Heroes of Newearth
A copy cat of Dota??? Wait, we don’t review games here that have nothing special in it. We are not some kind of gamers who get bribe so easily with nice graphics and some useless crap.
Heroes of Newearth or what we easily call it HON is not just a copy version of Dota with improve graphics, this version is made especially for Dota players and even those who are new with this kind of game.
Why is this game made for us? All the features in the game will make our life easier. Here are some of them and hopefully they add more stuff:
Game Reconnection – simply put that players who get disconnected can rejoin the game 
yeah…, way back when your playing Dota assembling your killing items and then suddenly you’ve got disconnected for no freaking reason? Well, HON developers made it possible to reconnect with just one click of the shiny button..
Easy Hotkeys – spells and skills of every hero can be use by Q, W, E, and R for your ultimate. No more pain after playing after 6hrs.. Also, usable inventory items can be use easily by pressing ALT + (Q, W, E, A, S, D).
Client-Server Netcode – no lag for all players when one player has a connection issue. So if someone’s downloading a bunch of things while playing HON, other players won’t have any problems…, except of course he’s your teammate and he can’t play well cause he’s lagging..
Buy Mode – one of those features you’ll love… Just press B then a menu shop will pop, all items are categorized for easy finding like Support, Accessories, Defensive, and etc. One category that I really like is the Recommended items where you can see recommended items for your heroe.. Also clicking an item that has other requirements will pop another small menu displaying the required items, so you can just buy those first without hustle finding it, its just displayed right there for our comfort!!! After buying those requirements the item just assemble automatically and you can just go home and get it. Although items in Heroes of Newearth have the same effects in Dota, you still need to familiarize all the names and their faces coz you might get lost They also have a stash where you’re items goes if your not near in the fountain.
Leaver Protection – nah…, actually when Heroes of Newearth first came out this feature’s kinda cool. Players or what we call them quitters get a penalty and some of those stuffs. So leavers need to think before quitting in the middle of the game…., but that was before. As I’ve said this feature was great when Heroes of Newearth first came out but Quitters and Leavers are just so damn smart enough to just leave their hero in the fountain and be AFK for about…….. until the freaking game ends!!!!! Sigh…, I think HON developers need to make a feature that observe heroes that don’t move for 30mins get kicked and marked as Leaver….. or Captain AFK..
Built in VOIP – another nah… This feature still needs improvement. I just can get what other players saying because it’s not just clear. Maybe VOIP from same country is ok but this is nationwide so…
Of course there are things I want to clear-out. I remember I read an article or I think it was on Heroes of Newearth website that the Warcraft Engine is limiting the capabilities of Dota and I was like… what?…., are you sure? Ok man, Warcraft World Editor is a freaking powerful tool man. I know this cause I’ve made some of my own maps way back when I was still fucking cute and awesome! Well, not that cute and awesome but yeah. I was already making custom maps before Dota came out, I can even say that the idea of Dota came from one of the mission in Frozen Throne where Illidan was trap on a moving cage and Kael’s from blood-elf trying to save him from Maive. That was an exciting mission by the way. Well my point is that some features offered in Heroes of Newearth can be put in Dota. For example let say the hotkeys.., Icefrog can just modify all heroes’ skills hot keys to Q, W, E, R. The Buy Mode style of HON can also be put in Dota if only someone do it , I think Icefrog is just lazy making those menu like shop. Well I think you get my point if you we’re also a map maker using Warcraft World Editor.
All in all you need to try this game, a game that is made for us gamers. Heroes of Newearth is not just a fancy and upgrade look of Dota, but an improve feature of what can be done in Dota that many of us gamers wish way back when we’re addicted to Dota.
Please do visit Heroes of Newearth website here for more information.
