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http://venturebeat.com/2016/06/23/overwatch-is-a-digital-sales-behemoth-with-269m-in-may-according-to-analyst/
>“Newcomer this month Overwatch tops May’s revenue rankings with $269 million in earnings across PC and console,” he said. “The new shooter game is proving to be a hit among online spectators and is currently the fifth most commonly streamed title across livestreaming channels.”
>“[2K parent company] Take-Two’s Battleborn had a significantly poorer performance [compared to Overwatch,” said van Dreunen. “[It earned] an estimated $11 million from digital revenues.”
>While it looks like Battleborn has already come and gone, Overwatch is just getting started.
>tfw all shooters will copy the fuck outta Overhyped because of this.
>The new Quake is gonna be a Overwatch Clone
>MS will probably make Halo a Moba FPS after this.
>Soon CoD will fucking become a mobalite fps
Post more vanilla/mildly ecchi yuri
>>342570649
anyone with a brain knew that the success of moba games would bleed into other genres
The question is: which genre is next?
How did Overwatch succeed?
What did Blizzard do right?
>>342571609
Marketing
>>342571370
Moba + match three seems like something that would print money.
>Caring more about what games people watch other play than what games people fucking PLAY
>>342571609
copied mechanics from another currently popular game genre
>>342571609
I literally never play shooters and I'm finding it really fun to play.
>>342571609
the game is actually decent
>>342571624
Yup
Faze Clan just announced their Overwatch Pro team too
we aint going nowheres baby :^)
>>342571609
>>342571624
This, and it's also very accessible gameplay wise. No pages and pages of bullshit to learn like in LoL, just an FPS which everyone knows. No ammo, no fall damage, simple abilities... all this and it also happens to be genuinely FUN. As such, the salt it generates is also immense. Watch as this thread gathers it.
>>342568606
why are the blue bitches eyes the color of flesh
>there are people reading this RIGHT NOW that said Overwatch would flop
>>342571609
Well they made a solid game that's pretty easy to understand for beginners but with enough different ways to use your skills to keep it from being too casual.
They did a great job marketing as >>342571624
mentioned. But even if they didn't the game still would have done decently because we're talking about the Marvel of gaming. Bliz could probably spend 1M rendering a golden turd and it would still make back it's investment first day.
>>342571609
Waifus
if the game didnt have literally perfect waifus I wouldnt even look at it twice
>>342571370
>The question is: which genre is next?
chibi kart racer dating sims
>>342571609
Shit ton of advertising, easy game to get into, and managing to appeal to a variety of audiences. Also animation shorts.
>>342572010
>there is a person reading this RIGHT NOW that said there are people reading this RIGHT NOW that said Overwatch would flop
>>342572041
A good point. TF2 is a complete sausagefest. Blizzard took TF2, an immensely successful game, and added something it was always missing: Cute girls. The success is really no surprise.
Overwatch is a gateway drug to mobayou should play one if you haven't yet
>>342570649
Dude, new Quake is going to be the return to old school Quake we're all looking for. Not b8, look at the interviews in which Willits describes how the game is supposed to feel, and everything about it. Rocket jumping, strafe jumping, item and weapon pickups, all of it is confirmed for every character. There is just a little more complexity to the game because of the addition of different characters.
Here's proof:
http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/21/quake-champions-tim-willits-interview-people-are-afraid-of-quake-which-is-kind-of-awesome-5958340/
>>342568606
>Overwatch tops May’s revenue rankings with $269 million in earnings across PC and console
I hope this doesn't include the loot boxes.
>>342572202
>Meanwhile the ugliest girl turned out to be the best
TOGETHER, WE ARE STRONG
>>342571679
now that I think about it that sounds like a great fucking idea for a game
>>342571609
Hmmmmmmmmm
>>342572220
I fucking hate MOBAs but enjoy overwatch.
It doesn't play like a MOBA.
>>342572267
>Zarya
>not cute
555-COME-ON-NOW
>>342571609
shit age for gaming, shit audience, shit game
simple math
>>342571609
>Fun
>easy to play hard to master
>after like 3 games I found a hero that felt right and kept playing until I was comfortable enough to try other heroes
>Butts
>>342572312
It plays like how MOBAs would play if MOBAs weren't completely fucking retarded. Whipped League babies still try to call it a MOBA to justify the hundreds of dollars they sunk into that game.
>>342572312
the main draw for enjoyment in a moba is having 3 unique skills and an ultimate that makes you feel powerful
>>342572453
Hurr fucking durr.
>>342571725
Battleborn did that too and no one cares about that game
>>342572010
in defense of that arguement
>Project Titan supposed to be an MMO FPS with a massive budget, rumors of Bungie helping
>Blizzard can't get the MMO part right, scraps it instead of releasing crap
>they keep playing the FPS part and decide to release it all by itself
>replace the MMO part with FMVs that aren't even on disc/in the game, all online
>this somehow works, because it's Blizzard™
any other company, and we would not have had the same results.
Blizzard with another brilliant shining success. What a surprise. The game is top waifu material, has excellent reviews and is looking to be the run away game of the year. Why can't /v/ just accept Blizzard as their new overlords?
>>342572220
I've tried Dota 2 multiple times but i just can't get into it.
I'm guessing you need to play a lot of actual matches to learn the meta and I can't be bothered.
