A Blizzard of Dota 2 Activity

Hmmm, generic fantasy romp for a trailer did nothing for me. :/ Let's wait and see. I loved LoL, but don't know if I would rather play more LoL or switch to DOTA2 since I never played the first DOTA.

Sounds like the Team Fortress arguement is being repeated here.

I have to say, this whole thing still smells dirty to me.

lol why have giantbomb uploaded a choppy version of the trailer with the first 30 seconds missing.

Am I the only one who is getting green bars on all the videos? (Using the High HTML5 setting).

Omg is that Sylvanas? :P I wish they used different characters but ok, I guess they're just gonna take dota and make it better, I wish they just made a new game.

Betting that it will be free. Much like TF2, I won't buy any hats, so it'll be worth playing.

While the art style reminds me of Team Fortress 2 in a strange way, the style of the trailer is totally cribbed from Blizzard. 
I love it.

Well that looks plenty generic.

I'm actually pretty intrigued by the art style and such. It looks nothing at all like a Blizzard product, which is great in my opinion.

Day one purchase imo

@Kin3tiK: Not sure if it is relevant but I heard someone say if you right click on the video and disable hardware acceleration that takes care of it. But that may have just been for Flash stuff...not sure it applies to HTML 5...in short I know very little about computers

This is probably the most generic and uninteresting trailer Valve has ever done.

add some tears and you have foreveralone.jpg .... I wonder if they're trying to send a message with that...

I'm really digging the art style. Can't wait to see gameplay in action

Am I the only one who thinks it´s weird how they never show what DOTA stands for in the trailer.

Some people don´t know what it is, and I can´t imagine this helps in the understanding.

@Peewi said:

I don't usually read comments here on GB, so I don't know if he has a history, but this Cale guy is doing some fantastic fakeposting. I don't quite get the cries about Valve ripping off Blizzard's art. Yes, many of them are recognisable as being a specific character, but the they do not look exactly like WC3 units. I can't say I remember WC3 having anyone with a mouth that opens three ways or is purple with a head like a hammerhead shark.

Not to mention it's roots are in the Blizzard mod community,if there's similarity, its simply due to the fact that they were Blizzard characters once and they wanted to keep a certain feel with some of the hero units. If a dude was a knight that turns into a dragon, guess what he's going to look like? A knight who turns into a dragon. Some units are completely different, some look similar but I think the overall art style is completely different imo.

Yeahhh... that choice of preview screengrab totally doesn't scream child molester. [/sarcasm]

Hmmm I don't know how this game will stack up with Heroes of Newearth and League of Legends. I'll have to see some gameplay but so far valve looks like it's late to the party. Frost archers in every MOBA type game makes me :( 

This game is confusing. It's a Valve game based on a mod for a Blizzard game. Is that weird to anyone else?

It looks like a game made by Pixar or Dreamworks....

@phrosnite said:

Behold, your destroyer!

hahahahah

That man is absolutely hideous

@phrosnite said:

Behold, your destroyer!

hahahahah

Not the full trailer. Misses the first like 10 seconds.

Whenever I think of the GiantBomb splash page, I'll never be able to forget the face I'm seeing now.

Goddamn.

to all the comments longer than 3 lines: 
TL;DR

Valve still makes great CGI trailers.

Looks like it could be from WoW, just like any game Blizzards has made..

Oh Ryan, you and your clever word play... 

as long as this plays exactly like dota, then I'm amped!

What is Heavy's dad doing in Dota 2?

Here's hoping to be accepted to the beta.

pudge.

COOLDOWN REDUCTION!!!! actualy its hp..