Very fun and beautiful game, just tried it out. I also like the solution that you can play up to 2 games for free, and then you can pay for it to be able to play more at the same time.
Outwitters main problem was the teams were functionally identical so there was little point in paying for them. Yes the uber units were different but in actual gameplay these weren't used at all. If there were other noncosmetic differences, this wasn't apparent to me as a casual player.
I guess I spent around $20 in Hero Academy but I spent $0 for Outwitters, a game of similar polish and quality.
> Yes the uber units were different but in actual gameplay these weren't used at all.
That's not completely true, but it is true that they're not hugely common to use: because of their price, misusing them will likely break you, whereas using them does not usually have an absolutely critical impact on the game. They may be slightly more easy to use in pair games.
> If there were other noncosmetic differences, this wasn't apparent to me as a casual player.
Nope, there aren't, probably to avoid the balance issues of e.g. Hero Academy.
Damn, hadn't seen this, makes me sad. Outwitters is a very nice game (and for such a heavily networked game, freemium makes sense as you need to build a big community for playing to be interesting)