With all my respect, but I find this post rushed. For start not a lot of people played the game and defo noone the final first version. Excoundrel played a closed limited demo of the game and is super positive - go check the video on his channel. From there:
- The gfx/animations/effects/design/style looks anything but not lame, bad, unpolished or worse than VG and this is prealpha state + this is riot, I guarantee you that they will develop and improve the game with passion for years to come and they got the budget to do so without a lot of limitation. Also I guarantee you that the lol mobile game will have a massive player base that will most likely rival the PC game or even surpass it.
- The controls are build and optimized from the start to be joystick. I bet they will feel great, this is not VG joystick controls slapped there just to have them or ML class of production (and the controls there are ok). Excoundrel said they really felt good. Also all my respect and I also love touch controls, but:
- Phones nowdays are HUGE screens and nothing like when VG released or even years after that! Playing touch controls on 6+ inch screen and with slimmer bezels we really are pushing towards 7 inch screen - is a pain! You have trouble to reach parts of the screen if you hold it, not to mention that even with the stretch to reach you can hold it only in certain ways to do so. No, I have actually long fingers and this problem is nothing new.
Joystick controls literally don’t have that problem and also you don’t block your view with your fingers. You can also play while in the bed with the phone in any position. It just asks for less effort, less stress on your hands, less blocking of the screen for a similar level of control over what you are doing when the game is born with the intent to have joystick control and to have a good one.
VG is long pass the point of return even with 2-3 millions injection into the game, btw. Everyone with clear sense, research and sources will know that. Even without lol mobile, VG will surely die and is already a not fun experience due to bad systems (dodge), small player base and trolls that are not punished AT ALL (had a player that was in 7 drafts in a row, 4 on my side so I am sure about it. Didn’t type, didn’t mark position, didn’t answer after he was asked why he do it and just waited the timer to run out. Lost 1h of my life and WAS NOT punished!).
Loved the game with peak at 2.8, but as harsh as it sounds - they destroyed it with their decisions after that point that was not only chaotic, but honestly out of touch with what the current player needs. Also 5vs5 was rushed, they slapped the 3vs3 into it without changes except numbers, is uninspiring and copy of the other MOBAS and the map details/feel/design nothing like the original fold.
Right now it’s ok game if we exclude that I can’t play a single game for 1h que and dodge cycle (and if someone thinks this is ok for ANY game on ANY platform -
). Saying that, I will not get delusional to talk how VG got a future, how SEMC can do anything about it and how LOL will not blow out the competition and down the road even shrink big time ML, i.e. hurt them bad, really bad. The other MOBAS will die quite quick. Even from the leaked main menu it’s obvious that they aim for PC like premium and polished experience not just another ML money grab PC clone game.