Dota 2

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6.5

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  1. josezu
    Nov 2, 2013
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No new heroes
    New path sucks
    No fix the bugs
    No diretide
    Terrible MatchMaking
    Terrible distribution of rewards after the game ends
    Whatever newbie player can play with who has lvl 50 or more
    What happens with valve??    … Expand
  2. hhumas
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    dota 2 no diretide... we need dire tide or atleast an answer from valve about any upcoming event....................................................................
  3. finalsfina
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    I think valve is trying to teach users how should it be played, but I'll learn myself. valve you are not apple, don't even think about how to make users think as you think
  4. JohnTheHUnter
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    No updates for 6 months, before that update no update for 6 months as well (so that means two updates with one hero and nothing else per year), even WC3 DotA (that only was a custom map made by a single person) had more updates per year, no region lock you constantly match russian players and english players together, garbage report system: 2 reports in 2 different games you getNo updates for 6 months, before that update no update for 6 months as well (so that means two updates with one hero and nothing else per year), even WC3 DotA (that only was a custom map made by a single person) had more updates per year, no region lock you constantly match russian players and english players together, garbage report system: 2 reports in 2 different games you get punishment. Noone is checking those reports. YOu can be reported for being black or for wearing glasses and believe me: YOU WILL. Valve doesnt talk with its playerbase at all, the UI sucks big time as well as the game interface nothing gets changed, you buy tournament tickets ingame: they lack casters, the casters audio lags so hard its unwatchable, very bad matchmaking that couples a very bad player with a very good player so we have a balanced team, right? RIGHT???? No ladder, no MMR, no feeling of progression. Artwork is getting up though by the weekly (very often more than once a week) Hat patches valve is making money from.

    I will never buy another steam game nor put any kind of dollar into this platform after Rome 2 and DotA 2. Thank you fat lord Gaben.

    This game is dead, it feels dead, it loses in China to LoL, it will lose in the rest of the world to LoL, Valve does not care as long as they release their hats for     … Expand
  5. takoiblev
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Realy bad matchmaking, garbage game engine, bad report system. No Diretide. No new heroes. Matchmaking. Matchmaking. Matchmaking. Matchmaking. GG WP, VOLVO!
  6. TheRevz
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Bad matchmaking
    Bad report system
    Bad game
    Always crashes
    Never get updates, and if it get updates its for HATS, NEW HATS
    Volvo just want money
    After 2800 hours played i feel bad, at begginin valve was making changes but now only we get hats!
  7. PeppyProf
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very bad! No Diretide! Very bad! No Diretide! Very bad! No Diretide! Very bad! No Diretide! Very bad! No Diretide! Very bad! No Diretide! Very bad! No Diretide!… Expand
  8. l1nk
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    No visible MMR/Ladders.
    Matchmaking sucks.
    No region locking so russians are running rampant and ruining games.
    The quality of cosmetics going down by the day.
  9. YoLoMoN
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game but bad developer.no communication between valve and dota 2 communities.MORE HATS DEAD GAME
    Never In my entire life have I witnessed a worse community revolving around a video-game than the one that is to be found in Dota 2. The players are: Egotistic, ego centric, unsporting, aggressive, hostile, uncaring, mean, mistrusting, immature, callous, apathetic and incredibly pretentious while at every loss prompting everyone inside the current game to "Report player X" if someone on their team was even remotely new to the game or did any other action not sanctified by them, be it going in what lane you want, not purchasing courier/wards or simply just had an unlucky run/getting cross-classed. Along with being completely miserable to be around, they frequently never speak the language in the region you're playing and nowhere else is this more apparent when russian is spammed into the chat at all times on European zones from 3 different sources at once. And if people do know English, trolling is nothing short but assured from all directions to all teams.

    Second biggest problem with this game would be the elitist mindset that orbits anyone that has played this atrocious game for more than a couple of hours. Any behavior that breaks the typical dota 2's hardcore player routine of buying tango, healing salve and iron branches, perhaps with some boots of speed if they're feeling adventurous will result in a wave of F-bombs, intentional feeding, votes of surrender, spam prompts to report player X and disconnecting users as far as the eye can see. I even had cases where players left the game because some guy forgot to buy a courier at the start of the game. And that's me overlooking the fact that killstealing off your TEAMMATES is considered average behavior/a common tactic. In LoL, you can even report people for "being unskilled". As in, anyone. Even if they're level 1.To put it bluntly, MOBA's like dota 2 give out a special kind of disgusting behavior that makes me feel physically ill for very good reasons.

    Coming close to problem number 2 is the third epic fail problem of this game. The match-making in Dota 2. Broken, poorly thought through and executed horribly. You are prompted to select a variety of regions before initiating the match-making system and the more regions you have selected, the less waiting time..

