J Crispy is that really a mechanic in the game it wasnt when i started playing. i started playing when siege was still about pushing a thing and destroying gates
get your facts straight before commenting ive been playing paladins and overwatch for around a year now and there both amazing but paladins was in development before overwatch so paladins was made before overwatch it has been on pc for over a year close to two years now so technically overwatch copied paladins
To clear everything out, Hi-Rez made paladins and released a close beta just after we all got some more information on overwatch, and after this closed beta Hi-Rez thought Paladins was to simulare to Overwatch but everyone who played the closed beta gave so good feedback and everyone in the closed beta wanted a more evolved version of Paladins they were stuck to it so Hi-Rez decided that they would further develop Paladins. That was fact number one, here is fact number two: Hi-Rez made a game called Global Agenda back in 2010 and it was a big hit but they closed the game some year ago and many of the elements in Global Agenda is in both Paladins and Overwatch! And then we can't forget both Paladins and Overwatch copied Team Fortress 2 and this is something both Hi-Rez and Blizzards developers have said. So here is a conclusion: There were information about Overwatch when Paladins closed beta came out but there were not enough information so Paladins could rip off the whole game idea, both Overwatch and Paladins have ripped off alot from Team Fortress 2 and some from Global Agenda, last both Overwatch and Paladins ripp of each other to improve their games. All of this is facts!
Have you done any research? You could, I don't know try out the game. See for yourself instead of listening to this braindead youtuber just trying to start controversy for the sake or publicity. Form your own opinion. Paladins has many different mechanics and characters apart from the things shown here. Load outs. Cards. Different characters. I've played both and I used to think the same thing until I actually tried out the game.
you dont get it do you? if paladins is a overwatch ripoff blizzard would sue hirez and the game would be removed. paladins was released long time ago and its still there. if the overwatch devs dont care why should you?
Logan Meyers The fact of the matter is Overwatch was made by Blizzard. Blizzard is a religion by this point. I think the only dick that is sucked more in the gaming world is Gabe Newell's.
JackTheRipper425 I played it and there were only a few characters that played the same while the others were new and also the card system was really interesting
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People say that Paladins is a ripoff of Overwatch. I'm sorry, what happened the chinese ripoff of overwatch that just took characters and redskined them? Or the fact that there's an IOS version of an overwatch ripoff where they gender switched Mcree and made a Sephiroth look-a-like in it?
Well that one hasn't actually achieved worldwide success like Paladins has. So they have to keep targetting this game. TH-camrs like this one will keep making videos mocking the game and raking in the views from their subscribers and people who expected an actual video with effort put into it.
if he compare barik to overwatch i wont get mad, (even tho overwatch rip the fk out of TF2's enginner and actually paladins has a skin for barik that is called TF2 skin)
Actually... both Barik from Paladins and Torbjorn from Overwatch are kinda rip offs from TF2 engineer. However... Paladins actually has a skin for Barik with TF2 engineer clothes. And Overwatch... well. They're still both different in so many ways, I played them both. Overwatch is your typical jump-in battle while Paladins has MOBA like store for item upgrade and different cards for passives.
Dakota Powell Paladins' characters were based on another Hi-Rez game, Overwatch was being developed later but since Overwatch came out first everyone is saying Paladins copied.
Instead of thinking that torvald is like torbjorn, you could of at least made the effort to read the skills. And skye isn't a genji ripoff. They are completely different.
Funny to see how many people make videos saying that ow is so much better than paladins but I haven't seen one video where paladins fan talks shit about ow. Ow fans are just salty kiddos.
I know I'm going to be that person but for people who play smite know Fernando came out as a skin for ares and his ideal animation was him opening up a shield like the guy from ow but the animation was out before ow was even conceived
Actually what happened was that Paladins released along time ago and was the same as how it is now kinda but the company didn't have enough money to keep it up so they had to shut it down but once the release of battleborn and overwatch they decided to start it up again but they did take some ideas from overwatch but this game was like this years ago
Just so you know tina was wrong. Another game made by the same devs had a mobile game like back in 2010 and many characters almost looking the same as OW were in it. Paladins was made in 2012 but without enough funds they cancelled the game and made smite. When the got enough funds they picked back up on the project and in a rush created the characters from their old mobile game and changed them up a bit. Then the care system in my opinion is cool and orgional for its genre and in mid to high level play the game can become harder than OW
Nathanus my dude a character with a shield or a cod character isn't groundbreaking, u could say that pharah is a copy of the original battlefronts jet pack character with ur logic
Both Overwatch and Paladin Ripped off each other. Overwatch Ripped of the dva like character from paladin, and paladin mostly take their abilities/heroes from thier old game but paladin also did stole some from overwatch same for overwatch. Overwatch Most Original Character is Probally Orisa. My Main Game is Overwatch but i did my research.
Arjay dude that dva like character in both paladin and overwatch is a clear rip-off of rumble from league of legends..do u hear the league kids crying tho. nope, only overwatch kids.
Speedygus I hate when people lie you assume things when you had no part in it. Sombra could have been made before or Paladins could have had the reaper looking guy before overwatch.
SirAlpaca ThyGolden Reaper's design is extremely unoriginal, and the fact is that Sombra was released a long time after Skye. Your evidence at this current time is invalid.
It feels like i'm the only one who does the research (since OW vs. Paladins is a thing) Ok, 2 words and everything is solved: "Global Agenda" Yes, go look it up. Old game from Hi-Rez. With a sniper that places venom mines. A healer that looks like an angel with a healing stream. Wait... That sounds similar... Guess what, it's so old that no one thought about the fact that Paladins ripped of their own game.
There is actually a theory that smite and paladins are in the same universe, look the champion Groover, he is from smite, androxus killed a god from smite, nox, well, its just a theory. ( sorry if my english is bad )
Nick Pulliam I'm a Paladins and Overwatch player, and I do my research so let me clarify. Paladins is taking inspiration from Global Agenda, which takes inspiration from Team Fortress 2. Overwatch directly take inspiration from Team Fortress 2, and Jeff has stated that out in the public. He even takes comparisons between the two games as the best compliment for the game. So, we all have TF2 and Valve to thank for, because it led to what we call a "hero shooter" genre.
