'This game is going to easily—and I mean easily—take over': Major streamers, early fans, and esports players share their Deadlock hype after Valve opens the floodgates

Played my first round two days ago, got flamed for being bad at the game. 10/10 League experience would play again.

Is this game actually good or just hyped up because it's a valve game?

I'm a little confused. Deadlock is a 3rd person MOBA in a sea of MOBAs. Concord is a 3rd person hero shooter in a sea of hero shooters. Seems to me like this is Valve magic, even though ex-Destiny devs worked on Concord.

I'm not planning on playing either one due to my lack of good Internet, I just find it a bit strange.

I wasn't a fan. It's still too much like a moba to break through genres. I am curious if it will eat into Dota's fan base, or bring more people?

It seems like a great game for those with the time and dedication to learn it.

I'm not one of those people. This game takes a lot from DOTA and will demand an extensive knowledge of the map, characters, builds, and items to start to get good at it, and I just don't care to spend the time to learn it all.

I know nobody asked, but I really wish more MOBAs like HOTS did well. I love HOTS for how approachable it was in comparison to the others. I'm at the point where if I play a moba and there's an item shop: I'm out. In every case I've seen an item shop the optimal usage of it is to build your characters stats to counter your expected build of the other team's build - and that is a LOT of added complexity I just don't want to deal with, especially because it requires so much knowledge and people with more time than you will flame you if you don't know it.

It's pretty fun, but its very much a MOBA. Matches usually take too long(30+ min), csing/laning is not really enjoyable (to me). The potential for massive power differentials based on items and balance. The shooting mechanics are pretty simplistic, though seeing how the game actually works (as a MOBA) that is probably a good thing.

It will be good probably for people who are already fans of traditional MOBAs with these elements. I'll play occasionally with my friends. Needs more heroes

I don't think I'll leave OW2 for this, purely because I'm super casual and only play unranked/MH.

I'm glad that is coming out and people are having fun though.

honestly didn't like this game much, it's very DotA and i didn't really like DotA

I think they need to simplify it just a tad. There are so many buttons to press

Someone tell me I can play with my Steam Deck!

I'll admit I'm curious. If a friend of mine invited me I'd try it, but I worry my flick shooting isn't good enough. I was always better at overwatch since it involved characters that could be played well without good shooting ability.

If anyone is not sick of having to invite people, I'd love an invite.

Its so freaking good. I been having a blast playing it and so has my son.

Been interesting watching streamers quitting their current games to jump immediately onto Deadlock, some even in tears pretending to be doing anything more than abandoning the communities that built them for anything other than the dollar signs they have in their eyes.