Game of the god damned decade right here.
Its a first person shooter. But not one of those "Call of Duty" or "Battlefield" type games where the goal is to play until you get the best weapons and then just jizz all over noobs that have owned the game for a week or two. Fuck that shit.
You get 21 different characters to choose from. And they aren't just "Guy/Girl #32 that looks different from Guy/Girl #33 but is functionally the same" either. The closest to a standard FPS character you get is Soldier 76, with his automatic rifle and ability to drop a healing bomb that gives your team some HP if they are nearby.
But that's fucking it.
This game has a fucking Gorilla Scientist with a Tesla gun who, on occasion, will go Hulk and just jack people up. It has a fucking Ninja Archer that shoots dragons out of his fucking bow. There's a girl with an ice gun that will make fucking walls that serve no purpose other than to piss off every single player in the game, ally or enemy. A literal ANGEL that can bring your entire team back to life then buff their damage at a critical moment. There's a Swedish dwarf that makes a turret to just fire on enemies while he goes off and does fuck all. Fucking... This guy,
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And that's just scratching the surface of the character option.
"So whats the big deal, you get some cool looking people to choose from and just kill each other over and over?"
No you dumb fuck. In fact there isn't a single Deathmatch mode in this entire game.
All game modes are objective based. Shit like "Go capture this objective and hold on to it because the enemies are going to be coming to ream you a new one if you don't" and "See this car? Take this car from one side of the map to the other or so help me God I will punch you right in the dick." An average game lasts about 5-10 minutes, so its not even like you'll be stuck in a game for a long time if you're with a bad team.
"It sounds like these heroes might not be too balanced. What if someone picks a character that totally shuts me down and ruins my life for a little while?"
Well guess what? They thought about that too. Because there WILL be cases where your character is just total dog sack against another character. If that ends up being the case, at any time you can head back to your base and switch to one of the other characters. In fact that shit is heavily encouraged by the devs.
"Who made this game? I don't want to play some experimental game that will never get updates and just be boring once everyone learns the meta."
That's the best part. This game is made by Blizzard. You might have heard of one or two of their other games. Like the little known MMO World of Warcraft or something like that. And if you're worried about updates, they put out patches for both Diablo 2 AND Warcraft 3 earlier this year. Diablo 2 is probably older than some of the people reading this right now, and they're still keeping up with it.
They've already promised that they wont charge for DLC. Which, at the moment, consists of new characters and maps to play on. Rumors abound that there will be new game modes as well.
"But Stoner, my PC is terrible. I only have a console with which to play videogames."
Good thing then, you beautiful bastard, because this game is coming out on both PS4 and XBone as well. So unless you're singularly set on Nintendo for all your gaming needs(which I can't fucking blame you as Super Smash Bros and Mario Maker are enough to keep me entertained for ever it feels like) then you're able to play.
The official release date is set at May 24th, but Blizzard are one-upping themselves and releasing the game at Midnight GMT. So for those of us in 'Murica, we can play the game today.
And if all of that isn't enough to tempt you, well then how about this:
[spoiler](http://orig03.deviantart.net/3795/f/2016/097/1/6/overwatch_ladies_by_wintersweater-d9y4v43.png)[/spoiler]
A tiny Asian girl, a thick Russian lady, and a French bitch that puts the ass in assassin both times.
played the beta on xbox one and LOVED it....my only issues is how long the life span of the game will be and how in depth the leveling process will be.
either way ill be buying it tomorrow.
I'll be getting this very soon. Can't wait. First game I'll be buying since the original WOW installation.
Smite with guns.
Preordered it can't wait
I have it, and surprisingly I like it and am not terrible at it.
Im was under the assumption it was gonna be $40 ($59 Canadian) at release like the PC version, buts its some collectors edition only for $79.99. Well....gonna wait a bit now.
I'm not a FPS or Multiplayer type of person and I so so so wish it had a story mode, BUT I will say that the Animated shorts they are doing are fantastic, I would watch as many of them as they come out with.
Who has this on PS4? Let's play right this second.
Quote from: T-Long on May 27, 2016, 06:59:45 PM
Who has this on PS4? Let's play right this second.
Been thinking about getting it, but Im still not playing th Division enough to just drop it
Just bought it for XboxOne if anyone else got it
Like I said bro...few weeks and I will back up and running
Quote from: T-Long on May 27, 2016, 06:59:45 PM
Who has this on PS4? Let's play right this second.
