Thoughts on the new 5v5 hero shooter?

Seems like a good alternative to Overwatch, aesthetically quite similar to TF2. Looks like a game that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and being third person might have a lot of monetisation potential.

Maybe Overwatch should bring the Arcade mode back. Been many years since I played on Ayutthaya.

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You’ll have to spell it out I’m afraid, as there’s too many hero shooters to keep track of these days.

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Had to google. OP is referencing Last Flag.

I think I haven’t heard of it.

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It’s a capture the flag type of thing but with big maps. First thing I noticed compared to Overwatch is base movement speed seems a lot faster. What’s interesting is that it’s not free to play which means it might attract a more mature playerbase.

You know, people might be more inclined to give their thoughts if you could be bothered saying the name.

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What are you talking about? Why make this post intentionally vague?

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I already know I’m maining Knives/Lumberjack. Lumberjack is basically Reinhardt without a shield.

The fact it’s capture the flag turns me off. I’ve always hated that mode in whatever game it’s in.

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No. If developers are too afraid to release a console port, it is because they have no faith in their trash game.

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Forget console, Mac is where it’s at. All the cool kids have a Mac Neo these days.

I do not even know what a Mac Neo is, but maybe those racist developers would do it.

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It’s the Mac they made in collaboration with Keanu Reeves. It’s so popular that Apple ran out of chips.

Also this game being UE5 should make it a fairly straightforward port. Pop it into GPTK and ship it, pretty much.

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Not interested. Overwatch is the best 5v5 shooter on the market today.

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Oh, wow, that is super cool. Everyone should own one!

:flexed_biceps::smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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If it gets popular enough, the budget Windows PC segment is basically cooked. Which is what game devs target as their baseline. So big picture is if it kicks off then Windows gaming is dead and Mac gaming takes over without breaking a sweat. Endgame? Everything becomes a Mac or runs on some form of Apple Silicon. Even your fridge.

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Windows gaming will never truly be dead lol. Macs aren’t good for gaming. There incredible at everything else like work and school. But it when it comes to gaming it’s lacking.

What’s also holding the Mac back is the porting situation. The amount of effort to port to Mac out ways the amount of people that will even play it.

Well, we’ve gotten a host of huge triple A titles like Crimson Desert on the Mac. Even Overwatch works now with the latest Crossover. And with GameSir developing their own Proton-like called GameHub, it’s looking bright for the future.

If we can already run the biggest games fairly well through multiple real-time translation layers then actual ports should be child’s play and run like butter.

For a company like Microsoft it would be literal peanuts to port OW over. But we all know why they don’t do it, and it’s not because of technical feasibility or profitability reasons.

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Not a single interesting looking character. It also looks like fortnite.

No.

I think it looks pretty cool. Kinda like early Fortnite if it was centered around Capture the Flag.

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Console ports are being worked on at the moment. I like CTF enough to give it a shot once it drops.