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Shortstack edition

Game is $40 on PC for all launch characters. $60 with some cosmetics on PS4 and XBONE. Blizz refuses to discuss post launch content at this point.

New Heroes (Added to Beta this coming week):
http://us.battle.net/overwatch/en/heroes/mei/
http://us.battle.net/overwatch/en/heroes/dva/
http://us.battle.net/overwatch/en/heroes/genji/

Overwatch is a first person shooter made by Blizzard. The closed beta is live but you aren't invited.

>main site
http://us.battle.net/overwatch/en/

>twitter
https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch

>Overwatch Game Data Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QgTenq3s-YesFgb-CPI6yIPpp4K9xot7LhTBo3Tm0Pk/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true

>list of /vg/ battletags (post yours in the thread if you want to be added to it
http://tygla.com/owgnames.txt

old thread >>121532597
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enjoy your paid characters/weapons/dlc
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>>121553665
what do you mean unconfirmed?
they have skins, and they've already said they'll have micro transactions at launch
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>>121553604
Mei is cute! CUTE!
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>>121553693
>weapons
You have no idea how this game works do you?
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who else beta here?
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I thought that Dva would be my waifu but her voice acting is terrible and she is bm scum, might as well waifu idra or yellow

Mei seems like a cutie though, more on this story as it develops. Did WoW train me to like chubby girls with their pandas?
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>>121553604
Well, I don't want to play TF2 anymore, but at the same time, I don't know if the small amount of maps in this game is worth the price.
They'll add more in the package version, right?
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>>121553819
for a fee
map dlc ;)
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>>121553770
Mei's cold vs Bjorn's heat

who wins?
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>>121553604
>$40

There goes my hype for this game.

I'll probably get it but in a year or so, when it's 50% off.
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Do we have a Blizzcon stream this year? Anyone with the link?
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>tfw no giant female hero
zarya isn't big enough desu
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>>121553819
We have no plans to add more maps at this time. We want to see how it launches, and then see how the community feels about more maps.
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Tracer is the cutest!
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>>121553895
Game will be dead by then.
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>>121553895
>in a year or so, when it's 50% off.
>blizzard games
pick one
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>>121553770
gonna be honest, her in-game model looks better than her art... the lack of a chin just kills it for me
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>Dota2
>beta keys are a diamond dozen
>game runs smoothly until official launch
>it's still F2P
>all heroes and content are free (except skins shit)
>Valve makes millions and playerbase ie happy

Meanwhile...
>Overwewlads
>beta is released
>60$ pre-purchase with no beta key
>official release is many months away
>Blizzard makes millions cause blizzkeks, actual players interested in the game get shafted
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>Pelican: Right now, the subreddit is on fire with one particular question - is there any form of early access based on, or related to, the Origins pack?

>Jeff Kaplan: No, there's no early access related to Origins, and we stand by that. We tried to put out a developer interview right when we released the beta and it kind of got drowned out because there was a lot of chaos going on at beta day, but we really tried to tell people that it is absolutely our intention to have a small beta. In fact right now we can't do a founder's pack because our servers are not prepared. We haven't even done our first stress test weekend, so flooding the beta with hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people, is not what we want to do right now
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>>121553743
>and they've already said they'll have micro transactions at launch
They've very specifically said they wont have them at launch. Unless you mean the $20 for the Origins edition. Of course everyone knows things will change if they want to continue to support it. But that's definitely not something "that they said".

https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/3rtf6w/there_will_be_no_more_heroes_at_launch_no_hero/
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>>121553604
add me to the vg shitters.
>DoktorDerp#1851
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>You will never give me a rough titfuck then have her close up her parka with your jizz still on her breasts
>You are pretty much limited to this kind of waifushitter posting since you aren't cool enough for a beta key
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>>121553802
How do you know if you get a beta invite? Do they send it to your email or on the battlenet site?
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>>121553983
>Pelican
literally who?
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>>121553805
Also she's a dog eating shit flinging Korean, it's day 1 drop for me.
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>>121553969
>beta keys are a diamond dozen
not at first wew lad
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>>121554013
I noticed it in my email when I was at work, a couple of my other friends that got it said their battle.net just switched to install rather than learn more
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just so i'm not crazy

she's SUPPOSED to look like a pandaren, correct?
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>>121554002
microtransactions aren't exclusively limited to heroes you plebbitfag.
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>>121554105
/d2g/ were giving it out like Halloween candy literally only 1 month after beta started, I got mine simply by asking nicely in a thread.

can't say that about overwatch at all.
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>>121553963
you underestimate the consumption power of basic bitches
>>121554002
alternate purchasable editions after buying the actual game are just the beginning, they're easing you in. Making you invest, spend 40 now you're stuck trying to make good on the 40 you spent and get your money's worth, but buy more
>>121554168
>activision-blizzard
>literally the worst gaming company ever
>20-30 dollars for a pet in WoW
this is just the beginning
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>>121554013
Your b.net account will change to show you have access under manage games and a bit later you'll get an email.
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>>121553967
That's concept art, not fan art.
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>>121554013
>>121554119
>>121554252

