Can someone explain to me something about HoN and LoL? I've looked at the websites but I'm still unclear. Is there any kind of character development in these games? Or do you start from scratch in every match? Is there any ongoing progress or aims?

Originally posted by Mahlo

Can someone explain to me something about HoN and LoL? I've looked at the websites but I'm still unclear. Is there any kind of character development in these games? Or do you start from scratch in every match? Is there any ongoing progress or aims?

LoL has an out game skill tree for character development.

HoN does not and neither will Dota/Dota 2.

Both however have currency that you can earn to buy cosmetic items in the shops.

Hope that helps. :)

Originally posted by Mizzmo

This game is horrid compared to LoL. HoN is a game for 1 type of person, the hardcore elite. LoL is waaayyyyyy more approachable for someone who just wants to have fun. And I am saying that Pre-Dominion. Now that Dominion is out it's even MORE approachable for casual players. LoL has better models, terrain, balance, and scaling. Granted, LoL's models are more cartoony, but they still look better. Oh did I mention LoL has better lore and backstories? Yeah, there is a reason LoL is flourashing right now and HoN isn't.

agreed.

32 million acounts cause they have a great marketing model and a better game overall.

still its not a MMO dunno why we talking about it here.

Originally posted by cinos

Originally posted by Mahlo

Can someone explain to me something about HoN and LoL? I've looked at the websites but I'm still unclear. Is there any kind of character development in these games? Or do you start from scratch in every match? Is there any ongoing progress or aims?

LoL has an out game skill tree for character development.

HoN does not and neither will Dota/Dota 2.

Both however have currency that you can earn to buy cosmetic items in the shops.

Hope that helps. :)

Yes, thanks. I see that on Steam they boast that RoI is the first MOBA game to have persistent character progression. Is that an option or not considered as good as HoN and LoL. Not sure I'd be interested in a game without character progression of some sort.

to many heroes is a con is this guy serious and giving league of crap graphics/casual a 8 and hon 5.8 is such a joke. That review was wrote by some scrub that never played dota and neither has a clue about dota game.

This review was the biggest fail I have read thus far  on mmorpg.com and am pissed regarding almost everything about it.

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  the pros and cons contradict each other... fail


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  "anything other than heroes fail to look good".. champions are designed to stand out among the creeps.  Their art is of the same calibur, so I don't get it...


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  The game was a straight take from DotA so yes, the game will run like DotA (but don't mention the innovation when it comes to targeting and the like that were WC3 engine limitations)


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  the only thing I do agree with is lack of maps.. can't see any reason why all this time there has been only one main map.  And yes, editor is useless because you can't even host a custom game on it.


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  the social scoring of 4: well I find trolls in online communities everywhere.  But I've seen plenty of games rated on this website that have no more chat capability than HoN yet receive greater scores.

Phil Bickle, you're nothing but a fan-loving LoL player. Please don't ever do anymore biased reviews.

Seriously, quit being a "writer" and find a different career.

I played HON for a while and it is a good game. For people who like moba they should try the game. Someone would say its more for hardcore players but that is nonsense. And yea, for moba there is never enough heroes. 

This review is just outright biased and has plenty of false information. Why is this allowed? Big paycheck from RIOT or something? 

I have played plenty of HoN in both lower brackets while I learned (yes, it's a steep learning curve) and high brackets as I got better. The game is essentialy Dota with new features. Replays, pauses, kicks, spectator mode, mentoring, guilds, etc. That's what Dota players asked for. That's basically what Dota 2 is trying to do now.

Stating thing like casual games start at level 3? That's just a blatant lie. Obvious contradictions in the pros/cons? That's just  not professional.

I'll happily admit moving to a free to play model was a bad move. Perhaps they felt it was necessary, but it hurt the game. That's an actual downside. New players get a severely gimped hero selection pool each game unless they play thousands of games for silver coins or spend obscene amounts of real money.

I'll also happily admit the attitude of most players is absolute trash. They're very very unforgiving towards new players, or even vet players who make a mistake. If you're on the losing side in any game, I garuntee your team is playing the blame game. 

Apart from that, the game is great. I'd love to know why the review is so obviously biased, and why outright lies are allowed.

I ve been playing HoN for about one year and I must say it s good game but it has definitely the worst community I could see. Bunch of kids insulting all around them just because their whole life means playing games so they feel pro and there isnt anything in real life they can do well so they feel satisfaction when insulting the others in HoN. That s the reason why I have to say that LoL is far better game because community in LoL is nice with lots of kind ppl.