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[Derek]

I really like looking at the characters in Dota 2. It's like a nice blend of fantasy/superhero aesthetic, and each character is very unique/recognizable.

[Fission Mailed]

[BlueSweatshirt]

Wow, that's amazing.

I haven't wanted to just sit and idly stare at character designs like that in a while.

DOTA 2 

[John Sandoval]

hmm that portrait of drow (who is btw the best carry in the game even better than thats right im looking at you antimage) is unsatisfying

Stanley Lau (aka artgerm) did some portraits of her (and other heroes) that i liked.



and this is what she looks like in game



Though she could be considered somewhat generic, her design gets the point (haha) across.

[Castle]

dag those are some stepford perfect fantasy babes

ugh I've been dying to play dota 2 for so long but alas have found no opportunity to come across a beta key

at this point it's looking like I might have to buy one online or something... which is stupid. but whatever. castle want gam

[John Sandoval]

find one at all costs

it is the best game

crystal maiden basically looks like an eskimo hooker, and there are too many insect/undead heroes for my tastes, but the other character designs are acceptable enough

tbh though i think league of legends had stronger character designs (or at least they were less namby pamby generic fantasy)

look at this guy he is a cowboy



look she is chinese



and irelia who i honestly would love to see in dota 2 (40 percent cc reduction in a game where CC will utterly ruin you... that'd be nice... on top of a nice blink skill that refreshes on kills, which means piss easy last hitting, and life regen on autoattacks come on)





HOWEVER in terms of in game character models, Dota2 has got League beat... some of the models in League just look plain terrible SIVIR AND ASHE THIS MEANS YOU.


UGH

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[leonelc29]

why the other girl get a giant boob? or, why female character design has to be in giant boob to be attractive? the chinese girl(i dunno, John said she is.) has a normal sized boob, which i think did not lose any attractiveness of the character.

[Gabriel Verdon]

I don't really find any of those designs to be interesting or memorable.

[Rob Lach]

I don't really find any of those designs to be interesting or memorable.

[C.A. Sinner]

Pac-Man isn't a memorable character? 

[Cobralad]

I really hate Dota 2 design. That elf girl is just shamelesly redrawn Sylvana\Nightt Elf model from Warcraft 3 along with water elemental, just copied from the same source. And there is that trailer, where I saw running elf from the first Wow cinematic, dude with Demon Hunter glove-blade things, Pandaren Brewmaster cosplayer, Sorceress and guy who do the Tauren unit attack animation.
I can understand when some chinese dudes make such things, but its friggin Valve!

[C.A. Sinner]

hmm that portrait of drow (who is btw the best carry in the game even better than thats right im looking at you antimage) is unsatisfying

Stanley Lau (aka artgerm) did some portraits of her (and other heroes) that i liked.

I thought they were the same character at first.

Not trying to be snarky, I really did.

[John Sandoval]

yeah, i did say they were somewhat generic; i was just offering a better picture of them

[inkBot]

I really hate Dota 2 design. That elf girl is just shamelesly redrawn Sylvana\Nightt Elf model from Warcraft 3 ... ...I can understand when some chinese dudes make such things, but its friggin Valve!

You do know that the original DotA was a Warcraft 3 mod, right?

[John Sandoval]

Dream, of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman.



And his older sister, Death. The use of stark black and white helped them to stand out both inside their world, and from other comic book heroes, who were for the most part drawn in strong primary/secondary colors.