Aeria Games recently
announced Legendary Heroes, a DotA inspired Fantasy MMORPG.
Sounds interesting right? After playing and enjoying both League of Legends
and Heroes of Newerth, I’m actually looking forward to Legendary Heroes.
There’s one thing that concerns me though. These games set the Aeon of
Strife genre bar really high, so it may be a bit tough to beat. I also
played Avalon Heroes from Alaplaya,
but that game was a total disappointment, but Alaplaya redeemed
themselves with Land of Chaos
Online (Loco) which is also like DotA, but with a unique action
MMORPG style twist.
It’s not too surprising that Avalon Heroes was a disappointment. The
game was developed by WeMade – the company behind Digimon Battle
and Mir 2.Avalon
Heroes has a very old interface and lousy graphics as well as totally
unbalanced gameplay. One of the most important aspects of a DotA like MMORPG is balance, which
Aeria Games better not screw up. DotA has some 75+ playable heroes which
took 5+ years to balance. Legendary Heroes is expected to launch with
60+, so there’s bound to be some serious balance issues. I know Lost Saga
from OGPlanet
also launched with a bunch of balance issues, but luckily those were
hammered out. The game also launched with very few heroes and OGPlanet
added new ones gradually, as they made sure each class was balanced.
It’s fascinating to see how fast the Aeon of Strife genre has grown.
DotA has been popular for a while, but other game developers only
began copying it recently. I believe Heroes of Newerth and League of
Legends were the first “DotA Clones”, but there are many more on the
way now. Games like Runes of Magic and Allods
Online copied World of Warcraft,
so it’s no surprise other companies are copying the success of DotA.
What makes Legendary Heroes cool though is that its playable heroes
won’t be from a generic fantasy setting. Instead, it’s characters will
be a random cast from Dracula to Beowulf. Based on the game’s official
trailer, Beowulf apparently uses a Chainsaw, which in my book is
awesome.
Aside from Legendary Heroes though, there are a bunch of other
awesome upcoming
MMORPGs on the way. ChangYou announced Zentia, GamesCampus
is launching Soul Master soon and Uforia
will be releasing Camon Hero in the coming
weeks. The free to play MMORPG universe is heating up for the Summer.
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