Killer Clank Both have their own perks. I can't say one is better than the other. It's personal preference, really. I have 76 hrs in Paladins and 56 hrs in Overwatch, and I say that I love them both. So, like I said, personal preference. You need to get your hands on them, then you can tell which is better, or both is the same. I recommend trying Paladins first since it's free-to-play.
Guys, I just wanna throw this out there, wether or not one copied the other i cannot say, what I can say however is that they can draw ideas from each other, not confirmed, but they can, and even if they did, that doesn’t make it a clone, unless you’re calling litterraly every fps game including cod, battlefield, paladins and OW complete clones of the first ever fps, you wouldn’t say that would you? Because your favourite game isn’t the first and only, it drew inspiration from other things, you can’t expect a caveman to suddenly think of the idea of a mech or invisible woman walking around shooting peeps with darts and throwing bombs. Sorry for making you read all this, thanks for doing so though. :D
I play both Overwatch and Paladins and though there are many similarities, they are different enough to be their own games. For example the card system and in game item picks. They add a lot of depth to paladins, and it is a feature that Overwatch does not have. Merk didn't acknowledge anything besides the similarities that many people have already pointed out, so it was really just beating a dead horse. That is why I disliked this video.
Na man its actually true while paladins was in development after the showcase of overwatch the head of hi rez studios did heavy changes to paladins and even caused the birth of characters like viktor to make the game more like overwatch. this actually caused some of the devs to leave. You can see some official blog/forum posts about this, its an intresting read.
Tin Jam There's no site that show's any dev left. but i did find this though www.reddit.com/r/Paladins/comments/53qusf/a_brief_history_of_paladins_as_response_to/?sort=controversial
it came out before overwatch, there were problems. Overwatch came out they fixed a lot of the problems and added more characters. In most cases, it could be said that overwatch ripped paladins off. But even in saying this, it's like saying overwatch and paladins ripped off mortal combat because scorpion had a weapon that brought enemies closer to him so he could deal a ton of damage. Every video game rips off another in some way. So in conclusion, the first video game ever is the only original. Congratulations "Tennis for Two", you're the only original video game to exist.
Cellery Von Vegeetabullè Not sure about this but I feel like "Titans" what overwatch came from was in development long before paladins was, feel free to correct me but just wanted to get this to you to see if you knew all the facts.
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Just because it's a team based shooter, doesn't entirely mean it's a copy, but paladins on the other hand, just stole overwatch's characters and loot box system but just renamed them
To all the people who say Paladins came out first Overwatch came out May 24 2016. Paladins came out September 16 2016. The Overwatch beta came out since 2015. ...............Yep
Paladins closed beta was out since November 2015. Not to mention it was originally going to be a game called aurum, which started development in 2012. I won't even bring up global agenda..lmao.
Supermankj11 yeah but paladins was in development before overwatch was announced so how would they copyoverwatch when it is not even out yet because people were calling out the similarities before there were many champions and besides overwatch also ripped of some champions they ripped each other of but they are still both fun and enjoyable
Tristen Moczorodynski You've never played it, never seen how the game was before, just spreading misinformation. SO THE SINGLE CHANGES MADE SINCE ALPHA WERE THE MAPS AND THE HORSES. HOLY FUCK STOP SAYING THAT BULLSHIT.
OW fanboys be like Brand new team shooter : let's hope this game is good Ow fanboys : what is your game about and what content do it have Brand new team shooter : well it has multiplayer , campaign , pve ,player vs ai , and much more Ow fanboys : what is in multiplayer Brand hew team shooter : well you could choose different characters and each character has it own diff... Ow fanboys : ITS A COPY OF OVERWATCH LETS GO MAKE FUN OF IT AND SAY OVERWATCH IS BETTER EVEN THOUGH I NEVER PLAYED Brand new team shooter: I forgot to mention it's free unlike overwatch EDIT : i wasn't talking about paladins I was talking about a brand new team shooter
its just that overwatch ''fanboys'' claim that all games with objectives and heroes is an overwatch copy even though they aren't, those ''fanboys'' would never agree to sayign that overwatch copied anything. I am not saying the whole of the overwatch community, a lot of people are good fans. I play both games and enjoy them both but personally i hate these ripoff accusations.
Seriously guys. Just go play paladins. It's different in many ways, you can't just assume it's a copy because everyone one says so. You guys are acting like 5th graders. 800 hours on overwatch and 10 hours on paladins btw.
They didn't change it to be overwatch when It was totally different before. They just made the maps smaller because they were too big and it was a bit of a disaster
It's not a rip off. Most of the heroes that look like overwatch heroes are usually played much differently. For example, the dwarf that looks like Torbjorn is a frontline tank rather than a defense hero. The only character that I'd say is too similar to deny is the similarity between Maeve and Genji. However this game has enough unique aspects to be considered independent from things like Overwatch and TF2
Ruckus and DVA are also the same, both are in a mech, one power is a shield, the other is a small duration flight, the only difference is the ultimate.
People say that any class based games are ripoffs of overwatch, and i saw in the comments that someone said that the classes have similarities to overwatch. Their point was a bit dumb because *how could you make a class based shooter without classes with different abilities and weapons?*
Overwatch was inspired by TF2 because the creator enjoyed the game very much. Hi-Rez studio made there own version of TF2 but with bits and pieces from overwatch
I hate the peer pressure people feel when they play this game just cuz some idiots made fun of it. Games are games... WHO CARES what people think... If people enjoy playing it then who the fuck cares
I made fun of it way before I saw youtubers doing it, you're the kind of person that wants people not to say what they think about something just because it hurts their feelings
Torvald is more of Zaria and if we're comparing games owervatch ripped of TF2 i love that peaple take this comment so seriously. Paladins and overwatch are still different games paladins has more champions and overwatch bla bal bal you get what im saying.
Overwatch didn't rip off TF2 though. Because overwatch made 99% of their content. Obviously Inspiration was taken from the game, but they aren't even really comparable
Dank Cheif way more depth and tactical.. okay if its more depth, then why do you don't even have to learn stuff such as sticky/rocket jumping, trickstabbing, and sentry jumping in overwatch? Oh right because Overwatch got shit abilities that makes the game easier for retards that can't play tf2.
