Chilly New League of Legends Screenshots

by Alice O'Connor, Apr 02, 2009 12:47pm PDT

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A crisp batch of League of Legends: Clash of Fates shows off its twinkly snow level.

League of Legends is inspired by popular Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients, where players level up a single avatar amongst a giant battle of smaller armies.

Developer Riot Games' team includes some of the people behind DotA and certainly appears to be following nicely in its wonderful, wonderful footsteps.

League of Legends: Clash of Fates is due to be released on PC later this year.

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is this game built using a licensed wc3 engine? sure looks like wc3 with better textures...

Apr 02, 2009 1:06pm PDT

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is this game built using a licensed wc3 engine? sure looks like wc3 with better textures... : brainchild420
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- It uses a engine developed by riot games : Dantarios
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  yeah it would have been cool if they would have got their own style and not just copy warcraft 3 : dantastic
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    With so many people playing DoTA, who love and recognize WC3's art style and feel, I think it'd be stupid... : Sturm08
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      Demigod for example got some critic for the look and empty, symetric battlefields. Well I agree with you,... : Johnnsen
      
      I love the way Warcraft 3 and WoW look. Colorful, fun, they run well, lots of personality. I've only play... : Sturm08
      
      I don't get why Demigod did that (the symetric arena thing). It totally breaks immersion even in the prev... : [7]kami
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    I think a cartoony feel is key certainly to DotA. Some of the heroes, spells and abilities are so odd that they only work in a cartoon world and this variety and slight wackiness is part of DotA's appeal.
    
    A ghost pirate ship which douses everyone with rum? I'm not sure you can play that straight.
    
    Apr 02, 2009 2:21pm PDT
    
    I think a cartoony feel is key certainly to DotA. Some of the heroes, spells and abilities are so odd tha... : Alice O'Connor
- It doesn't appeared to be tile based like the WC3 engine - the ground looks like it was textured in a 3D ... : Porkasaurus

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