They're both 5v5 top down click to move games in which there are two bases on opposite sides of a map with 3 lanes in which the objective is to kill your opponent's base by gaining xp by killing creeps in the lanes and your opponents champions with your autoattack and 4 abilities, one of which is an ultimate, and fulfilling objectives for special bonuses.

There may be alternative maps but the main game is the same.

That's just the genre....
I guess there's only 1 FPS, 1 Moba, 1 RTS, 1 RPG, 1 MMORPG and everything else just copied them, right?

If you've actually play multiple mobas you'd know that some of them feel COMPLETELY different.


This post was edited by FroggyG on Jan 21 2017 04:28am

It's not just the genre it's the entire gameplay was carbon copied. The only reason you think it's the genre is because barely anyone creative has made a MOBA that's remotely different.

Look at Smite for an example of a somewhat unique MOBA.

I've played LoL, Dota 2, HotS, and others, and they're all absurdly similar in gameplay. Obviously there are differences but their similarities far outweigh them.

Just like the vast majority of MMOs are carbon copies of WoW. If you look at the history of MMOs there were whole hosts of wildly different MMOs pre-WoW and then WoW ruined everything and everyone copied them. There was RuneScape, Tibia, Ultima Online, etc. etc.

This post was edited by Voyaging on Jan 21 2017 04:33am

You basically just described the moba genre in its entirety. The only exception being the top down click to move.

Hots jungle is entirely different than lol. The objectives have a MUCH higher priority to the point where it's basically the 100% focus of almost every map. They (usually) have 2 ultimates, can change their abilities, it's just a different game aside from the very basic moba aspects lol.

Like I said, the only reason you think that is because every game in the MOBA genre is a ripoff. There are next to no creative ideas in the genre because they are now mostly designed by major gaming corporations who are interested in minimizing risk and doing what they know works. Maybe some day there will be a game other than Smite that tries something new.



These are merely trivial differences in mechanics, not major differences in overarching game design. To say the differences are as significant as e.g. Hearthstone and Chronicle is absurd.

HOTS focuses on fighting with small maps and easy ways to get around (mount)
LoL focuses on strategy over a large map

They may seem similar to a casual but they're played completely different and feel completely different

This post was edited by FroggyG on Jan 21 2017 04:37am

We're just gonna have to agree to disagree. There are very few similarities in hots and lol if you don't count the fact that at its core it's a moba.

Oh wait msog was released in december, not november, my mistake. Then i'd guess march-ish.

This post was edited by DaveBDrian on Jan 21 2017 05:47am

This brawl is hilarious


every game



This post was edited by GodBless on Jan 21 2017 10:02am

Lel.

If I was the opponent i'd be like Wtf just happened..