EPTNASL adds Heroes of Newerth - Page 5
| Forum Index > General Games |
|
Aberu
United States968 Posts
| ||
|
Presidenten
Sweden777 Posts
On September 07 2011 04:53 AndChe wrote: omg! HoN??...  Add LoL it's better. HoN is waaaaay better for competitive gaming, IMO. LoL is more beginner friendly and because of that (and Riot's aggressive marketing), it has a larger player base. Hence, it has a larger audience when it comes to spectating games etc, so yeah, maybe LoL would be better in terms of bringing in money for the tournament organizer, but HoN is far superior when it comes to gameplay. | ||
|
UniversalSnip
9871 Posts
On September 07 2011 03:53 RajaF wrote: Well, sorry if it's old news. I could not find anything related to it. I guess then it's news that this is a CNBC article. This is as mainstream media as it gets. they copy pasted a press release onto their website, I wouldn't get too excited about that. | ||
|
Doctorbeat
Netherlands13241 Posts
It's a staggering difference, and even DotA2's crowd was multiple sizes bigger than HoN's. It might be a really good competitive game to play, but there are several problems. S2 is even worse of a developer for the competitive scene than Riot, the community is even worse than LoL's (which is already multitudes worse than SC2's community), and it's not a very accessible game for people who want to get into it. Things are not very clear for a first time viewer, and a first time viewer will get easily bored because of it (I did, watched a match at the HoN booth). LoL has a very clear graphical style, which makes everything that happens on screen a bit easier to understand. | ||
|
Yaki
France4234 Posts
| ||
|
RajaF
Canada530 Posts
On September 07 2011 05:06 UniversalSnip wrote: they copy pasted a press release onto their website, I wouldn't get too excited about that. It's better than nothing man. I mean, it's CNBC which means that even if 20% of their audience clicks on the link SC2 gets an extra couple millions of views. | ||
|
Schnullerbacke13
Germany1199 Posts
| ||
|
P0ckets
United States430 Posts
| ||
|
TheWarbler
United States1659 Posts
| ||
|
Aegeis
United States1619 Posts
| ||
|
Vei
United States2845 Posts
On September 07 2011 05:12 Aegeis wrote: What worries me the most is that there are a lot of MOBA games competing for the #1 spot and I don't know which one it will be but I doubt it will be HON. I can see either LoL or DoTA 2 taking the crown but as for HoN not so much. I agree... but it's disappointing because dota 2 seems to just be a copy of dota1 =/ | ||
|
Ponyo
United States1231 Posts
| ||
|
JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
The question remains why they cannot do this in sc2 as well... <.< | ||
|
vicariouscheese
United States589 Posts
On September 07 2011 05:13 Vei wrote: I agree... but it's disappointing because dota 2 seems to just be a copy of dota1 =/ Don't have a source to back me up, but pretty certain it's just dota1 with it's own engine instead of being inside wc3. | ||
|
pred470r
Bulgaria3265 Posts
| ||
|
Zomodok
United States41 Posts
HoN is pretty much an exact DotA clone. It relies on players skill and a knowledge of the game to know which hero benefits from which item. It doesn't rely on idiotic "Summoner talent trees" or a lack of killing creeps like LoL does. The only reason that LoL is as popular as it is, was due to a huge ad campaign and the game being free* (limited heroes) So you have a bunch of young kids who can't afford to buy real games playing a free game and finding it's actually kind of fun, while all of the original DotA players moved to HoN where denying was still considered a "feature" and everything rested more on the player and their knowledge. Like a poster above said, HoN isn't "dead", it just doesn't get the same amount of numbers that LoL does, and since the F2P system was added, actually seen a rise in people playing it. But what do I know, this is just typical gaming forum "discussion" where people make up facts and spew nonsense and then get upset when called on it and start an idiotic flame war. See; BF3/MW3, PS3/360, Any Game ever/Any other game ever. | ||
|
FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
On September 07 2011 05:19 vicariouscheese wrote: Don't have a source to back me up, but pretty certain it's just dota1 with it's own engine instead of being inside wc3. You hit the nail on the head. | ||
|
Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
Happy thoughts! Happy thoughts! | ||
|
Tomfour
United States173 Posts
| ||
|
Gentso
United States2218 Posts
| ||
| ||
