Overwatch League Newbie Thoughts
The Octopus Zenyetta skin actually got me into watching the OWL
So, points to whichever marketing psychologist concocted that evil scheme, I guess
But watching the OWL has only reinforced my feelings that snipers make Overwatch drastically more boring
I swear half the cast of any given match is taken up by watching Widowmakers and Hanzos trying to plink headshots
But the rest is good/entertaining? Nice to see Winston & Zarya being so key to things, and Wrecking Ball has a great mix of abilities mechanically and visually.
Support roles need more screentime, but that never, ever changes.
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re: Overwatch League Newbie Thoughts
But these are overall minor gripes? Like (as someone who plays OW enough to recognise the abilities despite the above) it's free TV that's good to put on in the background, so it's probably gonna take a regular place in my browser, and be the first esport thing to hold my attention.
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I can see why people say they find the OWL too visually confusing; Every ability and character is brightly painted in the same team-colour, so unless you know all the abilities by heart it can just be
"Green explosion on top of a green explosion, inside a green bubble, while a white explosion happens in the bubble to 2 green figures, who are glowing green."
I get colouring things for each team but they really don't need to take it that far, they could just accent it rather than dumping a bucket of [Team Colour] over everything