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Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by joppy on Thursday May 06, 2021 @09:48AM (#27063129)
On the other hand, one of the things I like so much about Overwatch and TF2 is the importance of mobility and crazy movement patterns - with some characters you can be flying around the map, ending up in odd places, and characters usually have enough HP to be in a good fight with someone when they land.

By contrast CS offers nothing like this - movement is always strictly along the ground/ladders/stairs etc, and gunfights are more like who saw who first. It just feels boring to play in comparison - sure the tactics are interesting, but there’s nothing like the feeling of freedom you get from some other games.

I’d like there to be more of a focus on games that are fun to play, in terms of movement and combat mechanics just feeling awesome. Horizon Zero Dawn is another great example of making combat awesome.

Re:Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active player... by rkuykendall-com on Friday May 07, 2021 @09:01AM (#27075382)
I haven't played Halo 5 multiplayer (no PC release) but I've seen movement-videos and they look _incredible_. Incredibly fun even just to watch! I'm curious to see if an improvement on that, plus the possible addition of grappling, can do in Infinite.