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Post by Optimal Megatron on Nov 5, 2019 21:55:51 GMT -5
So, this got announced at Blizzcon, with gameplay that actually makes me look at getting back into the game. I loved the Overwatch Archives events, even as my will to do competitive PVP kinda flopped and my desire for lore got fed like a protagonist of a Mad Max film looking for water.
And then this happened:
Honestly, this is totally my jam and will probably get me playing a lot again after basically only touching the game once a year for Archives. Plus all the skins I put together when I was playing OW1 come over with, so that's a nice touch as well. Anyone else looking at the gameplay change with interest?
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Post by machsabre on Nov 5, 2019 23:43:32 GMT -5
I totally am. I mean, I play on the PS4 with a few friends still. Nothing competitive. Just for fun and usually either Quick Plays or the Arcade. (Capture the Flag is totally my jam!) The lack of lore has been frustrating, but this may just take care of that problem. (Of course it does make OW1 seem like the last three years were all set up for this game.) The fact that the new look and visuals and maps will carry over into OW1 as well, and really OW2 is just a glorified expansion pack. You don't ned to buy it to enjoy the new stuff that's not the new Push game or the PvE games. (But I'm still gonna!) I'm down. Can't wait to see what my main (Sombra) looks like now.
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Post by Optimal Megatron on Nov 6, 2019 1:30:37 GMT -5
Yeah, PC here, otherwise I'd totally see about getting on with ya. But unlike other games, it seems Blizzard's preferring to keep folks apart for "competitive fairness". After playing seamlessly across PS3, PS4, and PC for Final Fantasy XIV, it's kind of an odd thing. But yeah, it's nice to actually see the plot moving forward, even if it's almost a punchline that the "Story So Far" video they put out is under 3 minutes.
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Post by Greatshot on Nov 6, 2019 19:23:02 GMT -5
Yeah, PC here, otherwise I'd totally see about getting on with ya. But unlike other games, it seems Blizzard's preferring to keep folks apart for "competitive fairness". After playing seamlessly across PS3, PS4, and PC for Final Fantasy XIV, it's kind of an odd thing. But yeah, it's nice to actually see the plot moving forward, even if it's almost a punchline that the "Story So Far" video they put out is under 3 minutes. Mouse and Keyboard is such a HUGE advantage over a gamepad in an FPS that it's not even a fair fight. Something like FFXIV is far more managable cross platform. If Blizzard should get shit on for not enabling crossplay, it should be for D3. But then again, we're still waiting on PVP that was supposed to be included in that game from launch.. But yeah, PVP FPS aren't my thing at all. Always thought OW looked like a fun world riddled by gameplay I was disinterested in. A coop, story driven FPS campaign? Sign me right the fuck up. Halo 1 and 2's coop mode was amazing.
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Post by machsabre on May 29, 2023 19:58:53 GMT -5
It's been a couple months now and I thought I'd just wanna chime in and say: Fuck you Blizzard.
Release new characters. Release new maps. New story mode for the anniversaries.
That's all we needed. You could have been riding high on this, in addition to your military recruitment game... But no.
You had a good thing going there and you just... Could not... Stop... Fucking it up.
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Post by Matrix Dragon on May 30, 2023 2:48:03 GMT -5
New story mode for the anniversaries. Turns out even the story mode they announced years ago was actually cancelled back before it was announced, and was only even there that much to sucker people in.
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Post by machsabre on Jun 1, 2023 19:33:35 GMT -5
New story mode for the anniversaries. Turns out even the story mode they announced years ago was actually cancelled back before it was announced, and was only even there that much to sucker people in.
The funny thing is, they did for three years in a row. Uprising, Retribution and Storm Rising. It's really all we needed. They already had all the assets and stuff needed for it. And they STILL fucked it up! "But Online eSports!" NOBODY GIVES A SHIT BLIZZARD!! Those days are done with!
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