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submitted 4 months ago by ayla@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

It’s like Overwatch, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2 all baked into a pie.

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[-] Eggyhead 37 points 4 months ago

A new shooter from valve? Hell yeah!!

a hero shooter

Oh. Never mind then.

[-] Crotaro@beehaw.org 40 points 4 months ago

I absolutely get where you're coming from, but to be fair Team Fortress is basically a hero shooter as well, except that there can be multiples of the same "hero" on the battlefield at the same time. Or - and I'm genuinely asking because I haven't played "hero shooters" in that long - am I missing a core distinction of hero shooters?

[-] Eggyhead 16 points 4 months ago

I was thinking something more in line with a narrative story-based shooter like half life. TF2 and other competitive shooter arena games were never really my thing.

[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 months ago
[-] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago

Same thing, innit, the only difference is the plot

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

TF2 is a class based team deathmatch FPS. One class, one character.

In hero shooters you have multiple characters with different abilities that make them distinct from each other, yet all can conform to a certain class type and role.

[-] homicidalrobot@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Someone has never played a round of highlander.

[-] irasponsible@beehaw.org 7 points 4 months ago

It's barely a hero shooter - it's just a MOBA

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