Is it worth buying? Right now I play League of Legends and it's kind of getting repetitive. So.. heroes of newerth worth buying?
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Is it worth buying? Right now I play League of Legends and it's kind of getting repetitive. So.. heroes of newerth worth buying?
FREE TRIALS!
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yea, 30$ its cheap , if you want me to sent you an invite for 10 free game to try it pm me
I've played both and I love HoN but it's way too tough for me to learn all the things about it....the game is a lot tougher in general compared to LoL so be prepared to get owned a lot and put a ton of time into learning the game.
What korncob said. And you kind of need a thick skin too.
HoN is better than LoL and worse than DotA, but can be valid waiting for Dota 2.
Its a really good game... dont cry if you get yelled at though... just take their advice that they yell at you and you will improve.. Need at least 200 games I would say to be even close to average..
I disagree as both of them have different play style.
@OP as for you HoN really does have a huge Learning curve compare to LoL, i was just lucky that i played DotA for years which made this game feel right for me. As for the community, i would say both of them suck.
Played both + Dota 5.54 to present and I would say HoN is good if you like DotA. If you like LoL I suggest you stay with LoL but if you're looking for a more stressful game try HoN. :) I don't know about LoL but in HoN/DotA games can be decided by lineups alone(unless the people playing are shitty ones.).
About the free trial don't even think about doing that because you won't get into ranked games and the guy's you'll play with are shitty players that always leave. I suggest you borrow an account from a friend to see what ranked games play.
In my most humble opinion:
HoN beats the shit out of LoL and actual DoTA
LoL is slightly subpar as compared to actual DoTA in terms of gameplay,
But Storm of the Imperial Sanctum (Starcraft 2 DoTA) beats the shit out of all of them.
EDIT: I recommend you purchase Starcraft 2, because not only is there multiple DoTA styled maps, you can also play thousands of other custom maps as well as classic style league matches and single player.
SC2 is simply just the best rts atm. Why buy HoN where theres a shitty community and only one play style when you could play the same thing plus more on SC2.
if LoL is repetitive to you, then HoN would be the same as well.
If you found LoL repetitive, then you will probably feel the same about HoN, LoL atleast has a little bit more motivation as you can gain IP and buy champs/runes.
Take L.O.L add a better community add a double dose of competitiveness.
Then you pretty much have HoN, oh not to forget graphically HoN is less cartoon-styled, not that i have anything against League of legends graphics.
HoN has a better community ??
Does anyone have the free trial? It would be awesome if I got one. :D
I would say HoN has a pretty terrible community in all honesty.
Thats not saying LoL has a good one, but still.
Gets better once you get into higher levels (25+), low level is extremely lulzy.
People complain about matchmaking when they are level 10 fighting 30's, when 9 times out of 10 its because the 30 queued with the low level. If a 30 queues with anyone lower than 20ish it will generally match you with people 15-20. So naturally they complain.
You also have to take into account that the game is free, so your going to get many people trying it when they have never played anything like it. Since its an easy game to get into, they stay. Where as in HoN, people get crushed, insulted every game, to the point where they quit because they decide it isnt worth it, usually on the free trial.
I've done maybe... 600 games of League of legends. I've played every champion more than once. I don't plan on quiting but I want to try something new.
Edit: I got a trial from here:
http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/hon-trial/
This is true however I've had waaaaay too many games where I've been against garen mordekaiser vladimir etc. basically from what I've played in LoL there's just plain too many FOTM character's that are in just about every game I play...
Is it like that in HoN? In the unofficial games I always saw different characters but again that was unofficial so I have no clue.
Heroes of Newerth is a recommended game. :)
One of the best games in the Dota genre IMO.
Anyways, I think this might help you decide:
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3175835
IN MY OPINION.
HoN > DotA > LoL
HoN took what DotA had and made it better.
DotA is a classic.
LoL added a lot of new features, but the game seemed dumbed down and simple. Definitely did not have that DotA feel. No one in the community can play the game, and the game just s****feeds you a lot (To the point where things get boring almost).
All are good, LoL just isn't as fun in my opinion. And since HoN is retail, chances are you will encounter more players who know what they are doing.
DotA > LoL > HoN
HoN took what DotA had and made it worse, trying to ride the LoL popularity.
DotA is the ****ing epic classic.. is DotA!