Anyone know when the next batch of betas will be released or there's literally no more betas now that they are forcing pre-purchase mode?
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POLL
HAVE YOU PRE-ORDERED YET?

http://strawpoll.me/5941098
http://strawpoll.me/5941098
http://strawpoll.me/5941098
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>>121554002
>heroes
I cannot stress how bewildered I am by the presumption of charging for skins on a full price game

do people not remember a time when the little quality of life extras were not paywalled?

the only reason they became paywalled was to make something free or more free. And now it's in addition to premium pricing

what the fuck
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>GreyFox is Hanzo's brother
Fucking called it, literally Snake Eyes and Stormshadow.
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>>121554378
After blizzcon
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>>121554378
They confirmed that the next wave will be after Blizzcon. Pre-purchasing thus far has no baring on your status in the beta, which begs the question of why even bother doing it.
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>>121554426
bull fucking shit

the only way i'd preorder is if it guaranteed you beta access

they won't even explain their payment model yet

if you preorder now you're actually just a fool
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Has anyone made a tier list yet for the current available heroes?
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>>121554454
Blame fighting games.
The idea for most games is that it leads to free content updates like maps for games like Halo.
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>>121554426
>>121554506
I pre-ordered but only the physical collector's edition because those are limited, and if blizzard announces terrible shit I can just cancel.
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>>121554510
all you need to know

top tier: McCree, Widowmaker, Pharah, Zarya

shit tier: Torbjorn, Symmetra
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>>121554426
might preorder through BNet later down the road, but as it stands right now i'm in no rush and i'm not too hype on anything but the lore.

them going multiplayer only being the case, my love for the lore has done more damage to my perception of this shit show than I had intended.
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>>121554248
I have no problem if they whore hardcore with skins. My only issue is heroes since that starts impacting game balance, and maps since that starts splitting the audience.
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>>121554426
>>121554506
I honestly expected more of /vg/ to have pre-ordered. It'll be interesting to see more results
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>>121553969
>Blizzard makes millions cause blizzkeks, actual players interested in the game get shafted

That's Blizzard in a nutshell now. They've made this fanbase of people who only play their games through wow, and there's more money there than elsewhere.
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>people preordering
>they have no clue on the payment model
>they haveno clue if there's beta access

hook, line and sinker
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>>121554640
I figured Pharah'd be S tier at least. any class with on demand AOE is gonna be overpowered
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>>121554503
>>121554476

Damn that's rough, getting keked by blizzard once again. You're right really no point in pre-ordering for skins. Oh well, hope one of my 3 accounts gets it.
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all they had to do was copy dota2 desu
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>>121554506
>fool
welcome to blizzkeks
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Why would you be retarded and preorder now when you can pre order the day before the release and get the same fucking benefits

The only reason to do it with such an anticipation is for a beta invitation, which you don't get
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>>121554662
yup, mei is my waifu
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>>121554662
heroes will not split the audience just like they don't in every other game
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>>121554454
>do people not remember a time when the little quality of life extras were not paywalled?

Sure. But in those cases there was no presumption of additional post release content or support. DLC cosmetics is an inoffensive way to fund a team to stay working on a title after launch. And it's pretty much standard for fighting games now.
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>>121554838
Because blizzkek drones, dude.
It's literally like the midnight lineup to buy an Apple iPhone 47S.

They think with their wallets.
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>>121554838
this is something I never understood

the first game I ever "preordered" I preordered like 30 minutes before a midnight release for 0 extra charge, and while I was going to be there anyway

what is the point when you get nothing out of it
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>>121554640
>Pharah
>S-Tier
She's versatile, but she gets shut down way too easily by McCree's, Widowmakers, and Hanzo's already. She's a solid A at best.
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why would you pre-order a digital item

it's not gonna run out
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>>121554662
>porn of Mei before porn of D.va
Is this the beginning of a glorious new chub era?
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>>121554890
Note I said maps split the audience, whereas heroes impact game balance. In game switching means the number of heroes in your pool has far more game impact than other character locked games.
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>>121553604
>>121553770
>>121554662
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>>121555049
D.Va had porn days ago based on her teaser reveal.
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>>121554946
>there was no presumption of additional post release content or support
how old are you? this is literally not the case

>dlc cosmetics is inoffensive
to millennials that have lived with nothing else
>to fund a team
this is why the free to play model became more popular

you act like it's par for the course to have two pay models in the same fucking game

>it's pretty much standard for fighting games
and every old fag hates it. Street fighter even changed their policy for 5 because people were sick of their shit
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>>121554662
hello friend throw me a source please
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>>121554506
>>121554426
I would also preorder for sweet, sweet beta access. I don't really have a game right now
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>>121555145
>body diversity
reminder that this literally means "fat people"
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Whenever I kill one of the waifus in the game I always imagine my bullets are orgasm inducing chemical darts and their death cries are actually mind wiping orgasms that leave them breathless for the respawn timer. Or orgasm inducing neuron pulses if it's an energy weapon.

