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Images leak of Valve's next game, and it's an Overwatch-style hero shooter (www.eurogamer.net)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world
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Though the way the leaker describes it makes it sound more like a 3rd person MOBA than a hero shooter.

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[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I'm just curious why Valve looked at the oversaturated hero shooter market (seriously, we've had failures 8 years ago now) and said "Oh yeah, let's devote our resources there"

edit: Like, I seriously can't understand it. Not even Blizzard is coming out unscathed from Overwatch 2.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not even Blizzard is coming out unscathed from Overwatch 2.

Overwatch 2 didn't fall because it's a hero shooter

[–] Peffse@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

this is where you say "It failed because...."

My assertion was that it was an imperfect hero shooter among many hero shooters. The more competition, the harder it is to enter a game.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

this is where you say "It failed because...."

Gestures broadly

Not really my responsibility to make an argument for you. Of all the reasons Overwatch 2 might not have performed well, it being a Hero Shooter doesn't have any strong evidence and you didn't provide anything showing that was the reason.

One could argue Overwatch 2 being a Hero Shooter is why it didn't perform worse than it already has, given its problems.

[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)
[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

  1. Blizzard is bad at balancing the game - could be true of any game, doesn't have to be a shooter

  2. Blizzard cancels promised mode - Blizzard being bad at design and following through on promises.

  3. See 1.

  4. Forcing a game to become the sequel, not making meaningful changes other than monetization

  5. See 1

  6. Blizzard made a bad game

None of these are a result of Overwatch 2 being a shooter, and all of them are a result of Blizzard being shit at making quality games, caring about players, and following through on promises. So thank you, you have done a fantastic job demonstrating that Overwatch 2 being a shooter is not the reason it didn't perform well.