    Which begs the question, what is the point with the regional system if you're just gonna encourage people to sign up for all regions? The end result will be that nobody sticking to their geographical zones and not only causes frustration in the form of people trying to communicate and chat with eachother in the chat as described above but also disallows any kind of vocal text tactical communication since everyone does not speak the same language. In all honestly, this game is overloaded with issues just like this and I would be able to overlook this particular embarassing design-flop if it wasn't for the actual hard functionality of the MM as well being broken. The scenario on where 4-5 organized people in a group, all sitting in ventrilo/teamspeak while packing thousands of hours in Dota 2 each have a very likely possibility to be "teamed" up against new players with less than 10 hours with no complaints from the match-making system (even if there is a very large queue) throws out any chance of that. This happens particulary often if you decide to try the game out with a friend or two which leaves me with yet another question: The purpose of match-making was to find equally skilled opponents. So why is this even remotely possible? Team-based games with a mandatory MM are supposed to be fair. Not Tyrannosaurus rex VS a duckling. I'm reluctant to say that Dota 2 even has a match-making at all once you look at all the facts.    … Expand
  10. sangol
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    RIP DIRETIDE 2013-2013RIP DIRETIDE 2013-2013RIP DIRETIDE 2013-2013RIP DIRETIDE 2013-2013RIP DIRETIDE 2013-2013RIP DIRETIDE 2013-2013RIP DIRETIDE 2013-2013
  11. zaok666
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Where is my DIRETIDE? F*** u VOLVO! I hate u for that. No new heroes no new mode no DIRETIDE! I hope DOTA2 will have 1 user score.
    GL HF GABE! MOBA from Blizzard I'm waiting for you!
  12. Volvoplx
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Volvo pls no moar hats for doto. Give diretide instead.
    Volvo pls no moar hats for doto. Give diretide instead.
    Volvo pls no moar hats for doto. Give diretide instead.
    Volvo pls no moar hats for doto. Give diretide instead.
    Volvo pls no moar hats for doto. Give diretide instead.
    Volvo pls no moar hats for doto. Give diretide instead.
  13. SilverShadow
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Disappointing game .....
    1000+ bugs which are not fixed Incomplete game Incomplete content Annual events not held No communication with the dota2 community Too much Money biased
    Waited 4 months and no new content was add
    Don't waste money or time on it
  14. dude2d
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Garbage matchmaking
    Garbage report system
    Garbage game engine results in 9 games without someone being able to load and you reenter the queue
    0 communication and 0 visibility no visible MMR no ladders)
    No region locks.
    You take a perfect game and turn it into worst game ever created.
    GG WP
  15. FrozenDeath
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    DireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTireDireTire
  16. AB04
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    kidalovo sploshnoe netu DIRETIDE dazhe ne otragirovali na volnenie v community
    ploho postupili valve
    ochen ploho dolzhno bit stidno
    zhirniy geib sovsem zazhiralcya skotina
    understand!?
  17. HeyKirill
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The creators of this game do not pay attention to the gaming community. I have to write the language dzhavel and translate it into Google, that convey their thoughts, in our country dzhavel it is unthinkable.… Expand
  18. astiik
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Disappointing game .....
    1000+ bugs which are not fixed Incomplete game Incomplete content Annual events not held No communication with the dota2 community Too much Money biased
    Waited 4 months and no new content was add
    Don't waste money or time on it
  19. zerrro07020702
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    His Halloween Valve killed the game. Turn on the League of Legends.
    His Halloween Valve killed the game. Turn on the League of Legends.
    His Halloween Valve killed the game. Turn on the League of Legends. His Halloween Valve killed the game. Turn on the League of Legends. His Halloween Valve killed the game. Turn on the League of Legends. His Halloween Valve killed the game. Turn on    His Halloween Valve killed the game. Turn on the League of Legends.
    His Halloween Valve killed the game. Turn on the League of Legends.
    His Halloween Valve killed the game. Turn on the League of Legends.
    His Halloween Valve killed the game. Turn on the League of Legends.
    His Halloween Valve killed the game. Turn on the League of Legends.
    His Halloween Valve killed the game. Turn on the League of Legends.    … Expand
  20. Rdemia
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Reporting system is useless and bunch of idiot kids can be team up and report you and you can get banned because of that. We cant even choose not to play with russians. They can EASILY forget annual events like its no deal.
  21. Som30ne
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Toxic cumonity, bad pings and unbalanced heroes, no support, no cummunication, and nothing new.
    Too long time to match. No Ban system.

