Lawbreaker (Overwatch)

saumilsingh said:
Overwatch is a first person moba.

Ability cooldowns, heroic abilities and most importantly set hero roles which require correct drafting.
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There are no randomly spawned NPC's helping out, there are no defensive structures, etc. You simply have standard payload/hybrid, 2CP, and KoTH maps. Unless I am missing something in terms of definitions.

HOTS is a moba, OverWatch is more of a team based FPS like TF2.
 
Moba doesn't mean having minions and defensive structures.
That only means it's not a Tower Defense Moba.

But it's still a Moba.


Like if you suddenly took away the minions and towers from HOTS, leaving just the objectives. That wouldn't suddenly make it not a Moba, it'd still be one.
 
saumilsingh said:
Moba doesn't mean having minions and defensive structures.
That only means it's not a Tower Defense Moba.

But it's still a Moba.

Like if you suddenly took away the minions and towers from HOTS, leaving just the objectives. That wouldn't suddenly make it not a Moba, it'd still be one.
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You skill/power up in HOTS, like many mobas. You don't do that in Overwatch. It is a team based shooter, like TF2 and others. Those are not mobas either.

In order to validate the claim that it is a moba, you have to significantly expand the definition of a moba and relax the criteria, which defeats the whole purpose and is a conclusion working backwards.
 
Well, moba stands for multiplayer online battle arena, isn't that definition already pretty loose?

I mean, you can easily fit an arena shooter under that acronym.
 
People that call this a MOBA are LOCO :p

Looks like it struggled to sell on PC, maybe PS4 sold better. I was thinking of getting it but was going to hold off a bit. Hard to justify getting it now, but maybe there will be a boost at xmas.
 
No, tf broke the MOBA rules.

There are sacred lines you must not cross if you want to obtain the honorable MOBA title.


But it really does seem like this is DOA, apparently stillborn had better launch numbers than lawbreakers, that is not a good sign.
 
Thread-necro.

Spent some time this morning watching youtube videos of Lawbreakers. Geez this game looked awesome. So tragic that it failed. I never played it, as my PC was hopelessly out of date at the time... I had hoped it would succeed and I could jump in when I eventually upgraded.

It's too bad that the game is no longer playable, as I'd love to try it out today.

I've got some further thoughts on arena shooters generally, but I think I'll save them for another post/thread.
 
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