>>342572582
people think Battleborn is a direct copy of Overwatch
whereas Overwatch is almost completely different from a moba except for the skill mechanics
>>342571370
>take a genre where the majority of players are overcome by mechanics (RTS) and simplify it down to 4 buttons
boom, moba was born and was the most successful thing ever
>take a similar genre where the majority of players are overcome by mechanics and simplify it down to 4 buttons (FIRST PERSON SHOOTER)
>immeasurable success in overwatch
>take a similar genre where the majority of players are overcome by mechanics and simplify it down to 4 buttons (FIGHTING GAMES)
>A COMPLETE AND ABSOLUTE FAILURE
it makes no fucking sense
>>342573024
Smash already did that though
>>342572245
They said it was a team hero based.
>>342570649
>Not wanting a moba-Halo game where you can select between humans/elites/grunts/jackals/brutes/forerunners/floodforms/hunters etc
>>342571609
Waifu bait.
>>342573119
Ah!
So then, let me see here.
League of Legends, Smash Brothers, Overwatch - Successes in the moba-like style of gameplay
Heroes of Newerth, Rising Thunder, Battleborn - all failures with near identical styles of gameplay to their equivalent
what do the first three have that the second three dont?
oh right...
>>342573464
I had a pciture with both Zelda and Rosalina that I was going to use to say find a pic with better waifus, but ironically I cannot find it.
Have this picture of Zelda instead, from the remaster of Twilight Princess.
>>342573024
I think character design is a big factor.
I'm not a big fan a mecha stuff so I didn't even look at that game for a long while.
>>342571609
>Fairly simple, accessible andfun
>People find the art direction and Disney/Pixar-meets-Western-anime character designs appealing
>Most importantly, ActiBlizzard spent a king's ransom on marketing and advertising
>>342573024
I miss rising thunder threads
>>342574367
I can tell you this has happened in other businesses recently: certain companies business model is 75% or more of their profits go back into advertising.
It's actually unfortunate that this is so successful because that's a lot of money that could've been spent on R&D to make a better product.
>>342573024
Rising Thunder was a fucking 8 button game, nigga.
L M H Throw
S1 S2 S3 Super
Rising Thunder was a failure for multiple reasons.
They did the alpha thing way too early, they didn't have any form of local play, Chel was really fucking annoying, Vlad wasn't top tier as he rightfully should have been, the characters were pretty lame design-wise, barring Talos and Vlad (AKA Russian Tetsujin) who were real nigga tier, the one stage the game had was bland as fuck and didn't make the characters look or feel big, and its core, the game was, as a remember it, a fairly footsies-oriented traditional fighting game, which the target demographic (people who can't play fighting games because they are apparently don't have the hand eye coordination to do simple motions AKA button mashers) is not going to really get.
The execution barrier was lifted somewhat, but the inherent skillgap between shit and halfway decent players really didn't change all that much. A masher is just gonna press buttons, get punished and lose, then get frustrated and just drop the game.
>>342572830
Wow, that's even worse of a player drop off than Evolve.
I really like those cinematic shorts too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HINtGPo4hg
>>342568606
How are there 10 million "activated accounts" if there is only $269 million in earnings?
>>342572202
It was better off without em.
>>342574919
>D.Va
>Big tits
>>342570649
>tfw all shooters will copy the fuck outta Overhyped because of this.
>tfw waifus galore in games from now on
Based Blizzard, everything is forgiven.
>>342573149
The characters will have a unique special ability like an overwatch ult, some will have slightly different health or movespeed. Aside from this one change it's literally a clone of Quake Live with better graphics and Quake 1's artstyle.
>>342576427
Not according to the numbers.
>>342572293
Torb life is good life.
>>342571848
>simple abilities
You say this like it's a good thing.
No matter how polished Overwatch is, overall, it's complexity is lacking too much for me to take it seriously as a competitive game.
>>342576698
>Every FPS has waifus and husbandos from now on
Living in the new age.
>>342577547
for most people it is a good thing
no one is making you take this seriously and plenty of people dont have the reservations you do
>>342568606
>While it looks like Battleborn has already come and gone, Overwatch is just getting started.
SAVAGE
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>>342578241
>SAVAGE
>A
>V
>A
>G
>E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8NDwMqaGWA
>>342573464
Does Moba-Like literally just mean 'has a few distinct abilities'?
>>342572640
Heroes of the Storm was not a shining success. Blizzard doesn't always pump out hits
It was the Porn man
The Porn made it poplar
Battleborn signed their own death warrant by releasing the same week as the Overwatch beta
>>342571848
>No pages and pages of bullshit to learn like in LoL
You might be retarded if you think learning to play LoL takes "pages" of bullshit.
>>342571609
I'm a manchild and I became interested in the game because the Pixar / Disney style animations. Then I tried the beta and it was really fun.
>>342578552
Because they pulled a Battleborn and thought yeah let's go up against League, the game with the most players ever, and DoTA2. The genre was too well established for them to succeed.
>>342571609
They give us TF3
DUDE ULTS LMAO
>>342568606
Genre+moba elements is the new genre+rpg elements. We won't stop until anything that has ever been popular is included in all games. LONG LIVE HOMOGENIZATION.I'm still waiting for "genre, but FPS because that's popular" to die. GIVE ME THIRD PERSON BACK YOU FUCKWADS.
>Tfw forced to play overwatch because no other FPS out (Don't like CSGO and tf2 is old)
>tfw don't even like the game that much.
It's such a dull game but it scratches my FPS itch.
>>342579515
little bit of this DESU. it's not the game that I enjoy about overwatch, it's the population. Not the gamer base, just the amount.
>no good Zarya SFM yet
>>342573024
you don't have a team to carry you or a team to blame in a fighting game. casuals don't like that it's all on them.
>>342579616
Zarya is disgust
>>342579432
>third person
>not the most overused perspective
>>342579762
Who let the pleb in here?
