Pub now.. I'm pretty sure. GMT.

D.Va is so cool <3

Nah.. I've been complaining about the poor flow of information and supercilious rewards/feedback since day one. I think I was the only one who noticed that "eliminations" and "kill streaks" were assists in the reveal footage. Misinformation is more important to Blizzard than actual information. We had to beg for a kill-feed, and you still need to enable it in the options menu! It's basically impossible to fully evaluate what's going on in this game without it. You can't even read head-shots clearly (with the feed!).

To answer Tinks: There's no quick fix for what ales me in Overwatch. I'd love to see a vast reduction in one-hit-kills across the board, not specifically including ultimates. I'd love to see Soldier and Junkrat completely re-evaluated and partly redesigned. In the absence of that.. just adding an AOE aspect to Soldier 76's ultimate would go a long way in making it more balanced against the rest of the "bullshit" in the game. McCree has a much more constrained aimbot.

But the "everything is OP" nature of Overwatch is a legitimate approach to balancing the game. In that respect, the "bullshit" fits with the game they've built. It's imperfect but it's far from busted. As asdfg put it.. accurately.. auto-aim triggers me. And as I suggested before.. I think there should be a tighter relationship between difficulty and reward.

So if I could change anything.. it would be the flow of information, both in and after a round. The lack of feedback on teammate and enemy performance is nearly unforgivable. A lot of players won't care about this, because it's not seen as directly impacting gameplay—and it doesn't—but it does impact how we play the game. Stats can make us better players (some of us, anyway). It's insulting to the player's intelligence when Jeff Kaplan suggests that we can't make heads-or-tails of a "spreadsheet". Do some players misread statistics? Sure. Does it provide fuel for toxic players? Maybe. Does that mean it's worthless? No way!

Tryhards are people too. If you're going to try to please everyone.. give us more information. I want round-to-round statistics, not an overview which makes it impossible to see if a metric is improving or declining. And we need better in-match information too. The scorecard is woefully inadequate. Right before the open beta started, we had a final blow medal and could at least track our own combat performance with every class. This aspect of the game has actually gotten worse. This is one of the worst iterations of the scorecard.

There are plenty of things worth praising. The core mechanics are beautifully polished, as is the presentation, from graphics to audio. And if you take a step back from the game itself, it's a superbly polished piece of software too. Blizzard is a rare breed.

The best thing about Overwatch is the variety of gameplay found in its characters. There's virtually no two heroes that share movement or gunplay. It's almost like there's a tiny piece of everything in there, without it feeling overwhelming or convoluted. It's just a very fun, very approachable game.

I think the leveling/loot hook is pretty addictive. And there's a competitive mode which will have seasonal rewards and ranking. That should provide a nice endless hook. Beyond that.. give me solid gameplay and a variety of maps and that's all I really need. What else is there? A sturdy skill curve I guess. Well.. I wouldn't rule out new heroes in the long-term.

Hopefully promotion will keep people interested too. This seems to be a big deal for Blizzard. I can see them supporting the eSports scene in a big way, but we'll have to see how that plays out. Promotion can bring a game pretty far in that venue though, and it becomes an advertising vehicle in itself. And they also have all of the tie-in merchandising and advertising. The animations, comics, etc.

They're going to fight for our attention. I think I'll be playing it for a while. We were just praising its variety!

On performance: I get a little variation @ 1440p.. but it's like 90-144 FPS which is not noticeable (at all) on g-sync. Silky smooth. It's also totally gorgeous.. evidence that perfect performance and brilliant art direction have value over throwing more shaders at a thing.

I like Bastion and DVA. That is all.

Truth.. although people need to be more reasonable about this being an open beta too. You guys have played open betas before, right?Well, you're here. And you can tank. This game forces you to be flexible. If your team is not flexible than you too are part of the problem. Rayy is like that. Dude will pick Reinhardt and then yell at other people to play Mercy :P

Gotta be more flexible in Overwatch.

Yea no doubt.. sometimes it is clearly your team's fault. Like when you have two Hanzos and no healer, then it's totally on them to change. I don't think character stacks and poor team comps were a big problem before the open beta started. I don't think it will be a big deal after release.

And I think viable hero stacks are totally fine.

Mei is the bae. Favorite character right now.

But let's be real: that only worked because the other team was useless. I can't even imagine losing to six Roadhogs. Defense or offense?Check out this clutch Mei-bae-play: https://gfycat.com/LonelyUntriedBluefish

You know what's incredibly satisfying? Genji's reflect move. The fuck your bullshit button.

Killing someone with their own ultimate is amazing.

Cold as ice.

Like when I leave the Amazon boxes in front of the cat door in winter.