Anybody else think like this?
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Are you able to rocket/sticky jump in this game?
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>>121555325
yes.
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>>121555145
D R O P P E D
R
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P
P
E
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Also that person can't just ASUME McCree or Soldier are men, what if they identify themselves as plantmorphic transamorous otterkins ?
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>>121555325
pharah has a ghetto rocket jump that's more horizontal than vertical
junkrat can sticky jump
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>>121555301
Anon, please take a walk outside and try to start a conversation with a coffee barista or some shit. That isn't normal.
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> Because we’re just establishing Overwatch right now, we wanted the majority - not all - of our cosmetics to be solid and have some relevance to the IP in general

Lore friendly cosmetics only confirmed
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>>121555049

Fuck off fat acceptance movement
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>>121555083
>heoes impact game balance
as if my post still doesn't apply

there will always be a meta, there will always be shittier classes, and people have managed, this is not new

especially as the number of heroes increases, the problem will become more and more irrelevant.

this is when it's already irrelevant as "casual" and "competitive" modes have been a thing for fucking decades
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>>121555283
Yes that is true, but land whales look in the mirror and rationalize themselves into thinking they look like this >>121554662

I don't see anything wrong with adding some chubby cuties. No one - not even the fattiest fatty - wants this
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>>121555049
more like pornchub amirite?
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Continuing from last thread.

The problem with Overwatch being the Dota 2 of FPS games is because it's totally unfeasible. Dota 2 has had years and years behind its production, its hype, and its conception. You can't expect a brand new IP to have the same kind of loyal following.

Dota 2 should be considered one of the wonders of this world, expecting other games to compete with it is ridiculous.

They could have released CSGO for free, but STILL ask $20 from you to play despite having so much history.

Overwatch being an entirely new IP can definitely be $40. And if they do expansions, Blizzard has a history of providing a shit ton of good ones. Probably the only exception is Starcraft 2, but that game was shit from the start.
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>>121555448
The game is based about switching to counters for the opposing comp or objective/map location specific heroes mid game.
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>>121555525
Sorry, $15.
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>>121554662
Who else going to pray for beta if they get in for free playing the hell out of it then quitting forever here? I can honestly get it out of my system in a couple months BUT if it is that good then OK I'll pay 60 bucks. Since you can't buy beta access then it doesn't pay yet to preorder.

Honestly BTW, they should have just done a closed beta with NDA, that way none of this gamer butthurt would have happened. We'd have some streamer butthurt but who cares about those degenerates, unemployment is down to 5% just go get a damn job.
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>>121555525
dota 2 will forever be overshadowed by the sheer massive goliath that is LoL
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>>121555525
>Blizzard has a history of providing a shit ton of good ones.

Not in a long time
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>>121555525
league of legends invalidates every part of this autistic garbage

as does every other highly popular new f2p ip

>totally unfeasible
MAYBE for companies that don't have the investment capital like fucking BLIZZARD
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>40$+
>cash shop
>literall console port
>most likely DLC in the future
>we want tumblr audience
>blizurd saying "if it doesn't sell well enough we will cut support"
>june 2016

well,it went to shit quickly

good thing I was only getting excited
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>>121555254
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=53421172
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>>121555437
>can't have a chub fetish without being a tumblrite
Anon please.
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>>121555629
>and there are multiple heroes for each role
>and multiple solutions for each comp
and new heroes saturating this will make it even less of an issue if it even is one

from what I've gathered in these threads more than several heroes aren't even bothered with because other's outclass them
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>>121554640
>Symmetra
>shit tier
>not highest winrate by a landslide

Not a teamplayer, are you Anon?
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I will say one thing about Zarya's design:
Her hair makes her easy to spot, which is important for "reading" the match situation quickly.
Kind of like pic related. You don't have to spend any time at all figuring out who you're looking at, which means you can spend time figuring out what they're capable of and what they want to do.
In Dirty Bomb, the only reason I can easily distinguish between enemy Sparks and Aura players is their playstyles. Aura wants to hump her health station just outside a chokepoint, while sparks prefers to stay back a bit, sniping downed teammates and enemies with her revive gun.
It's generally a lot harder to differentiate between some of different characters in one of the game's roles, with the exception of the engineers, maybe.
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>>121555772
You and me both
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>>121555830
if i had a fat fetish i'd kill myself

fat is vile in the 3d world
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>>121555680
I meant, replicate its pay model. I don't know why I said compete.

