The Last Poster Wins! [v21]

[Chibi Altaria]

I really don't get this big deal about Overwatch. xD It's just some FPS team game, right?


Also my Christmas budget is usually $30 for my step siblings and general friends (if any). And then $50 on close friends and family. I'm upping it to around $75 this year for my mum, dad and step mum, though. They've been good to me. <3

[Neo Emolga]

I really don't get this big deal about Overwatch. xD It's just some FPS team game, right?

Well, the unique thing about Overwatch is that you can select a hero and every hero has different abilities, weapons, and stuff like that. There's a lot of different ways to play it and it has lots of interesting strategies, combos, and gameplay mechanics. Plus the character cast is quite a mix. You have the serious and stern types to the goofy and whimiscial types. Some people take it a bit too seriously, but overall, it's a fun and enjoyable team-based game to play with friends.

Speaking of which, the Overwatch Christmas event just started. :D

[Chibi Altaria]

Well, the unique thing about Overwatch is that you can select a hero and every hero has different abilities, weapons, and stuff like that. There's a lot of different ways to play it and it has lots of interesting strategies, combos, and gameplay mechanics. Plus the character cast is quite a mix. You have the serious and stern types to the goofy and whimiscial types. Some people take it a bit too seriously, but overall, it's a fun and enjoyable team-based game to play with friends.

Speaking of which, the Overwatch Christmas event just started. :D

I guess that's out for me then. xD I suck at FPS games (like terribly) and I don't really have friends to play it with anyway.

[Neo Emolga]

I guess that's out for me then. xD I suck at FPS games (like terribly) and I don't really have friends to play it with anyway.

Well, for a lot of the heroes, aiming your weapon isn't even as big of a thing (Overwatch definitely isn't one of those super-serious FPS games where you're royally screwed if you don't have the aiming and reaction time of a special forces soldier). Every hero offers a different way to help the team, and even if one hero doesn't quite feel right for you, try the others! I'll easily admit there are some heroes I'm just terrible at (here's looking at you, Junkrat!), but there's plenty of others that I can do well with.

In the meantime, Overwatch kind of has a rock, paper, scissors thing going on (or like the Pokemon type chart) where one hero will overpower another, but then not do well against a third. And that's there the teamwork component comes into play. If you work together to employ all of strengths of your heroes and overcome their weaknesses, you'll do great.

But overall, just have fun with it! Sometimes I like to play Tracer even though I'm just okay with her. It's fun to pester their snipers with her and distract the enemy team. It drives people crazy. Plus who doesn't love throwing sticky bombs on Bastion in turret form? It's all good fun.

[Chibi Altaria]

Well, for a lot of the heroes, aiming your weapon isn't even as big of a thing (Overwatch definitely isn't one of those super-serious FPS games where you're royally screwed if you don't have the aiming and reaction time of a special forces soldier). Every hero offers a different way to help the team, and even if one hero doesn't quite feel right for you, try the others! I'll easily admit there are some heroes I'm just terrible at (here's looking at you, Junkrat!), but there's plenty of others that I can do well with.

In the meantime, Overwatch kind of has a rock, paper, scissors thing going on (or like the Pokemon type chart) where one hero will overpower another, but then not do well against a third. And that's there the teamwork component comes into play. If you work together to employ all of strengths of your heroes and overcome their weaknesses, you'll do great.

But overall, just have fun with it! Sometimes I like to play Tracer even though I'm just okay with her. It's fun to pester their snipers with her and distract the enemy team. It drives people crazy. Plus who doesn't love throwing sticky bombs on Bastion in turret form? It's all good fun.

Oh...it sounds a little more forgiving then. xD Since I'm primarily on console I can't play FPS to save my life. And the few that I've tried I've been rather awful at, especially multiplayer games because the vets kill me in an instant. T^T I suppose it does help to have a team, though, and if everyone basically knows what they're doing it should be okay. Even if they aren't great. xD

I like that each player has advantages and weaknesses, too! That rounds things out a little more. I'd like to try the game honestly, just to see what all the hype is about. But I'm not going to buy it without a trial run first. I just don't know anyone that has it so I can play. xP

[Neo Emolga]

Oh...it sounds a little more forgiving then. xD Since I'm primarily on console I can't play FPS to save my life. And the few that I've tried I've been rather awful at, especially multiplayer games because the vets kill me in an instant. T^T I suppose it does help to have a team, though, and if everyone basically knows what they're doing it should be okay. Even if they aren't great. xD

I like that each player has advantages and weaknesses, too! That rounds things out a little more. I'd like to try the game honestly, just to see what all the hype is about. But I'm not going to buy it without a trial run first. I just don't know anyone that has it so I can play. xP

It's a lot more forgiving than some of the other FPS games I've played. Not to mention the game sets you up with players of similar skill, so usually you won't be dumped into games where vets will eat everyone in sight.

For example, I play D.Va a lot. You really don't need to be big on aiming with her either, since her mech guns fire in a spread formation and unless you're really close to your target, you're not going to do much damage to them anyway and it mostly functions as suppressing fire so other teammates can jump in and attack alongside you. Her mech can take quite a bit of damage (she's classified as a tank character, meaning she's meant to take on a lot of punishment and she's meant to be on the frontline of the fight), she can put up a defense matrix barrier in case you're taking a lot of gunfire, and she has a thruster which can provide a quick way to head to an objective, dash to cover, or even fly up to a better vantage point (it actually took me a while to realize she can fly upwards with this). Even when the mech is destroyed, she ejects herself and can fight on foot for a while, though she is quite fragile outside of the mech. As long as you fall back and attack from a distance, you'll be able to call in another mech and get back into the fray. Meanwhile, her ultimate ability is she can make her mech self-destruct, which creates a large blast radius. It isn't so great on maps that have a lot of cover, but if you catch the enemy team off guard and unprepared to deal with it, you can blow up quite a few people with it! I've gotten quite a few Plays of the Game doing this.

Some of the things you do need to watch out for while playing D.Va is while in mech form, she's a HUGE target. You will definitely eat sniper bullets from Widowmaker and Ana and lots of rockets from Pharah. If she gets surrounded and attacked from all angles, she's toast. She's also a bit on the slow side.

Some heroes will definitely "click" for you once you've played them for a while (you can test every hero and their abilities in a kind of training arena so you know how they work). Try all of them! Sometimes I play heroes I usually don't touch just for a fresh feel and to see if I discover any new neat strategies.