Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics?
drphungky@lemmy.world 3 months ago
DOTA popularized and also invented the battle pass mechanic.
Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics?
drphungky@lemmy.world 3 months ago
DOTA popularized and also invented the battle pass mechanic.
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 3 months ago
You mean DotA 2, but DotA (warcraft 3 map) also popularized the MOBA genre. It wasn’t the first MOBA however, as I believe that title belongs to an earlier StarCraft map called Aeon of Strife. But StarCraft didn’t have a robust enough hero system for it to really catch on.