This is the most addictive game of the year
If you needed to find me on a Friday night 16 years ago, I was probably in the spare bedroom of my childhood home playing endless hours of "Team Fortress Classic" online.
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"Team Fortress" was an instant hit. Unlike most shooting games where everyone plays the same character and tries to rack up as many kills as possible, "Team Fortress" required a lot of strategy and planning. There were several classes of characters ranging from medic to sniper, and mastering any of them could make you absolutely lethal. I was a terrible student in high school, but I'm pretty sure if I had dedicated as much time to studying as I did to "Team Fortress," I would have been valedictorian.
Now, here I am at age 30 and equally as addicted to the game's spiritual successor, "Overwatch." Instead of spending Memorial Day weekend at the beach or grilling processed meat like a normal American, I was glued to my PlayStation 4, playing endless rounds of the game.
The concept behind "Overwatch" is very similar to "Team Fortress." You play on small teams and tackle objectives like capturing a checkpoint or moving a payload over the goal line. (Still missing: Capture the flag.) The game is beautifully designed and even has a clever back story, which you can check out by watching these animated shorts on YouTube.But "Overwatch" is even more addictive than "Team Fortress" because of its deep roster of 21 characters with unique abilities and the fact it lets you change your character in the middle of the game to adapt to your opponents. It keeps every round you play fresh and exciting, forcing you to change your tactics on the fly in order to take down your opponents. My colleague Ben Gilbert described it pretty well: It's like an ever-changing rock/paper/scissors battle.
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If you have a PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or a PC and like fun, then you'd be insane not to give "Overwatch" a try. You'll thank me. Your friends and family who want to see you on a regular basis might not.
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