Do you know the game that lost the battle against League of Legends?

An uppercase MOBA

Now everyone understands what a concept is DOTA. You know, this mixture of strategy and combat invented by the geniuses who, from a card of the mythical Warcraft 3 the blizzard, they practically designed a new genre that has remained present to this day in franchises like League of Legends or clean DOTA 2which in 2023 will celebrate a decade of uninterrupted success.

But at the end of the first decade of the 2000s, a studio with a lot of tradition, Gas Powered Games, authors of great classics like the dungeon win

, Supreme Commander oh space seat, they were encouraged to improve what existed in this genre known as MOBA: a map of limited dimensions with roads (lanes) that force us to fight face to face against the enemy, a faction that we manage commanded by a demigod and a series of key points that must be conquered by losing units again and again gain influence on the game board.

The idea was revolutionary at the time because it was obvious that it was perfect for use in an online environment, multiplayer, PvP which, unfortunately, at that time were not yet the norm. And the truth is that playing against the machine was not the same.

The demigods enter the scene

One of the characteristics of this demigod

is that on our side, at a specific time and after fulfilling various requirements, could summon celestial creatures capable of unbalancing the battle clear a path and head for the enemy base which was, after all, the ultimate goal of all the fighting. An approach similar to that of a League of Legends which also hit the market in the same year, 2009.

It’s curious to remember now how similar the two approaches were and how quickly it became clear that the Riot title would prevail, despite the many shortcomings it had in its early versions. League of Legends

back then it wasn’t the game we have now, but even so, it was enough to leave candidates as serious as demigod in the gutter

If you are a fisherman and want to experience a very good and very well made MOBA, limited and now practically lineless, you always have the possibility to do it thanks to Steam, which keeps it active in its store at a price of 11.99 dollarsso you can compare what is currently League of Legends and what demigod it could have been down to Riot title luck.

And it is that examples like this demigod confirm that ideas often do not guarantee success. Luck and being at the right time in the market is everything. You do not think ?