I don't understand the somewhat universal hatred of this game. 5 stars it is not, but 1 star? No way.
I always like to say this game is a cross between overwatch and CS:GO. It has the heros/abilities of Overwatch with the tactical shooter elements from CS.
The game plays well, I'm yet to experience a game breaking bug or glitch after a good chunk of hours. I enjoy the simplified economy of simply save one round, full buy the next. It's a welcome change from doing the mental maths needed to work out a good buy in CS.
Ranked (at-least at my level) is balanced and feels competitive. The same cannot be said for casual which often ends in these blow out games of people getting absolutely wrecked.
The worst part of this game is easily the community. Playing this has never got me so racially abused in my life. People throwing tantrums because you locked in their character, people griefing because you've gone 1 round down.
The list is endless. I would be doing a disservice if I also didn't mention that this community (more so than other gaming communities) is incredibly sexist and misogynistic. I'm not surprised women tend to not open their mics up.
Monetisation is egregious. Skins are just so convoluted in their pricing that by the time you've spent £20 on a single skin it will be too late to realise.
Agents are cool, and balance is relatively good. There is a big disparity between perceived balance and the actuality of the situation. See Reyna as an example of this.
Lastly, you might as well become a controller main, you'll just be spending all your time with instalock duelists who don't know how to entry, initiators who team flash and a sentinel who doesn't watch flanks. If you want to have some semblance of control/ order you'll need smokes to dictate the game.
Overall, a decent tactical shooter deserving of a play.
I always like to say this game is a cross between overwatch and CS:GO. It has the heros/abilities of Overwatch with the tactical shooter elements from CS.
The game plays well, I'm yet to experience a game breaking bug or glitch after a good chunk of hours. I enjoy the simplified economy of simply save one round, full buy the next. It's a welcome change from doing the mental maths needed to work out a good buy in CS.
Ranked (at-least at my level) is balanced and feels competitive. The same cannot be said for casual which often ends in these blow out games of people getting absolutely wrecked.
The worst part of this game is easily the community. Playing this has never got me so racially abused in my life. People throwing tantrums because you locked in their character, people griefing because you've gone 1 round down.
The list is endless. I would be doing a disservice if I also didn't mention that this community (more so than other gaming communities) is incredibly sexist and misogynistic. I'm not surprised women tend to not open their mics up.
Monetisation is egregious. Skins are just so convoluted in their pricing that by the time you've spent £20 on a single skin it will be too late to realise.
Agents are cool, and balance is relatively good. There is a big disparity between perceived balance and the actuality of the situation. See Reyna as an example of this.
Lastly, you might as well become a controller main, you'll just be spending all your time with instalock duelists who don't know how to entry, initiators who team flash and a sentinel who doesn't watch flanks. If you want to have some semblance of control/ order you'll need smokes to dictate the game.
Overall, a decent tactical shooter deserving of a play.