P.O.I.S.O.N. | |
Developer(s) | Poisonshot |
Platform(s) | PC, Wii U |
Genre(s) | MOBA |
Series | P.O.I.S.O.N. |
P.O.I.S.O.N. (tentatively an acronym for Poisonshot's Online Interactive Super Interactive Nightmare) is an online fighting game. It is considered both an umbrella game and a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena.
Gameplay[]
General[]
There are two teams, each with up to 7 players meaning there can be a total of 14 players per game. The game will not start unless there's at least 6 players. Other players can join mid-game but they have to wait for another player to join so that teams stay equal.
The game swaps between 2D and 3D gameplay, but most of the time it is in 3D. It plays in a similar way to a fighting game, in that you can move around and defeat other players (or CPUs). Unlike games like Super Smash Bros, you can't jump, except in Story Mode which plays more similar to SSB.
However, instead of having movesets made out of generic normal moves and more unique special moves, each character has 5 moves, which are triggered with a button of your choice. You can effectively customise what move is used with what action, so for example if you use "Fighting Button-Up", you use "X" move. There are multiple options for this: "Fighting Button-Down", "Fighting Button-Idle", "Fighting Button-Back", etc. This can be customized invidually for each character and you can even give a character up to 5 different moveset configurations.
Each team has a set amount of gold (depending on the arena the round takes place in) and must steal all of the other team's gold. Once a team gets all of a team's gold, they win the round. The gold is inside of a "Fortress" of sorts.
A twist on the characters is that each character has two "skins", which actually have different attributes. Effectively, this means each character is actually three characters.
When a character kills another character, they get a "killpoint", which can be used on things like minions and items.
Story Mode[]
MOBA Game Modes[]
All of these game modes play in the normal "MOBA" style.
Local Play[]
This mode is different as there's a minimum of 2 players per round instead of 6. This mode is also the only one that doesn't requires internet connection in the MOBA modes. However, the players can choose to turn on AI characters to replace missing players. Using this mode, you can play with your friends without having to use internet connection.
Random Online Play[]
Another mode, this one pits you with random players who are online and willing to fight. There is a "ranking" system; each time you win a round, your rank increases, while each time you lose a round, your rank decreases. Your rank will also decrease if you quit a round while playing it. The players are chosen depending on thier rank, so someone with an higher rank would be fighting with high ranks while lower ranks fight with weaker players. This is the main game mode of the game.
Friends Online Play[]
This mode is similar to Local Play except it is online. You can search for your friends if you are willing to fight and then fight with them.
Other Game Modes[]
These game modes play differently from the normal gameplay.
Septic Stadium[]
This mode can be played both online and local, and in the case of online, both with strangers and friends. Two players chose a character and are then put in an arena where they must fight. They must defeat the other player before the enemy beats them. Support characters are generally weak in this game mode, and it is best to use faster and stronger characters.
Training[]
A mode where you can practise fighting on dummies. You can replace the dummies with robotic ones that do a few basic attacks. It takes place in an basic arena including a base with Gold so you can practice stealing the other team's gold.
Characters[]
All characters in the game are unlocked from the start. Characters in bold and with a bigger picture are "Main Characters", while character with normal text and smaller pictures are "skin clones".
Name | Description | Move 1 | Move 2 | Move 3 | Move 4 | Move 5 |
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Endo-01 |
Endo-01 is an useful support character. He can sing songs to boost stats and create a shield. He can also attack, with Eye Beam and Endo Army. | Power Song | Armor Song | Endo Army | Neon Wall | Eye Beam |
Endo-02 |
Endo-02 plays identically to Endo-01, except he boosts speed instead of attack. | Speed Song | Armor Song | Endo Army | Neon Wall | Eye Beam |
Endoplush |
Endoplush is a bit more offensive then the other endos. Waterhose is a good kill move. | Power Song | Waterhose | Endo Army | Neon Wall | Eye Beam |
Goblin Swordfighter |
This goblin is a fast-paced character who gives himself boost in order to beat enemies. However he lacks projectiles. | Stab | Attack Boost | Speed Boost | Spin | Lunge |
Goblin Magician |
This goblin is more balanced then the swordfighter varient. It has projectiles but is generally slower. | Stab | Attack Boost | Heal | Thunder | Light |
Goblin Defender |
This goblin is rather bad at offense but is a great shield. It can reflect most projectiles. | Stab | Attack Boost | Heal | Reflect | Bash |
Carbink |
Carbink is an excellent wall. It blocks paths with light screens and damaging rock traps. However it's bad at offense. | Harden | Stealth Rock | Power Gem | Safeguard | Light Screen |
Diancie |
Diancie is a tanky character. She is less defensive then Carbink but is much better than him at offense. | Harden | Diamond Storm | Power Gem | Safeguard | Ancient Power |
Omanyte |
Praise the lord. Rollout allows it to easily move around, and can then use Protect to help it's team. | Harden | Stealth Rock | Rollout | Protect | Ancient Power |
Dr. Mario |
Dr. Mario is a very balanced character, beign able to heal it's team while having decent attack power. | Megavitamins | Super Sheet | Super Jump Punch | Dr. Tornado | Heal |
Fire Mario |
Fire Mario cannot heal it's teammates unlike Dr. Mario, but is better offensively. | Fireballs | Super Sheet | Super Jump Punch | Mario Tornado | Attack Boost |
Dr. Luigi |
Dr. Luigi plays similary to Dr. Mario, but instead of healing he gives out random stat boosts. | Megavitamins | Super Sheet | Super Jump Punch | Dr. Tornado | Random Boost |
Papyrus |
Papyrus is a good debuff character who can block approaches by launching different kinds of bones and summoning enemies, while "cursing" enemies. | Blue Attack | Bone | Blue Bone | "Special Attack" | Skatebone |
Sans |
Sans is a dangerous character who can scare away enemies with his three bone types. He's pretty fragile, however. | Blue Attack | Bone | Blue Bone | Gaster Blasters | Karma Bone |
Dry Bones |
Dry Bones can cripple characters with Cursed Bone, Boo! and Haunt. Haunt leaves him vulnerable to enemies attack, however. | Cursed Bone | Bone | Ground Pound | Boo! | Haunt |
Nabbit |
Nabbit is a tricky character. He uses his bag to catch projectiles and can release them as either attacks or healing items. | Bag | Blast Release | Heal Release | Acorn Glide | Capture |
Toad |
Toad is a less tricky Nabbit. However, he is a bit worse at attacking, althrough he's a good healer. | Super Shroom | Fire Flower | 1-UP Shroom | Acorn Glide | Poison Shroom |
Villager |
Villager is a less tricky Nabbit. He's stronger in general but can only turn projectiles into attacks. | Take Out | Fruit | Balloon Fight | Shovel | |
Netnu |
Netnu has a lot of strong attacks. He's also surprisingly mobile. You cannot hide from him thanks to Track. | Rocket Flame | Mecha-Lunge | Track | Rocket Boost | Upgrade |
Dinosaur Unten |
Dinosaur Unten plays as a faster, but weaker Netnu. | Thunder Breath | Dino Dash | Track | Bite | Speed Boost |
Boare |
Boare is a stronger Netnu. He's a lot less mobile, however. | Energy Ball | Claw Slash | Track | Bite | Willpower |
Spritzee |
Spritzee is a good support character that is hard to kill. However, it needs a lot of time to become good offensively. | Sweet Kiss | Calm Mind | Fairy Wind | Aromatherapy | Wish |
Swirlix |
Swirlix is actually very dangerous. It can recover, boost it's defense sharply and has a projectile with Fairy Wind. | Draining Kiss | Calm Mind | Fairy Wind | Cotton Guard | Play Rough |
Aromatisse |
Aromatisse is an alternate version of Spritzee focused on crippling enemies instead of boosting itself. | Lovely Kiss | Calm Mind | Fairy Wind | Sweet Scent | Disable |
Battle Arenas[]
Name | Description |
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Hotland (Undertale) |
Hotland is a place that is hot, duh. It's mostly known for having a lot of puzzles and beign the place where Mettaton, a robot, does his shows. This area of Hotland doesn't haves that much puzzles but you might still encounter some. By completing these puzzles, you can access shortcuts that allow you to get to the other team's base quicker. Other then the puzzles, this map is a pretty basic one. |
Meringue Clouds (New Super Mario Bros. U) |
Meringue Clouds is a cloudy world of fun! There are multiple trampoline-like clouds here. You can bounce high in the sky thanks to these. They're useful to surprise enemies or dodge them. The stage is very open in terms of layout which means there are a ton of ways to reach the other team's fortress. However, this also means you can be attacked less predictably. |
Pinwheel Funhouse (FNaF World) |
What a strange place! The screen is always distorsted in different ways here. As with Meringue Clouds, this place is very unpredictable. There are tents you can enter in order to warp to other areas, some that are even outside the map! Some objects also have no collision, allowing fighters to find hidden paths. Guarding the fortress or even finding foes is tough here. |
Minions[]
Players can buy "minions" using killpoints. These minions will start beign "produced" slowly. By buying them another time, they will get produced faster and faster.
Name | Description | Cost |
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Annoying Dog |
Annoying Dog is a character from Undertale which shows up multiple times. It is possible there are multiples ones and that Undertale dogs look like this in general. These minions bark, annoying the other team and thus lowering thier defenses. | 3 Killpoints |
Octorok |
Octorok are reccuring enemies in The Legend of Zelda and are very common minions here, beign one of the ones that cost the less. They move around slowly, launching pebbles at the other team occasionally. In general they're not very useful and it's best to save Killpoints. | 1 Killpoint |
Boo |
Boos are characters in Super Mario Bros. that often show up as enemies but occasionally are playable characters too. Here, they move around slowly and can stun an enemy for 1 second, but is stunned when looked at. | 2 Killpoints |
UFO |
UFOs are very rare enemies in Kirby that give out the elusive UFO ability. They're one of the strongest minions in this game, flying around erratically and shooting fast beams at enemies, making them very hard to hit and pretty hard to dodge. | 5 Killpoints |
Gearrat |
Gearrat is one of the first enemies you will encounter in FNaF World. Here they appear as weak minion, moving at an average speed and "biting" enemies in thier reach. Sometimes they inflict poison but it's not guaranteed. They're slightly better then Octoroks but still weak. | 1 Killpoint |
Wurmple |
Wurmple is a rather common Pokémon found in Hoenn and Sinnoh. These minions can shoot silk at enemies to slow them, and when close, will sting and poison them. While they're pretty weak they can still be pretty useful. | 2 Killpoints |
Power-Ups[]
Power-Ups are permanent, unlike what one may espect, but cost more then minions. Power-Ups allow you to boost your character to make winning easier.
Name | Description | Cost |
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P-Acorn |
The P-Acorn is very useful in NSMB U, but it is less strong here. It allows you to get a speed boost, while using the annoying sound it produces to slow down nearby enemies. | 7 Killpoints |
Block-5 |
Block-5 is one of the many Bytes in FNaF World. This power-up automatically reduces damage by 5 no matter the attack. However, attacks always deal at least 1 damage. | 5 Killpoints |
Spring Mushroom |
The Spring Mushroom makes you jump high each time you move. This may make attacking harder but it also makes dodging easier. | 5 Killpoints |
Pegasus Boots |
The Pegasus Boots, coming from The Legend of Zelda, work in a pretty similar way, except it is automatic. It increases your speed as you walk and run. | 6 Killpoints |
Choice Scarf |
The Choice Scarf is an item from Pokémon. It works in a similar way to the games in that you can only use 1 move but it gives you a gigantic speed boost. You can discard it through. | 7 Killpoints |
Trivia[]
- Some of the Pokémon representatives can use moves they normally can't learn.
- According to the game's maker, the number of "main" representative for each series depend on the time it was made. Each series can have 1 rep by default, and for each 5 years, there can be another. So Undertale would only be able to have 1 representative, while Mario would be able to get around 5.
- As for skins, any representatives can be added, but it's better to use skins from the series the base character is from or from a big series.
- The Swirlix in this game appears to be the one from Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon.