How did they do it? Everyone and their mother is eating this game up playing it like its the best game in history.
The game only has 3 real game modes, a handful of maps, and yet people are hooked on it like crack. Just how?
It's casual. You can pick it up whenever play a match and it's fun. This is not a bad thing
plebs and normies. league of legends basically ruined humanity
I don't get it either, I mean I play dailyfor like 40 minutesand get bored.
I would've been playing nonstopif i had any friends
>>340752721
viral marketing budget was asstronomical
>Take popular game (TF2)
>Casualize it more
>Give the characters a Disney Tangled/Frozen style aesthetic, especially the women
>Waifus out the ass
>Millions spent on advertising
It's pretty simple when you actually think about it.
>>340752976
Been playing nonstop and I got no friends
>"No one will play it," said /v/, "It's full of SJW shit and a low tick rate."
>But fate had other plans.
Blizzard is great at gameplay and complete shit at everything else
Even when D3 released everyone said the core gameplay was fine, it's just that it was in the middle of a pile of complete dog shit.
western female characters are so ugly the field was ripe for someone to swoop in with relative qt3.14s and make bank off the non-weaboos who haven't masturbated in a really long time
Not sure what they did right. It's just a lot of fun, but I'm not sure why it's more fun than other pvp Fps games. It just is, for some reason.
blizzard always wins baby.
>>340752721
by being very professional in every steps from concepts to release
Yeah the game may lack content (for now) and pretty much a casual game, but it's still polished and play very well, you can still have "fun" without being an autist
>>340753260
Don't forget the memes
Game does a decent job of feeding you rewards for everything. Makes you want to play to get those votes, PotGs and lootboxes.
>>340752721
It's shilled religiously heres on /v/, I'm hiding like 3-5 threds every other hour
>>340752721
They made a fun game, Blizzard is one of the few developers that remembers how to do this.
>>340752721
I couldn't justify spending money on a anime version of TF2. I'm glad stuff like this exists though because it keeps most of the casuals away from games like Red Orchestra, Squad, Insurgency etc.
Casual T for Teen team based shooter with pixar characters as your playable "heroes".
>>340752721
It's only FPS game that casuals can actually play because of the auto aim.
>>340753457
this, it's known that the norm will, and still like attractive characters over ugly block trannies other devs called women
see tumblr, they're infested with overwatch meme, even sjw can't cry about the game sex appeal anymore
>bored
>pick up and play a few rounds
>almost loot box
>play until then
>just mess around after that
>halfway to another loot box
>friends come on
>cycle starts anew
>>340752721
they did good marketing, and they understand that most players are casuals
>>340752721
It's just fun.
Also waifus.
>>340752721
I dunno heavy marketing and Blizzard already have a loyal consumer base I guess..... I've watched some streams of it and it looks boring but it must be more fun/competitive than it looks maybe
Because Valve successfully ruined TF2 over the past 5 years, and the market has been starved for a *good* team-based shooter.
Blizzard also has a good deal experience making likeable and attractive character designs.
>>340752836
dis
>>340753776
This is me, but with no friends so I get a lootbox and quit.
>level 22 with 0 legendaries
feels shitty
its like a casino
the flashy lights, the random loot drop, the "always win" design
it's designed to be addictive and it's working
i mean, blizzard has mastered this stuff
>>340753260
>Disney Tangled/Frozen style aesthetic
It looks nothing like that. They don't have oversized heads. I hate that style and I like Overwatch's.
>>340752721
I play it like 1hour per evening and already played enough hours for the investment.
Stay mad poorfag
>>340752721
give it 3 months anon
then 6
then 12
see where it is in those timeframes because, duh dumbass, ITS A FUCKING NEW GAME!
>>340752721
because waifus, and skins and poses and whatnot for your waifus
Some of us just want to be the little girl
I'm interested in Overwatch because of the porn, probably never gonna play it though.
>>340752836
NOOOOOOO
IF A GAME DOESN'T REQUIRE A LOT OF INVESTMENT IT'S BAD!!!
NORMIE CASUALS DIE REEEEEEEEE!!!!
The game is fine for the first few hours for me but after that you've pretty much experienced all the game had to offer. I get that Blizzard went for quality over quantity but in this case it's just not enough to keep me hooked. There are definitely better games out there at the minute for me anyway.