>>121555762
I would rather eat sand than play Overwatch with LoL pay model. That would be fucking ridiculously stupid. It's a fucking scam. Release new hero, 9/10 make them OP, reap profits, then nerf the shit out of them. Runes and masteries are fucking bullshit too. Most of my friends, who along with me, used to play forever, don't even play that much anymore. They just watch the esports scene because there's enough retards watching it to hype it up for them. That doesn't make a good game, that makes a game LOOK like it's good, when it's actually total fucking shit.
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>>121555892
There are basically two. Torbjorn and Bastion.
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>game has rampant tumbler/glee 'social progressivism'
>literally every character is white or half white
white girls can't allow full fledged demographic representation now can they
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>>121555778
>superior art website
good man
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>>121555956
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I think she's pretty cute. Still prefer something in between Pharah and D. Va, but I wouldn't kick a hypnotized Mei out of bed.
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https://youtu.be/nz6Yd3sjhDo?t=3253

brings a tear to my eyes
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>>121555956
I honestly hate Dirty Bomb's character design and art style. You're right in that they didn't seem to consider functionality at all.
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>>121556051

>shit art
>but it's on pixiv so it makes it good

literal retard
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>>121555772
How is it a console port if it's designed separately for both games?
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>>121555830
My chub fetish long predates tumblr but most of /owg/ probably doesn't remember an internet before tumblr.
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>>121553983
>blizzard, the company that has handled more major launches and has hosted more game servers that possibly ANY OTHER GAME
>MIGHT have a stress test weekend by the end of the year

this is bullshit and they know it, they could have the entirety of the united states able to play the PC version within a month if they wanted
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>>121555990
>3d world
>3D
NORMIE
REEEEEEEEEE
REEEEEEEEEEEEE
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>>121556140
Face too long.
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can we finally admit that WC3's campaign is downright sleep-inducing at times?
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>>121556140

Looking forward to this. Can't wait.
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>f2p
>clusterfuck of skins
>new op hero every week
>eventually you can't tell which character is who
Already happening with HOTS

>p2p
>60 buckaroos
>you pay for game you get game
>expansion pack every so often with new heroes
>free map expansions

>mfw people begging for blizzard to only do cosmetic microtransactions after paying 40 bucks to get in
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>>121554426
I have 6 or so months to determine if I want to pay for this shit.
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>>121556010
>I would rather eat sand
how about the shit you're already eating, is that tasty?
>9/10 make them OP
not a pay model
>runes and masteries are bullshit
>F2P paymodel *like* LoL=every stupid thing LoL charges you for
fuck off
>we used to play LoL forever
so you're used to eating shit then
>that doesn't make a good game
as if overwatch couldn't possibly avoid the stupid little bullshit design elements in LoL

it's like LoL was your first serious game
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>>121556209
Because he's taking Kaplan's "The opposite is true" line completely literally for shitposting purposes.
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>>121556367
I was glued to my monitor when I first played it so no. I loved that shit. I don't usually play single player games to the end since I like play vs other people more, but that's one of the few single player campaigns I played to the end and loved.
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Any mention of dedicated servers?
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>>121556059
The silhouette is there, but the pink hair draws the eye. It lets you know that she's there and possibly ready to fuck your day up with a singularity if you get too close.
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>>121556367
Campaign is pretty good actually, but the units are too beefy and swing too slow

I guess I'm too used to SC
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>>121556534
>Dedicated Servers in a high-profile 2015 game.
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>>121556557
it's such an ugly color scheme though

if it was more subdued, like a strawberry blonde, or a platinum pink, i would be down

nope it's NEON pink

adding a big glowing penis on top of her head would draw the eye too, doesn't make it appealing to look at
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>>121556648
that's what I mean. I've been replaying it and I can't take another undead mission where you wipe out an elf base one incredibly slow attack animation at a time.
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>>121556454
overall I prefer to p2p model, but I want to know what Blizz's plans for future heroes, if any, are before I buy. Although it sucks being an aussie and getting price gouged.

My main worry is that p2p turn away a lot of prospective buyers, killing the player base and thus the game
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>>121556454
>new op hero every week
most OP hero is OG in HOTS
>eventually you can't tell which character is who
>expansion pack every so often with new heroes
somehow this isn't considered doublethink
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>>121556775
That's my main worry as well. I don't give a damn if the game is $40 or $80 or whatever. I will buy it. But I know a ton of people won't. And I want to play a game with a large playerbase so my queue times aren't shit
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>>121556775
>Aussie price gouging.
I'm pretty sure every single Blizzard game I own is bought from EB games from the bin out front. There's usually a few for some reason, about 30% off.
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>>121556192
>implying he thinks the art is good and not just the website

literal retard. learn to read.
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>the technology to make this game work on mac just isn't there yet

thanks blizz
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>>121556687
>tfw if I am not Americlap or europoor I will have to settle for 150ms to their servers
>150ms
>fps

Nice game Blizzard-Activi$ion shills.
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>>121556494
>greentext greentext you eat shit
How about you realize that League of Legends is only successful because they had outside chink help and that its esports scene is bigger than its actual players because nobody actually gives a fuck about it since it's literally shit?

