The game follows a ‘tug-of-war’ strategic theme, wherein each team (consisting of 5 players) will use their unique champions to push for the enemy base. There is no army, no blobbing, no unit spamming. You actively control one strong Champion as if in a regular RTS, but you solely have control of this unit. There is a sort of adopted micro-transaction system, but that comes later.Īside from a clever acronym, LoL has built upon the archetypal hero. You can download the game and play it without ever having to spend a dime. League of Legends wades into the gaming arena with one major advantage under its belt: it’s free. MOBA (Mobile Online Battle Arena) is a new game sub-species that branched out from Aeon of Strife in StarCraft, more popularly recognized as the DotA custom game in Warcraft 3 (Defense of the Ancients). There is the odd chance that you actually get to see a new genre arise and form a loyal fan-base, critics, and media attention.
League of Legends falls under the recently-expanded (along with its counterparts, Heroes of Newerth and Demigod) DotA genre. All the games we see on the shelves go under a common genre: RTS, FPS, RPG, Sports, Adventure or any other miscellaneous name. It's a rare thing that a new genre arises in the game industry. What happens when you blend the best elements of an RTS, RPG and an MMO? League of Legends.
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