Raylan Targaryen
Member
The maps are actually good though so no complaints here. These other games pump out 15 maps through season passes and only one is even good enough to be considered decent.
Quality > Quantity
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The maps are actually good though so no complaints here. These other games pump out 15 maps through season passes and only one is even good enough to be considered decent.
Quality > Quantity
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
They're not the size of full maps though. It would take you exponentially longer to run through an escort map like Route 66 or Numbani versus each part of Oasis.
They're all part of the same map. Otherwise Oasis University would not be played at the same time as Oasis Gardens.
Counting them separately is disingineous considering they're nowhere even close to the size of actual maps.
MadLaughter
Member
Have a few hundred hours in the game, still play fairly regularly, come back in force for each event. Toss a $10 their way at the end of each event.
Overwatch is the only game I've EVER had where I've paid money for microtransactions, which by default I guess makes them the 'best microtransactions ever', which I understand to some (and before overwatch, me) sounds like "the best plague ever".
Some key things about what Overwatch does:
-Cosmetics only, zero pay-to-win unless you consider looking pretty awesome as winning
-Large variety. 24 characters, most having 70+ items each.
-Pretty great art design for those rewards
-Only a single box with a straightforward method of acquisition, and a single currency. If there was like a 'platinum box' and a 'gold box' that all had different requirements, it'd be kind of whack. I also don't like that Heroes of the Storm has 3 different currencies or whatever.
-Well-tuned reward drip. Not so frequent that they don't feel special, not so rare that they feel unattainable.
The biggest downside is the duplicate aspect of the system, but I think the elegant simplicity of the single loot box, the production values around the opening animation and the rewards, and the frequency with which they are earned manage to outweigh that for now.
Overwatch is the only game I've EVER had where I've paid money for microtransactions, which by default I guess makes them the 'best microtransactions ever', which I understand to some (and before overwatch, me) sounds like "the best plague ever".
Some key things about what Overwatch does:
-Cosmetics only, zero pay-to-win unless you consider looking pretty awesome as winning
-Large variety. 24 characters, most having 70+ items each.
-Pretty great art design for those rewards
-Only a single box with a straightforward method of acquisition, and a single currency. If there was like a 'platinum box' and a 'gold box' that all had different requirements, it'd be kind of whack. I also don't like that Heroes of the Storm has 3 different currencies or whatever.
-Well-tuned reward drip. Not so frequent that they don't feel special, not so rare that they feel unattainable.
The biggest downside is the duplicate aspect of the system, but I think the elegant simplicity of the single loot box, the production values around the opening animation and the rewards, and the frequency with which they are earned manage to outweigh that for now.
hanspampel
Banned
5 of them are Blizzard
3 Activision
3 Activision
Dark Ninja
Member
Oasis is a trash map(s). Eichenwalde is good.
I'm not so sure that the Auction House for D3 was Blizzard's idea as it was Activision's idea. At least, that's what I'd like to think. :'(
OW's maps are pretty bad
What is unique about overwatch is this regard?
It's very, very good. I love that map.
If it's taking this long it must be a step above any of their other ongoing esports efforts. Wonder if they're trying to make it into something actually resembling the big pro sports leagues.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
If Eichenwalde was so good they wouldn't have had to go back and change its layout.
Edit: Anyhow I'm not here to nitpick. Overwatch is still phenomenal and one of the best online multiplayer game around.
terencecah
Member
You forget that people have the capacity to complain about anything
I don't think I've ever stuck with a multiplayer game as long as Overwatch. The way they roll out content for it works wonders. I always do my arcade boxes, and even if I kinda slow down in general, a new character/map/event will bring me in for a week or two.
I even bought lootboxes once as a gift for someone else. It's a good game. I like how it's full of cartoon weirdos instead of generic soldiermen or edgy 90s comics rejects (well,excluding Reaper)
I even bought lootboxes once as a gift for someone else. It's a good game. I like how it's full of cartoon weirdos instead of generic soldiermen or edgy 90s comics rejects (well,excluding Reaper)
I've bought more. But hey, this game is rad (most of the time).
Jaguar Victory
Member
Its probably taken years off my life. When you are dominating and a team member quits mid match to play BO3. FML.
I'm addicted to it though.
I'm addicted to it though.
What's OW business model in Asia ?
Audioboxer
Member
I've waited so long to try and get into Overwatch... I now feel like there is no point in trying to get into Overwatch lol.
