{"id":2137660,"date":"2026-09-10T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2137660"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:03:00","slug":"the-developers-of-upcoming-espresso-moba-project-zeta-want-it-to-feel-like-a-formula-1-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2137660","title":{"rendered":"The Developers of Upcoming ‘Espresso MOBA’ Project Zeta Want It to Feel Like a Formula 1 Race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Project Zeta<\/a> is a mashup of multiple live-service genres, but for developer Nirvanana, it\u2019s best described as an \u201cespresso MOBA.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This four-teams-of-three \u2018Tactical Hero Arena\u2019 third-person action game is, essentially, a race involving as many teamfights as possible. The game actively encourages teams to fight each other, scrapping over objectives throughout each phase of a session. MOBAs typically focus combat down lanes, but in Project Zeta, around three minutes into each session, the focus becomes fighting over objectives. You have to seek out teamfights to win. This is not a game about hiding in bushes.<\/p>\n

Each session is made up of seven phases. The first phase sees players defeat ordinary monsters to level up \u2014 all very MOBA. It\u2019s a warmup phase meant to give players breathing room to develop a strategy. Generally, you\u2019re on the hunt for prisms, which drop from prism bosses. Grab one then take it to one of the ballasts in the center of the map to score a point. The first team to score five points wins, exiting the game in first place.<\/p>\n