2sy_morphiendedota 1 = original moba
dota 2 = dota 1 with less heroes out and better graphics
hon = dota 1 with better graphics and lots more heroes that arent even in dota
HoN is the try-hard 90s ACTION edition of DotA. Most of the S2 heroes are fucking retarded and ever since hon 2.0 they gave up on attempting to be dota and instead went for some other crazy sort of game where heroes that have 2.5k radius 40% slow 250 damage nukes that don't require vision are o k.
Damn shame because I would have liked to see deadwood and forsaken archer in a playable arts but I guess I never will.
God I remember how broken they were when they came out. Although Plague(Lich)/Engineer were the most broken heroes when they came out. SPLASH on Lich ult, who the hell thought that would be fair? And 200% attack speed turrets with unlimited attack modifiers and lots of HP (ace the team when they try to kill your turret and you're in spawn).
In reality, HoN needed to be different than dota, but it's really hard for it to get a greater player base back. It has the best system/UI/customization etc hands down, but bad heroes + people not liking the look stopped it from getting anywhere.
PS. I still can't believe they haven't added ctrl modifier to dota2. Come on :(