Just to educate you all that don't know. Paladins didn't copy overwatch and its been the same basically through most of development. Paladins was based of of another game called Global Agenda, which was also developed by Hi-Rez. Some of the Paladins champions came before the Overwatch counter parts and Paladins borrowed the term eliminations as well as play of the game.
Also its stupid to compare the quality of both games, because Overwatch is made by a large company and Paladins was made by a much smaller company and dev team.
No, paladins was reletively original in it's closed alpha state, which I played. Every character was quite unique in their own way, Overwatch released then a good few months after this game get's completely revamped into beta to be just like Overwatch. I played Paladins first, no bias towards Overwatch.
Its like saying battleborn is overwatch. This game in my opinion is better due to the rpg like elements. Overwatch doesn't have that kind of depth. Plus the mode on here is honestly way better. Ow you either attack ot defend. It tells you and give you the chance to pick a class made for that. This its both so only advantage for a class you have is on how good you are. Still simple front line classes which are both attack and defend but it can be both. Wanna better review watch total biscuits review
Torvald now sucks in the new update... At least he is easier to kill now. He won't be regenerating his shield to a big amount in a middle of a battle now. It will be a small amount :D
chill... just play what you like. i played this and overwatch overwatch is just better to me but comparing the two is like cod and battlefield they're so much alike who gives af
Dodogaga M8 actually it did. And when ow was released they almost changed the game so they wouldnt have to compete with blizzard and the constant nag of being a clone
That's not how it works. You play against actual players, but until the end of the game, it hides their name to prevent trash talking and grieving. That's why you can find them in the recent players section.
Honestly, the 2 things that drew me to Paladins, was BombKing (The mans too classy for his own good) and Fernando has a fucking gundam skin. *A GODDAMN GUNDAM* >:U
Stop calling it a RIP off... *At Least* it is free. No jokes, not everyone has enough fortune to buy OW and have a system that can run it. Paladins is the best alternative.
NINJAWITHGUNZ10 read it carefully, it says, 'Paladins' is an alternative. For those not fortune enough. Which doesn't mean that Paladins is bad. Its means, it is good, but not bettef
NINJAWITHGUNZ10 no bcuz being f2p is a viable marketing strategy, not just bcuz its crap. Hi Rez has put in a lot more effort into Paladins than blizzard has done for ow
Its very different i was playing paladins and when i got overwatch i started playing it like paladins(didnt go so well). They are entirely different games even tho they have mixed up skills (like grohk has a zarya gun and soldier 76 heal staff) but that is what makes it a good game, the mix of skills. Also FUCK WILLO
this game might look the same to overwatch but they do have there different ways of things believe me i play both do i like one over the other no they are both great games made by great companys its just most OW people only stick to the OW clone system to where if its like the game in any way its a shit copy to them so idc if people roast on this game its only in beta its hella fun so i recommend playing it
Welp, looks like I'm a Torvlad main. This is my life now.
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M3RKMUS1C yea u played it
M3RKMUS1C you play against bots for the first five levels
M3RKMUS1C people are going to get offended😂
daddy merk
M3RKMUS1C his soul is in danger lol
You don't play against real people in Paladins casual until you're past level 5. I too thought I was amazing the first time I played it.
J Crispy is that really a mechanic in the game it wasnt when i started playing. i started playing when siege was still about pushing a thing and destroying gates
J Crispy same
J Crispy wait what I GOT LIKE A 100 KILLS AND THOUGHT I WAS A GOD WHEN I STARTED
J Crispy but no because I'm lvl 16 and it still says enemy 1 and 2
get your facts straight before commenting ive been playing paladins and overwatch for around a year now and there both amazing but paladins was in development before overwatch so paladins was made before overwatch it has been on pc for over a year close to two years now so technically overwatch copied paladins
why do people have to make comparisons? why cant they enjoy both games as they are both good and fun.
Because most people are Soo stupid and they judje before they play the game
Basically Genji not when one is a blatant rip off
Crispy Wafflez Both games are a copy of global agenda, so yeah
You can still have fun in both of them without making stupid statements
Saltinator 3000 They are both knockoffs of another game
To clear everything out, Hi-Rez made paladins and released a close beta just after we all got some more information on overwatch, and after this closed beta Hi-Rez thought Paladins was to simulare to Overwatch but everyone who played the closed beta gave so good feedback and everyone in the closed beta wanted a more evolved version of Paladins they were stuck to it so Hi-Rez decided that they would further develop Paladins. That was fact number one, here is fact number two: Hi-Rez made a game called Global Agenda back in 2010 and it was a big hit but they closed the game some year ago and many of the elements in Global Agenda is in both Paladins and Overwatch! And then we can't forget both Paladins and Overwatch copied Team Fortress 2 and this is something both Hi-Rez and Blizzards developers have said. So here is a conclusion: There were information about Overwatch when Paladins closed beta came out but there were not enough information so Paladins could rip off the whole game idea, both Overwatch and Paladins have ripped off alot from Team Fortress 2 and some from Global Agenda, last both Overwatch and Paladins ripp of each other to improve their games. All of this is facts!
GuldGrabb Thank you!
I really thought a fanboy of either game was gonna jump on and say( no it's not you fucker) or some shit.
GuldGrabb stfu the meme died
Neither copied TF2. Payload control and such have been around in shooters fir years.
False
"the first three letters of this character is the same as an Overwatch character"
*TORBJORN* *RIPOFF*
lol
Paladins has a level up system
Ov fans OMFG SUE THEM FUCKING SEW THEM UTS COPYED AND PASTED
StingyTheBleach and torvald isn't even remotely like torbjorn xD
StingyTheBleach TRIGGERED
Engineer rip-off
why do people criticize Paladins for drawing inspiration from Overwatch but nobody criticizes Overwatch for drawing inspiration from TF2
Have you done any research? You could, I don't know try out the game. See for yourself instead of listening to this braindead youtuber just trying to start controversy for the sake or publicity. Form your own opinion.
Paladins has many different mechanics and characters apart from the things shown here. Load outs. Cards. Different characters.
