Something extraordinary happened during my Dawngate demo at Gamescom. The developer talked to me about his competitors' games and the good ideas he's using from them.
League of Legends and Dota 2 are two of the most successful games ever made. Now, big developers like EA and Gearbox are jumping on the MOBA train too. With the genre growing so crowded, there's bound to be an overlap of features and ideas. Rather than shy away from comparisons, Waystone Games' lead producer, Dave Cerra, refreshingly gave credit where it was due and explained how the team looked to its competitors for ideas.
In Dota 2, you can "attack" the enemy's economy by denying your own units before the other team has the chance to kill them for gold and experience. It's a deep and important system, but it's almost invisible to a new player, and you'll probably never quite understand it if you don't look for help externally. Cerra said it's a great system for Dota's play style, but Dawngate wants to take the same idea and make it easier to understand immediately.
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