Why AoS?

[Chizume]

Greetings,

Can someone please explain to me why every other uploaded map here on hive is an AoS. What's the deal with making them? No one will play them more than once, if they are extremely well done then maybe twice. An honest explanation would be kind.

Thanks.

Yours,
Chizume

 

[kola]

i guess you say this cuz people already play dota?

Cuz if what you mean is that aos games are boring well this is just your opinion cuz lots of people love aos.

 

[Nudl9]

Maybe they want to make the next DotA or some shit, i sense lack of creativity.

On the other side, there are many great aos maps:
DotA, AoM, DoE, AotZ, Rise of Winterchill (my fav), Samurai Legends and that Twilight Shit.
The other ones are pretty generic aos maps, not very noteworthy when it comes to gameplay.

 

[Vengeancekael]

Just because DotA is the number one AOS and the number one map in general in battle.net, doesn't mean that other AOS maps don't get played. Actually, almost everyone in the hiveworkshop downloads these AOS maps because they're completely different and some people enjoy them more than DotA.

 

[kola]

Kael, I know people download them, But if those aos would be played, they would be in the pubs games of Wc3 custom games.

 

[En_Fuego]

why not make an aos? if it's something that interests people then more power to them.

 

[Oziris]

Probably trying to make something better then dota, but IMO it won't work no matter how hard they try.

 

[kola]

Probably trying to make something better then dota, but IMO it won't work no matter how hard they try.

True.

 

[Chizume]

Kael, I know people download them, But if those aos would be played, they would be in the pubs games of Wc3 custom games.

Agreed. Oh well, I guess there is no explanation other than its fun to make and more doubtfully fun to play.

 

[Kuhneghetz]

It's a fad that never dies.
Same thing for LOAP, Anime-themes, ORPG etc.

 

[busterkomo]

Probably trying to make something better then dota, but IMO it won't work no matter how hard they try.

Making an AoS better than DotA is achievable; making one more popular is not.

 

[Oziris]

Making an AoS better than DotA is achievable; making one more popular is not.

Why people play dota? It's because of the heroes mostly, the big selection of those good quality heroes. You have a point. But to achieve something better is rather hard or lets say in other words unachievable. Dota has 101 heroes. Making 6 spells for 101 heroes is really complicated. 6x101=606 spells. Not all are hard to make but it would take much time and most people would give up on that. The next thing to do is to balance those spells to make all heroes equal and that's what makes dota also the nice selection of items. So it is achievable but isn't achievable because no one will get the chance to achieve it, not to talk about making it popular. That's a fact and take the fact that WCIII is fading and no one wants to take that challenge and try to make something better then dota because it would be a waste of time. "Achievable but not achievable".

 

[kola]

Making an AoS better than DotA is achievable; making one more popular is not.

to make one better than dota, you would need to Work on it for a very very long time.

Dota sooo much heroes that are balanced and thats why its so hard to remake it.

EDIT: oh lol, oziris you faster than me

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

it has an addictive rpg element, you level up, grow and enhance your character with better weapons and learn more skills and do more fancy moves.
its repetitive and allows people to learn the basics easily. eg. how and when the creep spawns or how to win
its can also be competitive.
aos is all these crap all snowballed into one and thats why people enjoy and want to make them

 

[Steel_Stallion]

Why people play dota? It's because of the heroes mostly, the big selection of those good quality heroes. You have a point. But to achieve something better is rather hard or lets say in other words unachievable. Dota has 101 heroes. Making 6 spells for 101 heroes is really complicated. 6x101=606 spells. Not all are hard to make but it would take much time and most people would give up on that. The next thing to do is to balance those spells to make all heroes equal and that's what makes dota also the nice selection of items. So it is achievable but isn't achievable because no one will get the chance to achieve it, not to talk about making it popular. That's a fact and take the fact that WCIII is fading and no one wants to take that challenge and try to make something better then dota because it would be a waste of time. "Achievable but not achievable".

that's not the reason another aos map will never be more popular than DotA... it's the same reason no multiplayer FPS comes close to counterstrike in popularity (over the long term atleast, dont throw some modern warfare BS at me)

competitive gaming, and an established fan base. they aren't going to switch over and learn all the different synergies and heroes again. dota established itself when the genre was untapped, and dug itself into the competitive gaming scene/LAN gaming.

 

[Gilles]

that's not the reason another aos map will never be more popular than DotA... it's the same reason no multiplayer FPS comes close to counterstrike in popularity (over the long term atleast, dont throw some modern warfare BS at me)

Not sure what you mean by "long term", but MW2 is possibly the most popular game ever (MMOs aside).

 

[Belgarath]

aoses are pretty easy to do really

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Greetings,

Can someone please explain to me why every other uploaded map here on hive is an AoS. What's the deal with making them? No one will play them more than once, if they are extremely well done then maybe twice. An honest explanation would be kind.

Thanks.

Yours,
Chizume

Because AoS is popular to play and make. I don't know where you've got the whole "people play it twice if it's awesome" from.

 

[Hawk]

I hate AoS.

 

[Steel_Stallion]

Not sure what you mean by "long term", but MW2 is possibly the most popular game ever (MMOs aside).

popular FPSs come and go, MW2 will die off eventually.

Counterstrike hasn't in over a decade.

 

[Gilles]

popular FPSs come and go, MW2 will die off eventually.

Counterstrike hasn't in over a decade.

Fair enough, however if trends continue, MW will be replaced by another CoD, which imo is the same thing, but I suppose as far as a single game goes, CS (especially 1.6 or whatever) is the longest lasting. Quake still played much?

 

[noxwinsloll]

Not sure what you mean by "long term", but MW2 is possibly the most popular game ever (MMOs aside).

Actually you might want to refer to a source that clearly states mw2 isnt anywhere near being the most popular game.

 

[cboy123]

Well, I am making an AoS. But at first I was trying to make a Tower Defense map but someone poke my head and AoS is the result.

Hey. Without Starcraft, there is no Aeon of Strife (Right?)
and Without Aeon of Strife, there is no DOTA, my map, your AoS-type map, blah blah blah.

Note: Most people makes AoS-type maps to beat Dota. Like hvo-busterkomo said (Quote

Making an AoS better than DotA is achievable; making one more popular is not.

This is true. Hey Beating DOTA will make you famous. But I am not trying to beat DOTA. I only make maps for fun.

 

[NubblePie]

You don't have to make it better. It just has to be different, and in some/most cases more rigged. For example, "Naruto Shippuden Ninpou" has worse description, rigged heroes, imbalanced gold, but people play it because....Naruto.

 

[cboy123]

Yah. Cause of Naruto thingy.

 

[-Berz-]

Because they are fun ti play, you level up kill other players, use nice spells, buy items...etc. It takes ~ hour to play one game. It's a mix of fun, bit of strategy.. as pyra said.