    If you want play DOTA, play the First One.
  22. Ah-Kon
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Good Game. Bad Developer. Doesn't give a fvck what the communities saying. Just a bad bad Developer, this game should be sued to valve and give it to Blizzard.
  23. Sacredice
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Garbage matchmaking
    Garbage report system
    Garbage game engine results in 9 games without someone being able to load and you reenter the queue
    0 communication and 0 visibility no visible MMR no ladders)
    No region locks.
    You take a perfect game and turn it into worst game ever created.
    DIreTide
  24. GOSHABLR
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
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  25. shipoplease
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Volvo pls no moar hats for doto. Give diretide instead.
    Volvo pls no moar hats for doto. Give diretide instead.
    Volvo pls no moar hats for doto. Give diretide instead.
    Volvo pls no moar hats for doto. Give diretide instead.
    Volvo pls no moar hats for doto. Give diretide instead.
    Volvo pls no moar hats for doto. Give diretide instead.
  26. JollyJoker302
    Nov 2, 2013
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Garbage matchmaking
    Garbage report system
    Garbage game engine results in 9 games without someone being able to load and you reenter the queue
    0 communication and 0 visibility no visible MMR no ladders)
    P    … Expand
  27. Tvaruzekk
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Give DIRETIDE!!! Give DIRETIDE!!! Give DIRETIDE!!!༼ Give DIRETIDE!!! Give DIRETIDE!!! Give DIRETIDE!!!༼ Give DIRETIDE!!! Give DIRETIDE!!! Give DIRETIDE!!!
  28. marcoskm
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    No region locks.
    Time-consuming pointless game, with a toxic community.
    It's not fun, it won't lead you anywhere, it'll try to make you addicted to it and ever-miserable for being so.
    Nothing to see here except vanity.
  29. whyvolvowhy
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    It is seriously disheartening to have to download 100mb of hats every week.
    Meanwhile features such as team matchmaking are completely broken (and pretty much useless) or non existent such as a proper ladder/publicly avilable matchmaking ranking.
    People would also like to be able to play heros they could play 6 years ago in dota 1. I feel most developers would have been able to port all    It is seriously disheartening to have to download 100mb of hats every week.
    Meanwhile features such as team matchmaking are completely broken (and pretty much useless) or non existent such as a proper ladder/publicly avilable matchmaking ranking.
    People would also like to be able to play heros they could play 6 years ago in dota 1. I feel most developers would have been able to port all the existing heros in this time frame (lets be honest here).

    In Summary: Ded Game, Volvo disband pls.    … Expand
  30. nvidiaaaa
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Prometedor juego que jugué casi desde el comienzo de las pruebas beta, se ha convertido en un free2play regular con una comunidad terrible, un sistema inadecuado de presentación de informes. No juegue si no eres un colegial.
  31. raj7749
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    dota 1 is much better.. dota 2 sucks so many bugs.. sad developers cant fix bugs even after so many years of beta... valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve udota 1 is much better.. dota 2 sucks so many bugs.. sad developers cant fix bugs even after so many years of beta... valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck valve u suck … Expand
  32. GMJohnny
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    DIRETIDE
    diretide
    DIRETIDE
    DIRETIDE
    DIRETIDE
    DIRETIDE
    WHERE IS THE DIRETIDE
    So we were discussing, where is diretide!?!?
    I came back from 3months of bootcamp for marines, and i came back just in time for diretide.. guess what isnt there.. DIRETIDE
  33. diegroovy
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Just a waste of time. You used to be cool, you've changed Doto.

    Garbage matchmaking
    Garbage communication from the developers
    Garbage game engine results in 9 games without someone being able to load and you reenter the queue
    0 communication and 0 visibility no visible MMR no ladders)
    No region locks.
    You take a perfect game and turn it into worst game ever created.
    GG WP
  34. muralisk
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE
    thanks for my diretide, better play lol where they care about the community
  35. SoulSteal
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Where is the DIRETIDE?
    Too many Bad patch
    no new hero since 4 months ago
    No region locks
    profiles hidden
    You take a perfect game and turn it into worst game ever created.
    garbage work from Volvo.    … Expand
  36. mengxiansheng
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    no heroes, no event, no Diretide!! Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE
  37. giiancarloo
    Nov 2, 2013
    0
    NO good awards for old players constant players (I have about 1.900 played hours but all my items if for my money I think valve must give us to the old players some award/incentive)
    NO Halloween event.
    NO new Hero.
    Ee spend lots of time and money in this game but valve don't do nothing in appreciation they just want win more and more of our money.
  38. cro51k
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    Waste of time, this game has nothing good, only a OP characters! there are 102 chars and 20 playable, because the others are useless. only one map. Sound track terrible. I dont know why i donwload this.
  39. omgbfg
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    Give Diretide!༼ Give Diretide!༼ Give Diretide!༼ Give Diretide!༼ Give Diretide!༼ Give Diretide!༼ Give Diretide!༼ Give Diretide!༼ Give Diretide!༼ Give Diretide!༼ Give Diretide!༼ Give Diretide!༼ Give Diretide!༼ Give Diretide!༼ Give Diretide!
  40. bishop4eg
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    why no DireTide?why no DireTide?why no DireTide?why no DireTide?why no DireTide?why no DireTide?why no DireTide?why no DireTide?why no DireTide?why no DireTide?
  41. rus32rus2
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    Give diretide
    Garbage matchmaking
    Garbage report system
    Garbage game engine results in 9 games without someone being able to load and you reenter the queue
    0 communication and 0 visibility no visible MMR no ladders)
    No region locks.
    You take a perfect game and turn it into worst game ever created.
    GG WP
  42. Alloxa1112
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    began to think of Valve in a bad light, they unnecessarily this year Diretide.Ved not released in the past year mentioned the fact that this will be an annual festival, and right now they throw a whim!
  43. ZerousiK
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    Awful matchmaking, tonns of bugs, lags, terrible comunications with fans, last hero was released 11.07.
    Valve cares only about money. Hate them and DOTA 2.
  44. Flugergehimer
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    Where is matchmaking system??? What about DIRETIDE???? I'm tired from fuking skinshatstickets! Take your hats bakc Give us the new hero! Give us mmr rating!
  45. Paladin82
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    I don't understand why Valve has not responded to the community fanbase. They have made lots of money from Dota 2, and it's very popular, but they let Halloween come and go without any communication whatsoever about a special event they promised last year.

