Quit World of Warcraft recently Because I couldn’t justify the subscription anymore. It’s been really hard to find a game to put time into and keep my attention. I tried OverWatch 2 but that game is hot fecal matter. Stardew Valley is fun for a little while, all my friends quit though And that’s who I played with. Team fortress is good I guess as well, gets repetitive though. And that game is old as heck…

So I’m like hey, you know what? I’ll try deadlocked, this new early access valve game. Holy crap this is actually fun! It’s like Dota or League of Legends, mixed with OverWatch. Some of the characters even mimic some of the exact mechanics of the game, for example one of the characters has an ultimate ability where you spin around in circles dealing damage to everything, like they copied it off of reaper in OverWatch. But hey, I’m not really complaining, who cares right?

Valve honestly makes some of the best games ever, every time I play one it’s a banger that gets my attention for thousands of hours and this one has been so damn fun. I’m surprised more people aren’t playing it, it’s just crazy how fun it is and how addictive it is.

    • Buttflapper@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Honest question, what’s with the weird URL? I’m new to Lemmy so might be confused I guess by how things work

      • Dadifer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        It’s a different server (instance?) of Lemmy. Lemmy isn’t centralized, it’s a bunch of different servers that talk to each other (federated).

  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I enjoyed Overwatch. League of Legends always feels awful to play. Deadlock feels way more like League of Legends than Overwatch to me.

    • Buttflapper@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      31·
      2 months ago

      Have you played OverWatch recently? That game is a disaster. So damn boring and monetized to hell. They barely put any effort into it anymore. I’m pretty sure they have abandoned it or are about to because they realize that the community is done with them. At least with League, they have a lot of buy-in with the community and very loyal community that generally approves of what they’re doing

      • WolfLink@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        By “Overwatch” I meant the original Overwatch. I stopped playing shortly before Overwatch 2 came out and I never played Overwatch 2.

        • Buttflapper@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          Ohh fair point. I should have done that too honestly. I bought the first one. I should have stopped after they ended it

  • Electric@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54·
    2 months ago

    It doesn’t have skins or ranks. Nothing to hook the addicts into the LiVe SeRvIcE. Just pure fun for the sake of it.

    • Ledivin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      171·
      2 months ago

      It’s still early access… Valve literally invented the hats economy, you’re insane if you think they aren’t going to add microtransactions to the game 🙄

      • Electric@lemmy.worldEnglish
        28·
        2 months ago

        Ok and? I never said they wouldn’t. The game is clearly early access hence the lack of monetization.

  • pyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    is it out yet? as an overwatch fan I’d like to try it. though I hate mobas…

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    2 months ago

    It’s single player, but have you tried Baldur’s Gate 3 yet? I have around 400 hours in the game. It’s probably the best game I’ve ever played.

    Pro tip: use a controller. The experience is much better with a controller.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 month ago

        I strongly disagree, but that might be because I started playing on PS5 and didn’t move to PC until over a hundred hours in. Movement and interaction with the environment just seems a lot more immersive to me with the controller than with a mouse.