Revisiting Paladins - IS IT STILL AWFUL?! 

I'll be honest i still think you're kinda biased. When overwatch has different classes you say they're unique but when paladins does you say oh theres a dragon, oh there's a tree and oh theres an anime character when you could do the same for overwatch. Oh theres a gorilla, oh theres a cowboy oh theres a ninja. Nice though entertaining to here your thoughts though please remember this is a review not personal opinions as this video could directly affect whether people play paladins

The "groot" character is an Easter egg and is a sub character in hi Rez's game smite

I think team fortress came first. there truth hurts

You lie then you say ultis can't be countered. You just learned to do it in overwatch.

never played this game, but I think your story-line conclusion is Overwatch biased.

"Sexy anime... Guy?" Viktor confirmed to be the most kawaii Japanese Princess in the world.

This guy is extremely over-dramatic. This game beats out any other hero shooter atm, in terms of gameplay. The characters have more depth/synergy than OW. And you can really spec your hero to suit your style. For instance, he clearly uses barracks "mark" card; that marks a target to do extra dmg with your weapon. Meanwhile, I use "turret health increase/health regen" so I can simply keep my turrets alive, and they do all the work. The only problem is this game has an identity crisis

After playing it for an hour, I had a lot of fun with it, and I continue to play it, however, I do feel balancing and more characters need to be added,

It has potential as it is f2p and may attract more tf2 players, and gamers in general who like the game style but dont want to pay for overwatch.

Your comparing a free to play game with a full price game, duh one's going to be more polish then the other. Overwatch probably had 10xs the people and funds for there game then Paladins. Its really unfair to compare these two games.

I am level 27 in overwatrch and 10 in palidins so I have experience in both games and I prefer palidins

From playing 200 hours on Overwatch and having playing Paladins for 100 hours, I can officially say its the same game BUT there is something in there that shows its differences. In Overwatch, you can have a full team of one class and win the game. But in Paladins, you must need support or a certain class if you want your team to push, even in casual. Overwatch, has a bigger map design, and has many ways for players to use their abilities and their plan to work. Same in Paladins, but you would find yourself have more Clash's with players and experiencing more people trying to flank you. Both maps in both games are layed out to be played with a plan, not just run and shoot. To conclude, Overwatch plays more like a open team based shooter given players lots of advantages and plays. Meanwhile, Paladins feels like League of Legends mixed with Team Fortress. Overall, they are really good games.

The gameplay in Paladins is better than in Overwatch. I own both, but spend more time in Paladins. This guy is just nitpicking and poking at the tiny flaws. But I do think the first video had good points about Erez and his treatment of his company.

Grover is based on Smite' Sylvanus and tree combo, just using the tree only and not based on a Groot feel, though it still has that feel a little. The characters only seem unbalanced if someone knows how to use them and that is the same with ALL characters, they all have great combos and abilities that can make you really strong. The card system is impactful, as is your in-game purchases, it really does depend on how well you play as in if I play Grohk on the front lines the enemy has a hard time winning. Ruckus though, he IS OP if the enemy doesn't focus you down and just you know, runs in and gets mowed down to give you like 65 eliminations in the match. Overall for being still in beta, the game is great, not an Overwatch ripoff, plus a lot of games these days are similar in a lot of aspects. I love the game, though the Aussie server has had ping issues jumping between 50 - 400 ping over different matches. Well worth the play! Better than overwatch (which is bland and dull for gameplay and characters) unlike Paladins.

I will be honest. I am an overwatch newbie who loves it very well but i am downloading this game right now to test it because sadly my little brother doesn't have overwatch and i want to play with him with some overwatch type game.

I have fun with this game. Besides it runs very well on my 6 year old PC (50 frames a sec on high) where overwatch is more like a slideshow.

5:25 im just gonna say this Grover is from Smite.

