Dota 2 In 2020 First Impressions "Is It Worth Playing?" 

Dota 2. Top class moba game where you need 600 games to get impressed for the first time.

you know you're a real dota 2 player when you start saying 'gg' 20mins into a 40min game

Honestly dude, I think I can speak for many others when I say it doesn’t really matter what type of games you’re reviewing. I watch your channel because I like your content and insight on videos games as a whole. Not a whole lot is happening in the MMO scene at the moment outside of incremental updates on games that are still being developed. Don’t be afraid to do more videos like this, even if the game is outside of the MMO genre. Keep up the good work mate 👍

- watch true sight 8 & 9 - decide to become dota2 pro - get 9 russians, they dont speak english and pick sniper mid

Loved it! Glad to have you in the Dota community

My first reaction: "WTF, really TLP?" Watching for 2 minutes: "Please do more D2 live gameplay recordings!" Fingers crossed. Thanks for the upload dude, sick edit!

TLP has already done more Dota 2 marketing than Valve lmfao

Before this video: "hey this guy is pretty good" After this video: *BIG DAMAGE*

What a mad lad playing on SEA server.

I really wish Valve would expand their DOTA ambitions to more than auto-chess and a failed card game. Imagine a DOTA ARPG, an isometric DOTA CRPG or even a PVP-centric DOTA MMO. I really don’t see how either of those games could fail given a proper budget.

I've started my journey playing DotA 2 as a new player and I've not regretted it one bit. The steep learning curve is a fun challenge and as someone who enjoys top down games this just feels right for me. League felt very one dimensional and this provides alot more functionality both in the client and game. The mechanics are not too easy I learn but extremely hard to master properly. I've enjoyed my time and will be playing DotA2 for may years to come.

I play dota since 10 years and i have never seen anybody doing advertising, bro i love you so much for recommending this game

This is my first time seeing someone who plays dota2 so calm and humble. Respect +

I just started playing dota not long ago, and I enjoyed it a lot. What I did is I started playing with a friend who knows what they’re doing, and they taught me about wards, pulling, even denying runes so the enemy doesn’t get them. As long as someone gets you’re new, I’m sure you’ll be able to find someone willing to help.

when i was new i literally just played bot gamrs for 1 year because i didnt know mulitplayer existed

I found these channel two days ago,and you made me install lord of the rings online ( though it didnt work), and now you are doing a review on my best game DOTA2. This channel is so underrated,you are very good at this man. Keep up the good content i enjoy these videos.

You are actually pretty good at it Peon.

This is the most well done and thought out "first impressions" video done on Dota. Most content creators half ass the video with a footage of their first game where they have absolutely no idea how to play the game and they dont even make any effort into figuring it out but you seem to have learned what most dota players take thousands of hours to realize and incorporated it into your first impressions video which is awesome. Amazing video.

Peon: *Plays on Asia servers* Me: You're a brave brave man, I see

you Sir, are a good support player.

I have 50 hours in Dota 2 and I still have no idea what is going on.

Peon spamming videos and I absolutely love it

As an ex- divine player I can say you are doing really good playing support, good pull, rune steal, harrass/zone, and many more, I appreciate you tried dota 2 and I wish you stay on the game!

Was genuinely so pleasantly surprised by this video. As much as I love the regular content on this channel, it was wonderfully refreshing watching you play one of my favourite games. Good job Peon, would definitely love to see more of this, even if it was in the form of streaming or something and not on the main channel, as I understand not everyone finds MOBAs appealing. Might even see you on the SEA servers one day ;)

