PhazonBlazer
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Bring on that 4/10 from Daily Mail
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Overwatch - Review Thread
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MadLaughter
Member
Expect a 9 from Gamespot. Review goes up at 6 AM tomorrow and the reviewer called it 'glowing', but they don't give 10's often
No, the first one is a joke and the second one is an observation contained within an entire paragraph explaining why it is the case. We get it, you think 'fanboys' will 'attack' anyone that doesn't like the game, but perhaps the reality is people will point out flawed arguments when they are presented, and nobody actually cares if you like or don't like the game. It's fine if you don't like it, really, but when you come and post provably ridiculous reasons to try and justify to other people why they shouldn't like it either, you're going to get push back.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
lmao
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
The beta really surprised me. But as fun as it was, I do wonder with only a few objective based modes how long the fun will last. Will they be adding more modes later on? Or no plans for that yet? I for one would definitely not mind team DM to mix it up a bit when you just are not in the mood for objectives and simply want to blast folks.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
I didn't play the beta. You have no worries. My second game I won player of the match with Reinhardt (PC here). I've only had one lopsided game where it was clear the other team was full of beta players because they were using advanced tactics with below the radar characters + map knowledge.
Movalpolos
Banned
Amazing to see such a content-starved game get great reviews.
Hopefully most publishers will follow suit and go with the "less is more" approach.
Hopefully most publishers will follow suit and go with the "less is more" approach.
fargofallout
Member
Jesus. I barely touched the beta, but now these scores are making me think I need to give this game a try, even though I never really get into these sorts of games.
DragonOfWisdom
Member
I'm pretty sure that was already confirmed.
Is this the first tima a game beat Ocarina of Time in Metacritic? ( i know the final vote won't be this, but even if is temporaney i'm curius).
ehh
i think GTA5 beat it for all of 30s before a few 9s
maybe undertale
but yeah, games don't really hold it like this, but then again, reviews are dripping in so this is artificial at best.
brandonh83
Banned
Overwatch overwatches Metacritic
I've never seen that before. Look sweet. Personally, I want the Mcree-Dick Tracy skin.
Yea...it's not like anything changed.
Obliterator
Member
Game officially sucks now. Hype over
May be the wrong place, so I apologize ahead of time, but what is the difference between opencritic and metacritic? Can anyone make a review on open?
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
this sentence was confusing at first.
I'm looking at it now, holy crap that looks amazing. So many great skins.
Acerac
Banned
If they support it for ages afterwards for free? Sure, why the fuck not?
Splatoon is amazing and it took the same approach. Give me the game when it is ready to play, and continue giving me more stuff without charging down the line!
SinCityAssassin
Member
For the sake of comparison, what was the content at launch for TF2?
orthodoxy1095
Banned
OpenCritic: no hidden weightings, credits the authors, games-focused, data visualizations, publishes embargo times, English-only (for now), very new.
Not yet. Requirements to be a publication are on the FAQ.
Significantly less, but TF2 was part of The Orange Box.
Calling now that this will be one of the most overrated games ever
Titanfall had an 86 average review score. Overwatch will score higher for its IP and accessibility ("my first competitive shooter"). But it'll falter for the same reasons as Titanfall: insufficient depth in gameplay and progression/customization. Once the honeymoon phase wanes, I think you'll find that the games start to become repetitive and same-y. The lack of game modes really drives this feeling home: if you've played any competitive shooter, the lack of variety will get you very quickly.
Team Fortress 2 is another great comparison point. What is the killer Overwatch innovation that's going to cause it to be 10x the size of TF2? So far, seems very similar with some incremental improvements and some losses, but nothing revolutionary. Though I agree with the claim that Blizzard could add content to get it to that level. But then again... TF2 is also free to play. Overwatch is (strangely) a $40+ boxed product.
Congratz to Blizzard either way though. So happy to see a new and well-executed IP. The "best game ever" sentiment may be unwarranted but it's a great foundation for the future of the IP.
TF2 is on consoles?
orthodoxy1095
Banned
360/PS3
ZombieSupaStar
Member
Would get it but I only like 16v16 goldrush on D with a beggars bazooka now.
It's good they were able to make some money back on Titan though.
It's good they were able to make some money back on Titan though.
It was on last gen. with no support though, and not F2P because of it.
Also "TF2 is F2P" is not a plus, TF2 has an impossible amount of things to earn that are not remotely cosmetic for a new player. That's a direct result of it going F2P, prior to it going F2P it had a pretty fair unlock system with very few things to earn. But...back then it wasn't Free either.
I don't think I've seen this opinion from anyone yet:
CGMagazine:
Wish I could play Battleborn as a trial to see how it compares to Overwatch. Giant Bomb folks were very critical of Battleborn (including nearly everyone else I've read) and I didn't give it a chance due to already playing so many games.
CGMagazine:
Wish I could play Battleborn as a trial to see how it compares to Overwatch. Giant Bomb folks were very critical of Battleborn (including nearly everyone else I've read) and I didn't give it a chance due to already playing so many games.
-MD-
Member
I am disgusted.
TatteredHat
Member
It's fine if some reviewers feel this way, but I don't really understand the complaints about grinding for cosmetics. You're not grinding, you're just playing the game normally.
-MD-
Member
Exactly, I have no idea how people look at this as "grinding".
Are people here for the skins or the actual game itself?
Should've played the beta!
The Chess to Checker comment is fucking ridiculous though.Battleborn is a game that really SHOULD be good. Like, the concept is not bad. The execution is what sucks.
soundahfekz
Member
Who's playing this on pc? Bought this on an impulse after having not played games in years
GitarooMan
Member
I like Battleborn too but they are so different they're is not much to say in comparison
Especially when you spend 95% of the game not looking at your character
ZombieSupaStar
Member
Even bought a strange professional kill streak version to drive the trolling home. Of course now it's splash damage was nerfed, so I've renamed it to Useless P.o.S. And some description about valve just sticking to plagiarizing Blizzard.
/salt