Overwatch Free Weekend

The promised free weekend is now underway in Overwatch, Blizzard's multiplayer first-person shooter. The Overwatch website is where to pick up the Windows edition, and the console versions are free as well, though an Xbox Live Gold subscription or PlayStation Plus membership is required. This previous post has the deployment schedule and other details. They say progress and unlocks will carry over for anyone who chooses to buy the game after playing for free, though trophies and achievements are not being awarded to free players. The free weekend runs until Monday at 7:00 pm EST.
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Re: I played it!
Nov 20, 2016, 13:41
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Nov 20, 2016, 13:41
 
Ant wrote on Nov 19, 2016, 21:00:
I decided to try it out since it was free and would be playable on this old gaming box with its almost month old, updated 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (HPE) Service Pack (SP1) installation. Battle.net and the game seems buggy, but then it might be the ancient hardwares. Lots of choppiness when too many things are going on. However, it was still kind of fun even though this old school gamer sucked badly. I like being D.Va with her mech suit with heavy armor! Game was visually nice.

Im gonna lean toward hardware here, Ant. My friends have a very diverse set of hardware, and Overwatch runs like a champ on all of them. How old of hardware are we talking about??
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I played it!
Nov 19, 2016, 21:00
Ant
 
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I played it! Nov 19, 2016, 21:00
Nov 19, 2016, 21:00
 Ant
 
I decided to try it out since it was free and would be playable on this old gaming box with its almost month old, updated 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (HPE) Service Pack (SP1) installation. Battle.net and the game seems buggy, but then it might be the ancient hardwares. Lots of choppiness when too many things are going on. However, it was still kind of fun even though this old school gamer sucked badly. I like being D.Va with her mech suit with heavy armor! Game was visually nice.
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Re: Overwatch Free Weekend
Nov 19, 2016, 10:51
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Nov 19, 2016, 10:51
 
Pigeon wrote on Nov 19, 2016, 09:23:
Numinar wrote on Nov 19, 2016, 08:48:
Seems great, a much cleaner exciting version of TF2, which I also love. And with the same kind of after-launch support Blizzard is famous for it seems like a great buy. Unfortunately I think I've blown my gaming budget for the next year in the last 4 weeks so I'll wait a bit longer despite sale.

D.VA seems like a good beginner hero, won my first and only 2 MP games with her. Not many abilities or weapon modes to worry about, just shoot/shield/fly/self destruct! The interplay of different character abilities is super fun, like an FPS fighting game combined with heroes of the storm. I can see why this was/is such a big deal. Good stuff. Valve better be careful, if they go F2P and start selling hats for this or make a horde/mann vs machine type mode they are in trouble.

Agree with D.VA begin a good starter. Mei is also a good one, aim isn't that important (think pyro) and she has good survivablility. Soldier 76 is pretty straight forward and while he's a hit-box hero he has survivability with his heal. And Mercy is probably the easiest healer, she plays like Medic in TF2, but she's more at the mercy (harharhar) of her teammates' battle awareness than the other healers.

I've played a lot of McCree, I like the character, but I also do it to force myself to learn how to aim again. I do feel like he's lacking when compared to some of the other characters, I understand he got a pretty sizable nerf a few months ago, maybe they wnerfed a bit too much, or maybe he just has a high skill cap.

Anyways, been having a blast with the game for a few weeks now.

Luke wrote on Nov 19, 2016, 09:09:
Manga pos for the kids

I'm not sure, but over the last several days I've gotten the feeling Luke doesn't like Overwatch. Probably just my imagination.

He bitches about every single game, I'm not sure why he keeps returning to gaming websites since clearly he hates the hobby with a passion
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Re: Overwatch Free Weekend
Nov 19, 2016, 10:23
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Nov 19, 2016, 10:23
 
I only play Overwatch when my friends want to play, I don't enjoy it solo. It's not that we're a terribly cohesive team, we probably sit around the 40% mark on wins. It can devour an evening pretty easily, and is polished to an incredible level.