Fuck off kiddo. You need to be 18 to post here.
>>342573024
DoTA was made in the time that multiplayer mods with effort put into them could actually become popular. LoL became popular because Riot knew how to market.
Overwatch has a pedigree with Blizzard, so it was popular before it came out.
Rising Thunder is an obscure indie game.Sorry, WAS an obscure indie game.
>>342579812
I wonder why my trash tier tumblr gay dike (fuck me in the ass because I'm in denial homosexual) loser pink haired smelly vag bitch waifu isn't getting smut
>no it must be the summer kids :^))
>>342579616
Have you not seen the one where she fucks dva
>>342580306
I said "good"
>>342580349
It's the highest quality overwatch sfm that currently exists
>>342571745
same here
>>342580241
>being this mad
Looks like this guy wants some Zarya fucking Tracer with her futa dong images!
>>342580804
You honestly just sound like a faggot mate, go beat your dick off to your man woman waifu you piece of literal human trash
>>342570649
>tfw all shooters will copy the fuck outta Overhyped because of this.
But Overwatch already copied the fuck out of TF2.
>>342581019
>overwatch blatantly copies engi and splits him into two classes
>sentry engi's turrets lock on from half a map away
>tele engi is fucking worthless beyond her ult
>>342568606
>buying character skins in a FPS
Just why? You can't even see your character aside from the 2 seconds of taunt or getting killed.
>>342573024
Last time I checked, Riot acquired the Rising Thunder devs and a LoL fighter is no doubt in development. I wouldn't call that failure.
>>342581019
It is by far more popular than TF2 ever was. All kind of people are playing Overwatch right now that never played TF2.Me included, and my entire groups.
>>342581285
You see it:
- In the menu
- When selecting your hero
- When dying
- When emoting
- When getting a POTG
You see it all the time. And it does change the look of your hands/weapon/visible part when playing.
>>342573024
>FPS
>overcome by mechanics
LMAO
Most of the mechanics in FPS games are based on timing more than APM. All you have to do to master an FPS is move your mouse and click at X time.
>>342581318
That doesn't change the fact it borrowed a ton of stuff from it
>>342581318
Are you 10
>>342581407
Yeah,but you don't see when you're fucking playing, which is 99% of the time you spend in the game. What's the point?
>>342581461
I am 28. We are not fans of FPS, yet we are all playing this atm (and by that I mean 3 various group so around 15-20 players of my age who usually stick to other type of games).
>>342581407
>. And it does change the look of your hands/weapon/visible part
Hardly,only the legendaries do noticeable changes
>>342581318
What's your point? That doesn't nullify the fact that TF2 is Overwatch's primary influence.
>>342581202
>Symettra is useless beyond her teleporter
Lol no, her gun is very strong and her sentries are spammable while being able to fuck people up very quickly even though they're easy to clear. The +25 shields to everyone is a nice little bonus too.
>>342581467
You see part of it, like here, everyone know which skin I'm using. And I used gold to get it since I like it.
>>342581551
>That doesn't nullify the fact that TF2 is Overwatch's primary influence.
I'm not saying that they dont want the TF2 players, just that it extends beyond that.
>>342581520
Well, I am glad you can enjoy it anon
>>342581681
thanks
>>342581551
I miss 50 point shields, made her more of a support.
>>342582154
50 was way too much, her teleporter is already invaluable on a lot of maps.
It charges so quick too that you can have one up a lot of the match as long as they don't keep getting destroyed.
>>342571624
pretty much this
>>342582284
I would've rather they'd nerfed her teleporter rather then the shields. But the shields had to go, because Tracer and Genji.
>>342571609
Marketing, a lot of the characters appeals to different groups. You got Genji and Hanzo for the weebs, McCree for the western fans, Reaper for the edgelords, Zarya for the stronk womyn, and D.va for the Koreaboos.
>>342571609
>What did Blizzard do right?
Made the sequel to TF2 everyone wanted, but that Valve is too busy making hats to give us.
Simple, quick rounds with varied characters and a focus on fun gameplay enjoyable for anyone without autism.
Turns out /v/ was wrong, yet again.
LOL
>>342568606
MOBA DESTROYER. I'll give them 1 more year till they fallapart.
>>342578527
pretty much, yeah
>>342571609
Very clear message about what the game is all about, appealing art style and lore, clear and fun gameplay, blizzard's name, marketing, waifus, the whole overwatch experience is extremely polished, one downside being play of the game mechanic.
>>342571609
Appealing characters
From there you get fans and a community.
From there you get art, shenanigans, shipping, and comics.
Thats the kinda shit that usually gets people playing. Also "play stories" and failures are fun, so that keeps the gears going.
>>342572041
I agree the only reason I bought this game is to play as Tracer and Pharah.
>>342577547
Good. competitive esports shit is cancer
>>342568606
Isnt Tracer like 30 and D.Va 16 years old?
Please remove pedo from my vee k thx xoxo
>>342573464
There absolutely needs to be more smash x overwatch fanart.
Why did a game like overwatch take so long to make?
It's not all that much different from CS 1.6 with WC3 mod. That was fun, and it's over 10 years old too.
>>342586417
Tracer is 26 and D.va is 19.
>>342568606
aside from what most of you all say, i like it
i had a mild stroke a few years ago during a major surgery and it damaged my eyesight to the point where i cant see with my central vision but still have my peripheral, i can barely read unless the font is big enough
this games hitboxes lets me feel like i can actually play against people without hoping my crosshair is actually on the enemy
of course i cant do widow or hanzo
>>342586417
Tracer is 26 and D.va is 19.
