This Halloween event is sick

I must say that this Halloween event for Overwatch is pretty freakin' stellar. It's a lot better than the Olympic Games was and has much better skins and emotes and stuff. After getting to play Junkenstein's Revenge I see how ridiculously fun a pve mode would be for Overwatch.

The fact that you're clearing hordes of zomnics and bosses means the game is just like Left for Dead, but Overwatch style. It's a great feeling and its super fun. It's challenging but in a different way than playing competitive. Not only that but its great target practice in between rounds of competitive.

I tried a couple times today to complete it and I got close several times and my teams always lost. Nobody used their mic and this was only on medium difficulty. Funny. The biggest problem is that most people don't talk or communicate. But there is an extended ui interface that shows your team's health and ultimate statuses. Its a super fun mode and is basically a game changer for Overwatch.

Now the mode itself isn't anything new or exciting but just the fact that a pve mode exists for Overwatch now (even if its only for Halloween) is fantastic. I sense other possible game modes to come out in the future.

I ended up shelling 25 bucks for 30 loot crates. I got the undead looking Hanzo skin, the new German Reinhardt map, the pumpkinhead Reaper, and a bunch of basic colored skins of various heroes. Nothing great. Not a great way to spend 25 smeckles. But I'm definitely gonna buy more at least once more before the Halloween event ends. I have about 2500 credits right now and I only need 500 more to buy the Frankenstein Junkrat skin. The witch Mercy would probably be a better choice though because I'm a Mercy main. We'll have to wait and see what happens. Hopefully I can earn some crates and get something good.

Remember all these cool skins won't be available by November 1st. A long time away but sometimes people don't get to game for days at a time. This is the time to play and earn loot crates. Not all of the skins are super cool or anything but they do look nice. Gives them all that horror touch. Nice.

I gotta say though that competitive still has its problems where you'll just get crushed in solo queue. I play keeping that in mind every match just so I don't rage because some players are potatoes. It's hard to move up the ladder when you get team mates who are terrible. Usually I'm forced to be the tank but sometimes I'll go dps if we have a rapid fire healer pick.

Today I played Reaper a lot and I played surprisingly well with him in competitive. Despite the fact that I've hardly played him. I see a lot of dps potential in Reaper. I was shredding through tanks and 200 health heroes like butter. It was glorious.

My goal is to play a ton this weekend and earn a bunch of loot crates. Also, I'm going to beat the Junkenstein's Revenge game mode. Eventually I'll find a coordinated team and we'll make it work.

Play this update, the game is hot right now