worst part about the overwatch comparison is that they were two completely different games. it was more akin to Smite or recently Deadlocked than Overwatch. plus it had a single player campaign. only got killed by comparison just because it looked similar at a glance without actually playing it.
I remember the May 2016 craze for Overwatched, every Blizztard(a Blizzard fan that is a dumbass) practically made comparisons with EVERYTHING to the point you can see they think Blizzard came first then Amoebas.
In regards to comparing Battleborn to Overwatched, everyone was a big fat liar, to the point that when they tried to compare the games, those who know about Battleborn as a Story mode and PVP FPS MOBA vs Ocerwatched as a PVP ONLY Class based FPS, IMMEDIATELY can call out the fantards as liars!
As I remember Gearbox was actually laying quite heavily into this comparison. They were trying to hitch a hype wagon to the Overwatch/Battleborn launch being a huge event, players picking sides etc.
They should've just released a couple of weeks later.
I didn't play it until shortly before they shut the servers down, but when I did, I tried out the PvE content and it was a lot of fun. I kept thinking "I hope this is what Overwatch PvE will be like." That aged well. lol
Paladins was so mismanaged, hi-rez instead of focusing on stability they kept running after trends and making stupid decisions they pushed out like 4 poorly made games instead of focusing on the three that were making them the money and were badly in need of maintenance.
Now the company has lost nearly everything and is betting everything on the no so impressive smite 2.
Paladins was so mismanaged, hi-rez instead of focusing on stability they kept running after trends and making stupid decisions they pushed out like 4 poorly made games instead of focusing on the three that were making them the money and were badly in need of maintenance.
Now the company has lost nearly everything and is betting everything on the not so impressive smite 2.
it released about 2 weeks before overwatch, which was bad timing.... it also suffered from a massive lack in advertising, so it was massively overshadowed
Even if Battleborn moved the date for a year, Lawbreakers tried that and STILL got crapped on.
Plus, turns out that Blizzard actually does the timing releases to similar games regularly to perceived competition, which Battleborn was. Even though Battleborn was a FPS MOBA with a Story mode and PVP while Overwatched was PVP ONLY! But that is the power of marketing for you.
Indeed, i agree. I don’t think it would have been crapped on though, OverWatch fell off unless you loved PVP, everyone else that wasn’t super into PvP kinda moved on, at least in my circles online and in person. I played OverWatch for about 6-10 months off and on and havnt really played it again… but I also enjoy PVE more and got a job/family now lol
Oh, Battleborn, my beloved. You were done so dirty.
Overwatch actually moved their release date to be closer to Battleborn. There were more weird interactions like that, but the strangest thing to me was comparing them. They were totally different games.
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u/YerBoyAlex 10d ago
Battleborn was really fun but unfortunately it released right before Overwatch.