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Overwatch vs Paladins vs Battleborn vs Gigantic
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TheGhostSix
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Overwatch looks like the best of them IMO.
Also, shouldn't Lawbreakers be here?
Also, shouldn't Lawbreakers be here?
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
Overwatch will be the only successful one and that's only because of Blizzard being attached to it.
AntiFacebook
Member
I've only heard about Overwatch.
It is a blizzard game,so it is obviously going to be great.
It is a blizzard game,so it is obviously going to be great.
TheAutomator
Banned
Paladins is pretty good.
Can't speak about the other games because I haven't played them yet.
Can't speak about the other games because I haven't played them yet.
Leafhopper
Banned
Overwatch is an FPS.
Battleborn looks kinda eh to me. What I played of Gigantic is fun. Paladins looks cool.
I don't know if Paladins is one either.
Then again I explained many times why MOBA is a bad term.
Battleborn looks kinda eh to me. What I played of Gigantic is fun. Paladins looks cool.
I don't know if Paladins is one either.
Then again I explained many times why MOBA is a bad term.
uncleniccius
Member
Isn't Paragon a better thing to compare with than Overwatch?
fluffydelusions
Member
Helps that the game is pretty fun too...
The Dutch Slayer
Member
And STOP calling Battleborn a moba because its not.
Its a Borderlands game with more characters and a separate MP MODE,
Game has full SP campaign and can be played full co-op 4 player just like BL.
Its a Borderlands game with more characters and a separate MP MODE,
Game has full SP campaign and can be played full co-op 4 player just like BL.
Who is calling it a MOBA?
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
There are plenty of fun games that aren't successful
Seriously? Shit, either they're marketing it badly or I'm not paying enough attention (probably the latter tbh). I was convinced it was another me2 MOBA FPS. That's great to hear.
Dougieflesh
Member
Overwatch is the only guaranteed one to be successful. Gigantic might if MS markets it enough.
But no one cares about Battleborn no matter how hobby grade it is. Especially not the SP.
Good point
I'd say the fact that no one actually knows what kind of games these are says a lot about the individual marketing for each title and how bad of a job their doing.
Xamtheking
Member
Battleborn is being marketed using only the MP mode right now, and Incursion, one of said MP modes, is a MOBA.
Battleborn has lanes, creeps, and bases to conquer in the MP. It's a MOBA.
Xamtheking
Member
Mario Galaxy for life
ashecitism
Member
I made thread about this not so long ago. Basically people lump them together and compare them even though they're not really comparable.
That said Overwatch will the most successful of out these.
LawBreakers is more arena shooter than these. There's more emphasis on movement and verticality.
It has 3 MP modes btw, two of which have creeps and lanes.
That said Overwatch will the most successful of out these.
LawBreakers is more arena shooter than these. There's more emphasis on movement and verticality.
It has 3 MP modes btw, two of which have creeps and lanes.
Overwatch is the only one that looks like it has its own identity and I'm genuinely excited to play it
The other games, particularly Battleborn, just look so generic and scream "design by committee" to me.
2K/Gearbox has been marketing the MOBA mode of the game far more than the single player, so it's not really surprising that people are confused. I feel like that game is a master-class of poor marketing decisions.
The other games, particularly Battleborn, just look so generic and scream "design by committee" to me.
2K/Gearbox has been marketing the MOBA mode of the game far more than the single player, so it's not really surprising that people are confused. I feel like that game is a master-class of poor marketing decisions.
dead monkey uk
Member
I think Gearbox are going to regret not using the Borderlands Characters and World in Battleborn.
When someone breaks out how hobby grade the game is you know they are doing a bad job.
texhnolyze
Banned
I voted for Shovel Knight.
It was easy.
It was easy.
For the fellow Braid voters I can recommend the Jonathan Blow interview by Brainy Gamer: http://www.brainygamer.com/the_brainy_gamer/2011/08/brainy-gamer-podcast-episode-35-pt-3.html
He talks about his upcoming game The Witness that is slated for 2012
He talks about his upcoming game The Witness that is slated for 2012
AmethystEnd
Member
Fucking lol, that poll.