Nice try tho.
>>342587183
>people literally need to suffer brain damage to enjoy overcuck
nice game shills
>>342568606
SFM MARKETING WORKS
>i-i-t will go f2p in a m-month
/v/ shitters a month ago
>>342587414
its less that im brain dead and just kind of blind
still got a point though
>>342568606
>my game made money, it's objectively good!
>>342574919
literally a girl for every type of straight man
>>342587498
The game not being ft2 is the best thing about it.
And it doesn't even have a million dlcs like battlefield.
And I still havent played it and cant give a single shit about it. It just doesnt look fun at all to me.
>>342568606
I can't be the only one who sees this.
Well shit.
I was hoping the price for the most basic version of the game would go down but after this I seriously doubt it, not during this year anyway.
>>342587681
thanks for sharing
>>342587498
It will just end up like Diablo 3 10 million copies sold nobody playing average Neo-Blizzard game. Viral marketing made this game big.
>>342587556
That's not really implied at all though.
>>342587710
Well people are already sharing how they love the game more than anything else so
>>342587747
another /v/ prophecy that will fail terribly
didnt you guys have enough?
>>342587747
This
>>342571609
Good visual design and female characters that straddle the line between waifus and things girls actually want to play. People of all skill levels can contribute as long as they have a basic understanding of the game.
>>342587792
I have enough from your shilling.
>>342571609
Waifus and a quadrillions dollar marketing campaign.
Remove that and it's a pretty meh game.
>>342587747
OW streams will explode once ranked is out again.
>>342587747
this comparison is almost as retarded as "dota 2 is better than dark souls" that my dumb friend used
diablo 3 is a pve game anon
>>342572582
battleborn is also the ugliest looking game in existence. Just look up some gameplay and just look how horrid it is. UI, animations and graphics looks utterly disgusting.
>>342568606
I don't give a fuck one way or the other but I'm sure Battleborn's performance has at least tripled the cost of its production so who the fuck cares.
>>342573024
Fighting games requires SKILL and it's 1v1, which means you can't blame your team even though you're trash. It's generally why you don't see fighting games on /v/, everyone is filthy casuals here.
We did it bros, we did it
>>342587967
>diablo 3 is a pve game anon
?????
>more people play Diablo 2 than Diablo 3
How does that make you feel blizzcuck?
>>342588173
it doesnt make me feel anything because you wont ever give a source
and even if you do i wont feel anything because i dont care
stay angry that overwatch succeeded :^)
>>342588173
why would anyone be a blizzcuck about a blizzard game doing better than another blizzard game you fucking retard
>>342568606
>battleborn flopped
Who could've seen that coming with a thrilling reveal trailer like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj9gaPBV-Fg
>>342587782
sauce me too my man
>>342587992
Yeah tracked it down, cheers anyway.
>>342582284
>50 was way too much
I don't think so but I'd like to have statistics on how much shields were damaged on all applied vs mercy or lukio heals during the entire round. I'd wager the healers do much more difference.
>>342588326
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qynvqI3Y-d0
or 5 minutes of this thrilling adventure of an intro and marvellous animation?
>>342588326
>>342588573
please post the made up /v/ game vs battleborn comparison
>>342587747
This and the fact every neo-blizzard games are like that : a very shiny exterior that maintain the illusion of a solid game for a couple weeks and after that you start to feel Neo-Blizzard's usual control obsession that demands you play the game exactly as they wanted with little room to differ. It makes their games become bland and boring very fast.
OW follow the same pattern : great character design, amazing graphics with the depth of a paddling pool and enormous gameplay design flaws. One week in and I was already bored.
>>342588636
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3Odi_p5KAA
>>342588758
this isnt what i meant but this is great too
>>342581019
I didn't know TF2 invented class based FPS
>>342588758
i always go to the battleborn subreddit when i feel like having a laugh
just look at this delusion
https://www.reddit.com/r/Battleborn/comments/4phpcm/i_really_feel_good_about_the_future_of_the_game/
>>342568606
Remember /v/. Waifubaiting is only bad when Westerners do it.
And succeed.
>>342588719
Agreed. I love the very clean visual design and the characters, but damn if I didn't get tired of the gameplay after closed/open beta. Glad I didn't spent a dime.
>>342588934
I like to go through the /btbg/ on /vg/Whoops, I meant I liked to
>>342577518
>Torbs hidden passive is his height
>>342588934
People are desperately trying to pretend they are relevant.Reminds me of Vita threads
>>342586417
who are YOU calling a child?
>>342587747
>its going to be just like battlefront
>its going to be just like TOR
>its going to be just like diablo 3
>>342572202
>Waifu carries an ok game
Even the new Voltron works with making the Green Lion a reverse trap
>>342578552
It wasn't some abysmal failure. If it's making money, it's a success. It may not be what they wanted, but if it isn't costing money and is making a profit enough to justify further support, it's enough.
>>342588326
wow it looks even blander than I imagined
>>342589572
>90% dropped in views
>its doing fine mate just look at those """""""""""sales""""""""""
>b-but more people are p---playing
people keep talking about the state of overwatch, and yeah, it's a success
But what about the future of it?
>>342589997
>b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but the twitch viewers
>>342581551
Symmetra is great but people hate her because they suck at her/think she sucks becuz HEALZ NOOB, and because of ebin /pol/ and /int poo maymays
>>342586417
Tracer is an unknown age due to time fuckery
Fuck anyone that bought this trash, these fags ruined Diablo, WoW and starcraft
Fuck you guys
>Overwatch is a moba
heck
DotA, LoL, Heros of the Storm abd Smite are mobas.
