User blog comment:FullSteamSpacemachine/Heroes of Newerth and League of Legends/@comment-137.226.66.4-20120514085835

Seems to me like you're trying to make a counterpoint to the recent comparison by Krufix, who basically said he only tried out the tutorial but didn't like HoN that much. And tbh, HoN doesn't exactly come away a winner from your comparison, either.

Having played LOL for quite a while now, I can see how ppl say that some game mechanics are too simple and that there should be more items in the shop etc. Still, LOL is still FAR from being "newbie-friendly". It's a difficult game to learn. You need to invest a lot of time to figure stuff out. It takes more time to figure out the important points of LOL that in takes to beat your avg RTS game. LOL is easier to learn than the other MOBAs, but that doesn't mean it's easy to get into.

The graphics in LOL really could be better. However, the fact that LOL is free to play and can also be played on older machines and in internet cafés with low-end computers is probably one of the main reasons why this community is so huge (and why there are so many kiddies around... -.-). So even though I would also prefer nicer graphics, it's not really in Riot's best interests to make any huge changes in this department.

Many characters in all of the MOBAs are obvious... err... hommages to famous conterparts.

If you like the style of a certain game better, go for it. Personally, I'm quite happy with a store where I can actually find what I want in an acceptable amount of time and enemies who are easy to identify. But attempting an objective comparison of different MOBAs is simply futile.