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    Nearly 10 million gamers enjoyed the Overwatch Open Beta

    A record for Blizzard. And it was more popular than Star Wars: Battlefront and The Division.
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    Re: Nearly 10 million gamers enjoyed the Overwatch Open Beta

    I'll be buying this at the end of the month.

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    Re: Nearly 10 million gamers enjoyed the Overwatch Open Beta

    Considering the numbers I've not seen much discussion on the game, and the youtube clips just make it look overly complicated to me.

    Think the open beta got such interest simply because it's Blizzard?

    I'd consider it as an alternative to TF2, which I haven't played for years, but isn't it €60 compared to free?

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    Re: Nearly 10 million gamers enjoyed the Overwatch Open Beta

    It is basically TF2, I played the beta, it's quite streamlined, but it is the same.

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    Re: Nearly 10 million gamers enjoyed the Overwatch Open Beta

    I had a pretty fun time with the Overwatch beta. It is indeed somewhat similar to TF2 mixed with moba style characters. That said, I personally can't stand TF2 and I had a fun time with Overwatch. Perhaps due to the much lower TTK, its not quite COD pacing, but its that sort of speed, and the characters all seem fun, even the supports when playing with pugs.

    Make no mistake, it's being overhyped, its not the godkiller some people are making it out to be, but it is still a very fun game. I'll probably buy it, but not until after it releases. I had 0 issues with the beta anyway, ran well and played well, but release can always be a strange beast, and I don't really like preordering anyway, thankfully the preorder bonuses are just cosmetics I don't care about, so thats all good.

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    Re: Nearly 10 million gamers enjoyed the Overwatch Open Beta

    Seems like a rip-off of a popular Free MMO game ... can't quite remember the name ... oh S4 League!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_n23fjBWCc

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    Re: Nearly 10 million gamers enjoyed the Overwatch Open Beta

    I was one of those that didn't enjoy it, so make that 9.999.999 gamers

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    Re: Nearly 10 million gamers enjoyed the Overwatch Open Beta

    Quote Originally Posted by davesom555 View Post
    It is basically TF2, I played the beta, it's quite streamlined, but it is the same.
    Sort of - its more like TF2 when it was a paid for game (without the silly hats and other F2P stuff that ruined the game), but with more classes and more depth.

    I had a lot of fun in the beta and am looking forward to release. The fact it's not F2P is a huge advantage (and quite refreshing these days for a multiplayer game) - every class/character/map is available to everyone, with the only unlockables being minor character customisations that have no effect on gameplay. Should be a good competitive game, and we already know that Bliz have committed to free updates (new maps, heroes).

    It's going to be a long 2 weeks but luckily have Doom to fill in the gap

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    Re: Nearly 10 million gamers enjoyed the Overwatch Open Beta

    And here I thought Overwatch was a feature in CS:GO...

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