The Other Worlds Shrine

Your place for discussion about RPGs, gaming, music, movies, anime, computers, sports, and any other stuff we care to talk about... 

  • Blizzard's new IP: Overwatch(Team Fortress 3?!)

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
 #164191  by Eric
 Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:59 pm
I'm pretty excited, if I trust any company to copy the TF formula for the glorious PC gaming master race, it's Blizzard.



 #164194  by Anarky
 Tue Nov 11, 2014 2:38 pm
I feel like it will be far to spammy with all the unique abilities and 'ultimates', but who knows. I personally think Heroes of the Storm is trash compared to DoTA2 or even LoL, but to be fair I have yet to play Heroes as a 5-stack.
 #164197  by Eric
 Tue Nov 11, 2014 8:05 pm
Anarky wrote:I feel like it will be far to spammy with all the unique abilities and 'ultimates', but who knows. I personally think Heroes of the Storm is trash compared to DoTA2 or even LoL, but to be fair I have yet to play Heroes as a 5-stack.
Interesting, HOTS is the first MOBA I didn't hate to play. No last hitting or items, shared team exp, much smoother experience.
 #164198  by Anarky
 Tue Nov 11, 2014 8:10 pm
Eric wrote:
Anarky wrote:I feel like it will be far to spammy with all the unique abilities and 'ultimates', but who knows. I personally think Heroes of the Storm is trash compared to DoTA2 or even LoL, but to be fair I have yet to play Heroes as a 5-stack.
Interesting, HOTS is the first MOBA I didn't hate to play. No last hitting or items, shared team exp, much smoother experience.
I guess I'd make the comparison of going from Chess down to Checkers. It just feels too dumbed down.
 #164200  by Shrinweck
 Wed Nov 12, 2014 8:34 pm
Based off a Twitch guy I sub to, in his opinion HOTS is just as intricate mechanics-wise. It's just most people don't really give it enough of a chance.

The joke answer is that you can't buy boots so it must be for casuals.

I've decided that I'm probably done with MOBAs forever. At the end of the night they don't make me feel satisfied or more relaxed which is what I want from gaming. They mostly just make me feel anxiety.

Overwatch looks like I could potentially have fun with it if it isn't overly boiled down like, say, Diablo 3. There's a point where you try to boil a game down into pure fun and the sum of all its parts is pretty fun, but has abandoned the things that actually makes it interesting to play.