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 Chongara wrote:
Nice to see them do something a bit past the overblown "Epic" fee of their 'craft universes. Looks like a fun universe and I'm always a fan of cyborg gorillas. That said I'm so not the audience for this. I'm not a shooter guy in general and TF2 in particular bored me to death the few times I tried it. I do know folks who'd just eat this up though. <insert a joke about hats here>

I think you mean HF2 sir.

Blizzard now makes very unoriginal, but well-crafted games - and I don't see anything wrong with it. While I hate Hearthstone, my wife has spent more than 300$ or 400$ on it as of now as she absolutely loves it.

HotS looks nice, but since you need a full team to work properly, we'll most likely skip it. A casual multiplayer FPS? Sure, why not.

 Sigvatr wrote:
my wife has spent more than 300$ or 400$ on [Hearthstone]

I..what...how...what...

 Ahtman wrote:

 Sigvatr wrote:
my wife has spent more than 300$ or 400$ on [Hearthstone]

I..what...how...what...

Naxxramas and a lot of packs, I guess.

 Ahtman wrote:

 Sigvatr wrote:
my wife has spent more than 300$ or 400$ on [Hearthstone]

I..what...how...what...

You gotta pay each time you want to play Arena and if you don't have enough spare gold, then you gotta pay in cash. She HATES constructed with a passion as she got really bored with seeing the same decks over and over again and it basically boiling down to "Who draws his lucky combo first?".

My initial thoughts:

1) It's been well realized that Blizzard can craft awesome cinematics to accompany so-so gameplay. The trailer was awesome, but that's par for the course.

2) Part of what made TF2 so successful was it's simplicity (At least right off the bat) and it's Rock-Paper-Scissors gameplay. That's why a lot of it's clones fail.

3) The characters look pretty cool with the exception of that Zen Master Robot, he just looks kinda stupid. Also, Hanzo? Gonna include a black guy named Tyrese next?

4) Trailer is heavily implying that it's split between two teams, hopefully not the case and I doubt it will be.

If it's free I'll definitely give it a whirl, but I make no promises.

Interesting. I do not expect much story-wise though, this seems very much like some “tournament” FPS. I expect F2P, multiplayer only.

Looks excellent, and Torbjörn is even from my city!

I have 500 hrs on TF2 and I don't get how it's too similar, will very possibly play it.

 Souleater wrote:
@ Eumerin: Yes, that was a funny little nod.

It reminds me - in terms of style, character roster but not game play - of Super Monday Night Combat.

Not that SMNC was entirely original but a very similar vibe.

I like the feel of the trailer and what is presumably early game footage.

I've signed up for the beta as I am interested in what Blizzard can bring to this genre with their usual 'grab ideas and polish'.

I was a bit let down by the vanilla D3 and looking forward to playing Heroes of the Storm as I think they have made it a bit more approachable.

Thankfully unlike SMNC Blizzard doesn't tend to abandon it's games at the drop of a hat, so I hope this new IP will blossom, It actually looks pretty cool.

 Ahtman wrote:

 Sigvatr wrote:
my wife has spent more than 300$ or 400$ on [Hearthstone]

I..what...how...what...

I think I've spent more than that on Dota2 hats....

:(


On topic:

Not really my style, but if it's free I'll give it a shot.

 Sasori wrote:


I think I've spent more than that on Dota2 hats....

And I thank you

 Ashiraya wrote:
Looks excellent, and Torbjörn is even from my city!

I have 500 hrs on TF2 and I don't get how it's too similar, will very possibly play it.

Same, with 300 of those being Pyro

I was the one and only Pyro in my Clan, and yes.

Backburner all the way.

Yes this game looks like infinity and I'm unsure why others are trying to defend that? Infinity looks great, so looking a bit like it is a good thing right?

And yes I can say something looks bad even if I haven't played it, it's called experience, I have been burnt by fire, but not not the flame sitting in front of me, so of course I couldn't possibly say it's going to burn me, it's not the same fire right?

Crap analogy aside, this game doesn't appeal to me as I don't like things like call of duty or other twitchy unrealistic shooters, and that's fine, it's not aimed at me.

I like the aesthetics. I'm doubtful about the gameplay. I'm not expecting the scope of a game like ARMA, but six-per-side, objective based maps make me think it will be too claustrophobic for my liking.

Looks cute but not enough known at this point to get worked up one way or the other about it.

Apparently, there is an official website:
http://us.battle.net/overwatch/en/

I have a hard time going back to arena shooters after Planetside or even Tribes. I mean, it's great pulling off some cool teleporting move.... but hitting an enemy position with a sixty strong column of armored vehicles is... transcendentally better.

Tracer's back story. A warning for those who are annoyed by her accent, best you skip this one.

 Knight wrote:
Tracer's back story. A warring for those who are annoyed by her accent, best you skip this one.

Her accent is infinitely more bearable then the one for that History Moba, the one with the horrific red riding hood fake accent.

I dislike her voice. It's way too high and unpleasant to my ears.

Dear good, and I thought the voice actor for Seras Victoria in Hellsing's English dub was bad. Is that accent real? I honestly can't tell. It's like it's trapped in some kind of uncanny valley for accents

I don't mind it, honestly.

Who are the Fusilier guys?

I think I like her look when she poses before the jet at the beginning of the video better than her look in the game .

If you'd like some Overwatch opinions from some lucky bastards who played it at BlizzCon:




I have no idea why it doesn't jump to the right moment since it says 1h40m in the link, but oh well, jump to 1h40m to hear the Overwatch bit.

P.S: I loved Tracer's voice I have no idea why, I just loved it

For me, the animation is a tad too "cheeky, cheery", as Alan Moore puts it. Maybe I'm just too used to the grim-dark gritty settings for games. But at least they're making an attempt to go the opposite direction of "gunmetal grey and dogs*** brown" (Yahtzee).

Yes, the animation is intended to be more cheerful. I had my share of dark settings now I'm just looking for something bright.

Looks pretty much like TF2. I really like the art style though and it looks polished already.

 Dr. Temujin wrote:
For me, the animation is a tad too "cheeky, cheery", as Alan Moore puts it. Maybe I'm just too used to the grim-dark gritty settings for games. But at least they're making an attempt to go the opposite direction of "gunmetal grey and dogs*** brown" (Yahtzee).

Hell yes. It's like TF2. TF2 are guys with guns blowing each other but it's hilarious. It's colorful, it's fun, it's NOT GREY AND BROWN! \o/

 TheDraconicLord wrote:

 Dr. Temujin wrote:
For me, the animation is a tad too "cheeky, cheery", as Alan Moore puts it. Maybe I'm just too used to the grim-dark gritty settings for games. But at least they're making an attempt to go the opposite direction of "gunmetal grey and dogs*** brown" (Yahtzee).

Hell yes. It'sl ike TF2.

Well, aside from being unfocused and scatterbrained anyway, unlike TF2's designs, which are carefully tailored.