DavidHilm on PS4 dude. NAO!
Man I love this game, but if you're not partying up with at least 3 others, it'll become frustrating as everyone wants to be Reaper/Soldier 76/Tracer and no one wants to be a healer.
Still, really really fun game. Hope they add TDM or something in the coming update.
But overall, the funnest shooter on next gen thus far, and Id say with Far Cry 4 as the funnest game I've purchased on my XBONE
Bone partied up with me and a couple friends last night. I think we only lost two of the six games we played in total, one game had all four of us playing Mei which was hilarious. Bone got three plays of the game in a row.
fuck turrets
As it turns out I'm the best.
Quote from: Cory on June 02, 2016, 01:21:44 PM
fuck turrets
You can place a Mei wall on the turret itself, which shuts it down. And if a little bit is sticking out you can destroy it. Its handy.
Alternatively, Junkrat grenades and Pharah rockets are a good way to destroy them, since they have splash and in Junkrat's case you don't even need line of sight.
can you shoot the wall out long distance? i've never actually been Mei yet, usually im Pharah and I take so much damage trying to hit the turrets. This complaint is more solo than party, as if Turrets get annoying well just Reinhardt shield and I'd go to work with Pharah.
Aside from painful solo play most times (I have a blast when I squad up, but solo play everyone tries to one man army it and refuse to attack together) I feel as tho teams whose objective it is to defend is farrrr farr to easy. Be it getting point B or moving the payload to the final checkpoint, it's far to easy to sit back and camp with having a few Turrets, Bastion, Widowmaker than having to try to finish the game on offense.
I've seen this as the biggest complaint too on Reddit as well and they need to balance it out ASAP.....hopefully competitive play has a character limit so teams can load up with multiples of the same character, and even that only helps a little. It's incredibly frustrating to get stuck on offense 3-4 games in a row knowing there's an 80% chance you'll lose. When I can squad up in terms of win/loss, in COD I was winning at a near 2.00 ratio, where with Overwatch i'm sitting around 0.45.
Mei's wall isn't indestructible.
Offense just requires some coordination. This isn't really a solo game.
Stoner and I took a match singlehandedly as Mercy and Mei. We stood inside the objective, I was spam healing him in a corner, and we captured it.
Mei's walls send up 5 pillars with 500 HP each. A decent Bastion can clear one of the pillars out easily, but the trick to the wall is placing it in a spot to make it just annoying enough for your team to capitalize on it.
Offense on Anubis, Hanamura and Volskaya are meant to be difficult. The Defending team has a spawn point right behind Point B on all three maps, although I feel like the one on Anubis is a little TOO close. But in the same token, Offense on Numbani, Route 66, Hollywood, King's Row and Dorado is easier because the payload heals the offense team if they are nearby it.
PUBs can be frustrating for the very reason you stated though. Its FAR too often that you get a bunch of players that want to play McCree/Reaper/Widowmaker/Hanzo, and when you have four people playing the flanker it makes the flanker pointless. Being in a pre-made group is definitely beneficial in that you can coordinate roles as well as information.
Maybe because it's because I have no preference of player that I don't find these issues. If shit is going awry, I just bunker down. I like certain guys in certain types. And I've got a handle of most characters. It's just understanding who the other players are. Yeah I'd like to go out and murder as Paraoh but if we have two offensive types, I go with Roadhog and chain people out into the open.
Love doing that shit to a bastion in turret mode.
I agree with the needing to have groups that you play with. Otherwise, it turns in to a 5-minute romp/free-for-all and that's not going to have any true staying power.
It's nice to hop on and play for a few minutes at a time but after that I usually don't feel much incentive to stick around.
I miss Call of Duty.
well look to try to get this in the next coming weeks , not sure stoner still playing on the Xbone , but it would be nice to get few parties together
I'm on PS4 unfortunately bro. My wife wasn't a fan of Microsoft, and was hoping for a Ni No Kuni sequel.
...and instead she got Stoner ignoring the kids in favor of Overwatch porn...
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Been loving this game more and more once I got my crew of 3-4....still haven't got into Competitive as I've heard there is a lot of issues with it but man....Im hoping with the new character they bring a map or two to keep this game from getting stale.
Been playing Competitive, had a string of great luck with random people, haven't played much competitive since as my friends who just got it aren't leveled enough
Anyone play on the PC?
Quote from: Flins. on July 13, 2016, 04:01:42 PM
Anyone play on the PC?
