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PayPalOverwatch is back? Overwatch is back! They're ditching the silly "2", along with adding a whole lot of new heroes and other major upgrades.
Announced during Overwatch Spotlight they've revealed that they're going to be telling a "multi-faceted, fully-connected story across the entire year" across 6 seasons. 10 new heroes will be joining the game, with the first 5 when Season 1 launches on February 10th.
They said that there will be constant updates to maps, new artwork and more with this story arc giving a new cinematic that then unfolds through: Motion Comics, In-game events, New Voice Lines, Animated Hero Trailers and Short Stories.
And they plan to bring major updates every year. To help with this there's going to be a big UI refresh too, so Overwatch will return with a brand new look as well. In addition to all that, they're also dividing heroes into sub-roles that have different perks.
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Overwatch works really nicely on Linux and has done for a long time, apart from small blips here and there which usually get solved quite quickly. Hopefully such a big update won't come with other problems so we can continue gaming on Linux.
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What is "silly" is what they did to Overwatch (the first one). I think I will never understand that move.
And about Blizzard as a whole, where is Warcraft IV? WoW II? Starcraft III?
And about Blizzard as a whole, where is Warcraft IV? WoW II? Starcraft III?
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Serious_Table 3 days ago
Quoting: CyrilWhat is "silly" is what they did to Overwatch (the first one). I think I will never understand that move.You won't be getting a Warcraft IV ever; that's what World of Warcraft was/is.
And about Blizzard as a whole, where is Warcraft IV? WoW II? Starcraft III?
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Quoting: Serious_TableBut... it's not, WoW isn't an RTS and never will. We can't reduce a game solely on its lore, it's bullshit.Quoting: CyrilWhat is "silly" is what they did to Overwatch (the first one). I think I will never understand that move.You won't be getting a Warcraft IV ever; that's what World of Warcraft was/is.
And about Blizzard as a whole, where is Warcraft IV? WoW II? Starcraft III?
Don't you think it's sad?
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Mohandevir 3 days ago
*Start of sarcasm*
What?! No anti-cheat issues on Linux?! Unbelievable!"
*End of sarcasm*
What?! No anti-cheat issues on Linux?! Unbelievable!"
*End of sarcasm*
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Serious_Table 3 days ago
Quoting: CyrilWe shouldn't be able to just reduce a game to its lore, but as is, that's what Blizzard has done. World of Warcraft is doing better than any singular Warcraft game did, so they aren't incentivized to go and do another. And the Warcraft team is basically wholly focused on WoW (and occasionally Hearthstone, but that's firmly intrenched in the "tangentially related" category).Quoting: Serious_TableBut... it's not, WoW isn't an RTS and never will. We can't reduce a game solely on its lore, it's bullshit.Quoting: CyrilWhat is "silly" is what they did to Overwatch (the first one). I think I will never understand that move.You won't be getting a Warcraft IV ever; that's what World of Warcraft was/is.
And about Blizzard as a whole, where is Warcraft IV? WoW II? Starcraft III?
Don't you think it's sad?
A Starcraft 3 is more likely as an RTS entry, in this day and age. Especially with Microsoft as their overlords and breathing down their necks.
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Some real Weekend at Bernie's parading around the soulless husk of something vibe going on with OW.
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Linux_Rocks 2 days ago
Can we stamp return to sender on Overwatch?
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As long as there's no 2 tanks, the game is dead. But it will never live...
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I will give Blizzard one thing.. their anti-cheat is mostly server side and the bits client side doesn't require kernel access and should be the standard way to implement anti-cheat as they do with their Warden setup
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Quoting: tohurI will give Blizzard one thing.. their anti-cheat is mostly server side and the bits client side doesn't require kernel access and should be the standard way to implement anti-cheat as they do with their Warden setupYeah I agree, even if I forgot about it... but at the time I was playing Diablo III on Linux I never had issues on that side, what a pleasure! Even though I don't like their constant internet connection DRM.
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Quoting: Serious_TableThinking about WarCraft... an RTS WC4 is probably a production liability for Blizzard. Would make less than some WoW tokens or WoW mount or whatever, would cost much, MUCH more to make, would throw a wrench into the WoW content dev cycle, such as it is. It can't be a sequel to WC3, we already got that and the years of slop that followed it, it can't exactly be slotted into the WoW story, and it wouldn't be fun if it were some side-thing that WoW mostly ignores so there's a path forward for a WC5 should they want to ever make that. It's, like, work, man.Quoting: CyrilWe shouldn't be able to just reduce a game to its lore, but as is, that's what Blizzard has done. World of Warcraft is doing better than any singular Warcraft game did, so they aren't incentivized to go and do another. And the Warcraft team is basically wholly focused on WoW (and occasionally Hearthstone, but that's firmly intrenched in the "tangentially related" category).Quoting: Serious_TableBut... it's not, WoW isn't an RTS and never will. We can't reduce a game solely on its lore, it's bullshit.Quoting: CyrilWhat is "silly" is what they did to Overwatch (the first one). I think I will never understand that move.You won't be getting a Warcraft IV ever; that's what World of Warcraft was/is.
And about Blizzard as a whole, where is Warcraft IV? WoW II? Starcraft III?
Don't you think it's sad?
A Starcraft 3 is more likely as an RTS entry, in this day and age. Especially with Microsoft as their overlords and breathing down their necks.
Not to mention I no longer trust Blizzard to make a decent game. 6 years they've been trying to remake WC3 into what that game was at launch. And failing. Perhaps the best WarCraft 4 is no WarCraft 4.
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Quoting: Serious_TableNor a Starcraft III, the story arc of the characters is topped, but they could try and fit characters into other game genres based on characters orher than those featured in the first games and expansions, similar to what Nova tried to do (to end up using the character in the same genre, with a totally different story development).Quoting: CyrilWhat is "silly" is what they did to Overwatch (the first one). I think I will never understand that move.You won't be getting a Warcraft IV ever; that's what World of Warcraft was/is.
And about Blizzard as a whole, where is Warcraft IV? WoW II? Starcraft III?
From a stealth shooter (FP|TP) game akin to thief or Hitman, to a game similar to Spece Marine or Helldivers, An Alien Isolation-like MOB-survivor game featuring Terran on an invaded outpost escaping the Zerg, parallel to or just previous to the events in the main Story. There are many things that could be done under the SC IP. He'll even a souls-like action/adventure title having you be one of the different Proton classes (a la Zeratul and Tassadar venturing to know the full scope of the Kalah), or even a Terran scientist a la Tomb Raider/Uncharted... (but I digress)
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