It'd avoid all that by being b2p with expansions. If you want them to be f2p and push out new characters every month or so, then kill yourself. Unlike your young entitled ass, actually paying for my games isn't a foreign concept to me. Or were you actually crying that you had to pay for TFT to play the latest DotA back in 2003?
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>>121556902
I still have no idea why people think they intentionally release extremely broken heroes to force people to buy them. That sounds like a really good idea to turn away your players. Not to mention, making a skin is far far easier than making a hero.

Skins = money
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>>121556918
I have quite a few friends interest in this game, but I know a lot of them are going to be turned off because of the 70 (SEVENTY) dollar price tag.
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>>121556775

>My main worry is that p2p turn away a lot of prospective buyers, killing the player base and thus the game

it's only a matter of time before it dies and goes f2p
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>>121557091
This tobh. I will kek heartily the day it happens
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no australia servers?
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>>121557037
pretty much this
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Even reddit knows whats up kids.

"All the talk about it has been very careful to say if you buy it you get the heroes and maps currently announced. Are they really going to do a buy to play and then lock gameplay content like heroes or maps behind a paywall as well? If that's so that's enough on it's own to steer me far away from the game.

Edit: Just want it to be clear that I really hope this isn't true but with how things have been said it seems likely."
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>engineers in WoW started going to shit as early as BC and keep getting shat on every expansion
>the engineer character Gazlowe is bottom tier dogshit in both HotS and Hearthstone
>the engineer character in Overwatch is dogshit
What's the deal here?
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>>121557183
They haven't even begun to discuss that kind of thing. It's just people speculating.
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>>121557091
serious question

how many games that have died and gone f2p have experienced a revival?
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anymore fapfic
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>>121557230
Is this really a concern for anyone? Honestly it will never happen. Blizzard is not that retarded. If they were planning on it, they aren't now because of the backlash they know they will receive
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>>121557183
There'll probably be servers in SP.

There is a Blizzard server in Australia now, but in HOTS I've always found it to be worse than the SP one.
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>>121556351
Sorry man, that's as far as my sense of aesthetics cares to go.
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>>121557275
Most mmos that do it don't really get much. They just end up having a small surge of players and I guess profit, then they all leave after a while
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>>121557275
SW:ToR, TF2 counts I guess. Some other MMOs marginally so? Can't really think of anything else.
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>>121557256
blizzard devs are basic bitches, just basic bitches all throughout
look at how much of a tool menz is
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>>121557323
They won't do it piece by piece, but it's now possible that they'll hold back completed content to save it for expansion packs

Want 9 more heroes? Instead of dripfeeding them for free, we'll wait for them to finish every last one then for them to sell them in a $40 bundle
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>Make decent looking game with potential
>Kill it before it even launches
Hahaha
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>>121557037
>If you want them to be f2p and push out new characters every month or so, then kill yourself. Unlike your young entitled ass, actually paying for my games isn't a foreign concept to me.
as if I ever asserted I would be opposed to p2p

did it ever occur to you that p2p used to include all the little shit this game will be charging you for?

I want them to be one or the other. You on the other hand are vehemently defending the fact that you're fully willing to gobble up 2 payment models and refuse to accept the possibility of just one

you're also probably unaware that the game currently has been a significant loss for blizzard and this particular model is to make up for it to justify it's continued existence around launch. They'll likely change it to a free to play model later

>Or were you actually crying that you had to pay for TFT?
no because it WAS a full game on release without the excessive jewry you're defending
>to play the latest DotA back in 2003?
no, because I didn't pay for Dota after it stopped being *just* a mod. Only shit eating faggots like yourself could justify that
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>>121557275

>revival

thats a big word, not sure about the success but it sure made some games not-ded

SWTOR
Tera
TF2
Lotro
TESO
wildstar
Guild Wars 2

top of my head
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>>121557524
That'd be better, because I'd want those characters to be polished and reserved for a large package. The game looks incredible just for a beta, I think they expect to do something like this to ensure quality all around.

