Why are guns in Overwatch weird?

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I’ve been playing a lot of Apex Legends and it reminded me of something I noticed a while ago. Guns in Overwatch feel weird compared to most other shooter games. Why am I so much better at aiming with guns in Apex legends and other games than in Overwatch?

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Nerf gun in disguise.

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There are two types of fire modes in OW.Hit scan and projectile.

Hit scan basically means the bullet hits the target your aiming at instantly,while projectiles takes time to travel.

Most guns in FPS are hit scan.You aim,you shoot,you hit.
But 50% of guns in OW are projectile,they are hard to land but quite damaging.

Each gun also have different recoil pattern for hit scan.Soldier Orisa and Bastion have spread for their primary gun while Widow and Mccree have recoil

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Hitscans weapon rarely used in online shooters. Even in COD you can see projectiles

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I know all this. What I mean is hit scan weapons in other games feel better than in Overwatch. There are projectile weapons in other games too.

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What are you smokin ?

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Characters here have no movement acceleration,they move full speed all the time.
For csgo,people can’t strafe like we can in Overwatch and they slow down when shot

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Because other games have movement acceleration which makes tracking and aiming at targets much easier.

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Lol,we were going for the same thing

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guns in overwatch feel very unsatisfying to use. ashes gun is the only weapon I like… all other weapons don’t give you the gun feeling … they feel like toys. people who never played good gun games won’t know what you are talking about. I like the guns in Apex but rainbow six siege has still the best guns in my opinion… their weapon feeling is just superior… a big reason why I love rainbow six siege …

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It’s design choice,I will assume that your talking about the game gun’s damage since you mentioned R6 and nerf guns.

The game decide that the time to kill should be longer for the game as the emphasis for skill is decision making,cool down management and outplaying.

Sure aim is good,but sometimes if the emphasis is too much on aim and time to kill,the game would not be interesting

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I like Mercy’s pistol the best. Which is sad because I can’t use it as much as I want to. I’m also sad Overwatch still doesn’t have a hero with an actual pistol or weapon that shoots as fast as you can tap the button. I know Mccree has his revolver, but the fire rate is too slow.

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If we have a gun like that,people would use Macro’s to spam the button for maximum dps

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I’m not talking about the damage… I’m talking about the feeling when you shot and hold … reload the gun. especially reapers, soldiers, sombras guns are so awful … therefore I do not have that much fun playing DPS in overwatch… if I want shot things I just go and play r6 and have more fun with their guns.

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I’m not sure what you mean,maybe the FOV is the problem?
Other than that,there should be no different between guns that have similar properties(RPM,hitscan/projectile spread recoil) in video games other than sesntivity

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I still want damage/healing numbers above a targets head in overwatch.

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Overwatch have super accurate hitboxes, and on top of that its a MUCH faster game.

Its really hard to hit shots in Overwatch compared to most fps games

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Overwatch feels slow after playing Apex. Everyone in Apex can sprint and slide faster than Lucio.

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Hitboxes are nice,save for Ana’s

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Word.
People who are fine with guns in OW should play a good fps.

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