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during the open beta i decided to try the game in the most boring ways possible because 6v6 with 3 to 5 friends is obviously great fun.
i played single player 6v6 where its 11 AI Bots and me. and the game was ok. me and my co-op pal played 2v2 where i had 1 AI ally and she had 1 AI ally. and we liked it. we had some good fun. i tried solo-ing in 6v6 ladder play and it was a decent level of fun.
i used Soldier76 for these "boring" game play modes. Soldier76 is the most boring and generic of all the heroes. and i still liked it.
even in the game's most boring configurations i still liked it and had fun. so its easily a $40 buy for me despite its "low content feel".
in the 6 years i've played SC2 Blizzard has managed to squeeze about $700 out of me. if they support Overwatch like they supported SC2 they'll probably get another $700 out of me.
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A great game but OverPriced imo ....
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On May 17 2016 23:37 noD wrote: A great game but OverPriced imo ....
At $60 its over priced for sure. At $40 though its pretty good. It might be a bit light on maps if anything, one or two more would be nice IMO. But as long as we get a few more in reasonable time and they don't nickle and dime people I'm fine with it.
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On May 18 2016 04:11 OuchyDathurts wrote:At $60 its over priced for sure. At $40 though its pretty good. It might be a bit light on maps if anything, one or two more would be nice IMO. But as long as we get a few more in reasonable time and they don't nickle and dime people I'm fine with it. If additional content down the line all comes free, then a one-time payment of $40 is extremely reasonable. With the amount of fun I had through the 10th, I was already willing to shell out the money.
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Dunno what happend here... :=)
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On May 17 2016 23:13 ZeromuS wrote:Well all heroes lack something by design. Thats the whole point of a team based class shooter. I really don't think its as simple as you seem to be downplaying it to be
I don't think you must define team based class shooter as such as heroes must lack something to make teamplay gameplay go through. Then it's just lack of good design overall. The richer and better design of heroes the better the teamplay experience will be. Im not saying all heroes should be able to do everything obviously but they shouldn't be simple as they are, they feel unfinished and sucky without the right hero synergy.
Teamplay is why i like this game, but then i get bored with playing the heroes.
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I didn't play the beta, but I watched some streams and just found it kinda... boring. Idk if this is a common response to playing vs. watching or whether I was in the minority. Would've liked to try it out a bit but was too busy during the open beta.
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I mean the game does literally NOTHING new. It innovates in no way shape or form. The netcode is brutal, they need to step that shit up. But it's fun. If you go in expecting greatness and a revolution in first person shooting you're wasting your money. If you go in thinking "TF2 was a good game" then you're getting what you expect TF3. Manage expectations.
There hasn't been an FPS that hasn't blown a bag of dicks in years, so if you want a decent game that scratches that itch try it out. If you want an insane, hyper skilled based, twitch shooting quake replacement this is not that game by a million miles.
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On May 18 2016 09:31 darthfoley wrote: I didn't play the beta, but I watched some streams and just found it kinda... boring. Idk if this is a common response to playing vs. watching or whether I was in the minority. Would've liked to try it out a bit but was too busy during the open beta. I felt similarly to you when I could Onlywatch, I couldn't quite see what was so great about it, bu I completely changed my tune once I logged some playtime, there's just something you miss when you're just watching someone else play. So, while it's possible it might not be your thing, there's a strong possibility you'll find it more appealing if you get the chance to play it. Granted, open beta was the best time to do this...
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Yea don't expect to 1v6 rambo like you could in quake, unless you have your ult up on certain heroes. Though that korean widowmaker quick scoping everyone was probably the closest thing.
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I played primarily solo and I still had a blast in the beta. To me, the amount I will play this game, for $40, only sc2 comes close to being that good of a deal. And I see myself playing more Overwatch in the long run. I love sc2, but I was able to just sit down and play Overwatch while with sc2, I'd be complete ass for the first how many games if I took a break.
Overwatch strikes a great balance between casual and skill. Clearly you can just be better at the game, have a better strategy and so on. But I'm also able to play solo and just have fun. You need to be open to playing all the roles. If so, you will have fun. I've never enjoyed a shooter this much.
