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[QUOTE=saintsim;49781727]They let me into the Gigantic beta a few days ago, but alas no Win10.[/QUOTE] It's not that good. I've had a beta key for a looooooooooooooong time.

[QUOTE=Mr_Awesome;49782814]It's not that good. I've had a beta key for a looooooooooooooong time.[/QUOTE] It's still a work in progress, as it is now it's pretty fun but the hype isn't anywhere near Overwatch. [editline]21st February 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=saintsim;49781727]They let me into the Gigantic beta a few days ago, but alas no Win10.[/QUOTE] Holy shit dude why are you still on XP?

[QUOTE=gbtygfvyg;49782961]It's still a work in progress, as it is now it's pretty fun but the hype isn't anywhere near Overwatch. [editline]21st February 2016[/editline] Holy shit dude why are you still on XP?[/QUOTE] It's not that fun when every single character feels like a bullet sponge.

[QUOTE=Mr_Awesome;49783005]It's not that fun when every single character feels like a bullet sponge.[/QUOTE] Such as? The only character that can take tons of punishment are Sven because of his self heal and damage reduction trait on his Q, the Margrave because he's tanky as fuck, maybe HK-206 if he specs for it, and Pakko the recently announced but still in development hero who also shares a spot with the Margrave as a melee tank. Charnok has low health to offset his ridiculous damage, Aisling is weak because she has a pet, Tripp is weak because assassin with invis, Tyto just has a ton of mobility but overall pretty low hp, Griselma has all of her hands to help her reduce the damage she takes so she's got a good balance of health and defense, Voden has a self heal but also some really good escapes, Beckett has the jetpack, Imani has literally 1 escape and that's it, Lord Knossos hp shield on his E was nerfed recently, Mozu is squishy but has one of the best escape skills in the game, Roland was removed before I had a chance to play him, Xenobia steals health but she's really easy to take down, Vadasi has a self heal but it requires her to take damage from her E skill to boost her hp regen from that skill, Wu has a lot of mobility. [editline]21st February 2016[/editline] I mean playing as Voden, one of the 3 sniper heroes (also the weakest sniper hero as far as raw damage goes) and I can easily top the scoreboard with kills. Anyways this thread is about Overwatch, not Gigantic so I'll stop.

The problem with Gigantic is that they're not only a new company but they're also not quite sure what kind of game they're even making. The game mode is overly specific and doesn't achieve anything. It's just confusing. The game looks good and that's it. Overwatch has Blizzard behind it, and they know exactly where they want to take the game. Having played Gigantic makes me appreciate Overwatch even more. You don't have to reinvent the wheel to make something that feels fresh and that appeals to both the casual and competitive crowd.

[QUOTE=gbtygfvyg;49783162]Such as? The only character that can take tons of punishment are Sven because of his self heal and damage reduction trait on his Q, the Margrave because he's tanky as fuck, maybe HK-206 if he specs for it, and Pakko the recently announced but still in development hero who also shares a spot with the Margrave as a melee tank. Charnok has low health to offset his ridiculous damage, Aisling is weak because she has a pet, Tripp is weak because assassin with invis, Tyto just has a ton of mobility but overall pretty low hp, Griselma has all of her hands to help her reduce the damage she takes so she's got a good balance of health and defense, Voden has a self heal but also some really good escapes, Beckett has the jetpack, Imani has literally 1 escape and that's it, Lord Knossos hp shield on his E was nerfed recently, Mozu is squishy but has one of the best escape skills in the game, Roland was removed before I had a chance to play him, Xenobia steals health but she's really easy to take down, Vadasi has a self heal but it requires her to take damage from her E skill to boost her hp regen from that skill, Wu has a lot of mobility. [editline]21st February 2016[/editline] I mean playing as Voden, one of the 3 sniper heroes (also the weakest sniper hero as far as raw damage goes) and I can easily top the scoreboard with kills. Anyways this thread is about Overwatch, not Gigantic so I'll stop.[/QUOTE] The game just feels like you're on the moon at 2x speed and every weapon feels like a plastic gun for me personally.

[QUOTE=gbtygfvyg;49782961] Holy shit dude why are you still on XP?[/QUOTE] I'm sorry it's just too godlike :cry:

Overwatch Art time. [IMG]http://orig04.deviantart.net/9634/f/2016/052/2/e/smol_mercy_by_faebelina-d9snoo9.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://img07.deviantart.net/b3f9/i/2016/046/d/8/flex_off_by_faebelina-d9rwozy.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://orig11.deviantart.net/dbe9/f/2016/041/1/6/overwatch__widowmaker_by_harufreak-d9r8yj5.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://orig07.deviantart.net/f7d4/f/2016/001/2/9/junkrat_s_evil_laugh_by_tokeshiro-d9mdpg8.gif[/IMG]

I wonder what percentage of these fan-artists have actually played the game?

