after months of refusing to spend the money, i finally caved and bought overwatch today. spent probably a good 4 hours playing online with one of my friends and i definitely feel it was money well spent. i haven't played a shooter in a very long time but it's such a great change of pace from the recycled military FPS games that clog up the multiplayer game market. obviously the tf2 comparisons are there, but the game still has a unique identity that keeps it fun and i'm looking forward to hammering some hours into it in the future.

it's hella ****ing annoying playing in online matches when you get stuck with a selfish team though. nothing like playing with a full team with no tanks or healers.

What characters did you try? and which system?

I play it on the PC.

seems like most traffic (at least based on the YouTube vids I've watched) is on PC. i'm on xbox unfortunately.

i jumped around quite a bit, it's kind of overwhelming at first because it feels like there's so much to learn. i really got on with Junkrat and Roadhog right out of the gate, McCree was pretty cool as well but i rarely if ever played with an offensive hero since that seems to be what everyone else wants to do. i want to have at least one hero for every class that i feel comfortable as, that way i can kind of switch around depending on the game and what the team needs.

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/...g?t=1469816833
Stardew Valley

I've had this game for a long time, and up until yesterday, I didn't really see the draw or why this game was so good. I played for a few hours straight yesterday and now I can definitely see the appeal. I used to play Harvest Moon when I was younger, and this game certainly fills that need for farm management and whatever else. It's got a lot of depth for it being made and managed by one person. Certainly worth picking up if you want a nice relaxing alternative to Harvest Moon.

There is a minecraft mod that is very similar to this game. I was gonna check it out, but I'm busy with other mod packs atm. Still haven't got around to this game or Rimworld, which both look fantastic.

All the tanks are really good, some are situational. If you care about ranking and playing the meta here are some of the top meta picks atm:

Heals: Ana - Her kit is just insanely strong. Long range strong heals, a sleep, insane ult, anti-heal on enemies

DPS: Soldier 76 - Hitscan and insane damage. Also, a solid Pharah counter.
Symmetra - Great when defending and her damage is insane when she's charged. Also brings amazing utility.
Reaper - Anti-tank, flanker. He hits like a truck and can be sneaky.
Tracer - Flanker, squishy, but super mobile. I'm terrible with her, but a good tracer can wreak havoc on the backline all game.

Tank: Reinhardt - Just a solid kit, and staple tank that helps to push or hold points.
Zarya - Crazy damage with high energy, amazing shield, and her ult combos well with others.
DVA - Amazing ult. Good Damage, her secondary hard counters a lot of great ults.

^I've not played Rimworld either but I hear it's super ****in good.

thanks for the heads up. i played with DVA a fair bit as well and had some great games but didn't find her to be as much fun as the others. definitely going to give the rest a go though. got wrecked a few times by reapers.

The Last Guardian. It's kinda disappointing, kinda brilliant. A flawed masterpiece for sure.

Even though I don't like fps games, I want to get the new Resident Evil. I saw some gameplay for it and I'm all on board now.

Do you have Playstation VR? I hear Resident Evil is VR compatible.