Dota 2 trailer emerges from Gamescom

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• Valve are good at videos of accented fat men talking to a camera. : Happy Doodle Muffin
• cant wait : okellyc
• As usual, Valve's cinematics are fucking gold. : barichnikov
• Give this to me now. : DougL
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  Blizzard are still the cinematic Kings tbh. That was pretty cool though. : rottdcorpse
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    Yeah but I bet Valve doesn't spend the same on cinematics as blizzard :P : Snipergen
    • That may be so, but costs aside, Blizz cinematics are still the business. :D : rottdcorpse
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      what about the most recent 'meet the' vids : papaskot
      • Those videos are really, really good, but still only second best to Blizzard. : Fpsnut
  • Considering the low polygon count of the models (relative to Blizzard cinematics), they probably took the... : DrWaffles
  • This is all done in Source compared to Blizzard's 100+ man 3DSmax cinematic farm : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Nope. Blizzard's might be prettier, but they're undone by the laughable dialogue. : Arceihn
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      Succeeding you! : sasoi
      • PAIN! : Gorkgork
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      You mean "awesome dialogue" I'm sure. Some of it sure, like 5% might be a bit hammy, but come on...SC2 fi... : rottdcorpse
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        Blizzard dialogue is cliched and cheesy as fuck, like that SC2 line there. : sneakyalmond
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          Cliched or not, it's the delivery that counts. Also nothing cheesy about it tbh. : rottdcorpse
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            It's the very definition of cheese. Nothing wrong with enjoying that, but let's call a spade a spade. : Arceihn
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              You're confusing "cliche" with "cheese". The delivery is generally pretty good. For the definition of che... : rottdcorpse
              • Cheese isn't just delivery. Writing can be cheesy regardless of an actor's performance. But for what it's... : Arceihn
      • Blizzard cinematics are pretty but its all way way too self-serious : Serpico74
• I like, feels a little rushed but still nice. : supermonkeyballz
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  I wish I could get excited about this, but unless the controls are going to be more like a normal 3rd per... : Vincent Grayson
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    its 4 keys and a mouse click : happynoodle
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      Right, but it's impremise and would be far easier to control if it worked like a normal third-person game... : Vincent Grayson
      • The controls are actually very precise. You have four buttons that work when and where you click them and... : Psigun
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        what exactly do you want? wasd movement? I dont understand? its diablo deathmatch, 3rd person controls wo... : happynoodle
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          Yeah, WASD would get me playing. I tried HoN when it was in beta and the controls just never felt right. : Vincent Grayson
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            that would really hamper your response time to cast spells and abilities. some require multiple clicks etc. would also mean a locked camera view which is bad, as some champs have global abilities.
            

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            that would really hamper your response time to cast spells and abilities. some require multiple clicks et... : happynoodle
          • This would be a really bad idea, dude. : sneakyalmond
          • Trust me, this would be HORRIBLE for this style of game. : Ecks
          • I bet you also turn with the arrow keys in FPS games and backpeddle in MMOs. : Lukiopimp
          • this type of game is not for you : kiddygrinder
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        it's only imprecise if you're really really bad at RTS style controls (point and click what) : R@zzle
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          Which I am. I guess what I want is a different game really, but the idea of lots of characters each wi... : Vincent Grayson
          • do what i do and control camera with WASD. absolute world of diff. trust me on this i know what you are d... : kainen1
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            LoL has co-op vs ai. give it a go for a while and get use to it. you're going to miss out on some epic ba... : happynoodle
            • It being a Valve title (DOTA2, that is), I'll probably give it a shot...I can't help but expect they'll a... : Vincent Grayson
      • The controls are what they need to be. It's not a FPS or TPS. : zehh
  • Hope your clothes are fireproof. : fractured_sanity
  • Then we won't see you playing. Sorry too bad. : Iwannaacura
  • This would be an awesome change , from the leaked screens probably not gonna happen :( Would be cool i... : valcan_s
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  haha why do companies release trailers like this. Just makes their game look like shit. : lcizzle
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    What? That looked pretty good. : sanchez
    • I think he means when you play the game, it looks like shit compared to the trailer. : Vincent Grayson
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    did you watch the video? : okellyc
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      I think he's referring to how it's not a gameplay trailer. http://youtu.be/XDS5D0HKGwo : Sailor of Fortune
      • lol : lcizzle
      • haha I love that one : Godhatesfatpeople
      • haha, great : Nullzero
      • still makes me laugh : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • I had no interest in Dota at all before I saw this trailer. : pun][sher
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    Yeah, it's been biting Blizzard in the ass for years now... : Kniggit
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      huh? A Blizzard trailer is 10000000000000000000000000000000x better than this and was pretty much exactly... : lcizzle
      • They game is being shown off in two more days. Calm down nerd. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  "I will give you speed beyond measure!" And then it shows someone running really slowly. I think ... : Mystery0000
  • she fires them arrows pretty fast, speed could also mean agility which speeds up there attack : okellyc
