Powered By Blogger

Thursday 22 March 2012

What I think - League of Legends

This game is from the action-RTS genre inspired by DoTA an amazing game this game has been released on October 27 2009 so its been out for quite some time now. I have personally played this game since it became free to play since I really didn't want to play a game I didn't think I would find much interest in but playing this for a week or two changed my mind pretty quickly. 


Gameplay
There are 3 different ways of playing this game which is 3v3, 5v5, and Dominion not so much of big choices but each of them are really good I mainly prefer 5v5 after playing 3v3 just to learn the basics of the game. There are many champions to pick in-game there are over 90+ champions to pick from which makes the player have a big choice to pick what he wants to play.
The objective of the 3v3/5v5 is to kill your enemies base. Each team will be spawned on the opposite sides of the map and to get to the enemies base you must kill minions gain levels and destroy the enemies turrets which is placed in "lanes". Players gain levels and money by killing minions or enemy players which are known as champions. The image below shows what a 5v5 map looks like. The skulls on the map shows the NPC's which can be killed for money and exp. With money in the game you are able to buy items which makes your champion stronger and harder to kill this will make you more capable to kill off your enemies champions. The most important thing about the game is that you don't feed the enemy team which means that you don't die if you die then you will be giving the team money and that is the last thing you want.
 

You, the player
As the player in the game you will be known as the "Summoner" the summoner acts as the persistent element in League of Legends which is used to track statistics and scored for each player. 

Players will be able to gain experience points and "influence points" (in-game currency) by participating in each match they play. Players will level up when they get enough experience the max level is 30 and each time you level you will be able to gain points for masteries (talent tree) or runes which are used for increasing stats for each of your champions.

Masteries
Masteries are preks that affect each players gameplay structures in a talent tree. All of the masteries are passive effects since it will be affecting every champion that you own. you are able to re-spec or change the talent tree any time you want when you are outside of a match.

Runes
Similar to Masteries runes are passive and effect the game in minor ways. Runes are categorized into marks (offensive), seal (defensive), glyphs (magic), and quintessences (utility 
you will be able to buy runes from the store and to be able to use them you need to level up and gain spaces to put the runes into place.

Store
The store in the game allows the player to buy champions, runes and a lot more stuff just by gaining influence point which is gained for playing every match they play or players can buy whatever they want if they buy Riot Points which can be bought with real life money.

Competitive play
League of Legends is sometimes known for its competitiveness in the video game field. players usually participate in League of Legends competitions to win huge cash prizes but the requirements are quite demanding. 

What I think
The game is amazing! I have played this since it was free to play and I have had great fun ever since games usually last around 30-40 minutes or even longer depending on team play. The game makes the player rely on other team mates which makes it a big game that requires trust. Since I have played this game since it was free to play I have left the game quite a lot of times due to my anger towards the other players in the game not because they are annoying but because they play extremely badly now that I play with people I know in real life I actually find the game quite amusing since the majority of the time we win. I recommend you to play this game if you are into games like DoTA since the game is quite alike DoTA but has a few differences.