posted by NanaKrustofski,
With the tenth anniversary of Dota 2 and The International 2020 slowly approaching as well, some parts of the community of course have high expectations of Valve as well. But there has been some critique on the way Valve is advertising its flagship game. Not enough excitement, not enough specials, not enough love. This would also be one of the reasons why there are less players than in LoL.
I don't know if this was posted here before but we really really do need some new blood. With the Worlds... https://t.co/u5M30CjXkb #dota2 pic.twitter.com/2VFd3I2NTW
— Reddit Dota 2 (@redditdota2) October 17, 2019
Some of their approaches seem to have caught on pretty well, but then caused some disappointment. Artifact got abandoned quickly. The famous Diretide was cancelled. Siltbreaker was so popular, that an expanded version was promised – but has yet to be released.
However, Valve would have access to a treasure chest of possible options to make specials and attract new players. The incredibly deep and wide-ranged lore begs to be used to create additional content beyond Dota 2, such as more graphic novels, cinematics or even an animated series.
Of course, a company can never please all their fans. Therefore, they will not be able to create the perfect product. Also there will always be flaws. A lot of players do not even agree on that criticism of Valve, or simply are not interested in specials and rather just play the main game. And despite Valve not exploiting the full potentional of the Dota 2 universe, the game is still number one on Steam. Fans keep playing it, they keep enjoying it and the game stays popular and successful.
I'm not much interested in any of Riot's 100 new games, I love to play @DOTA2. https://t.co/087BPafm9a #dota2 pic.twitter.com/3wuOttkRRr
— Reddit Dota 2 (@redditdota2) October 16, 2019
Do you think Valve should add more specials and change their way of marketing?
Photo credit: Valve
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