But I highly doubt they'd price the expansions the same as the standard edition. Blizzard hasn't done that as of late. I'd expect the same amount of heroes for $20, along with a few maps and a new game mode or so.
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>>121557043
because they're fucking stupid children

most of the time that claim is made they see barely if any competitive play
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>>121557758
Did they just recolor her outfit and give her dreadlocks?
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>>121557758
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>>121557758
This character is too sexy.
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>>121557758
>>121557951
bit of a rip-off of phantom assassin desu
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>>121557758
looks like shit

and is that just a recolor?
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>>121555772
>40$+
Boo hoo.
>cash shop
Source?
>literall console port
Literall not, just designed with a controller in mind.
>most likely DLC in the future
So? It could be really good and well priced DLC, it could be no DLC. We have no idea yet.
>we want tumblr audience
They want all audiences anon, it's called business. It's got pixies, muscle girls, chubby girls, leggy ass machines, delicious brown girls and an aryan swedish girl. It's got robots, ninjas, robot ninjas, dwarves, brazillians, a black guy named winston, edgelords, Marii without glasses in a mini-mech, a cowboy. They just put as much different kinds of shit in there so that they could reach the most amount of people.
>blizurd saying "if it doesn't sell well enough we will cut support"
Are you referring to the quote, "we will continue supporting it as long as people are playing it"? I think you might be taking it the wrong way.
>june 2016
Yeah? 6 months in closed beta, possibly less if it goes to an open beta. Nothing really surprising here.
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>>121557936
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>On the powerful side, we probably need to tone down McCree a little bit - we need to make a decision, is he a long-range sniper or is he a mid-range skirmisher, and right now he's both, and he's not allowed to be both
Kek McCree abusers btfo, I still remember some retards saying he was fine
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>>121557724
Buy to play and expansion is one payment model, and it's by far one of Blizzard's most successful. What the fuck are you on about?

And as soon as they change it to free to play is when it starts to get shit. Because that's when they'll start paywalling heroes you stupid faggot. Hello FPS LoL.

You do know that Overwatch is under retail? And you obviously didn't like the game enough if you waited all those fucking years for a game that, for a lot of the time, was just a pipe dream.
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>>121558057
>surprised about a new skin being a recolour

there's a few differences, the suit is zipped up and the front for example
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>>121558087

>cash shop
>Source?

how disconnected from reality are blizdrones?
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>>121558092
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>>121558181
He is fine when not being damage boosted :^)
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>>121557758

>pre-order to give your hero nigger hair

dont think so bliz
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>>121558181
>tfw hanzo will never get nerfed because shitters can't use him properly
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>>121558057
No. It's still a blue chick in a skintight suit, but clothing and gun is all a completely different model.
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>>121558224
>>121558305
If only the hair was different it would be fine. I don't understand what they were thinking with that hair.
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>>121558224
I was waiting for her to make a kissy face.

I am upset she didn't make a kissy face.
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>>121558197
Just share your source, man.
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>>121557870
It's completely different
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honestly, i'm having more fun talking about overwatch than actually playing it because everyone is SUCH FUCKING SHIT PLAYERS
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>T: Lastly, when are you coming back to reddit? We need another AMA!
>JK: Our team is on the subreddit all day long, it’s basically my second monitor.
You think they have 4chan on their third monitor?
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>>121558513

If only.
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>>121558717
Yes, but not /vg/
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>>121558695
If you keep winning you should get the MMR to start playing the good players.
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Where were you when a game made in 2007 killed a game made in 2015?
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>>121558838
The only thing looking to kill Overwatch right now is Blizzard
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>>121558182
>what the fuck are you on about
how about reading what exactly they're charging for before defending it you fucking knob. They're charging for skins too
>and it's by far one of blizzard's most successful
currently their most successful is hearthstone. Nevertheless, the only other game where they've started combining micro transactions with a premium together was WoW around WOTLK and that has never recovered
>because that's when they'll start pay walling heroes
>hello FPS LoL
you continuously confuse pay model with game design. You also assert the hero jewry is the reason why LoL is shit, not any other of a thousand reasons why.

Even still LoL is doing better than DOTA2 so "starts to go to shit" is restricted by the fact that it's still wildly popular
>you do know Overwatch is under retail
and?
>you obviously didn't like the game enough if you waited all those fucking years for a game that, for a lot of the time, was just a pipe dream.
I didn't wait at all, I only heard about it a couple months ago. What the fuck are you even saying in that last line?
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>>121558695
Enjoy it being like that forever.
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>>121558196
>surprised about a new skin being a recolour
more like surprised their most hyped skin is a recoulour

but it isn't so whatever
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>>121558925
Riot has made such a huge playerbase that only their own major fuckups will sink them. Which they're looking to do quite well because they're such incompetent idiots
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>>121558925
>They're charging for skins too
unconfirmed
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>>121558525

>skins already in origin pack
>blizzard game
>2015 soon to be 2016
>implying there won't be a gorrilion skins and cash shop

just because your god metzen or jew "avoid the question" kaplan doesn't make official statement doesn't mean it will not happen

but I'm sure we will just unlock the skins by leveling right?

you are either a blizdrone in denial or a shill
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>>121557758
It doesn't look bad, but I wouldn't want to downgrade her ponytail.
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>>121553883
Mei gets pregnant
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>>121559179
>that tattoo
cringe
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>>121559153
>I don't like extra cosmetics
>I have no dispensable income
>Why isn't everything free
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>>121559031
>>121557758
Are you people stupid, or just terrible trolls?
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>>121558224
>>121558092
>>121557936
>>121557758
Did they shows this off at the overwatch panel? I missed it
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Either Blizzard is extremely incompetent and they've not decided on a business model for a game they have already started to sell, or they will require players to buy new heroes as they release.

