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Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:19 pm
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Master of None
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What do you mean it's not DotA?
game made by team Icefrog, the game is basically DotA without the Warcraft storyline, they are in their own universe.
haven't played it yet, it's on Closed Beta, though you could get an account by becoming a fan at Facebook. Just search it.
Gameplay is almost the same, and almost all heroes are the same, just different appearance. Though there are some differences to some heores, and new ones as well.
Example: Swiftblade (aka HoN's Yurnero) doesn't have Healing Ward. Instead it has (i forgot the name) that blocks melee attacks against him, sort of selective evasion. All other skills are the same.
Game stats are just reworded, though they may be new effects in it.
Here is the forums, check out the heroes and items, it's like pallet-swap DotA or something  |
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Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:53 pm
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| Ooh, I would not be too hopeful about this. I get the feeling Blizzard's gonna lawsuit this project into oblivion |
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Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:03 pm
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Very Old Dragon
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| Hmm...that would depend on the actual status of DoTA and quite possibly the skill set and the coding involved... |
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Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:45 pm
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Master of None
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Well, it's not the 1st time someone copied DotA. There's League of Legends (guinsoo is one of its creators) and Demigod.
The main prob is probably the uncanny likeness of the heroes and items itself, though it is said that it had permission from Blizzard, but I'm not sure if it is true.
BTW, I was wrong about Icefrog being it, apparently Icefrog is still the head developer of DotA. I think they made a comment about HoN already, and they're sort of 'meh' about it.
Check youtube for the vids, my fave move is (their) Treant Protector's Overgrowth. When cast, TP makes a crack on the earth, jumps below, and then branches starts to come out of it, entangling everyone in area of effect.
Oh, i forgot to mention all entangled units get flowers on their heads |
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Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:45 am
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Very Old Dragon
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| I will point out that DoTA is a game concept that run back to Starcraft mods if I remember correctly. Aeon of Strife. |
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Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:22 pm
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Lord of Pwnage
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| It's not that they're copying dota, it's that, stylistically, they're copying Warcraft (which in turn borrows heavily from LotR, but I digress). |
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Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:36 pm
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Sith'ari, Chosen Heart of the Force
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It's not that they're copying dota, it's that, stylistically, they're copying Warcraft (which in turn borrows heavily from LotR, but I digress).
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Borrowing more from Warhammer, I'd say. :p |
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Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:48 pm
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| Revan wrote: |
| boy_bakal wrote: |
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It's not that they're copying dota, it's that, stylistically, they're copying Warcraft (which in turn borrows heavily from LotR, but I digress).
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Borrowing more from Warhammer, I'd say. :p
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I don't know much of Warhammer but what made you say that? |
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Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:04 pm
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Sith'ari, Chosen Heart of the Force
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The green orcs. I think it was GW who popularized the green orc. Iirc, tolkien's orcs were grey. Though WoW ended up being more noble savages then bloodthirsty lunatics. The shoulder armor designs also seem reminiscent of space marines and others, but that might be more coincidental.
The entire muscular fantasy feels more GW than JRRT. |
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Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:32 pm
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Old Dragon
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| By Warcraft borrowing you mean Warcraft III right? I mean.. remember Orcs vs Humans |
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:15 pm
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| i got my beta key for this game this morning from www.alienwarearena.com they were free. i'm currently downloading the installer. |
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:34 pm
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Master of None
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| kebbster wrote: |
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i got my beta key for this game this morning from www.alienwarearena.com they were free. i'm currently downloading the installer.
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you could get free beta keys on facebook as well. i got mine there. |
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