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Overwatch

I've bought Overwatch a few weeks ago and have been enjoying myself a lot with it. I was a huge fan of Team Fortress 2 and put a few hundred hours into it, and it's looking like Overwatch will command the same or more time all told. Plus it's a Blizzard game so it has to be at least pretty decent.

If you aren't familiar with the game, it's a team and class based first person shooter (closest comparison is definitely TEAM fortress 2). Being a class based shooter, a lot of the game is tied into character selection. There are 21 different character, which boast a lot of variety in abilities (think League or DOTA) while being sorted into general categories (attack, defense, tank, support). Playing the game successfully is bound in being able to play classes well and in knowing if and when to switch mid battle to counter your opponent.

Anyone else been playing a lot? If so I'm on the NA server a few nights a week and would love to group and play some.
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I wanted to play it until I saw the price. I have no faith that Blizzard wouldn't make me pay for the game over and over again via micro-transactions or expansions.
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So far they've said that new heroes will be free, but I would not at all be surprised to see one or more expansions down the line. The microtransactions are for cosmetics I believe so I don't think you need to be concerned about those.

Disclaimer: I haven't bought or played the game (I really suck at shooters) so I'm not that informed. I thought they did a very good job with the animated shorts though.
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So far the word is that all content updates will be 100% free, which is to justify the $40 up front price. No talk at all yet about expansions from what I've heard.


I should also note that if you're interested in variant play, you could always get a group together and decide to pick weird/interesting team compositions and see if you're able to win with them.
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I've been playing an hour or two on random nights and have been having a ton of fun. The maps are decent, I am only okay at aiming but there are several non-hitscan champs with reasonably high skill ceilings, and the overall feel is great (although the sounds are a bit cartoony). Microtransaction are only for cosmetics and having every champ available from the get-go feels great compared to the standard pay-to-unlock model that seems so common nowadays.

My bnet id is SirBruce#1576 if anyone wants to group up (NA).
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Awesome, I'll add you on my friend list.

My id is brickastley#11400 if anyone else plays and wants to add me as well. (NA)
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