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dogcow — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 21:51:58 +0000

Engineer FTW!

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MacAddictXIV — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 21:35:03 +0000

As I 1) Play on console and 2) am terrible.

-Disciple

3) can confirm that the first 2 statements are correct

Can confirm (reply)

breitzen — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 21:34:58 +0000

lol. One of my main critiques is that is aiming system is so obviously built for PC. It does make you feel like you're horrible at aiming. It's why Tracer is so deadly, she's already so hard to hit. Probably why I perfer tank/support characters.

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DiscipleN2k — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 21:23:25 +0000

As I 1) Play on console and 2) am terrible.

-Disciple

I've heard everyone sucks on consoles. (reply)

Funkmon — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 14:02:24 +0000

So it might be worth the $20 price premium right there!

Gearbox? (reply)

someotherguy — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 06:08:10 +0000

I dont remember BL1 especially well, but I could have sworn only one DLC was particularly good? Zombie Island was slow and fairky grindy, the Uderdome was literally just "horde mode: the DLC" (though I appreciated the vault expansion) and the Claptrap one was largely a one-note joke.

The additional character(s) in BL2 were great additions, but again the Torgue, Hammerlock and Captain Scarlet DLC were only really interesting for their "raid" bosses and new vehicles. The final DLc, Tiny Tina's dragon thingamajig was good though.

My experience was that Battleborn is: Crappy (reply)

Kahzgul — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 03:24:31 +0000

Literally a poor translation of DotA style character progression jammed into an FPS framework with MMO style bosses. The beta was not fun at all, which is super disappointing because I was very, very excited for a new Gearbox IP.

Borderlands is solid DLC wise (reply)

ProbablyLast — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 19:46:20 +0000

BL1 2/4 of the DLCs are really, really good.
BL2 One of the characters are fantastic, the other is pretty good. All 4 major DLCs are worth a playthrough, and 3 are great. At least one of the HeadHunter DLCs are worth it.

The PreSequel's DLC is good from what I hear, but I can't play the game long enough to experience it.

Gearbox? (reply)

Korny — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 19:15:13 +0000

given Gearbox's history of drowning us with quality post-launch content

Wait, what? I don't know Gearbox beyond Borderlands, Duke and Colonial Marines, but I thought general consensus was that while they drown you in content, only 1 or 2 pieces are actually good?

No idea where you get your "general consensus", but I've never heard anything but praise for what's included in the Season passes that Gearbox does. The extra characters were great, and three of the four bonus campaigns in Borderlands 2 have received really high review scores (only the grind-based Hammerlock campaign was meh), and over half of the post-Season Pass content was a lot of fun, if ultimately enough to burn players out on the game.

Borderlands 1 DLC only got good reviews and reception.

To be fair, Colonial Marines did also get a ton of content (even a three/four-hour campaign add-on), but nothing that could salvage an already terrible game, so there's that...

Gearbox? (reply)

someotherguy — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 16:40:32 +0000

given Gearbox's history of drowning us with quality post-launch content

Wait, what? I don't know Gearbox beyond Borderlands, Duke and Colonial Marines, but I thought general consensus was that while they drown you in content, only 1 or 2 pieces are actually good?

Not worth the $60 console price... (reply)

Korny — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 03:33:22 +0000

... is how I feel about it, honestly. It's a ton of fun, but I can't recal

l ever seeing a game more limited in content than Overwatch.

Did you play Battlefront? I guess maybe it technically had more content than Overwatch, it isn't anywhere near as good (in my opinion obviously). And even so, it only has more content by a slim margin.

Battlefront has a ton of content by comparison: Solo missions, co-op Survival missions, A ton of gametypes over a dozen maps, and a steady stream of unlocks.

Overwatch has two-ish game modes across a dozen samey maps (some of which only appear in certain game modes, none of which you choose), and that's it.

We bought Battlefront when it was on sale for $30 (essentially paying $15 each), and we had fun with it, and didn't find it lacking. We have a free copy of Overwatch, and we can't bring ourselves to buy a second copy for $30...

*shrug*

That's weird. But good to know! (reply)

breitzen — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 23:02:18 +0000

Still worth $60 in my book!

The $40 version is only available for PC (reply)

CyberKN — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 22:38:08 +0000

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Also apparently it's a $40 game. (reply)

breitzen — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 22:33:27 +0000

The base version is $40
The limited edition is $60 (just some extra digital goodies)
Collectors edition is $129 (physical goodies)

12 bucks off on amazon (reply)

Durandal — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 21:40:52 +0000

I have it, been loads of fun not worrying about loot or grinding, just playing matches with the different characters.

It's weird not being able to zoom, or choose your loadout and movement is a lot slower for most characters then Destiny, but still pretty fun. Feel free to look me up on Xbox if you need a team (I'm "The Miniboss").

It's just FUN! (reply)

dogcow — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 20:24:20 +0000

Each game is typically quick, but almost always close. 75% of my games are down to the wire.

75% of the games are down too the wire? Sounds too sweaty. ;-P

I really enjoyed the couple hours I was able to play the beta. If there are enough ps4 peeps playing it I might just pick it up.

It's just FUN! (reply)

breitzen — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 20:18:30 +0000

Seriously. I don't think I've had this much fun with a multiplayer game ever. Halo and even Destiny have this "hardcore" feeling to them. Overwatch is just a joy to play. The shooting mechanics aren't as polished as Destiny or Halo on consoles, but it feels incredibly balanced. There's no stupid grind (unless vanity items are important to you) and the micro transactions are much like Sterling Treasure and Req Packs (Random items) so don't bother wasting your money on those. But the game is totally worth $60. It's true the maps/game types are small, but DLC is suppose to be free (as of a December statement I think). Each game is typically quick, but almost always close. 75% of my games are down to the wire.

+ fun unique characters
+ quick games
+ it doesn't suck to lose
+ free future content
+ no (real) grind

- few maps/game types
- shooting mechanics could be a little better (it just feels like it was made for PC)
- cosmetic unlocks are random (If I'm playing Mercy, give me more Mercy unlocks)

Here's a game we lost, but was awesome last stand:

A week and a half and I've already played over 40 hours (reply)

Xenos — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 19:40:49 +0000

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Disclaimer: during/after the Beta, it was indeed EVERYWHERE (reply)

ZackDark — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 09:48:27 +0000

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Not worth the $60 console price... (reply)

cheapLEY — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 09:42:51 +0000

... is how I feel about it, honestly. It's a ton of fun, but I can't recal

l ever seeing a game more limited in content than Overwatch.

Did you play Battlefront? I guess maybe it technically had more content than Overwatch, it isn't anywhere near as good (in my opinion obviously). And even so, it only has more content by a slim margin.

But yeah, if it wasn't for Overwatch's characters and tons and tons of marketing, I think it would have been chewed out for the lack of content and dismal unlock system (which is entirely cosmetic, sure, but way too grindy for what it is).

I couldn't agree more, there. I think it's a shitty system, especially with the way it's monetized. That's honestly enough that I would heavily consider not buying it just because of that. Luckily, I don't have to make that decision, because I wouldn't by a competitive multiplayer only game to begin with.