I've played both and I used to think the same thing until I actually tried out the game.
you dont get it do you?
if paladins is a overwatch ripoff blizzard would sue hirez and the game would be removed.
paladins was released long time ago and its still there.
if the overwatch devs dont care why should you?
Logan Meyers The fact of the matter is Overwatch was made by Blizzard. Blizzard is a religion by this point. I think the only dick that is sucked more in the gaming world is Gabe Newell's.
Sir Caco true
Logan Meyers Actually the developers drew inspiration from a game called global agenda
"Everything = Overwatch Clone"
- Overwatch Player
JackTheRipper425 same people who say cod ww2 copied Battlefield
Yup, I just watched this video cause a friend told me Merk called Skye Genji...He was right and I was disappointed.
JackTheRipper425 I played it and there were only a few characters that played the same while the others were new and also the card system was really interesting
Yap,just because Overwatch is the most famous one
The Vael : Music he also assumed Torvald was Torb just because of similar names
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M3RKMUS1C father merk will u notice meh
"Is it a real game? I think it is"
*Eliminated Enemy 3*
*Eliminated Enemy 5*
People say that Paladins is a ripoff of Overwatch. I'm sorry, what happened the chinese ripoff of overwatch that just took characters and redskined them? Or the fact that there's an IOS version of an overwatch ripoff where they gender switched Mcree and made a Sephiroth look-a-like in it?
CrackedCode do you watch Alpharad
Well that one hasn't actually achieved worldwide success like Paladins has.
So they have to keep targetting this game. TH-camrs like this one will keep making videos mocking the game and raking in the views from their subscribers and people who expected an actual video with effort put into it.
Diran Jirū did you see Alpharad video?
can't forget about the storm trooper
Diran Jirū or the fact overwatch copyed heros from another hi rez game
Quad feed with every gun in paladins
please
Destroyer1016 You mean every champion
Quad feed with every hero in overwatch
PLEASE DO IT MERK
Grapes he's actually working on that if u payed attention to the video
Timmy Hernandez why u so triggered? 😂
Hahaha this moment he thinks hes doing well......... "vs bots 😂"
FR lol
Roxas the bots in Paladins are quite advanced. The better you play the better the bots play
LPAS yeah the bots are bad
Jonas no...
The bots are trash. You can go the whole game without dying
Torvald, Is NOTHING like Torbjorn
if he compare barik to overwatch i wont get mad, (even tho overwatch rip the fk out of TF2's enginner and actually paladins has a skin for barik that is called TF2 skin)
Actually... both Barik from Paladins and Torbjorn from Overwatch are kinda rip offs from TF2 engineer. However... Paladins actually has a skin for Barik with TF2 engineer clothes. And Overwatch... well.
They're still both different in so many ways, I played them both. Overwatch is your typical jump-in battle while Paladins has MOBA like store for item upgrade and different cards for passives.
Diablo 360XL if i support paladins stongly i guess i am one.
@DawnTinyHD Yes, except Tobjron can literally put down a turret, sit back, relax and still get kills.
Paladins was in closed beta before overwatch existed in its beta
Dakota Powell Paladins' characters were based on another Hi-Rez game, Overwatch was being developed later but since Overwatch came out first everyone is saying Paladins copied.
Dakota Powell hmm even if they had and extra year are you paying to make the game? Blizzard is a fucking Billion$ company vs a Million$ company
TruthassassN also overwatch was produced by a bigger company so it got more traffic.
common misconseption, actually like overwatch, it was designed of of a previous game of the company, back in 2011 or so
Dakota Powell i didnt say you cant play the game -_-
tf2= daddy paladins=son overwatch=son battleborn=weird stepchild
FCKIN CORRECT!!!
Battleborn is like a moba though...
Mr AhAh Krabs GO SIT IN THE CORNER
No one should mention the name Battleborn. Not even once.
Instead of thinking that torvald is like torbjorn, you could of at least made the effort to read the skills. And skye isn't a genji ripoff. They are completely different.
My thoughts exactly.
Skye my fav :D
Justin Rocchi It was a gag video where he had no intention of playing this game long term, take it as it is.
Justin Rocchi Maverick is more like it but I prefer paladins
weanwhile Sombra is a Skye rip-off *sarcasm*
Funny to see how many people make videos saying that ow is so much better than paladins but I haven't seen one video where paladins fan talks shit about ow. Ow fans are just salty kiddos.
Justin Trein show me a vid then
i respect urs justin, but i prefer paladins :D, the card system is just great and fun, except ob 64
That's where your right kiddo
Can I just say u play against bots until you are lvl 5
I know I'm going to be that person but for people who play smite know Fernando came out as a skin for ares and his ideal animation was him opening up a shield like the guy from ow but the animation was out before ow was even conceived
Kyle Serafino there is also Grover which is just sylvanus
Kyle Serafino Smite is from HiRez, same as paladins
Kyle Serafino who tf plays smite?
A lot of people. It's a very popular game actually
SlopZZ a lot of people including me
Actually what happened was that Paladins released along time ago and was the same as how it is now kinda but the company didn't have enough money to keep it up so they had to shut it down but once the release of battleborn and overwatch they decided to start it up again but they did take some ideas from overwatch but this game was like this years ago
JACKIE CHU yeah like every hi-Rez games is free ; paladins is smite is tribes was all of them are free
JACKIE CHU true
JACKIE CHU merik was playing with ai iam not kidding you play with ai until you reach level5
JACKIE CHU
I thought they were making it before overwatch and overwatch stole ideas from this game
thats what i thought too Ps this game is not easy......
well this opinion wasn't biased at all1!!!!11
Sad, sad person
such a sad sad life
camel joe It's actually a great game you ass wipe.
Welcome to the salt mines.
Last time I was here..
overwatch was overrated
IcYGodZ it still is
Dez BearNationZ I thought it was overrated but then I played it and I got hooked on it
IcYGodZ it still is and it's overrated for a reason, the events are good there are about 3 heroes out every year and it's not p2w;)
I'M A FREAKING PIKACHUU paladins isn't pay 2 win everyone says they have no trouble getting the characters
Yep and it still is my dude.
