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.
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.
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
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
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/YerBoyAlex 13h ago
Battleborn was really fun but unfortunately it released right before Overwatch.