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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

Though the way the leaker describes it makes it sound more like a 3rd person MOBA than a hero shooter.

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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Calling things an OverWatch style shooter is a bit like calling every first person shooter a Doom clone. Just call it a hero shooter I know what a hero shooter is. You don't need to compare it to another game.

It's bad enough that the term a "roguelike" exists, I can guarantee that hardly anyone who plays them has ever actually played rogue, and fair enough since it's ancient, so they have no idea if the game they're playing is like it or not.

[-] BluesF@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Overwatch is a particularly successful Team-Fortress-like

[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

"Roguelike" has also become very watered down. I see "roguelite" used less often, though it's more accurate, but there isn't a good alternative term right now. Turn-based-dungeon-crawler-with-permadeath is historically accurate but there's a tendency to lump action games like Rogue Legacy and Enter the Gungeon in that needs to be accounted for.

(And no I haven't played Rogue but I did play a bunch of NetHack)

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