Blizzard announces Overwatch. Team based MP Shooter [Up: Trailers, Screens, More]

I'm so confused on the art direction here. What's the theme? Everything seems so out of place. The characters are all "Mechy" but the environments are....regular places on earth? Dwarf, robot monk, arrow shooting samurai, metal hammer man, smart gorilla whaaat?

It just looks like a mess visually.
 
Okay after watching some more footage, it feels like Overwatch could be to TF2 what Dota 2 is to Warcraft 3.

Which just means I hope the one-upsmanship continues. I really want to see Valve's take on Hearthstone and Blizzard's version of Portal
 
Chezzymann said:
6v6 is a good size, i don't get why everyone wants every shooter to have large team sizes. Many times that just gets too chaotic for what they're going for.
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I wanted smaller :)

5v5 is a good size. Too many randoms in a competitive oriented game and it becomes a mess.
 
Dr.Acula said:
As long as this game doesn't have levels and unlocks.
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It's probably set up like Dirty Bomb/Extraction in that regard: Weekly rotation, unlock new characters with in-game currency or money, maybe a limited set of alternative weapons/abilities to unlock for each character.

If I had my way, it'd be more like Smite or Tribes Ascend, which have all of that plus the option of a $30 unlock for all current and future characters.
 
Wheresmycoffee said:
I'm so confused on the art direction here. What's the theme? Everything seems so out of place. The characters are all "Mechy" but the environments are....regular places on earth? Dwarf, robot monk, arrow shooting samurai, metal hammer man, smart gorilla whaaat?

It just looks like a mess visually.
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I love it :D
 
JordanN said:
That's being blunt. Considering it has to run on a lot of platforms, it's fairly passable.
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Even new COD in MP on low looks two generation better than this.
Crysis 3 runs on integrated gpus.
And this trailer has framerate and lag problems. Yeah, tech is shit in this game.
 
SPE said:
Which idiot decided to name the gorilla character with a stereotypically black name? Nice casual racism guys.
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I can't find any data about race on that site, but regardless, and off topic, how am I meant to interpret the sliders on the bottom? Pulling the slider closer to 'definitely' means the bar pertaining to 'no way' becomes larger, yet the slider itself is closer to 'definitely'. Boggling design.
 
Loxley said:
This thread is gold.
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There's a fair point to be made about Blizzard's work in the WC3 and beyond era. Many of the design trappings bleed through all of their games now. The visuals of Diablo, StarCraft, and WarCraft were certainly more distinct and interesting prior to that.

Their constant issue with outdated graphics over the last decade or so doesn't help either.
 
Let's play match the character archetypes with League of Legends!

Agile scout with attitude and short range teleport
Tracer / Ezreal

Middle eastern/Indian inspired female character
Symmetra / (maybe Sivir)

Stoic archer with Japanese influences
Hanzo / Varus + Yasuo

Mechanised winged anime-inspired female trooper
Pharah

Badass death-themed dual pistol wielder
Reaper / Lucian + Nocturne + Sith lord

Intelligent simian with a rage mode
Winston / Volibear + Beast from X-Men

Pint-sized engineer
Torbjorn / Heimerdinger

Deployable turret/tank
Bastion

Angel-like healer
Mercy / Kayle

Disinterested female sniper
Widowmaker / Caitlin

Eastern inspired mystic fighter
Zenyatta / Lee Sin + Master Yi's multi-eye helmet

Giant armoured mace/hammer wielder
Reinhardt / Mordekaiser
 
The Technomancer said:
Okay after watching some more footage, it feels like Overwatch could be to TF2 what Dota 2 is to Warcraft 3.

Which just means I hope the one-upsmanship continues. I really want to see Valve's take on Hearthstone and Blizzard's version of Portal
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HL3 taking on WoW, hence why it takes so long to develop !
 
Orayn said:
I think the most distinguishing features of the MOBA genre are the structure of the main game mode (towers, lanes, creeps) and the fact that you customize your character and skills as you level-up in a single match.

This is more like Monday Night Combat with several of those elements removed.
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sorry by more than anything else I meant more than any other game/genre, not that its the most defining moba feature.

and MNC was specifically influenced by mobas
 
Well, it looks good for what it is i guess. Sadly I'm just not into shooters.