In all honesty, I just rarely find time for highly competitive MP games these days. A shame given that TFC/TF2 are my two all time favourite MP games. Overwatch just seems a bit daunting with all the characters and trying to learn it all in amongst what are probably millions of skilled know-it-alls given how long the game has been out.
Same thing happened with me and Destiny. Played it a bit at the start, left it, then never went back feeling I'd never catch up.
Congrats Blizzard on the success.
As for loot boxes, at least it has remained cosmetic, but EU/US law, please follow China into better gambling regulation.
In all honesty, I just rarely find time for highly competitive MP games these days. A shame given that TFC/TF2 are my two all time favourite MP games. Overwatch just seems a bit daunting with all the characters and trying to learn it all in amongst what are probably millions of skilled know-it-alls given how long the game has been out.
Same thing happened with me and Destiny. Played it a bit at the start, left it, then never went back feeling I'd never catch up.
Congrats Blizzard on the success.
As for loot boxes, at least it has remained cosmetic, but EU/US law, please follow China into better gambling regulation.
Let it stay. Their business model is the best I have encountered for post game content.
Aztechnology
Member
If only they had the resources to put out meaningful content in a timely manner...
Psychoward
Banned
I bought 10 dollars worth of loot boxes for the last event and instantly regretted it. I'm part of the problem.
PC Bangs (places you go to play on PCs provided by a cafe type gaming location) sometimes have stuff like you buy a coffee to play for 4 hours or whatever and the games are licensed to the institutions.
As a not really a FPS kinda guy i wouldn't call it daunting at all, sure knowing the ins and outs of characters help but it's a game i would categorize as pick up and play for the most part.
Psychoward
Banned
And yeah, this. With this info out in the open people who defend their slow pace of new content (even just non-timed skins of which there have been 4 so far in total, 2 of them are color swaps) have no leg to stand on.
deletethis123
Banned
There's probably not gonna be an overwatch 2 for a long time. A very long time.
Abilidebob
Member
I may be remembering wrong but in South Korea you can pretty much create an account and play Overwatch in a PC bang(is that how it's written?) for a small amount of money. That's why South Korea has(or had) a big problem with cheaters. If you got your account banned you could create a new one in a few minutes.
Psychoward
Banned
Examples which include....?
Rainbow 6 Siege has 6 free DLC maps now with a 7th coming within the next month or so and all of them except Favela have been well received.
Not to mention games which actually do have paid maps, the Halo DLC maps were usually pretty good back when I played and all of the Battlefield DLC maps are pretty great as well.
Gamezone
Gold Member
That's some way to justify that.. I guess.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Oasis maps are great. Overwatch doesn't have a bad map imo, especially if you use the entire roster.
What do you even mean by this?
More money isnt going to speed up design, testing and iteration.
They could probably hire a bunch of interns to do grunt programming work to speed it up but thats not how Blizzard does things which they have stated a thousand times already.
Darryl M R
Member
Great game but I want to know the percentage behind the loot boxes and I think any game with loot boxes should be rated M.
Audioboxer
Member
Cool, it's my problem. As I've gotten older I have less and less patience for getting my ass kicked and/or needing to go through hours of letting a team down to learn what I'm doing.
I just peer into any modern FPS game, see the "kids" and skilled adults tear everything up and go, nope, back to SP games.
Considering everyone plays Overwatch, including anyone I know, even more so than Destiny, I keep saying one of these weekends I'll get it and jump in. It seems the closest thing to TF that isn't TF. I abandoned TF2 as Valve starting arseing it up with a bajillion collectables, drops, keys and everything else.
In saying that I poured a stupid amount of hours into PvZ GW, but for whatever reason PvZ GW2 never really clicked for me. Uncertain if it's still heavily populated. I think starting to introduce too many characters in it put me off a bit.
edit: Talk about GW2 just completely dying on GAF lol ~ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1187378&page=50 Dat Overwatch effect which destroyed many MP games.
15 Million are Smurf accounts
This is what I used to say when I was playing WoW. But that cost 12.99eur monthly, not a full game price.
Vegetable Lasagna
Member
Amazing game with a slimy content gambling system. Doesn't surprise me at me all. I can't stop playing.
ShinMaruku
Member
If activision had no input the game would not be done so well. Several parts of Acitivision helped Blizzard. Soldier for example is a Treyarch assisted character.
The Last Wizard
Member
Aren't they also required to show the percentage chance for lootboxes?
UltimaPooh
Member
Oasis counts as a single map.
They also added Antartica and they also worked on and released two PvE events.
The thing is they do already. Summer games and junkenstein had some stuff done by an external studio iirc