    Communication is key. It's the minimum level of responsibility a company has to its customers. There's no excuse in this day and age    I don't understand why Valve has not responded to the community fanbase. They have made lots of money from Dota 2, and it's very popular, but they let Halloween come and go without any communication whatsoever about a special event they promised last year.

    Communication is key. It's the minimum level of responsibility a company has to its customers. There's no excuse in this day and age to not send a post, tweet, or blog update. Instead, they chose to ignore their fans and are paying the price for it.    … Expand
  46. samsu8
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    This game was good before after taking by valve it getting worse game. This game becoming commercial game. No new hero no good patch and make this game unfair. Imbalance by valve. Giving patch 2 in a week but no fix only item set. noob valve
  47. Ozaidinfar
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    you valve, you dont give a about your community, you dont communicate, you dont make content for us to enjoy, you just make ****ing hats with pircetags.
  48. GiveDiretide3
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼ Give DIRETIDE༼
  49. KoT9ITku
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    gabe u dont give dire tide and now have 3.9 on the best in the world game...give dire tide and we have fun ....give dire tide and we go play...thx bro.
  50. Satangos
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    no diretide no fun

    all that they want is money!!! Volvo stop to listening community GG Dota
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    Give Diretide
  51. Kokskekser
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    Give DIRETIDE. Valve does NOT listen to the community. aboslutely shocking, that is all. Even when the community blatantly expects a halloween patch, they still do nothing, it's a complete joke.
  52. diretide123456
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    This Game is pretty fine. I'd give it a 8/10 without any doubt, but there are no updates anymore (except new hats). Though worst thing is: there is no DIRETIDE. How can anyone commit such a crime ?

