A few times a year this game will have a new update or patch that balances out the heroes again so the best heroes aren't always the best at all times so it keeps people on their toes in a sense.
This is a game that heavily requires team work. Without map awareness or a decent level of communication, games can easily become frustrating experiences. To help with this however, when you first start off you'll be up against opponents that are hopefully as equally clueless as you are. This is thanks to the MMR or what is known as the ELO system (if you're a chess player) this game has.
To battle against this potential issue, I suggest that you start off with the human vs bots game mode first. I'd suggest to try every single hero at least one time before you go into a public match. If you have a slight idea how each hero operates, you won't be totally off guard once you enter a public or what many consider to be a real match of Dota 2.
If you encounter toxic team mates, you should mute them and attempt to not let it affect you. If they continue being even more toxic by intentionally throwing the game or getting you killed, then you should use the report function to report them. If they receive enough reports from other players as well, they'll be thrown into low priority match making where they'll have to suffer there until they win between 3 to 5 games.
If you find a great group of friends to play with regularly, this game can be very fun and very rewarding. You should be sure to practice each possible role. If you're forced to play hard support all the time for example, you will probably start to grow some resentment towards the role. When you solo queue or find a match alone, that's your main chance to go out of your comfort zone and try out new roles. As long as it's not ranked, it's not a big deal if your decision causes your team to lose because you have to try new things in real world situations anyway at some point. Just please, do not try crazy untested strategies in ranked matches unless you have a good idea what you're trying to do. Your team mates have a good chance to be ultra angry if they lose in ranked due to your actions. Again, it doesn't matter since it is just a game after all. It's just polite to test out questionable strategies outside of ranked match making.
So yeah, this was a long review. I love this game. It has issues sometimes but what game doesn't? You start off with all the heroes for free which is over 100+ heroes. The only things that cost money in this game are in game tickets to watch the professional players play and if you want to buy cosmetic items for the game such as hero costume pieces.
My rating is a 9/10. Try it!
