The Crownfall event is currently running in Dota 2 and the third act has a surprise in store for players. Since July 9th, a fighting game called Sleet Fighter 2: Immortal Combat to find.
A game within a game
How do you play Sleet Fighter? It is a classic 2D-Fighting-Game. The characters are five heroes from Dota 2, namely Marci, Bristleback, Tusk, Vengeful Spirit and Dawnbreaker.
Each character has a own move setThere is a single player mode, but you can also compete against other players online and even locally. There is also a leaderboard and rewards for particularly successful fighters.
Although it is more of a mini-game, the community takes Fleet Fighter as seriously as a fully developed fighting game. List of moves You can call it up with the F9 key.
In Reddit there is Tier-Listen to the characters and Discussions about the move sets, game mechanics and even the frame data important for the genre.
With the new recording feature you will soon be able to record your matches in Dota and Sleet Fighter directly via Steam:
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How can you play Sleet Fighter? To do this, you have to download the free Dota 2 via Steam. There is no other option.
On the start screen you will find the page for the Crownfall event and can go to the third act. Fleet Fighter is already at the first fork in the story mode for the event.
Will the game disappear at some point?
Valve has the event until 16 October Extended to 2024. So far, Sleet Fighter has been well received by the community and is perceived as a positive surprise.
The game may disappear with the end of Crownfall, but it is currently unclear whether Valve will continue to develop it or integrate it into Dota.
According to Valve, the event is much more extensive than planned – hence the extension. Further content is still being planned, such as the fourth and final act.