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Tachyon1986

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Played a few co-op bot games on DOTA 2 yesterday. Nice graphics , and fortunately they do host servers in South-East Asia, Hong Kong and China (you can choose the region). Good news for us Indians , no lag at all :)
 
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Started playing dota2 and I am pretty impressed with the graphics. Like there is motion blur as Juggernaut does the Blade Fury, the towers collapse as they are destroyed or the ancients explode on destruction, etc.

Gameplay is consistent with normal Dota and doesn't feel different (but then consistency is Valve's strong suite). Some heroes now have better looks, but some look completely idiotic, giving no hint about their corresponding Dota Allstars identity. (Will tell about these later)

Shopping is now pretty simple. Instead of all the shops in the base, you now have only one shop with different categories. You can also shop from anywhere on the map, thanks to a dedicated shop button. So, you don't have to change view to the base if you want to buy something when you are elsewhere on the map. The circles of power are gone, so the items you buy anywhere but the base is stored instead in your stash, which you can retrieve whenever you return to the base. Also, if you want to make an item using a recipe, for example, say Yasha, when you click on Yasha, a tree structure shows up showing the items required. Here, you can directly buy the items required by right-clicking on the ingredients one by one (you still need to go to your base to collect it, unless you buy a courier). You can choose to build items the old fashioned way as well.

The bots AI in DOTA2 Bot Coop mode is crazy. Early game they will be in their own lanes, but mid to end game they will always travel together, no matter where they go and gank whoever comes their way. The bots deny pretty good though.
 
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Tachyon1986

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DeSmOnD dAvId said:
Started playing dota2 and I am pretty impressed with the graphics. Like there is motion blur as Juggernaut does the Blade Fury, the towers collapse as they are destroyed or the ancients explode on destruction, etc.

Gameplay is consistent with normal Dota and doesn't feel different (but then consistency is Valve's strong suite). Some heroes now have better looks, but some look completely idiotic, giving no hint about their corresponding Dota Allstars identity. (Will tell about these later)

Shopping is now pretty simple. Instead of all the shops in the base, you now have only one shop with different categories. You can also shop from anywhere on the map, thanks to a dedicated shop button. So, you don't have to change view to the base if you want to buy something when you are elsewhere on the map. The circles of power are gone, so the items you buy anywhere but the base is stored instead in your stash, which you can retrieve whenever you return to the base. Also, if you want to make an item using a recipe, for example, say Yasha, when you click on Yasha, a tree structure shows up showing the items required. Here, you can directly buy the items required by right-clicking on the ingredients one by one (you still need to go to your base to collect it, unless you buy a courier). You can choose to build items the old fashioned way as well.

The bots AI in DOTA2 Bot Coop mode is crazy. Early game they will be in their own lanes, but mid to end game they will always travel together, no matter where they go and gank whoever comes their way. The bots deny pretty good though.
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Yes , the bots gank very well. Usually the gank starts with the mid bot going MIA. Still getting used to DOTA 2 , as I'm primarily a League of Legends player . I alternate between the 2 games now , DOTA 2's punishing difficulty is quite alluring (yet to try a normal PVP game though , at least until I can pwn bots)
 
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Don't underestimate the bots. Dota2 has unforgiving AI difficulty. However, won because of good teamwork.

Never tried Shadow Shaman, will try someday.
 
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