LoL is just a different game but more original than HoN.
All are good ( joke ), LoL is for casual player who dont know what the hell is dota. And since HoN is retail, you need to pay 30$ to play with noobs in a failed copy of dota.
the post above me is a fanboy and not from one who tryed them all for years.
LoL will never be better than HoN because its for noobs and just too easy+
unbalanced.
but HoN will be not the number 1 because the main game is always the
number one so Dota > HoN > LoL
HoN did a great job with dota + the heroes are more balanced than the LoL
ones..Seriously (to all the LoL fanboys) i think you just joined this scene
since LoL..if you had played dota (league/clan wars) you should know that
LoL sucks and HoN is your best choice as a dota player :-/
noob,fanboy and your story was rlly cool bro -.-Quote:
DotA > LoL > HoN
HoN took what DotA had and made it worse, trying to ride the LoL popularity.
DotA is the ****ing epic classic.. is DotA!
LoL is just a different game but more original than HoN.
All are good ( joke ), LoL is for casual player who dont know what the hell is dota. And since HoN is retail, you need to pay 30$ to play with noobs in a failed copy of dota.
the post above me is a fanboy and not from one who tryed them all for years.
This is how I see the games:
HoN is not for the average casual gamer. It's very competitive and like the original DotA, the learning curve is pretty hard. It may be a bit harder for some DotA players because of the original heroes that S2 has provided to mix in with the ported ones. Like someone said in earlier post, you need thick skin to play this game. People WILL chew you up and spit you out if you don't know how to play. But that's how it was IN THE ORIGINAL DOTA!
In DotA, there was no tutorial, there were no friendlies. I remember playing DotA for the first couple of months and people tore me a new one because I was constantly messing up builds, I didn't know which characters to play, etc, etc. But then over time, I learned how to play DotA, I got very good at it (not the best, but I can play!), I grew balls and learned to take the trash talk and do trash talking of my own. But that's what I loved about DotA after playing it for 4 years.
I played LoL to level 30, put in about +300 games in normal and ranked. And I'm not here to bash anyone on LoL. But it is a VERY casual game. It's a game for those who have never played a single unit RTS, it's free, the community is A LOT nicer than HoN/DotA (because the DotA players moved to HoN, so you get the same elitist), but the players are x1000 worse than a kid playing LoL with downs syndrome. The company itself is doing a pretty bad job right now with not balancing it's champions because they're constantly releasing more champions that are broken.
I do like HoN more than LoL & DotA, though DotA has a special place in my heart. HoN is improved, I'm a very competitive gamer so I like the scene, and I like their additions of their own heroes mixing in with the ported ones. It took very little effort to learn how to play HoN since I played DotA for years, LoL was a walk in the park.
invites? you mean trial acc? weekend acc? sure..there are trial accQuote:
Can we still get invites for this?
if you wanna play for one weekend
Yet yours transcends his as the paragon of fanboy posts = =
ah the memories.
Anywhoo, give the game a try and see for yourself, chances are if you found LoL boring, you'll find HoN boring after a few hundred games (though the heroes are more interesting than LoLs)
I'm waiting for Dota 2 myself.
yup. I never said that people will not like LoL but its not really a dotaQuote:
Yet yours transcends his as the paragon of fanboy posts = =
ah the memories.
Anywhoo, give the game a try and see for yourself, chances are if you found LoL boring, you'll find HoN boring after a few hundred games (though the heroes are more interesting than LoLs)
I'm waiting for Dota 2 myself.
game..I know many people who love LoL but failed in HoN and hey
i know that HoN is boring too (if i had too many rounds).
Thats normal..every game you play for more than some hours is boring
but i play every day 1-3 rounds. I think 1-4 rounds are enough or
you will be bored.
@ Dota2: i dont think this game will be epic. I am a bit disapointed that
valve wanna rise Dota2 + i dont like their marketing for this game.
sure..i wanna have a real dota 2 - HoN is just a dota1 with better graphic +
some new heroes but in the end...i rlly think you should not hype dota2..
you will be disapointed if valve fails..
HoN isn't just a dota1 with better graphic + some new heroes..
HoN is the half of dota1 with new engine + some new heroes and items.