OW is not a moba.
you don't start at lvl 1 each match or control your character with the mouse
>>342591348
I wanna cuddle with Mei
>>342590017
I hope they make a singleplayer campaign or more animated shorts. I'm interested in where they want to take the story.
>>342591010
You're describing a SAL1, aka a "Salt Match"
>>342571609
Marketing
Interface, UI, Polish
Character design
Sound Design
Polish
Character/gameplay diversity
Waifus
Low skill floor, pretty good skill ceiling
Polish
Marketing
>>342591010
What are you talking about? Let's break it down.
MOBA
M - Multiplayer. Check.
O - Online. Check.
B - Battle. Check.
A - Arena. Check.
OW is a MOBA, idiot.
>>342582873
You know what the worst part is? I actually gave this game a shot since it was only ten dollars at Best Buy.
I regret everything. Why are people even comparing it to Overwatch? The multiplayer is literally a first person MOBA where you can't see anything because the entire map is constantly drenched in blue and purple explosions and sparks. Even at fully-reduced particles you can't see shit, especially if you're playing a character like Burch Witch where your weapon takes up 60% of your screen.
The game is so bad that I'm considering returning it even at the bargain bin pricing.
>>342592998
CS is also a moba now.
>>342576698
>tfw waifus galore in games from now on
THANKS BLIZZARD. Waifu even in FPS
>>342592998
>genre acronyms are literal
Spot the fucking moron
>>342587684
i don't get it
BLIZZARD WINS AGAIN!!! I LOVE THAT COMPANY WOOO! HAHA WE DID IT
>>342574834
I was hyped for Evolve,bought the DLC edition or whatnot. Got 400 hours out of it-game died.
I got hyped for Battleborn - bought the DLC edition or whatever - got 150 hours out of it - game died.
Bought Overwatch knowing it would be a solid product. Playing all the time,having fun and absolutely sure it won't die for years to come.
For Evolve and Battleborn I blame fucking 2K. It's my most hated publisher now. Fuck 2K.
>>342592998
MOBA or ARTS (Action Real Time Strategy).
>>342579001
>play two or three matches against bots
>jump into a real game versus people
>get accused nearly instantly by your teammates to be "griefing"
nah, mobas are full of shit
>>342592998
Yes and HoI4 is an RTS
after all WW2 was real, there's time passing in the game and it involves strategy
I want to marry Mercy and start a family with her!
>>342573149
Never said team... never even said hero based what the fuck anon
Tim Willits never said either of those things retard
>>342594540
Too bad she is a lesbian.
>>342594483
>shadbase
Fuck you
>>342576932
>>342576932
There you go
>>342594785
I want Yurifags out!
>>342593734
Why does this layout reminds me alot of what UT2003/2004 achieved with their onslaught game mode ?
>>342594824
>unmarried
>a mystery
>Widowmaker says to her "you must really like me"
>bliz said there is 1 lesbian
>>342571609
Same deal as always.
Copied a good game, added shit ton of marketing, slightly casualized it, added a "Made by notActivision Blizzard" stamp and off you go helping count the millions.
I mean, it's not like there's anything wrong with that.
Overwatch, Starcraft,... all of those games are still great fun in their own right.
Better than what they did with shit like Heartstone of HotS, at least.
>>342594926
Meanwhile, Lucio is literally based on a homosexual. Also, they said there would be an LGBT character. They never said it'll be one of the base 21.
>>342595238
>male
>lesbian
>>342595302
They never said lesbian, famalam. They said LGBT.
>>342595302
he identifies as a women cis faggot
>>342577547
Perhaps the same could be said of all fighting games.
>>342595360
>>342595364
I thought they said 1 bi and 1 lesbian.
>>342571609
It features:
>donkey kong
>red dead redemption
>tanned samus aran
>pudge
>Clint Westwood
>die cis scum
>gamer gurl
>wall-e
>poo in the loo
>grey fox
>warhammer guy
>demoman
>heal slut
>engineer
>dalai lama
>jet set radio
>edgy guy
Really, what could have gone wrong?
>>342595426
Unless they changed it, they never specified what part of "LGBT" they'd be. Could be a tranny, for all we know.
>>342581202
You clearly don't know her ability to murder everyone at close range.
>>342581202
Symmetra can destroy everyone in close combat once her beam is charged, anon.
>>342570649
>>Soon CoD will fucking become a mobalite fps
Nope. It won't. COD's comfy right where it is.
>>342595619
Only when the opponents are shit.
>>342572293
>>342577518
more in-game widow ass please
especially that one of her body bent over the railing
>>342595541
>>342595619
Chaining the beam on a new target after each kill is the best fucking feeling.
>>342595945
oh yeah thats the stuff
>>342573464
Smash 64 didn't have any waifus though.
Melee didn't have many either.
I want to have rough russian buttsex with Zarya.
>>342596074
I hope you like receiving, anon
>>342581459
Yeah, so? TF2 started something, so what's the problem with other games taking cues from it? I played the fuck out of TF2 to the point that I'm growing tired of it. Overwatch feels like a nice game to segue into as a result.
>>342572293
Somebody post that other Torb + widowass webm
>>342571609
Whether people accept this or not
>great character designs
>pixar look (this is literally what normies crave)
>simple to understand, takes medium skill to master
>FAST games (people have lives)
>rewards for leveling are good
It's a fun game and anyone that says otherwise is just a jaded /v/bitch
>>342571609
>They stripped out the stuff that discourages new players (letting other people see your stats)
>cute cartoony art design rated T ala WoW
>Highly accessible
>Short games
>Different playstyles
Can play it and do well shitfaced or otherwise inebriated (not all characters require precise aim)
>you can literally pick up and play Reinhardt not knowing shit about the game, just hold up your shield and walk forward the whole match and be an asset to your team
>elimination system rewards all players involved in a kill
>packed to the gills with mechanics that reward you constantly
Honestly the worst thing about this game is playing with people who don't communicate or have a sense of strategy.
