This game is flat out awful. It's imbalanced, has horribly graphics, frequent lag and server downtime, and the developers don't seem to care about their game in general. Stay well clear of this one.

I guess I'm alone on this but this game is so boring. It's like WoW mechanics just pick a spell pick a bad guy and hope you don't run out of mana/health. The teamwork aspect is nice however doesn't hold enough to spark my interest.

I've been playing this game for a while, and no, it's not just a mod. The graphics are a bit low poly, but when 10 people are fighting each other onscreen at once with lots of particle effects you don't want to be chug because of the trees, terrain, or mobs being too high res. The game runs very smooth and that's what counts with a PvP game or a MOBA. There are tons of champions to choose from and half the fun is learning all of them. I highly recommend this one.… Expand

I would like to inform you reader, I have never reviewed a game up until this day. However I felt obligated to throw in my two cents in the matter of this game. First off like other reviewers have mentioned balance in this game is inconsistent from game to game, many heroes are obviously favored (Tryndamere, Vladimir, Singed, etc...) and as a result usually wipe the floor with the opposing team. But as I mentioned earlier there are times where the game consists of teams with for the most part, balanced heroes in which the game is fun- under certain conditions. If you do not have any friends to play with I would highly highly highly suggest finding another game to play. This game has the worst community ever. No joke by far THE WORST COMMUNITY IN EXISTENCE FOR ANY GAME. If I had to pick the number one most used phrase in League of Legends it would probably be "umadbro" or "get good baddie" or something along those lines. In fact the community IS SO TERRIBLE that is the main reason that I write this review right now. I know what you must be thinking reader, "It's a FTP, expect it..." No I have played other FTP games as well, and I can assure you will not find a worse community, I CAN NOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW TERRIBLE the League Of Legends community is. Finally the only reason this game even deserves 3 stars is the fact that when you play with your friends, 5v5 or 3v3, whether you win or lose it still turns out to be a fun match and due to this game being FTP, playing with your friends should not be too difficult. In conclusion if I personally could affect your decision to play this game I would say play at your own risk unless you have friends or prepare your wig because you won't have any hair left when you are done with this game...… Expand

It's important to note that my review of this game is from the perspective of a competitive gamer of many years. League of Legends is just a game designed to make money, and boy does it succeed at that. It has almost no competitive viability aside from its large playerbase. Balancing takes a back seat to anything that will drive a sale, overpowered heroes for example. I gave the game a chance but the free to play platform for this genre just doesn't mesh whatsoever for me, I desire a competitive and balanced experience and this does not offer that, indeed it doesn't even try. -Update since dominion- Now, at least, the game has a redeeming quality, a unique game type 'Dominion' that doesn't attempt to follow the dota genre. Now my review lands in the yellow.… Expand

For a game that was touted as the successor of the "DotA-style" genre when it was first released, League of Legends has absolutely failed to remain relevant due in large part to poor balance, poor community, and poor support. Champions, the player-controlled units that fight for dominance in every battle, have an array of abilities that can be broken down into two major categories: Those that can kill enemy champions, and those that can't. Team selections are often based on poor decisions, with every player in the matchmaking queue looking to play the biggest, baddest guy with little thought to actual execution, and the game suffers for it. Despite the fact that the game has a relatively sound competitive scene at higher levels of player, most players are not a part of that tier, as the game uses level-based rewards to determine who wins or loses. Out-of-battle bonuses earned by the player, called the "summoner" in-game, apply to their champions in-battle, and those who have not put in the hundreds of hours of gameplay to achieve sufficient level cannot compete. As a result, most of the grinding is painful, low-level stomp-fests where you simply lose your way through 90% of the content. Once you have hit the maximum level you can then begin to enjoy the game as it was intended, with everyone on theoretically even playing fields. Even then, most of the in-game champions are locked unless you pay to unlock them, either through earning in-game "Influence Points" or paying real world money for "Riot Points." Most champions are tagged at ridiculously high price in terms of IP so that you must grind dozens of games with the free-to-play selection of champions (which are notoriously weak and ill-suited to new players who are trying to learn the game) in order to accumulate IP. Failing that, you can opt to pay roughly the price of a used video game (with prices upwards of $35-$50) for Riot Points to spend on champions you want. After this grueling experience you still have to pay in-game IP for things such as runes that enhances your champions' in-battle performance (which also must be unlocked by leveling up) and plan out World of WarCraft-esque talent trees that are absolutely mandatory if you want to compete with anyone else who plays the game. In the end, League of Legends is a time- and money-sink, requiring you to pay for every action you perform, whether in currency or your valuable time.… Expand

This is an outstanding, deep, and polished game in a fledgling new genre. It may not be for everyone, but for those who enjoy pvp and strategy, this might be your GOTY!

The same unbalanced unfair gameplay that made dota so horrible. They improved on the item system, but the rest is still the same old dota failure. Levels and itms have no place in fair competitive pvp combat!

LoL is a god awful game, The graphics are just terrible, I played this game just before it released and I could not tolerate it for longer than 5 mins before I was forced to quit. On top of that the Play for Free, Pay to Pwn scheme that will end up from their micro transaction means the game will be a great success in the Asain market but will flop and be bad in the US. If you want a REAL game in this genre not some F2P piece of garbage Play S2 games HoN… Expand

Big shoes to fill? Bah! This successor to DotA definitely walks proud in daddy's giant boots.

League of Legends is an amazing game that combines the loved creation of Defense of the Ancients with their own personal flavor and strategies. Removing certain aspects of DotA while keeping a stronger teamwork focus has created an engaging, colorful world. This world is not only maintaining the competitive feel of upper-level DotA play but is also lowering a ramp to allow any new players to join in. Can't wait to watch as Riot Games lovingly guides their creation along in the future.… Expand

Each new character you play is a completely new experience, in addition to the original 40ish characters available, Riot continues to create new ones. This game takes a lot of skill and timing to play, but mostly team work is required. As you play, you will develop relationships with others online and you'll find yourself a part of one or many crews of players. Extremely enjoyable on so many levels, and best of all, free.… Expand

On the surface this game seems good but there are a number of horrendous issues. Firstly, the game is technically laughable. It crashes regularly in many and various ways. Sometimes you can queue for a game then have it crash right before the map loads. There is a "reconnect" button when you reload but it rarely works. The performance of the game is a joke. It consumes so much memory I had to turn the settings down to low to stop it from crashing my computer (which can normally run graphics intensive games at 1900X1200 on high settings - for example team fortress 2) Secondly, the game lacks even the most basic of features that are required. They only recently introduced a draft system which is a basic requirement for this genre of game. There is no built in voice chat so you have to use ventrillo, There are only two maps. Thirdly, the pricing structure of this game is absurd. Sure you can technically play for free but you only have access to a random small selection of champions. If you decide to spend some money you can unlock a few more but even having spent 60-70 dollars you still do not own all the available champions. Add to this the fact that new champions are released every two weeks and you end up with a buggy, unfinished, imbalanced borderline scam of a game. Riot's business model seems doomed to failure as I can only imagine it revolves around housebound man children with too much disposable income who are notoriously fickle and will soon be moving on to the next shiny thing to waste their money on and children who beg their parents for mom's credit card to keep feeding their addiction to new champions and new skins. In short the game looks fun and feels fun after a couple of games but it has no depth and even in it's shallow waters there is nothing but technical issues, balance issues, and a development team so incompetent they managed to make a game that is less reliable than any other pc release of the last 10 years. Overall, this game is a waste of time and has left me regretting the small amount of money I spent on it for such little reward.… Expand

Easily the most fun I've had in a MOBA ever. The lore, the champions, and the community are all great. There are frequent fun updates and the developers really know how to keep contact with their community.

