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Nein. That was my post, so I don't know why it's showing as Dave posting it. I don't know what the hell is going on, maybe it's a time thing, no idea. I'll have a look after work if Bart doesn't manage it. Today's a ballache, I'm down a bunch of engineers and work is being a PITA.

Hahaha, it looks like these guys may be starting to hit the final nails in the CoD coffin. I've got mixed feelings about it because a) I have so many fond memories on CoD, b ) it keeps the dregs of the gaming community away from other games, but then it'll hopefully mean that other people spend more money on other games which will mean more development cash for other titles. I dunno. We'll see.

I'm trying to blame you for me being shit at R6. Just roll with it

It amuses me that my play style irritates you so much I'm always flanking. Always. One second you'll have a Mercy healing the whole team and the next second she'll mysteriously die. Roadhog is my flanker, he can get round the back of a team and seriously fuck shit up and because he can heal himself, I can stay there for ages. I don't see why this is such a waaaaaa topic. If I'm rolling support it'll be (as of last night) Lucio, who is also great fun. Stop moaning about my play style. I already stopped playing R6 because you kept whining, keep that shit away from Overwatch. Ta.

Nice find Christy, Lucio's one will definitely come in handy. And Roadhog obviously doesn't need any tips or tricks, cos he's a badass anyway.

Honestly Bart it wasn't like that, we didn't want to go too large nor did we want to wait. There were only 5-6 people involved and had we needed more or any thing else, you can bet your bottom dollar I would've held a hat out. We weren't excluding anyone, just keeping it short and sweet As always this was a gift from EVERYONE here, not just certain individuals. That's how family works

Oh and I must mention both the florist and the Bistro, Christine's Florist was absolutely fantastic. They really went above and beyond, picking up the voucher from the Bistro on the way home last night. Excellent service, well done!

Glad you guys like 'em Dave. Crispy's idea, I was on logistics and planning and a few others helped out, if they want to be named they're more than welcome to pop in. We didn't go too far and wide because time was of the essence, this needed to happen sharpish, the idea was conceived on Thursday night. We really are a fantastic family here, thanks to all of you for being awesome I just hope the restaurant is ok, I was poking and prodding like hell the other night but went for this in the end based on reviews and it looks like a nice place. This is it for those curious http://bistroonthequay.co.uk

Fuck 'em. Dicks.

Good stuff Tommy. At the rate people are getting this game, I can smell a tournament coming on!

Yep, exactly. Honestly if one of these morons approached me in the street with one of these "pranks" they'd be going home in an ambulance.

Bastion can be an absolute bell to kill if he's positioned well and his team are decent. Even then it's all about spotting that tune window of opportunity and nailing him.

Yep. But most of the time I'm laughing or grinning too much to care. Bastion definitely needs a nerf. Personally I'd take his repair arm away when in turret mode but that's just me. I just yank him out of turret mode and split his face in half anyway so he's not that much of a bother really. Mei - same thing. If she freezes me then good on her, 90% of the time I see her and yank her before she's even clocked me; or zap her before she can ice me.

Yep, it really is one of the best games in recent years.

Oh sweet, hope it hurts.

I suspect it's to do with their very aggressive banning. I'd be pissed if I rented a game and found out it was a banned disc. http://uk.ign.com/articles/2016/06/02/overwatch-bans-thousands-of-cheaters

It's £40 on Amazon if that helps.

There are no unlocks. There are no achievements, challenges, story missions, nothing. The ONLY thing you get is XP which is towards levels. There is no level cap and every time you level up you get a treasure box thingy which has cosmetic stuff in it like skins, voices, that kind of shit. Doesn't affect game play at all. You can't create classes, you literally join a match, pick one of the 21 characters and kill shit. Apart from cosmetic stuff, you can't modify the characters in any way so the playing field is always even. DLC will be free, always. This will contain maps, characters and maybe game modes. There are however microtransactions to buy those treasure box thingies but that's all fluff and doesn't affect game play at all. For abilities, you have primary fire, secondary fire, one to three extra abilities which are on cool downs and a super. These are completely different for each character so you're always coming up against different compositions. There are healers, tanks, support and DPS. There are three game modes: escort payload, king of the hill, and attack / defend. They're all epic fun.

Omg that's hilarious.