Would have hoped for something different as the first new IP since in 17 years......17 years.....crazy.
 
Game is such a fucking ripoff.

Widowmaker...sniper chick, Widowmaker was a Sniper Rifle in Mass Effect 3.

Torbjorn...TOR. The old Republic. Bjorn = born. His concept was born in the old republic by EA Bioware.

COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT.
 
TheYanger said:
Game is such a fucking ripoff.

Widowmaker...sniper chick, Widowmaker was a Sniper Rifle in Mass Effect 3.

Torbjorn...TOR. The old Republic. Bjorn = born. His concept was born in the old republic by EA Bioware.

COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT.
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Interfectum said:
This thread has it all!
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Everything comes out of the darkness to spew the anger and then fade away.
 
TheYanger said:
Game is such a fucking ripoff.

Widowmaker...sniper chick, Widowmaker was a Sniper Rifle in Mass Effect 3.

Torbjorn...TOR. The old Republic. Bjorn = born. His concept was born in the old republic by EA Bioware.

COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT.
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I don't know if sarcasm or not, lol.
 
Just watched both the CGI and gameplay trailers.

Wow! Looks so, so neat. Character design is pretty neat and it looks like there are some really unique play-styles as well. Art is wonderful too.
 
KingKong said:
sorry by more than anything else I meant more than any other game/genre, not that its the most defining moba feature.

and MNC was specifically influenced by mobas
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Oh yeah, definitely. I'm just saying that this isn't a straight example of a MOBA at all. On a scale of 1-10, it's probably a 2-3, with MNC being a 5, SMNC 6, Smite 7, etc.
 
trh said:
I can't find any data about race on that site,
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Winston is an incredibly common black first name in the Caribbean and in the UK. Which that site mentions.

No different from if they had named the gorilla character Tyrone or Jamal.
 
TheYanger said:
Game is such a fucking ripoff.

Widowmaker...sniper chick, Widowmaker was a Sniper Rifle in Mass Effect 3.

Torbjorn...TOR. The old Republic. Bjorn = born. His concept was born in the old republic by EA Bioware.

COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT.
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Bjorn is actually from the germanic word for Bear. It's clearly a rip off of Cabela's Big Game Hunter Pro Hunts. It's like they're not even trying.
 
The Technomancer said:
Okay after watching some more footage, it feels like Overwatch could be to TF2 what Dota 2 is to Warcraft 3.

Which just means I hope the one-upsmanship continues. I really want to see Valve's take on Hearthstone and Blizzard's version of Portal
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Blizzard and Valve are the Beatles and Beach Boys of video games.
 
SPE said:
Winston is an incredibly common black first name in the Caribbean and in the UK. Which that site mentions.

No different from if they had named the gorilla character Tyrone or Jamal.
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You're not really thinking this through but I'll continue to let you embarrass yourself.
 
So is this gonna be like Hearthstone or are we gonna have to buy the game once it fully releases?

Edit: Is it F2P or P2P ;o
 
Skux said:
Let's play match the character archetypes with League of Legends!

Agile scout with attitude and short range teleport
Tracer / Ezreal

Middle eastern/Indian inspired female character
Symmetra / (maybe Sivir)

Stoic archer with Japanese influences
Hanzo / Varus + Yasuo

Mechanised winged anime-inspired female trooper
Pharah

Badass death-themed dual pistol wielder
Reaper / Lucian + Nocturne + Sith lord

Intelligent simian with a rage mode
Winston /Gorilla Grodd
Pint-sized engineer
Torbjorn / Heimerdinger

Deployable turret/tank
Bastion

Angel-like healer
Mercy / Kayle

Disinterested female sniper
Widowmaker / Caitlin

Eastern inspired mystic fighter
Zenyatta / Lee Sin + Master Yi's multi-eye helmet

Giant armoured mace/hammer wielder
Reinhardt / Mordekaiser
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Fixed
 
I foresee some overreactions of the year to come out of this thread. I'm personally tentatively looking forward to this, if it's like vanilla TF2 I'll like it, if it's like new TF2 I'll hate it. :/

i.e. no stupid weapons and hats, better map design and also classes with defined roles.
 
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