How the does this guy have 44k credits when he's straight up level 10? you must've earned like 6k a match in closed beta lmao

Grover isn't based off of Groot, he's based off a character from SMITE, their own game...

he bought aggression... he has lost all validity.

what I disagree with is that the loadouts are not impactful. you can do really cheesy things and encourage different playstyles. for example with Viktor you can throw a grenade and reduce the cooldown when you hit 2 enemies. so if you hit 4 enemies you can get it back instantly and throw again! great for taking the point! you just need to focus certain strengths with your loadout hard and adjust your playstyle and role with it.

I've played for about an hour now and what I think I noticed was that ultimates are more noticable to the user than the victim. Which is awesome. :D

People are just mad as they paid money for overwatch, and now there is f2p game that is similar. Its normal for human mind to dislike things that people get for free and you had to pay for. Psychologically unintelligent people say paladins isn't good game and is copy. But the truth speaks by itself. We wise people with IQ 140+ know paladins is better game.

overall a very good review, but does seem a bit biased towards overwatch

I own overwatch but i still see this as a good competitor that's why im downloading it now to try it.

I feel like i'm the only person in the world who actually liked Battleborn...

Yeah high noon, graviton surge, justice reigns from whatever the fuck, are all shitty ults. Even tho you could potentially kill every single member of the enemy team with them they are all far less scary than drogoz's "i will one shot ur tank" ult

I have about 10 hours in the game right now. I've been having fun with it, but honestly, I don't think I'd play this if I had Overwatch, which I don't. Basically, this is a very good F2P Overwatch clone, but that's not necessarily a bad thing in my opinion. I'll still keep playing for the time being, but if I ever get myself a copy of Overwatch, I doubt I'd come back to this game.

5:26 That character is actually based on a god in their other game smite. This god is named sylvanus and he rides a big living tree named Grover. The character in paladins is just Grover alone wielding an axe, which admittedly is pretty random, but isn't based on Groot.

Have you played Dirty Bomb much? Whatcha think about it?

I bought Overwatch on release and did not like it. I tried to get into it because some of my friends were playing it and I had paid good money for it but just abandoned it after a few hours played. I decided to try Paladins and I am enjoying it greatly. Already have more hours played and intend on playing more of it for the foreseeable future. I can pin the reasons why I like this over Blizzard's game on a few reasons: 1) I hated the fact that you can change champions mid game in Overwatch. That game is all about team composition and constantly changing it to adapt to the enemy team's comp and strategy. This led to a situation where I was constantly questioning if my bad plays were related to me playing badly or me choosing an inadequate champion. I felt I had to learn the game in depth before I could start having fun. Paladins is more like a MOBA in that you have to pick a team composition at the start. To counter for unfavorable matchups there is the card system in place. 2) I like having my character my characters progress mid game. In Overwatch the heroes are static. Paladins allows you to upgrade certain aspects of the character both using the aforementioned card system at the start of a match but also during the match by upgrading certain aspects of the character using money accrued during the match. The choices are not super exciting and not character changing such as they were in Battleborn. However they give you interesting choices to make during the match vis a vis your character. Maybe Bomb King's bombs are causing me grief so I opt for a reduction of splash damage, or they have a character which is going into stealth so I increase my stealth detection. 3) The controls seem to be simpler. I find it ridiculously easy to learn using a new champion in Paladins since all the keys are the same. In Overwatch some keys are used for some characters while others are not. I tried going back to Overwatch recently and kept being frustrated by the controls changing between characters. I can understand why people like Overwatch despite me hating it. But I feel that some of these criticisms amd comparisons are unfair especially considering that Overwatch has gone Gold and has seen a few post release patches while Paladins is still in open Beta. The only thing I can say is - Paladins is free to play. You can just try it for yourself. Just don't go into it expecting it to be just like Overwatch.

As someone who plays Paladins a lot, I agreed with almost everything you said in this video. I personally thought it was a great video! Also, do you do voice-acting? It seems like you'd be good at it.