League of Legends is a fairly well polished game in that it optimizes team gameplay and coordination. Every aspect of the game requires you to cooperate with your team, meaning that this game requires you to rely on your teammates, however there is enough room for individuals to "carry" their team to victories. Many of the champions are fun to play, and have a broad range of abilities and style. However, Riot spends too much time creating new characters, which are no longer as unique and are not balanced properly. There are much bigger things in the game that can be worked on besides new characters, such as balancing issues and the matchmaking system for ranked games. Overall, this game is fun and sometimes it can be a blast, but many times the game can be flat out disappointing. Riot spends way too much time creating unnecessary characters, which are released roughly every two weeks, instead of balancing current characters. Many characters lost their uniqueness because of Riot's overwhelming creation of new champions.… Expand

This is a fun game, almost. Why did I rate it a 1? Two maps. That's all there is. There are a hundred hero's (I don't know the actual number) all with 5 abilities which in the end makes them all seem very similar. Really there are two characters, ranged and melee. 5 buttons, go kill stuff. It's surprisingly addictive until you realize that you'll be doing this same thing with another character that plays just like this one on the same map, forever.… Expand

I've been playing this game for over a year now (I was a beta tester for this game) and i would like to say it's awesome, i've had very little to no problems with crashes (Like previous people have been complaining about) it takes little memory resources for my computer (DDR3 RAM 4gb) and i have spent absolutely nothing on the game (I have played roughly 1000 matches on this game all together) and i am still playing it. This is the same with many of my friends (I invite a friend every month or so and try to make them a pro). You can play this casually or competitivly. Paying money gains you little to no advantage (It only allows you to get characters faster) all the characters are balanced (You just need to know how to play them) some are easier than others and that's when misconceptions seem to happen, you can't allow these ignorant people put you off trying this game. (Graphics aren't everything).… Expand

This game have a problem, and not just one. League has great potential, some times when you play you had so much fun, that you don't mind not about lousy crashes at servers, not about huge balances issues in champions design and mode challenge, not about moron(s) with you had to play previously game, not about over priced content that offer this game. You just play and have fun, true fun. But when you start new game, and all these issues comes back, and you haven't getting fun anymore you wanna stop this for god sake. Another think that developers almost every week make some change in balance, that comes in increasing and decreasing champions and items stats, some times changes is good some times it's can make your favorite champion just useless. All league players know such pains in ass who fall down so much that become just not a "good" choice to play at all. One more think is community, is not growth enough, and i mean not only by the age in my point of view, too many rage, crying, and morons you meet, some times not. I know that in almost every online game, but still. So game is worth a 10 from 10 point, but the issues of the League keep me from that score.… Expand

Its a strange rare game. You need to love old 2D game graphics. Also you need to love you will and get pwnd now and then. But Make friends use the chat system. Make a team and build your way up. Even i have lost 40 before i get 1 win. So its hard. But its fun when you feel how to play a this :). Because off some bugs i rate 10. If the fixs it i gave it a 11. Join its free The min rate are people that are crying because off there lose.… Expand

This game is enjoyable, but as it stands now I will not buy it as a retail product, because one map simply isn't enough, the "worldmap" of the realm where League of Legends takes place has ~13 maps, yet there's only one available. I will stay with the free version for now. The artstyle/graphics is something you can compare to Warcraft and the likes with a little bit of cellshade, it should run on most computers quite properly with only a little bit of slowdown when there are *lots* of mobs* (which only tends to happen near the end of a match, at that point you're either winning or losing). Presentationwise this game delivers solid for a title that's free. That aside: The gameplay is amazingly fun and the differences between the champions are something you need to explore before getting really good in the game. Do not be mistaken by it being your average RTS, as Riot calls it, it's a MOBA, a hybrid between RTS and RPG, if that still doesn't ring a bell, compare it to a little WC3 mod called DOTA. It's a rough diamond, one that has potential in my opinion.… Expand

Its going to get a 10 when they fix all the bugs there is with the friend system but league of legends is with out a doubt a more intens, fun, and player friendly game than dota. You get an intro to a basic champion and get to lear all the basic thing the you can go join other for a pratic battle, you have a feeling how long they have played when you look at there lvl and maybe even at there wins, it they have played normal games, which count in other players eyes. You can also choose to play agains bots so that you can leave anytime you want, and you can get to lear some heros if you dont feel so confident in just jumping into some random game. If you compare that to dota where you dont have any idea how good a player is, you cant really play agains bots, atleast not any who have a brain, so you have to play for a while to have a chance to win, you dont have to have played any rounds in this game before you have a chance to win if you are against opponents who is around your own lvl. So its easy to start and itll get more and more intense and harder and harder the more you play because youll get to play against ppl who is at your own lvl and therefor have played it about as long as you have. And when the friend system works a little better you can team up with your friends so you can make tactics and stuff like that. Well then, gl and hf… Expand

lets be fair, lol is far from being a game, its just a mod, nothing special about it, the engine is bad since it consumes many resourses. besides, the game is... kinda expensive for a game

I think this game is really addictive so far. I like it a lot more than the competitor game Heroes of Newerth and Dota. They have tons of original heroes, and a lot of long term goals for the game. It looks really promising. They're pretty strict in enforcing language and behavioral issues, so make sure to not use any racial slurs or stuff like that! Go Riot ! :D

This game will really go far. Once you get into it, it hooks you! It also has a ton of potential and I can't wait to see it grow!

If you ever re-installed Warcraft 3 to play Defence of the Ancients, this free to play game is for you. No cash required to be on even footing with day 1 players, a bit of an MMO aspect (3 tree Blizzard system, Runes allow some customization), give this game alot of promise. Unfortunitly, with only one map available, gameplay can get old quickly. With teamguildladder support still being worked on, it makes it difficult to invest time for the hyper-competitive player. Though, being F2P, what do you have to lose by trying it?… Expand

LoL is a brilliant game that provides a very unique experience to me. Each champion is unique to master, and the battles are always exciting. It's not without it's flaws; it can be frustrating at times, and there are usually balancing issues when new champions and such come out, but the creative team are clearly very dedicated to making the game a fun and challenging experience.

