Rod:
http://adequateman.deadspin.com/overwatch-is-salvation-for-washed-up-gamers-like-me-1779947989
Seems like this was designed with your demographic in mind
The stuff about the generous hitboxes also supports this theory
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 20:20 (eight years ago) link
yeah there's only like 6 or 7 of the 21 characters that really require traditional fps skills to function, and a few of the tanks and supports don't even need to aim at all
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 20:39 (eight years ago) link
I was using an xbox controller for like 15 levels on pc which is apparently a noob move so now I am relearning on keyboard. >_<
suspect lucio and reinhardt get damage nerfs soon.
― bnw, Monday, June 6, 2016 7:02 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh hey my b.net id is scribbler#11262 in case we're ever online at the same time -- maybe as many as six ilxors will have this eventually.
warning tho as the matchmaker has lifted me beyond the n00b tier it has turned out that i suck. into reinhart, genji, and first love pharah at the moment; want to figure out d.va and tracer; die too much; prob don't switch responsively enough.
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Friday, 10 June 2016 01:29 (eight years ago) link
i'm definitely still in the n00b tier, my teams are still getting slaughtered by bastion repeatedly while i try and fail to snipe him from around corners
― ciderpress, Friday, 10 June 2016 03:05 (eight years ago) link
https://vine.co/v/i9VBIDpx5na
― 龜, Friday, 10 June 2016 13:12 (eight years ago) link
i am the gender confusing tehdeadchick #1738. getting better at tracer, though i still miss on the sticky bomb 75% of the time. playing vs a good pharah is brutal especially in a close quarters map. just destroys everyone.
― bnw, Friday, 10 June 2016 18:29 (eight years ago) link
tracer is pretty beyond me to play passably, she's the twitchiest of the twitch shooters
― ciderpress, Friday, 10 June 2016 21:20 (eight years ago) link
Interesting, xpost. May jump into this game.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Sunday, 12 June 2016 00:17 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zo3F7-G9ss
― 龜, Sunday, 12 June 2016 14:57 (eight years ago) link
I ended up buying this because my friends are playing it. *sigh*
― circa1916, Sunday, 12 June 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link
so r ilg'ers being curmudgeons or is this really not that great? i've only heard good things elsewhere
― Mordy, Sunday, 12 June 2016 20:12 (eight years ago) link
it's very fun, i dunno who's being curmudgeonly about it other than lamp. theres some balance issues to iron out still but it's the best game blizzard has made in ages
― ciderpress, Sunday, 12 June 2016 20:53 (eight years ago) link
Nah it's fine. Just have some resentment towards Blizzard's style. Having fun playing with the friends, a lot less so on my own.
― circa1916, Sunday, 12 June 2016 23:10 (eight years ago) link
i'm still having lots of fun too
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Monday, 13 June 2016 00:37 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/h3BdajK.jpg
― 龜, Wednesday, 15 June 2016 13:18 (seven years ago) link
is that... fish sauce
― volumetric god rays (DJP), Wednesday, 15 June 2016 14:09 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/GtZEMnP.png
― 龜, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 11:50 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/HvGFI0Q.png
― 龜, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 12:51 (seven years ago) link
https://www.destructoid.com/two-overwatch-pros-quit-in-shame-as-korean-teen-proves-she-s-the-realness-370182.phtml
― 龜, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 13:03 (seven years ago) link
it's mostly hanzo and widowmaker that are the useless chars people pick too often ime, 2 bastions covering each other can be a terror to a disorganized team
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 13:10 (seven years ago) link
She's so good, seemingly from out of nowhere
This is a game that is not yet out a month.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 13:13 (seven years ago) link
Kind of shitty move on Blizzard's part: removing the "avoid this player" feature because the highest ranking Widowmaker couldn't find anyone to play against.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-06-21-overwatch-will-remove-the-avoid-this-player-option
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 13:15 (seven years ago) link
yeah they should just remove the "widowmaker" feature instead imo
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 13:20 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/4I0gCPr.png
― 龜, Sunday, 17 July 2016 14:23 (seven years ago) link
mei is the secret truth to all life
― geometry-stabilized craft (art), Thursday, 4 August 2016 00:32 (seven years ago) link
ice walls ya'll. it's so simple, how did i miss it before
mei is my 2nd most played after roadhog i think. good fun
― ciderpress, Thursday, 4 August 2016 02:25 (seven years ago) link
Free this weekend on ps4 & xbox
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Saturday, 10 September 2016 02:11 (seven years ago) link
i never play this and suck at it but still think it is a p brilliant and generous game, recommend to basically any taste except anti-fast. played my first game in a long time the other night almost in dread and was shocked at how much fun i had (as winston/lucio) even tho we lost. so that is the opinion of someone who never plays this and sux at it.