IMO, the only thing missing from Paladins is a quick story line to give the characters meaning and a little life. But other than that, it's a great f2p game to be honest. Sure the graphics and hit marks aren't as realistic as Overwatch's but we have to consider that it's still in beta mode. And through out my playing, I've reported a few minor bugs within the game through ther feedback section on the homescreen of the game and after 2 updates, everything I reported was fixed. In my understanding, the reason the projectile weapons have a ''weird delay'' is because the damage given by it are much higher than the scan weapons giving it a fair reason to put a much slower hit rate to it. Just imagine having an Evie bursting out projectiles as fast as Viktor or Kinessa's weapon. The so-called overpowered ultimates can easily be dodged as well, simply hiding behind cover or runing away from it quickly gives you less to none damage from the ultimate casted. The thing is, people are judging because it is kind of a rip-off of OW in a way, but hey! a lot of babies cried a lot too when Heroes of Newerth came out back when DotA was the only moba game out there, same game modes yes, but every game has their own varieties and copy cats. Haters gonna hate. And once again, take into consideration that the game is still in Open Beta version and the Dev team are doing their best to respond with their gamers' ideas and comments. Oh and if it comes into your mind, yes I can afford overwatch.

I played Overwatch competitivly a lot. It was one of the most frustrating experiences ever, since I felt forced into playing boring Tanks and healers, when there was 14 Non-Tank/Healers I wanted to play instead, but was instead punished for playing. Needing to have 2 Tanks and 2 Healers AT LEAST in a team was such a downer for me. And in pro games, same heroes Over and Over again. No sign of change anytime soon, if ever. But Paladins was everything I wanted Overwatch to be. 1 Healer and 1 Tank is the standard. Every hero gets a chance to shine, and 2/3rds of the team don't lie in the F-Tier. I have never been flamed for picking a character. They all feel complex, easy to play but hard to master. To me, Overwatch feels like Super Smash Bros Brawl. It has good graphics, story and polish, but the balance is garbage and it feels slow, a bit random and all too simple. Paladins on the contrary, feels more like Project M. It is made with High Level play in mind, unlike Overwatch, which feels like its made with Low Level Play in mind. There is no Meta knight alone at Super S tier. All heroes are viable. So Paladins to me, even though I started of with Overwatch and spent like 500 hour on it, is the superior game. By a lot.

Paladins: Why are we capturing payload and pushing it to the enemy base? Overwatch: Why the fuck are we pushing a goddamn car? we're fking world saviour!

Paladins came out first than overwatch right?

about what you have said regarding ultimates , Skye = D.va , The dragon guy = Genji , Bomb king = Junkrat

HAHA! I thought I was the only one who thought Pip was a knockoff of Rachet lol.

Complaining about op abilities in paladins? Sky's bomb = Diva's bomb Bomb King's ult is almost identical to Junkrat's And Drogos' ult is nothing compared to some ults in overwatch Your very biased and far too critical. Alot of your complaints can be directed right back at overwatch.

Free overwatch! The game is cool and i like it!

Strange you say it's low time to kill, the time to kill is a lot longer than Overwatch, also the ultimates in Overwatch are all stupid and charge stupidly fast, and there just a ton of cheap ways to kill your opponents in Overwatch such as Mei, basically any ult in the game that are constantly up because they charge in a minute or so, Hanzo headshots, random Zen orbs, RAndom mei icicles, the stupid smallness of Overwatch maps that just force everyone into one clusterfk choke, reinheardt being a mandatory pick because his shield is completely broken by design (unlike fernando's). Paladins to me feels like a hero shooter made by people who actually understand the genre or just FPS games in general, the larger maps and the 5 a side means that you aren't constantly getting shot by people you never even had a chance to see, you can quite easily 1v3 in Paladins if you are skilled enough due to longer times to kill and better kit design, something that more or less just isn't possible in Overwatch because the heroes fall over in 2 to 3 hits from most heroes guns. I peaked at rank 63 on Overwatch and never really returned to it for season 2 due to the fact the games skill ceiling was so low and it basically felt like call of duty with an objective, I didn't feel any satisfaction from winning because it just felt cheap, every game just seems to play out the exact same way pointless trading back and forth until one team does something like drop a Zarya ult and one shot an entire team, or drop a rein ult and one shot an entire team or Mercy gets a 3+ man res. Paladins for me is the better designed game, better balanced game, higher skill floor and ceiling, the only downfall of paladins is polish it's a shame these budgets are in the hands of absolutely clueless developers.

