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Overwatch 2 is finally bringing back 6v6 with tests to decide OW’s future (www.dexerto.com)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world
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Lol. After all these years they're thinking of rolling back the 5v5 changes. To quote someone from Reddit:

PVE was dropped, heroes are free again, and now 6v6 is back. Blizzard spent the last couple of years turning overwatch 2 back into Overwatch 1.

Edit: See also the developer's blog post about this, which goes into great detail explaining their decisions over the year and how we got here. Really worth a read if you are (or were) an OW player.

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[-] miau@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 10 months ago

I don't personally mind microtransactions as long as they are cosmetic only. What I do mind is how matchmaking got terribly bad.

[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

I don't mind it if the game was always free to play. They gotta make their money somehow if that's the case. The problem I have with Overwatch and the microtransactions is that they went free to play after they already made a fuck ton of money off of loot boxes and the fact that you used to actually have to buy the game. It's just a cash cow and gameplay (including matchmaking, like you said) has suffered considerably. Not only that but they charge as much money as entire games for skins. Games like Overwatch when it first came out.

I don't mind microtransactions in free to play games, I really don't. It's just the method they are using is just blatantly greedy and targeted for whales that will pay anything for fear of missing out.

[-] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

I would love to see a class action lawsuit against Blizzard for this bait and switch scheme.

[-] miau@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

I am with you on that one. I was speaking from the point of view of someone who didnt buy ow1 because I only got into the game after ow2 so I completely forgot it wasnt free before. Its sad how nowadays you cannot ever have "complete" games. Most games just few unpolished and unfinished and they just throw things at it trying to make money. Which for me is so ironic because I think ow has a solid gameplay mechanic - it just gets completely shadowed by all the financial decisions.

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