Current Review of 7.28: Not too much has really changed since 7.27 as a whole. The map, most characters and almost all game mechanics are the same as last patch. There is a new hero which doesn't have a single lacklustre spell and is all round good a lot of things. Good for damage, good for escape, good for ganking. Seems to be a common trend with new heroes being released.

I wasn't really happy with the state of the game last patch. It still felt like too much of a deathball everygame, win or lose. This patch is almost identical but with a raccoon as a new playable hero. No change to map or core mechanics, typically if you're winning in the beginning of the match and don't completely throw you'll win at the end of the match.

Smurfing still cripples any semblance of a fair competitive matchmaking system, from herald to divine. The influx of old players coming back to test out some changes has helped somewhat with this, but not to a large extent.

Dota to me, was and still probably is the best MOBA available on the market but it's on the decline and for good reason. The game has become simpler and more brawl focused, shadowing other aspects of the game which made Dota unique. It likes to nick ideas from League of Legends on occasion but I think this does it a disservice. League is a vastly shallower game experience and Dota would do poorly to emulate it.

If you haven't tried Dota before maybe you'll enjoy yourself but for players who've stuck around for a while like myself and some of my friends, it's unimpressive to what it once was. The developers would do well to remember what made Dota 2 a great game, rather than finding a new, shiny and exciting gimmick to distract from the increasing shallowness of it's design.

For the future i can only hope the developers re-evaluate what they are going to do with this game. Otherwise i see it heading down the route of other MOBA's and being superseded by a better product, such as Dota 2 superseding HON.

Current Review of 7.28: Not too much has really changed since 7.27 as a whole. The map, most characters and almost all game mechanics are the same as last patch. There is a new hero which doesn't have a single lacklustre spell and is all round good a lot of things. Good for damage, good for escape, good for ganking. Seems to be a common trend with new heroes being released. I wasn't really happy with the state of the game last patch. It still felt like too much of a deathball everygame, win or lose. This patch is almost identical but with a raccoon as a new playable hero. No change to map or core mechanics, typically if you're winning in the beginning of the match and don't completely throw you'll win at the end of the match. Smurfing still cripples any semblance of a fair competitive matchmaking system, from herald to divine. The influx of old players coming back to test out some changes has helped somewhat with this, but not to a large extent. Dota to me, was and still probably is the best MOBA available on the market but it's on the decline and for good reason. The game has become simpler and more brawl focused, shadowing other aspects of the game which made Dota unique. It likes to nick ideas from League of Legends on occasion but I think this does it a disservice. League is a vastly shallower game experience and Dota would do poorly to emulate it. If you haven't tried Dota before maybe you'll enjoy yourself but for players who've stuck around for a while like myself and some of my friends, it's unimpressive to what it once was. The developers would do well to remember what made Dota 2 a great game, rather than finding a new, shiny and exciting gimmick to distract from the increasing shallowness of it's design. For the future i can only hope the developers re-evaluate what they are going to do with this game. Otherwise i see it heading down the route of other MOBA's and being superseded by a better product, such as Dota 2 superseding HON.