The only comparison you can make is that theres Heros in both games, and they're both team oriented. THATS IT.
You cannot compare the two, as they offer completely different experiences to one an other. So please stop comparing the two, they have almost nothing in common.
They both offer different experiences, that can co-exist.
Grubbling Butter24 votesYou're right they are different! Overrwatch is actually fun to play with friends
BallisticMouse6 votesI wanted to downvote for this being kinda salty but god damn is it true...
HighH14 votesLeague with friends is fun if you're playing in normals and not going tryhard every game.Try a new champion,a new build(Full AP Alistar anyone),or a team with synergy(Darius/J4 bot is fun as shit).Have you watched any league youtuber?They sound like they're having the time of their lives just doing random shit in normals.
XeroKimo1 votesAnd then pros create a meta..... Pros please don't create a meta
Oleandervine22 votesUp voting this so hard.
Serika Zero14 votesWhy people compare them: They are both GAMES. And something most of us do in our free time. Most of us only got a few hours per day of free time (1-3). Since work, university, dates, shopping, washing, cooking etc takes time.
Which means, people will compare games. And decide which one is better to invest time on. League requires a lot of time, and it changes from patch to patch. Overwatch will most likely be in a similar space.
PS: they also use heroes with 3 abilities, an ultimate and a passive........ so that doesn't help keeping them apart
MrWasjig4 votesOnly person I've seen argue the perspective of people's limited time, and how they invest it. I can't upvote this hard enough! [slayer-pantheon-thumbs] Take a PantheonCertified© thumbs up!
redfeenix8 votesIts only natural to compare the 2 best internet games on the market right now. I rather like the discussion and rivalry. I am a fan of both games and I think both can be improved by each other.
Edit: I'm saying both are great games! But dont try supress free speech on this day... people can discuss anything they want.
Guy Fox Teemo3 votesYour comparing apples an oranges though, there's no reason to compare something that isn't even remotely the same. People who play overwatch can also play League; It isn't like a Dota vs LoL rivalry
redfeenix2 votesWhy not? You can compare any games regardless of genre. Which game do you prefer, Pokemon or gta v? I think that free speech implies that people can form any opinions they want. If people wanna compare lol and overwatch and argue over which is better.... let them lol.... does it really matter to you what game someone else likes ?
Sevixys1 votesBut.. Should gta improve itself under the influence from pokemon? Or should pokemon make similar solutions as in gta V? They are rly different games.
Dextix LT4 votesThat is the point however. It is not the same, that is the attraction. How many LOL clones have come out to try to get people from LOL to them? Many of them did that, and many of them failed. Only 2 succeeded.
Both games compete for the players time, because it is limited and overwatch is attracting MOBA players because it is not LOL and not DOTA, it is a different game.
A Liberal1 votesIdk if I would call them the two best. Overwatch hasnt been out very long and most of the publicity is all hype from its release, and both hero's of the storm (EW) and smite beat it out in player counts.
Interestingly enough wow doesn't, so sorry wow RIP
MonkeyMadness5 votesList of similarities:
Heroes/champions Abilities and Ultimates different characters serve different roles (ie tanks, assassins, healer/support, etc) team-based objectives and a mentality that if you try to go rambo you will lose Premades in ranked
Last one might get changed though, I hear that Blizzard is looking into a better ranked system. We sure as hell know Riot isn't...
RoodToob5 votesExcuse me sir, in both games teams can win or lose. Your clearly missing the fact they are the same game by this fact
Grashnim5 votesOverwatch: 6 Man, shooter. LoL: 5 Man MOBA.
Overwatch: A few button use. LoL: A few button use.
Overwatch: Dynamic Queue Ranked. LoL: Dynamic Queue Ranked.
Overwatch: Skill Rating based on W/L, Performance on Objectives, ranked from 1-100. LoL: Rating based on W/L, Bronze 5 to Master Tier (?).