An honest review. This game has a high rating, im not sure why, I will state the flaws the game has first and formost. #1. Repetative, even though dominion came out recently its still the same issue, one map, multiple champions, no new gameplay mechanics, same tactic over and over. #2 lack of maps. #3 no balance what-so-ever their nerfs are like they want to slide off the hairs from the champions legs instead of an overpowered arm or leg. #4 lack of variation to the best champion combination in the game. While you can say yeah you will only win if you know what you are doing, this is not always true when you have 4 stuns and 2 massive AoE attacks which will shred an entire team in the "way you are supposed to play." Riot is an amateur development company that has little management sense. This game is not meant for "REAL" gamers, its meant for casual and amateurs. Under no circumstance should any "HARDCORE" or "REAL" gamer, try to play this game. If you are just getting into gaming and do not know anything about gaming, please play this game or wow and stay away from the games that "real players" play. It is a pathetic excuse for money. Worst part is, one of my best friends was dumb enough to spend 1,300 usd on the game itself and his comp can barely run it at a steady 9 fps (e.g. the average player you will find in this game). P.S. I did not include graphics in this review for a reason. Any "Real" gamer knows that graphics do not make a game,… Expand

Graphics/Performance(10/10): Graphics are reminiscent of WoW and Warcraft III, that is they are cartoony and artistic, rather than gritty and cutting-edge. Game runs very well even on older computers. Singleplayer(N/A): Non-existent. Multiplayer(8/10): Solid multiplayer marred by a horrible balance team. Game finding interface is easy to use. Good chat system. However, since the game is free and much of RIOT’s income is from selling boosts / heroes, the new heroes are more often than not slightly overpowered and older champions are left to rot. Available game modes are 3v3, 5v5, ranked 3v3, and ranked 5v5. There is also an online ladder. Gameplay(8/10): It’s everything you expect from an AoS; there are lanes, heroes, minions, and towers. You level up and gain by killing other heroes and minions. You then buy items from the shop which has a very good interface. League of Legends tries to differentiate itself from DOTA and HON by not allowing denying, which is the act of killing allied minions to prevent enemies from gaining gold. Summoner spells (abilities chosen at hero selection that are cast by the player, not their hero) fail to add flavor as the same 2 – 3 summoner abilities are almost always chosen. Other than that, the gameplay is very similar to other MOBAs and thus unremarkable. Story(8/10): Not necessary for this game, even though each hero has a paragraph or so of background information. The writing quality is sub-high school, with many clichés. RIOT has been making strides to include lore via small stories, but they are unimaginative and poorly written. RIOT has also gone the “TF2 Routeâ€� by attempting to make every character quirky and remarkable, while only succeeding at this a little over half of the time. Overall(8/10): A solid game, certainly not the most. While it boasts a solid art direction, frequent patches, and quirky characters, it lacks good balance.… Expand

Very poor optimization despite having 10 players on a map with lower poly counts than Halo 1 - Graphics hurt your eyes, are cutesy, kitsche, and highly generic, its unappealing to anime fans or hard fantasy fans - Imbalanced to the point there is a Hero-banning option every match to voteban upto 4 broken heroes - Multiplayer consists of a couple maps and 3 game modes - Requires 30-60 hours of gameplay to buy 1 of the +70 heroes - Heroes frequently get nerfed or OP buffed - Gameplay is very basic to an RTS player and tons of needless non-strategy complication in order to win - You can be player-reported and permabanned for quitting a losing match, getting angry in game, and being a newb - Exceptionally unstable servers, random patches, frequent random downtime, despite making millions from its freemium platform - Incredible lack of content in spite of having more employees than WoW's original team - This is all inexcusable even for a free-to-play game, its popular because it has a MMO carrot-and-stick system with almost no content to speak of and no plans for major updates despite making millions per day.… Expand

I give it 3 coz I really love this game. It has rather poor graphics, but it's free, has addictive game-play and doesn't destroy it with micro payments that are not a must to have fun. But what's the point to like game when you actually cannot play it? The only time when I'm able to log into without much of a problem is around midnight. Trying to log late afternoon/evening takes hours and most of the time you will fail anyway. If it would be game deserving 6-7 rating I wouldn't mind it, I would just stop playing - but as I really like it, and really want to play it, I waste a lot of time coz of this. Because when you're asked to wait hour to log you have to waste this hour for smth, and in most cases after like 55mins of waiting you will get server disconnected mssg anyway and will have to start all over again. So even as this game is 8, maybe even 9 for me I gave it 3 - for all this wasted time for waiting.… Expand

I used to play DoTA all the time and tried LoL several time over the years. The game has stayed the same easy and boring game that it has been. Leveled 3 different accounts to 30 without losing a single game. Riot has made it obvious that they don't care about hero balance. HoN on the otherhand is pretty fun with friends while LoL is just full of trolls and BRs

League of Legends delivers a generally good MOBA experience. Starting with the faults, the game has a rather large learning curve, but that is part of its charm. The developers are slightly greedy, as it takes absolutely forever to unlock new champions for free. The game is generally balanced, meaning it is not pay-to-win, thankfully. The community is pretty bad, but there are plenty of E-Sports events associated with the game, and watching the competitive matches is great fun. The champion roster is huge, and new champions are released quite often. People who play this game are generally very dedicated to it. As a final summary sentence, League of Legends delivers a fantastic online MOBA experience.… Expand

League of Legends is a game that has been created from Riot Games, who were a part of the developers of DotA. With an easier concept and more rookie friendly elements, they started League of Legends. Once you started you cannot stop playing it. I cannot tell exactly what it is that keeps me playing it, maybe this: -A Lot of players -The Community is great (regular patches, new content, events, tournaments). -Very good f2p pay system(everything that has influence in a match is buyable with ingame cash) -Price of a champion is independend on their power. Every champ has their up and downs. Well here come the down sites: -Graphics are too comic like. At this point I prefer the current DotA 2 -A LOOOOOT of flaming kiddies (like in CoD) that will desttroy your fan at the game. -Many experienced players create new accounts for 'pwning noobs' which makes it a little bit hard for newcomers to get into the game. -Bad reconnect system (if you have a broken connection like me) -Too many changes in a short period(in the last 6 months almost every champion/item/mode has been changed) which also makes unbalance the game even more. -Elo system for ranked matches in the leaderboard system (you are a good player and always get bad teams....then you are stuck in elo hell like me) So overall i really like this game and play it a lot. It qualities are not visible in the first view. You should at least try it for some matches out because its a free 2 play title.… Expand

Free 2 Play! And properly! I played it for 200 hours + and never had a disadvantage for not paying! But there is loads of stuff to buy! My friend already spend 150 bucks and is happy too. Since dominion it is one of the coolest and freshest DoTA child's out there. Its properly balanced, has a lot of different champions. If you want to take it to the max its awful complex but its easy 2 start with. And if you are not happy with the community stop whining be nice and reports all blockheads and you will find a loot of cool players =) Happy LoL'ing everyone!… Expand

I love this game. I could never get into DOTA, or HON, but for some reason unknown to me, LoL caught my attention. There is a very high level of player skill involved in the late game, and in addition to that, there is also a very highly competitive nature at that level. I have a lot of friends who played dota. I am very happy to say that I can now play LoL with them!