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  It's WoW 2! : Twstr709
  • LOL, I would re subscribe, maybe in 5 years. : valcan_s
  • The warrior guy is all WoW Warrior type. Shockwave, Cleave, Overpower .. pretty neat. : Lukiopimp
• SO FUCKING PUMPED : H@rvester
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  The trailer's very nice, but did you notice all the heroes/champions are ones from DotA? Drow Ranger, Axe... : DelnarErsike
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    Addendum: This is what bothers me, and this is going to hold DotA 2 back from ever becoming as popular as : DelnarErsike
    • I'll certainly give it a try, but you may be right. : sneakyalmond
    • I read it a bit differently than you. If Valve does the "evolving" similar to what they did with TF2, ... : Lung Fu Mo Shi
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    LoL was free and HoN was not : synapse19
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      Being free to play doesn't explain how popular it has become. There are loads of free games out there but... : Serpico74
      • It's certainly not the only reason, and I wasn't implying that it was, but being free helped it establish... : synapse19
      • yeah, that's why farmville isn't the biggest game in the world : kiddygrinder
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      I hate this freakin argument so much. I have a HoN account and a LoL account and i only play lol now. Als... : bloodypalace
      • I don't understand why it's so hard for some people to accept that there's more than one factor that affe... : synapse19
  • Well it is titled Dota 2. Valve will probably add more characters. Maybe? : K1Bond007
  • You are high as hell if you think DOTA2 is doomed in two years. : MercFox1
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    You're pretty ignorant on this subject. DotA has only been ramping up in popularity over the years. In pa... : miasma&!
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      4/10? Punchline could have been funnier : Porkasaurus
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        I'm being completely serious here. : miasma&!
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          8/10 - well played : Porkasaurus
          • lol : [7]kami
  • So your saying HoN is dieing? News to me since the number have been going up pretty steadily for quite s... : daroach1414
  • I don't play Dota, never did, but I know from my experience with HoN and my friends experiences that what... : rottdcorpse
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  two more days and we'll finally see this bad boy in motion! : happynoodle
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    I hope to play DOTA again with you good sir! : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      Heck yea! You're awesome mate! I am interested in seeing some original champs from the valve team, sh... : happynoodle
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        Side-thread: What Valve characters would make awesome heroes? I think anyone from TF2 or maybe one of ... : Porkasaurus
        • Dog, the TF2 cast, L4D crew, and the garden gnome from HL2 : Godhatesfatpeople
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          we need the engineer for sure : happynoodle
          • and the zombie combine please! : happynoodle
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  is that claymation because it looks like shit : grandmasterlee
  • I guess everything not super high poly OMG Crysis must look like shit to you eh? : Zips
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    you realize that's in-engine source right? that's pretty fucking impressive. : happynoodle
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      in-engine source? What? I don't understand : grandmasterlee
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        They made the video using high rez in-engine source. for a game engine thats impressive. they did the sa... : happynoodle
        • I didn't realize that, thats damn impressive then. : grandmasterlee
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          Any confirmation of this? Not that I doubt it, given the quality of the "Meet The" videos, but this looks... : ColoradoCNC
          • This video is rendered in the source movie maker. Its the same engine as the game but it allows for custo... : happynoodle
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        Source. Engine. This is why I shouldn't bother to reply to front page news replies... : Zips
        • The OP says CG trailer, how should I have kmown? : grandmasterlee
    • What makes you think it's in-engine? I think it looks awesome by the way. : roggor
  • I liked it, it has style, but then I like claymation too. : Yabrodan
• I don't get it. The game has nothing to do with this. : El Guapo
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  I may not understand the low level intricacies of the DotA games, but it really seems like 3 people made ... : holinka
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    It's about the same difference between Unreal/Quake, Command & Conquer/Red Alert, Age of Empires/Age of M... : Porkasaurus
    • ^^^ great analogy : happynoodle
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      There's no Facing Worlds in Q3Arena. : guigr
      • thank god. : Supine
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        LOW GRAVITY INSTAGIB : [7]kami
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          Heh. I had a soft spot for that game mode. It was just so relaxing. Great way to unwind. : mindmann
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            No it wasn't. It was horrible and you will admit it was horrible or i will.... or i will.... WELL GODDAMM... : [7]kami
            • it was kind of relaxing in short bursts. everyone went in a straight line. you could just kind of sit bac... : mindmann
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  Too bad it'll be tied to two of the worst gaming communities (behavior-wise) on the planet. :( It cou... : wytefang
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    Two? DOTA and what else? : roggor
    • Valve. : wytefang
• I'm more impressed by Steam's new data delivery system that got me the HD version of the video at my conn... : MeestaNob
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  Wait, there's a pandaren in there? Blizzard must be even more miffed that Valve did this now, I still rea... : node
  • Storm is like this fat ghost guy. Only thing close to that Blizzard character is that they're fat and hav... : Godhatesfatpeople
• The guy looks a bit like Bobby Kotick. : Lord Skellington
• Aladin seller, airite? : angelrubio