The game is filled with hackers atm, ruins the game completely.

As much as I love this game I will admit, Paladins does feel like a mixed bag. It tries to do a lot of different things, not all of them well. It's very possible that they are just trying to do too many things and are loosing focus. I've seen videos of older builds, and I'm sad that I didn't get the chance to try earlier versions. All in all I think it still has tons of potential, and I hope HiRez really listens to to the fans of the game moving forward This was a great video. A very well produced in depth look at it's current state. I fully respect your opinions!

i feel like it is in Beta so most issues will be fixed by launch.

I'm not defending Paladins by any means... but a lot of these same balance and "motivation" complaints seem to be exactly the same in overwatch

Amazing, your videos are so well structured and you are great at voicing your own opinion professionally. I'm dumbfounded on how small your subscription base is, you are incredible!

I am sure someone mentioned it already, but the "Groot" character was actually a placeholder they put in the alpha. He's from one of their previous games. Then they decided to keep him.

woow look phara is a dragon here!! i play this game in alpha, closed beta open beta etc etc. and still is boring like hell.

Just a note, Overwatch and Paladins were both released on the same year and a few months apart, it is seriously just a huge coincidence because there is no way a gaming company could copy everything in a few months. Another example the Overwatch character Mei was released later then Paladins champion Eve.

is it really possible to clone a clone? cause we all know overwatch is tf2 in disguise

This was a fair review and I appreciate it, even though I am a fan of Paladins. Its not a perfect game and it has a long way to go. I'm glad you gave it a second chance. The only complaint I have is your opinion on the ultimates and their comparison to Overwatch. In Overwatch over half the cast has ultimate abilities that auto aim 1 shot kill your opponent. or one button press to kill the entire enemy team. In Paladins, every single ability can be evaded and is a skill shot, with a clearly defined sound queue. You covered your self a bit by saying that is might be because you haven't played enough of it to recognize the counter play, but I felt that there was a bit of lack of self awareness from the competitions point of view, seeing as a majority of the ults in Overwatch do not have to be aimed in the least bit. Still, appreciate the fair and honest review. Gave you a thumbs up. Good job.

To me, Paladins just feels... lazy. There's nothing unique about it, with nearly all mechanics, big or small, being a copy from something else. And while I understand thats not always a bad thing, in this case, it is. The characters don't have unique, well thought out silhouettes, unlike games like Overwatch or Team Fortress. The color palette has no personality, the maps have no story. The characters do not interact with each other. Whenever I play, I feel solo, like I'm not required to work with my team. The music is bland, uninspired, with no real dramatic effect or oomph. Overwatch takes a lot of its ideas for abilities from MOBAS (Tracer and Dota 2's Weaver comes to mind) but Paladin feels the need to immitate Overwatch instead of the plethora of arena shooters/brawlers/MOBAs, or creating its own concepts for abilities. The whole experience is polished, but without thought or heart put into it. Also... fuck hi rez.

Grover's ultimate. New Voice line:"TREE POWERS ACTIVATE!" If you don't get the refference then f**k you bye. I'm lame.

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Honestly my only gripe with Paladins is the terrifyingly similar character designs and some abilities but that's about it, over all it is basically a F2P Overwatch but still seems fun and and at least seems likes its improving, I also don't blame them for the visuals or animations considering Blizzard has much more budget and people working on it than HiRez. In the end I'll probably try it out and maybe get some fun out of it even though in the end I'll probably stick to Overwatch.