Just so you know tina was wrong. Another game made by the same devs had a mobile game like back in 2010 and many characters almost looking the same as OW were in it. Paladins was made in 2012 but without enough funds they cancelled the game and made smite. When the got enough funds they picked back up on the project and in a rush created the characters from their old mobile game and changed them up a bit. Then the care system in my opinion is cool and orgional for its genre and in mid to high level play the game can become harder than OW
It wasn't a mobile game. But the facts are there.
Little does he know he's playing against bots until level 10
Max Fisher Little do you know it is until level 5
Yaka oh yeah, haven't played the game in a while
honestly paladins is pretty good once you start playing it more
true
And when you get to level 30 you will start seen a bunch of toxic players that take the game seriously on fucking casual
but *_Y O U A R E N O T W E L C O M E H E R E !_*
Paladins *is* pretty fun :D
xXBassBoostXx _ true
#BlameTuna
"Just go yell at a squirrel"
overwatch = fun
paladins = fun
tf2 = fun
Lilo type up legend of titan
ThatCrazyCat asf *stupid
quicknfearless at least paladins and overwatchs enginers aren't broken
Overwatch = rage
Paladins = fun
Tf2 = hackers
Does everybody really have to bring this argument everywhere?
Paladins it's one of my favorite games now and it's fun to play. I'm still an overwatch fanboy, although I haven't played in a month...
logic of OW players is that if its a class based shooter its a OW ripoff....
Galin Plamenov tf2 had it first
Many character designs and mechanics are literally ripped straight from overwatch...
Nathanus my dude a character with a shield or a cod character isn't groundbreaking, u could say that pharah is a copy of the original battlefronts jet pack character with ur logic
Dude, the girls in Paladins have nice tits and ass. It's quite obvious they copied Overwatch.
Pine Sol He doesn't use a lava gun, he uses a fire shard that's inside his weapon.
I'm gonna go scream at every squirrel I find
Gregory Moss ya fuck squirrels
Fun fact
ruckus was playable before dva was even revealed
Take a google search pls.... that is not true... Pls tell me where you got that fact
Sotiris168
if the ow devs don't care why should you?
Sotiris168
and guess what i play both games.
am i still poor?
Mysterio down you can read everything from google like i just read you was born by 2 dads and ruckus was in game then after some month they added diva
Mysterio You can see in a Paladins developer reddit post that Ruckus and Evie were released before Mei and D.Va
Both Overwatch and Paladin Ripped off each other. Overwatch Ripped of the dva like character from paladin, and paladin mostly take their abilities/heroes from thier old game but paladin also did stole some from overwatch same for overwatch. Overwatch Most Original Character is Probally Orisa. My Main Game is Overwatch but i did my research.
Arjay Sombra is a legit copy paste of Skye minus a few small changes and 1 ability.
Speedygus Yep
Arjay dude that dva like character in both paladin and overwatch is a clear rip-off of rumble from league of legends..do u hear the league kids crying tho. nope, only overwatch kids.
Speedygus I hate when people lie you assume things when you had no part in it. Sombra could have been made before or Paladins could have had the reaper looking guy before overwatch.
SirAlpaca ThyGolden Reaper's design is extremely unoriginal, and the fact is that Sombra was released a long time after Skye. Your evidence at this current time is invalid.
How 'Bout 'cha play Team Fortress 2 next, eh?
BrainBanana hell yea!
BrainBanana I SWEAR TO GOD MERK IF YOU DON'T
You otta play merkfoosic
Seconded
TheEvilTacos sure it's no where near as popular as it used to be, but it's very far from dead
This lack of information made me wanna kms.
I mean a tank who can steal shields is 100% like a dwarf that places turrets.
And 2nd of all
TF2 rules
It feels like i'm the only one who does the research
(since OW vs. Paladins is a thing)
Ok, 2 words and everything is solved:
"Global Agenda"
Yes, go look it up. Old game from Hi-Rez. With a sniper that places venom mines. A healer that looks like an angel with a healing stream. Wait... That sounds similar... Guess what, it's so old that no one thought about the fact that Paladins ripped of their own game.
Tell em. The misinformed bandwagon is getting too large
There is actually a theory that smite and paladins are in the same universe, look the champion Groover, he is from smite, androxus killed a god from smite, nox, well, its just a theory. ( sorry if my english is bad )
To bad that you forgot one simple little fact in your theory:
Nox. Is still. Alive.
Because she's a god.
Gods are immortal.
Then why is Androxus labeled ''The God Slayer'',and has been ''corrupted'' by doing exactly that,slaying a god
paladins was created by high rez studios and they made global agenda which overwatch copied
Nick Pulliam So damn true Hirez Todd made a video about it.
Nick Pulliam and so they came full circle
Nick Pulliam I'm a Paladins and Overwatch player, and I do my research so let me clarify.
Paladins is taking inspiration from Global Agenda, which takes inspiration from Team Fortress 2.
Overwatch directly take inspiration from Team Fortress 2, and Jeff has stated that out in the public. He even takes comparisons between the two games as the best compliment for the game.
So, we all have TF2 and Valve to thank for, because it led to what we call a "hero shooter" genre.
Thanks, but which is better?
Killer Clank Both have their own perks. I can't say one is better than the other. It's personal preference, really. I have 76 hrs in Paladins and 56 hrs in Overwatch, and I say that I love them both. So, like I said, personal preference. You need to get your hands on them, then you can tell which is better, or both is the same. I recommend trying Paladins first since it's free-to-play.
Guys, I just wanna throw this out there, wether or not one copied the other i cannot say, what I can say however is that they can draw ideas from each other, not confirmed, but they can, and even if they did, that doesn’t make it a clone, unless you’re calling litterraly every fps game including cod, battlefield, paladins and OW complete clones of the first ever fps, you wouldn’t say that would you? Because your favourite game isn’t the first and only, it drew inspiration from other things, you can’t expect a caveman to suddenly think of the idea of a mech or invisible woman walking around shooting peeps with darts and throwing bombs.
Sorry for making you read all this, thanks for doing so though. :D
I play both Overwatch and Paladins and though there are many similarities, they are different enough to be their own games. For example the card system and in game item picks. They add a lot of depth to paladins, and it is a feature that Overwatch does not have. Merk didn't acknowledge anything besides the similarities that many people have already pointed out, so it was really just beating a dead horse. That is why I disliked this video.
