Syphon Filter
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that's weird, especially coming from blizzard. I thought it would be left there for years at least.
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Overwatch 1 shuts down October 2nd
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
GAAS stands for...?
Games like Overwatch, League of Legends, Wow... are Game-as-a-Service (GaaS) because you may have the client part but not the server part which is only provided as a service.
Games as a Sproduct
0neAnd0nly
Member
This is super lame and Anti-Gamer / Consumer. Remember this BS people.
I don't own Overwatch but was impressed when I played it at one of my friends house who worked with me doing game reviews back around launch. Solid shooter, but all the BS around it turned me away pretty hard.
I don't own Overwatch but was impressed when I played it at one of my friends house who worked with me doing game reviews back around launch. Solid shooter, but all the BS around it turned me away pretty hard.
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Horatius
Member
based on this thread, they gotta clean up their marketing because people are still confused about what's happening to the game. whole communication/decision making about this has been retarded from the start.
but this isn't them killing servers or anything, overwatch isn't really going away, it's becoming overwatch 2, which is free for the same multiplayer component that is the entirety of overwatch 1. it's basically a big 2.0 patch rather than a new game.
that includes keeping all the cosmetics etc. unlocked already in ow1, they all stay
but this isn't them killing servers or anything, overwatch isn't really going away, it's becoming overwatch 2, which is free for the same multiplayer component that is the entirety of overwatch 1. it's basically a big 2.0 patch rather than a new game.
that includes keeping all the cosmetics etc. unlocked already in ow1, they all stay
Makoto-Yuki
Banned
looking forward to overwatch 2. not buying the watchpoint pack though. i'll just buy the battle pass individually each season.
reinking
Gold Member
That is the problem. Video games are becoming a service.
Paltheos
Member
Not a fan of this kind of thing in principle. Games that are server-reliant should shut down only when the cost of running them exceeds the revenue generated from operating them. "My way or the highway" to the playerbase is pretty damn rude.
That said, not that Overwatch's community hasn't given incentive - They've been bitching about lack of new content for years. This wasn't a big deal for me. I just enjoyed playing the game however many hundreds of hours I put in.
To go on more of a tangent, I quit playing... around a year ago, not because I wasn't having fun anymore but because I'd gotten about everything I could meaningfully get out of the experience imo and I'd weighed the ratio of good times/bad times to just not be worth it for greener pastures. I've wondered if more content would have kept me around longer.
That said, not that Overwatch's community hasn't given incentive - They've been bitching about lack of new content for years. This wasn't a big deal for me. I just enjoyed playing the game however many hundreds of hours I put in.
To go on more of a tangent, I quit playing... around a year ago, not because I wasn't having fun anymore but because I'd gotten about everything I could meaningfully get out of the experience imo and I'd weighed the ratio of good times/bad times to just not be worth it for greener pastures. I've wondered if more content would have kept me around longer.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Battle Royale happened.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
gotta funnel people into the new game and charge for characters this time
Sp3eD
0G M3mbeR
As a huge fan of the first game I actually applaud them doing this. Making the player base bigger while likely giving the 6 v 6 people a permanent mode in arcade is infinitely better then having a bunch of sad sack bitter douche bags sit in the first game as some walled off community. As somebody said above, overwatch 1 to 2 isn't really a set the world on fire ultra different experience and let's face it, the game people bought as overwatch 1 back in 2016 isn't anywhere close to what OW1 is now in 2022. You can't go back to multiple same hero picks (unless that mode is active in arcade) and the original characters stats like overpowered tracer and crazy shield bastion flat out don't exist.
They are giving old and new players a free route and promises of new content in doing what they did from 2016 - 2020, refine the game for better or worse. Let the first game die.
They are giving old and new players a free route and promises of new content in doing what they did from 2016 - 2020, refine the game for better or worse. Let the first game die.
BlackTron
Member
There were even Lego sets. I liked the game too. They just managed it horribly. They became weirdly focused on esports tweaking instead of just making and supporting a game. I think it could have been a lot bigger. The fact that OW2 has team size of 5 just confirms they are doubling down on their esports balancing obsession and not moving back towards what made the game good in the beginning.
eastcoastkody
Member
bought it for 15bux. enjoyed it. then they started that queue thing where u could only pick certain characters instead of picking whoever u want....and grew to hate the game and stopped playing
March Climber
Gold Member
There is no such thing. Overwatch is Overwatch. This is Overwatch's latest big update.
rubenburgt
Member
Never in my life have I seen such a mismanaged franchise as overwatch.
Bad balancing.
Balls deep in esport.
Witholding content to work in a "sequel".
Release half of the "sequel".
Label an update as a "sequel".
Essentially removing the first game.
