League of Legends Quick Review

Hey guys!

In relation to my uni work, I have one essay to go! Woo hoo! But it's being a pain in the ass to start off just like the first one :(

Enough of that, today I wanna post about this game I've been playing. Those of you who've played DoTA should know of it. League of Legends, in short LoL xD. This is an MMO game released by Riot Games and is developed by the people who actually developed DoTA! Here're two videos to start it off :P

The gameplay mechanics is almost the same as DoTA but there are differences such as skills are put in the QWER keys for the first to ultimate skills as well as an added area of effect "ghost" cursor so you can see where some skills land as well as their range. The thing that trumps DoTA is being able to reconnect if you happen to disconnect in game, pretty sweet stuff. There are also tall grass which allows you to catch Pokemon hide in order to make ganking more strategy based I think.

There's also a "summoner" (which is the player) levelling system which allows the game to match you to people who are in your league rather than match you with pros who rape you within 30 seconds the game starts (though it isn't foolproof and it has happened). There is the classic 5v5 games as well as a smaller scale 3v3 game to suit your time.

The downside of the game is that you need to "buy" the heroes you want to use though the game cycles a handful of free heroes to use every week; which is a good thing cos I have no idea what heroes are good to use until I tried them out myself. But the more you play (and win) the more in-game currency you get. The game is free to play so that means they make money off rich people that buy their cash points to unlock stuff without much work. And as with all MMOs there are the noobs who complain a lot and report you for no apparent reason.

I've got a friend who wasn't that into it and he says it's probably the colours of the game. If you jump into it thinking of a dark-DoTA-esque look, you'd be disappointed as the colours are more warm and vibrant even on the "Scourge" side.

However, all-in-all LoL is a pretty solid game though stability has been a bit of a problem a week or two ago. I give LoL a 4/5, it's not perfect but it's good :D

If you're interested go here to find out more.

Here's some screens I saved off the site to put on Tales:

Have fun all!

~Fox