The story isn’t the main draw of the game, but given that each of the game’s 120 playable heroes, demons, and godlike entities has a personal backstory, it’s easy to wonder what it would look like if they were all brought together in a narrative. It’s a messy, cobbled-together beast, but it’s a captivating concoction, and I’ve played close to 4,000 hours of its remake/sequel, DOTA 2. It’s a game where you’re supposed to believe a trio of goblin pyrotechnics can blow up the literal embodiment of light, and for some reason, Kimahri Ronso from Final Fantasy X is there. In that way, it’s true to its video game inspiration.ĭefense of the Ancients, the original WarCraft III mod that created the MOBA genre, is built out of repurposed parts that were molded into something greater over the years. Netflix’s new anime series DOTA: Dragon’s Blood packs a bunch of loose pieces together to form a series that’s a good way to kill time, but is hard to get into.