>>342596190
Nothing, that wasn't the point of the post. There's nothing wrong with it, but rather Overwatch seemingly being more popular than Tf2 is not reason to just sweep tf2 under the rug and not acknowledge it simply be because something that came after became more popular. Give credit where it's due.
How is Blizz going to afford the bandwidth for 50 trajillion players for 10 years?
>>342595835
>>342595863
So one time, in Numbami, me and a friend of mine were on defense, he was Mercy and I was Symmetra, and we had a Lucio off healer.
We had managed to get the enemy team all clustered in that one tiny room to the right of the first capture point. I was just harassing with my giant blue balls, and my friend was taking potshots with Mercy's pistol. We hear lucio use his ult and see our life bar jump like crazy.
It's time. Me and my friend dive into that pit of enemies, he switches to the damage up beam, and I go in there with lmb. Oh man. I killed all their offensive heroes and melted their Roadhog. My beam was fucking massive by the time I hit Roadhog with it.
>>342596574
As my friend later described it, it was like going in there with a water hose and they were made of cardboard.
>>342571609
You know, people keep saying marketing. Which in a sense is true, but they didn't have to spend a gorillian dollars doing it.
The Open beta is what made the game so popular in my opinion. When you allow over 10 million people to try your game for free before it launches so they can form an opinion, its a good thing.
These days, good games have demos. Shit games do not.
>>342596759
Wasn't the open beta literally like 2 days
>>342596550
30hz tick probably helps
A PC Overwatch player has direct exposure to WoW and Hearthstone
>>342596759
Demos are an amazing selling tool, I don't understand why they went away.
Those old PS demo disks with like 16 games on them were the shit. Last actual demo I played was for the first Bioshock.
>>342596858
And it was enough. It was advertised on their own sites, so they easily persuaded the players of their other games to try it out. Word of mouth about the game doing that and after helped a lot too.
>>342596858
It was much longer than that. I think it was like a week? Cause it took my casual normie friend two days to even install the game.
Fucking casuals.
>>342597037
I'm pretty sure it was a week only for those that preordered
>>342568606
k
Still looking more forward to Gigantic, I really couldn't get into Overwatch personally.
>>342587183
did you get NEETbux?
>>342571609
>braindead casual so even your mom could play it
case in point >>342571745
>female characters are all bimbos that appeal to children and neckbeards
>hundreds of millions of dollars pumped into marketing
this is it. there's nothing else. this is the recipe for success.
>>342597652
This.
It uses every little trick to appeal to the casual market and it does it well. Since casuals make up big portion of the population....well you figure out the rest.
>>342597125
Nope, didn't preorder. It was like 8 days because they extended it one extra day
>>342597196
neat looking character
>new Quake promises hero-based esport
Does anyone believe this won't blunder?
>>342588059
I think that was ultimately what killed Battleborn for me.
>Beefy PC
>Battleborn looks awful, art design terrible, no higher end graphics settings
>Overwatch
>Solid 144hz on Epic, game looks ridiculously good, incredible art design, good AA, even have the option to supersample
Blizz are the best at PC optimization
>>342597917
I don't think it will be as popular as Overwatch. It's coming out way too late. I have a feeling it will tank but maybe not as bad as BB. But if it isn't free like Paragon or Paladins then not even 3rd worlders will buy it. They already spent their life savings on Overwatch. It is kinda funny seeing a beloved high skill franchise destroyed and morphed into what will be a worse Overclone
>>342594789
Oh, come on. You know you wanna see herdick.
>>342597961
>incredible art design
the character designs are terrible
it's like a mishmash of 22 different college-level artists designing whatever they feel like with no regard to theme
Why are you overwatch shills all over? The fuck happened? I'd rather have a daily thread about Life is Strange than this trite.
>>342598085
It can't tank as bad as BB. Honestly, BB was TORtanic-tier. They don't come along that often, but when they do you can just sit back and enjoy.
I foresee Quake Champions (was that the name?) will be semi-popular for a month on release, then dead as a doorknob after that.
People who really like Overwatch will try it, but assuming it can't do what Overwatch does any better, they'll leave soon after.
People who like REAL Quake will try it and then go back to real Quake.
Calling it now.
>>342597961
You know the great thing about Blizzard? They don't cater to the bullshit like Gameworks and damn near every computer from the last six years can run their games.
>>342581459
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nihil_sub_sole_novum
>>342598218
because PCfats are starving for games & blizzcucks eat up anything Bluzzard
>>342598210
>the character designs are terrible
Meme. They are not even remotely within the realm of being bad. The only visually boring character is soldier76.
>>342598301
Not him, but the absolute, ABSOLUTE, only thing I like about Blizzard is that they are able to pull a vivid looking artstyle out of relatively low-end models.
Best boy
>>342568606
Overwatch is OK as a game. But thats it, just OK.
You can spot the problem with Overwatch when you consider fan art, promotional materials and items were being purchased before the game even released. Overwatch is successful because of it's characters. Overwatch will likely begin to slip in popularity once the whole 'waifu wave' dies down. There isn't enough there gameplay wise to keep people coming back for more.
>>342580306
I haven't
Can you help me out here?
