Should there be a sequel to League?

Desiderium·7/15/2015, 8:21:19 AM·1 votes·255 views

Should there be a League 2?

We'd start out with some of the current champions we have now, but their gameplay and mechanics will be improved and more in-depth thanks to a better engine with better graphics and more nuances in how everything goes together.

And more of the old champions will be released over time, along with completely new champions.

If you choose option 4, you should be aware that both League 1 and 2 would have very delayed releases because Riot would be working on 2 games at the same time.

3 Comments

ShuffledPancake7/15/2015, 8:27:38 AM3 votes

Not a league 2 but an expansion, (Maybe an rpg,mmo and moba version in one)

Strat7/15/2015, 8:29:17 AM1 votes

No, I don't care about graphics, so any improvements can be made with the current engine. I'd play Dota 1 on WC3 no problems if I enjoyed its gameplay more than League.

What you have to realise is that a video game engine is never rewritten. Throwing an entire engine out and rewriting it from scratch is something NO sane developer will do. Any developer that claims to have made a "brand new game engine" tends to be lying. Skyrim's Creation engine? Same Gamebryo engine from Oblivion, just with modifications. Dota 2's engine from Valve? Same Source engine used for HL2, with modifications. Source engine for HL2? Same GoldSource engine used for HL1, with modifications.

Developers only claim to make a new "modern" engine for marketing purposes. In reality, the engine is always just the same one from the previous game with upgrades. Since this is a rolling upgrade release game, Riot can make any necessary upgrades to the current engine (as they have been doing).

Hell, gameplay wise, just in the last 2 patches they made major changes to the way skillshots work. It's barely noticeable, but skillshots are now detected a lot more accurately (e.g. before you'd occasionally get Ashe arrows that hit way too easily or Lux ults that completely miss a target in the middle of it).

Sinneli7/15/2015, 8:39:03 AM1 votes

Few reasons why:

League is still in development. Erasing old champion pool and making a new one is very counter-productive. You don't just copy paste codes into a new engine that works fundamentally different. Even if they use the old one, what's the point? It's the exact same game with a bit of different characters. I don't see the difference.
If League 2 is EVER made, it should not be a MOBA. That will be very redundant and kind of similar to how Call of Duty or Halo releases the same gameplay mechanics over and over again. Again, counterproductive. Why erase League champions altogether just to release them again in the future?
If League 1 still exists, why play League 2? All champions will still have to be released in League 1 if it wishes to stay in the meta game. Releasing a sequel to League means that Riot has to boost their company size to maintain both engines. Erasing their life's work to make a copy of the original is a bit of an insult to the original creators.