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amazingxkcd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
May 06 2016 00:57 GMT
#21
good luck to you overwatchers; i'll stay with the pure team FPS
The world is burning and you rather be on this terrible website discussing video games and your shallow feelings
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13407 Posts
May 06 2016 01:26 GMT
#22
On May 06 2016 09:57 amazingxkcd wrote:
good luck to you overwatchers; i'll stay with the pure team FPS


Yo, there's room for all the FPSes of this world to be happily alongside eachother my man
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c3rberUs
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Japan11286 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-06 01:31:39
May 06 2016 01:31 GMT
#23
On May 06 2016 09:57 amazingxkcd wrote:
good luck to you overwatchers; i'll stay with the pure team FPS

I was waiting for this (and this thread post of course :p)

I played a lot of TFC for fun and played DotA competitively but I don't know what to think of mixing them yet though. I may have to try this someday just to see.

edit - ZeromuS is right xkcd ^_^
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Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
May 06 2016 02:16 GMT
#24
I'm still holding gripes against the 7 months of "Onlywatch".
Probably works wonder for marketing but damn i hate when BLizzard does that.
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OuchyDathurts
Profile Joined September 2010
United States4588 Posts
May 06 2016 02:20 GMT
#25
On May 06 2016 11:16 Noocta wrote:
I'm still holding gripes against the 7 months of "Onlywatch".
Probably works wonder for marketing but damn i hate when BLizzard does that.


I kind feel like it killed hype in a lot of ways. When they first gave it out to streamers everyone was like holy shit, this looks completely ready for primetime, but then they killed the huge hype by delaying for 7 months. I feel like they could have done better by either releasing faster or delaying the launch of OnlyWatch. Oh well, either way I'm having fun.
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Kyir
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1047 Posts
May 06 2016 03:20 GMT
#26
I've been playing it and feeling distinctly "eh." Not sure how much staying power it's going to have for me.
sc2chronic
Profile Joined May 2012
United States777 Posts
May 06 2016 04:00 GMT
#27
nice article. cant wait to see the guides to come out for this game on this forum. what ive noticed from playing it is that it requires far more teamwork based on the roles and abilities of the different characters than just being really good mechanically. i think there can be some very OP compositions too
terrible, terrible, damage
Asturas
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Finland587 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-06 06:27:02
May 06 2016 06:20 GMT
#28
I tried BETA yesterday and played ~10 games.

As I suspected I will not buy it, in fact I already uninstalled the BETA.

It is probably an awesome game. Fast, dynamic, colorful, full of content. It's just not for me. There is so much I don't like. I'm long time Battlefield series games player and when I play FPS game, I want my character to actually have fire power, be lethal. Unfortunately, in Overwatch most characters are barely "tickling" enemies. Their strength lies in all sorts of abilities. And I like to shoot, not jump, teleport, etc. Oh and running. Most characters are slow, too slow. And I don't care what great skills they have. They are too slow, period.

Also games are insanely short o.O Maybe one out of my ~10 games lasted more than 5 minutes.

Finally, the graphics/requirements. No matter how I set the graphics settings my GPU temp reaches ~85C (780Ti). What a hell? I understand that it might be a price of playing in 120fps, but in BF4 I also play with 120fps and only have ~65C. I even tried lowest possible settings, no changes in temperature on GPU. I would like to believe that it is a fault of the game being in the BETA, but somehow I am sure that absolutely nothing is going to change. However, I must admit that the game is smooth, very smooth.

Summing up: Not a game for me. I am waiting for BF5. In a meantime, SC2 and BF4 will do

There are no boundaries, that's the final conclusion.
WGT-Baal
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
France3485 Posts
May 06 2016 07:43 GMT
#29
Thanks! I ll try the game for the first time after work today. This introduction is of great help!
Horang2 fan
Immersion_
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom794 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-06 11:50:25
May 06 2016 11:49 GMT
#30
On May 06 2016 15:20 Asturas wrote:
I tried BETA yesterday and played ~10 games.

