Yeah, I'm enjoying it a lot so far. The map design is nice in that pretty much everywhere leads to the objective so there are are a lot of flank routes but it's hard to get lost. I like how they've worked in vertical space for heroes with strong mobility.

I agree on Roadhog, though he is fun to play and currently the character I've had the most success with. I think he could be fixed by just giving his heal a longer cool-down. Genji's movement feels really good, and I like Reinhardt for his shield mechanic. Of the support characters, Lucio is my favorite so far. It's great being able to offer a buff without having to micromanage which players are getting it.

I tried adding that name with the dash, but there were no matches.  I tried it without the dash and found someone.  I joined them in a game last where they were Tracer with an origins skin and I was Zenyatta, but on enemy teams.  I just barely managed to eliminate them in a quick close duel on the sidelines.
That you?

It's say Overwatch is definitely at least inspired by TF2, but different enough that it's own thing.  I really like how Overwatch uses a lot of things that aren't usually in a first-person shooter.  It's got guns, sure, but also some more interesting things like a guy who throws shurikens at people instead of shooting, or a monk type character who shoots energy at people with his hands.

Something I've also noticed is that almost every projectile in this game has at least a little bit of travel time, some more than others, even ballistic weapons.  In other first person shooters I've played, like TF2 and Fallout 4, guns shoot out scanlines which check to see if they're intersecting with anything and then instantly deal damage to it, whereas in Overwatch it's more often that I eliminate someone as they eliminate me, since whoever dies first still has some bullets in the air.
I know that's a really small thing, but I really like it.

Oh, I was referencing Squash's Overwatch username, since "Vogelmensch" roughly means "Bird-man" in German.  I haven't yet gotten into the open beta (not even sure how exactly you get an access key).  But yeah, I'm thinking I'll give it a shot, once I figure out how everything works.  What's your username?

EDIT: Well, I've now downloaded and installed this Overwatch thing, and so far I'm dying a lot.  But it's still fun.  My username is "MrSmiley" in case you would like to challenge me, although I'm in the European region right now.

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I just found HALO for the Atari 2600!  The cartridge is rare and expensive, but until my Christmas lis comes around, ther'es a web site that allows you to play it online!

http://www.kongregate.com/games/EdFries/halo-2600

I think the general consensus right now is that Blizzard is probably going to continue adding on to the game for years, with new maps and heroes. They aren't exactly the type to release a game and then move on to something else.

Youtube Channel

Blizzard has confirmed that they will be releasing more heroes later.  But for now it's just going to be the current group for a while.  As for when the next major update will happen, I don't think that they've set any dates.

In some of the videos there is concept art for possible unreleased heroes, like the Hazmat guy from the first cinematic trailer, along with some other interesting fellows in the background.

Genji was also shown in the same video in some art near the beginning long before he was officially introduced some time later.

They've also discussed bringing in a new Doomfist character to wear the gauntlet in the numbani map and the cinematic (there were three previous Doomfists), but I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Something I'd really like to see is more "villain" heroes.  Right now there aren't even enough to build a full team of them.  Which is weird because matches usually end up being a bunch of good guys fighting a bunch of good guys with a random bad guy helping them for some reason.  Although there are some conflicts in there.  For instance Lucio fought against the Symetra's corporation at one point and stole their sonic tech so he could become a weird science bard with magical healing powers.

Overall I'm still really enjoying Overwatch.  And even if it takes a while for the to release new heroes, there are still so many right now, and it brings up some really interesting combat situations.

I'm thinking on getting Star Fox Zero but I'm not sure I think it might help me out with my Star Fox series, if anyone has played it let me know what you think.

I watched my brother play the new Zelda for Switch, then Parappa the Rapper.  Started singing along with nostalgia.

Does anyone here play Pokemon Duel? Just curious.