On October 23 2011 20:03 Meta wrote: Hope they don't make it too expensive, but I'll probably play it considering how long it's been in development for. The no-last-hits is kind of a turn off but maybe fighting over heals will be more fun.
Expensive? it's gonna be free just like any blizzard published custom maps.
Loved this from Blizzcon. Glad they took the time to really focus on this mod instead of doing the half-assed tech-demo style one they were originally planning to release to show off the editor.
I'm very happy with the way they are approaching the project as well. I hate how it's gospel that DotA is more or less a perfect iteration of the genre and every other company that's tried to make a similar game has stayed so close to that formula. I'm glad they took the time to question things and are actually trying out some really far-out changes.
This really seems like it's going to play out very differently than DotA, and though it certainly will be an easier game to start compared to the learning curves of the existing games out there, I'm not convinced that's entirely a bad thing. I think this is going to be probably the best casual game experience in this genre from what I've seen so far, and maybe they'll even be room for a competitive scene if it ends up getting the hard-to-master part down as well.
I really really love HoN and DOTA, but it's so time consuming and hardcore.. Can't really play SC2 at master level while maintaining a 1800+ MMR on HoN without being at the computer 24/7. Blizzard DOTA seems like a casual chill game that I can jump into with my friends whenever I want.
"heroes without boots get chased down by heroes with boots..."
that 500 gold investment was made for that purpose!! you don't always have to buy boots to counter the opponent's purchase, holy shit
besides, no one goes for boots first -_- (unless you're juggernaut)
i don't think the people played dota competitively before lol
mm and i dont like how they distinguish the "types" of heroes so clearly, i do hope the skills and the items they provide give more flexibility in how you want to play your hero (eg push techie, suicide techie, dps techie variants depending on skill and item order, etc)
and i pray that siege heroes all don't immediately come with the longer-than-tower range (in fact, i don't really like the concept of having many siege heroes at all)
oh, but having tyrael and diablo in it? illidian as well? holy fucking shit YES
On October 22 2011 05:04 dtz wrote: makes me excited to play it even as long time fans of dota. Really think that in terms of character design and models, blizzard is still no 1.
This. Looking at the DotA 2 trailer my reaction was something like "meh." Watching this I'm instantly pumped to see all of my favorite characters duke it out! Also, it looks a lot better than DotA 2 (imo).
Graphics wise I think it is fine. They put enough detail into the heroes themselves and it is kinda cool playing as heroes we have played with in other games.
Gameplay wise i don't expect much. The market is so saturated atm that it will be hard to carve out a niche to make this game anything but a waste of time/money on Blizzards behalf.
Edit: Watching these videos I actually am interested to see how these new mechanics play out. A 4th type of hero, the new creep spawns and the new item system coupled with the mount mode could make for some more interesting and fast paced play.
Watching the video, I absolutely HATE the ammo for towers part. I don't mind the mounts, and I kinda like the creep thing but the ammo on towers thing is just stupid imo. Made worse when you see how slowly it recharges.
Also, being able to bring bosses into your lane to fight for you is way too powerful.
One obvious plus to this game tho is that the games will probably be shorter. Better teams will be able to win faster and if ever competitive, bo3s wouldn't take all night.
All i want to know, is will the models be available for use in the editor for other purposes? holy cow those warcraft and diablo models were SICK!!!! like dat Arthas and dat witchdocter??? dayum!!!
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