This game is great! It's absolutely free and the graphic style is unique. The learning curve is great and when you start playing with friends it just gets better! Not to mention the friendly comunity and fun atmosphere.

This is one of the best games I have ever played - I haven't been so addicted to a game since I first played World of Warcraft! I can't stop playing and it's a ton of fun.

The "store" is currently critically unstable, and there's some balance issues that need to be worked out, but otherwise this is what DoTA would be without warcraft 3 holding it back... which is pretty much exactly what it needs to be. Particularly taking into consideration that it's free-to-play (and they mean it, you'll gain no competitive advantage with money, just cosmetics), the game delivers. The real balance issues are minor, and when I say that I dismiss the slew of complaints from players who mistake the objective of the game to be killing other players, rather than winning. I'd have given a 9.5 if it were an option, but settled on 9 because, of course, the game isn't *quite* perfect.… Expand

An excellent game with an excellent staff. Would recommend this to anybody looking for a fun time or casually gaming at a LAN party :).

I'm not a very big fan of this game. I stopped playing DotA and got my friend to also stop playing DotA to come play this game. I was very disappointed with the graphics - I cannot stand them at all! The game requires almost no skill to play. If you are really bad at DotA, then this is the game for you. Dying accounts for almost nothing in this game - you can die as much as you want and it barely affects which team will end up winning. That is good in the aspect that there is no such thing as "feeding" in this game, since dying doesn't do anything. But that also means you can't get "fed", which is something I enjoyed about doing in DotA. Graphics are terrible. My friend and I played it for a whole week, then went back to DotA, since LoL is terrible. Now, we both play Heroes of Newerth. The game is free, which it should be since it is so bad. I wouldn't expect anyone to pay for something like this. And the graphics in LoL is terrible, in case I haven't mentioned that yet. If you look for the word "fail" in the dictionary, you will see the League of Legends logo next to it.… Expand

League of Legends, as all other DotA games, fails miserably in balance. If you enjoy real competitive pvp, you will hate this game. If you enjoy mindlessly killing people, you might like this but would in the end be better off buying a singleplayer game.

Probably one of the most boring games I've ever played. Almost fell asleep playing it. I had more fun watching the news. Big waste of my time trying out this game.

This game is simply wonderful. The only downside that I've really seen to the game, is that due to it's free to play business strategy, they release champions at a very costly 6300 IP (Influence Points - earned by playing games and participating in the tribunal). 6300 IP will take somewhere in the range of 50-75 games to get. Games on average are approximately 35 minutes, but can go as long as an hour. There are champion bundles that can be purchased for similar prices of other, cheap games. This allows you to have a decent collection of champions when getting right into things. People need to understand that creating these games costs money. The business requires a method of generating income. Anyone complaining that Riot Games makes it more desirable to purchase Riot points than it is to generate influence points needs to rethink this topic. It should be mentioned that no specific benefit is gained by purchasing riot points. They cannot be used to give an advantage over free players. The only benefit to spending actual money is that you do not need to spend the time. New champions are released every two weeks. The second week they are out, they put up as Free to play for one week. They rotate champions on a weekly basis, ensuring that all of the roles are filled by free picks (support, dps, tanky dps, tanks, mage, etc) Someone who does not have the expendable income to spend on the game, and also does not have much time to play, will need to be content with the free champions until they find one that they truly want to play as their main champion and purchase it. It should be noted that most players tend to stick to 3-6 champs that they play most often. A great game. A great price. A great business model. I recommend this to everyone I talk to that plays video games.… Expand

League of Legends got great potential, its really addicting game, but the lack of balance is really great problem.There are still champions that are OP like leblanc, annie, etc and champions that are UP like ezreal, cassiopea, kennen, which Riot seems not to see. Also if you want to share this at the forum you will be just downvoted and your thread will be closed. Other thing is that Riot fails to free the game from leavers/feeders. I really enjoyed this game before, but i cant play it anymore, because its only making me nervous. Every game 4vs5 or got feeder or noob.. Riot really must think about that and start concentrating on the problems of the game,not the content.… Expand

This game successfully follows up as a more casual form of the all time favorite DOTA, providing a plethora of champions to choose to fight as. Because of the DOTA roots, its shares its troubles, but improves upon the system and creates a fun game to play. Because it is free to play, one must remember that the first few levels are filled with more trolls or quitters than at higher ranks, but their new tribunal system which allows players to vote on the guilt of those reported will do much to combat this. Overall, a fun game, especially at the price of free.… Expand

Not too good. I mean, you can play and have some fun with it, but only before you ding 30 level. Later on, if you're going even to try solo queues, be prepared, that 9/10 games will be trolled. You can really get mad or annoyed, when just after game had started, some retard intentionally ruins game for your/enemy team. You cannot enjoy that, and you've wasted 20 minutes if you're lucky and enemy/you will surrender fast. If not, be prepared to sit and watch a sad game, because retard and some other "I will fight to the end!" retard troll surrender vote. The community is just terrible, as in every free and popular game. Next thing is a fact, that champions are insanely unbalanced. Riot Games makes new champion in two weeks (or even less), he plays with older champions buffing/nerfing them, that no champion is safe from being op or up. Wise nerfs/buffs are extremely rare, often you just read patch notes, where they buff already op champion, or nerf already up champion. It looks like people who made this game don't even know how it is working. And finally: maps. 2 maps with dota ripoff. They're insanely boring after 300 games. If they were just more various! But no, we've just mirrored, straight lanes and mirrored jungle zones. Fun. A new game mode is partially Bloodline Champions rip-off - control points of interests. Ah wait, mirrored lanes again. And just when i thought that Dominion map will be a little different.… Expand

It was good, untill The login quoues gets up to 3 hrs... and then it loggs out and the servers are not avaible, and when they are again you are put back in 3hrs quoue. Sure, I dont pay anything for the game soo no need to complain, but I know there is ppl paying for it and still are not able to play couse the servers dosnt work. While writing this I had sit it quoue for about 2hrs to log in and was not long left. But I got this messege, "server is busy try again later" And I have to wait another 2 hrs to log in. Other then the login I like the game, atleast when I can play it, wich isnt that often atm.… Expand

