this isnt a dig at overwatch but more at online video games in general, i was actually thinking about this with apex legends but obviously overwatch is a game which gets compared to apex more.
i am thinking i am giving up all online video games for a while because i been playing a lot of mass effect and i just feel so less stressed, dont get me wrong i still have a massive interest in both apex and overwatch but i just want to be able to relax
i am curious if others find it stressful too or if its just me and others are able to relax with overwatch(maybe you can relax with friends but i used to solo queue)
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Yh, it’s been making me consider quitting tbh
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I just uninstalled the game. Hopefully it stays that why for a while. The Overwatch community makes me mentally insane and if I talk smack about the dev team I’ll get banned.
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funnily enough, overwatch does relax me, or maybe, it doesn’t. It just distracts me.
This works exceptionally well when I’m feeling anxious about something I shouldn’t be worrying about, or sad, or even physically ill. I’m already at high speed mind, and Overwatch takes me to an even higher pace, where I can’t think of anything else.
It has done wonders for my mental health, many times, and that’s why I like the game a lot.
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i think my issue is i focus on target’s, like in overwatch i wanted to hit plat(lucky i did but i was mostly gold) in apex i want to hit a specific amount of kills in a specific amount of matches and i get stressed that i wont reach that goal) so maybe a lot of that is my own fault and i would be less stressed without setting those goals
with games like mass effect i can just relax and take the game at my own pace, some of the fights might be stressful at times when swarmed by enemies but i can always turn the difficulty down but i know overwatch did wonders for my mental health for a long time(apart from one where FOMO made my obsessive thoughts get bad) but right now i just need less stress so maybe later it will be good for me
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Sometimes. I love competitive games but I also get stressed. I have more hours on QP than comp, but from the moment I was able to play comp in Valorant I never played unranked again. Losing streaks stress me out, and going down in rank is the worst feeling. Overall there are moments or periods of time that I take comp as is and enjoy myself win or lose in Overwatch, but the stable feeling of consequence free QP is always appealing.
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Overwatch is definitely the most stressful game I play, which is saying something because literally no other game makes me even remotely stressed.
That said, it’s also the most satisfying game I play. Seeing my hard work pay off feels great.
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More just sad. Each time I play it I think of how much great potential this game had in the industry but they blew their chance over and over.
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with the balance team not knowing how to balance properly and them stopped balancing around the community just really killed it for me tbh, i remember when a ton of people including content creators said “this is the most balanced state OW has ever been in”.
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I mostly just play during events for the limited time skins. Who needs an enjoyable game when you’ve got artificial scarcity?
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When I try hard and focus on winning, yes, I get very stressed and every loss or even close game makes me tilt. But it doesn’t stress me out when I stop caring about winning and my goal is just to have fun.
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No other game has made me as angry & stressed as OW, not even dark souls back in the day.
I used to play daily, but this week I haven’t been playing that much.
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Overwatch makes me disappointed, rather then stressed. Too many things to ruin my efforts, that I can not change.
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It’s only stressful if you make it stressful. Just turn off vc and text chat. Stop caring about winning, but still try your best. And just have fun.
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Occasionally, yes.
I’ve had worse on other games in the past, but they often had non-PvP modes I could turn to to simmer down on. PvE will be a very welcome addition to OW.
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I don’t think it makes me stressed, I’d say angry.
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Nah. I think people who get stressed over this game haven’t experienced real stressful situations with actual, real life consequences on the line.
QP or arcade mode are 1000% less stressful than Comp. PvE is even less stressful than QP. If you still want to play stick with those modes
I play OW during the weekends to relax after a long week at work but all it does is stress me even more. At the end of the day it is a competitive shooter so its not something that is meant to relax you.
