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| Posted: Wed, 18th May 2016 16:57 Post subject: |
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Well considering this is based off their canceled mmo, i'm guessing they used the characters & story from that?
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| Posted: Wed, 18th May 2016 19:39 Post subject: |
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| Yondaime wrote: | | Stormwolf wrote: | | Radicalus wrote: | | Very nice animation. Story made for preteens though. |
WHy is there even a story in this game? I don't get it. I tried the beta, and just figured the story must be just junk, it's an online multiplayer shooter for fuck sake, so i just skipped the cinematic  |
To build hype and product awareness. They understand that while gameplay mechanics may keep a gamer playing, the atmosphere of the game keeps people remembering the game. It's why TF2 was so easy to remember, all of its characters had their own personalities and quirks... Blizzard tries to do the same with Overwatch, you're not just playing a class with certain skills, you're playing a character too (or that's what they want you to feel). |
TF2 characters were funny, flawed, sometimes all sorts of funny evil or funny stupid.
Blizz characters of late, and especially this game, are stereotypes. VERY boring stereotypes, that take themselves VERY seriously.
The game evolved very nicely between the end of last year and the open beta, not question! (TF2 still miles ahead), but the atmosphere, lore and characters... laughable shit for children and safe-space hugging SJWtards.
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| Posted: Wed, 18th May 2016 20:08 Post subject: |
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| Radicalus wrote: |
Blizz characters of late, and especially this game, are stereotypes. VERY boring stereotypes, that take themselves VERY seriously.
The game evolved very nicely between the end of last year and the open beta, not question! (TF2 still miles ahead), but the atmosphere, lore and characters... laughable shit for children and safe-space hugging SJWtards. |
Good its not just me.
Playing it I didn't feel any "character" from the characters. Not that I need any to play a to-the-point arena shooter.
Just as much as they play up the characters in the commercials and videos (like shoving whats-her-face..the fast chick, down our throats). They all do seem flat and 2 dimensions.
Even her, other than "shes bubbly, and has an accent" she really has no character persona to speak of.
You can sum up her persona in "Friendly, bubbly, British chick".
And I never played TF2 but maybe an hour of it, but each character in it I can remember from the introduction videos had some depth as characters, and reasons, and quirks that made them relatable.
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| Posted: Thu, 19th May 2016 00:01 Post subject: |
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| DXWarlock wrote: | | Radicalus wrote: |
Blizz characters of late, and especially this game, are stereotypes. VERY boring stereotypes, that take themselves VERY seriously.
The game evolved very nicely between the end of last year and the open beta, not question! (TF2 still miles ahead), but the atmosphere, lore and characters... laughable shit for children and safe-space hugging SJWtards. |
Good its not just me.
Playing it I didn't feel any "character" from the characters. Not that I need any to play a to-the-point arena shooter.
Just as much as they play up the characters in the commercials and videos (like shoving whats-her-face..the fast chick, down our throats). They all do seem flat and 2 dimensions.
Even her, other than "shes bubbly, and has an accent" she really has no character persona to speak of.
You can sum up her persona in "Friendly, bubbly, British chick".
And I never played TF2 but maybe an hour of it, but each character in it I can remember from the introduction videos had some depth as characters, and reasons, and quirks that made them relatable. |
That is because Valve completely nailed it. Their characters are all full of life and fun - Portal 2 proved, how masterful they actually are in this. That game was fucking epic in this regard.
Whilst these Blizz characters are too safe. No risks. They came off an excel page - and obviously were designed in there, as well. No soul to them.
TF2 characters were quirky caricatures, and they never hesitated in adding lovable but so called bad traits to them.
And the TF2 world doesn't take itself seriously, yet works great for adults.
The Overwatch world takes itself extremely seriously, and doesn't work for adults - because it's too stupid for adults.
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| Posted: Thu, 19th May 2016 00:56 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 19th May 2016 16:40 Post subject: |
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The names are also super dumb and I am sure made by 6 years old after seeing their pictures.
RECONSTRUCTION:
-"Hey, Jakey. Your daddy lost his ouija board and he has to give names to these cute buddies so now you are his only hope to keep his job at Blizzard. Can you tell me how you will call this lady?"
-"Tracer, because she likes to trace butterflies!"
-"Good, good. What about this fella?"
-"McCree, because he looks like McRIB !"
-"Awesome, buddy! And this one?"
-"WinsTon, because he likes to win and is heavy!"
-"Great work! This strong guy?"
-"Soldier: 76, because he has a riffle and sees only in 76 FPS!"
-"Reinhardt, because he likes the rain!"
etc... etc...
The same kid probably wrote the story too.
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| Posted: Thu, 19th May 2016 17:11 Post subject: |
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The amount of hate in this thread ahah, In the end everyone will get this, and it will sell like hell, its a fun game, its refreshing in alot of ways, its also a good port on the pc, wich is rare these days, its easy to get into, and has a lot going for it, if its not your thing, i guess you can move on, but theres no denying this will be a sucess.
