Overwatch releases sandbox mode before League of Legends, less than 1 year after its release.

Nidken··3 votes·1,632 views

The patch notes read:

New Feature: Server Browser

Starting today, every player can create their own, unique Overwatch experience and share it with their friends, their teammates, or the entire world. Introducing the Server Browser.

An extension of Overwatch's Custom Game mode, the Server Browser allows you to adjust the settings on various maps, modes, and heroes, creating your own tailor-made server. If, for example, you want to increase Pharah’s missile speed or remove the cooldown from McCree's Combat Roll, the power is yours. Once you're happy with your settings and you're ready to launch your game, you'll need to set up the permissions. You can limit the number of people who can join your game by toggling the "Friends Only" or "Invite Only" options, but if you want to put your strange creation to the real test, set your server to "Public" and click the launch button.

Meanwhile, more than 6 years after its request, League of Legends finally releases 'practice mode', a game mode where players are able to individually test various gameplay mechanics against lifeless, immobile dummies, something which Overwatch has too supported in the 'Practice Range' since the day of its release.

6 Comments

Eedat3 votes

Wow! Its almost like Riot was a tiny indie game company before making one of the most popular video game in history and Blizzard was already a multi-billion dollar entity before launching Overwatch.

But we should compare the two because that obviously doesn't make me sound like a whiny, entitled, spoiled fucking brat

Joxcab2 votes

It's like they are two entirely different games, wow.

Nidken2 votes

So different in fact, that the game development rate is affected by an upward of 600%.

DrCyanide2 votes

Or just two companies with different priorities.

Blizzard has had custom game editors baked into their games going back over 2 decades now. It keeps people playing their games long after they'd otherwise get board of them.

Contrast that to Riot, which is a game built out of the groundwork established by a custom game for one of Blizzard's games. It's very likely that there's been concern that someone will replace their MOBA like they replaced Blizzard's RTSs.

Catastroclysm1 votes

Inb4 50000 downvotes from kids choking on rito dick. :^)

l Dárius l1 votes

wow overwatch is so much better than league lolol

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