I subbed! This is some great content! What microphone do use?

Just say you don't like and don't go on a rant

The game looks a lot like overwatch. Especially the heads up display, the weapons, the kill feed, the everything really

"44k gold" "Is this game still trash?" "re-visit"

Paladins's ultimates are way too powerful...bruh Mccree have a Ult that can one shot everybody if enemy was displayed on the screen,"skye has a wide range bomb that one shots if enemy is close enough"..D.va basically has the Same thing.Genji has a Ultimate that one shot enemies with his sword...Hanzo has a Ultimate that Shot Twin Dragons across the map killing everyone that make touch contact with it. i am not gonna mention Pharah as can be easily can when she uses her Ultimate.and you say that Paladins's Ultimates are much more stronger they are basically the same thing as Overwatch.i get it if any Overwatch fans are angry at this comment but i would support Paladins more because it has more hate.to all Overwatch fans,this is just a Opinion from me dont get that mad.

They have some good design touches for building a positive community. Simple facts like how the kills you assist on still count as kills for you, creating an emphasis on dealing damage and no butthurt about killstealing, is a splendid design choice.

I enjoyed your review, but I find some of it feels overly critical. For instance the character designs being all over the place and the game not knowing what it wants to be. I felt that the eclectic style lends extremely well to a hero shooter and has been used in over-watch (ninjas look awesome while gorillas, and road hogs make you giggle.) Also the forced synergy doesn't feel forced at all. The maximum rotation damage is not usually the best strategy, but when you are clearly have your opponent out maneuvered it can help close that time to kill gap. The art style part of this video left me scratching my head as I don't remotely agree or even see your point of view. There are others, but I think you get me. Still solid analyses.

I was a participant in the closed beta. Since they launched open beta I got increasingly frustrated at the bugs I noticed. The different lanes wouldn't load, it would just be the same one, instead of the 3 rotating lanes from CB. Hit detection on some champions was downright broken, where I saw the guy shoot past me on replay and hitting me ( a lag shot ) when I fired 6 shots point blank without dealing damage. The matchmaking is almost infuriating. Promoting Zerg Rush mentality over tactics. I lost a match once by the enemy composed of 1 front line 2 flanks and 2 damage champs just rushing the point. And because the lanes never rotated, that strategy was enough for them to win. Multiple times I was kicked out of the lobby due to the match being closed (this was fixed though). The game is pretty much not yet ready for open beta. It is more in its CB stage of development. I think they should have stuck with CB until it is more balanced and polished. Just my own opinion, in the end I had more fun when it was CB

for some people the only thing that matters is that it runs on potatoes

Having played both Paladins and Overwatch I will say that Paladins is ok but OW is clearly better. Spending any money on Paladins is simply a huge mistake but if you absolutely need your 30$ then it's an entertaining game. If on the other hand you have a bit of money to spend you should absolutely get OW. There's simply no comparison between the two games in all aspects.

I agree on the part where you don't know where you're getting hit because of the indicator where you are being hit is too small and sometimes look like the "red effect" when you are being hit/damaged. Thought i was the only one noticing it.

Your innate bias is sadly coloring your judgement here. I dont blame you, we all have biases, but there were so many points you made that literally made no sense - simply because your chose not to understand them, or accept them, and it is because of your bias against the game. Your points on Character design, Ultimate, and Ability synergy went all the way between just having bias clouding your judgement, to you being wrong entirely. Which is a real shame.