This is a brilliant game. I've been playing, between Dota and Dota 2 for, about, 11 years and i just can't stop. Even if i play other games, eventually after a 2 days pause i'll still comeback for another 4 or 5 hours session of Dota, and if i'm in a "regular phase" i'll play 2 or 3 games every day of the week and i'll make an "extended gameplay session" on most weekends. Despite all that and the fact that Dota2 is, objectively, a masterpiece of a game, you are right when it comes to matchmaking and new-player experience. The "new-player experience" almost doesn't exist, is just an average tutorial that does not prepare you to the complexity or intensity of the human vs human-online-game itself. On top of that the matchmaking formula really seems broken sometimes, but i do think that happens (and it becomes significantly more broken) because of all the smurfs... the only suggestions i have to improve that is for Valve's Dota 2 itself to actively promote Official (while allowing outside partners) In-House Leagues with prizepools and official Ranking , meaning, you can't play in that specific daily, weekly or monthly In-House League if you don't use your main-account. In my opinion Dota 2 desperately needs good In-House Leagues with good prizemoney incentives to differentiate between casuals that just want to play the game and don't care, those that aren't pros and despite being very competitive don't want to become pros (but have a tangible material goal to aspire to and be competitive about it), those that want to become pros and have a competitive environment in which they can compete and evolve (in which prizepool acts just like a cherry on top of their main goal), and also those that are already pros but can compete in kind of a Practice League that consists only of the 100, 500 or 1000 top players in their region or the world, so that they can still practice and evolve while also making the possible tier 2 and tier 3 scene grow and evolve. It is true that Dota 2 has lobbies that could possibly turn into In-House Leagues.... but the Truth, imo, is that Valve or the Dota 2 Developing Team, needs to actively engage in the promotion, regulation and development of it. Honestly i feel like there's not a single Marketing team in any Valve's game! Is the vast majority of Product - Marketing shit? Yes! - Could Valve make Marketing something genuine and harmless while promoting their own games, Tournaments and In-House Leagues? Ofc they could!!! Promoting a product is only a bad thing to do when you don't have a good product! But Dota is a good product! What it lacks is MEANINGFUL features that can change the entire dynamics of the game itself, not how it's played. I mean, considering the "outside features" of the game, like the new-player experience, were long past the phase of "how the game is played" When it comes to Dota 2 there are 2 main things i find ridiculous (apart the tutorials and not having a Campaign Mode in Dota in 2020): 1- Having Normal Matchmaking and then to have Ranked Matchmaking with no prizepool of any kind, while not having any kind of official In-House League with In-House League ranks and regular prizepool. 2- Having he ability to report someone for Communication Abuse when you already have a Mute Option within the game itself. Why does it happen?... Imo it happens because of the new-player experience... In a game like Dota, the option to Mute someone should be highlighted and there should not be the option to Report someone because of Communication, while maintaning the option to Report because of intentional Feed or AFK. You already have a Mute option in-game! There is no excuse to have a Report Option about Communication when in the same game you already have an individual, player-by-player, Mute option! Honestly i think the game is a true videogame Masterpiece! But sometimes i think Valve/Dota team just makes it unnecessary complicated on themselves and the players, while forgetting what made Dota a brilliant game at several levels! (Also still waiting for that Solo Campaign experience XD)

I think Dota is by far the best MOBA currently, and I think that Valve is seriously mismanaging it. They're going to kill this game and there's no reason why it should die

11:09 oh shit, we're against Sumail :D

Who’s here after watching the anime

keep playing dota !!!!! btw double tap on skill make it that you cast it on yourself (like the cookie skill)

I tried to get into Dota recently, as expected I was terrible. I told my team i was new but that didnt stop them from reporting me. Eventually I got reported so much that I was put into the low-priority matchmaking pool, severely limiting what I could play. Even there, despite saying I was new, the other players were convinced I was throwing or a bot. The new player experience was such a huge turn off for me. I learned nothing from the tutorial, and trying to find guides online is difficult when you're not sure what you arent doing right. I think there is a general lack of a proper MMR system as well. I was consistently put into games with people of a much higher level than me, which not only ruined the game for them due to my lack of experience, but made it unfun for me as well as I spent the entire game getting farmed and flamed. Generally I can deal with toxicity, but Dota had more of an effect on me because despite trying my hardest and trying to figure out what I was doing wrong, every single game my entire team would end up flaming/reporting me. I haven't even opened the game in a while because just trying to start the game was such an unwelcoming experience. I felt like I was (literally) being punished for being new, and that since I don't have a good understanding of the game that i just shouldn't play it at all. Compared to other MOBAs I've played, Dota is by far the worst when it comes to trying to get into the game. Theres just no support system for new players, and you eventually end up only being able to play one game mode because you arent as good as everyone else yet. It is a beautiful game and the different heros all look really cool, but that isn't enough incentive for me to deal with the constant toxicity and reports. If valve would address these issues, it could easily be one of my favorite games, but I'm sure I'm not the first to say this and I doubt it will happen anytime soon. :(

im actually surprised you covered this, probably one of the best games ever made. Unexpectedly happy with this video. Thanks!

I would love to see more of your dota 2 video's, you seem to have a good grasp on the correct needs of the roles in the game and your commentary and edits are really good; i hope others share my desire and enthusiasm to watch you play more. keep up the good work :)

LUV THIS CHANNEL!

EG.Peon coming for your mmr.

I think you have a very solid grasp of the game's fundamental concepts (better than your bracket I think). I'm sure you'll climb with more experience. Good luck man and great video

Peon, maybe you should make a tutorial video for those players who are overwhelmed with these sorts of games. Ive always wanted to play but have never really done so because of the steep learning curve and lack of in game tutorial. Regardless love your videos! keep up the good work!

