edited like a wonder fragvideo

I don't like the look of this game either but I'm not sure why it's generating outrage, this is exactly what you should expect at this point.

Also even if it did somehow turn out to be decent, we'd all keep playing TF2 anyway.

Got access to the game today. Nowhere near as bad as ppl are assuming lol

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Fortnite of Legends

According to the Twitter account in the OP, the game was originally inspired by Half-Life and Portal aesthetically, probably back when the project was still called Citadel. It was changed to Dota/fantasy because of "bad feedback".

Tasteless retards are ruining MY video games

i saw a bit of the sci fi build and it actually looked pretty bad too because it looked more like neon overwatch than half life or portal sadly
a shame because a game that looked like a more stylized half life 1 aesthetic would have been pretty killer

i wish valve would stay away from dota for a bit and try to focus on a new ip

hopefully this gets cancelled

I know I'm getting down frags for this.

Got access and it was alright, didn't have the most fun cause I'm not a moba player, but if you are, you're gonna ride this games dick I'll tell you that much.

How well does it run and do you think ping would be a big deal in it?

the vast majority of moba players already play the two big mobas who are generally considered to be the pinnacle of their genres, why would they transition to a game that's in a subgenre that was historically not successful (the only 3rd person moba that wasn't a dead on arrival failure is smite) developed by a company that has a genuinely horrible recent track record coupled with the worst anticheat in the industry

like i've been playing league of legends for 12 years and i'm sorry but i don't feel like switching games so i can have the privilege of playing dotaborn with day 1 spinbots

it runs well but still early so it's not the best at times and ping is alright, being stuck at 50-80 ping at times, I don't think it'll be a big issue when it launches.

played 1 match and was reminded why i do not play mobas. im sure if u like mobas and very simple aiming mechanics this game could be good

laning in deadlock is some of the least fun ive ever had playing a multiplayer videogame

yo dawg i heard u like fps and moba games so we mashed them together to create an abomination. hope u enjoy

I don't enjoy moba's, I had more fun with the game than I initially thought I would. I also enjoy valorant though so my opinion needs to be taken with a grain of salt
I don't think the game feels like it's on source engine but I do like that I run it well with a modern gaming rig, I've heard some people have had issues with much older PCs

oh we're all talking about playing it now so i'll do it
i played some of it myself, i just really don't like MOBAs
i liked shooting people and that's it, but i tend to just like shooting people in multiplayer games in general. the abilities and stuff just do not appeal to me. i think stuns and slows are boring, and the game has a lot of those. MOBAs just don't make much sense to me, i'd rather just shoot the guys then take a point than escort my mooks to go help me fight a bigger mook. if you're all over DOTA2 though you'll probably like it

hope its plagued by cheater bots like tf2

xD
but game is still bad and looks like fortnite :/

I thought it looked terrible from the leak, but since I got an invite I've been absolutely proven wrong. I'm impressed with how many of the fun parts of Dota they managed to adapt to this format. I hope the initial impression doesn't put people off from giving it a good try - it does take a while to get to grips with it, but I've found it to be very rewarding and a lot of fun.

EU servers are now also live which makes a big difference. Many more EU players are now getting invited which means a lot of brand new players on the servers, so a good time to give it a try for anyone worried about learning the game.

if you're really desperate to play a more confusing third person shooter version of dota 2 you might find it fun but i've played like 6 games so far and it's one of the dullest mobas i've ever touched

Its not the worst, i think its in a good spot for an alpha, there are some clear balancing issues however I do feel it's nice to see some skill based elements put into a third person moba, if you look at overwatch for example, that is a first person moba without any of the skill based moba or fps stuff, deadlock has these things which is nice.

I think the artstyle is carrying it hard though, look up neon prime leaked gameplay its clear if it still looked like that no one would care. i think the valve polish will be why people play this.

really wondering if it does flop where valve will go, as that will be dota underlords, artifact and deadlock all failing, i kind of want that to happen as itll force them to re-evaluate what has worked before.

my main wonder is how long its going to take them to abandon this title next though.

Anyone else get an invite to playtest? I got one yesterday that I've just seen now,

So now that Valve have soft launched the title and removed the streaming/creating videos restrictions, I'm starting to think that the game suffers from a "very fun to play, not very fun to watch" problem, and I'm not sure there's a great way to fix that

TF2 has a similar problem that tf2 youtubers often brute force to get around, and the tf2 streaming category is next to dead quite often unless there's an official cast or charity event happening (exceptions happen obviously)
is there a solution to this? might need a hud overhaul or something, but the hud when you're actually playing is also fine for the most part. Same visual spam as other MOBA's, but having played it since it had 300 invites makes me biased towards deadlock over league or dota, which i have no real experience with

i think this game suffers from "not very fun to play, not very fun to watch"

over the past two months i've found strong entertainment value in deadlock by just queueing up with a friend, going into a duo lane and stomping the enemy laners by wholesale ignoring farming and wave manipulation and just peppering them with unavoidable chip damage as every character in this fucking game is ranged for some reason and you can deal damage past your optimal range, only stopping to pop those shitty cash baloons that creeps drop after dying

i'm genuinely shocked that this is a project made by a developer/publisher as wealthy and storied as valve, even battleborn felt more well thoughtout and considered than whatever the hell this is

^ What are you mad at exactly? You figured out the best way to lane, stomped people with your friend, and this made you mad? What's going on in this thread idk why this game is pissing people off so much. It's pretty fun and it's huge already