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5 Lessons Overwatch Can Teach Every Other Shooter

Blizzard does plenty right in their new title.

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GigawattConduit2800d ago

Definitely agree on the last one. It feels so badass when you get a Play of the Game and the music swells.

maybelovehate2800d ago

I love the presentation. I would be so interested to see Blizzard's take on a FPS MMO type game like Destiny with Raids etc.

Pandamobile2800d ago (Edited 2800d ago )

Overwatch started off as an FPS MMO called Titan, but then they decided to make it fun.

maybelovehate2800d ago

Are you saying that only Multiplayer VS games are fun lol.

Pandamobile2800d ago (Edited 2800d ago )

No, I'm saying that they tried to make an MMO FPS and it wasn't working for them (i.e, it wasn't fun). So, they largely scrapped the project and reworked it into what later became Overwatch. They did a whole video on how that happened: https://www.youtube.com/wat...

I personally don't find games like Destiny or The Division remotely entertaining. The needlessly long grinds would kill my interest in any game, which is why I typically play games like Rocket League and Overwatch. There's no grinding in these games, just pure team vs. team competition.

Sciurus_vulgaris2800d ago

I fully agree with balance, many shooters now days aren't well balanced. Devs instead of focusing on balance,focus on unlocks,progression, and skill gap compression.

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10 Overwatch Heroes You Would Want To Hang Out With

The world could always use a few more heroes, or in this case friends. Here are some Overwatch Heroes you would want to hang out with.

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I Miss the Original Overwatch

Blizzard's blending of the FPS and MOBA was a masterpiece of design that met its end too soon.

Tedakin356d ago

I miss 6v6, lootboxes and an actual player level. I used to look forward to Junkenstein's Revenge at Halloween and the Christmas event cause of all the cool cosmetics you could earn. I'd play it every day. Now you play it for an hour, earn some stupid charm, and you're done. No reason to play anymore.

ActualWhiteMan355d ago

RIP OW2 is trash. My friends stopped playing it like we used to the first one every Friday night.

smoothdude355d ago

this. loved overwatch 1. 2 is no fun. there is lots to play… find something you like.

Gardenia355d ago

I'd never thought I would say this but the loot boxes in Overwatch wasn't so bad compared to what it is now.

GoodGuy09355d ago

I remember those epic dreamworks-like CGIs. I wasn't a fan at all but man, I knew it was a rediculously huge game. OW2 I've seen...nothing, died maybe after a week.

moomoo319355d ago

OW2 is a disaster. All these years to make the game 5v5….? And they scrapped PvE? The game just sucks man zero fun.

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Activision Shows Concerns Over The Call Of Duty And Overwatch League's Longevity

Activision has admitted that its Call of Duty and Overwatch eSport Leagues are facing challenges that the company might fail to address.

just_looken375d ago

Ha ha these have been in trouble fort awhile so now we talk about it/address it?

How about you explain why you make billions but always have layoff's.

S2Killinit375d ago

Activision:
Woe is me

These guys come off so disingenuous.

ModsDoBetter375d ago

The timing is strange but COD has been on a nosedive for several years & then followed by the backlash of Overwatch 2.

sadraiden374d ago

COD has literally never been more popular. Every single year it sells more and more copies than the previous year. Don't know what you mean by nosedive.

ModsDoBetter374d ago (Edited 374d ago )

@sadraiden

It has taken a nosedive in quality.
However, as you based your argument on sales numbers, let's take a dive, shall we?

"COD has literally never been more popular"
COD has literally been more popular.

See: MW2 sales numbers estimate to be at 8million copies sold at the end of 2022 (no official numbers released) yet Black Ops (2010) sits at a staggering 31million copies sold.

"Every single year it sells more and more copies than the previous year"
Again, not true.

(In release order)
Black Ops - 31 million copies
Modern Warfare 3 - 30 million copies
Black Ops 2 - 29 million copies
Ghosts - 28 million copies
Advanced Warfare - 21 million copies
Black Ops 3 - 26 million copies
Infinite Warfare - 13 million copies
WWII - 19 million copies
Black Ops 4 - 14 million copies
MW2019 - 30 million copies
Cold War - 30 million copies
Vanguard - Unreleased sales numbers
MW2022 - No solid numbers yet, though as above - 8 million estimated as of end of 2022

As you can see "every single year it sells more and more copies than the previous year" is an inaccurate statement with the sales numbers fluctuating, though I do feel MW2022 would sell well over the course of the year.

luckytrouble374d ago

This timing isn't that weird. eSports are notorious money sinks, and organizations have been failing one after another the past few months as funds dry up and popularity wavers. Critical who is one of the runners of his own eSports organization has been extremely candid about the fact that there's really no money to be made, and a lot of suits that had their companies throw money at the concept are just starting to give up and move on.

Profchaos375d ago

Just to coincide with the CMA appeal woe is us

smolinsk375d ago

Wow and they have totally done it to them Self with zero innovation.

shinoff2183375d ago

Exactly. Biggest game in gaming and they crying. Stfu acti

ModsDoBetter375d ago

They really dropped the ball with COD ever since WW2 I’d say.

Year after year it’s just disappointment after disappointment and it only got worse with Warzone and MW2019 - seasonal progression, battle pass, goofy skins, not listening to player feedback, you name it.

merlox374d ago

Call of duty was only good when they were WWII. Activision should go back to how they started. Also, they can make the single player stories longer. Not everyone plays the multiplayer.

porkChop374d ago

A lot of people here couldn't even read the headline. This isn't about the games themselves, it's about the esports leagues.

shinoff2183374d ago

Put the money into it. You have the biggest game in gaming.

porkChop374d ago

Agreed. They can obviously afford it.

ChasterMies374d ago

If people don’t like playing the games as much, then why would they want to watch other people play it?

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