Overwatch

W8taminute · May 24, 2016, 05:50:49 AM

If you liked TF2 then you're gonna love this. Played it for about an hour and a half last night and it's good. Casual but also competitive.

kludger · May 24, 2016, 01:17:54 PM

Let us know how you like it after a few days.

I loved TF2 (and still play it occasionally), and tried out overwatch during the beta, and I liked the characters variation, but the maps had a lot of empty areas and then choke points which made most of the rounds pretty one sided.

Not sure if it was just my luck of the draw during the beta but it made me want to wait to see how it went after release.

jamus34 · May 24, 2016, 01:27:09 PM

I like the concept and you know Blizzard will support it, I just don't think it's going to meet my dollar / hour / enjoyment ratio

Kushan · May 24, 2016, 02:17:46 PM

My initial impression was pretty bad. I'm generally pretty bad at MP shooters but I broke down when a friend convinced me to buy it. Community was pretty good from what I saw but I just sucked and kept getting killed right after I spawned. So I asked for a refund after only a few matches.

After taking a break from it I jumped back in and had a couple of really awesome matches as one of the defense/tank classes and decided to hang with it for a little longer. Forgot to cancel my refund request before I hit the rack last night but if they haven't processed it by the time I get home I'm going to cancel it.

Servers where stable for the most part. Had a few match restarts late last night, after the match had already started, because a player dropped or we started with less then 10 players. But I didn't notice any lag or disconnects myself.

From what I saw matches are always 5 v 5. I found the maps just big enough where you don't feel cramped but small enough where you don't go ages without seeing the enemy. Maps are filled with choke points and most of the action happens around them. From what little I saw even if a enemy had fortified around one choke point there are normally a few ways to go around it.

Dammit Carl! · May 24, 2016, 03:14:00 PM

My son is going wonky over this game - and to give him credit, he has put a crap-ton of time into TF2, so he is very familiar with the genre. I've told him to give it a month before buying (to see/hear reviews and to get the general lay of the land), but I don't know if what I'm saying is getting into his head.

We'll see, but it has a long way to go before it takes the place of Custom Hat Combat Simulator in my book.

JudgeDredd · May 25, 2016, 12:30:14 AM

I liked the look of it

Then I saw it was by Blizzard

And I thought about the "hook" that was Warcraft

And decided - no. I don't want a MMORPG again.

I have heard there's single player too - but I'm not "into it" that much and I've bought 3 or 4 games in the last month so it's not in my list of potential buys yet.

Arctic Blast · May 25, 2016, 12:39:27 AM

A couple of buddies are interested, I put A LOT of time into TF2, so...yeah. I'm probably in. ;D

Grim.Reaper · May 25, 2016, 03:20:49 AM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on May 25, 2016, 12:30:14 AM
I liked the look of it

Then I saw it was by Blizzard

And I thought about the "hook" that was Warcraft

And decided - no. I don't want a MMORPG again.

I have heard there's single player too - but I'm not "into it" that much and I've bought 3 or 4 games in the last month so it's not in my list of potential buys yet.

Is there single player content? I thought I read there wasn't going to be any and no future plans.

Greybriar · May 25, 2016, 04:53:58 AM

Quote from: Grim.Reaper on May 25, 2016, 03:20:49 AM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on May 25, 2016, 12:30:14 AM
I liked the look of it

Then I saw it was by Blizzard

And I thought about the "hook" that was Warcraft

And decided - no. I don't want a MMORPG again.

I have heard there's single player too - but I'm not "into it" that much and I've bought 3 or 4 games in the last month so it's not in my list of potential buys yet.

Is there single player content? I thought I read there wasn't going to be any and no future plans.

According to this: "....Jeff Kaplan also said that their [sic] are no current plans for any single-player content in the game, but that they are keeping it in mind...."

JudgeDredd · May 25, 2016, 05:00:30 AM

mmm....I think I may be confusing this with another game and - I'm thinking Battleborn?

Sorry for misleading :-[

jamus34 · May 25, 2016, 05:52:58 AM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on May 25, 2016, 05:00:30 AM
mmm....I think I may be confusing this with another game and - I'm thinking Battleborn?

Sorry for misleading :-[

Yeah I think BB has a PvE and possibly single player mode.

Overwatch is TF2 for all intents and purposes. And I don't mean that in a bad way.

Grimnirsson · May 25, 2016, 06:43:37 AM

QuoteI think I may be confusing this with another game and - I'm thinking Battleborn?

Yup you do ;)

Battleborn is a MOBA with PvE, PvP and Overwatch is a team shooter that only has PvP modes. Since Battleborn seems to be rather "meh" and nowhere near the greatness of Borderlands (which is what everybody expected, a BL experience in a MOBA style) it seems Overwatch is the better game. Not going to jump in right now, however since Destiny still fills my need for online shooter fun, perhaps at a discount later just for the fun of it, we'll see. O:-)

W8taminute · May 25, 2016, 10:24:25 PM

There is a single player mode of sorts. You can elect to play a match teamed up with ai players against a team of ai players. The perfect arena for practicing your skills with a character. I'm really enjoying this title. The great thing about Overwatch is the character personalities and that it's easy to play but hard to master.

Dammit Carl! · May 26, 2016, 06:15:36 AM

Quote from: Dammit Carl! on May 24, 2016, 03:14:00 PM
My son is going wonky over this game...I've told him to give it a month before buying...

And I'm totally eating crow on this as we bought it last night. ::)

Does look fun, and I can't wait to play whatever the TF2 Pyro equivalent is in it.

jamus34 · May 26, 2016, 08:27:36 AM

Quote from: Dammit Carl! on May 26, 2016, 06:15:36 AM
Quote from: Dammit Carl! on May 24, 2016, 03:14:00 PM
My son is going wonky over this game...I've told him to give it a month before buying...

And I'm totally eating crow on this as we bought it last night. ::)

Does look fun, and I can't wait to play whatever the TF2 Pyro equivalent is in it.

Mei is probably the closest to the pyro, but in reverse. She has a freeze gun :)