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CharlesReed, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 18th
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Diablo 3: Season 32 and Diablo 4: Season 5 shenanigans. I'm doing pretty well in both, more so in D4 though; I am wiping the floor with my Necromancer.

I decided on playing through Alien: Isolation again. I only have two achievements left for it on my PC, so once I knock it out I can uninstall and free up some room for other games. But man, I forgot how terrifying this game can be. I always have called it the best stress I have ever experienced in a game, and it still holds up, even when I know where to go and what to do. I'm spending most of my time crawling around on the floor, lol.

FlashMobOfOne, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 18th
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Origins was my favorite entry in the series, personally.

I’m still playing Caveblazers. Can’t believe I’ve gotten almost 10 hours out of a game I got for 99 cents, but it’s fun.

DNU, do games w Looking for Overwatch alternatives

Sounds more like a playerbase problem rather than a problem with the game. Paladins is a hero shooter very similar to Overwatch and while the playerbase (EU) isnt that big ive been finding matches for years now whenever i feel like.

Lost_My_Mind, do games w Any Sins of a Solar Empire communities?

Make one.

maquise,

My own instance is fairly narrow in scope, and I don’t think I can add it here. Is there a way to post a community in another instance?

Kolanaki, do games w Looking for Overwatch alternatives
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Wait for Deadlock to come out or find someone in the beta who can get you into it.

Entropy,

I second this, I got into the beta on Friday and have been having a blast. It’s remarkably polished for a beta and everyone who gets in can invite as many people as they want and those people can also invite as many people as they want and so on and so on. So it’s spreading like wild fire, should be pretty easy to get into.

EndlessApollo,

Was just about to comment this, my DMs are open if someone wants to friend me on steam and get invited :3

Kaboucki64, do games w Looking for Overwatch alternatives
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If you wish to turn your brain off and pass some time then you can’t go wrong with either Destiny 2 (which is free-to-play) or Borderlands (1-3 it doesn’t matter) These are fun games with extremely addictive gunplay and all of them have Classes/Roles systems. I’d say test the waters with D2 with its fun customisation system (transmog, armour colours etc) and if that is not your cup of tea then go for Borderlands which you should find pretty cheap.

bonus_crab, do games w Looking for Overwatch alternatives

once mecha break comes out next year, mecha break. its waay more fun and teamplay is just as important if not moreso.

TheDemonBuer, do games w Geoff Keighley: No Silksong in Gamescom. Team Cherry are still cooking.
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We just got a leaked image from inside Team Cherry:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3e3ececd-eba6-4a5e-b69a-5b9986421cf9.jpeg

Hadriscus,

Are these dyed sushi ?

CliveRosfield, do games w Looking for Overwatch alternatives

As someone who has searched hard, there is no high quality replacement.

AliasVortex, do games w Looking for Overwatch alternatives

I kind of quit Overwatch after they sucked the soul out of it and called it a sequel. It’s not entirely a replacement, but as a fun shooter to play with friends/ family, I’ve mostly moved to playing Deep Rock Galactic. In some ways it scratches the itch: various classes/ roles, weapons, abilities, cooperation and teamwork to accomplish objectives, clicking heads and making things die, and purely cosmetic skins. It doesn’t quite have the satisfaction of a good back and forth grudge match (on account of being a PvE game), but the community is super chill, the game design about as far from predatory as you can get (while there are a handful of exclusive fomo items, it’s mostly just annual anniversary hats, or gifts to commemorate steam award nominations and such, there’s no collection interface to mock you or rub it in for not having them), and the devs are just all around great. Bonus points for being able to spin up or join missions pretty much whenever.

Carighan,
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Same, friends and me went to DRG instead. While of course it gets rote after a whole the procedural generation helps, and it’s the chill background game to play while voice chatting that Overwatch 1 was in its early days before its balance shifted to high-end competition.

pixeltree,
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Rock and stone!

kender242,
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For Karl!

mox,

It doesn’t quite have the satisfaction of a good back and forth grudge match (on account of being a PvE game),

Heh… It’s not designed for it, but I’ve had some pretty grudge-like experiences joining public games, as some teammates turned out to be hostile.

To be clear, I don’t recommend that experience. It’s not fun to be antagonized with deliberate friendly fire throughout a mission, bullied by a group when you eventually shoot back, and left for dead when the ship leaves. (It’s easily avoidable by playing with friends, of course.)

AliasVortex,

Aww man I’m sorry to hear that. I can’t say I’ve ever had that experience, but hopefully it’s been the exception and not the norm for you.

jay, do games w Looking for Overwatch alternatives
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If your rank is the same as hers, you wouldn't be getting wide matches. Wide matches are specifically for teams of people with a very wide distribution of rankings, therefore the name "wide". So finish your placements and see what you get. But for me and my friends, even if we get wide matches, the longest we've ever waited was 8 minutes for a game.

mydude, do games w Looking for Overwatch alternatives
K3zi4, do games w Looking for Overwatch alternatives

Valorant?

I just started myself, after missing Overwatch 1 and thinking it was similar. To my surprise it is like an Overwatch with a Counterstrike feel to it, which I quite enjoy.

Tetsuo,

Imo valorant has almost nothing to do with Overwatch.

The pace of those games is wildly different, the mobility also…

Valorant is CS with 10% Overwatch sprinkled on it.

I think something like Marvel’s Rivals is a much better alternative.

Eyck_of_denesle,

Agree with the other comment and wanted to add more, the community is bad in valorant. If op and their friends are girl gamers then it’s even worse experience.

MossyFeathers, (edited ) do games w Looking for Overwatch alternatives

Team Fortress 2? That was the game Overwatch was kinda imitating, so might be worth trying it out if you haven’t. Just keep in mind that you might have to avoid matchmaking and manually browse for servers. TF2 was having a bot problem, I dunno if valve ever fixed it.

catloaf,

This. It’s old now, but the medic class doesn’t require shooting. The spy doesn’t either, usually. But the medic is a great way to pay a support role. It used to be one of my favorite things for chill gaming.

Kolanaki,
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The Demoman is optionally a melee class. For some reason 🤷🏻‍♂️

MindTraveller,

And then I’ll grow yer arse’s arse and I’m the grass man, punk yeah heaven’s heathen…

hushable,

bot problem has been largely fixed now, there are some random human cheaters still, but they tend to get banned fairly quickly

MentalEdge, do games w Looking for Overwatch alternatives
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I’d be suggesting Battleborn if it wasn’t dead…

Maybe Predecessor (paragon reboot)?

Marvel Rivals might be a bit too close to Overwatch, or maybe that’s a good thing?

You might consider just not playing ranked. In anything. Assigning a number to my skill level and that of others had a negative effect on my relationship with games and using them to have fun. Recognizing that and just playing to play instead of to appease the rating system, has led to much more fun coming out of my fun.

It doesn’t mean you can’t get better at the game over time, only that you’ll be the judge of your progress, instead of an arbitrary number that won’t ever feel truly fair.

zalgotext,

Yeah playing quickplay in Overwatch has all the sweaty counterswapping and flaming for off meta picks as competitive, except with a 5-10 minute queue time instead of 20-30

MentalEdge,
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I completely disabled both text and voice chat, and haven’t looked back.

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