Even by tf2 standards, this game is great and imo way superior, i cannot play tf2 for more than 30 min or an hour at max, this i could play all day long, theres something about the gameplay that seems way more compeling and varied to me.
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| Posted: Thu, 19th May 2016 17:26 Post subject: |
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| PredOborG wrote: | The names are also super dumb and I am sure made by 6 years old after seeing their pictures.
RECONSTRUCTION:
-"Hey, Jakey. Your daddy lost his ouija board and he has to give names to these cute buddies so now you are his only hope to keep his job at Blizzard. Can you tell me how you will call this lady?"
-"Tracer, because she likes to trace butterflies!"
-"Good, good. What about this fella?"
-"McCree, because he looks like McRIB !"
-"Awesome, buddy! And this one?"
-"WinsTon, because he likes to win and is heavy!"
-"Great work! This strong guy?"
-"Soldier: 76, because he has a riffle and sees only in 76 FPS!"
-"Reinhardt, because he likes the rain!"
etc... etc...
The same kid probably wrote the story too. |
Really? You pull THAT argument? If anything, the names in Overwatch are NOT based on the abilities/looks. More like:
RECONSTRUCTION:
-"Hey, Jakey. Your daddy lost his ouija board and he has to give names to these cute buddies so now you are his only hope to keep his job at Valve. Can you tell me how you will call this man?"
-"Soldier, because he is a soldier!!"
-"Good, good. What about this fella?"
- Medic, because he's a medic!"
-"Awesome, buddy! And this one?"
-"Spy, because he is a spy!"
-"Great work! This strong guy?"
-"Heavy, because he's heavy!!"
-"Engineer, because he builds stuff!"
etc
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| Posted: Thu, 19th May 2016 18:32 Post subject: |
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Yeah, better find names that are hardly to remember and have nothing in common with the char hurrdurr
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| Posted: Thu, 19th May 2016 18:54 Post subject: |
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| Neon wrote: | | PredOborG wrote: | The names are also super dumb and I am sure made by 6 years old after seeing their pictures.
RECONSTRUCTION:
-"Hey, Jakey. Your daddy lost his ouija board and he has to give names to these cute buddies so now you are his only hope to keep his job at Blizzard. Can you tell me how you will call this lady?"
-"Tracer, because she likes to trace butterflies!"
-"Good, good. What about this fella?"
-"McCree, because he looks like McRIB !"
-"Awesome, buddy! And this one?"
-"WinsTon, because he likes to win and is heavy!"
-"Great work! This strong guy?"
-"Soldier: 76, because he has a riffle and sees only in 76 FPS!"
-"Reinhardt, because he likes the rain!"
etc... etc...
The same kid probably wrote the story too. |
Really? You pull THAT argument? If anything, the names in Overwatch are NOT based on the abilities/looks. More like:
RECONSTRUCTION:
-"Hey, Jakey. Your daddy lost his ouija board and he has to give names to these cute buddies so now you are his only hope to keep his job at Valve. Can you tell me how you will call this man?"
-"Soldier, because he is a soldier!!"
-"Good, good. What about this fella?"
- Medic, because he's a medic!"
-"Awesome, buddy! And this one?"
-"Spy, because he is a spy!"
-"Great work! This strong guy?"
-"Heavy, because he's heavy!!"
-"Engineer, because he builds stuff!"
etc |
Good thing you post this, because it shines a light on the irony of the situation.
In TF2 classes don't have names, yet they have a lot more personality than named characters in Overwatch. Well done, Valve. Epic fail, Blizz.
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| Posted: Thu, 19th May 2016 19:01 Post subject: |
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o.O
How long has Valve had to develop the characters in TF2? And how long has Blizzard?
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| Posted: Thu, 19th May 2016 20:01 Post subject: |
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| vaifan1986 wrote: | o.O
How long has Valve had to develop the characters in TF2? And how long has Blizzard? |
I'm sure there is point in there somewhere, I just don't see it. In other words ... how exactly is that relevant?
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| Posted: Thu, 19th May 2016 20:05 Post subject: |
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Valva "developed" the personality of the classes over the years, with the class specific videos and also with those community events, comics etc etc, they weren't there from the beginning. At least not as strong as it is "now".
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| Posted: Thu, 19th May 2016 20:31 Post subject: |
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Time will not make the Overwatch characters better. The core design is boring.
The shooter underneath, aka the gameplay is not bad. The fluff is.
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| Posted: Thu, 19th May 2016 22:13 Post subject: |
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Dude, i repeat myself:
WHO THE FUCK cares about characters stories in this multiplayer game?
Play a RPG if you want a nice background story and stop polluting this thread!
Thanks and bye.
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| Posted: Fri, 20th May 2016 14:33 Post subject: |
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Can't wait for this funny enough. Didn't watch any of the cinematic or stories about the characters. Just loved the beta.
TF2 I played a few times but it never gripped me. This however had me playing the beta every night when I had some time till deep in the night.
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| Posted: Fri, 20th May 2016 18:06 Post subject: |
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Yep.
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