As I suspected I will not buy it, in fact I already uninstalled the BETA.

It is probably an awesome game. Fast, dynamic, colorful, full of content. It's just not for me. There is so much I don't like. I'm long time Battlefield series games player and when I play FPS game, I want my character to actually have fire power, be lethal. Unfortunately, in Overwatch most characters are barely "tickling" enemies. Their strength lies in all sorts of abilities. And I like to shoot, not jump, teleport, etc. Oh and running. Most characters are slow, too slow. And I don't care what great skills they have. They are too slow, period.

Also games are insanely short o.O Maybe one out of my ~10 games lasted more than 5 minutes.

Finally, the graphics/requirements. No matter how I set the graphics settings my GPU temp reaches ~85C (780Ti). What a hell? I understand that it might be a price of playing in 120fps, but in BF4 I also play with 120fps and only have ~65C. I even tried lowest possible settings, no changes in temperature on GPU. I would like to believe that it is a fault of the game being in the BETA, but somehow I am sure that absolutely nothing is going to change. However, I must admit that the game is smooth, very smooth.

Summing up: Not a game for me. I am waiting for BF5. In a meantime, SC2 and BF4 will do



I'm completely new to this team based FPS thing too. I've been playing for a few days and some matches are complete 5 minute stomps but I'm getting a few more good ones the more I play too.

I did find it very weird at first having heroes with no real requirement to aim, but the majority of them do have ways to demonstrate your skill (or lack of). There are a few exceptions like Symmetra feels horrible to play the weapon seems terrible and the skills don't appear to take that much thought. and while Mercy is kind of fun there doesn't seem to be an awful lot of depth there either. Guys like Reinhardt or Lucio can be quite satisfying however.

If you aren't enjoying a hero like Tracer though there's probably no hope for you and Overwatch!
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Wintex
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway16842 Posts
May 06 2016 15:05 GMT
#31
I really like it.
The Bomber boy
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
May 06 2016 17:32 GMT
#32
Great write-up. Can't wait for this game to come out.
LiquipediaBrain in my filth.
DrakanSilva
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Chile932 Posts
May 07 2016 00:52 GMT
#33
Great post and I'm so happy we got our own OW forum
In the beginning there was nothing... and then exploded
climax
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1088 Posts
May 07 2016 05:09 GMT
#34
Very cool! Can't wait for great coverage and articles like what happened with the CS:GO team!
Twitter: @JonathanRosales
JieXian
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Malaysia4677 Posts
May 07 2016 19:01 GMT
#35
On May 06 2016 04:38 karazax wrote:
Here are some Overwatch useful Map Tricks:


nice! thanks!
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LaNague
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany9118 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-07 21:37:26
May 07 2016 20:08 GMT
#36
TurnipThrowingPeach
Profile Joined December 2011
United States151 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-09 14:04:42
May 09 2016 13:58 GMT
#37
Thanks for the great rundown! There were several things about the maps I was unaware of and I tried out some of the heroes suggested. I started having A LOT more fun after reading this and putting time in practicing. It's a really fun game once you get the hang of it. I've never cared for FPS but I can tell Overwatch is right up my alley. Can't wait for the official release!
That's what she said.
Alabasern
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States4005 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-12 13:36:27
May 11 2016 22:10 GMT
#38
Hopefully during initial year of public play a lot of commercial interest is poured into the scene.
Support your esport!
GizmoPT
Profile Joined May 2010
Portugal3040 Posts
May 14 2016 21:36 GMT
#39
yey :D
Snipers Promod & Micro Arena Creator in SC2 Arcade - Portuguese Community Admin for SC2, HotS and Overwatch - Ex-Portugal SC2 Team Manager, Ex- Copenhagen Wolves and Grow uP Gaming Manager in SC2. Just Playing games now!
FeyFey
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany10114 Posts
May 14 2016 23:04 GMT
#40
Noverwatch is the hardest Overwatch. Luckily I have some Vods left from nice Overwatch streams. Just have to ration them.
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