    0 points due to volvo
  53. Erizer
    Nov 3, 2013
    0
    No Diretide. No communication with the community from Valve. No new hero in more than 3 months only hats and more hats to make more money. Disband Volvo please.
  54. Cfrazumadh
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    Dota 2 is an amazing game, made by an absolutely terrible team. Hasn't been updated in almost a half a year, no community interaction on what's going on, while the only thing that gets added is cash shop items.
  55. romagudkov
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Give DIRETIDE Give DIRETIDE Give DIRETIDE Give DIRETIDE Give DIRETIDE Give DIRETIDE Give DIRETIDE Give DIRETIDE Give DIRETIDE Give DIRETIDE Give DIRETIDE Give DIRETIDE Give DIRETIDE… Expand
  56. Mickeyol
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    The Dota 2 is govno igra! Diretide nety because Geib lox! Give Diretide please! This Is robot write it! I don't speak english because Geib huilo The geib PIDAR
  57. MrEvero
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    Valve does NOT listen to the community.
    Now the dev team ignore all the community and give no information about nothing when we ask.
    It's a dead game
    Volvo Give DIRETIDE
  58. westering
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    I know a lot of people here will understand my feelings, i just want to express this…
    I didn’t played dota 1, I was introduced to dota 2 a year ago since the game was in top rank of players on steam, well I decided to view a video, I liked it. Then, the nightmare started, they yelled on me, they called me a noob, they insulted, reported, I was in low priority a lot of times but guess    I know a lot of people here will understand my feelings, i just want to express this…
    I didn’t played dota 1, I was introduced to dota 2 a year ago since the game was in top rank of players on steam, well I decided to view a video, I liked it. Then, the nightmare started, they yelled on me, they called me a noob, they insulted, reported, I was in low priority a lot of times but guess whatwhat, I didn’t cry like some of the losers I saw here, I knew I was a noob, sometimes I attacked heros being attacked by creeps at the same time early game (and that caused death), teammated said to me “stay close to towers and you will be fine” I watched playes that owned others and screenshoted their builds to try to understand how it’s done, and I deserve it I felt bad because it was a hard game but when I saw the international that confirmed my desire, I wanted to LEARN that freaking hard and amazing game, the fact that I saw a giant roster of heros, a lot of ways to build a hero, a lot of combinations, wow!, I knew I wasn’t playing a little thing. THAT motivated me to improve.
    Because I have internet, instead (and not knowing at all) I decided to READ heros descriptions and LEARN I watched videos, viewed builds/guides (if you played a MMORPG you know what Im talking) is not a big thing, just a little learning, then, something magic happened, I started to improve, I started to buy courier and the team won, and I FEEL GOOD.
    For the first time in a single game I felt I learnt a very hard thing, to communicate English properly, to teamfight, to PLACE WARDS, but most of all to LEARN.
    A lot of months have passed since the greeviling, and I felt a high income of new players, that was good, new people playing, its ok if you have a nice tutorial, not everybody can have the same passion about hard video games like me to search and learn, so most of the people will get bored and abandon the game before extracting its potential to be super fun, matchmaking take a lot of minutes, sometimes you could had waited like 20 minutes for a single match? Like if you wanted to play a match, you can play one on your mind while you wait. That’s ok, I thought there isn’t a lot of players with my number of wins/skill level (at that point I knew game basics, ward, courier, but not deward, dust/sentry when necessary yet) that allowed me to play something tolerable. The nightmare of being yelled cause was my fault (actually it was) that team lose, but another worse nightmare started now…
    Actually the matchmaking system will make you hate this game, not even be able to want to learn, finding a match takes a lot less, but I get matchmaked with people that doesn’t have 50 wins (and I have around 900) if Valve wanted cooperative learning Valve failed (until now) because we have a bad tutorial, we actually have like 5 stages of tutorial (yea, long and tedious) but still don’t talk about the philosophy of the game! I still don’t see to tell the new people that if you pick a support and you don’t buy wards/courier you will increase to lose since minute 00:00, same for wards, same for sentry/dust. So playing with these people is like talking in another language, they pick venomancer/lina cause are cute and they got bored of play a drow/ursa and you tell them to buy courier, they say “buy it yourself, you are mid, you buy, I don’t have money” then you get muted for being a noob and know how to play the game and telling them that we will lose if you don’t buy anything for the team, only 1 newbie with no desire to learn in team and you are enjoy 30-45 minute sitting back in your sit and get confortable, because that will be a looooong ride to sure lose and wasting your time, why team game if tutorial don’t tell you that you are a mere piece of a cog and not the superman or a nice frager that will save the team being a support and say at the end of the game.
    "Omfg I’m 19-15-3 report the noobs, they didn’t killed a single anon Lina around 80 wins, 2013 (ofc no ward/courier, and taking mid).
    If you never played MOBA’s or don’t have a real interest to LEARN the game just don’t play it, you will end hating the game at the first week, you need to wait until they fix the matchmaking system and above all, a GOOD and not tedious, long tutorial that encourages people to LEARN, not giving all the food in a dish to their mouths like a freaking baby, I know most of us americlaps, want a easy game, and start fragging right away and feel like a pro at the first week, people, this aint team fortress 2 or counter strike, is a hard ass game and you will suck at start no matter what, you gamer powers that no one cares but you will fail here at start, but the only thing that will not fail is a desire to LEARN with that Valve, with that, you will achieve a masterpiece, until that, this game is in pub matchmaking, just fun when u play with friends (full party or at least 3) for now, is only a troll matchmaking and tutorial.    … Expand
  59. ievgeniy
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    Your dev team has to be the most incompetent and laziest pieces of I have ever witnessed. You gave your biggest game no Halloween event, you release a hero every year since it's "too much work". We were the loudest community ever, wanting diretide. Give DIRETIDE will live on for ages. We screamed so loudly and we get nothing, not even a single "no event this year" and now today you guysYour dev team has to be the most incompetent and laziest pieces of I have ever witnessed. You gave your biggest game no Halloween event, you release a hero every year since it's "too much work". We were the loudest community ever, wanting diretide. Give DIRETIDE will live on for ages. We screamed so loudly and we get nothing, not even a single "no event this year" and now today you guys have the audacity to give us a patch filled with hats.… Expand
  60. Lazavoj
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    Give DIRETIDE Volvo! DIRETIDE! Give DIRETIDE Volvo! DIRETIDE! Give DIRETIDE Volvo! DIRETIDE! Give DIRETIDE Volvo! DIRETIDE! Give DIRETIDE Volvo! DIRETIDE!
  61. vdz
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. keep the community in the dark and only give cosmetic items for money gg valve you have turned a game that has lasted for years as a mod into a cashgrab… Expand
  62. Anyday
    Nov 6, 2013
    3
    Played the game for about 400 hours and here's my review.

    Well,let's start from the pros first - The HUD has improved,you don't have to click on the NPCs to view shop items anymore.There are also suggested items for every hero. - In the old Dota if you were a beginner you could get killed without even noticing,but on the new one when you get hit you got the red effect on the    Played the game for about 400 hours and here's my review.

    Well,let's start from the pros first

    - The HUD has improved,you don't have to click on the NPCs to view shop items anymore.There are also suggested items for every hero.

    - In the old Dota if you were a beginner you could get killed without even noticing,but on the new one when you get hit you got the red effect on the screen,also the hero health bars look different so you can figure out stuff easier.

    Cons

    - The matchmaking system must be fixed.You can have 1 hour of gameplay and suddenly end up with 2 or 3 pros on the other team which obviously isn't fair.

