Should I buy overwatch and what is a good starting character

I was skeptical of Overwatch at first coming from TF2 myself, but its actually really good, lots of fun! I would say you wanna be a little trained in all characters so if you need a particular skillset for the group, you can jump in no problem. Some good starting characters in my opinion are:

Soldier 76: pretty much straight run and gun and he can heal himself with an AoE effect that can help allies as well.

Mercy: healing very similar to the medic from TF2. Pretty straight forward.

Roadhog: pretty good tank that can stun people with his chainhook and heal himself, if you know how to play him right, he's pretty damn good.

Reaper: just run and gun with some shotguns, and if you get into trouble, you can just "ghost" away.

I've only been playing a few months, but those are what I started really, now I play a little of everything.

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