Is overwatch is considered a shooter game and u have heroes like junkrat and moira how much of a shooter game overwatch really is?
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Perhaps your ideology of shooters (or classic shooter) is just standard guns. Itâs a team-based hero shooter.
A shooter is by definition what you expect, a hero shooter distincts itself with unique traits and abilities.
Overwatch 2 takes massive inspiration from Team Fortress 2, which in itself originates from tactical shooters. The original Quake mod, Team Fortress Classic, was actually built as an evolutionary step of tactical shooters with unique abilities added.
Ever since Overwatchâs launch, games like Apex, Valorant or Marvel Rivals are actually considered within the parameters of âHero-Shootersâ at different degrees.
So Overwatch is a branch of a shooter game, the same way TF2/TF Classic is.
Getting pissed at Junkrat or Moira designs because they donât fit the shooter falacy is just an ego trip, learn the game.
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Why do you think junkrat is not a shooter hero , have you never thrown nades or used grnade launchers in shooters.
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Donât tell him even classic shooters like James Bond used guns with grenade launchers incorporated in them kekw
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It will always hilarious to me how people say that Sym or Junkrat ââdont belong in a shooter gameââ but then turn around and say that hypermobility does.
Total hypocrisy.
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I did I am not hating on Junk but compared to a widow body shot to me its ridiculous
If you play hitscan, it is relatively important. If you play Reinhardt, it does not matter in the least. Just learning your projectiles is more important than raw mechanics on most heroes and a lot of the hitscan have ez mode abilities and ultimates to compensate for poor mechanical skill.
Here is the thing, though. Most shooters do not require high mechanics to begin with. So⌠You know, Overwatch is not so different these days. Prior to Season 9, it took MORE aim than the other shooters games. But now itâs whatever. Not important.
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Its not an ego trip mate,a game that is mostly based around shooting shouldnt reward a player that has no aim or whatsoever in my opinion.I understand that it is âHero Shooterâ and it is more deep than just shooting.But when you are in a duel as DPS these things lacking on basic logic of shooter games.
Again not hating on a game just getting my own opinion out there and trying to see others opinions out there.I love overwatch ,I am a player coming from CS
Gamesense is way more important to me personally. I already know I canât aim. I can work around that with the heroes I choose to main. Somehow Lucio became a mega main of mine, although I think he might require some aim. I canât carry with aim but can do my part in other areas.
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They just increased hit box sizes, and at one point the size of every heroes bullets (although I think parts of that change mightâve been reverted).
Overwatch was my first FPS on a PC and I struggled so hard with my aim back when I first started playing.
Then I tried Valorant 
Once I actually started practicing specifically to improve my aim, I realized OW, in my meaningless opinion, is pretty low tier when it comes to skill requirements regarding aim.
These days I notice that if I play Valorant and then afterwards switch to Overwatch, Overwatch feels like a breeze by comparison. Itâs almost like Valorant is my warm up for OW.
And thatâs not to say Valorant is some âgold standardâ in terms of aiming difficulty, I can guarantee there are much more difficult games out there, but yeah.
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LOL
Blizz staff: âDo you guys NOT have grenade launchers?!â
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I come from CS and from my expirience as a DPS player Overwatch is lacking in AIM skill reward !,thats what I see as an issue players with better aim should be rewarded more/do more damage,headshots etc.
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You will not get very far on Hunkrat without good aim. If you just spam chokes and hope for people to walk into your bombs or kamikaze trade⌠That will work until it does not work. At that point, you will need to learn mid-airs and those are quite difficult to pull off.
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lol tell that to all the players asking for widow nerfs
But I agree with you, there are many times where I wish I could somehow convince certain players âdont wish it were easier, wish you were betterâ.
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Hitscan headshots are already the largest damage source in the game. Even bodyshots are amongst the largest damage sources in the game.
If what you want is a cheesy 1v5 snipedown fest⌠then OW is not that.
I dont want it cheesy 1v5 snipefest but spamming left click as u ult on Genji or spamming rightclick as Mei should matter compared to other DPS xD
How is junkrat not shooter based. Has nobody ever shot a grenade launcher in a shooter before?
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Mei spamming icicles isnt getting any real value with how easy to outheal her damage is.
Sojorun is the best example,you ult and u are dealing 0 damage even when the aim is super required compared to spam the space genji
You do you, but it actually does. Not walking into delayed projectiles is also a skill to acquire in low ranks.
Junkrat nades only get you so far if you just spam them in choke points. Granted most people give up the hero anyway past plat/diamond since itâs mostly just hitscans getting free value.
Iâm a flex-DPS in an eSports team, the amount of BM I have to tolerate such as âplaying pharah into Soldierâ turning to âwhy canât my soldier kill the pharahâ is what I live for. Itâs significantly harder to land projectiles than hitscan bullets, but both require different skillset : one is tracking, the other is predicting. The game rewards your aim, but the game also reward many more things than just aim and thatâs the beauty of Overwatch in itself, ability management or ult tracking are things that are much more rewarding to understand than stictly just aim.
I forgot who said the comment about the litmus test regarding Sombra/Widowmaker, but being to tell what kills you is part of the same litmus test.
You know mostly where people rank based on these forum posts, itâs not that hard. If youâre ironically capable of counting up to 5, you can counter Junkrat on his reload, thatâs how goofy bad Junkrat can be.
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