>>342598348
shut the fuck up shill, Valve did it better back in 2007
>>342598315
this pretty much PC gaming is seriously dying this year there is nothing good coming out at all. I love how /v/ says no games on PS4 but PS4 has more exclusive this year than PC ever had in it's life time.
>>342598325
Every single one of them is bad. Only Soldier is somewhat decent as he doesn't feel like overdesigned garbage with zero thought put behind it.
If you honestly think that the characters are thematically sound and don't clash with each other, then you need to get your brain checked.
>>342596057
>being this underage
that ass is just a round extremely shiny surface
how can you get off to that?
>>342568606
>shittards fanbase buy any crap that comes out between WoW expansions
YOU DONT SAY
>>342598471
exactly
the majority of /v/ and reddit's PC master race shitters are fucking deluded
PC gaming has been in absolute decline, even the small things like Steam sales have turned to shit
>>342598419
15 variations of one color isn't a good artstyle.
>>342598472
>Every single one of them is bad. Only Soldier is somewhat decent as he doesn't feel like overdesigned garbage with zero thought put behind it. If you honestly think that the characters are thematically sound and don't clash with each other, then you need to get your brain checked.
Now you just sound like a jaded /v/poster. None of them are even remotely close to over designed or flashy.
Also the characters are from all over the world anon, why should they be thematically similar?
>>342598471
PC gaming is dead
>>342571609
waifus
polish
marketing
>>342598218
>Life is Strange
I rather have overwatch than that piece of shit
>>342598471
>Sonyggers seriously believe this
You guys are just the best at mental gymnastics
>>342575026
Taxes? I don't really know...
>>342598917
name some upcoming pc exclusive no indie stuff.
>>342598679
and those 15 variations gave 9 distinct characters a good sense of cohesiveness. all the overwatch chracters look like they're trying doing their own thing rather than work as a team
>>342598471
PC will literally be getting your NEXTGEN games thanks to stupid fucking microsoft. PC will absolutely be getting your exclusives as well
To all people that think we wont, well you are simply retarded.
>>342598756
desu they all look like cheap dreamworks characters
let's be honest, character design isn't OWs strongest point
>>342599048
Because the overwatch characters aren't actually all part of overwatch.
>>342568606
GTA made a billion in 5 days. So waifu simulator still can't compete.
>>342599156
>desu they all look like cheap dreamworks characters let's be honest, character design isn't OWs strongest point
tell that to literally everyone that has reviewed the game that, because that is one of the first things they talk about when praising the game, gorgeous visuals.
>>342599106
>Xbox did so bad even the Wii U outsold it
microsoft getting so desperate.
>>342599254
what does that have to do with character design?
>>342598472
>overdesigned
Have you played anime games?
>>342599048
TF2 looks like someone took one human model and re-sized several aspects of it in 9 (charitably) different ways. Then glued some hats on each and called it a day.
>>342573464
marketing and drone mentality you clown, jesus
>>342599156
Your mom looks like a cheap dreamworks character.That's a compliment I'd totally do your mum
Gee a blizzard game selling millions of copies? stop the presses.
Doesn't change the fact that the game is pretty meh.
Whats really going to be sad is when legion spikes back up to 10 mil again, only to die a month later because blizzard can't dev games anymore.
>>342599313
Visuals are included with character design. Look up any review. The only complaints about characters will be the female body proportions but no one is remotely complaining about characters being "overdesigned"
I read halfway through the thread, and I'm surprised no ones mentioned blizzard fanboys... It's more than likely that a huge, majority chunk of that $270 mil is just the average blizzard bro rolling over onto their next game because blizzard. I have tons of people on my friends list who aren't fpsbros by any means, and yet, they've got 200+ hours in overwatch just cause it's made by blizzard
>>342571609
https://youtu.be/wDfPCxVMrY4
This is the reason
>>342599480
>Gee a blizzard game selling millions of copies?
Morel like a billion anon
>>342571609
They took a fun game and polished it to a level I've never seen before
>>342599681
delusional
that's 60 billion dollars you inbred retard
why do you even assume that reviews are anywhere close to being a credible resource
I probably played 10 times more games in my life than any reviewer.
The textures and art design of the environments is nice, the characters themselves are terrible.
>>342597008
demos arent amazing for single player games. Probably give slavs and chinks more time to crack shit.
For multiplayer games? yes. even the most broken shitty prized "demos" like dayz boost sales.
>>342599681
>Blizzdrones genuinely believe their game was purchased and played by over 1/7th of the world's population
>>342599757
fucked up, was meant for >>342599579
>>342593162
>Why are people even comparing it to Overwatch?
The only people that compared it to Overwatch was Gearbox's horrible marketing department.
>>342599757
Because all reviewers, bad and good have not complained about characters being overdesigned. You have your opinion but your clearly in a very small minority of belief. I think the game has some visually boring characters but no stock character looks overdesigned. You could argue some skins are but not base characters.
Post a design you think is good from another game.
>>342599890
>>342599749
>Literally wants to be "that guy"
>Literally has not performed their constitutionally required 3 matches of overwatch per day
>>342576698
PUFFY VULVA
>>342575026
buying loot boxes
>>342599982
>Post a design you think is good from another game.
easy
>>342588307
Blizzard North creators of Diablo are not Blizzard. It was a separate studio entirely that Blizzard bought then shut down after Diablo 2.
Blizzard then raped the franchise giving us current Diablo 3. Expansion made it better but thats not saying much.
Same idea as Bioware, how they have Bioware Montreal, Bioware Austin etc.
>>342600312
>this isn't overdesigned
Also make it blurrier next time please.
