The open beta of Overwatch has just concluded. I played the shit out of it over the past four days and reached level 42. I had a blast!
If you have any questions about the game ask away.
psh, i worked every day during the beta, 12 hours a day sat and sun and i still got to 31 and one of my friends got to 54. You're a slacker
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Now it is Onlywatch again... MAN that game is fun!
Maybe we could turn this into a general discussion about the game?
The game was such fun! Only played it for like 10 hours but still... i would pay €40 for it and play the shit out of it.
What was your favorite hero?
Not sure if Widowmaker or Pharah, both were a lot of fun to play...
I actually forgot that it wasnt released yet. There's be so much coverage of this game its crazy! I'm almost bored of it and I havent even played it yet :D
How "balanced" did you feel the game was during the open beta? Have any favorite characters to play as?
I mainly played Pharah. I also played a bit of Bastion when i was in the mood to troll, got quite a few plays of the game as bastion, sneaking up behind the enemy team's Reinhardt and just mowing everyone down. The panic when they realize they're out in the open and on one side of the shield is a turreted Bastion focusing them down and on the other side is my team spamming fire at the shield, its pretty hilarious.
I think a lot of the weapons were really well designed, some of the best designed weapons in any shooter ever imo. Abilities a bit less well designed. McCree's flashbang seemed a little too strong and a little too easy to use. Roadhog's hook's range seemed a little long. The duration of Reaper's invincibility seemed a bit long. Some abilities didn't do a very good job of indicating what they were doing, like most people didn't seem to understand Zarya's shields. Also i found it hard to be able to visually tell when Genji's deflect was up or even when he was damaging me whether he was reflecting my shots or using his stars. Not crazy about most of the ultimates, it seemed like they were often pretty useless unless you were able to coordinate them with your team, which just emphasized how shitty your pub team was.
Also I wasn't very impressed by the game modes or maps. A lot of the chokes on different maps strongly resembled each other and largely felt the same. The game modes typically were pretty dull at the start. The first point was pretty much guarenteed to fall and was a meaningless struggle unless the attacking team was just completely incompetent. Most of the match felt pretty grindy and boring.
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So many people who had no idea what they were doings. Some more tutorial levels would be great. Maybe a complete ingame guide for each character.
And way bigger maps. The short intense games are fun, sure. But the maps just feel a little too small.
Genji... I hate that guy! Aswell as mister Dragons-to-the-face! Everyone else seemed fine.
BTW: 6 premades, 4 Reinhards, 2 Mercys all standing in a circle. Not a chance at all!
The "worst" part about the game: It is brand new and runs much better than Heroes of the Storm. I do not get what is happening.
Junkrat. He is trollier than a 12 y/o on 4Chan. Favorite tactic was to lay C4 on my traps in flanking lanes and bust Tracer and Genji as they try to flank.
Also enjoyed Reinhard on escort and Lucio on capture and hold.
If you are running a full team of six of your buddies with communication, yes. If you are in a group of pubs against an organized team, no. XD
There are some great troll compositions that were a blast to run. 5 Winstons and a Lucio to attack, All D. VA or all Torbjorn defense are also hilarious.
Re: choke points they can be pushed fairly easily with a coordinated team with a Lucio speed boost. XD
I saw some really effective play with Zarya, her gravity well ultimate can change the pace of the game in your favor.
One Tracer can zip into the middle of that formation and drop her bomb and zip out, Team Kill!
5 D. Va's and a Lucio could break it up easily too.
One Reaper with his ultimate as well....
I could find a few more counters.
Maybe. We succeeded with out stupid tactic. Now we can not try again.
the amount of nicknames we came up with for Zarya.... :)
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