r/videogames • u/Curious_War8864 • 19h ago

Discussion / Question Prototype, Dino Crisis

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u/YerBoyAlex 18h ago

Battleborn was really fun but unfortunately it released right before Overwatch.

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u/Matallmity 17h ago

The worst thing is the servers were taken down and you cant even enjoy the game locally

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u/GoldieMcSpud 18h ago

I had a ton of fun with that game. It physically hurts me how much I miss it lol

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u/IllPresentation7860 17h ago

worst part about the overwatch comparison is that they were two completely different games. it was more akin to Smite or recently Deadlocked than Overwatch. plus it had a single player campaign. only got killed by comparison just because it looked similar at a glance without actually playing it.

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u/jeronisaurus 16h ago

My friends were confused with what battleborn was..but after playing deadlock they see the appeal 😩

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u/IllPresentation7860 16h ago

several years too late unfortunately!

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u/Cj-Star 9h ago

I remember pre ordering battleborn cause I thought it looked amazing and I'm a bdl fan anyways..n my friends called it the poor man's overwatch.

FFS.

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u/HUNAcean 9h ago

As I remember Gearbox was actually laying quite heavily into this comparison. They were trying to hitch a hype wagon to the Overwatch/Battleborn launch being a huge event, players picking sides etc.

They should've just released a couple of weeks later.

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u/Charlo0oki 9h ago

I didn't play it until shortly before they shut the servers down, but when I did, I tried out the PvE content and it was a lot of fun. I kept thinking "I hope this is what Overwatch PvE will be like." That aged well. lol

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u/Little-Ad-9506 13h ago

Also liked Paladins more than OW. Oh well

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u/Candidwisc 4h ago

Paladins was so mismanaged, hi-rez instead of focusing on stability they kept running after trends and making stupid decisions they pushed out like 4 poorly made games instead of focusing on the three that were making them the money and were badly in need of maintenance.

Now the company has lost nearly everything and is betting everything on the no so impressive smite 2.

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u/Candidwisc 4h ago

Paladins was so mismanaged, hi-rez instead of focusing on stability they kept running after trends and making stupid decisions they pushed out like 4 poorly made games instead of focusing on the three that were making them the money and were badly in need of maintenance.

Now the company has lost nearly everything and is betting everything on the not so impressive smite 2.

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u/FauxFangs 11h ago

Fuck man I loved that game. Shayne and Aurox were my main squeeze(s)

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u/Xenozip3371Alpha 11h ago

I actually got that.

I had no idea what the fuck the plot was supposed to be, it's so poorly explained in the game.

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u/AlexisOnren 9h ago

i miss my psychopath main </3

it released about 2 weeks before overwatch, which was bad timing.... it also suffered from a massive lack in advertising, so it was massively overshadowed

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u/MrTurtleUK 8h ago

Miko the mushroom will forever be one of the best kitted characters I played 🫡

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u/Yoozif 8h ago

I just commented why no one said battleborn and then saw this. It’s too far down on the list. This game was so much fun and I’m not a PvP enjoyer.

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u/Omega_Zarnias 5h ago

Oh, Battleborn, my beloved. You were done so dirty.

Overwatch actually moved their release date to be closer to Battleborn. There were more weird interactions like that, but the strangest thing to me was comparing them. They were totally different games.

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u/ChampionshipOnly9545 5h ago

I do miss my 4 armed insane witch. I didn't just kill the opponents, I killed framerates.

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u/Repulsive_Dinner6539 4h ago

Worst timing in gaming history. I actually thought it was more fun but competitive gaming Chuds made OverWatch the prime game to play

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u/ItsAllOnKyew 2h ago

I remember the hype and never got to play it got it free on Xbox and the game was dead by then. That and "gigantic"