Game of the year

It's expired now in case anyone was wonder :disappointed:

Or not... back up again now :smiley:

Still this price despite the website claiming it was only until 3rd Jan, for those still interested and haven't bought already.

Had to finally bite at this price! A little treat for me after Christmas :innocent:

I don't mind the competitive aspect, for the reasons you say - I agree with it.

However I've unlocked a lot of Summer Games, Halloween and some Christmas event items and losing everything I've unlocked would be hard. I've accrued over 3000 in game credits too and am fancying the Christmas Zenyatta skin, I'd have none of that if I switched to PC. Disappointing indeed, as you say, it's all linked via the same Battle.net account - so WHY????

Have played this since launch on Xbox One and it's the best game released for Xbox imo. I want to make the transition to PC as I've built a gaming rig but another £25 for something I have already played for almost a hundred hours kinda stings. Plus you have to start again from level 1 and none of your items or unlocked skins carry over :disappointed:

Neither of the above. I've only ever used them whilst being upfront about being UK based; I CBA messing around with Hola et al.

And I'm on the site linked from this thread.

Half the issue is it's asking me a security question I don't remember setting up in the first place - and customer support won't talk to you without a photo of ID (there's actually a box to upload the file.)

Is it full of whiny little oiks who take it far too seriously and spend most of their time dishing out mother related abuse over the mic?

great game

If anybody wants the extra Origins content then there's also 50% off the upgrade as well now.

https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20411765

Really hate Battle.net as a website to use. Aside from the emails in Chinese script, as part of the forgotten password procedure they want photo's of my "government issued ID." Can't see anything going wrong with that.

Frustrating as I've wanted this game for awhile.

Yep no perk grind whatsoever. You immediately get access to all characters and maps. The only mode you have to rank up for is competitive. But I actually see this as a good thing as it makes sure people at least have a basic understanding of the game before entering ranked matches.

Loot boxes are just for cosmetics only I've never bought one. I don't really bother with skins though so I've got thousands of credits in my account from all the free boxes. Only cosmetics not in loot boxes are golden weapons which you get points for from winning in competitive.

Best multiplayer of the year by far for me. Easily my most played game this year and still not bored of it. Blizzard planned it from the start as a multi year competitive shooter so it should be around for a long while yet. You can tell the developers really care about the game as well. I've neve seen a developer go to the effort of producing a 12 minute video to explain how and why they'be reworked a charachter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elN-QGyToxM

I don't believe they do, no.

As far as I can tell everything you can buy in those crates is cosmetic. There is no way to get any different weapons or perks in this game outside of the standard sets that are available to everyone.

If that is the case and remains to be the case then I have no problem with it and if other people want to fund my future DLC access by buying costumes and icon packs then who am I to stop them?

I don't recall seeing anything game changing in the loot crates on the free weekend I played... New poses, voices and skins? Do later ones give new weapons to make it worth actually paying for in addition to the game itself?

I assume so. I'm guessing virtually no one on HUKD buys them but really the issue lies in how these "optional" purchases affect the game rather than the the money that people put into them; specifically the way that it's a phenomenal struggle actually getting loot crates without paying.

Seriously? Are people actually buying loot crates?

I'd be happy to have a game with anybody from here but I've forgotten my Battle.net ID tbh.

I'll do no such thing. I've just explained how lazy I am.

Seriously though, under discussion?

Honestly if you've played the game you know the crappy loot box micro transaction system is a much bigger deal (and even that is far from being a dealbreaker). As much as I hate pre-order culture I think jumping to "shame on blizzard" for having a single (fairly crappy) cosmetic item as a pre-order bonus and a few other (also lackluster) skins in the special edition is a bit daft. Especially when you consider they have added 2 new characters (with more on the way), a whole bunch of modes, and 1 (soon to be 2) new maps for free; plus of course the insane amount of work they're constantly putting into balance and community communication.

Each to their own of course but if that fairly small amount of DLC is a significant enough drawback to deter you then you'll really struggle to find any modern AAA/ multiplayer games that meet your standards.

Love this game.

I think we should get a HUKD group together because i'm sick of being placed with people who leave or shout at me even though I get 4 golds etc.

Or do we already have groups for gaming? Rings a bell. Too lazy to look!

Ffs. Bought it last week for 30£ on cdkeys

The line has always been "All future DLC Content (Heroes, Maps, Modes etc). will be free."

Show me a source that says otherwise or move along.

Is Origins purely cosmetic? I think Origins has been lower than 30 before, but the base edition has never been this low.

My GOTY easy, back playing it again now and loving it again :smiley: managed to get it on PC also for £19.99 through Prime now which is a bargain.

it was ALL DLC not future I mistyped, thanks for that

All the cosmetics are free as well (except for those five pre release skins). You can unlock everything else by playing the game.

it's content that's downloadable. DLC. How else can I explain it. People should just keep their word but strangely others defend them

back on topic it's a good price for a fun game. HOT

You're saying yourself they said all future DLC will be free. How does a pre-release comestic falls under "future DLC" in your mind?

No, it's an extra for people that bought the game early. Almost every other video game developer does something similar. You're getting the entire game with nothing locked for £25 for a life time, so there is really nothing you should be complaining about.

Also no, it's not DLC by definition. A skin isn't downloadable content.

it's DLC though by definition and therefore should be free. Shame on Blizzard

someone on the black friday thread said that ALL future DLC was FREE and others backed that person up. Can someone explain why the widowmaker DLC isn't free then please?

thanks

Tempted! I enjoyed the free weekend a little while back... but unsure I'd have time to make buying this worthwhile.

Absolute bargain.

400 hours on this game and still loving it.

Game of the year