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.

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

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      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 🙄

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

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      I mean, it will have those once the game is officially released.

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        It doesn’t change anything, though. TF2 isn’t nearly as bad as Overwatch 2 or Halo Infinite. Idk, all Valve’s free games have MTX (microtransactions), but they’re not like… annoying, infuriating, etc.

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    It still has some kinks that need ironing out, and it could for sure use a bigger roster, but they’re cooking with this one. The MOBA core and superb movement mechanics just complement each other so nicely, and with both powerful easy to use active items and ability-based heroes available it’s possible to perform even if you’re not an aim god.

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    It seems cool. I know I don’t have the time to get into a moba (or moba-lite) right now, but I hope it catches on and does well.

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    I’m struggling to enjoy it. Some matches can be enjoyable but more often than not I find it a dull slog.

    Theres nothing more boring than being stuck in a game for another 20 minutes when it’s well and truly clear you’ve been getting your arses kicked the previous 20.

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      Theres nothing more boring than being stuck in a game for another 20 minutes when it’s well and truly clear you’ve been getting your arses kicked the previous 20.

      To be fair, you don’t have to do anything. You can hang back if you think the match is a loss or just farm lane and let them win once you think it’s over. This is also how League and Dota seem to work outside competitive, people will just give up if they smell a loss coming.

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          Dota does too but its fairly hidden and requires unanimous agreement. That said, Dota is far less snowbally, so unlike League or Deadlock, it rarely makes sense to forfet very early.

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

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      You should check out The Finals if you’re looking for something that’s a bit more OW-like. Heavy focus on objectives instead of kills, like OW. There’s also lots of abilities and weapons to mix and match, so it’s less of a hero shooter and more of a build-your-own-hero shooter. Made by a bunch of ex-DICE devs, so the gunplay and environment destruction are very satisfying. Completely free to play, too.

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    11 hours ago

    Want to throw me an invite? I really want to try it, but none of my friends are on it. I stopped playing OW when they jumped the shark and announced OW2. You can only play if you know someone who is playing, right?

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      Yeah, it’s still invite-only afaik, but there’s no limit on the number of people you can invite, so I found someone in a public discord server who accepted all friend requests and sent out bulk invites. (For anyone else still looking.) I’ll send you a PM with my friend code and get you an invite.