Overwatch Season Rewards: Spray , golden guns (need a certain # of wins). LoL: Skin, border.
Overwatch: Prioritizing Game. Lol: Prioritizing Money - skins.
Overwatch: In game coms optional. LoL: No in game coms (outside client needed).
Overwatch: Premades are made known to both teams at start screen. LoL: Last I knew, premades were not shown unless you had similar club tags or something. Been awhile since I've played.
Both communities filled with cry babies. I think the last point matters the most.
I presume your original post is getting so much love because people are worried LoL will die for Overwatch. I doubt that'll happen, people always hang onto a game they enjoy. I've quit LoL to play Overwatch, but there are plenty who have not. It's really just how you wanna piss time away.
PIuie Battante4 votesYou're right. Overwatch actually rewards teamwork over the individual. And each character actually feels strong and unique in there own ways vs meta picks c0ol lool.
Guy Fox Teemo19 votes"Character actually feels strong and unique in there own ways", probably because they have a A LOT less champions then League has, also I'd argue against each character actually being strong, most people, actually almost EVERYONE that plays Overwatch isn't very good at the game, relatively speaking to someone who's good at LoL, considering the games only been out for like 2 months.
So for the time being theres no real meta, and everything is still being tried out, that doesn't last more then a year in a Competitive game like Overwatch.
PIuie Battante2 votes[{quoted}](name=Guy Fox Teemo,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=NABhExKE,comment-id=00010000,timestamp=2016-07-03T22:18:46.129+0000)
"Character actually feels strong and unique in there own ways", probably because they have a A LOT less champions then League has, also I'd argue against each character actually being strong, most people, actually almost EVERYONE that plays Overwatch isn't very good at the game, relatively speaking to someone who's good at LoL, considering the games only been out for like 2 months.
So for the time being theres no real meta, and everything is still being tried out, that doesn't last more then a year in a Competitive game like Overwatch.
You do realize like 2-3 new characters have already been revealed, and they already have a lot of preplanned characters as well. At least they don't wanna throw out a bunch of buggy broken shit. I still find it funny you'd compare Riot to a company like Blizzard when Riot is no where near as good.
Guy Fox Teemo18 votesBlizzard a good company... Are you serious LOL? Have you played any of there ohter games besides Overwatch? Blizzard hasn't gave a fuck about its player base.
Also 2-3? You'll need another 100 to get to Leagues pool.
Dextix LT7 votesI would agree with this assesement on WOW, but not so much on other of their games.
redfeenix1 voteswhy wow (never played)
President Swa1n1 votesAnd Starcraft II
Narasimha10 votesSo for the time being theres no real meta, and everything is still being tried out,
I take it you don't play ranked? Theres already a meta for offense AND defense. Though to be fair, Defense basically boils down to 'Protect the Bastion'.
A Liberal2 votesAs for there being No real meta, LoL was the same way when it started out. You kind of just took a champ and picked a lane and that was that.
YCitizenSnipsY1 votes"There's no real meta." Lol
You also forgot another comparison of LoL and OW. They are both objective based.
InsanitysTheName1 votesIn League there are around 4 different objectives you can take at any one time leading to unique gameplay built around different possible strategies built with different combinations of champions. In Overwatch there is announcer that says take the one damn objective to instantly win the game.
Schàdenfreude4 votesThey may be entirely different games, however, they have also become comeptitors in the gaming market which is why people are comparing them.
Hellen Keller4 votesYeah, America and China are different countries. We can still make comparisons - obviously not on everything, but on the similarities. While I've never compared League or Overwatch to eachother, if its a valid point I could support it.
Darkkor3 votesActually one thing they have in common is dynamic queue. ayyyyyyy
DarkRitual3 votesThey have vastly different gameplay, but there are still comparisons that can be made. Comparing core concepts and reasons eacvh are successful is fine.
They also aren't completely different, as your post states, even beyond the exemption you mention.
