CestinShaman wrote:
HoN does look better.
It's very easy to compare the two if you've already had experience with LoL. HoN is DotA pretty much exactly. It's a blatantly shameless clone. Mostly the same heroes. Mostly the same items. The same map, though there are others. If you like DotA more than LoL, then you will like HoN more than LoL. If you like LoL more than DotA, then you will probably like LoL more than HoN.
The reason HoN is worth buying when you've already got free access to DotA available is that it fixes many of the core support problems of DotA while leaving the mechanics in tact. Because HoN tracks leaver status, no one leaves public HoN games like they leave public DotA games. Because HoN is hosted on separate serves, no one's lag makes your game lag and no one can possibly cheat with map hacking. It keeps track of your stacks and allows you to reconnect if you happen to disconnect during a game. You can also search for games by specific options (such as all random, standard draft, all pick, easy mode, duplicate heroes, etc.).
Because not every hero from DotA was converted to HoN and because a few have minor changes, HoN tends to have a lot less autoattack heroes overall. For example Phantom Assassin is not in HoN.
I'll do some reading up on LoL, download it, and maybe we can play some time.
Edited, Jun 23rd 2010 5:51pm by Allegory