I play both Overwatch and Paladins. It offers me some down time away from Overwatch, which is much needed every now and then since I am basically addicted to it, and don't want it to get super boring.

holy shit; the ice block; the roadhog chain;the mcreaper; the big shield (reinhart); the archer; the turret boy;the grenade guy who have pretty much the same skills as junkrat. No matter what came first; Overwatch or Paladins, i'm a smite and overwatch addict so I will probably LOVE this GAME ! Can't wait to have it on console

For anyone who says overwatch came out first paladins had its first trailer 8 years ago started development in 2005 people played it 6 years ago and it had a name change from global agenda to paladins and style change from realistic to cartoon like also overwatch invented NOTHING hirez was doing shooters with skills before blizzard did also hook,revolver,sniper rifle etc. isnt original so stop arguing about people riping off a rip off

Champions Need To Change It doesn't matter if this gets posted or not i'm one voice in an ocean, but whoever reads this I hope you understand, paladins is super fun and amazing already, but its reputation is tarnished by all the over-watch clone bs and that'll never go away as it is. This game can go a long way if half the current champions like Fernando, Makoa, the sniper one, and maybe a few others were just a catalyst for the idea of the game. It feels like Hi Rez studios had trouble making champions that would appeal to the audience they were after with the right abilities, and I don't care who copied who- but Hi-rez...you have an entire arsenal of champions already...Why not just bring the gods from smite over into this amazing concept and have unique abilities with the same paladin feel? You could have an arachne that can pull enemies with a web instead of a turtle with a hook. You could have a Janus with portals to add dimension to the maps and move his teammates faster, or a bakasura that can climb walls with his giant claws and leap down bursting into a melee frenzy etc etc. Not only would your entire problem of negative reputation disappear but you would already have a strong back bone of smite and the lore of gods that's already there. Not to mention every smite player would try it out and since the optimization is so divine and the game is already a blast to play most of them would stay and your community would be even stronger. I really don't get it, why follow another game when you could bring the gods to the battlefield? As it is, the characters have no lore, feel like a cheap attempt at seducing a player base that loves hero shooters like overwatch (I mean for example Makoas chain ability? you could have him breathe really hard to suck 2 players in that temporary stuns them but gives them a temporary wind speed boost by 30% boost or something and boom you've eliminated any sign of copy and paste. However it makes sense if the angle is for publicity as the poor mans overwatch however the games bad reputation will be the death of it and you would make more money by nurturing the game and its community rather than making a quick buck if that is the angle. Idk sucks you guys came out second but this is the reality of what a lot of people are saying.) this game can go so far if you cut out the similarities. I've never played overwatch and I'm glad this game is free to play, but even someone like me who's never played overwatch gets a sour taste and at least a bit of a naughtiness feeling when I play paladins after a bit of research. And no not the good kind of naughty. Heck, all my friends wont even try paladins because its known for being the overwatch clone and they hear so much bad things about it. You can do better, you're an amazing studio and this can be an amazing game. (posted in paladins forums, please share if you agree anywhere and everywhere)

ulti in paladins is too powerful and hard to anti than overwatch ??? really ?? u can pick any ulti u want, i can tell u how to anti it 100% perfectly

Similar heroes from Overwatch in Paladins in this video: Hanzo, Reinhardt, Roadhog (same hooks lol), Mei (especially the healing-in-iceberg-ability), Widowmaker. McCree, Soldier, Torbjörn, Pharah (exactly the same)... even the "fisiting" is there lol.

There is a story to paladins. each character had a reason for going and winning glory. For example, pip came because he was running from the iron hand, which he stole his gear from. he wanted to find a spot to hide and decided if he won the championship he could be safe

I played Overwatch a lot of times on my friend's PC, and I play Paladins almost everyday on my own PC. However, I get bored of Overwatch pretty quick, while with Paladins I really can't stop. It's always "just one more round"

I was disappointed in the lack of potatoes mentioned (ps keep up the good work)

For all the people saying that Paladins is a clone of Overwatch, i have two words for you 'Dota' and 'LoL' , the game taking inspirations from another game doesn't mean they're a copy of it, and it doesn't mean they'll evolve and go onto the same path, so they took inspiration from Overwatch and Teamfortress, that doesn't mean that they're the same game or they'll end up being the same game... Take a chill pill, and enjoy the game... it's free after all ;)

Hum.. Don't wanna bother but.. THose character don't look "anime" to me.. They're more like characters from animated movies of Pixar or Disney.. Specially Viktor.. Also, Skye's ult can be blocked by shield/barriers or if you take cover, Viktor ult, like you said, can be easily dodged if you have your mobility skill and Drogoz, sure, it's a OHKO but it's just one character, never more than just one and is risky, you can kill hom (and Bomb King) while he's chargin.

