DOTA: Dragon's Blood dropped on Netflix on Thursday. It houses a total of eight episodes, which are all available for streaming on the platform.
With its length, many fans and avid players of DOTA 2 have already seemingly finished watching the entire installment. This is why it is not surprising that reviews and opinionated posts have started to emerge.
Based on these materials, several individuals appeared to have praised the show for its impressive animation and battle sequences. Many even pointed out the series' "gore," which explains its 18+ rating.
An opinionated post from The Verge, however, suggested that the show is a "generic fantasy" despite its use of "scale and spectacle." The reason being is that DOTA: Dragon's Blood, reportedly, fails to show the thing that makes DOTA 2 special.
As explained, the new Netflix anime likely assumes that its viewers are not all knowledgeable about or acquainted with DOTA 2. The reviewer said, though, that this is a "smart" move, considering not all who would watch the show play the game.
But, this is, reportedly, the point because the eight-episode installment did not capture the viewers' interest and attention into playing the highly anticipated game. Even after binge-watching the entire season, viewers would not be able to explain what makes DOTA 2 interesting. Moreover, it did not inspire the viewers to "dig deeper" to get to know the game.
It is worth noting, though, that this opinion is just one of the many reviews from hundreds or thousands of people who have already watched DOTA: Dragon's Blood. While others may have not obtained an inspiration to start playing DOTA 2, this might not be the case for some people.
Rock Paper Shotgun reported that several DOTA fans created an "unofficial tutorial" for newcomers. This is in the assumption that anime viewers will join the community as soon as they finish watching the Netflix series.
While the game itself offers an official in-game tutorial for new players, many experienced gamers believe that it is not quite good, adding that it needs a lot of improvements. As a result, a team of DOTA 2 gamers launched a campaign to fund the development of the unofficial playable tutorial. Earlier on Monday, the program dropped as a Custom Game mod through Steam Workshop.
DOTA: Dragon's Blood's showrunner and Executive Producer Ashley Miller previously admitted, as well, that he had not yet played the game, according to Spin.PH. He said that he is a "little intimidated" but, his decision mainly relies on his worries that DOTA 2 would "consume" his life.
