The Overwatch beta is nearly upon us and as we get ready to play this game into oblivion, we can't help but muse on the types of players we might encounter. Hearthstone hunters miss lethal, Heroes of the Storm Novas miss their snipes, and we can only imagine the reoccurring frustrations we might encounter in Overwatch.
So that is exactly what we did. Here are the players we can't wait to meet this Tuesday:
The insanely good Widowmaker
This person has played more FPS in their life than you can even imagine. They take a class which is balanced for normal human beings and have players begging for snipers to be removed from the game. This player thinks CS:GO is a joke and that QuakeLive has gotten too easy. Their mouse arm is no longer a human appendage, but a machine built of tuned sinew and finely honed muscle memory. You will learn to stay out of sight lines, and learn that having to cross a doorway is the most frightening experience in the game.
The solo Winston crazy ape
Gorilla Warfare is real, yet unlike its cousin Guerilla Warfare, it is not nearly as effective. Look, I get it, he is a giant primate who runs in and smashes stuff, the oldest and most fun of videogame tropes, but just because you're a Silverback in a space suit, doesn't mean you're invincible. This player will initiate at all the wrong times, die under focused fire, and then blame the entire team for his untimely demise. The math of the game simply eludes him, he is King Kong and all these little bi-planes keep killing him, it doesn't make sense. Sure, this player might drop a useful shield time and again, but it will likely be an accidental keystroke as he Primal Rages into a 1v6.
The terrible Tracer
Every hero has the ability to be played badly, but Tracer's kit in the wrong hands simply puts you down a player. There are many ways a Tracer can be horrible, but for people new to the game, who somehow don't understand that a thin British woman doesn't have the largest health pool, simply spending most of the game in spawn will be the biggest sin. There is also the anti-thesis, the timid Tracer, who, having suffered PTSD after getting rocked most of the game, stays far from the front and the flanks and instead pecks away from the back, doing about as much damage as a soft breeze. Again, this will feel like you're playing down a person, but at least you get to enjoy her cheeky quips.
The tunnel vision Mercy
Just to open, if you're new to FPS games with a medic class; always be nice to your medics, thank your medics, love your medics; unless they never, ever, ever heal you! C'mon Doc! I'm dying over here! This Mercy means well, and is likely teamed up with her friend who might be helping her learn the ropes of the newest class-based shooter, good stuff, but you can heal more than one person, I mean, I'm right here! That Zarya is topped off, she is so healthy she could eat rockets for breakfast and still smile through a shotgun blast at lunch. Mercy, please, turn around, I just need a little health before I fight, Mercy please, have Mercy. No? Okay, I'll just be in spawn, dead, watching everyone else play. No big deal, I didn't want to live anyway.
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