Bruh, they already had Grover in Smite long before this came had Grover doing Paladins as his solo night job aside from being Sylvanus's Giant Hodor-Round (Hover-round) in Smite during the day. But yea, GotG came out only a few months before Sylvanus's release... totally not a coincidence. Hel, Grover even does the same dance that Groot did at the end of the movie as his victory dance if you win a game as Sylvanus.

Yeah I can say the same thing about Overwatch: Why are Overwatch members killing each others? Why do Zenyatta go on a escort of EMP bomb to wipe out Omnics when he's one? Where's the progression of the story anyway?

He's complaining about Skye's ult being overpowered when it is the near exact same thing as D.va's but has to be placed manually, where D.va can throw hers with her thrusters.

Art and style is opinion, I prefer Paladins art rather than Overwatch's.

Im thinking paladins is gonna be good later in the future, Hi Rez is credited with games such as smite and we all know how some what good that was, now they are making a first person shooter? I personally think hi rez is gonna turn this game into a nice fun game to play if you want to play for fun or you are looking for something new like how I was with Smite. To be honest I think this game will be good but like you said, Hi Rez takes betas as alphas.

Personally, I just find Paladins boring. I cringe everytime my friends want to play it, and I can't seem to stand it for more than 15 mins.

I agree with you in 99% you said but the ow ultis are way more op. Soldier: Headshot everyone Reaper: Shoot shit amount of bullets at every side Tracer: same as Skye Mei: fucking freeze everyone and then one shot Mercy: Revive everyone your pointing at Junkrat: throw a wheel bomb which does shit amount of damage Etc... VS Victor: throw missiles (that don't one shot) in a small area Androxus: Turn your gun into a powerful one but mostly for 1v1 Skye: same as tracer Evie: slow enemies down in a small area Ghrok: Turn into a flying monk and heal Bombking: Turn into a bomb that does shit amount of damage (but it's different from junk rats cuz you turn into a bomb and you don't throw it) I think ow's are more op

Best game in years much better than overwach

I equally like them. Its kinda unfair that some people think that when overwatch takes inspiration from archetypes and tf2, its ok, but when paladins takes inspiration from archetypes and overwatch, its not ok.

Paladins' ult feels way stronger than overwatch's. . . . . . . . . .Die! Die! Die! Justice rains from above Heroes never dies beep boop (bastion)

I also feel that something's way off with animations and overall visual feedback on what's happening. I can't really pinpoint what's wrong exactly, but shooting rockets with Drogoz for instance doesn't feel as responsive as with Pharah, even though they've got essentially the same weapon. I don't get why you feel that Paladins faster paced though - the TTK is way higher in Paladins, there are no one-shots besides ults and most heavy hitting attacks take at least 3-4 shots to kill someone, as opposed to just 2 in Overwatch. Ults seem to be roughly on the same power level (they nerfed Skye's bomb btw), but they charge significantly slower. Having arbitrary bonuses on abilities does feel a bit weird, a lot of those replicate what used to be cards before, when they toned down the cards significantly to make them much less impactful.

about the ultimate abilities, you're wrong, in overwatch, a lot of offensive ultimates can wipe out a whole team with only one ultimate, but the only ultimates in paladins that can kill more than 3 players at once are like 1, 2 or 3 ults that are able to do that (skye's and bk's if the enemies are low on health), but in overwatch, a lot of them can wipe out a whole team, so OW ones are more powerful in general, but why are you even comparing the two?