If new heroes were going to be free, they would've put that everywhere and repeated it every chance they got because it's a huge selling point.
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>>121559362
hnnnng
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>>121559120
>unconfirmed
please.

if they don't charge for skins I would be so shocked and impressed I would buy the game
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>>121559360
it wouldn't be so bad if the game and heroes also weren't paid content

i've spent like $150 on dota hats with no guilt because the game and heroes are free
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Few months ago:
>We're developing Overwatch as a PC game first and foremost
>We currently have no plans for Overwatch on console

Today:
>It's always been a dream of ours to see Overwatch on console
>Overwatch was designed with consoles in mind

Uh?
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Is it really a good idea for this game to cost money? I always assumed they wanted the TF2 crowd and not the CoD and CS:GO crowd.
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>Tfw you don't actually mind dreadlocks on women.
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>>121557936
>trigger discipline
>2015 most anticipated FPS

damn blizzard
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>>121559504
The only skins are the promo skins. There could be skins but based on reception so far, they may not do it at all.
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>>121559516
I knew it was a pipe dream to expect a major game studio actually creating a competitive PC FPS in 2015.
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>>121558773
>implying there's MMR

>>121558960
yeah, pretty much
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>>121559516
>all the auto-aim and wallhack abilities
>gigantic aoe's on most things
>almost every character has oh shit buttons

It was clear from the beginning that this was a console game.
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>>121559549
>"we want the money audience"
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>>121559153
I just asked for you to source your claims, anon.
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>>121558925
>most successful is hearthstone
Do you literally have no recollection of before 2010 or were you literally born yesterday? LoD, TFT, and BW are all successful franchises that had expansions.

The skin thing doesn't really matter to me at all, they're just optional cosmetics. As long as it's not playable game content, I don't see how that can be so bad.

I don't assert any other reasons because it's not relevant to the discussion. I'm not having a "find reasons why LoL is shit" discussion with you. Pay model has a huge effect on game design. If you don't have a steady or reliable pay model, then the quality of your products are obviously going to suffer, or do you think these people give you games from the kindness of their heart?

Also, wildly popular doesn't mean it isn't shit. Call of Duty is wildly popular, so in essence, you wouldn't object to Overwatch being like Call of Duty.

And the reason I bring up that it's under retail because you bring up that TFT was a full game. Overwatch doesn't have to be a full game in the sense that it has a single player, it is already priced appropriately.

Finally, if you have no idea about TFT or DotA then get the fuck out already.
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>>121559549
It's not really a good idea in this age to try out your brand new multiplayer only IP behind a paywall
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>>121559516
>We currently have no plans for Overwatch on console

Where did they ever say that?
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>>121559593
>they may not do it at all
so basically if they can't charge for them, they won't do it
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>>121559657
The devs have said there is MMR, and it seems born out by streams.
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>>121559762
Just speculation. I think it would be cool to have prestige skins for level unlocks.
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Of course they are going to charge for skins. It's not some fantasy world where businesses would just make cosmetics for free anymore.
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>>121559508
>it wouldn't be so bad if the game and heroes also weren't paid content
You get all 21 heroes right out the gate, stop spreading misinformation about having to buy heroes.

>i've spent like $150 on dota hats
Ah, okay. Back to your ASSFAGGOTS with you.
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>MGS5 is unfinished and soul crushing
>Binding of Isaac Afterbirth has a blunder launch and underwhelming content
>Overwatch is going to consoles and will die in 6 months after launch because of blizzard
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

WHY DO I GET FUCKING EXCITED FOR THINGS

EVERYTHING I TOUCH DIES
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Why do people get upset about the POSSIBILITY of buying stuff that has no impact on the game at all?

Like, literally why is the breaking point?
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>>121559970
You didn't like Edmund's le ebin ruse patch because of a 'bug'?
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>>121559884
Sometimes a game will have an inital round of free cosmetics on disc and subsequent ones are pay DLC.
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>>121559970
Have you also bought Kekout 4?