that widow looks very kerrigan-esque, it'd be cool to see some skins using their other games' characters

Malthael skin for Reaper would be really fitting

[QUOTE=Vmonkey;49791099]that widow looks very kerrigan-esque, it'd be cool to see some skins using their other games' characters[/QUOTE] I'd actually hope they don't. I want them to have Overwatch stand on its own and not be meshed in with the other Blizzard IPs. I see Overwatch as a great breath of fresh air from Blizzard, and I want it to feel that way without gratuitous crossovers. But I know for a fact they will make crap like Kerrigan/Widowmaker, Magni Bronzebeard/Torbjorn, Uther/Reinhardt, Malthael/Reaper... I guess more people want that than not, but I would still be disappointed.

Well they're going to dump a bunch of the overwatch heroes into heroes of the storm so, crossovers are bound to happen one way or another.

But HOTS is a game all about crossovers. I don't have a problem with that. But I'd rather they not drag it into Overwatch.

What about crossover skins that keep the general OW aesthetic? Like Uther's armor but all futuristic? I'd be fine with that as long as they don't change the characters' personalities

I think this video raises a very valid concern for the game: [video=youtube;b3ADsUFJ46Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ADsUFJ46Y[/video] Anybody who's in the beta could give some thoughts?

That issue is an issue in EVERY competitive multiplayer game.

[QUOTE=gbtygfvyg;49793881]That issue is an issue in EVERY competitive multiplayer game.[/QUOTE] Did you watch the video? He brings that up.

[QUOTE=CrossNgen;49793743]I think this video raises a very valid concern for the game: [video=youtube;b3ADsUFJ46Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ADsUFJ46Y[/video] Anybody who's in the beta could give some thoughts?[/QUOTE] Playing solo being crappy sounds like a really good thing to me; even with randoms in pubs, a game that forces teamwork in pubs is going to be a lot more rewarding and fun than one where every player could just carry all by themselves. If the game was designed around winning without your team, it wouldn't be nearly as interesting. [sp]besides, if you want to be a power class with no particular weaknesses so you can ignore your team and do your own thing, it sounds like you should play Soldier 76[/sp] But this is coming from someone who always plays the support classes so I dunno

if they start introducing cross over characters into overwatch, i can see it very quickly down the route of tf2. i think blizzard has enough integrity to avoid doing that, but i thought valve was better than that, too. so, i dont want to see any crossovers put into overwatch.

[QUOTE=CrossNgen;49793743]I think this video raises a very valid concern for the game: [video=youtube;b3ADsUFJ46Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ADsUFJ46Y[/video] Anybody who's in the beta could give some thoughts?[/QUOTE] Eh I don't know. First of all, judging by this gameplay he doesn't seem to be a good "solo player". From what I remember (I could be wrong) he's usually playing support, which is obviously much better with friends. 2nd, I've seen people have tons of fun and good games playing solo like Star_ and Seagull. He's probably scared of people recognizing him or something. Neither him or any of his teammates were talking to eachother. Who cares if you're going to be called a faggot sometimes. Just mute those guys and get on the damn mic and you won't have some of these issues.

I tend to do fine playing solo compet games because I play supports and tanks and am actually good at them.

[QUOTE=Keychain;49793961]Did you watch the video? He brings that up.[/QUOTE] I did watch the video hence why I even posted that comment. The problem is just watching him play you can very clearly see he's not even that great of a player so yeah of course you're gonna get mad in solo games when you're doing dumb shit like playing as Reaper and then running face first into the enemy team, popping your ult and then expecting to survive.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/GaD9Ani.png[/img] [editline]23rd February 2016[/editline] [sp]pls don kil me[/sp]

[QUOTE=Skyward;49798508][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/GaD9Ani.png[/IMG] [editline]23rd February 2016[/editline] [sp]pls don kil me[/sp][/QUOTE] You're a bad person.

[QUOTE=Skyward;49798508][img]http://i.imgur.com/GaD9Ani.png[/img] [editline]23rd February 2016[/editline] [sp]pls don kil me[/sp][/QUOTE] Hmm....

[QUOTE=Skyward;49798508][img]http://i.imgur.com/GaD9Ani.png[/img] [editline]23rd February 2016[/editline] [sp]pls don kil me[/sp][/QUOTE] I nearly choked on the sandwich I was eating

[QUOTE=Skyward;49798508][img]http://i.imgur.com/GaD9Ani.png[/img] [editline]23rd February 2016[/editline] [sp]pls don kil me[/sp][/QUOTE] Should have increased the retweets and favorites a ton too.

[QUOTE=Banned?;49800002]Should have increased the retweets and favorites a ton too.[/QUOTE] Oh I didn't make it, someone posted it on the Reddit. I'm not cruel enough to [I]create [/I]something like that.

Time to move to Antarctica, I suppose. :cry: