[quote=@POOHEAD189] It's not an amazingly designed game, its competently designed game. Which is something to be expected.[/quote] The visual and audio reinforcement and cues alone are above just 'competent' to me. Something as seemingly insignificant as the design on, say, Zenyatta's abilities having the 'plus' and 'minus' on the illustration of his orbs is a sign of great visual design. The way each character has distinct footsteps is great audio design. The way it presents information to the player without cluttering up the screen is great interface design. There are countless little touches that all come together to make everything just work. Overwatch is many things and it's not a game for everyone but it's an amazingly designed game. It's telling that the year of games so far has been defined by great improvements and modernization of older games, like DOOM, Stardew Valley, and, sure, Overwatch. [quote]And I play both battleborn and overwatch. Other than the 5-6 man teams, similar gameplay, 3-4 unique special attacks, similar designs....well...huh, I guess the main difference is that Overwatch uses checkpoints to win games and Battleborn has league of legends minions. And yeah, TF2 is also literally what Overwatch is in so many ways.[/quote] Saying Overwatch and Battleborn have similar gameplay is like saying Civilization and Starcraft have similar gameplay because they both fall under the strategy umbrella. Battleborn is a fundamentally different game and is lacking the polish and solid design that Overwatch has. Not to mention the player base. Battleborn is 2016's Evolve. Battleborn is literally a first person MOBA. Overwatch is a first person team based shooter. The similarities of both games having heroes and counters doesn't put them on the same track. [quote]Don't get me wrong, I am enjoying Overwatch. I played some today before work and I'll play some tonight. But it's [u]immensely[/u] overrated imo. It's a solid game, not an incredible one. [/quote] Well I mean it's the second best game to come out this year but that's just my opinion [quote=@Mateotis] To make the case specific and a little more bitchy... No, you panicking idiots. LoL is nowhere [i]near[/i] dead. Not because of what Riot's doing, not because of Overwatch, not because of anything. [b]It's still, by far, the largest and most popular game in the world.[/b] [/quote] God that is depressing.