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Great polish as usual from blizz.
I enjoyed it a great deal. Its akin to Heroes of the Storm where the solo experience is dreadful due to how important teamwork is. Get a stack of friends on mics.
All the ultimates are for the most part incredibly easy to notice, dodge, or counter. I was worried about that at first until getting more familiar with the game.
I am a simple man, I enjoyed shooting enemies in the head with widowmkaker, mccreed, hanzo, soldier, and tracer and hitting people the body with rockets. Feels better than TF2 by far. More twitchy aim because of the game including more precise aiming weapons, faster rockets, etc.
Looking forward to being able to play the competitive ranked mode as the average player is pretty easy to stomp despite the game giving so many tools to enable easy kills. I shut down plenty of teams completely as widowmaker, but it seems people weren't familiar enough with the game to know that you can swap to winston and harrass the hell out of a good widowmaker.
My favorite part of the game so far is being able to play with mixed skill groups of friends and do okay. In counterstrike if I play with people not up to my skill level its a horrible experience for everyone. If someone truly sucks at aiming we can have them play a non-dps character and do ok as a team. Far more important that you work together as a team than having another good aimer who wanders off on their own and keeps giving them a man advantage.
Second favorite part is the sheer variety and freshness all the characters and abilities adds to the objective based class shooter style game.
Biggest worry is probably the pub friendlyness of the game. TF2 works well as a big player count crazy spam fest. Overwatch is super focused on the 6v6 and doesn't seem like it would scale nor like it has plans to. Seems harmful in my eyes to the longevity of the casual player base.
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On May 18 2016 09:31 darthfoley wrote: I didn't play the beta, but I watched some streams and just found it kinda... boring. Idk if this is a common response to playing vs. watching or whether I was in the minority. Would've liked to try it out a bit but was too busy during the open beta.
i don't like watching it. i like playing it. the game feels great. is it the greatest game ever? so far, nah. it might grow on me though... i'm keeping an open mind. that said, its definitely worth $40.
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On May 19 2016 04:23 decemberscalm wrote: Great polish as usual from blizz.
I enjoyed it a great deal. Its akin to Heroes of the Storm where the solo experience is dreadful due to how important teamwork is. Get a stack of friends on mics.
All the ultimates are for the most part incredibly easy to notice, dodge, or counter. I was worried about that at first until getting more familiar with the game.
I am a simple man, I enjoyed shooting enemies in the head with widowmkaker, mccreed, hanzo, soldier, and tracer and hitting people the body with rockets. Feels better than TF2 by far. More twitchy aim because of the game including more precise aiming weapons, faster rockets, etc.
Looking forward to being able to play the competitive ranked mode as the average player is pretty easy to stomp despite the game giving so many tools to enable easy kills. I shut down plenty of teams completely as widowmaker, but it seems people weren't familiar enough with the game to know that you can swap to winston and harrass the hell out of a good widowmaker.
My favorite part of the game so far is being able to play with mixed skill groups of friends and do okay. In counterstrike if I play with people not up to my skill level its a horrible experience for everyone. If someone truly sucks at aiming we can have them play a non-dps character and do ok as a team. Far more important that you work together as a team than having another good aimer who wanders off on their own and keeps giving them a man advantage.
Second favorite part is the sheer variety and freshness all the characters and abilities adds to the objective based class shooter style game.
Biggest worry is probably the pub friendlyness of the game. TF2 works well as a big player count crazy spam fest. Overwatch is super focused on the 6v6 and doesn't seem like it would scale nor like it has plans to. Seems harmful in my eyes to the longevity of the casual player base.
I'm really not worried about the pub friendliness. Look at dota and league. They are far far worse for solo que and are objective based games. And those games will take you an hour. With Overwatch you will be done in ten minutes.
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Fuck, I need this game to come out. I've had a couple dreams about it since the open beta ended. Bad sign.
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Fuck, I need this game to come out. I've had a couple dreams about it since the open beta ended. Bad sign.
Well we are less than 4 days away. Monday will be here soon!
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