Quake Champions vs Overwatch

[kluader]

Hi. I wanna try a new game and I do not know which one to choose.. Which one do you propose and why?

[Butane]

Overwatch because it's made by people who actually care about the product and take pride in what they do.

[XANeus]

xD
yes, the do...sure... xD

@kluader: try quake champions...it's a free 2 play. on youtube you can find good tutorials

[Patrol1985]

Quake is free 2 play, Overwatch has to be paid for. Therefore try Quake - you risk nothing by doing so.

If you're still interested with Overwatch, I'd suggest trying both QC and (especially) Team Fortress 2 as Overwatch is kinda similar to Team Fortress 2, but characters have special, active abilities like in QC. TF2 is also free 2 play so you can check it out easily.

[dr_m]

overwatch is another teamfortress clone. it's a good one though, seeing how popular it is. when i have watched it on twitch it seems overcomplicated and a little 'rock-paper-scissors' with a few must have classes and the rest just padding. not for me though, i prefer gibbing ultraviolence over cutesy anime cartoons.

[PlushPanzer]

try team fortress 2 first then go for quake

[Snobby Hobo]

Originally posted by drem:

overwatch is another teamfortress clone. it's a good one though, seeing how popular it is. when i have watched it on twitch it seems overcomplicated and a little 'rock-paper-scissors' with a few must have classes and the rest just padding. not for me though, i prefer gibbing ultraviolence over cutesy anime cartoons.

I second this. In Overwatch you will always be limited by the rock paper scissor drafting. It's essentially like a first person moba, only with a minuscule fraction of the roster mobas sport.

[Frankster]

Try both, play both and see for yourself. However, I suggest playing QC if your up to the challenge of putting in the time to get an acceptable level of playing skill to compete. Overwatch is going to be more "noob" friendly and QC takes a bit of effort to develop your game skills, but I suspect it can be much more rewarding once you've developed your game.

However, Quake can be frustrating for newer players, because many of us have been playing for many, many years, literally decades in some instances, such as mine. Despite this, there are many outstanding world class players who are young and competitive.

[Chris]

Originally posted by Butane:

Overwatch because it's made by people who actually care about the product and take pride in what they do.

Hahaha ha.... good one

[Chris]

Originally posted by Frankster:

Try both, play both and see for yourself. However, I suggest playing QC if your up to the challenge of putting in the time to get an acceptable level of playing skill to compete. Overwatch is going to be more "noob" friendly and QC takes a bit of effort to develop your game skills, but I suspect it can be much more rewarding once you've developed your game.

However, Quake can be frustrating for newer players, because many of us have been playing for many, many years, literally decades in some instances, such as mine. Despite this, there are many outstanding world class players who are young and competitive.

As long as you stay away from duel you can kick ass in quake pretty fast after to 30 hour mark.

[Seekay]

Since Quake is free, it doesn't hurt to try it out. But like the boys above me already said, the game is very punishing for new players. It'll take time until you learn just the basics of all the seemingly simple and yet complex mechanics of Quake. But once you do, boy, are you in for a ride.

If you get hooked and wanna keep playing the game and wanna learn more, I recommend watching some YouTube tutorials and reading up some guides. Rocket Jump Ninja used to make some neat videos that you can watch here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ4Q_hC9Zsw&list=PLZIoNIMGrHppnpx-AoT5aWbcdU2EvCCPs&index=3

Frothy also made a couple:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-hbvaE5HJ0&list=PLD1fk2ODxOabkyTxDl5KI9EYFFeye9Yg9


Though keep in mind that most of them will be of older versions of Quake Champions, so don't expect everything to be 100% the same (like the Railgun doing more damage when scoped in for example, that was removed recently).

I never played Overwatch, so I can't say if it's actually any good. But if you can try it out for little to no risk, I'd say go see for yourself. You never truly know if a game is for you until you play it. :p

Originally posted by Butane:

Overwatch because it's made by people who actually care about the product and take pride in what they do.

DoN't YoU gUyS hAvE pHoNeS

[Chris]

Originally posted by Seekay:

Since Quake is free, it doesn't hurt to try it out. But like the boys above me already said, the game is very punishing for new players. It'll take time until you learn just the basics of all the seemingly simple and yet complex mechanics of Quake. But once you do, boy, are you in for a ride.

If you get hooked and wanna keep playing the game and wanna learn more, I recommend watching some YouTube tutorials and reading up some guides. Rocket Jump Ninja used to make some neat videos that you can watch here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ4Q_hC9Zsw&list=PLZIoNIMGrHppnpx-AoT5aWbcdU2EvCCPs&index=3

Frothy also made a couple:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-hbvaE5HJ0&list=PLD1fk2ODxOabkyTxDl5KI9EYFFeye9Yg9


Though keep in mind that most of them will be of older versions of Quake Champions, so don't expect everything to be 100% the same (like the Railgun doing more damage when scoped in for example, that was removed recently).

I never played Overwatch, so I can't say if it's actually any good. But if you can try it out for little to no risk, I'd say go see for yourself. You never truly know if a game is for you until you play it. :p

Originally posted by Butane:

Overwatch because it's made by people who actually care about the product and take pride in what they do.

DoN't YoU gUyS hAvE pHoNeS

Played overwatch, I'm not going to be one of those that get livid just from hearing the name, but I will say it's not a 100% skill based game. Most of overwatch relies too much on timing, team sync, and team composition. If you like the rock paper scissor type game with heavy bases on when to mash your skill button then that's a game for you.

Be a twitch FPS gamer and that game will pull whatever skill you have and throw it into the trash bin (There are a few cases such as widow maker that does reward good aim and fast response though).

Quake among many other FPS titles out there rewards the individual player if they have fast response time and good aim. Overwatch waters it down and relies on other methods of approach for victory.

Why it's popular could be the 50/50 ratio win rate matchmaking they try to go for, the colorful pallet that's easy on the eyes similar to team fortress 2, the moba like class system, fast matches for impatient gamers (like me depending on the day), the absurdly good optimization, the marketing resources Blizzard has, and obviously just being a "Blizzard" title.

Fans of blizzard are like apple fans. Loyal to the bone.



Quake has a fanbase but most are of a older generation and even those that are interested are more harsh on what they want/need in a future quake iteration, thus the smaller active population.

That's my take anyway, i'm no statistic guru.

[Sh1kuren]

I playing Overwatch and I was interested to play Quake Champions before December 2018 update. Now QC looks ugly on Low graphic settings, and need more RAM (16Gb) for Medium.

I have 8 GB RAM and GTX 950 (2Gb). Now i prefer Overwatch, because it's have no FPS drops or freezes as QC.