Comments on: League of Legends. Yes, yes it is DotA.

By: Michael Jwnz

Michael Jwnz — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:22:22 +0000

I am lvl 28 now in LoL. Got there mostly with Nunu. I feel like I should start playing a carry because I am too reliant on the other players on my team (being good).

By: Dargonaut

Dargonaut — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:59:17 +0000

I’ve been playing this game a ton with friends since we’ve all but quit WoW.

DotA always intrigued me but had such a high barrier to entry that I never got into it. I found LoL to be way more approachable, though. I can appreciate why some people prefer HoN, but I value the fact that Riot is actually trying to make a new game with LoL.

I usually run a Kassadin with my team, but I’ve played Alistar and Chogath on occasion, as well.

It definitely fills some of the holes left by WoW in my brain.

By: Drotara

Drotara — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:59:32 +0000

Sivir does seem pretty beastly. I know they annoy me. :) I am playing Tryndamere (I think it how it is spelled) but he is a tough one to play.

By: Kargos of Uldum

Kargos of Uldum — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:47:15 +0000

I’ve liked it so far playing the open beta, plan on getting it once it’s released. Sivir is by far my favorite champion to play!

By: Blasterman77

Blasterman77 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:49:40 +0000

I like this game a LOT more than HON.

The probelm with HON is that it is basically DOTA (same heroes, etc) with some extra features that help. But it’s the same balance problems, the same angry community, and the same “protect your carry to farm him killing their whole team an hour in” gameplay.

LOL heroes are freaking awesome. So many awesome new designs that do really dope shit… I love Cryophoenix. Blitzcrank is also a much improved Pudge. Shaco is a pretty fun stealther (not my favorite, but supposedly cool), and Corki is an incredible carry as well with tons of funky skill-based targeting options.

The gameplay is way more team oriented than DOTA, which is a little bit of an adjustment, but is great. Being on vent playing with your friends is really fun.

And it has really good matchmaking, especially if you premake with friends a little bit as a 2 or 3 man (or 5 sometimes). You get really competitive matches that go back and forth — I’ve had amazing comebacks in some matchups.

By: admon

admon — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:56:32 +0000

hmmm, i thought that this game would basically be exactly the same as dota was just with better graphics (like the HoN, which is also still in beta).

it seems exactly like HoN, except for the idea of the persistent summoner. It looks like that would allow for small changes to playstyle. If only my RL friends didn all play HoN

By: SaladFork

SaladFork — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:32:56 +0000

Me and a small group of my friends are all huge DotA fans. When we heard about LoL, we were excited and tried it out. While it was fantastic, and we all loved it, there is one other game that is also in beta that we all liked a LOT more, which also aims to replicate DotA. That game is Heroes of Newerth (HoN). It completely blows LoL out of the water. I highly recommend looking into it if you’re a DotA fan, ;)