The initial difficulty of the game is understanding that you're supposed to switch characters to counter your opponents' team, and you need to learn who those counters are and how to effectively use them. Your first few rounds WILL feel like flailing about with very low success.

And Luke hates everything, ESPECIALLY popular things, he's a Data Hipster. He never, ever has anything positive to say; his personal life clearly is very disappointing.
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Re: Overwatch Free Weekend
Nov 19, 2016, 09:23
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Nov 19, 2016, 09:23
 
Numinar wrote on Nov 19, 2016, 08:48:
Seems great, a much cleaner exciting version of TF2, which I also love. And with the same kind of after-launch support Blizzard is famous for it seems like a great buy. Unfortunately I think I've blown my gaming budget for the next year in the last 4 weeks so I'll wait a bit longer despite sale.

D.VA seems like a good beginner hero, won my first and only 2 MP games with her. Not many abilities or weapon modes to worry about, just shoot/shield/fly/self destruct! The interplay of different character abilities is super fun, like an FPS fighting game combined with heroes of the storm. I can see why this was/is such a big deal. Good stuff. Valve better be careful, if they go F2P and start selling hats for this or make a horde/mann vs machine type mode they are in trouble.

Agree with D.VA begin a good starter. Mei is also a good one, aim isn't that important (think pyro) and she has good survivablility. Soldier 76 is pretty straight forward and while he's a hit-box hero he has survivability with his heal. And Mercy is probably the easiest healer, she plays like Medic in TF2, but she's more at the mercy (harharhar) of her teammates' battle awareness than the other healers.

I've played a lot of McCree, I like the character, but I also do it to force myself to learn how to aim again. I do feel like he's lacking when compared to some of the other characters, I understand he got a pretty sizable nerf a few months ago, maybe they wnerfed a bit too much, or maybe he just has a high skill cap.

Anyways, been having a blast with the game for a few weeks now.

Luke wrote on Nov 19, 2016, 09:09:
Manga pos for the kids

I'm not sure, but over the last several days I've gotten the feeling Luke doesn't like Overwatch. Probably just my imagination.
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Re: Overwatch Free Weekend
Nov 19, 2016, 09:09
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Nov 19, 2016, 09:09
 
Manga pos for the kids
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Re: Overwatch Free Weekend
Nov 19, 2016, 08:48
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Re: Overwatch Free Weekend Nov 19, 2016, 08:48
Nov 19, 2016, 08:48
 
Seems great, a much cleaner exciting version of TF2, which I also love. And with the same kind of after-launch support Blizzard is famous for it seems like a great buy. Unfortunately I think I've blown my gaming budget for the next year in the last 4 weeks so I'll wait a bit longer despite sale.

D.VA seems like a good beginner hero, won my first and only 2 MP games with her. Not many abilities or weapon modes to worry about, just shoot/shield/fly/self destruct! The interplay of different character abilities is super fun, like an FPS fighting game combined with heroes of the storm. I can see why this was/is such a big deal. Good stuff. Valve better be careful, if they go F2P and start selling hats for this or make a horde/mann vs machine type mode they are in trouble.
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Re: Overwatch Free Weekend
Nov 19, 2016, 08:22
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Nov 19, 2016, 08:22
 
Yeah you're probably right and I didn't give the game a fair chance.
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Re: Overwatch Free Weekend
Nov 19, 2016, 07:40
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Nov 19, 2016, 07:40
 
you should try again, please a few games till your mmr drops to the level it should be, then you will have more fun playing with others at the same skill lvl as you... its a pretty fun game, try some different heroes, I enjoy it much more on heroes that jibe with my playstyle
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Re: Overwatch Free Weekend
Nov 19, 2016, 07:28
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Re: Overwatch Free Weekend Nov 19, 2016, 07:28
Nov 19, 2016, 07:28
 
Got into a match and got my ass handed to me on a silver plate. Was a good reminder why I didn't buy the game the first place.
I am sure it is a great game, but obviously not for me.

Blue didn't mention it above but the Origins Edition of the game ($59.99) is on sale 40% off $34.99 until the 28th of Nov.
Good time to buy the game if you wanted it. Link here
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