Hello! Excellent video you made. I think you had some excellent points and I just want to share my thoughts on my experience with the game and what needs to be changed! I won't necessarily be adding anything new to say, just things that I have thought when playing the beta. I have played 4 hours of Paladins today and here is what I feel needs to be changed, 1. Nerf a lot of characters abilities and/or ultimate's 2. Some abilities such as the snipers (I forget her name) teleporter could use some sort of animation to show that I'm being teleported 3. Horses need to have their speed reduced a little bit because they move REAL fast 4. Maps could be a little bit bigger and have more obstacles or alternatives paths for traversing 5. The cost of unlocking new characters seems a little bit too high (5000 gold, really?!?) 6. The general "feel" of almost all the characters weapons could have a little more"impact" to them to be more satisfying to use ex (Projectile weapons such as the bow could use a drawback animation as well as a damage buff to make it feel more satisfying to use) 7.Some classes such as Soldier 76...Err, I mean Viktor are a little too easy to play All in all this game sure felt like it was in Beta and it runs really well on my computer (because it is not so graphically demanding) I just hope that some of these changes are implemented in the future to imrpove the game. It definitely has the potential to be one of the best F2P games on the market, but will DIE out fast if there are no content updates/bug fixes to keep players interested. I can't stress enough how much animations and "impact" need to be added to the game to make it "feel" great. 7/10 thus far. I'm going to be looking forward to the final product

everyone who's saying they copied overwatch's heroes there's only so many character abilities you can think up without making them unbalanced so that's my point

I play both Overwatch and paladins, and to be honest I agree with a lot of what you have said. I actually enjoyed paladins but it is quite sad to see how the colors of the world, and the maps just feel so out of place and dull. The characters, thanks to that, also feel a bit... Off... I wish it was more livid and better. I wish the devs would see this video, read these comments and once they remove the tag "Beta" from the game... That they also remove the dullness along with it. It is an amazing game. I wish to see it grow

I'm a paladins player, i prefer paladin to overwatch bla bla bla BUT i really enjoyed your review, i agreed about most of your critics towards the game, the game needs to be polished but i guess that's why it's still in beta, the games changes every 2 weeks so predicting what the games gonna be in the future its a foolish quest, overall i enjoyed your review i'm disapointed that you prefer Overwatch but i guess that the beauty of videogames. About "copy" topic, most of the characters were inspired from Global Agenda (Hirez game) and TF2 and just because some look similiar to the other doesn't mean it's a copy, just means the world it's one minded :o

This is a very fair and well-made review. however, I do believe you should revisit it one final time when it comes out of Beta and into full release, preferably once most of the bugs and balance issues have been removed (Heck they already nerfed Skye's time bomb to oblivion and I believe Drogoz's Dragon Punch. It still OHKOes, but Drogoz can't fly while using it anymore i think.) It might be worth the time.

Personally, I think this was suprisingly fair. Much more fair than many others I have seen discussing Paladins. Is there a bias? A little, but from what we're shown you gave the game a genuin shot and saw what it had to offer. Many points you bring up as criticism are fair points to consider, while some are subjective and thus change from person to person. As a big fan of Paladins, I salute you in your reveiw and glad that, even if it's not your thing, you gave it another shot and didn't just blast negative opinions, justy because it wasn't your thing, or because it wasn't overwatch.

I came for the video, stayed for the comments. *grabs popcorn*

as far as characters ultimate ability, they all can be dodged. you can kill drogoz as he's charging toward you, skyes time bomb gives you a couple seconds to run, same with the airstrike. etc.

I think you're being a bit butt hurt mate, you are making a lot of stuff up and you keep mentioning how Overwatch does it better. But Overwatch has different characters and different levels of play. Overwatch has ults which feel unbalanced, and characters for that matter.

Grover is the only character that is probably not rushed out, although being blunt about it, he is from smite for those smite players that want to try it. But hi rez has a 3rd game, 1 pretty good hit, 1 Realy good hit, and this yet to be known.