Parents' Guide to Kill Strain

While this third-person sci-fi shooter does a good job of bringing a popular game genre to the PlayStation 4, fans of similar PC games probably won't make the switch. Like League of Legends, D.O.T.A.2, and other MOBAs (multiplayer online battle area games), Kill Strain has teams fighting over points on a three-laned map, while also trying to kill as many enemies as possible. Besides using your characters' assigned weapon, players can also employ special attacks that recharge over time, as well as use deployable mech suits of armor. They also have to contend with a harsh environment, a substance called Strain that covers parts of the ground and slowly kills you if you stand on it.

But what throws Kill Strain for a wrinkle is that unlike other MOBAs, this doesn't have two teams fighting for dominance, it has three. Besides two teams of four human characters, there's also a third team of two who play as mutants. You can even, when on the latter team, turn human players into mutants. But while this does set Kill Strain apart from other MOBAs, it still doesn't have the depth of either League of Legends or D.O.T.A.2, which means that players of those games probably won't make the switch anytime soon. And without players, MOBAs aren't any fun. But League of Legends and D.O.T.A.2 weren't that deep or popular when they were first released, either, so things may change in the future.