Well, it's going to suck either way.
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>>121559987
People are upset they are going to sell heroes.
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>>121560108
No, read all of the threads so far. People are also upset about selling fucking SKINS. Shit that they don't even have to buy.
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>>121560108
Which so far is baseless assumption.
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>>121559987
see >>121559439
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>>121560108
They said hero store will not be at launch. The only reason why they leave it open for the future is if the game really does shit and they have to resort to shitty f2p tactics. But that's not likely to happen.
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why did blizzard kill their own game?
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>>121554248
>alternate purchasable editions after buying the actual game are just the beginning, they're easing you in. Making you invest, spend 40 now you're stuck trying to make good on the 40 you spent and get your money's worth, but buy more
They're literally just trying to make money by selling the game, stop trying to make everything seem so much more serious than it is.
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Here you go chillychasers.

OC for /owg/.

http://awmbh.deviantart.com/art/Mei-Overwatch-crop-570721033 if you want the censors taken off. Visit either that or hypnohub tomorrow if you want to see the hypno version, though I'm guessing this is enough for the majority of you guys.
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>>121560206
That doesn't answer my question. Why are some people made about the possibility of selling skins? What does that have to do with anything?
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>>121560240
Overwatch is boring to watch, I want to play it
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>>121559970

>6 months

optimistic
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>>121559439
>If new maps for HotS were going to be free, they would've put that everywhere and repeated it every chance they got because it's a huge selling point.
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>>121559715
>Do you literally have no recollection of before 2010 or were you literally born yesterday?
do you know what currently means?
>the skin thing doesn't matter to me at all
well considering it is the payment model for a large portion of games today, it doesn't really matter what you think
>I don't see how that can be so bad
because you're a shit eater
>the LoL pay model is why it's shit
is wrong, you don't have to have a discussion about it, /v/ has had that discussion for years and plenty think assfaggots are shit regardless of their pay model
>or do these people give you games from the kindness of their heart
what are you even asserting? that I should accept whatever model they choose? the entire problem people have is what they'd be willing to give money for, it's quite literally the mechanism by which capitalism works
>wildly popular doesn't mean it isn't shit
I never asserted that, and it's pretty clear I didn't. The assertion was that the F2P model is still highly successful such that plenty don't think it's shit.
>you wouldn't object to overwatch being like call of duty
this is hilarious. Overwatch is using the same pay model as call of duty as far as we know
>single player
I don't care, nor do I play single player games
>if you have no idea about TFT or DotA then get the fuck out already.
literally what the fuck are you talking about?
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>>121560307
Nice job anon
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>>121560309
Only a few people complaining about that for w/e reason. Most people are mad because they will probably be selling heroes on top of the game being 40 shekels.
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>>121559987

I don't like games with box price and cash shop on top
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>>121560307

Nice, thanks for this. I'd fap but I'm too tired
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>>121559987
because they are already paying premium price for the game
because there are free to play games that sustain themselves off skins alone, and this could be charging for both
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>>121560307
Thanks for your hard work
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>>121560307
good shit
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>>121560553
>>121560624
Why? If it's all cosmetic it doesn't affect anything and you don't have to buy it.
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>>121560553
I don't mind as long as it has the continuing development to warrant it.
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>They STILL haven't softened the obnoxious fucking cartoony muzzle flash on 76 and Tracer's guns.

Fucking christ Valve got this shit right almost eight fucking years ago. I bet the fucking viewmodel designer is some fucking millennial too who never heard the insightful commentary on why the fuck you don't put distracting flashes of shit on the viewmodel.
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>>121560675
>you don't have to buy it
I don't have to pay premium for the game only to get jewed on the quality of life little shit either
>because there are free to play games that sustain themselves off skins alone, and this could be charging for both
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>>121560240
everyones at blizzcon
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>>121560240

>Arma has more viewers
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>Buying F2P games
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>TF2 comes out
>Costs money
>Later add unlockable weapons you either pay for or hope to get in a random drop, some very overpowered and other completely change a class into what might as well be a new class (demoknight)
>Later add cosmetics in a cash shop
>Fast forward 5 years and it's still popular

Overwatch is DOA, yeah.
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Someone ask Seagull what he thinks of Roadhog and ask him why the devs never run him in scrims

>do it yourself baka senpai!
I can't Anon, I never learned to read ;_;
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>>121560781
>hearthstone, HOTS
does not compute
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>>121560624
>there are free to play games that sustain themselves off skins alone
There's basically one of those as far as I know and Valve is in a rather unique position with Steam and the Steam marketplace.
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>>121560756
>Torbjorn's reload animation.
>Winston's fucking left arm.

The guy's not a game designer at all. He's a, "LOOK AT HOW PRETTY I CAN MAKE THIS SHIT" form over function designer.
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>>121560860
>fast forward 5 years
remind me f.am, how much is tf2 right now? I've forgotten
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>>121560307
>Chilly chasers
I really like this for some reason
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>>121560883
>games that are ftp and actually available for the public
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