Current Events > Why is Overwatch still so popular?

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Don't get me wrong. I love Overwatch. It's my favorite game of this console generation and it's still m main game to this day. It's just that it's been a year and a half now. Games usually drop considerably at this point in popularity. Yet somehow Overwatch has remained as strong as ever. Even games that are new that have similar gameplays don't even have a chance against Overwatch. Hell, the animated short released a week ago has almost half the views of their best short "Dragons" at 7.5 million views and Dragons was released over a year ago. That's not even for any new content. The hype is still so high.

What makes this game so special for so many people?
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Everyone's hot
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waifus
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Except it has declined, it just has that weird Blizzard following guaranteed for all games they make regardless of quality
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Ults are so goddamn powerful that it's easy for even a silver player to get like a 4 person multikill. That makes it very engaging to the shitty players

And they constantly update it to keep the meta evolving. People say that's a bad thing but I think it's actually good for the longevity of the game.
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The porn.
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Because it's an easy game with "diversity"
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ZMythos posted...

Because it's an easy game with "diversity"

I can read the salt
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DepreceV2 posted...

I can read the salt

I mean, it is.

Yes, there is a diverse cast. And there's nothing wrong with that. It doesn't feel forced, but the characters and their personalities are actually really boring sans Junkrat and Winston.

And yes, it's easy as piss. It rewards poor positioning and overextending on 95% of the heroes through some kind of movement ability.
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ZMythos posted...

DepreceV2 posted...

I can read the salt

I mean, it is.

Yes, there is a diverse cast. And there's nothing wrong with that. It doesn't feel forced, but the characters and their personalities are actually really boring sans Junkrat and Winston.

And yes, it's easy as piss. It rewards poor positioning and overextending on 95% of the heroes through some kind of movement ability.

1. When you put quotes around "diversity" then you clearly have a deeper meaning.

2. The game rewards bad positions? Lol what? If anything people are stuck in lower ranks because of bad positioning. Positioning in Overwatch is one of the most important things.

3. Easy? No. Call of Duty is easy. Battlefield is easy. Overwatch? It may not be CS:GO but it sure as hell isnt easy.
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DepreceV2 posted...

1. When you put quotes around "diversity" then you clearly have a deeper meaning.

Yes. The deeper meaning is that none of this diverse cast has any personality or flair. Literally stock backstories taken from fanfiction.com.

DepreceV2 posted...

2. The game rewards bad positions? Lol what? If anything people are stuck in lower ranks because of bad positioning. Positioning in Overwatch is one of the most important things.

Not really. What defines "skill" in overwatch is not movement, aim, or positioning. It's strictly timing your abilities.

DepreceV2 posted...

3. Easy? No. Call of Duty is easy. Battlefield is easy. Overwatch? It may not be CS:GO but it sure as hell isnt easy.

Tell that to all the Mercy mains. Games that are casual and easy appeal to more players, and that's kind of Blizzard's thing.
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even mediocre esports are guaranteed a lasting playerbase for a few years

Ivynn posted...

waifus

This just like with Street Fighter V, the game is shit but people are talking about it because of the new ass and boobs revealed a couple of days ago
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Funkydog posted...

The porn.

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Because hats.
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CrimsonRage posted...

Characters like Lucio, D.Va and Tracer have plenty of personality and flair. You probably just don't like them.

Actually Lucio is the only other exception.

Highwind07 posted...

What? out of positioning is easily punishable. Like you're a Rein that charged out of place and you get Mei walled or Sombra hacked. Even with abilities like Genji's Dash or Reaper's Wraith Form you can die from being surrounded by 2 or more enemies.

That's not bad positioning. That's bad timing of your ability.

Highwind07 posted...

And skill like skill for DPS characters are aiming and tracking, but I can agree with the abilities usage part.

Even a 12 year old can land headshots with 76. You can argue that pharah and junkrat have projectiles, but that takes only 2 or 3 hours to get used to.

I played the game up to level 94 and quit because it was no longer fun. when pressing E is the skill cap, I'd rather play something else.
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how is the pro scene for this game even doing

i feel like watching it would get boring really really fast
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thisisboris2 posted...

how is the pro scene for this game even doing

i feel like watching it would get boring really really fast

My friend who follows it says its imploding because the first official tournament was a flop and Blizzard doesnt know how to balance.
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Like, you can have fun playing it. It was designed to be that way. Blizzard deals in casual gaming, it's always been their thing since they drove WoW into the ground.

and yea I'm showing some salt over what I thought was a waste of my time. For me the replay value was so low I felt like I wasted my money.

But to say it's not an easy game is just covering your eyes. It wouldn't be so popular if it had a higher skill floor or ceiling.
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ZMythos posted...

Like, you can have fun playing it. It was designed to be that way. Blizzard deals in casual gaming, it's always been their thing since they drove WoW into the ground.

and yea I'm showing some salt over what I thought was a waste of my time. For me the replay value was so low I felt like I wasted my money.

But to say it's not an easy game is just covering your eyes. It wouldn't be so popular if it had a higher skill floor or ceiling.

Sorry but I still disagree about the skill thing. You can't take Mercy as an example and say it's easy. It's not super difficult by any means but you can't say it's easy. Mcree isn't easy. Genji isn't easy. Hanzo isn't easy. Widomaker isn't easy. Ana isn't easy. And that's just mechanically. Game sense is so important. I can argue it is even more important than in a game of super high skill such as CSGO. I can't say it's hard but you can't say it's easy either.
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