Overwatch Hype Thread

shadowchronicle · 2016-05-22 12:47:41

Official Website: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/game/Name: OverwatchDeveloper: BlizzardConsole(s): Xbox One, PlayStation 4 + PCRelease Date: 5/24/2016 Physical copies of Overwatch will be available a day before release so people are prepared for the 24th.Release Editions:Overwatch™ - If pre-purchased you will receive a noire skin for widowmaker along with a copy of the game. ($39.99~) The price varies if you're getting the basic edition for console though.Overwatch™: Origins Edition Contents* - You get the contents of the basic release edition + 5 origin skins + blizzard in-game goodies. ($59.99~)Overwatch™: Collector’s Edition Contents* - You get the content of all the other editions + soldier 76 statue + art book + soundtrack. (???)Overwatch Shorts (Lore): Overwatch Beta Statistics GameplayTaken from the Overwatch Wikipedia because it summarizes the game pretty well...Overwatch features squad-based combat with two opposing teams of six players each.[2] Players choose one of several hero characters, each with their own unique abilities and role classes. The four character roles include: offense characters with high speed and attack but low defense, defense characters meant to form choke points for enemies, support characters that provide buffs and debuffs for their allies and enemies respectively (such as healing or speed alterations), and tank characters that have a large amount of armor and hit points to withstand enemy attacks and draw fire away from teammates. Players can switch between characters in-game following deaths, which is encouraged by the game's overall design.[3][4] The game's maps are inspired by real-world locations;[5] the first three maps unveiled ('King's Row', 'Hanamura', 'Temple of Anubis') are inspired by London, Japan, and the ruins of Ancient Egypt, respectively.[4]Game modesOverwatch currently has four main game modes, including a hybrid of assault and escort:[6]Assault: The attacking team is tasked with capturing two target points on the map, while the defending team must stop them.[3][4]Escort: The attacking team is tasked with escorting a payload to a certain delivery point before time runs out, while the defending team must stop them. The payload vehicle moves along a fixed track when any player on the attacking team is close to it.[3][4]Assault/Escort: The attacking team has to capture the payload and escort it to its destination, while the defending team tries to hold them back.Control: Each team tries to capture and maintain a common control point until their capture percentage reaches 100%. This game mode is played in a best-of-three format.CharactersCharacters in Overwatch come in four varieties: Offense, Defense, Tank, and Support. These roles serve to categorize the heroes of Overwatch by similar characteristics that can be used to describe them and their playstyle. The first appearance of an Overwatch character in a released game was on April 19, 2016 in Heroes of the Storm.[7]Offense: Offense characters have high mobility and are known for their ability to deal large amounts of damage. To balance this, offense characters have a low number of hit points.[8][9][10]Defense: Defense characters excel at protecting specific locations and creating choke points. They can also provide several means of field support, such as sentry set-up and trapping the enemy team.[8][9][10]Tank: Tank characters have the most hit points out of all the characters in the game. Because of this, they are able to draw enemy fire away from their teammates to themselves, so as to disrupt the enemy team.[8][9][10]Support: Support characters are utility characters that have abilities that enhance their own team and/or weaken the enemy team. They might not deal the most damage or have the most hit points, but the buffs and debuffs they provide ensure that their teammates who do will make short work of their opponents.[8][9][10]Overwatch Heroes Link -------------------------Also since no one put the thread early we have like one or two days left to predict the score it will get so try to guess now and not when the reviews are out? I think it will get a 10 out of 10.

@finalfantasy94 said:

If a game is supposed to balanced shouldint it take in the fact that not everyone is going to pick a set formula to win. Shouldint it just be based on the players skill with said character and how they use them in a situation. Not in order to win you have to pick said character you dont like to use.

No, because then that would defeat the whole purpose of having classes for a 6 v 6 game in the first place. If someone is going to be stubborn and not bother to learn multiple characters, tough, they should go play a different game. But it's not the games fault if it demands that you actually learn more than one cat. Because given how many options you have, your inability to find one type of support, assault, tank, or defender (and really there are tweeners so one whole class can be dropped for you), the I only like one out of 24 characters is being a bit stubborn for no real justified reason.

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