Heroes of Newerth Trailer Unveils DotA Action

Play Warcraft 3 instead people, learn to control more than 1 unit!

This game is the first non-Blizzard title that looks, plays and feels like a Blizzard title.
That by itself is a huge accomplishment for any dev.

Seriously challenging and addicting. Just the way i like it.

I played the beta for about a month. The game is pretty fun, but there are many elitists within the community that ruin the experience at times.

I can't tell what kind of game that is from the gameplay snippets.

It's a superb game that's extremely addictive. As others have said the only real issues are the community is somewhat feral - something the dota community has always been famous for. That and it has a pretty ridiculously difficult learning curve. Sure there's tons of games with 5v5 NOOBS ONLY in the titles, but good luck actually finding one with noobs in it - and if you are that unfortunate only newb in the game...well expect to be abused when y ou dont know what to do or die etc (dying in dota/hon = bad - it feeds the enemy gold/experience)

Beyond that though, if you have reasonably thick skin, you will find a fantastically realised, intense team-based game. Graphically they've taken the DOTA look and really ran with it, it has some absolutely superb animations and fx, with a great range of diverse heroes to match.

I was addicted to DotA until i tried the HoN beta... WOW, this game rocks, the kick system, concede/remake, reconnection features, Great Graphics, no lag (i'm from Colombia and i play with people of EU and US),

I preordered this game after playing 3 hours, it keeps getting better each patch.

There are a few bugs, missing heroes/sounds but so fat is the best beta i have ever played.

great game.. play it every night.. already preordered on the first day ;D

As a non-DotA player, I found League of Legends (LoL) to be a much better game. I think most relative newbs I've seen share that opinion. It's probably split more once you get experienced players as HoN is pretty much a port of DotA while LoL makes some changes.

Both seem good, but LoL's community has been much more pleasant to play with...maybe because it doesn't have voice comm yet.

Can you play this offline at all? I'd have ZERO interest in MP.

Quite a fun game (i'm in the beta). They really have done DoTA justice.

I personally didn't like DoTA much back in W3, but they have changed quite a few things for the better making it a big easier to control and play. I really enjoy a game every now and again now.

My only gripe is the weapon buying system, though it is a vast improvement over DoTA it still confuses the hell out of me some times, they need some sort of tutorial/way to help newcomers understand what they need to buy for what characters.

Not to mention, stopping to buy a weapon can cost you dearly, so you need to memorize what to buy at what stages. It'd be great if you could say setup a plan in the waiting screen (while players join) of what weapons to buy so when you get in game you know exactly what to get.

I'm in the beta but I'm actually scared to play a game cause everyone will eat me alive. I hated DotA for the same reason, and this looks like a verbatim clone. I've played with a buddy and some AI though, but I don't think that's the same.

The other day I noticed there were over 14000 players online.

In case anyone wasn't aware for some reason or another, the NDA has officially been lifted.

Having played it for a while, it's pretty solid, but huh. Didn't know they were making a world editor. Neat.

Very nice. I love the trailer. It really makes me want to go home and play HoN.

OK, this actually does look sort of interesting.

Grats S2! Hope this game brings you guys the success you deserve

Good stuff. All the matchmaking stuff alone is worth the price of admission, at least to my eyes (and ears).

The fact that I can finally play DotA with graphics that aren't ass-ugly is a great perk on top of that.

Oooo, looks purdy.