>>342571609
waifu's
no progression bullshit that affects gameplay
>>342600967
>overdesigned
>literally 0 elements to the design except for the creature's natural body
so many people on /v/ love to use words that they dont understand at all, that enemy represents pretty much perfect economy of design
>>342599757
>the characters themselves are terrible.
In your awful opinion. The characters themselves are probably one of the biggest reasons these exceeded. And even if you dislike them there's no denying they are at the very least effective.
>>342601125
>characters in an fps wear armor and have guns that stick out from model.
>overdesigned
Meanwhile in darksouls "overdesigned the game"
>>342601148
>give females big asses, tits and wide hips
>10/10 GOTYAY BEST CHARACTER DESIGN EVER HAVE MY MONEY BLIZZARD
>people actually think waifus are a significant selling point for an fps in the states
Hilarious
>>342601507
oh, so you think a thing having multiple of the same element means it's overdesigned
having multiple different elements is what yields the term "overdesigned". something can't be overdesigned when it is simple. not really hard to understand.
holy shit, coming to /v/ is like being face to face with autistic, retarded teenagers. just people with like zero thinking ability.
>>342574516
This victory is for the people.
>>342601535
Is this fucking bait? Even if they are Sexualized to a certain extent they still aren't bad.
>>342601858
the point is that you're blinded by your dick
you'd call anything with an ass an example of great character design
>>342601712
You need to stop acting like your opinion is gospel truth anon. No one with a valuable opinion thinks the overwatch cast is even remotely overdesigned. The only argument I would agree with is that some skins break character silhouettes.
>>342601914
Don't project that on to me bro, you seem to be the one blinded by big ass n' tiddies.
>>342601914
You are blinded by bad opinions thinking that fucking darksouls is completely free of overdesigned creatures and characters. Meanwhile thinking fucking overwatch has overdesigned characters.
>>342601535
you don't see any of that since first person view
>they pick the character because they want to be a big titty and ass grill
it all makes sense now
>>342601712
>pile of flesh, teeth, legs, and wings is somehow good design.
>>342602330
>thing with arms, legs, a head is somehow good design.
>>342598443
THAT'S how she fits into the mech? what a shitty design.
>>342601535
>rehash a franchise yearly and reuse tons of elements from existing games. Keep using the same "you r teh chosen wun" vague ass story.
People think this is a 10/10 series of games.
>>342602539
What are you talking about? Are you sick?
>>342602656
Your terrible and incorrect opinions are making people sick.
>>342602743
>blizzcuck is so feverishly mad he's lost common perception
>>342571609
Made a good game.
>>342603006
You are the only cuck here, thinking darksouls is the pinnacle of good character design. You can't even make a coherent reason as to why they are bad. All you can do is meme.
>>342603202
gosh, you are a damn retard
>>342603202
>this mad
>>342577547
I don't think Overwatch is nearly as braindead as people think it is. I'm not going to claim it's the most complex shooter out there but there is a lot of depth to team composition and individual character strategy. It's real easy to spout "press q to win" until that q gets shut down by a good player.
This thread needs more gremlins.
>>342603309
>>342603465
You only need to reply once anon.
>>342602539
He's fucking wrong but I don't see this as a reason to bash souls in response.
>>342598618
a) it's a nice big, round ass
b) it's shiny latex-like material further exaggerates the previous point
c) the connotations associated with a woman bent over something, presenting herself to the viewer
>>342588152
>still unable to make a family with tracer
Why live?
>>342571609
ez2lrn ez2play
so, pleb bait
>>342568606
best character
>>342570649
>not patiently awaiting the savior of arena FPS
2gds got u senpai
>>342605772
>tfw I like Reaper and wish his backstory wasn't so over-the-top edgy
>tfw I also have a semi-edgy name so it fits when I play an edgy character like Reaper
>people got tricked in playing SJW propaganda game
>>342577547
Good for you. And who are you again? Why should anybody care? Oh yeah that's right you're just fat lonely nerd with opinions.
>>342607528
his backstory isn't that edgy, at least i don't think.
>be bros w/ 76
>get passed over on big title for a position you pretty much already held
>always have that in the back of your mind
did he get his powers from the explosion? or was he always decaying / regenerating
>>342571609
Brain dead enough game play to facilitate the largest possible audience
After that, relentless marketing
>>342607975
mercy put the science in him
>>342571609
Pandering
Literally the game has an overblown amount of pandering for the character design
But the gameplay is pretty fun too
>>342608934
I don't think you know what pandering is
>but pink hair pander to tumblr!
Zarya was based off of a Blizzard employee who dyes her hair pink. Nothing to do with tumblr ar all.
>>342609098
>Zarya was based off of a Blizzard employee who dyes her hair pink.
Yeah right, you also off took my words thinking it was just tumblr pandering
Tracer and widowmaker cleary have some pandering for horny teenagers because theyre semendemons with expanxes booty. Not to mention they revealed zarya after anita made a complaing and stated that "they wanted to make everyone strong" aside from that shes just a dyke heavy
>>342607528
>that guy I keep getting matched up with that is always Reaper and his name is Edgelord
Always makes me chuckle.
>>342590017
iirc they said that future characters/maps would be free with presumably only cosmetic shit ever costing money. That should sustain it for a while
>>342607975
I mean his backstory after being resurrected by Mercy, anon.
>>342571609
The open beta being on PC and both major consoles generated massive word of mouth and is probably the biggest factor
Advertising budget and the webshorts
The character designs pander to just about everyone
it picked up on the TF2 crowd who were sick of Valve's lack of support
and probably most controversially of allits fun
>>342568606
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-k3Ir7-N2o
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