If you’ve been following me from a long time ago, you know I wrote a little about League of Legends (LoL). If you haven’t, here’s the link to it, and it’s a very short post.
Thursday night, I was happy to say I got my desktop running and installed LoL on it. It was just the beta, but I pre-ordered the game already. It definitely has the feel of Defense of the Ancient (DotA) map in WarCraft 3. LoL is its own game and I am very glad they did it. It should have its own title. Not only is it competitive, but also fun. It definitely brings a whole level of teamwork. I do wish that it would play on a Mac though, cause I have my laptop everywhere I go and there are times I crave that game… already.
I only played it once, so don’t take my word for it, but I was convinced that I would enjoy the game and pre-ordered the game. That was how I was able to play beta, I wasn’t really invited into it, though it would be nice (my cousin did though). Nevertheless, my first play in a test server game was nothing more than an enjoyable one. It was even better after my team won ^_^ I played Ashe, a ranger. She reminded me of Drow Ranger in DotA.
Into a short analysis of the game. The first thing that caught me was that it’s beautiful. The color and the look was just stunning and gave a new feel for such a game (that I don’t think was ever created before). I couldn’t be more please with the gameplay. It took a little to get used to the keyboard shortcuts, but after a while, it was really easy. I never needed to move my hand (left hand) on the keyboard away from the home row. It also took me a little while to get used to the fact that my hero was always selected. For strategy games, it is very normal to be able to deselect, only because you usually control more than one hero. In this sense, it’s almost like an MMO, action, or an adventure game where you’re only controlling one person. I am unsure about the tree stats and certain extra things added for heroes when your sorcerer levels up, but things like that brings longevity to a game that just sits there. In this sense, it makes each hero different. I could have the same items and same hero as another person on the team, but because of the different runes we use, our hero will end up with different results and different stats. I could have runes that only up my hp and mana and their regen while the other player could use runes that brings up their damage and attack speed and defense. This definitely brings about the competitiveness of the game and also the different outcome of a game that could happen.
The battle was only 20 minutes. Which was a good time frame. After reading the forums a little, it looked like the time frame could go up as long as an hour, depending on how well each team plays of course. Seeing this, I would recommend people trying out the beta first before purchasing the game. If you’re already into DotA and wish for a new look and feel and play, I say get this game and play both. I stopped playing DotA because the fact that people quitting the game (regardless of being banned or not) just keeps happening and it got very tired.
Regardless, if you are interested in the beta, I do have one available beta request left. If you are interested (after checking out their site) and would like to try it or get an invitation, you are welcome to leave your e-mail address in a comment to this post. Just for a heads up, your e-mail will be publicly known and that is at your own risk. I will also need you to write why you want an invite and who would be your first hero of choice. This is so I won’t be giving invite to some random anonymous person who doesn’t know anything about the game at all. At least I would know why you want it and who you would play. First come first serve, that’s it. Sorry I only have one. I had 2, but the second one was already given out and I only had 3. First one was already given out to a friend.
Once again, check out League of Legends website, created by Riot Games.
