MarkMe2525
Member
It really is. I've been gaming for 30 years and have always stayed away from f2p or live service titles. I know this happens but it has reinforced my hesitancy to invest in these types of games.
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So Overwatch 2 released yesterday... What happened?
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MarkMe2525
Member
You have to compete "Hero Challenges" or something similar to gain access to at least half of them. I also was under the impression that skins would carry over, but at the moment, none of mine are available.
Edit: I've been told the skin issue is a bug.
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sainraja
Member
Not exactly the same thing....Overwatch is being marketed as a sequel (e.g. the number 2) while Destiny 2 has kept its number at 2.
Wildebeest
Member
I think it is going how I would have predicted. A lot of people have come back, but they will quickly hit a wall of remembering all the things which made them quit and haven't really changed.
Doom85
Member
It‘s a bug. Developers have already said they’re working to fix it. Assuming you’re playing on the same network (like I’m on PlayStation Network) you should be able to get your unlocked stuff back soon.
Revolutionary
Member
My account has been in merge queue for over 24 hours
KXVXII9X
Member
That's a shame... Sorry that happened to you and others. That's not chump change.
KXVXII9X
Member
Likewise. I downloaded this despite my aversion to games as a service since I owned OW1. At the end I will just continue to play more single player games, but this also reinforced my hesitancy of these kinds of games. I'm worried for the future of gaming.
jigglet
Banned
Don't listen to this guy. He means figuratively not literally. Take a few days off work, relax, and play Overwatch 1 to your hearts content and remember Activision loves u.
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Elder Legend
Banned
I mean Overwatch 1 is literally shutdown though. I know you are trying to be smart but please drop the ego dude. Actually, no don't drop it. Because if you climb up to your own Ego and then drop down to your IQ you would end up killing yourself
Overwatch 1 shutdown - https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/overwatch-1-shut-down-servers-overwatch-2/
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BlackTron
Member
What happened is they took away Overwatch 1 and replaced it with Overwatch 2, a F2P version of the same game with the same maps and one less player per team, that now requires your phone number.
They couldn't even align its release with the only thing that could possibly seem remotely "2" about it, the PvE mode, despite years of time. All we have is a less good stripped version of 1 really lol.
I can't be the only person who has put hundreds of hours into Overwatch and has just no interest in ever downloading this game.
I remember getting tired waiting for new maps years ago. Now we have something called Overwatch 2 and it's still the SAME maps which is just hilarious. It really is nothing other than a switch to F2P with a marketing gimmick. I mean even without being a supposed sequel they could update Overwatch with maps come on lol.
They couldn't even align its release with the only thing that could possibly seem remotely "2" about it, the PvE mode, despite years of time. All we have is a less good stripped version of 1 really lol.
I can't be the only person who has put hundreds of hours into Overwatch and has just no interest in ever downloading this game.
I remember getting tired waiting for new maps years ago. Now we have something called Overwatch 2 and it's still the SAME maps which is just hilarious. It really is nothing other than a switch to F2P with a marketing gimmick. I mean even without being a supposed sequel they could update Overwatch with maps come on lol.
Elder Legend
Banned
There are quite a few new maps my friend and a new game mode called Push alongside 3 new heroes with a 4th one coming this December.
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BlackTron
Member
Thanks for clarifying about the maps, based on other comments I thought it really was all the same maps lol. I'll never find out first hand.
Feel Like I'm On 42
Member
I still havnt been able to get into the game. Wtf ...it puts me in a long que and then bumps me out every time
Feel Like I'm On 42
Member
I appreciate that because most people will say "it's a live service. They can do what they want. You agreed" or something g like that
Elder Legend
Banned
No worries. Here are the 8 new maps.
New York City
Toronto
Rome
Rio de Janeiro
Gothenburg
Monte Carlo
India
Portugal, Esperança
nikos
Member
That's a bug. Everything from Overwatch carries over. If it hasn't fixed itself yet, it will.
tvdaXD
Member
It's fucking horrible, I wasn't even able to play (because queues failed, even caused a BSOD for some reason... And yes, Windows, Chipset Drivers, GPU Drivers and Battle.net/Overwatch are up-to-date and have been verified.) There's not a single excuse for a company worth billions not to have their servers up and running and prepared for a launch on this scale. How haven't they learned this with every WoW update/release.
The day after I was greeted with Overwatch 1.5 that just plays faster paced, which isn't really nice since you either die/kill within seconds or not at all if you're/they're being healed. So there's no consistent feeling gameplay. Then some things just work worse, such as the quick menu for voice lines and emotes... And to top it all off, the fucking store and battlepass. It's too much of a grind, (Who would've guessed?) and it's way too expensive, (not to mention, some items from Overwatch 1 are suddenly twice the price?) paying €20 for a skin is absolute insanity, whomever buys one is a clown. Have you all forgotten you got Overwatch 1, the entirety of the game filled with amazing 3D assets and gameplay for just €40?! Now you're all okay with paying half for less than 1% of a game, for a singular cosmetic?
