smite is absolutely underrated

[@yaniche543]

Well, it's time to go back to the battlefield of the gods

[@luizalmeidadev]

STEAMDECK TIME OMGGGG

[@budjy1]

Unreal engine 5...that may mean VR as an option!

[@SanguineGriffix]

Do we keep our skins?

[@redstar4636]

Smite 2!?

[@ThiVasss]

Added strategic depth is nice but is there any signigicant mechanical depth to the game for being 3rd person?

[@Velcositro]

Well that means you have to look in the direction you want to attack/use skills and you only have some space and the minimap to look behind you. That's a fundamental mechanical difference with top-down camera. Also because of that you depend more on the direction of the sound to know when or where the enemy is coming from.

[@browniesbytes305]

You have to aim your auto attacks. Can hard dif carry v carry with better aim

[@SgtNoPants]

As a Smite player, yes there's a huge difference. You gotta aim auto attacks and abilities, you can't see if someone is creeping from behind , you can hide behind walls. Also you can see characters jumping making it a jump party

[@kilowatt6209]

WE NEED TO BLOW THIS GAME UP. More people need to play this ,more content, more advocacy! Lets put SMITE 2 on the global gaming map guys. Refer the game to your friends. Especially to LoL and DoTA players

[@gangstakittie7699]

THIS IS SO AWESOME TO HEAR

[@G2drummer]

Smite 2: Electric Boogaloo

[@YmirIsHere2015]

Crit Ymir?

[@bruhbruh4635]

It's like Dragon Nest and Dota 2 had a baby

[@tsohgallik]

Why remove Relics? Sprint? Berserker Belt? Teleport? Wtf.... They cannot shut down Smite... 130 Gods... Then they tell us they can't download everything into Unreal Engine 5 because it would take hundreds of years? What? 😅

[@Plem_xo]

Some relics are still in as items. Perhaps do a little bit of research

[@ashu8265]

unreal Engine 5 my pc: YOU WHAT

[@-U__U-]

Is this smite 2 gameplay?

[@tsohgallik]

Smite 2 gameplay is coming this Spring 2024. You sign up on the Smite 2 website

[@doyoungssugarbaby5861]

is this game begginer friendly?

[@HatakeHyei]

It doesn't look like a great improvement in the graphics department though.

[@BreakIt8830]

Smite was the best for me. Played with an old laptop always using thanatos and missing every skill shot due to lag and just relying on ultimate to get a kill steal 😂

[@gedarosienta103]

ATTENTION Progress from the first smite DOES NOT CARRY OVER According to the devs, Only a few selected via cross feature skins will Carry over to smite 2.

[@Juststormer]

and characters you unlocked ?

[@juicermcgooser3352]

DISASTER

[@gedarosienta103]

@@juicermcgooser3352 Yeah if you previously owned all Past to Current gods in Smite 1 they wil not carry over, and according to more information you will have to master them all over again, Hopefully there is a way to have the levels carry over I'm so annoyed my account level will reset to 0 in smite 2 Ugh

[@ShadowKiller71]

@@gedarosienta103the bright side is if you had recently switched from PlayStation to PC, at least switching over won’t be as bad. Currently using my ps5 literally only for smite and few other games where progress won’t cross over

[@Flinn8]

They will give you “Legacy Gems” in Smite2 equal to every single gem you have ever spent in Smite1 - Unfortunately they probably will be far less valuable than the new gem equivalent in the new store … Just enough to shut people up for the most part about feeling like they have been hoodwinked 🤷‍♂️ I’ve spent $12,000+ on smite since beta, so I’m going to be one of those grumpy people demanding that they give me something in exchange for that investment 😂

[@AshleyVsTheWorld]

Skins aren't gonna carry over are they? 😢

[@TheRedGamerKun]

No they are not but whatever you bought skins you get a refound in smite 2 in legacy gems

[@jybutbynyn]

@@TheRedGamerKundid they say if they plan to slowly put the skins from smite 1 or are they going to realize new skins?

[@MiamiMAJIN]

@@jybutbynynthey prolly plan to integrate skins through design eventually, you won’t be refunded skins tho just gems

[@LordDarshdan]

@@jybutbynyndon’t forget the best part the legacy gem they give you can only be used as 50% discounts you can’t buy full skins with them

[@HyxieWolf]

@@LordDarshdanReally? That’s terrible…

[@Maikeru101]

What about all the money we put into the OG?

[@johnstorm9604]

Don't play old smite too old game for me but , new one , wanna try )

[@user-dz9re8xn4z]

why are all the assets practically the same

[@toxictopher4556]

So blizzard just gonna keep rereleasing the same games with a shiny new number?

[@Zafirlight]

and my account will be able to continue on smite 2?

[@hotstepwastaken]

smite but with tracers incredible

[@jjay24200]

Nooo my poor laptop ahhhh

[@Angelous922]

Likes more like an update rather than a "smite 2" Looks like they did as little as possible

[@Customr-zl8hl]

Cant wait for no oceanic servers 2

[@RupertTheOctopus]

So my 100 dollar chac skin is just gone

[@ThePro821]

it doesnt look like its using ue5 now.. looks the same

[@sjeandre]

Hopefully, they make the microtransactions affordable again because they made them ridiculously expensive.

[@xJaydagreatest]

Any chance for ps4 😅

[@Toucheeee]

Prob not

[@DeathIsSweet22]

A meme came to life

[@taylor31fleming]

camera angle looks the same and thats my main gripe with current smite. Can't stand that angle or the ability to not adjust it.

[@300PlusClub]

PARAGON !!!

[@Andy2kk]

Paladins is never getting any attention again

[@tacomaxx9995]

Massive W smite 1 will continue to be playable

[@wolfsrajn]

Only thing which keeps a lot of people from playing daily is cross progression...spent years on my playstation account and dont want to restart on pc