Dota 2 will be just a dota 1 with better engine and feature, that's all we want :)
nah..if dota2 will be like dota1 just with better graphic it will definitleyQuote:
HoN isn't just a dota1 with better graphic + some new heroes..
HoN is the half of dota1 with new engine + some new heroes and items.
Dota 2 will be just a dota 1 with better engine and feature, that's all we want
fail. HoN is allready there and we dont need a graphic update. We
need smth new but still the dota feeling. Its hard to create such a game
so i hope they will do the best to rise this game.
LoL for example tryed this too but they failed (for the dota community)
we dont want a LoL2 or just a copy of HoN with the original dota heroes.
We want a real dota 2! Dota 2 should be epic :D
A DoTa 2 that's win will be kinda hard. I don't mind the shitty graphics, instead "WELCOME THE INNOVATION BABY!"
I'm still slogging my way through the Garena HoN and I can't f*cking stand those goddamn 'pinoys' making me lose every single game. I'm thinking of buying S2's HoN now.
So wait you want to replace one game that is repetitive with another game that plays the same but has some minor differences that will also soon get repetitive?
Why not use that 30 for hon and buy a different genre like fps or an rts?
but yes hon is pretty fun i haven't played in a while and honestly don't really plan on returning to it but during my time played twas fun indeed.
bu honestly besides graphics hon and lol are pretty much the same save the extreme fanboism on both sides of course..
scorpio
i got 4 invites left for hon with 10 free games, who wants one pm me
LoL & HoN playing the same with minor differences. Oh boy, the last time you played must have been "never". There are big differences in the game. Place a LoL kid into an HoN game and he'll sit there like: "WHERE'S GOLEM? LIZARD? WHATS THIS RUNE? NO MASTERIES? WTF NO RUNE BOOKS? LOBBIES?! NO QUEUE?!"
All games when you play them get repetitive over time. Doesn't matter what genre it is.
RTS Example:
Starcraft 2. Objective? Make a base of your own and destroy the enemy base. Next game? Make a base of your own and destroy the enemy base. Next game? Make a base of your own and destroy the enemy base.
FPS Example:
Call of Duty. Objective? Kill this, kill that guy, get killed, respawn, capture the flag. Next game? Kill this, kill that guy, get killed, respawn, capture the flag. Next game? Kill this, kill that guy, get killed, respawn, capture the flag.
MMO Example:
World of Warcraft. Objective? Quest & Level Up. Quest & Level Up. Quest & Level Up. Quest & Level Up. Raid & PVP. Raid & PVP. Raid & PVP. Raid & PVP. Raid & PVP. Raid & PVP. Raid & PVP. Raid & PVP. Raid & PVP. Raid & PVP. Raid & PVP.
^ This post is full of win.
But really, how is LoL and HoN ever similar besides the fact they are based on DoTa's playing style? Even then, LoL diverge greatly from the original playing style.
I would say that LoL is one of those games that is easy to pick up but hard to master.
I wager several of the players here who are proclaiming that LoL is just 'casual' probably only did a few solo-queue matches. If you make it up into the upper ELOs you'll begin to really see the competitive scene. So LoL is definitely as competitive as HoN and i'd argue even moreso in those aspects.
With that said, I'd offer the OP the advice that if they liked certain features from DOTA (LoS jungle, denying, losing gold on death etc) then go ahead and try HoN.
The difference isn't one of which is more casual or competitive since LoL has ranked now and you can do EM in HoN anyway. So play based on which one has the mechanics you like more.
nah..you just think so. Here are MANY people who played LoL up to the high ranks + playing LoLQuote:
I would say that LoL is one of those games that is easy to pick up but hard to master.
I wager several of the players here who are proclaiming that LoL is just 'casual' probably only did a few solo-queue matches. If you make it up into the upper ELOs you'll begin to really see the competitive scene. So LoL is definitely as competitive as HoN and i'd argue even moreso in those aspects.
With that said, I'd offer the OP the advice that if they liked certain features from DOTA (LoS jungle, denying, losing gold on death etc) then go ahead and try HoN.
The difference isn't one of which is more casual or competitive since LoL has ranked now and you can do EM in HoN anyway. So play based on which one has the mechanics you like more.
since first beta..its not that we just say that LoL is causal...it is casual! In my opinion HoN or Dota
is Casual too..but i still think HoN is harder to master than LoL.