I've just lost all hope at this point, ever since they kept releasing more info about the game and dropped the word Battlepass it's been a downward spiral. This trash launch is well deserved for a company that treats its developers like shit.
The day after I was greeted with Overwatch 1.5 that just plays faster paced, which isn't really nice since you either die/kill within seconds or not at all if you're/they're being healed. So there's no consistent feeling gameplay. Then some things just work worse, such as the quick menu for voice lines and emotes... And to top it all off, the fucking store and battlepass. It's too much of a grind, (Who would've guessed?) and it's way too expensive, (not to mention, some items from Overwatch 1 are suddenly twice the price?) paying €20 for a skin is absolute insanity, whomever buys one is a clown. Have you all forgotten you got Overwatch 1, the entirety of the game filled with amazing 3D assets and gameplay for just €40?! Now you're all okay with paying half for less than 1% of a game, for a singular cosmetic?
I've just lost all hope at this point, ever since they kept releasing more info about the game and dropped the word Battlepass it's been a downward spiral. This trash launch is well deserved for a company that treats its developers like shit.
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The Cockatrice
Gold Member
Show us how you're going to LITERALLY play Overwatch 1.
Elitro
Member
As someone who experienced OW for the first time i had a great time.
It does feel a bit barebones (only quickplay until you win 50 matches lol) and no PVE. Would have loved to see PVE but there's actually quickplay and arcade.
The f2p could have had a different implementation. League is also f2p but you earn credits which you can then use to buy specific heroes, unlike OW2 which locks the heroes behind ridiculous battlepass levels (55 for the best support in the game).
Unfortunately there were a lot of server issues which also made it extremely frustrating to get in and eventually i gave up on trying to play it at night.
The f2p could have had a different implementation. League is also f2p but you earn credits which you can then use to buy specific heroes, unlike OW2 which locks the heroes behind ridiculous battlepass levels (55 for the best support in the game).
Unfortunately there were a lot of server issues which also made it extremely frustrating to get in and eventually i gave up on trying to play it at night.
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STARSBarry
Gold Member
The game is not designed to be fun, it's designed to be competitive, competitive people will have fun with that, however the casuals will soon find there joy fading without a carrot to chase... 5v5 actually makes OW2 even more competitive than Overwatch as you are now 1/5th of a team not 1/6th.
Honestly go load up chivalry 2 on gamepass and feel the diffrence in pressure as you play, you will find you can relax and have fun, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose but you will always be having fun.
Fun for casuals was OW2 goal originally, thats why it used to be PvE focussed, because they realised competitive overwatch could never be fun, however... someone somewhere is a fucking moron so here you have it, ultra competitive OW2 PvP.
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chixdiggit
Member
Playing this just made me want to install Team Fortress 2 again.
nightmare-slain
Member
i can't ever remember playing this on PS4 but my sony account is being merged. 170,000 people in front of me lol.
lughnasadh123
Member
Sure seems to be a lot of people rushing to play a "dead" game.
I've been enjoying it through all the iterations OW has gone through, and will continue to enjoy it into whever OW2 goes.
I've been enjoying it through all the iterations OW has gone through, and will continue to enjoy it into whever OW2 goes.
Spaceman292
Banned
Wow fuck this game
Yeah, its pretty bad. If it were a tier 15/20 to unlock the hero it would be kinda ok but 55 is way to much.
Unless Blizzard adjust this going forward (cmon Microsoft, help us out) I don't see myself investing much time in this game.
Lucifers Beard
Member
Having fun with this on PC but playing on Switch is like eating with your feet, painful, annoying and completely unsatisfying. Even with gyro controls, 30fps against other console platforms is complete nonsense.
Hopefully these DDoS attacks stop because that could put the game in the ground pretty quickly. From the frequency of the attacks, it also sounds like they didn’t invest in any DDoS protection.
Hopefully these DDoS attacks stop because that could put the game in the ground pretty quickly. From the frequency of the attacks, it also sounds like they didn’t invest in any DDoS protection.
Flintty
Member
I managed to get a few games in last night. As a tank, it's way harder to stay alive in this new 5v5 dynamic. Often wondering what the healer is doing or why my DPS aren't... DPSing. Will take a while to get used to.
Doom85
Member
That has always been a bullshit narrative that clickbait-loving Youtubers and article writers pushed with little evidence to back it up when the actual numbers indicated the game was doing well even in the period between Echo’s release and Overwatch 2 when no new content was released. In 2021, the game was averaging 5 million players per month, with the highest month having 7.3 million. In 2022 prior to OW2 launch, the game numbers rose to an average of almost 7 million players per month.
Overwatch has been doing fine, just either people willing to lie for “those views” or those with a Blizzard hate-boner claim otherwise.
Celcius
°Temp. member
Since there's no OT for the game then I'll ask here - does OW2 have cross-platform progression? For example, I currently have the game on battle.net (PC). If I download the F2P PS5 version, will all of my progress and data be there?
edit: nevermind, I see that you can if you link your accounts
edit: nevermind, I see that you can if you link your accounts
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