Anyone else getting triggered when he calls skye a genji copy, not knowing about maeve at all
WarOfWizards yes dude,i was wondering the same thing
WarOfWizards I had a small seizure listening to that
WarOfWizards meave is just throwing karambits all over the place xd
I was thinking the same thing lmao
When peeps walk into my house I'm like YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE
Skrub Does Stuff STRIKE NOW FRIENDS
Haha so funny 😑😑😑
I watched the first 10 seconds over and over again for like 50 times and still find it funny lmao.
Tina is indeed wrong.
Na man its actually true while paladins was in development after the showcase of overwatch the head of hi rez studios did heavy changes to paladins and even caused the birth of characters like viktor to make the game more like overwatch. this actually caused some of the devs to leave. You can see some official blog/forum posts about this, its an intresting read.
Tin Jam There's no site that show's any dev left. but i did find this though www.reddit.com/r/Paladins/comments/53qusf/a_brief_history_of_paladins_as_response_to/?sort=controversial
Tin Jam wtf viktor is a typical solider that fills an archetype seen in *many* other games
Paladins actually launched before Overwatch
The game actually has some pretty good characters
LocalLol Yeah who could forget "bomb king" and "defo not widowmaker"
LocalLol No jokes, paladins does have great characters, Skye and Ash are my personal favorites
Paladins characters are better cause they are not all fucking scientist or soldiers.
Goskoron true
LocalLol because they copied overwatch
it came out before overwatch, there were problems. Overwatch came out they fixed a lot of the problems and added more characters. In most cases, it could be said that overwatch ripped paladins off. But even in saying this, it's like saying overwatch and paladins ripped off mortal combat because scorpion had a weapon that brought enemies closer to him so he could deal a ton of damage. Every video game rips off another in some way. So in conclusion, the first video game ever is the only original. Congratulations "Tennis for Two", you're the only original video game to exist.
Cellery Von Vegeetabullè *Thank you for this inspiring comment.* *I will now go drink bleach.*
Lone Lund you are very much welcome. im a graduate of the University of useless knowledge.
Cellery Von Vegeetabullè you saved us all
SlopZZ yes. other than cellery, I also go by the flying spaghetti monster in the sky. you are not the first to point out my heroic deeds.
Cellery Von Vegeetabullè Not sure about this but I feel like "Titans" what overwatch came from was in development long before paladins was, feel free to correct me but just wanted to get this to you to see if you knew all the facts.
The thing i love about you erik is that you make me laugh everyday any time i feel a bit down i watch your vids and it cheers me up so thx and i hope you read this
you play with bots until you hit Level 5
yeah, pretty much it
yeah, pretty much it
its the first 5 matches
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Adam. C no it's not
So i guess Team Fortress 2 is a rip off of Overwatch too then huh? Logic...
LeviSec It is
400 subs. With no videos Nice bait
over watched copied a little of tf2 you duck head
Just because it's a team based shooter, doesn't entirely mean it's a copy, but paladins on the other hand, just stole overwatch's characters and loot box system but just renamed them
Joker, boi. If you look at old files of paladins, overwatch have characters that look suspiciouslyy like older characters
minecraft > every game ever made
every game is a re-skin of minecraft..... its FACT
echo 76 well i dont think 9/11 simulator has the same comsept of minecraft
echo 76 yeah minecraft is the first game ever
what about games that came out before minecraft
Hawaii minecraft is the first game ever made dumbass
To all the people who say Paladins came out first Overwatch came out May 24 2016. Paladins came out September 16 2016. The Overwatch beta came out since 2015. ...............Yep
Paladins closed beta was out since November 2015. Not to mention it was originally going to be a game called aurum, which started development in 2012. I won't even bring up global agenda..lmao.
Supermankj11 yeah but paladins was in development before overwatch was announced so how would they copyoverwatch when it is not even out yet because people were calling out the similarities before there were many champions and besides overwatch also ripped of some champions they ripped each other of but they are still both fun and enjoyable
Supermankj11 paladins closed bera came in 2015 its even on ssundees channel
If Paladins was created before Overwatch wouldn't that mean that Overwatch copied Paladins? Illuminate Comfirmed?
FACT:Paladins were created at 2015 and beta at 2016 so yeah illuminati
It did but it was nothing like what it is now.
Tristen Moczorodynski You've never played it, never seen how the game was before, just spreading misinformation.
SO THE SINGLE CHANGES MADE SINCE ALPHA WERE THE MAPS AND THE HORSES. HOLY FUCK STOP SAYING THAT BULLSHIT.
Enabled Ninja yes overwatch copied Paladins but just made it a lot better
Enabled Ninja overwatch was clearly put more effort into and made by one of the best gaming sites... Blizzard
The game hi rez copied was their own game called Globle Agenda M3RK, pl z dont judge something a copy just cuz its more popular, thx :)
Stephanie Tong yes u are right they based paladins in there own game
You're right about the copying part, but the popularity part. No...
Eric said that he'd heard from Tina that it was a copy...so he wasn't judging anything a copy because of popularity
Stephanie Tong THANK YOU FOR HAVING A BRAIN :)
Stephanie Tong and I will make this point again it was released first
quad feed with every character on paladins
Transnigga I'm splooging
Nickel Duck. THEY ARE NOT CHARACTERS THEY ARE CHAMPIONS
Subscribe 4 memes I'm sorry I have been playing this small game called overwatch don't know if you heard of it. its a small game
Did it
OW fanboys be like
Brand new team shooter : let's hope this game is good
Ow fanboys : what is your game about and what content do it have
Brand new team shooter : well it has multiplayer , campaign , pve ,player vs ai , and much more
Ow fanboys : what is in multiplayer
Brand hew team shooter : well you could choose different characters and each character has it own diff...
Ow fanboys : ITS A COPY OF OVERWATCH LETS GO MAKE FUN OF IT AND SAY OVERWATCH IS BETTER EVEN THOUGH I NEVER PLAYED
Brand new team shooter: I forgot to mention it's free unlike overwatch
EDIT : i wasn't talking about paladins I was talking about a brand new team shooter
Lion Tv Studios we got player vs entity and player vs ai
EpicTyrant does it have a campaign ?
poop mcgee better is a relative term but I agree
The only thing it has on overwatch is that it's free
ThunderMcQueen you triggered?