Best moment. 9:58 - 10:10

God, the last time I played this was back in 2015 and I was 5.3k mmr solo and 5.1k team mmr. This game has changed so much but I’m just here for nostalgia sake, I’ll never forget my 10 hour gaming session for this game which made me so thin.

As somebody who has put in thousands, close to 10 thousand hours into Dota, i pretty much agree with everything you said here. The biggest problems are definetly smurfs and the new player experience, Valve did mention improving it, so i guess only time will tell. Also btw, being crusader with that little playtime is quite impressive, so you're doing well!

I have been playing Dota since 2005. I can say that this is the best and honest review of a game I truly love. Thanks Peon and keep up the good work! :)

when some people said dota 2 is hard to learn ,i laugh... then i remember first time the way i learn dota in warcraft 3 :D hahaha

another quality video m8, your crushing it :) the best analogy iv heard for dota is ..... league of legends is a game of checkers and DOTA 2 is a game of chess. iv got over 1500 hrs on dota and i can honestly say your review is spot on. once you understand the game and what your able to actually pull off your enjoyment skyrockets but saying that i watched over 100 hrs of youtube video's before i even played my first game lol.

A buddy of mine tried to get me to play DOTA 2 with him back in 2013. During our first game together (and my second game ever) he started calling me trash and was frustrated I didn't know anything. I never played a third game.

Dota is still the best competitive gaming experience I've ever had.

Dota 2 First Impressions: lets grab a shrine..

As a dota vetaran, it makes me smile when someone geniunely enjoys dota at low ranks which is a fucking death sentence playing in.

also, I would like to mention that the game's support is phenomenal. Every 6 months, it's like it becomes an entirely new game, and in between there is a bit of stuff to keep us going. There always is the spring slowdown, when they unveil spring cleaning to unbreak the game for tournament season, but other than that, it almost always feels fresh. At least in my opinion.

Played Dota 2 for over 3000 hours , always played it with 4 of my friends so we used to do quite well, but over time dota brought the worst in us, and at the end deleting it was the best thing we ever did.

Thanks for reviewing Dota 2!

you play very well for your rank! and if you are support, I wish you luck holding the carrys you will find haha

"big damage, big damage!" haha xD you're a treat to watch man, and watching this makes me want to play! Thanks for the great show!

Dota is the greatest pvp game of all time.

is the ranking system broken ? i play in the 7k bracket and your support skills are good even for our standards, you are more like 6k, not ~2k as the system implies.

I have like 10 hours playing this and damnnnn! TOXIC vets on it! I do like the game and the learning curve is fkn steep! Good video!

Honestly, hands down one of the best "is it worth playing" videos I have ever watched

Try a Ghost Scepter if your against a PA, it does wonders :-) It'd give you time for you glimpse to take affect. Nice Vid!

lmao i thought this was some professional review, the moment i heard him said "lets kill the FUCKING sandking" i literally lmao

I hated this game the first time I played it. It felt slow, had too many confusing mechanics and my team kept yelling at me for not being a pro before to get in my first unranked game. It took me 5 years to give it another try and I fell in love with it. Now I only play Dota and lol is what I play when I just want some action in aram mode. This game has the opposite philosophy of modern game design that encourages instant gratification and quick, cheap dopamine. It's really fun but u gotta work to get to that fun. Anyway didn't expect you to be playing this game lol that was a good surprise. Hope to see more Dota content on your channel. I like the game but there aren't many streamers/youtuber I like who play it.

Ive put in a few thousand hours of Dota between 2013 and 2018 and have been following the game at a distance. Honestly I think its a great game but its a shame its developed by Valve and worry if it will be like TF2 in that the game will be essentially dead in a few years. That said Dota is a great game and Im happy you gave it a good chance Peon.

Start getting ghost scepter and you'll be a god.

There's so much going on at once, I can't keep up.

years in dota community watched countless dota videos and gameplay. i got to admit youre one of the best

I hope they are finally gonna try to not let it die, I'm late go Dota 2 too, but it's definetly worth starting even today

The editing was on point ☝🏻

That jargon tho. . . I'm sitting here smiling and nodding

You played well overall especially considering the rank you are placed right now. Solid spell casting, you are able to position yourself pretty well, decent lane mechanic. I believe if you are consistently playing like this you can rank up faster. As for guides, you can check bsj's channel, dota alchemy or rawdota where they usually analyze clips of themselves playing or just analyze their students' game or just analyze high elo games in general

Mad lad making beautiful statement "The Best". Not many people had super objective opinion. Really well done conclusion, you point it all as clear as possible and you are not giving review that based on like short span time observation. Well done mate, keep it going

Second most played game on all of steam "Is it worth playing" well majority of steam would say so. I don't enjoy it, but millions of others do lmao. Also why dota? I thought you did mmo's

You are adorable Peon. :D Its my first time I am watching someone with so low rank. It is one and half minute in and I want to see more. ;) Keep going! You are great.