>>340754160
This. You faggots can keep spamming this shitty game all you want, as long as you post that qt evangelion character.
>>340753954
It's not though. It has significantly less skinner box mechanics than every current mainstream shooter I can think of
>>340754017
Alright you got me, it's not Frozen. It's Big Hero 6
>>340752721
Hype coupled with the 3D Pixar movie style characters that took over modern animation. Plus games aren't made for "gamers" (core audience) any more as making them accessible to dumdums is where all the big money is since they are the majority demographic.
>>340754160
>I'm interested in Overwatch because of the porn
>of the porn
>porn
>doesn't provide porn
>>340752721
The same exact way CoD does it. A massive advertising campaign that they likely spent as much or more on than the actual game itself.
We're already seeing interest die off because they've slowed their marketing and the people who are aware of the game have saturated it. It's been successful in terms of sales but a lot of the people who jumped in realized how shallow the game is.
>>340752721
Thank the new generation of retards:
/v/
twitch
neogaf
etc
>>340753954
>the "50% win" design
Ftfy
>>340752721
Competitive multiplayer glossed over a casual game.
>>340754160
Oh fuck, I thought I was the only one.
>>340752721
>>/vg/
>>/reddit/
>>340752721
Nice marketing shillzard :^)
>no words that can be filtered
>>340752721
Another trashy game made by trashy people played by trashy normies.
>>340754217
This but unironically.
>>340752721
Because it has good, fun, gameplay, and that's all people ask for in a video game sometimes.
>>340752721
number of maps and gamemodes dont matter
COD4 had 3 good maps and one good game mode (TDM)
>>340755032
Now that's just bullshit, the gameplay is shallow, slow, and barren.
>>340752721
Why do people ship these two together?
>>340752976
Why the fuck would you buy this game if you didn't have friends?
>>340755152
>it's another control points on bog
>>340755032
I agree, it'a not like Blizzard matchmaking forces you to play with literal retards half of the time :^)
>>340754635
Get the fuck good. 50% rate is a meme for shitters who want to justify being trash.
>>340755240
They have fight in video and widowmaker kiss tracer
>>340752721
They appeal to the lowest common denominator with their slow as hell gameplay, brain dead abilities that most hardly need aiming which they 'balance' by out of place cooldowns. And the shallow generic character designs.
>>340755375
Who can I play to get good? Not the anon you're responding to but I'm just not getting overwatch, can't find a character that can actually pubroll if someone picks a hard counter.
Is there any evidence out there that your chances of getting epic or legendary stuff increases when you buy boxes as opposed to leveling up? I swear it feels like I'm getting most of my legendaries through bought boxes.
World of Warcraft still has millions of players and it's literally garbage. Why be surprised when overweatch has a big following?
All you do in wow is literally smash keys in a rotation as fast as possible and call it skill.
It's like League of Legends but as a shooter, obviously you have to play it, you don't wanna be left out right?
>>340752721
You just answered your own question with that pic
>>340755951
McCree or Widow until nerf
>>340755951
play as a tank, the majority of the shitty playerbase plays dps classes.
>>340757368
I play McCree and do alright but I mean, if your team is getting facerolled McCree can't turn it around on his own unless I'm just missing something super obvious? Seems like having six-twelve readily available shots holds him back from being able to stop a push without ult?
>>340752721
Welcome to Orange Box release.
>>340752721
Casual + fun + waifus + Blizzard + huge marketing
>>340757635
But the orange box release everyone was amazed at how much you got for the price...
>>340754217
shut the fuck up Shinji
>>340752721
>Take genre people are fond of but thats full of boring similar games
>Make something slightly different with a decent amount of polish
>???
>Profit
You know /v/ sucks Blizzard dick
Less emphasis on twitch skills, more on situational awareness, good composition and teamwork. Thus a bunch of shitters go into a game they can get kills and still have fun that way (though sometimes at the expense of winning the actual round).. /v/ just shitting itself over inconsequential shit to "pro" level play as if anyone around here would ever be playing at that tier or that it ever mattered to the actual meat of players so who gives an actual shit if hitboxes aren't pixel fucking perfect.