So based upon my first review, The balance gets better once u know how to play it (i recommend to get a friend that knows it to explain to you) But the disconnecting penalty system is totally unreliable + they give you an option to explain your disconnects but theres no chance they will lift it (what exactly is the point of it then?) Bear this in mind before u read what my experience is: -"Q: I just got disconnected from two games! Am I Going to get banned? A: Probably not. The system will nail you only for a pattern of doing this." -"On December 14th, we launched our automated leaver banning system. The purpose of this system is to dissuade players from leaving games/going AFK. We do this first by giving a warning, and then banning in larger and larger increments when players leave games/go AFK." -"Q: How long can I get banned for? A: The automated system can ban you for anywhere between 1 hour and 7 days for any particular issue. However, we will be sweeping the records, and will periodically perma-ban people that hit the 7 day ban too many times." -"Q: How do I 'work off' leaves? A: You can reduce points either through time (having no penalties for several weeks), and through every game you complete in matchmaking that was not a leave or that you contributed to for the whole duration of the game." In my experience: i have 3 disconnects, 1st one i didnt know about this system, 2nd one i had to leave because an emergency in real life, 3th one i got disconnected by a a gamefreeze because the server was extremely lagging, took up to 5-6 seconds before my character did what i told it to do and therefore it was unplayable anyway. 1st: leaving 2 games is not a pattern => apparently leaving 3 games is, cause i got suspended for a day (!) 2nd: So according to their FAQ they could have just suspended my account for an hour which seems more 'reasonable' if they really wanted to ban my account for those 3 leaves. instead i got a full day. 3th: I would also like to warn anyone on planning playing this game that IF u leave (based upon my XP) for about 10 games probably, you will get banned for 7 days. And if u do this often you will get PERM banned. 4th: They claim to send u a warning trough email if your disconnecting level gets to high. This is a lie period. I triple checked my e-mail and the only thing i've found was the email they sent me when i actually got the suspension. 5th: The system is completely unreliable as there are too many variables that need to be taken in account when you enforce this kind of system. for instance: PC crash, modem crash, game freezes and not starting up again, Real life mathers,.. Its a noble idea but it lacks a lot in execution. If u are a die hard pro this system then i can only say, wait untill ur game crashes a few times or ur power drops out or whatever else can happen to you and u get banned for a couple days because of that and thats the point. There is no reliability Banning for 3 dissconnects, without a warning, without a so called pattern they mentioned, 3times is not a pattern whatsoever. And instead one hour a day = sad. Other games require people to be there and participate as well and its very annoying if one of em leaves for any of the reasons i described above but yet its understandable that u can run into situations you dont have any choice. Tho these games do not have this penalty system and still work fine without it. games like CoH, Starcraft, WC3,.. pretty much any good strategy game out there. Yes you will most likely lose games because of this but everyone will encounter that at a certain point. Here a part of my useless message to riotgames related to that suspension: "First time i read that message i wasn't really happy with something like that, sure if a player leaves that screws up the game for others. But same story with new players who dont know how to play the game yet. The main question raises in my mind is: Is riotgames going to suspend accounts for being new and screw up the game for others by not knowing how to play? Are you going to suspend accounts for people that have to leave because of an emergency? This whole concept sounds like a noble idea to prevent ragequitting but there is no way to know the reasons why anyone would leave a game. Some find it a good idea, im one of the people that saying its noble but not reliable at all period. regards, Tritrium" In the end its no use to send them messages as they wont lift bans. 3 disconnects -> no warning = a day banned. If i didnt know any better i would say this is quite insane for leaving 3 games. Regards, Tritrium… Expand

Simply put, this is DotA for children. Poor heroes balance, horrible gameplay, childish graphics and permament perks kill the purpose of the Defense of the Ancients genre. It might be interesting for gamers who never played the genre, so they can learn the basics before starting to play real games, such as DotA, DotA 2 or Heroes of Newerth; this game's community is full of newbies and having a bad player on your team doesn't really matter here; teamplay and strategy have been completely forgotten.… Expand

Almost every game matched against way stronger opponents. Most of the time they have played tons of more games than myself (100 wins against people with 1000's of wins). Also a solo player does not stand a chance because you will be matched against full premade teams (4-5 players) most of the time. Without friends to play with this is a game that should be skipped.

this game is loads of fun. no game is ever the same, and i am looking forward to the new maps that they are working on, as well as the new champs that will be out!

Awesome game, I've been in the beta since August. It is a little rough around the edges right now, and balance needs some work, but its a free game! So I definitely recommend checking it out. Riot is one of the best developers I've ever seen, they respond to a ton of feedback and get stuff fixed quickly.

game created by the same person who developed Dota, meaning, successor to Dota. This game is full of fun and gets quite addictive. Although, losing may be frustrating sometimes, it hooks you into the game, and you'll never be able to let go of this.

this is a really, really fun game. It's multiplayer only, so it's rough if you expect to learn in single player, but it's a lot easier to get into than DOTA, and its a lot less punishing in feel with a much nicer community. Supposedly its very competitive too. I like the faster pace and greater emphasis on team combat compared to DOTA.

Fun champions, a less steep learning curve than DOTA, a great online community and a development team that actually listen to their players make this a game not to be missed!

Among free titles, this is truly the best. The champions are well-diversified, the matches are intense, and the combat is satisfying. Truly, this game is "leagues" above the other "legends" such as Heroes of Newerth or DOTA.

I love this game - haven't spent so many hours playing a game since WOW first came out. Hugely replayable and extremely fun.

Best MOBA out there. I came from DOTA, and I also tried HON, but this game really proves itself over and over to be the best MOBA out there. And it's free.

Awesome game! Free to play, 40 champions to choose from, live service continually making the game better... what else could you ask for. Love it!

It's the DOTA variation that we all dreamed about. The f automatic match making based on ELO easy interface and reconnection possibility and a penalizing system for those cheaters and leavers... ETC. And to top it off it has really unique set of heroes and a complex combination of masteries and runes that you can use to come up with your own combo.

It's Warcraft III's Defense of the Ancients custom game on massive steroids. The graphics are good, the customization is deep, the pricing is free. What more could you ask for? This game is near perfect. It won't be for everyone, however. If you're unfamiliar with DOTA, this is basically a Real Time Strategy melded with a 3rd-Person Action/RPG (think simplified Zelda or Fable games). You fight against another team of 3 or 5 and race to destroy the opposing team's base. That's it in a nutshell, but don't be fooled as this game has plenty of nuance/complexity to keep you from getting the hang of it after one game. For new players wanting to gain a little feel for the game before going head to head with real players with experience, there's a players vs AI mode that will allow you to step up your game without being overwhelmed or yelled at. This is a mandatory option to explore for brand new players to this game world and will greatly benefit you as you'll learn it all faster in a controlled environment. Don't let any of the negative scores deter you, as League of Legends gives free to play a whole new standard of excellence. You'd expect to pay money for this kind of polish and content, but you don't. Check it out!… Expand

One of the best RTS games in our generation. It is updated regularly and champions added regularly. There are very many champions currently with different ways of play style such as Attack Damage(AD/DPS) Ability Power(AP/Mage) Tank and Support.