Sure they can both exist, but Overwatch has a chance to become more popular than League. The only question now is if it will remain popular over time.
kaltenashes1 votesnice, now lets compare dota2 with call of duty
DarkRitual1 votesNever played DOTA2 ever, or CoD much. Can't help you with that one.
Guy Fox Teemo1 votesWhile I do think Overwatvh can become very popular , it is highly unlikely to ever reach leagues peak of 67 million players, mostly due to the fact that over watch costs money while league is free. The only way I see it surpassing league , is if league drops to around 10 million players , though that's likely not going to happen for 5+ yrs, since the player base is so large.
DarkRitual1 votesOf note, Overwatch is nearly dead even (each sometimes passing the other throughout a day's time) as the most played game in internet Cafe's in South Korea. While that metric alone isn't telling, it's significant that the Koreans have taken onto it so heavily. Esports organizers can't really ignore such a huge audience to expand into, and from there things just roll downhill. (for reference, both sit around 30-33% of the net cafe share, with third place hovering around 5-6%)
Komatose2 votesI don't care if someone likes Overwatch. That's awesome, it's a fun game and I'm happy that you like it.
What I DO care about is people who act like they're God's gift to humanity for leaving League to play Overwatch.
"Oh and I am SO much better than all you League losers. Overwatch is SO superior look at me I'm showing Riot what I think of their crappy game!!"
It tilts me so hard when I see people like this on the forum. Go praise Overwatch if you like it so much. I don't care for it because I don't care for FPS games. League is more fun to me. Like the OP said, the two games can co-exist.
Only Play Darius1 votesBut plenty of people are leaving League for Overwatch.
kaltenashes1 votesh8 league's state, but i cant play fps, 2 boring 4 me
Komatose1 votesYeah, that's why I was put in a login queue twice yesterday, because everyone is "leaving".
kaltenashes1 votes=/ i'm stuck with league, dota2 hos smite are meh. i dont like mmorpgs fps, they're not for me
just hoping a new moba starts to get better and i can ditch lol for good
zSkeletoRz1 votes[{quoted}](name=Scared Famous,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=NABhExKE,comment-id=00090001,timestamp=2016-07-04T17:52:29.036+0000)
Yeah, that's why I was put in a login queue twice yesterday, because everyone is "leaving".
You were put in a login que because certain individuals are flooding the login. Since they apparently can't DDoS the servers anymore.
zSkeletoRz1 votesI agree 100%, they're very different in a lot of key ways... Blizzard will ban you for using racial slurs and making derogatory statements toward other players... Riot will tell you to use the broken, in game reporting system. I've also not seen any bots in Overwatch yet.
Madra1 votesThey are targeted towards the same audience though. The comparisons are inevitable.
Punkkee1 votesthey're both eating up my life so theres that
rtbf2216514121 votesThere is no MMR in Overwatch? Overwatch isn't objective based? You don't get penalties for leaving too many games? There is no support classes? There is no tanks? There is no damage dealer roles? There is no queue system?
Sure the genres are different, but saying there is no similarities is ignorant.
Sometimes these boards give me cancer.
[zombie-brand-facepalm]
Guy Fox Teemo1 votesTheres tank, support, damage, dealers as well in RPG MMO's; Those are incredibly generic similarities. Doesn't really count, as those apply to a lot of games.
rtbf2216514121 votes[{quoted}](name=Guy Fox Teemo,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=NABhExKE,comment-id=001b0000,timestamp=2016-07-05T06:48:30.990+0000)
Theres tank, support, damage, dealers as well in RPG MMO's; Those are incredibly generic similarities. Doesn't really count, as those apply to a lot of games.
Applies to CS;GO right?
Stop making excuses.
The definition of 'similar' is not on your side.
Guy Fox Teemo1 votesSimilar is a subjective word so it is on my side ;D
Blåbæret3 votesYeah everything is subjective. Therefore the world is flat.
Did you ever get out kindergarden and learn actual logic? I'd think not.