In this 4 hour video essay I will explain-

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      16 days ago

      You will choose a quippy committee-designed waifu/husbando.

      You will commit to the battlepass and seasonal event FOMO.

      You will be happy.

        • Robert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]
          hexagon
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          16 days ago

          No, Overwatch is a Team Fortress 2 clone. Games like Smite/DotA/LoL have lanes and minion waves, also items to buff your character as the game progresses.

            • Robert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]
              hexagon
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              16 days ago

              Apparently not, but I mean you could kind of say this about any game that has had an imitator. MOBAs usually have a large roster, each with a variety of viable builds and team combinations that helps keep it fresh. DotA 2 still has 800k~ players a month and is 11 years old.

              • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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                16 days ago

                Yeah but this shit is so saturated now. There's tons of failed ones, too many to count, but publishers keep trying to push it for some reason

                • Robert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]
                  hexagon
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                  16 days ago

                  shrug-outta-hecks Probably because if you get a solid player base you can sell dozens of skins to whales at $15-$20 a pop. I fortunately don't have the urge to consoom and maybe buy a couple after I've played something for several years.

                • jaywalker [they/them, any]
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                  16 days ago

                  You didn't even know what genre it was at first. Sounds like you just want to complain.

  • Guamer [she/her]
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    16 days ago

    When Gabe said "Hope it was worth the wait", he was talking about DEI.

  • Wheaties [she/her]
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    16 days ago

    is this game any good? I've never gelled with a moba before and all the others have absurdly toxic playerbases, even by freeze-gamer standards

    • Robert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]
      hexagon
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      16 days ago

      I've only played a few matches but it's starting to grow on me, I played Paragon for a while and it's fairly similar except the map for Deadlock has a lot more tunnels and ways to come at people outside of the main lanes. There's technically voice enabled but I haven't heard anyone speak yet, I don't believe there's any text chat and that's probably for the best.

      • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee
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        16 days ago

        There definitely is a text chat, I've seen many streamers use it. It's easy to miss though because it shows up as small text near your avatar with your callouts.

    • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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      16 days ago

      Same, but I'm enjoying it.

      That will probably change when the meta solidifies, but right now everyone is new enough you can do whatever novel strategies and still be effective.

    • TheFinalCapitalist [he/him]
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      16 days ago

      Its the only moba that has actually been palatable to me, ive tried a few over the years but they never took. Deadlock tho got me in a chokehold

  • GaveUp [love/loves]
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    16 days ago

    What game is the gunplay closest to? I'd imagine it's more of a TF2/OW or a COD/Apex than CS/Valo right

    • Robert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]
      hexagon
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      16 days ago

      It's closer to OW yeah, everyone can dash/double jump and there are characters with high mobility teleports / floating in the air temporarily.