Real talk though, Shovel Knight.
Real talk though, Shovel Knight.
drotahorror
Member
I'm most looking forward to in this order -
Overwatch, Paladins, Paragon, Gigantic = Battleborn.
I've played Gigantic and Battleborn and not sure I'd invest much time into them, but they were both ok.
Overwatch, Paladins, Paragon, Gigantic = Battleborn.
I've played Gigantic and Battleborn and not sure I'd invest much time into them, but they were both ok.
ODDI
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funkystudent
Member
I am interested in Overwatch and looking at how Paragon shapes up.
For whatever reason I have no interest in Battleborn. That game is white noise to me and I am not sure exactly why. Maybe the pushy marketing machine behind it ala what happened to Evolve got to me. I dunno. We dont even have some corners of the press banging a drum about Battleborn like we did Evolve though.
For whatever reason I have no interest in Battleborn. That game is white noise to me and I am not sure exactly why. Maybe the pushy marketing machine behind it ala what happened to Evolve got to me. I dunno. We dont even have some corners of the press banging a drum about Battleborn like we did Evolve though.
So, to cover a few differences here.
Overwatch: This game plays like TF2, except that there are way more characters, and the characters have an ability loadout like a MOBA character would (three regular abilities plus an ultimate). There's no leveling or MOBA like objectives however.
Battleborn: This game has MOBA like character leveling, but you start with most of your abilities and power them up a lot more than a normal MOBA. The only one you don't start with is the ultimate, which you choose. This is even true in """campaign mode""", where you start over each stage from a leveling perspective, but that involves 5 player co-op levels that are like playing through a pretty standard Borderlands fort area. There's also out of game leveling in the style of the rune page from League of Legends. The multiplayer modes are pretty varied from a MOBA like mode, MOBA-inspired modes that play pretty differently, and more straightforward traditional shooter modes.
Paragon: This is a pretty traditional MOBA, but from a third person perspective and some additional mechanics. It's more like what you'd think of as an adaptation of a MOBA into a third person shooter instead of the new takes common to many of these other titles.
Gigantic: This reminds me the most of what would happen if you took Korean MMO PvP and peppered in a fair amount of MOBA sensibilities. I don't mean that as a negative since I'm sure most of you will take that as a negative.
I never actually looked into Paladins.
Overwatch: This game plays like TF2, except that there are way more characters, and the characters have an ability loadout like a MOBA character would (three regular abilities plus an ultimate). There's no leveling or MOBA like objectives however.
Battleborn: This game has MOBA like character leveling, but you start with most of your abilities and power them up a lot more than a normal MOBA. The only one you don't start with is the ultimate, which you choose. This is even true in """campaign mode""", where you start over each stage from a leveling perspective, but that involves 5 player co-op levels that are like playing through a pretty standard Borderlands fort area. There's also out of game leveling in the style of the rune page from League of Legends. The multiplayer modes are pretty varied from a MOBA like mode, MOBA-inspired modes that play pretty differently, and more straightforward traditional shooter modes.
Paragon: This is a pretty traditional MOBA, but from a third person perspective and some additional mechanics. It's more like what you'd think of as an adaptation of a MOBA into a third person shooter instead of the new takes common to many of these other titles.
Gigantic: This reminds me the most of what would happen if you took Korean MMO PvP and peppered in a fair amount of MOBA sensibilities. I don't mean that as a negative since I'm sure most of you will take that as a negative.
I never actually looked into Paladins.
ashecitism
Member
When I watched Overwatch, looking at the ultimates, it reminded me a bit of fighters where you have to fill it up to use it.
Also, does Battleborn's SP have a narrative or is it just scenarios? It's launching in May and still no details about it. Baffling.
As for Paladins from what I followed it seems to be a bit over the place atm.
It has a full plotline a la Borderlands where the NPCs talk at you constantly over the radio.
AntiFacebook
Member
What's up with this poll? The mods are trolling again?
It's a joke to emphasize the fact that Overwatch, Paladins, Battleborn and Gigantic are very different games and it's not really fair to compare them.
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