OW players: everything with heroes and objectives is an OW clone
Dylan Olexa that is the community to a tee
By that logic OW and Paladins are copies of TF2.....
its just that overwatch ''fanboys'' claim that all games with objectives and heroes is an overwatch copy even though they aren't, those ''fanboys'' would never agree to sayign that overwatch copied anything.
I am not saying the whole of the overwatch community, a lot of people are good fans. I play both games and enjoy them both but personally i hate these ripoff accusations.
Dylan Olexa OF COURSE DIDNT YOU KNOW THAT OVERWATCH BEFORE TF2 DUUHHHH
Dylan Olexa i guess siege is just another OW clone :(
Bung my booce
Till my legs are obtuse
Ohh Merk, Faze Booce
Let's go smoak sum koosh
Amen
Hahahah omg😂😂
paladins is way different because u get cards and every person is different
plus u play against bots till like lvl 3
itz Freakzy wow it's different cause you get card n shit
TheAndroidGamer89 hey moron, play the game it is different in more ways than similar.
You sound like a 3rd-grader😂
Seriously guys. Just go play paladins. It's different in many ways, you can't just assume it's a copy because everyone one says so. You guys are acting like 5th graders.
800 hours on overwatch and 10 hours on paladins btw.
They didn't change it to be overwatch when It was totally different before. They just made the maps smaller because they were too big and it was a bit of a disaster
It's not a rip off. Most of the heroes that look like overwatch heroes are usually played much differently. For example, the dwarf that looks like Torbjorn is a frontline tank rather than a defense hero. The only character that I'd say is too similar to deny is the similarity between Maeve and Genji. However this game has enough unique aspects to be considered independent from things like Overwatch and TF2
Ruckus and DVA are also the same, both are in a mech, one power is a shield, the other is a small duration flight, the only difference is the ultimate.
Daggerchain2002 dva was in development and teased before ruckus was released
D.va was developing but had not been shown when ruckus came out.
Daggerchain2002 actually before dva was announced most people already knew her kit and game style
at the same time ruckus was released.
Conclussion Nobody it's a copy.
People say that any class based games are ripoffs of overwatch, and i saw in the comments that someone said that the classes have similarities to overwatch. Their point was a bit dumb because *how could you make a class based shooter without classes with different abilities and weapons?*
Can everyone just play their own game and not shit on the other game?
exactly
Jonathon Redmond his channel is dying so he makes Paladins vs OW video
Raunak Sinha dude shut the fuck up his channel isn't dead go do something else
liam Turley it actually kinda is, unless u don't count the accounts that don't actually watch him he's hitting less than 1 mil views with 3 mil subs
Heck your really gonna get technical
This is probably my favorite video by merk at the moment so fucking funny...
You Should Play Tf2 fam, its a part of the who copied who trio
TF2, Overwatch, Paladins
Gael Page no it's TF2, overwatch, paladins
Oh yeah my bad
Gael Page both games copied tf2 overwatch only copied tf2 while paladins copied tf2 and global agenda (global agenda was paladins developers own game)
Lemonaid and also smite
Overwatch was inspired by TF2 because the creator enjoyed the game very much. Hi-Rez studio made there own version of TF2 but with bits and pieces from overwatch
Georgia is my city
Gaming _Python1212 Georgia is a country
Gaming _Python1212 um
LnD Carmine It's an "It's everyday bro" (terrible song btw) reference
Gaming _Python1212 Georgia is my universe 😂😂
Good meme
I hate the peer pressure people feel when they play this game just cuz some idiots made fun of it. Games are games... WHO CARES what people think... If people enjoy playing it then who the fuck cares
I enjoy Paladins
Nosam Retsof games are games but if another studio copy's that idea and does it worse, than you should play the new game
I made fun of it way before I saw youtubers doing it, you're the kind of person that wants people not to say what they think about something just because it hurts their feelings
Flip Flop God but they just didn't copy overwatch did they? fucking tool
Paladins was made before ow and his first trailer was before ow
Paladins trailer:9 months ago
Overwatch trailer: 2 years ago
Ariel tht wrong Paladins come out first tht over watch like 3 years ago if dont know just shut up
But they changed everything after Overwatch was announced
Tio Wrench so an objective that you capture and get a payload from is an overwatch idea?.... tf2...
seba_seco csgo They changed the characters also
Torvald is more of Zaria and if we're comparing games owervatch ripped of TF2 i love that peaple take this comment so seriously. Paladins and overwatch are still different games paladins has more champions and overwatch bla bal bal you get what im saying.
Kristian O I feel like he's more of a symmetra zarya mashup
Kristian O but overwatch is way more in depth and tactical than tf2
Overwatch didn't rip off TF2 though. Because overwatch made 99% of their content. Obviously Inspiration was taken from the game, but they aren't even really comparable
Dank Cheif way more depth and tactical.. okay if its more depth, then why do you don't even have to learn stuff such as sticky/rocket jumping, trickstabbing, and sentry jumping in overwatch? Oh right because Overwatch got shit abilities that makes the game easier for retards that can't play tf2.
you overwatch players are just a lost cause...
Just to educate you all that don't know. Paladins didn't copy overwatch and its been the same basically through most of development. Paladins was based of of another game called Global Agenda, which was also developed by Hi-Rez. Some of the Paladins champions came before the Overwatch counter parts and Paladins borrowed the term eliminations as well as play of the game.
Also its stupid to compare the quality of both games, because Overwatch is made by a large company and Paladins was made by a much smaller company and dev team.
No, paladins was reletively original in it's closed alpha state, which I played. Every character was quite unique in their own way, Overwatch released then a good few months after this game get's completely revamped into beta to be just like Overwatch. I played Paladins first, no bias towards Overwatch.
StarlightRemix, thats not true, youre just one of "back in my days everything was better" guys
gavi ál Except I gave valid points for both sides instead of being biased, did you play then? I'd highly doubt it.