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lol, kidding.
Haha.
It is bugging me man, spend a fair wad on these comp and the only friend I have who PC games is obsessed with H1Z1. And random teams are starting to bug me.
Anyone got a favourite player? I have learnt to love Lucio.
I try to play with at least two of each category, nothing is worse than playing with someone who only 'mains' one character (tends to be Soldier 76, Genji or McCree). I have pretty average time amongst all characters except the few i'm awful with.
Offense: Pharah and Solider 76. Pharah because there's no real counter and she's sick taking out Torbs and Bastions and Solider 76 because of my experience in COD. Got a 58 kill game last night with 76. I generally like every offense character aside from McCree, i'm terrible with him.
Defense: Bastion is my most played character, got around a 5 k/d with him and its simply not fair when on defence pair me with my buddy who loves to be Reinhardt. Hanzo and Torjbjorn are the other two I use quite a bit. Hanzo is good against turret teams and Torbj is OP as fuck.
Tank: D.Va is awesome when you pair her with the Reinhardt and Mercy/Lucio...usually a go to stack on offense for my team of 3. Im not too good with any of the other tanks to be fair. I heard D.Va is getting a buff too in the next patch which is sick.
Support: Lucio and Zenyatta are two of my more used characters too, Lucio is so damn good with heals and I don't mind his weapon + wall riding. Only one I don't use is Symmetra because I suck with her and one of my buddies likes to be her. Mercy is getting a buff in the next patch so I might use her more too.
I'd say Solider 76, Bastion and Lucio are my overall favourites.
Winston is my go to tank, but I find I play best with him when there is another more durable tank, like Roadhog or Reinhardt.
Defense, I rotate between Widowmaker and Junkrat depending on the map. Bastion is a good option for those last gasp stands.
Offense I rotate between Pharah and Junkrat. Occasionally McCree but I usually use him when the opposition is less turret heavy.
Reaper & Lucio are my two go-tos, but I'll fill in with whatever is needed.
Added Rocket League into the game........awesome.
Downloading the update as we speak. Sounds fun. Had a go on a friends Xbox one the other day, don't know how people play it! Too slow. I tell you, PC gaming man, you won't go back.
Man, anyone else get put with trash teammates in competitive?
http://masteroverwatch.com/profile/xbl/global/C4geron (http://masteroverwatch.com/profile/xbl/global/C4geron)
I'm top 4% in medals (since it doesnt show both kills + objective time)
It's like they take players with high objective time and place me with players who have no thumbs and "flank"
Far too often man, I generally end up switching to support when I recognise I am teamed with tools. But when you are getting 4/5 gold medals as Lucio, you know there was nothing else you could have done.
Also what is it about selecting Winston that turns everyone into Leeroy Jenkins?
Gotta be spamming his jump and thinking his sheild is even in the same category as D.Va, Reinhardt.
Quote from: Flins. on August 10, 2016, 05:18:07 PM
Far too often man, I generally end up switching to support when I recognise I am teamed with tools. But when you are getting 4/5 gold medals as Lucio, you know there was nothing else you could have done.
Also what is it about selecting Winston that turns everyone into Leeroy Jenkins?
Its the jump/shield combo. I know I use him on teh russian map, especially when facing turrets. JUmp up to the gold dome building jump over the archway and into the objective, cause chaos. His shield is weaker, but time it right on the jump as you go over a turret and you buy your team some time to either move past it or destroy it.
The fact his jump cooldown is so short helps him get out of situations quickly.
As far as teammaking, I've gotten lucky with teh kind of teammates, but tehy suck the same.
That makes sense. Don't like it as solo tank play though, especially if they constantly bitch about being in low health.
Just got this game. I freaking love it.
I'm playing mostly as the pink haired tank chick and I'm crap with names but really addicted to the gameplay.
Quote from: Rob on December 28, 2016, 06:16:55 PM
Just got this game. I freaking love it.
I'm playing mostly as the pink haired tank chick and I'm crap with names but really addicted to the gameplay.
what system , Xbox one , PS4 or PC
PS4
Quote from: Rob on December 28, 2016, 08:05:27 PM
PS4
Ew.
But yeah man, probably the best game ive played in a few years
I have my favourite characters now,
D.va, Soldier 76, Sombra, Widowmaker and Ana. Most of these characters have parts that come from the Hunter class in WoW so I guess itd make sense for me to like them.