    - Even though you choose to play in european servers there are bunch of Russians (not racist) who don't speak English .Those who do speak English tend to be offensive against everyone and refuse to cooperate.

    - Though the buy-able cosmetics do not give any advantage to the player,it's a big problem for other players who just don't care about them and don't want them.That's because they have to download 7gbs of useless models.I'm pretty sure that the game itself isn't even 5gb.

    Tip Find some people to play with if you're not patient.Otherwise you'll be wasting your time.    … Expand
  63. SASISA
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    The game is great, but situation with diretide is full of shame for valve. The problem is not braking promise about every year event, but the problem is mostly complete lack of response and dialog with community from valve company. There was no official answer. They simply don't give a about us. Thank you
  64. NoIamNotaCritic
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    Valve's "should be" good game. But what does Valve give to its community? A SLAP OF HAT UPDATES AND NOTHING MORE. Do you ever think of the community's feelings Valve? Feeding them cosmetics and no new information about the game development itself? I really couldn't believe that the developers abandoned this game. So what, the money you got from compendiums not enough for funding theValve's "should be" good game. But what does Valve give to its community? A SLAP OF HAT UPDATES AND NOTHING MORE. Do you ever think of the community's feelings Valve? Feeding them cosmetics and no new information about the game development itself? I really couldn't believe that the developers abandoned this game. So what, the money you got from compendiums not enough for funding the future development of Dota 2? WHAT THE ACTUAL VALVE. And where's that "we are going to patch the game every week"? I was not even seeing a good hot fix for unfixed bugs in the game itself. You better get off this SACK OF in the Steam Store and eat your steam controller. A reboot of this game won't do. Would be better if Icefrog file a resignation letter to Gaben and move to some other company that communicates with its fan base.

    What a disgrace.    … Expand
  65. Sabadash
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    I really couldnt get into this game... I really didnt want to spend 1500 hours (as some reviewers state) playing a game that seems to me to be very repetitive and dull.
  66. 4ikox1
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    Valve does NOT listen to the community. absolutely shocking, that is all. Even when the community blatantly expects a Halloween patch, they still do nothing, it's a complete joke. realy pls
  67. random_noob
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    Worst game ever, valve is on the community constantly. At the beginning, the plan was to get the full hero pool of wc3 dota as fast as possible. Now, their priorities changed. They rather do stupid cosmetic stuff and tickets than adding heroes or talking to the community. They have absolutely no contact to the users, they just want our money. Didnt expect that from Valve.
  68. Instu
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    the pace of this game feels so slow after playing years of lol. champ balance are bad. also, i dont like the idea of secret shop. i have play about 20 games not even one good game since what i see are people on the losing side always flaming each other, end up stood there typing, its like i can have more fun playing with bots. when i am on the losing side.omg people leaving game and
  69. folen1996
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. NO Diretide NO New Hero NO Updates NO Normal matchmaking system New updates is new sets and tickets New updates is new sets and tickets NO Diretide NO New Hero NO Updates NO Normal matchmaking system New updates is new sets and tickets New updates is new sets and tickets… Expand
  70. PatronRoman
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    The game is good, but it is being handled in a pathetic manner by VALVE

    1.Garbage matchmaking
    2.Garbage communication from the developers
    3.Garbage game engine results in 9 games without someone being able to load and you reenter the queue
    4.Null communication and 0 visibility ni visible MMR no ladders
    5.No Regin locks
    P.S. You take a perfect game and turn it into wjrst game ever created.
  71. Mike-Messiah
    Nov 8, 2015
    0
    Dota 2.. always hjaving problem. And those LoL fanboys keep taunting us for this near-broken game. DOTA Reborn was meant to fix problems but it has brought more problems. Stuck in loading screen, Cant Alt Tab for some Win 7 users, Disconnection problems.. whether its EU or SE-Asia, problems are plenty.

    Unfortunately, as long as these dickheads keep praising this game and being satisfied    Dota 2.. always hjaving problem. And those LoL fanboys keep taunting us for this near-broken game. DOTA Reborn was meant to fix problems but it has brought more problems. Stuck in loading screen, Cant Alt Tab for some Win 7 users, Disconnection problems.. whether its EU or SE-Asia, problems are plenty.

