I'm a long time DOTA player (played since version 1). And I'm a huge Stardock fan...so I just had to buy this game.
I have to admit, I was a little worried after reading about some of the problems that people have been having. But I just can't resist, so I purchased it anyways. I had no problems installing or registering. I got into the game and did a Skirtmish against hards. It was a difficult game at first, but I pulled it together with a win. I played the sniper guy, Regulus.
So I logged on to play multiplayer and, to my great suprize, I got into a game within 3 minutes. It was rough going at first. The enemy team was dominating us. They had one really good player that was 6 and 0 at the half point. And our Rook was 0 and 7 or so. But eventually I discovered some great tactics to use with Regulus. His sniper shot has no maximum range, so as long as you can see the enemy...you can hit him. So I ran as far away from them as I could and waited till our Rook engaged one of them from across the map. Once the enemy got to about half I'd snipe him for the uber damage and the kill.
I felt bad about using our Rook as bait so I tried some tactings involving tons of mines. Then I'd run in to an enemy hero and he'd beat me up so I run away though my mines and he'd kill himself on them while chasing me. Great fun.
Unfortunetly, even though I was doing well...my team was not. So I invested about 12k in our Citadel and eventually that turned things around for us. And we won. The only thing it...I didn't see how we won. I was at our base and all of the sudden we won. I really wanted to watch a replay of the game but that doesn't seem to be a current feature. I've heard they'll add it later...and I trust that they will. Both GPG and Stardock are solid companies.
I don't normally buy games at full price, but I have no regrets about this one. Fun game...go buy it.
