Overwatch - The world needs heroes, and Blizzard needs a TF2 game! - Games

[QUOTE=SonicWind;49895915]Heads up-- [URL="http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20742695178"]a new patch is out![/URL] It features new map Ilios (it's in Greece if you're wondering), changes to existing maps, changes to heroes (Lucio's back up to 200 HP, for example), new skins, and more![/QUOTE] I love environments like these, really wish there was more like them in games. [video=youtube;oiEgGpWa5Ug]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiEgGpWa5Ug[/video]

That's one gorgeous map!

The maps in Overwatch are all quite beautiful. I really love Hanamura, Lijiang Tower, and Nepal.

Oh man the new skins look fantastic Steampunk Bastion and a god damn Gundam Pharah I really want to play this game :pudge:

[video=youtube;wUZGxRywtGk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZGxRywtGk[/video]

[video]https://youtu.be/ZkH7yCLXaa0[/video]

new wave! I'm not in it

[QUOTE]-Mercy has been recast for the English version of the game [/QUOTE] ! [video=youtube;e52W2zqOa3o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e52W2zqOa3o[/video]

[QUOTE=Omniary;49897743]! [video=youtube;e52W2zqOa3o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e52W2zqOa3o[/video][/QUOTE] But why?

[QUOTE=Omniary;49897743]! [video=youtube;e52W2zqOa3o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e52W2zqOa3o[/video][/QUOTE] So they made her generic sounding? Interesting design choice.

Fuck, why did they change it. The old one was great. :(

[QUOTE=Ax3l;49898136]Fuck, why did they change it. The old one was great. :([/QUOTE] Still not as bad as reaper losing "time to reap".

Man I am really not feeling a lot of these skins. For every cool Okami/Hunter skin there's at least 2 "punk" skins which don't seem to fit the characters that much.

Yeah it's a shame they're going really out of theme with some of the skins. I really don't know what their thought process was with the punk skin for Zarya. Why not give her a Russian Winter themed skin instead?

Mercy: "DONKE"

[QUOTE=Takuat;49898355]Man I am really not feeling a lot of these skins. For every cool Okami/Hunter skin there's at least 2 "punk" skins which don't seem to fit the characters that much.[/QUOTE] I really wouldn't say it's that bad. You've got Space Frog Lucio, Raven Widowmaker, Punk Zaria and Punk Tracer. I mean 4 is still 4 more than I'd like, but personally I'd say the majority of the alternate skins in the game at present are good.

[QUOTE=Keychain;49899876]Yeah it's a shame they're going really out of theme with some of the skins. I really don't know what their thought process was with the punk skin for Zarya. Why not give her a Russian Winter themed skin instead?[/QUOTE] Even something like a tech'd out weightlifting gear would be better [editline]9th March 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Rufia;49900001]I really wouldn't say it's that bad. You've got Space Frog Lucio, Raven Widowmaker, Punk Zaria and Punk Tracer. I mean 4 is still 4 more than I'd like, but personally I'd say the majority of the alternate skins in the game at present are good.[/QUOTE] Space Frog Lucio I don't mind too much since it fits his DJ theme, and it appropriately tech'd out to match his legs. Just stuff that has origins in either their backstories, their theming or their home country would be better.

[QUOTE=Ax3l;49898136]Fuck, why did they change it. The old one was great. :([/QUOTE] The old "Heroes never die" sounded great, this one sounds flat as fuck [editline]9th March 2016[/editline] Did anyone even complain about the old VA? It was pretty fucking good.

[QUOTE=Louis;49900046]The old "Heroes never die" sounded great, this one sounds flat as fuck [editline]9th March 2016[/editline] Did anyone even complain about the old VA? It was pretty fucking good.[/QUOTE] They wanted someone who A) sounds Swiss B) speaks German [QUOTE]Mercy has been recast for the English version of the game. When casting for Overwatch, we often try to find actors who are fluent in the character’s native language. In the case of Mercy, we were able to find an actress that both captured the essence of the character and was able to speak German, which you will be able to hear in this version." [/QUOTE]

Well none of my accounts made it in still. That video about salt is pretty accurate.

[QUOTE=Damjen;49900058]They wanted someone who A) sounds Swiss B) speaks German[/QUOTE] They should have also found an actress who can do A and B and also C: Not sounding flat as a board.

Why not give people the option of hearing which voice they want for the character?

[QUOTE=jimbobjoe1234;49901837]Why not give people the option of hearing which voice they want for the character?[/QUOTE]Cause that would make people happy. I liked the old voice a lot more than the new one.

I'm genuinely convinced that beta 'waves' are like, 60 people

[QUOTE=Zeos;49902051]I'm genuinely convinced that beta 'waves' are like, 60 people[/QUOTE] Feels like Beta Ripples at this point.

[QUOTE=jimbobjoe1234;49901837]Why not give people the option of hearing which voice they want for the character?[/QUOTE] I imagine they had to drop the actress for development reasons, not for purely creative reasons.

[QUOTE=jimbobjoe1234;49901837]Why not give people the option of hearing which voice they want for the character?[/QUOTE] Because they don't wanna' pay two different voice actresses to do the same job twice over. Baring in mind that they are probably going to need more voicelines recorded in future.

[QUOTE=Zeos;49902051]I'm genuinely convinced that beta 'waves' are like, 60 people[/QUOTE] You have a better chance of winning the lottery tbh I also love how the people that pay for the game get to play for like a pathetic couple of days in open beta while the people that got lucky in closed beta have been playing for free for months non stop This beta is just a big grain of salt

I honestly feel the closed beta was just used to drum up publicity using streamers and youtubers for free marketing, with maybe a handful of Blizzard favorites (i.e. my buddy with years subscribed to WoW) getting beta invites as well. It really sucks that open beta people only get a couple days to play and pre-order people's reward are a couple more days [B]in the middle of the week[/B]. As I said before, it eats an entire ass.

[QUOTE=BoxinShrimp;49901796]They should have also found an actress who can do A and B and also C: Not sounding flat as a board.[/QUOTE] It's not particularly hard teaching a voice actress/actor to properly pronounce two words of German either.