    Unfortunately, as long as these dickheads keep praising this game and being satisfied with whatever **** Valave throws at us, this game wont improve. Sure its a Free game, yeah i get that, but that does not mean its problem should be left ignored.    … Expand
  72. Zeraltz
    Nov 6, 2015
    1
    no events (unless they are pay to win)
    garbage matchmaking
    garbage report system
    the new client should be named reBUG
    full of peruvians (feeders, toxic players)
  73. qqqs3ss
    Dec 21, 2013
    0
    Toxic comunity, full of hate
    Why the update delete the "dont match with party" option???
    I JUST WANT to queue solo Ranked matchmaking why there are 3 people queuing with a party in my team,?? They blame on me the whole game, insult me for 10mins. I have never been insulted for so long time since I was born and there are 3 people at the same time! I have played dota for 6 years, from    Toxic comunity, full of hate
    Why the update delete the "dont match with party" option???
    I JUST WANT to queue solo Ranked matchmaking why there are 3 people queuing with a party in my team,?? They blame on me the whole game, insult me for 10mins. I have never been insulted for so long time since I was born and there are 3 people at the same time!
    I have played dota for 6 years, from 6.48 to 6.79, lately I always feel angry after playing dota, because of teammates‘ vilifying in the game.
    WHy people insult others ?
    1、The match is not balance
    2、2 or more friends queue together ,they can report or insulte anyone who goes against them.
    Dont play this game if you are solo, delete dota2 dont let it ruin your life!!    … Expand
  74. Black7
    Feb 23, 2015
    2
    For the last 2 years this hack failed to present anything good. Terrible mmr (I had 5K), the developers instead of this fix, add the chests. Very tasty Gaben but I have had enough. The game is deleted.
  75. Validos
    Mar 16, 2014
    0
    Worst game ever. Just copypast of original dota with the function of reconncect. Terrible community, very gloomy graphic. And dota isn't a hard game. I don't hear it about original dota, but dota2 has become so hard(WHY?). You don't need a lot of ideas and time to make copypast, it was only made to take YOUR money.
  76. deception
    Apr 21, 2014
    3
    Удивительно, что нашлись средства и люди для воплощения в жизнь из столь маленького дополнения в нечто большее. В Доте нет ничего особенного. Ни смысловой нагрузки, ни визуальных прелестей и ничего другого тоже.
  77. Chessir
    Jun 30, 2014
    1
    After over 1500 hours of playing DOTA 2 over multiple accounts I can say without a doubt that this "game" is just straight out bad -- its free price tag and artificial addiction are its only redeeming qualities. Valve actually enforces a forced 50% win ratio upon all its users making improvement and illusion, making it so that its users stay hooked playing lies in an attempt to maximizeAfter over 1500 hours of playing DOTA 2 over multiple accounts I can say without a doubt that this "game" is just straight out bad -- its free price tag and artificial addiction are its only redeeming qualities. Valve actually enforces a forced 50% win ratio upon all its users making improvement and illusion, making it so that its users stay hooked playing lies in an attempt to maximize its chances at selling overpriced cosmetic items of which profits go directly to everything but updates with actual content. The game refuses to enforce region lock time and time again despite its players asking for a system to fix the Rosetta Stone advertising virus that is its Third World trolls of which are directly responsible for the unchecked rampant racism throughout the community that by the way is already dangerously toxic to begin with. Those with depression be warned, suicide and every other available insult will be mentioned as a means to fester negative feelings in its new and/or bad players as a means to repel you from this "game". The means to report this cyberbullying is unfortunately also an illusion as action comes once in a blue moon. It should be noted that balance does not exist to counter RAT-DOTA (split pushing without committing to team fights) and a means to surrender in a match does not exist despite the rampant smurfing (experienced players in new alternative accounts) in game. Do not be fooled by the paid reviews and spammed 10 point Diretide reviews people, this "game" will only waste your time, fun will be nonexistent after your first few good games and addiction will set in quickly forcing you to eventually buy useless pixels and suffer through countless bad matches for one good game that never seems to be enough -- as planned of course by the hired psychologist and higher-ups in Valve.… Expand
  78. PcGameGotTalent
    Jan 6, 2016
    0
    The worst matchmaking system in any game, it's the worst I have ever seen. Most of the efforts are being made into cosmetics sets and items while matchmaking is severely lacking in every aspect and level. I set my "Matchmaking system" to only look for English speakers, then I end up with one out of ten games where I actually am pared with English speakers, most of my games I always end upThe worst matchmaking system in any game, it's the worst I have ever seen. Most of the efforts are being made into cosmetics sets and items while matchmaking is severely lacking in every aspect and level. I set my "Matchmaking system" to only look for English speakers, then I end up with one out of ten games where I actually am pared with English speakers, most of my games I always end up with the scum of the earth in my team, greedy, no one does his role, obvious skill gap differences that always in the enemy's team favor. I can end up with decent team, but that's VERY rare. In conclusion, if you happen to have four friends who have started the game around the same time you did, then that's your only hope to have good time in this game, otherwise it's utter cancer.… Expand
  79. tutturuuu
    Feb 14, 2015
    0
    Wow new hype i must join wow such rage much 0-score

    Ahaha ty for p2w riot fix ur toxic game
    p2w p2w p2w ****
    lags lags lags fix euw volvo

