Smite designer discusses the sweet spot for multiplayer matches and mixing cards and shooters in Paladins

While I stood in Hi-Rez Studios’ TwitchCon booth, waiting to play Paladins, I was fortunate enough to be standing next to its lead designer, Rory Newbrough.

Paladins concept is a bit of a beast to design, what with it being a hybrid collectible card game and first-person shooter title. Which also has multiple character types and an odd first-person shooter game mode. The big shocker here, however, is that Newbrough just claimed that an incredibly small number of people are responsible for designing and balancing the entire experience.