That just adds fuel to the in-game fire, though - what makes the game worth your time is how enjoyable the end result is. MXM evokes the hero shooter sub-genre with its many playable characters, while also adding in a clear good versus evil narrative as the driving force behind everything you do. There are a lot of broad strokes taken from other genres while also giving MXM its own flavor thanks to its universe of heroes and also characters from prior NCSOFT games. MXM comes from NCSOFT, whose extensive experience with online games serves them well as they have taken the lessons learned from past games and put them to use here with something that blends MOBAs with third-person shooters and a bit of overhead shooters for good measure. The day of a basic three lane MOBA has largely been replaced by hybrid games that merge a variety of different gameplay mechanics into one and Master X Master does this marvelously. The MOBA genre has seen many new entrants that try different things.