    Rly hate dat ****
  80. dota2reviewer
    Feb 14, 2015
    0
    Valve are starting to turn the game into a money grab, for this reason you should not play it until they understand how to treat customers like people.
  81. iq_zlaty
    Feb 15, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Your event is awful. Your servers always are down when event start. At the same time issued a thing worth 34 USD.....Stop this! Stop doing items fix yours servers.… Expand
  82. piratenaapje
    Feb 15, 2015
    0
    Valve are starting to turn the game into a money grab, for this reason you should not play it until they understand how to treat customers like people.
  83. Risen_Shadow
    Feb 15, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ Give NEWBLOOM… Expand
  84. asddd
    Feb 15, 2015
    1
    **** game I have ever played in my entire life. PVP pay2win events you can't even get rid of. **** servers that go down 10 times a week. Can't even **** trade items at all. Valve has no communication. **** ass game, just go to league please.
  85. chakrazz
    Feb 15, 2015
    0
    if you don't want to make events then just don't. This New Bloom **** is on a whole new level of retardation. The idiot that thought of the 10 minute join time for the event should get fired. **** YOU VOLVO.
  86. rhyoz
    Aug 28, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.not half-life 3.… Expand
  87. devilin2008
    Nov 1, 2015
    0
    つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give DIRETIDE༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give DIRETIDE༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give DIRETIDE༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give DIRETIDE༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give DIRETIDE༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give DIRETIDE༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give DIRETIDE༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give DIRETIDE
  88. kokopopa
    Feb 27, 2016
    0
    Gaben is an ass and we won't be working with him ever again. The shanghai major is run worse than a quake tournament out of some dude's garage. Another 7 characters left.
  89. Kuririn
    Dec 1, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Дота лучшая игра? Конечно же нет ! Игра говно, a kto играет в неё питухи. Никакого стиля ,все в ней ужасно. Комьюнити говно . Саунд говно, геймплей говно.!… Expand
  90. wolk2369
    Aug 4, 2017
    1
    1) Много идиотов.
    2)Донат, донат, донат !!!
    3) Много школьников, которым главное повеселиться.
    Сама игра нормальная, но комъюнити ужасно. Невозможно играть в команде!
  91. Evil_Insector
    Oct 15, 2017
    1
    give me patch!!!!give me patch!!!!give me patch!!!!give me patch!!!!give me patch!!!!give me patch!!!!give me patch!!!!give me patch!!!!give me patch!!!!give me patch!!!!give me patch!!!!give me patch!!!!give me patch!!!!give me patch!!!!
  92. SATANYASHA
    Nov 16, 2017
    1
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  93. AlexRIvus
    Dec 26, 2017
    0
    This game is PURE WASTE OF YOUR LIFE. Get rid of it or do not even touch it.
  94. ridamu
    Jul 10, 2019
    0
    This game is really bad. It's not very good and ?I dont know why so many people play it. Very sad game, shame on you valve.
  95. mas_caras
    Feb 27, 2020
    0
    IT WAS A GOOD GAME. Today it is a terrible community, extremely toxic, completely unbalanced matches, it has become a monopoly of VALVE, if you want to play moba, look for another one because Dota 2 is garbage.
  96. ghosttoyou
    Mar 31, 2020
    2
    2/10....................................................................................
  97. EdwinKurosai
    May 10, 2020
    3
    ❌so f$cking bad..❌(The review based on the state of Dota 2 on March 2020)
  98. BoiledWater
    Oct 19, 2013
    1
    Would you like to get yelled at by angry nerds while playing video games? Then this game is for you. Most hostile gaming community in the world. The players are: Egotistic, egocentric, unsporting, aggressive, hostile, uncaring, mean, mistrusting, immature, callous, apathetic and incredibly pretentious while at every loss prompting everyone inside the current game to "Report player X" ifWould you like to get yelled at by angry nerds while playing video games? Then this game is for you. Most hostile gaming community in the world. The players are: Egotistic, egocentric, unsporting, aggressive, hostile, uncaring, mean, mistrusting, immature, callous, apathetic and incredibly pretentious while at every loss prompting everyone inside the current game to "Report player X" if someone on their team was even remotely new to the game or did any other action not sanctified by them, be it going in what lane you want, not purchasing courier/wards or simply just had an unlucky run/getting cross-classed.… Expand
  99. MrStocker
    Nov 1, 2013
    0
    No communication, too many unfixed as well as unadressed bugs and a hats only policy justify this rating.
    Furthermore, the greedy actions of the company and the undesireable balance make this game a real joke and nothing but a waste of time. I highly suggest to play League of Legends or Heroes of Newerth instead.
  100. ti3ticketsells
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    game is good. company doesn't care about the community which has resulted in this user score. if you want to try something for a short time, the game is fun, but Valve has displayed that they have little interest in supporting the community.
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90

Universal acclaim - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Polygon
    Aug 15, 2017
    85
    And this dichotomy is perhaps the best descriptor I can attach to Dota 2. It is frequently a game which occupies two opposite spaces simultaneously. It is the best game. It is also the worst game. No game has ever made me as miserable as Dota 2 has. But no game has made me feel so consistently rewarded for my time, and as consistently, wonderfully connected to the friends I play it with.
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  2. GameOver.gr
    Feb 19, 2014
    95
    Simply irresistible and addictive as hell.
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  3. Games Master UK
    Sep 1, 2013
    90
    Unforgiving from the get-go, but a landmark in competitive multiplayer design. [Oct 2013, p.68]
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