{"id":83427,"date":"2015-11-12T15:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=83427"},"modified":"2015-11-12T15:12:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T13:12:44","slug":"cross-platform-play-gives-pc-players-in-overwatch-too-much-of-an-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/83427-cross-platform-play-gives-pc-players-in-overwatch-too-much-of-an-advantage","title":{"rendered":"Cross-platform play gives PC players in Overwatch too much of an advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Launching locally in June (autumn of 2016) for Xbox One, PS4 and PC, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/eu.battle.net\/overwatch\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Overwatch<\/a><\/em> is what happens when Blizzard makes an attempt at an FPS game.<\/p>\n<p>What you get is an aesthetically charming and vibrant world, a MOBA-esque approach to character diversity, <em>Team Fortress<\/em>-like gameplay and a near-sublime experience from what we\u2019ve played thus far.<\/p>\n<p>And as a cherry on top, at BlizzCon this past weekend, Blizzard has announced an Origin Edition of the game, and it\u2019s chock-full of extras.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/noRvR5TYoAA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What came as a result of the game\u2019s announced launch was a number of questions regarding it being a multiplatform game and whether it would be cross-platform play capable or not.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard subsequently confirmed that it would not offer cross-platform play, primarily because Blizzard wants a balanced and enjoyable experience and cross-platform play gives PC gamers too much of an advantage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>It&#8217;s really difficult,<\/em>&#8221; said Blizzard&#8217;s senior designer Jeremy Craig. &#8220;<em>From a gameplay standpoint, mouse and keyboard has a little bit of an advantage in terms of being able to spin really quickly. And our game is pretty fast-paced. It just felt like there was a little bit too much of an advtange.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s not wrong. Unless the PC player is inexperienced and the console gamer is an absolutely beast, PC gamers will always trounce console gamers in the FPS realm \u2013 a keyboard and mouse just offers too much of an advantage in accuracy and dexterity.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bit of a bummer, but far from a deal breaker. Besides, we can\u2019t imagine very many gamers arguing for cross-platform play just so that they can have their ass handed to them on a silver platter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>It just seems like the console crowd is going to love playing against the console people; the PC people will love playing against PC people,<\/em>&#8221; said Craig.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, game director Jeff Kaplan did mention the potential for local split-screen co-op as well as modding support. &#8220;<em>We absolutely believe in modding,<\/em>&#8221; he said. That would be amazing.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Blizzard announced the latest additions to <em>Overwatch\u2019s<\/em> roster, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jN3TISLTVyc\" target=\"_blank\">D.Va<\/a> (Tank), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lYOjIDhJIG0\" target=\"_blank\">Genji<\/a> (Offence) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J4hB88uMY8k\" target=\"_blank\">Mei<\/a> (Defence).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83431\" style=\"width: 2611px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Overwatch-D.Va-Genji-and-Mei-New-characters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83431\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83431\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Overwatch-D.Va-Genji-and-Mei-New-characters.jpg\" alt=\"Overwatch - D.Va, Genji and Mei \" width=\"2601\" height=\"1131\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-83431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: <a href=\"http:\/\/eu.battle.net\/overwatch\/en\/heroes\/dva\/\" target=\"_blank\">D.Va<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/eu.battle.net\/overwatch\/en\/heroes\/genji\/\" target=\"_blank\">Genji<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/eu.battle.net\/overwatch\/en\/heroes\/mei\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mei<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Have you had a crack at <em>Overwatch <\/em>yet, and if not, are you planning on it?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/no-cross-platform-play-for-overwatch-in-part-becau\/1100-6432073\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gamespot<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>In other news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/83421-more-steam-users-are-already-using-windows-10-than-windows-8.html\" target=\"_blank\">More Steam users are already using Windows 10 than Windows 8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/83411-the-games-of-2015-according-to-the-reviews.html\" target=\"_blank\">The games of 2015 according to the reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/83381-fallout-4-pip-boy-edition-isnt-special.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition isn\u2019t all that S.P.E.C.I.A.L.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can\u2019t imagine very many gamers arguing for cross-platform play just so that they can have their ass handed to them on a silver platter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":83429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[665,1601,1969,10096,15397,1239,1853,10065],"class_list":["post-83427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-blizzard","tag-cross-platform-play","tag-news-2","tag-overwatch","tag-pc","tag-playstation-4","tag-playstation4","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}