>>340752721
>How did they do it?
Sex and PotG.
>>340752721
I don't care about Overwatch but I go into every thread with this image as the OP
only care about the waifus desu senpai
Well, first off, Blizzard has a lot of cache and multiplayer shooters are a popular genre.
You've got your collection and experience systems in there for people who need a sense of progression
You've got enough characters and combinations thereof to provide some depth and strategy, even if the individual characters are pretty simple.
But most importantly: it's polished as fuck. This is the aspect a lot of "hardcore" gamers ignore. The menus, the sound effects, the design - it's all cohesive and fully realized out of the box. I guarantee you that this game is mostly successful because of its aesthetics.
>>340752721
shit taste kiddos
>>340758010
Same. Blizzard should just make OW porn instead of games.
>>>/vg/
Only shitters underage and tumble plays this shit
Stop spamming
Use the catalog
>>340752976
Better than me, bro. I have friends, but half the time they just would rather play solo for some unknown fucking reason. I guess they think their chances of winning are higher solo. And they're all at fucking 40% like a bunch of dipshits. Pisses me off. I've got to the point where I'm actually mad about it. Like they log in, and see I'm playing, and then just go into their own match, while avoiding the voice service that I fucking pay for. And these people, I've known them and played with them for about a decade. We've played hundreds of games together, just for some reason, with Overwatch, they're all being niggers. They don't even play with each other, and exclude me, they legit just play solo. I don't fucking get it. I mean, I'm not the best at shooters, to be certain, but I do enjoy playing support, and I'm not bad at it. Fucking assholes.
You could try to make friends on the game maybe? I've had people do that with me after I spend a game being their pocket healer and damage booster. For a while, I thought maybe it was because they wanted to play Mercy, but we call compared our stats, and none of them ever play her. Or support. Now I'm fucking pissed again.
It's the definition of a pandering, casual shit show. It's easy to play, it's easy to do well, there's incentives to keep playing, but there's systems in place to keep good players from shitting all over bad players. Just look at Hearthstone, it's the same game design.
When I picked Genji, climbed a wall, and hit an invisible wall to keep me from flanking TOO much, it was pretty clear what kind of game this was.
fuck blizz
>>340752721
it's fun
>>340758278
Sounds like shitty friends desu, I want friends to play mainly so I keep playing, otherwise I lose interest and browse /v/ again.
>>340752721
It's caters to the normies getting their first taste of entry-level waifus, while also being a sufficiently enjoyable FPS experience (kinda like TF2) that also slightly borrows the hero concept from the already popular MOBAs.
Is the first point popular? Check.
Is the second point popular? Check.
Is the third point popular? Check.
Does it result in a popular game?
YES, WHO THE FUCK WOULD HAVE THOUGHT!
>>340758395
Maybe you are just a shit person, m8. Ever thought about this?
>>340758395
I ran into the same shit with Pharah "Oh man if I get on that roof I'll be able to rain justice on their whole team, oh wait there's a skybox preventing me from reaching that point.... What is the point of a mobility character if I'm limited to the same corridors as everyone else?"
Just like Splatoon.
>>340758939
was meant for >>340758278
Simplicity gets people hooked, the depth of some of the characters keeps people there.
Blizzard polish.
Consistent reward mechanisms, e.g PotG, loot boxes, medals.
Like any team game, it becomes exponentially more rewarding when playing with friends rather than solo queueing.
Fills a niche that doesn't really exist anymore on PC, TF2 is long dead and the CS family is seen as incredibly tryhard and cancerous.
It isn't difficult man.
>>340752721
It's just really fucking good
>>340753372
I still don't get why so many SJWs love this game.
The game has Punch-Out tier stereotypes, and half the cast are racist.
>>340758278
Sounds like you're an entitled shitter who would bitch about any mistake they'd do in game. They probably just want to have some dumb fun without ridiculing themselves.
>>340758984
Because then skilled players would have an advantage over those that can't be as mobile. We can't let the solider rocket jump, because everyone might not be good at rocket jumping. Casuals would get mad if someone flanked them on a route they themselves can't take, because "that's not fair".
