On December 21, according to the official news of "DOTA2", the game has released a major update, adding an experimental function, players can use PS, XBOX, Switch Pro and other any Steam Input-compatible controller controller instead of keyboard and mouse to play, with unaccustomed keyboard and mouse players are blessed.
It is worth mentioning that this experimental feature is not enabled by default, and players who need to go to the game settings to check Enable. According to the official introduction, this function is still polished, if you encounter a variety of strange or unsatisfactory places during use, you can switch between the handle and the keyboard and mouse at any time. In addition, the official also said that the player is collecting various gamepads to operate the problems encountered when operating different heroes for subsequent improvements.
In fact, some players do prefer to play games through gamepad control, on the one hand, it may be the operation habit formed by playing 3DS, Switch and other handheld machines for a long time, on the other hand, it may be that these players think that the gamepad is smoother to operate. Xiao Lei knows some friends, they used to play Monster Hunter on 3DS, Switch, and later launched a computer version, they are also used to connecting the controller to operate.
DOTA 2 is the sequel to the once-popular real-time confrontation game DOTA, which has been released for more than eight years. However, the game has not been able to replicate the success of "DOTA", the number of players is far less than LOL, Xiao Lei a colleague's game library also has "DOTA2", but the last game time stayed in 2015, the total game time is only 96 minutes.
This well-made sequel has been tepid for a number of reasons, and publicity may be one of them. Perfect Game has not been heavily publicized, and I have not seen a wide range of advertisements except for the official promo. I have to say that Tencent is indeed very good at operating games, and during the time of the agent LOL, the advertising was overwhelming, and the popularity naturally went up.
The second is the game operation, although the difficulty of getting started with DOTA2 is already simpler than the previous generation, but it is still too hardcore compared to LOL. It is reported that there are many combinations of buttons in "DOTA2", and old players are good to say that if new players can't adapt to it at once, it is easy to be dissuaded. In addition, the European and American painting style in the game was also difficult to be accepted by domestic players at that time, and because there were not many gamers and the matching time was also very long, it further dissuaded players.
The official initiative to provide players with a more flexible way of operation, Xiao Lei believes that it is a performance of absorbing players, with the gamepad operation, it may be much more convenient than remembering the dense combination of keys on the keyboard. However, in order to let more players "enter the pit" of DOTA2, we must increase our efforts in improving the game content and promoting it.