League of Legends is a free-to-play Defense of the Ancients style RTS in which you control one of many champions in a team of 3 or 5 to take on another team of champions. As a summoner, you control your champion which can take on one of many roles (such as Tank, DPS, Ranged DPS, Carry) Riot continue to release new champions, but there is a need for balance that shows, some weeks (Updates are done weekly) One or two champions will be g-g-g-god-like (ha!) to be over-nerfed the next week. This fact doesn't remove from the fun of the game too much, but it can become frustrating at times. Another downside to this game is that entering Solo play can be treacherous, you can be paired with griefers who are solely trying to ruin the game for your team, but don't let that put you off as the game is incredibly fun and challenge and after getting used to it, you'll wonder why you didn't play it earlier.… Expand

Probably the best DotA style game out there. It keeps everything relatively simple and adds some exciting additions such as masteries and gems. (My account is lvl 30). However, the developers often make some really dumb mistakes. For example - there is a new champion every 2 weeks. There is already an absolutely huge amount of champions and adding more at such a fast rate forces you to keep playing or get lost with patches and new champions (like World of WarCraft). The devs always change things that dramatically change the game. If you take a 3 month break, you'll come back to a different game. This rapid champ addition makes it really hard for new players to become familiar with the game even after its confusing mechanics. If you can deal with the very large learning curve, then LoL becomes a really fun game. I highly recommend it.… Expand

This is one the BEST free to play games I have ever experienced. I have played a lot of free to play games over the years and I find one flaw in most all of them - Pay money to win. This is the ONLY game I have seen that paying real money into the game does not mean winning or being over balanced. Anything that is of importance in the way of "getting the edge on the competition" can be gotten with by playing the game in the free sense. I have not spent a penny on this game and I have never run into someone who can pay their way to victory. Unlike some of the other "free" games this actually makes me want to spend money to buy skins or whatever. If you like this type of game (which I find difficulty placing other than an RPG/Competitve game) then this is your game. Do not hesitate to download this game. Shout out to Riot Games for such an amazing display of amazing game fairness. I am not a big "Graphics! Graphics! Graphics!" person, but I do enjoy turning my computers graphics up to it's full potential when I can. This game is visually pleasing. It's graphic are very good for all the it entails. I like the graphics of the game personally, but it's no FPS detail graphics game when you break it down. The graphics are a bit childish when you play it, but your view of the game being childish changes when you see a Cho'Gath feasting on another character...yes that is blood not katchup. The animation for the movements are very fitting. The only complaint that I have heard from anyone about the movements is that the characters do not turn around, they just move. But hey it doesn't bother me. When I play video games, I go to options>sounds and turn off the music. I can't tell you how good the music is, but I have not heard any complaints. I do know however that the game sound fit the environment and that the taunts and jokes the characters say can be very funny. I know the action sounds good (to me) and thats all I can tell you. If you want to try this game, use this link. It'll give me a referral. Thank You http://signup.leagueoflegends.com/?ref=4c49fc3fbd54a… Expand

One of the few games that I never get tired of. Free to play. Nice graphics, though not great. Superb gameplay. Awesome music. Great leveling system. Currently the best moba on the market.

Some critics need need to re-review this game. I've been playing League of Legends since May 2010 and this game has been completely transformed since then. The developers keep the game updated regularly with patches coming out every two weeks to add new content and address bugs and other problems with the game. I highly suggest you try this game out.

While this game is fun and entertaining it has some major flaws. The game itself is based on the DoTA mod for warcraft III. Essentially it is an action RTS game with tower defense elements. You control a champion and try to push each lane. Killing Minions and other champions while destroying towers. It can be very fun especially when you find a good group to play with. Huge balance issues bring it down as the same overpowered characters are constantly being played. Other than the excessive amount of characters to choose from there is very little depth in the game itself. Riot as a developer has some major shortcomings as well. Their patches usually cause more problems than they fix. They constantly promise improvements and additions that never see the light of day. There are only two maps that are currently playable(3v3 and 5v5). Though you will still only ever play one of them (5v5). They have been promising a new map and new modes since launch which was nearly two years ago. They even leaked a map last October that still has yet to be released. As a free to play game it is worth the time for installation. However they make up for the game being free by charging ridiculous amounts for characters and skins. A character or skin will run you $7 to $15 each. No those are not bundle prices those are individual prices. With 70+ characters and each character having 4 or more skins it can get incredibly expensive. To sum up it can be a fun game to play as long as you don't expect any real depth. Just be wary of paying for the characters and skins.… Expand

Superb, addictive, sociable and fiendishly deep PvP gameplay mechanics flawed by terrible server issues (in Europe at least) game droppers, abusive and cynical community and a buggy engine. Has the potential to be a 10.

It is a decent game that you can get lots of hours of enjoyment. Depending on your team composition- what characters your teammates chose, and how skilled they are- the gameplay changes quite drastically. This game reminds me of team fortress 2, well-balanced game with distinctive characters with varying gameplay mechanics. Like team fortress 2, many of the game elements are repeated in each game. I feel hollow after playing too much of this game, like having a lengthy, enjoyable conversation and realizing I have been talking about nothing. In small doses, however, this game is commendable in its immersiveness, and its generosity in offering many of the key features for free.… Expand

Captivating and extremely well conceived title. Free to play but almost immediately merits some kind of compensation. It won't be long before you are wanting to pay Riot Games for their effort and thankfully, their micro-transaction store is second to none. Lots of different ways to customize your game with Runes and Masteries, loads of heroes with new ones added almost weekly. I'v been waiting a long time for a game like this.… Expand

Best played in a competitive nature. Takes some time to get used to mechanics but once you do its fun and you lose hours playing. The game is free and you gain pretty much no advantage spending money on this game. (Unless you count skins as an advantage)

Good game, best MOBA to date. Sometimes it has problems with the servers, but you always get a "reward" for your patience- sometimes even in-game currency which you'd usually have to pay for.

League of Legends is a fairly fast-paced MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena). Teamwork isn't completely vital at all times, but teamwork does make the game much more interesting. The free-to-play model makes it easy to pick up and play. The game is constantly updated with new champions. And with the largest update ever on the way dubbed "Dominion" we should finally begin to see a large variation in gameplay choices. Many heroes play uniquely, while there are only two choices in regards to maps. This game skimps in some areas while completely excelling in it's strong points. Try it out, it's free.… Expand

Firstly, how can you argue with free. Even if you don't like it, you never had to pay a thing to try it. That doesn't matter though because the game is awesome, fun and easy to play, difficult to master. What more could you really ask for in a game?