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 10 September 2016 02:17 (seven years ago) link
yeah i haven't had time to play this lately (i think theres a new hero and a new map since i last played) but it hasn't lost its luster
― ciderpress, Saturday, 10 September 2016 02:24 (seven years ago) link
So fun
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Sunday, 11 September 2016 02:00 (seven years ago) link
i tried a few rounds of this. it's just very... like it feels like a very good version of a game i've already played a million times
― Mordy, Sunday, 11 September 2016 02:06 (seven years ago) link
Not sure there's anything wrong with that imo
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Sunday, 11 September 2016 02:13 (seven years ago) link
no, not at all! and i'm glad to have the opportunity to play it this weekend but i'm pretty sure i don't need to buy it.
― Mordy, Sunday, 11 September 2016 02:22 (seven years ago) link
wait...it's free this weekend? is it one of those games where you pay to level up your character or unlock new ones or something?
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Sunday, 11 September 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link
it's free this weekend
― Mordy, Sunday, 11 September 2016 02:33 (seven years ago) link
wow, that's great. i'm usually not into FPS so much because getting your ass kicked by 13-year-olds gets boring after a while, but I'll give it a shot
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Sunday, 11 September 2016 02:38 (seven years ago) link
yeah i'll get it if it's free
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Sunday, 11 September 2016 02:45 (seven years ago) link
They keep you in games with similarly ranked players
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Sunday, 11 September 2016 03:31 (seven years ago) link
it feels like a very good version of a game i've already played a million times
blizzard's motto iirc
KM all progression/unlocking is cosmetic
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Sunday, 11 September 2016 03:34 (seven years ago) link
sorry to be dense: free for pc? free for ps4?
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Sunday, 11 September 2016 04:17 (seven years ago) link
Only ps4 and Xbox
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Sunday, 11 September 2016 04:20 (seven years ago) link
I bought this a few weeks after it was released because I had some friends playing it. We had a good amount of fun playing and chatting together but it loses its luster quickly.
― circa1916, Sunday, 11 September 2016 05:18 (seven years ago) link
also played it this weekend for free and had a really fun time - but feel no need to buy it.i think its partly to do with how few game modes there are, but also once you unlock all the decals etc - whats the carrot to keep me going every day if there are no new skills/guns to unlock for anyone?
― jamiesummerz, Monday, 12 September 2016 15:37 (seven years ago) link
as in; gameplay for each hero will always be the same - and wont vary - reason i (god help me) still play a ton of destiny is there's always the chance fun new armors/weapons will make things feel new
― jamiesummerz, Monday, 12 September 2016 15:40 (seven years ago) link
yeah it's very much on the MOBA/fighting game model where the heros are self-contained and static and they add variety by making new ones, not by giving new toys to the existing roster like TF2 did
― ciderpress, Monday, 12 September 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
also the RTS model. (the sports model.) the carrot's supposed to be you get better, while still working w the same tools as all the people better than you.
the extreme paucity of modes/maps at launch almost reads as a statement about getting fundamentals strong -- a promise to focus on the basic interactions between heroes and get them as neat and dynamic as those between terran/zerg/protoss (starcraft after all only has one serious "mode"). as blizzard have never once in their history had an original idea their reputation's always been built on polish+balance. whether this is there or getting there or what is honestly a question i'm never gonna be qualified to answer but the ambition is to make a game people don't say (god help me) about, right? a player relationship that's (a lil) less narcotic.
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Monday, 12 September 2016 22:20 (seven years ago) link
played this for an hour or so in a pc bang at about 3am the other night, i guess that's my life now
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Monday, 19 September 2016 00:05 (seven years ago) link
new hero https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/heroes/sombra/
i haven't really played this in a few months though, the general populace seemed to be improving at it faster than i could keep up
― ciderpress, Friday, 4 November 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
i am still playing x_x
she looks fun although a mei ult followed by a sombra ult = time to shut off the computer. chain cc is pretty miserable to play against.
this may be the one offensive player i will use b/c she seems less aim based.
― bnw, Friday, 4 November 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
https://gfycat.com/CooperativeEmptyJellyfish
― bnw, Friday, 17 March 2017 18:15 (seven years ago) link
Got sucked into the Heroes of the Storm quest for the OW extras this time around; the game's actually pretty fun, despite how much I suck at MOBAs/RTS
― Nhex, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 19:43 (seven years ago) link
not a game guy at all but i like playing overwatch ... maybe cuz im bad at aiming although my tracking has improved since playing soldier... im a fan of the lateral thinking required
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 30 November 2017 02:11 (six years ago) link
if you're bad at aiming junkrat is a fun one
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 1 December 2017 02:06 (six years ago) link