Reaper is a bitch to use, but absolutely lethal in the right hands. He's an absolute bitch when you're Roadhog. Roadhog is by far my favourite character, his chain is so so good at interrupting stuff and yanking Bastions out of their pussy ass turret mode. I tear Mei to pieces all the time as well, as soon as she starts her ice gun I just yank her to me and peel he face off. Also, chaining and tearing apart a Tracer is the most satisfying thing in the game

I've only had about four hours play but so far Soldier: 76 and Roadhog are fantastic fun. I played briefly with Mercy but couldn't suss her out properly, might have another go tonight. Here's also a cheat sheet done by someone on Reddit which is pretty good. http://imgur.com/a/28GPV

I read in a review somewhere that there are loads of little sounds in the game which can make a huge difference to your situational awareness if you hear them and can identify them. I started paying a bit more attention to them in the two games I played last night and I noticed that every now and then you can hear voices in your head when you play as Roadhog. I don't know what they say, but I definitely noticed them. Anyone else notice any other sounds in the game?

Let me start bt saying that you will struggle to have more fun in a game. Honestly, the variety of heroes and and environments make for some of the most intense and entertaining fighting I've had in years. That said: Characters: These are the guys that make this game. They're all psycho in some form or another and they're absolutely mental. They all have different abilities which make them unique, there are four classes: damage dealers, tanks, healers and support, each with about 6 heroes to play. Coming up against a well balanced team is a nightmare, you don't stand a chance with a bunch of randoms. The variety of weaponry and abilities in this game is cray cray. I'm not talking about different guns, but different types of weapons altogether. You think of a way to kill someone, odds are it's in the game. Environment / maps: Blizzard is so good at this. These maps are fantastic, nicely sized, vibrant colours, loads of paths and corridors, you can go upstairs, downstairs, across rooftops, the lot. They provide some seriously hectic matches because you never know where you're gonna get shot / axed / hammered / chained / electrocuted / frozen / burned / yanked / stabbed / ninja starred / sniped from (I think you get the idea). The maps are also dedicated to game modes, so you won't be playing different game modes on the same map. Game modes: There are a fair few, from an escort type to a king of the hill type, they're all there. It seems that Blizzard has just blatantly nicked ideas from every other game out there and perfected them to create this game. Combat: Fantastic. The action gets seriously intense and it's never dull. There are already quite a few cheap tactics in the game like turrets staring at spawn rooms and whatnot but there are loads of counters and and changing to a different class takes 5 seconds. Of course the game is full of retarded snipers who don't go near flags already but that's par for the course. Snipycunts gonna Snipycunt. The combat is smooth, slick and polished although there are the odd lag spikes which can get a bit annoying but its no worse than Cod or Destiny. The one thing that is the game's biggest strength and it's weakness is the supers. They can really help you out but they can also ruin your day. Last night I was on a 22 streak when some dick zapped me with his super, I had zero chance of surviving. Oh the rage. Also, ammo is unlimited and abilities are on timers so theres no worrying about not having stuff. Other notes: I left a game early today and was penalised -75% xp for the next few games. I like this, more games need this so quitters suffer. The lack of anything to work towards is rather concerning. There are no achievements, no unlocks, no attachments, bo perks, no progress at all. It's very Unreal Tournament like that. I'd like something to work towards. Customization is aplenty however, with costumes, hats, emotes, voices, and more. These are all awarded with loot crates which are earned with XP. Blizzard has also stated that they will never charge for any DLC for this game which is good but it does raise the question of what DLC we're going to get as the budget will be limited. So far it's a great pick up and play game. It's not the kind of game you sink three hour long sessions in to, and for that reason I think it's overpriced. This to me is a £20 game, not a £45 game. That said, we don't know what Blizzard has in store, they usually have epic DLC for their other games but these come at a cost. Time will tell. I do think this is a great game for us all to hop in together and fuck shit up and I do hope many of you get it for that very reason but for a solo player this game is simply too expensive.

No. Blizzard 's betas are basically "k so we made a game, it's finished, go stress test our servers". Get it Christy. Be great to have the bants back again!

Yep, they killed WoW. No two ways about it. Still; I prefer to remember it as a game which require shit loads of thought, planning, time, resource management and crafting rather than the shitty MMO it's become. I remember the days of Def cap. 540 was the number.