I really don't expect the "sequel" to do well.
Bad balancing.
Balls deep in esport.
Witholding content to work in a "sequel".
Release half of the "sequel".
Label an update as a "sequel".
Essentially removing the first game.
I really don't expect the "sequel" to do well.
The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
Some are more driven by it than other people.
I am not you. Accept it or don't I don't care.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Don't care what the marketing dudes say, it's still a product.
Are you fine with those kind of practices? Paying full price for a game and getting it taken away from you?
Winter John
Member
What happened was Blizzard started catering the game towards the pro players and in the process they turned what was originally a casual, good time game into a miserable pit of raging try-hards.
Aressa
You can't die before your death
Woke, lootboxes and greed happened.
Winter John
Member
Woke? I've played the game since the beta and I never once heard Peggy McIntosh screaming at newbs to change their role
drhankmccoyphd
Member
I'm kinda annoyed by this. I bought 2 copies on ps4 and pc and that game I bought just goes away? Do I at least get a discount on 2?
DryvBy
Member
I mean, they're remastering it and calling it 2 so it's gonna be ok.
DryvBy
Member
I mean, they're remastering it and calling it 2 so it's
The 2nd one is f2p with lot of new and exciting microtransactions.
Big-G
Member
I'm getting really tired of game developers catering thier entire game to esports. That's ignoring the vast majority of your user base, it doesn't make much sense to me.
Locking heroes high on the season pass is the most egregious thing any high profile F2P has done, Halo Infinite doesn't even lock abilities into it's awful season pass. Nor does Rainbow 6 Siege, as least you can earn their banana bucks through play to unlock heroes, if Blizzard had to do a shitty system they should have went with that.
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Fuz
Banned
It's what killed OW.
Fuz
Banned
Like, "I ate a bowl of beans and onions salad and now I have GAAS".
Heimdall_Xtreme
Banned
Not really , since you had the experience of being at a concert.
CherryFalls
Banned
Imagine if Beethoven left after an hour, and told you if you want to carry on listening, pay another 100 at a different location for Beethoven 2
Cyberpunkd
Banned
Are you telling me it's worse than LoL?
Dregnel
Member
Jennings
Member
Okay, but I meant all the things I've already unlocked. All my skins and voices and stuff. I should Google and make all my stuff gets carried over and not simply deleted out of hand when they transition existing players from OW 1 to 2.you can only buy rare or epic non-event skins with OW1 coins.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
False.
The game crashed immediately after Fortnite hit console and became the phenomenon it was/is. There's no reason to suggest Blizzard shifted it from a casual game to a competitive game right as Fortnite launched.
It's not a marketing term. It's a classification.
All games get taken away from us. Hardware failure, boredom, indifference...no game lasts forever. Overwatch simply lasted longer than most.
I had the experience of playing an enjoyable game. Only the game didn't leave after 3 hours...I can still experience it today, and likely for the next few years.
Elysium712
Neo Member
The most based OW hater
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
No, it's a scam. They are selling you the game as a product (asking 60€ for it) and then trying to make it pass for a service. while having the audacity of trying to do the same a second time with Overwatch 2.
Sorry but I don't have any respect for people who are fine with this. Like imagine having a shelf full of games you can't play, who wan't that?
Look at games like WoW or LoL. Those games are services since they don't ask you any money for downloading the client. You pay for either the time you are enjoying the service (like a concert) or for some added stuff like skins or whatever.
Speak for yourself lol. Games like DOOM from fucking 1993 still have a community, one which will probably last much longer than Overwatch's.
The_Observer
Member
So sad. Please cancel Overwatch 2 so I can be even more sad
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Overwatch 2 is free to play.
You misunderstand. Doom has zero interest to me and basically everyone else on planet earth. It's essentially garbage. I'll never play it again. Overwatch 2 will still be played by millions of gamers.
Elysium712
Neo Member
Doom is garbage? What the fuck did I just read?
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Cool, didn't know that. Still, this situation with OW 1 is a total scam.
Fuck off.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Yes. It's laughably terrible. Which is why no one plays it today.
What's the scam? Overwatch 2 is free to play and everyone's skins and emotes are transfering over from O1. Literally no scam.
Truth has to matter.Fuck off.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
You are a fool who doesn't knwo what he's talking about. Google a bit about the WAD scene or the Cacoawards if you are really interested.
Paid products (specially those at a high price) should never be taken away from the customer.
Truth matters yeah. Your opinion about DOOM being garbage doesn't.
Elysium712
Neo Member
Bruh, what? People still play the classic DOOM games to this very day. The games still have a very active modding scene too.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
There are 836,000 times more people playing Overwatch today than Doom.
"Very active" isn't 7 people.
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