Its like saying battleborn is overwatch. This game in my opinion is better due to the rpg like elements. Overwatch doesn't have that kind of depth. Plus the mode on here is honestly way better. Ow you either attack ot defend. It tells you and give you the chance to pick a class made for that. This its both so only advantage for a class you have is on how good you are. Still simple front line classes which are both attack and defend but it can be both. Wanna better review watch total biscuits review
When you switched to overwatch gameplay for a split second in the beginning I thought you were still playing palidans
Yo Look M3RK is a torvald main ? I'm a torvald main as well !
Torvald now sucks in the new update... At least he is easier to kill now. He won't be regenerating his shield to a big amount in a middle of a battle now. It will be a small amount :D
Meken now I'm a series Main
"This game is easy"... The enemy team is only bots
That and Viktor and Skye are the easiest characters to play as.
first
letter of the alphabet is "A"
ibl4m3yrem0m wrong
ibl4m3yrem0m hhahaahahh
Brayden Voiselle Swears are for squares
ibl4m3yrem0m bruh you literally copied a comment XD
"Funny" and "original"
The “slap” sound effect has me dead every fucking time!
Call of OverHorseTitanFortress2
Call of OverBattleTitanFrortressGroundFront Siege
iGamerGuY Jesus Christ dude
Biscuit Games My Life is complete
Lol that moment when he realises that he's playing with bots until lvl 5
Thats why i was a pro when i first got the game xd i was like im the best in the game
chill... just play what you like. i played this and overwatch overwatch is just better to me but comparing the two is like cod and battlefield they're so much alike who gives af
Manga Munch e x a c t l y
Manga Munch How the fuck are COD and Bf alike...
King Carl both casual games i guese
Botheredhat360 how was the comment salty in any way, there are plenty salty paladin players in this comment section but this guy isnt one of em
Botheredhat360 they're both casual fps and have a lot of the same mechanics. they're aren't exactly the same they're just similar
"I love how this game stole a little bit of everything from every game ever" is an accurate description of pretty much every game ever.
Does no one understand that Paladins was being made BEFORE Overwatch came out?
Aye Its Austin no it didn't.Research it
Dodogaga M8 Yes it did, research it.
FaZe Dank triggered? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Dodogaga M8 actually it did. And when ow was released they almost changed the game so they wouldnt have to compete with blizzard and the constant nag of being a clone
TerraPlayzZ do I really need to give you a link kids?
You played against bots because you're lower than level 5 lol
IKR I was laughing so hard XD
That's not how it works. You play against actual players, but until the end of the game, it hides their name to prevent trash talking and grieving.
That's why you can find them in the recent players section.
no its just bots lol
no it doesnt lol
Check the difference in your K/D before and after 5th lvl XD
didn t we get over this "overwatch ripoff" acusation
this is hilarious
he probably doesnt mean it
i hope lol
apparently not
dude i know im very very late but is so funny to see you having so much fun with the bots till lvl 5xd
lol I was playing this game watching this video😂
The Trading Panda same lmao
The Trading Panda me too lol
VIKTORY!
ur playing with bots until Lvl 5...
Honestly, the 2 things that drew me to Paladins, was BombKing (The mans too classy for his own good) and Fernando has a fucking gundam skin. *A GODDAMN GUNDAM* >:U
#BlameTunaBecauseSheToldErikSomethingWrongAndLetsSpamHerWithYouAreWrong
MrZorginstien no
MrZorginstien never trust those fucking fish
Yeah, Screw Tuna am I right...
Right Guys?
Oh you wanna spam that squirrel do ya? ;)
Skye Fox she's a squirrel
Smite next???
i was in merkmusics spoignant video, i sent the most recent message in the harambe group chat
pls notice me merk
PressAToPound why do you have an anime booty as a profile picture?
dragon titan798 cause i can
PressAToPound eh...alright
Everyone are fighting in comments,and talking about games,while I'm fucking dead,cause I'm new here.
Fucking love this channel already.
tbh I don't give a flying fuck who copied who, I'm just glad that Overwatch's loot boxes are more balanced than COD's supply drops...
sombra is a copy of skye
iMortal Thoughtz revert that to skye is a copy of sombra
pretty much
bruh, skye was an Day One Champ, so of course it copied something what was released maaaany months after it x)
Skye was like the first char in paladins bro and sombra is one of overwatches newest
yeah
you should do quad with every character in over watch
Brandon Uchiha he is doing it. he said it like 1000 times now
i need a full version of erik's torvlad rap
Quad Feed with every hero in Paladins ?
Georg Pro no
Georg Pro ew
Stop calling it a RIP off...
*At Least* it is free.
No jokes, not everyone has enough fortune to buy OW and have a system that can run it. Paladins is the best alternative.
overwatch cost money cause its better
NINJAWITHGUNZ10 read it carefully, it says, 'Paladins' is an alternative. For those not fortune enough. Which doesn't mean that Paladins is bad. Its means, it is good, but not bettef
NINJAWITHGUNZ10 no bcuz being f2p is a viable marketing strategy, not just bcuz its crap. Hi Rez has put in a lot more effort into Paladins than blizzard has done for ow
Its very different i was playing paladins and when i got overwatch i started playing it like paladins(didnt go so well). They are entirely different games even tho they have mixed up skills (like grohk has a zarya gun and soldier 76 heal staff) but that is what makes it a good game, the mix of skills. Also FUCK WILLO
if u try paladins trust me its 10x better
Merk , no mean to be rude, but learn and play both games to know which is which Kappa
Liam, notice the "kappa" you may want to google it before you tell someone to go die.
Cozmic Rebound yes sir
7:51 Literally every game this day and age
we all know phantom forces is the original best shooter.
XD LunaBeBae boi u woke af
"Square asses" Ill have you know that Minecraft and Roblox are the best fps game
aparrently you don't know a good game when you see one.
So you just said paladins is trash
Dylexion TV hahahaha
Dylexion TV I
😂😂trash
this game might look the same to overwatch but they do have there different ways of things believe me i play both do i like one over the other no they are both great games made by great companys its just most OW people only stick to the OW clone system to where if its like the game in any way its a shit copy to them so idc if people roast on this game its only in beta its hella fun so i recommend playing it