I'm actually more interested in LoL's Story, Art and Sound then it's gameplay now.

I've always been a lore nut but it seems like LoL's "fluffy" is the meat of the game right now. Example, Aurelion Sol

An enslaved Inter galactic dragon breaking free to lay siege to a city of gods. His looks, and theme drive his story home extremely well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApCoJeatwac

Everything about Sol from the sound of his abilities and voice to his stunning appearance are amazing, then his gameplay gets weird. I get that there was a theme to keep with but he literally spits stars. When I saw the title star forger, I thought of proud blacksmith. Taking their time to create a true masterpiece, yet Sol just screams out plasma fire. That's literally his ultimate, just screaming out plasma.

Even the fake lore of League is doing well in story, art and sound with the whole Mecha thing going on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaidUhNB-so

What about this isn't awesome? You feel the music art and theme so well. Again the VO and abilities sounds and animations are extremely well done for all of the Mecha skins. I've yet to see anything besides the gameplay that pulls me away from a champion.

Maybe the gameplay seems bad in comparison to such amazing things we've seen so far but dear lord the story art and sound teams are doing great. They're earning their paychecks while it seems like the people who're supposed to keep the gameplay aligned are just hanging on RiotRepertoir actions. I'm sure there are alot of other Rioters out like doing work, just posting him up because he's been awesome for quite awhile.