Ok, so I guess I should tell you a little about the game and what I find so great about it.
First, Overwatch is a title that was created from the ashes of a previous Blizzard game. They were working on a science fiction MMO called Titan, which was set in our world but a bit in the future with robots and stuff (sound familar?). However, Blizzard scrapped the project because they just couldn't find the fun. Hence Overwatch was born! Some of the developers that worked on Titan went to work on the Overwatch team. But Overwatch is a completely different game despite the similarities like the futuristic version of our world and countries and cool looking heroes. This is Blizzard's first fps game and its a first person moba (massive online battle arena) shooter. That's the best way to describe it but its not like a moba like League of Legends where there's creeps and towers. Instead, the moba element comes in the form of 21 unique heroes with abilities that have cool downs. Genji can deflect bullets and climb up walls. Tracer can blink really fast. Zenyatta (the zen robot featured above) can throw out heals and a debuff against enemies. There's guns as well as these abilities. In addition, each character has a special or ultimate (oh god the moba lingo) that they can charge up by dealing damage and it also builds up slowly over time. The game is played with two teams of six players going at it in currently only like two or three modes. There's escort the payload which is stolen directly from Team Fortress 2. It's nothing new or exciting that's for sure. Then there's capture the points and hold them. And then there's the combination of those two objectives. Overwatch is an objective team based shooter so you can't really carry teams as hard as you could in say League of Legends or Dota. Okay, now you know the basics. Let's talk about what makes this game so awesome.
The thing that I like more about Overwatch other than playing it is the spectacle of Overwatch. This game is getting so much press in the gaming community not only by content creators and websites but also by everyday joes that just love the game. You see, Overwatch isn't so much a game as it is an event. Overwatch has spawned cosplays, comics, animated short films, action figures, and all sorts of electronic gadgets with the Overwatch logo on it. It's an extravaganza! I find it really interesting hearing what all the media outlets are saying but I also like hearing regular peoples' opinions too. Personally, I find the gameplay to be fantastic. The game has never lagged for me ever and I've never been dropped from a game because of latency issues either on my part or server side. Simply put, this game runs like a dream. The graphics kinda threw me off at first because I'm not a cell-shade cartoony kind of guy. The game has those bright colors that remind me of Team Fortress 2 but this game is unique from Tf2 because the graphics are way better. Tf2 is an old game after all. But they do look kinda look similar. And that's where the similarities end.
The characters in this game are just cool. Too cool maybe. They all are gonna inspire cosplay outfits and already have for the most part. I'm a big fan of the Zen robot because he's a support healer class hero that can also dish out a lot of dps and get a lot of kills. I also really dig Mercy because she's basically the Medic from Team Fortress 2. I also like D.Va, the mecha waifu girl. I also play Pharah a lot. When I shoot w/ her rocket launcher I feel like I'm back in my Unreal Tournament III days. I used to play Unreal Tournament III online on Xbox360 when the server was still up. Those are only four heroes I like but there are 21 heroes in this game. Because of this the game isn't completely balanced. For instance, Mcree, the Clint Eastwood mother fucker is totally broken at the moment. He has this grenade that can stun people and then he can use his right click (fan the hammer) which shoots a barrage of bullets. Its usually enough to kill dps and supports instantly. If you ever hear him say its high noon you should get the hell away from him. Also, some characters need to be buffed. Like I feel like Mercy's pistol should do more damage. Give me something! Haha, but seriously her pistol sucks.
I can say that this game was definitely worth it. I don't think it will go free to play like my friend says because its Blizzard and they like making people pay. Thankfully, the game doesn't have any trace of pay 2 win. You can buy these loot crates that unlock purely cosmetic items like hero skins, voice lines, and player portraits. But you don't have to pay for them either because you unlock a loot crate each time you level up. And you can level up indefinitely. I read an article the other day about how some guy got up to level 100 already so people are super high up the scale.
I feel like I could say so much about this game but the jist of it is that this game is so much fun. I'm not a fps fan but I did play a lot of Team Fortress 2 to prepare for Overwatch. For a while I wasn't writing the review because I wanted to experience the game to the fullest. I've put in more than 20 hours and although I'm not tired of the game I am a bit fatigued. But that's not gonna stop me from playing it more. It's addicting as heck. Matches are short and queue times are less than ten seconds. Usually your team annihilates the other team or you're the team getting murdered. Close matches do happen but I usually play with a pre-made team w/ friends and we usually own, especially because I main Mercy and Zenyatta and know how to play them fairly well for someone new to the game and didn't get the hundreds of hours of closed beta time.
What does the future hold for Overwatch? Only time will tell. The good news is that ranked competitive mode comes out later this month. I feel like some added game modes and maps will keep the game going strong for years to come. Watch out eSports, here comes Blizzard's shooter.
Time to go deliver some payloads and capture some points. And repeat.
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