First leak of DotA2

[Arcon]

2 extra buttons beside QWER, one is as big as the other skills...the last one has only 3 upgrades...is there 6 skills for each hero/champion/whatever now? One has got to be the stats I'm guessing.

23 level cap looks like too >>

Edit : If they start introducing hats you can buy I will laugh myself silly.

Some skills have several parts to them but are leveled up as one skill. Such as shadowfiend, all the 3 first abilities are the same skill, but you can activate it 3 times. It's an odd way of doing it, but it works I guess.

Lvl cap is 25 if it's the same as DoTA I think. You get a couple levels that you put into stats as well, instead of just the skills. No idea why they do that instead of just working those into the heroes, but they want to stick to everything DoTA did.

[LLRMPH]

maps
interface all looking good!
still have that wc3 feel

[Warlordz]

Not really what I expected...thought Valve was going to do something new for Dota, but instead they added 3 different buttons, which is cool, but I have a feeling these screenshots are not real OR Valve changed a lot sense then.

I'm SO EXCITED

[Professor Cena]

LOL!
Knew it would get a cartoony look.

[LLRMPH]

LOL!
Knew it would get a cartoony look.

i thought WC3 is more cartoony?
this is somewhat pretty nice ^^

not full hardcore like HoN
and not to cartoony like LoL?

[Arturnik5]

[marcipaans]

Wohoo!

/sarcasm

I'll stick to HoN whatever comes out of this. Not to mention the game will cost as a minimum of 49.99 Euro which I don't really plan on saving.

[Seya]

there are so many free versions ... this will go free just like HON xD
all it has is shiny graphics ...

[Arturnik5]

@2x up

Good for HoN cause obviously it will need players after dota2 comes out.
Every +1 player counts I guess.

[marcipaans]

there are so many free versions ... this will go free just like HON xD
all it has is shiny graphics ...

No no no no no. HoN and LoL will die. Dota 2 will triumph.

@2x up

Good for HoN cause obviously it will need players after dota2 comes out.
Every +1 player counts I guess.

Well hey, if Savage 2 could operate all this time with a playerbase of around 1000 players then HoN can manage that with less people because Savage 2 actually needs around 25 players in 1 game to be played like it's meant to be played.

[Creid]

I can't believe it looks this mediocre. Hon looks better in every way, especially the textures. Luckily for dota2 hon's current f2p system is terrible.

[Warlordz]

My god...what has S2 Games done to your brains?

No offense, but I seriously am getting sick and tired of everyone comparing games and saying "OHHH Heroes of Newerth is so much better!"

"OHHH Click my referral link for Heroes of Newerth!" *Spams threads everywhere*

What has happened?


We all know DOTA 2 will be free to play. It's Valve, and that is one big reason why they added a free to play section, for Team Fortress 2, and this for their upcoming game to add.

League of Legends will stay golden when this comes out for sure.
Heroes of Newerth will be struggling like its now, but it will probably survive.

Reason LoL will survive is because it actually has something different come out, Dominion Mode.

[marcipaans]

My god...what has S2 Games done to your brains?

"OHHH Click my referral link for Heroes of Newerth!" *Spams threads everywhere*

"Pics" or it didn't happen.

[Warlordz]

"Pics" or it didn't happen.

You know it's true. Almost everyone at HoN spam the LoL forums.

[marcipaans]

You know it's true. Almost everyone at HoN spam the LoL forums.

Actually no I don't. I don't have any sane reason to visit LoL forums nor do I have any interest in doing it.

And the only few times I've ever visited LoL forum all I saw was QQ threads how terrible Riot is, servers and hero spamming with no balance so on and so forth.

inb4threadderail

[Arturnik5]

I can't believe it looks this mediocre.

Expectations of players + no ingame gameplay footage + overhype + news from developers about everything but not the gameplay itself (1 mil tournament, mentor system, etc.) = Disappointment at the end.
Same thing will happen to Diablo 3, and Guild Wars 2, and I'm not saying these games are gonna be bad, but there will be at least some disappointment because we're expecting simply too much, and then we're fed with informations about some "revolutionary" system which just raises the expectations even more.

[Alivada]

I'll wait for Warcraft 4's DotA.
Even if i'll wait for years.

I hope Valve don't get the tm for DotA, consdiering it's Blizzard's community which made it.

[Eusnon]

If this isn't free I'm totalleh not playing.

And I hope gameplay is at least good as HONs >_>

[kamikze]

glad this doesnt look like hon, i really dislike that about hon, but just my opinion.

i was hoping the bottom UI bar would be smaller, since thats something ive hated about wc3 a long time.

fyi, dota 2 will be f2p, prolly like LoL, but i hope to god it wont be 10 free champs a week. That would kill them off the bat.

Buying a hat will prolly be in their f2p/ buy to look nice model

[Aimee]

I'm really happy that this is going with an art direction like this. While I do enjoy both HoN & LoL, I always prefer LoL because I can actually see what's going on in a fight. HoN is too dark in my opinion.

I would like to see DoTA 2 having kill speeds as fast as HoN instead of the ridiculous poking phase LoL has degenerated into lately.

[Ouriel]

DotA 2 will have it's first appearance on Gamescom this year.

http://dota2.com/

[Arcon]

glad this doesnt look like hon, i really dislike that about hon, but just my opinion.

i was hoping the bottom UI bar would be smaller, since thats something ive hated about wc3 a long time.

fyi, dota 2 will be f2p, prolly like LoL, but i hope to god it wont be 10 free champs a week. That would kill them off the bat.

Buying a hat will prolly be in their f2p/ buy to look nice model

I bet that the UI will be scaleable for your own needs, well atleast I hope it is.

I will try the game, if only for playing my two favourite heroes in good graphics and a not crap engine

Don't really care if they go full retail price or f2p. Valve hasn't really dissapointed me so far.

I'm really happy that this is going with an art direction like this. While I do enjoy both HoN & LoL, I always prefer LoL because I can actually see what's going on in a fight. HoN is too dark in my opinion.

I would like to see DoTA 2 having kill speeds as fast as HoN instead of the ridiculous poking phase LoL has degenerated into lately.

I agree with both points, though to a lesser extent on the second.
While killing someone in a single stun is cool and all, being on the recieving end and not be able to use your hero is frustrating beyond belief, which is why I prefer LoL's longer fights as you get to use your abilities more than once a fight.

But since DoTA2 is pretty much gonna be a 100% port(in at least one of the modes) it's gonna be all about quick kills.

[thedudesam]

Doesnt look that good, and I still don't get the hype over this.

I'll stick with LoL and HoN thanks.

[mevefmlx]

Players commenting here don't even know why Shadow Fiend and Doom Bringer have 6 abilities, what can you expect lol..

If you look at playdota they are satisfied, only problem is the interface right now.

[Narog]

is gonna be p2p cos they can