When there's no toxicity. The game is perfect. What I would like dota to have is a better ping system. So that we don't have to communicate

You played really well and have good understanding for the game for the time you have played and your current rank. Would love to see more of you playing dota 2 videos

5:41 that MGS soundtrack

Regarding the disruptor match: For your rank you itemise good, good map awareness, and you played Disruptor really well, at least n the clips you picked Keep an eye on your creep kills and try to set yourself goals for certain timings in the game. Keep in your reach but stay consistent. You probably watching some dota2 content to improve your skill. Keep this up and you will be archon or legend in no time.

I played Jakiro support in this game a lot. I'm surprised it showed up on this channel, I've recently been binging the stuff uploaded.

I think the hardest part of Dota is grinding through the first few hundred hours to actually learn. Glad to have you in the community it is a genre defining MOBA. Happy you enjoy it :) I’m 24 have played Dota since it was a Mod in WC3. So over 10 years ago and I still love it

no one: TheLazyPeon: Big damage

I wanna play venomancer cus he's a snek and I like sneks. I like playing "Jungle" or "Support" in LoL though.

After I stopped playing dota for first time in 14 years, I got a job. Community is super toxic. You must need friends to play with. Or experience will be hellish unless you are legend ranked where most ain't toxic.

Hey LazyPeon, nice to see you give Dota a try, just wanted to give you a quick tip for the game. CTRL + SHIT + LEFT CLICK on multiple items will have them all be put in your quick buy option. Also, instead of clicking to get a new ability you can actually use CTRL + Q levels up your 1st spell, CTRL + W levels up your second spell, CTRL + E levels up your 3rd spell and CTRL + R levels up your ult. Use that when you fight if you wanna level a spell instead of left clicking on it. Saves you a lot.

ayyy, you're about the same mmr as me.

you actually plays pretty good for your rank. wont be surprised to see you double your mmr in near future

The jojo reference really caught me off guard cuz i did not expect it from you at all, even tho the execution wasn’t the best it’s still something that i appreciate soo much, now you are one of us kek

"Is it worth playing"? Gaben: Hold my Arcana

I'd love to see you tackle FLYFF. It was amazing back in the days, and I've heard that there are still some very active servers

Let me guess whats next. "Beginners Guide to DOTA 2" 4 months silence... "Why I quit DOTA 2"

I laughed so hard seeing this cause knowing the community so well they scare off any new players with their toxic waste can't wait to see his first impression of this xD EDIT: Aw I didn't know he played and is one his fav nice one bro Dota 2 GOAT!

the game has changed a lot since i last played it! used to play a lot with some friends but slowly they stopped and the community just started getting super toxic

16:58 you didn't heal because your team has 2 guardian greaves

Am i only the one wondering why his item hotkeys are so far

Don't worry about rank mate, i started like that 2k mmr and reached 5.5k mmr in 3 years, the more you play and enjoy the game find people to play with and u will go up. I have played this game since release with a 2 year break (2017~2019) and now im back. Game is changing but it has some way better features than before. Also about rank the more

Man I retired back in 2016 (with almost 2k hours played!).. started playing Dota before Icefrog even existed, back in Warcraft 3 custom map days.. I'm an old geezer! Most competitive game ever made... And addictive as hell.. I still got the bug though and still watch Dota tournaments quite often (Go Virtus Pro)!

I’ve always been bad at moba games, if only I could be a professional animal crossing player.

I'm glad he's rated it higher than LoL. I never understood how anyone could even consider league being a better game.

0:49 oh my lord you sent me into global orbit when I see that meme oh my god hahahahahaha

I can tell you, as someone playing in the ancient-divine bracket; he's doing a better job at supporting than people in my games lmfao...

You can upgrade your skills with "ctrl + skill"

I was wondering when you were going to play Dota2. I feel as if a large percentage of dota players are former WoW/MMO players. I have over 2k hours into the game, I started right after t.i3 and left shortly before the change from the MMR system to the rank system. To me, dota2 is dead and gone. It's more or less dota 3 or 4 now lol.

great vid Peon, doing the community proud

Idk why it's so amusing to me when I hear him cuss in his accent. 😆

While I don't mind the occasional "non-moba" review, I really hope this will primarily stay an MMO-focused channel.