Quick Look: League of Legends

Afterlook! Wtf. No more of this.

" DOTA would be much better if the entire community wasn't composedof douchebags. I can only assume the same fans will carry over to this game also. "

" @samcotts said:

" Please, PLEASE never do a "After Look" again. That was terrible by GiantBomb standards. Without one of the staffers playing it live, it made it ridiculously boring. Needs to be live play for it to have the funnies. "

I hardly even noticed the difference, while there might of been some funny screw ups if it was "live"...there have been a couple of RTS QL's that were not funny in any way, and they were live, so, i dont think there's anything wrong with this.  If anything Brad was able to talk and "sell" the game far better! "

I found it more informative in its after-look form, quick-looks are great and funny, but sometimes ambiguous. More so when they're playing a game that takes a great amount of concentration.

Yaa idk bout this... and afterlooks ftw

" @Erik said:

" This will be legen.... wait for it..... dary. "

YAY! REFERENCES! "

Start to Brad doesn't have the same punch to it with an After Look. Oh well. 
 
Man, I think it took me about halfway through the video to realize it wasn't Warcraft 3. I don't know, when I think Warcraft I think WoW.

Though informative, this 'after-look' lacked the humor of normal quick looks. Stuff like the reaction of seeing the boy hugging his blob wouldn't happen with these 'after looks', my suggestion is to keep the humor in the quick looks and put the real information in the reviews.

" Though informative, this 'after-look' lacked the humor of normal quick looks. Stuff like the reaction of seeing the boy hugging his blob wouldn't happen with these 'after looks', my suggestion is to keep the humor in the quick looks and put the real information in the reviews. "

I don't want to come off as a prick so I'll not be posting the entire list of things you COULD have done.
I reckon if you want a DotA clone without going into a community that's "elitist" League of Legends would suit you better.
Heroes of Newerth - the look of that game is superior, items and heroes are almost direct copies from Defense of the Ancients INCLUDING their strategies. God I love you Faceless Void / Chronos.

Like Whiplash931 said, HoN is an update to Defense of the Ancients. Heck, even some new features for a few heroes in HoN are taken DIRECTLY from the latest DotA version. Wildsoul + Booboo cast range for Wild much?

League of Legends is what I consider to be more fun, if I want to step up my game into extremely competitive - I'd hit Heroes of Newerth up. 

15:56: Did Dave just say "hotstick"?

Is this the League of Extraordinary Legends?

HoN's community is worse but to me that is the only part of the game that is worse then LOL.  If you plan to play with friends then that isn't even an issue.  HoN has a lot more depth, hence a larger learning curve, but most I think would consider that a good thing.  I, like most hardcore gamers, aren't casual games and LOL is the more casual of the two games.   I presume if you are reading comments on Giant Bomb you are closer to a hardcore gamer then a casual gamer.
 
The problem right now is because of the Depth the game isn't noob friendly since you will get crushed your first 20 games learning the game.  HoN Match Maker system and improved Tier system should help that a ton though since pros will have trouble looking for gankable noobs to pad their stats.
 
Right now both games are in beta and free to try.  I encourage people who are interested to try both and make up their own mind.  Both games have enough of a following that which ever you choose to play won't be a bad decision in the long run.
 
-Gary-

I prefer to have the gameplayer struggling to talk and play at the same time. Also, then Dave coulda been like "oh, what's that? click on that let's see what's that do." If they just comment on a video, it seems a bit more of like power point presentation, as they move to the speed of the slides/video, not at their own pace.
 
Just my 2 cents.

" Though informative, this 'after-look' lacked the humor of normal quick looks. Stuff like the reaction of seeing the boy hugging his blob wouldn't happen with these 'after looks', my suggestion is to keep the humor in the quick looks and put the real information in the reviews. "

" Not only is Heroes of Newerth better than this game, but hell, even DotA is still way better than it. "

People get upset at the stupidest things.  

I've never tried the original DOTA.

LOL!

This is what Brad's come to? Not playing in the present?

lol @ LoL

Huh, I haven't played LoL, but from the looks of it, I like HoN a lot better.

I like games that are free... I'll at least try it

You know a Quick Look is going to be good when Dave is involved.

"Poor brad, give him a hug "

" @floodiastus:  Then you probably never played a mario game or a bunch of the Zelda games or TF 2 for that matter. "

" @Krenor: Happily I have played it?  I played two matches, one as some mummy dude and the other as that metal thing seen in the video.  I did not enjoy it and uninstalled if after playing those two matches.  I could explain why I didn't like it, but just thinking of the game causes discomfort. "

" HoN's community is worse but to me that is the only part of the game that is worse then LOL.  If you plan to play with friends then that isn't even an issue.  HoN has a lot more depth, hence a larger learning curve, but most I think would consider that a good thing.  I, like most hardcore gamers, aren't casual games and LOL is the more casual of the two games.   I presume if you are reading comments on Giant Bomb you are closer to a hardcore gamer then a casual gamer. The problem right now is because of the Depth the game isn't noob friendly since you will get crushed your first 20 games learning the game.  HoN Match Maker system and improved Tier system should help that a ton though since pros will have trouble looking for gankable noobs to pad their stats.  Right now both games are in beta and free to try.  I encourage people who are interested to try both and make up their own mind.  Both games have enough of a following that which ever you choose to play won't be a bad decision in the long run.  -Gary- "

Time to get ourselves some LOL, HON.

If anyone still needs a beta key I have 5 to give away, just send me a PM =]
 
Also, this game is awesome. To the haters, you can't complain; it's free.

Madness? this is DOTA!!!

looks awesome, gotta get my hands on a beta key and try it out

I downloaded the beta and haven't even played it yet. After seeing this I'm definitely trying it out later though.

I enjoyed the beta, but it quickly gets samey and people are idiots and dont work together which kinda ruined the fun for me

Sweet, I'll have to give this a try since it's free.

I'm with you about Arcanum. Will probably never happen. :(

Dude what, recommended items? 
That alone is enough to drag me away from HoN.   
 
Wonder how the community will be though, what with the game being free and all... 

Even though Brad broke the laws of time & physics in this 'after/quick look, he still manages to die. You've gotta love him :')