Michael Urvan gave a great review to Heroes of Newerth on his blog here.
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The graphics are great, and the sounds in Heroes of Newerth add a whole new level of immersion to the competitive play. The booming voice of the announcer sounds off at many important moments during each game, highlighting achievements and objectives reached both by an individual and their team. The overall quality of the game is amazing and the immersive environment makes it fell like you are playing live in a competitive cyber sport. Once you add to this the cross platform game engine, aforementioned features and functionality, the community tools, and a variety of game modes, then you can see why this is an incredible game engine that will help push this genre of game play into the 21st century as a mainstream cyber sport.
He also gives a great out of the box, freshly installed, never logged in before noobie guide. It covers the screens, how to join games, and different game types (though it’s not updated for the recent addition of banning draft.)
So be sure to check it out: Heroes of Newerth beta (HoN) review – a Defense of the Ancients (DoTA) clone – a game guide.
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