Overwatch
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xzi
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Pretty much. There is no carrying in the game which is fine but like you said all it takes is one person to completely ruin the game. One person can't win the game unlike pretty much every other FPS. That's probably why I find it unfun at a high level tbh is that there is no moment where trying to MAKE BIG PLAYS is an option. If you're the last person alive on your team it's better to just kill yourself so you get that respawn timer. You're not going to get a pick being the only person alive.
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Xevy
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Sometimes I want to play Hanzo on defense. I'd never do that in comp. Am I bad at Hanzo? No, I'm very good. But I'm much, much better at other characters so it's not worth it. So I play quick play or mystery heroes. Also I really, really love toxic crybabies in comp screaming in their mic or passive aggressively typing shit. Or "call out King" who lets you know what color underwear each enemy player is wearing on his mic nonstop.
I like Moon map but point B can be super, super frustrating. Like mega frustrating. It could just be PTR idiots but sometimes it feels completely unbreakable.
Big Phoenix
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Palum
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This game will always suffer for the fact that it's a minigame component of a failed project. Everything from settings and characters and backstory is charred wreckage from something grander. The maps are all thematic and cinematic but many of them lack the punchy design qualities of classic shooter maps. The characters are made to be personable and get people attached - but then mechanically useless in many scenarios, forcing you to rotate between them as Peter Griffin does his green pants and white shirts.
In the end it's a burnt husk, already played out despite being relatively new. The developers were worn and tired by the time it released and you can feel it in the gameplay. "Here's our end of life, it's all we've got left, we hole you enjoy it." It's like watching nothing but all the after credit sequences from the Marvel movies in order instead of the movies themselves.
In the end it's a burnt husk, already played out despite being relatively new. The developers were worn and tired by the time it released and you can feel it in the gameplay. "Here's our end of life, it's all we've got left, we hole you enjoy it." It's like watching nothing but all the after credit sequences from the Marvel movies in order instead of the movies themselves.
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xzi
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I think they did a fantastic job at making a good casual FPS, but I agree with you on the rest of the points when it comes to any form of competitiveness in it which they were (are? I haven't kept up) pushing pretty hard.
As long as it's fun for all the people that play it, hey that's all you can ask for. Just not quite for me. I hop on and enjoy arcade from time to time though, and pharah custom games shooting rockets a billion miles an hour lol.
As long as it's fun for all the people that play it, hey that's all you can ask for. Just not quite for me. I hop on and enjoy arcade from time to time though, and pharah custom games shooting rockets a billion miles an hour lol.
Valderen
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I'm still mostly enjoying the game, but leavers, trolls and toxicity is getting to me.
I also wish there was a solo queue...I'm tired of being out with groups of people who just play together and ignore the rest of the team. I had a group of 3 yesterday I think who consisted of bastion, torb and Symmetra on both offense and defense. We got destroyed. I get them in the next game too and same thing we get destroyed.
I have to agree that being grouped with people you report is kinda sad. I remember they removed the ability to actually block people because people were blocking good players they didn't want to face, and those people were getting extremely long queues.
I also wish there was a solo queue...I'm tired of being out with groups of people who just play together and ignore the rest of the team. I had a group of 3 yesterday I think who consisted of bastion, torb and Symmetra on both offense and defense. We got destroyed. I get them in the next game too and same thing we get destroyed.
I have to agree that being grouped with people you report is kinda sad. I remember they removed the ability to actually block people because people were blocking good players they didn't want to face, and those people were getting extremely long queues.
Ravishing
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I like playing it but can't watch it, so the esports scene is pretty much dead for me. I don't know what they can do to make it watchable tbh.
What makes esports viewable is when the viewer can watch strategies unfold in real time.
MOBAs have it due to pace-of-play being slower and team comp can't change after being locked in, also objectives coming & going during the game.
CS:GO has it with the economy stuff, when to buy the good guns, when to hold on to cash, etc.
OW is too sporadic and the viewer needs to be told about strat as it's happening, you can't look very far ahead and try to figure out a strat as a viewer.
Also the fact OW keeps all players on equal footing means less excitement when the "underdog" team pulls a win. Like in CS:GO when lower-Eco team wins a round or in MOBA when a gold deficient team turns it around.
So that's my take... but I still play OW a lot because it's brain-dead fun.