>>340759381
Soldier needs a nerf tho
>>340759137
Literally the only thing that could possible pander to SJWs in this game is Zarya for being big, strong, and man-faced.
Every other female character has a classic Blizzard ass and are traditionally attractive.
I never got the people shouting SJW at this game, and I'm not convinced it's a game that that community flocks to either.
>>340752721
>no grind shit
>no progression system
>simple but fun core mechanics
>room for plenty more heroes,maps etc
>periodically getting free cosmetic bonuses is kinda neat
I will admit the very shallow learning curve is clearly aimed towards casuals but it's not like it's trying to be anything other than a fun game. When your matches usually take around ten minutes to complete it's just meant to be bite sized pieces of fun so there's no time commitment like with LoL or whatever where you have to set aside at least an hour if you don't want to risk leaver penalties.
> we are living in a era where vidya developers use internet porn not just to measure their success, but also creating them for marketing
>>340760187
Activision Blizzard tries to stop porn of OW.
>>340757616
welcome to team games? enjoy your stay....
>>340760187
>creating them
I don't think so, anon
Blizzard has sent out copyright claims to major porn sites for overwatch porn
>>340752721
>people are hooked
>people
That's where you're wrong.
>>340761054
>>340761260
> falling for this jew trap level 2
>>340761186
Yeah sure but like, TF2 I could hold almost forever as demo air bursting stickies, or dance around assholes as a scout, I'm just not finding anything in Overwatch that's comparable. Every character to me, feels like you're playing with half the kit you'd have in any other FPS if that makes sense?
>>340761186
>Yeah sure but like, TF2 I could hold almost forever as demo air bursting stickies, or dance around assholes as a scout, I'm just not finding anything in Overwatch that's comparable. Every character to me, feels like you're playing with half the kit you'd have in any other FPS if that makes sense?
>>340752721
>x number of maps and modes
That shit doesn't matter. ASSFAGGOTS only really has one map and CS has a tons of maps but people only ever play fucking Dust.
The core gameplay is fun, that's all that matters.
>>340761758
>brings up tf2
Fucking knew it. All the salty motherfuckers who hate Overwatch are just valvedrones that can't take their nostalgia glasses off and can't stop sucking tf2 dick
>Overwatch thread
>Nobody posts lewds
Somebody post the one with Mercy revealing her panties with a halo decal. It makes me diamonds, I can almost feel the softness of her special parts and delicate fragrance.
>>340761982
>CS has a tons of maps but people only ever play fucking Dust.
what year do you think this is m8
>>340762274
I made the obvious comparison you fuckin sperg.
>>340752976
Dumb friendless shit posting weeaboo loser.
>>340759537
Thats hilarious because Zayra is the most xenophobic character in the game
>>340759537
>Zarya
>Tracer ass debacle
>Chubby Meimei
>Brownie waifus which literally nobody else has done before
>Actively tries to have diverse cast
I can see why people think it's SJW, but it's definitely blow out of proportion.
>>340752721
Sexy female characters are rare, and you could argue that every female in Overwatch is sexy in some way. Plus it looks friendly to every demographic.
>>340763108
>Brownie waifus which literally nobody else has done before
i will cut you, white nigger.
>>340763108
Blizzard fucked with people on almost all those accounts, though. Zarya is a staunch xenophobe (the pink hair and nails still look retarded), Tracer's new pose is based off a pin-up model, and Mei's concept art shows her to be far from "chubby". Brown girls are universal unless you're a faggot. At least the diverse cast makes sense within the game's universe.
>>340752721
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSyIzGfTEBA
>>340755957
I'm level 15, best I got was rares. During open beta I got an epic skin for Torbjorn and that was it.
>>340754470
this is a christian video gaming board
>>340764003
I'm lvl 7 and have 3 legendary skins and a couple purples...
>>340758105
I like watching the interiors of rooms. Every single item seems carefully placed.
>>340752721
>video on Youtube relating to Overwatch
>it has OP's pic in the thumbnail
Every time
>>340758278
Are you reading what you are posting? You expect them to WANT to play with you just because you're better than them in your own opinion.
And you support all of this with a screenshot that shows you mostly play Mercy. Why even?
If you think you're better off without them don't cry about no one wanting to play shit with you.
It's fun
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