One of the better games I have played in a long time. The graphics aren't the best, but they do not detract for the gameplay, and Riot Games is currently working to update the graphics later on. However, the graphics and the UI are very clear-cut do a great job in making everything in the game visually easy to understand. LoL also has an excellent pay model, allowing users to purchase champions and cosmetic skins with actual cash, while still allowing said champions to be purchased through earned in-game currency, and keeping anything that can affect actual gameplay (runes) obtainable through in-game currency only. Riot Games also releases updates and adds new champions on a biweekly basis to keep the game balanced to the best of their ability. Riot Games interacts well with its userbase and listens to community feedback to prioritize balance issues. League of Legends is a worthy DotA successor and is definitely worth trying out.… Expand

This game is a freakin' monster. Highly addictive. Riot Games are doing their job very well, up to these days. They introduce a new champion by every two weeks. If you ever enjoyed an AoS style game, then you should try this game. And it's free.

This game is incredibly fun but the community is downright terrible. I know Riot was looking into ways to solve some of the community issues such as griefers, leavers, and trolls in both uncompetitive and competitive play. Even with the community issues (hey.. its a free game..expect more poor "entitled" morons than usual) the game is fantastic. It is incredibly well balanced and with a few friends on skype or ventrillo its replayability is ENDLESS. This is certainly a game to have handy if you've got an hour to kill and want to fill it with a great team based strategy game.… Expand

Being a very long member of the LoL community, I would say this game is too heavily reliant on your team (and nothing else). It punishes you more for other teammates' mistakes and less rewarding for your own achievements. But! The premades and friends you make could more than make up for it (maybe...).

A truly, worthy successor and standalone of the incredibly popular Defense of the Ancients. League of Legends is by far the most highly addictive MOBA game to date and this is due to the fact that LoL game be played by both Casual gamers and Hardcore gamers so equally without much rabble like that from DotA and HoN. Riot Games went with a more cartonny approach which not only looks great but makes it possible for low-end computers to play as well. The balancing is very good with only minor balance issues but really, its impossible to have a completely balance game with 70+ indiviually unique champions. Overall League of Legend is a remarkably excellent game and is the current dominator of the fued between LoL and HoN. With new champions coming out every 2 weeks, its hard to see this game falling apart.… Expand

In my opinion having both played LoL HoN and DotA I would rank them as 3-2-1, 1 beaing the highest while 3 the lowest The reason for this is that LoL is basically a dumbed down version of DotA to the point of significantly altering the gameplay negatively to make it easier. While HoN remains true to DotA with the added incentives of graphics reconnection and such. TL;DR If you played DotA, had fun and looking for a game based on it go for HoN. If you are below 13 and want a more newb friedly game choose LoL.… Expand

This game is great. The community is the only thing that drags it down. Riot constantly updates the game so there is always something new, with all the champions and the two game modes, it's unlikely that you will get bored of this game.

I've been playing League of Legends since August or September 2010. The game is addictive as hell and it now has tons of champions, about 80 or so. What makes this game different (and imo better) than the original DOTA is the new mechanics they've put in the game, such as summoner spells, runes, masteries, which all allows you to customize your character even before the game starts, allowing players to create their own way of playing certain champions. Furthermore it keeps the player addicted, since you want more champions, you need runes to be as efficient as others etc. This is not a bad thing in my opinion, it gives you a goal when playing. And now they are coming up with a new map and they are actually getting way better at balancing the game, so it is more enjoyable. Overall I find the game to be quite fantastic, given it is a F2P game ^^… Expand

best thing to play for free and best moba for now, also it isn't pay 2 win game, new champions almost every week, patches and fun mod as dominion and worldwide championship.

Incredible game, far superior to any other MOBA on the market at the moment. Graphically it is dated, for those of you who have seen any of the DotA 2 Gamescom competition footage, League is by far not the prettiest game out there. However, it does easily outshine Heroes of Neweth graphically. It is suffice to say that LoL's graphics suffice and the cartoony, bright style works well and character models and skins are all very well rendered. Gameplay wise there are few game modes, 5v5, 3v3 and then bot, ranked and custom modes. While there are functionally only two playable maps; Summoners Rift (either Autumn or Spring skinned, Winter skinned at Christmas time) or Twisted Treeline (no skins for this map) the addition of added game rules adds longevity and the existence of both beginner and intermediate bots provides an excellent training ground for new players or even old players who seek to try new builds in a non-competitive environment. Which brings us to the community, LoL unfortunately is beginning to suffer from aggro-creep not at all dissimilar to what infects the HoN community. While all new players begin at level one and through playing games acquire in game currency (which can be spent on a number of things in the store) one can chart the level of a player according to behaviour, the closer to 30 a player seems to get the more intolerant of mistakes they become in their team mates and themselves with losses often getting a curt GG or silence. The developer though attempts to regulate this behaviour by providing a report function in which any aggrieved player can report other players who have caused problems or been antisocial and a highly motivated player support team on the part of the developer reviews these game logs and hands out bans or cautions appropriately. In fact so vigilant are these guardians of propriety that the LoL community should be more accurately described as 'Passive Aggressive' with the majority of players often settling for curt, snarky comments out of fear of the ban hammer. Regardless it helps prevent the rise of the trolling culture found in many other competitive games like CoD, HoN, Halo, etc. Gameplay wise the development team is constantly tweaking heroes attempting to find just the right balance for gameplay, this doesn't always work but as it is a never-ending process it doesn't really matter except in extreme cases (like Evelynn). Otherwise the game is a very much tweaked version of the original DotA and the average game lasts anywhere from 20-90 mins (in extreme cases), with the option for either team to surrender after the 20min mark. This game is free to play but you must pay real currency to obtain skins for champions - functionally just a vanity item. I would (and have) recommended this game to anyone with a love of deep strategy and skill, it far exceeds anything else on the market currently and in all likelihood will continue to shiny brightly even when DotA 2 releases.… Expand

Perfect, simply perfect. The guys from DoTA really outdid themselves on this one, and it shows exactly how much they were aware of in the industry and the fan base when they laid this thing out. The graphics are exactly as they should be, slightly cartoony, but they make low-res look good. The entire feel of the interface, the characters, the animations and particles, all of them fit into exactly what you'd think of for a game like this. The characters feel like toons, which is exactly what they are, your own personal disposable soldiers. The gameplay is spot on, not a single beat missed anywhere. The action is easy to get into and yet still engaging several hundred hours in. The developers are very in-tune with the players, paying a lot of attention to their concerns and fostering the first real competitive online game. This one is an instant classic. Being free to play in this context isn't a bad thing. The fundamental concept of the game, every match being a clean slate full of level 1 players, is such an even and refreshing experience that being a "free" player versus being someone who has dropped hundreds of dollars into the game doesn't tilt the power balance too far, and the makers of the game intend it to be that way. It's completely brilliant on their part. The only issues I lament right now are the lack of follow-through on the in game reporting system for players out there to ruin the experience, but with such a massive player base, I can't fault them for not being able to handle the hundreds of thousands of reports they get daily. The lack of maps is another issue I hear complained about frequently but I personally don't mind it, although a new map is finally being released Q3 this year. Ultimately I can't say anything but good about this game, it's #1 on my game selection from the day I started it up.… Expand

This is a very, very well done game. Good balance, pretty good effects, and a very enjoyable experience, on top of it all the game is FREE. It also has the best competitive environment right now in Esports besides the Starcraft franchise, which will never be dethroned. The only complains i have are the lack of new maps, the really bad servers (really just on patch days, theyre normally fine others), And tthat the graphics are very dated. Other then that, very good.… Expand

At first it was a little difficult to grasp the concept of the game. But after jumping into a match with other players, and soon friends, I was instantly grasped by it. While some of the features on the game are somewhat confusing to the leisure gamer, if you spend the time to fully explore everything beneath the surface, you'll find a world of customization at your fingertips.

