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[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago

Which one of you is this

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Aren't people tired of Overwatch clones yet

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is more like Smite than Overwatch.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wasn't Overwatch just a Smite clone

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Then aren't people tired of that

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

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

[–] sisatici@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

Lol is the most played online game so no

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

You're asking if people are tired of a gemre? Weird

[–] Guamer@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago

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

[–] sweatersocialist@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

most excellent, this has upset me and now i have permission to have a heated gamer moment.

[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month 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@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month 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.

[–] MarxGuns@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Err, where are the Hexbear invites to the play test at?

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I need your friend code and can send you an invite. Awoo did one a few weeks ago though.

[–] MarxGuns@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

I sent you a DM

[–] ProgAimerGirl@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ooh can you do me too? missed the thread last time. gimme thumbs up and i'll dm you

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah DM me your friend code.

[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

I've never played Team Fortress.