It's an almost perfect game. The gameplay is perfect, and if you're a newbie to this type of games, you will have no problems with all tutorials and training modes. The game have constant updates, adding new champions and skins, and now a new game mode, Dominion. Also the game has a system that punishes the leavers and griefers. I would give it a perfect score to this awesome game, but the game has some balance issues and no clan support. Still loving it, though.… Expand

League of Legends is an amazing strategy game for hardcore players as well as new comers. All the characters have a very unique feel and consist on vastly different builds. You'll always have a new experience from going one to another no matter what. The game tactics are often very simple, attack gank or defend and then switch up, theres oddly no room for real tactics. The game itself gets boring quickly, one game tends to be easily 40+ minutes. It severely lacks maps and other game modes as well. The updates come quick but are often new characters, nothing really special. I'd seriously like to see some balancing as well, a big batch of characters are far too powerful. Overall, it's great. You'll have a MUCH better experience with LoL if your playing with a friend, or if you've played strategy games in the past. I would have given this game an 8, but some things seriously need to change in the League of Legends.… Expand

League of Legends is very good on-line team strategy. Amazing gameplay, much many good optimalize champions and really great graphics as on free game. But..... Only 2 maps + Tourial map is't enough. Sometimes this is boring but i play this game over half year and over 400 games and play now too :) . I advice LoL because this is really great game! My rate is 9.2/10

League of legends is a successor/clone of Defense of the Ancients mod for Warcraft 3. the gameplay is much easy to understand than any other DOTA clones, making it easier to play. -------------------------------------------- The main criticism isnt towards the gameplay, but rather to the Economy of the game. Each weak 10 champions are "randomly" selected for players to use who havent purchased. Then each of the characters has to be purchased either using Cash converted to the non-refundable ingame Premium Currency, or through the ingame "free" currency that you acquire through play. Neither is a good option, as the Premium currency is roughly $5-20 per item, and with the 100+ characters and skin changes, it costs HUNDREDS of dollars to acquire everything. The "free" currency is gained very slowly and cant purchase the skin changes for the characters. the Majority of characters take between fifty and 100 games played, with each game taking 30 minutes to an hour to complete. The developers regularly have discounts on certain items paid with Premium Currency, have only recently made any kind of price reduction for non-cash players on some champions, and then only the oldest. They are making 2 new champions each month, at around $9-10 each. Constant changes to the characters abilities make some near impotent in terms of gameplay, until another change comes out restoring them to fighting shape. ----------------------- Overall the developers and business managers of the game seem to hate their audience, regularly abusing the users. Expensive virtual rewards, tedious "grinding" as an alternative, and constant depreciation of items people pay money or time for are what to expect. If you play this game, I hope you enjoy it, but bring your credit card.… Expand

For those who feel the need to compare LoL with DotA, this game definitely trumps that. Teamwork, the right in-game build, and the right meta build all contribute to a very strategic gameplay. The fact that there's such a huge playerbase only adds to the fun, though I'd highly recommend playing with friends who know what they're doing over playing random queues. The only beef I have with the game is that you have to grind matches in order to reach the max level, which is unnecessary given the implementation of an ELO system.… Expand

A free to play Team-RPG/Tower-Defence game held up by micro transactions. The game however does not hinder your gameplay if you are not willing to make an investment. You only play for convenience and vanity items. The game has a simplistic yet clear graphical style, meaning your weaker computer will be able to play it. Tutorials to help you learn the game, menus are easy to navigate. This game also has a pretty good matchmaking system, meaning you will likely play against players of equal skill, the community might be hostile towards a player learning the ropes tho.… Expand

Graphics: 7/10 (not that great, not horrible either) Gameplay: 9/10 (mostly balanced, enjoyable & easy enough to grasp for beginners) Community: 7/10 (common to have dropouts, occasional abuse but still better than HON) overall 8/10

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've been playing this game since early preseason 1. This game has evolved tremendously, and the producers deeply care about the community. The game is more teamwork oriented then other games of its nature, but it is also possible for a person to win the entire game. Despite the forum posts about how "overpowered" a champion is, the game is insanely balanced. Allowing a draft-mode normal and custom match system has produced a practice system for new players. The game interface is extremely user-friendly and simple to figure out. The tutorial is also fairly thorough about gameplay, along with the free champion rotations allowing you a diverse number of people to attempt to play. The game is constantly recieving updates to remain balanced and introduce new champions to play. Also, riot is a very community oriented company, despite people believing it is trying to maximize revenue. Any money spent would not produce a significant advantage to gameplay, so you can not buy power in this game.… Expand

There is way too much wrong with this game to make it fun for me. Instead of balancing champions like DOTA or any PVP based game, Riot releases a new champion every two weeks. The new champion is usually incredibly powerful until it is nerfed hardcore a few weeks later. This is not the problem. The problem is that the game is a LADDERED COMPETITIVE TEAM GAME where such imbalance creates an imbalance in stats and matchmaking composition. The other big problem with this game is the community. Free to Play means free to abuse. That means tons of casual scrubs, people who are intentionally **** trolls, feeders, and the worst of which BRAZILIANS. Riot refuses to establish a seperate South American regional server so North American English speakers are constantly forced to play across a language barrier. YOU CANNOT BE COMPETITIVE IN A GAME THAT REQUIRES CONSTANT COMMUNICATION IF YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND YOUR ALLIES...… Expand

First of all this game is Free to Play, which already adds that much value to the game itself. It is basically a spin-off of Dota that uses cell shaded/anime style graphics for the characters. The gameplay is very similar to Dota and emphasizes teamwork and communication. It's a game really easy to pick up but difficult to master, as you will need a thorough understanding of all the characters to be considered an expert at the game. This is all the more difficult, since the developers are constantly pumping out new characters and implementing character balances approximately every 2 weeks. The game is in a desperate need of new maps. There are currently 3 maps: Summoner's Rift, Twisted Treeline and the Crystal Scar. I never really understood why the developers kept building new characters to use instead of making new maps, simply because all the Dota related games follow the format of adding new heroes/champions/characters. Different game modes would also be good. The newest Crystal Scar map is a step in the right direction. I think this game will continue to develop into a better and better game, over time. (Overall: 7+ lots of potential to be a 10)… Expand